Weekly Chemawa American., November 28, 1902, Page 5, Image 5

THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN.
Cocal and Personal,
Isn't this fine Thanksgiving weather? v
The health of the pupils of the school at,
the present date is very good.
A number of employes and pupils attend
e) the opera In Salem on Monday night.
One of the girls drew a picture of a tur
key and under it sue wrote " his last gob-.
We-" . ..'',
There are 18 daily papers taken by Indians .
ootheLumml Reservation, besides weeklies
and monthlies. ' , '
Henry Con traro is practising on a Clar
inet. Practice hard Henry and get into the
band as quickly as possibles .!-:.'
Our monthly entertainment will be held
on Monday evening. Thanksgiving prep-'
rations prevented us from having tt this
Mr, WiIboh is quite sick at the hospital.
Elmer Lafonso subscribed for Tub Chb
hawa Amebican for himseff and sister who
is in California. 1(
Miss French, Mrs. Grove and Mrs. West
falldnserve muco credit for the pretty .depQ?T
ration of the school chapel. for the Thanks
giving day exercises. . ;,
.las. and Antielo Jefferson this summer
built a large and commodious 'htm- for
llieir father, which would d credit to HgihKl
first claaJourueyiiiHn.
Three of the new boys whom Mr, C imp
bell brought with him from' Luinrui hav
entered Die 5th grade. They are A1eX
George, Ed .Warbue,and John Fiukbonner.
, Herbert Campbell passed through Che
niawa ou Wednesday evening en route to
Portland to attend the game between the
Hiute University and Multnomahs.
Mr Wnodu, school carpenter, renewed his
sulwrlption Monday, and handed in two
besides. That is the way The-Old-Man-In-Tower
likeB to see them come in. Keep a
coming.
The fifth tcrade is well supplied with
Thanksgiving Turkey. Mrs. Campbell
hud her boys and girls each draw a picture
'of a turkey and now they decorate the walls
of the room.
John Alexis, who was a student of Che
tnawa in 18n6 was glad to hear of hii.6MT
school. When Mr. Campbell visited him,
John waB busy raising his fine crop of
potatoes for winter use. 1 1
Mrs. Beckers agisted by Miss Bowman, -attended
to the decorations of the dining
room and the arranging of the tables for,
Cbemawa's thanksgiving Dinner', arid the;
tables and the room never lobked better."
Mr. Williams, the cook, Mr. Teabo, the (.
baker, and Mrs. Becker, the Dining Room
matron, deserve the credit for having giv
ing the pupils the best, nicest and meat .
, appetizing dinner they ever received at .
Chemawa. ' , .i
'The platform in our chapel hasten apged,.
appearance, since a beautiful .L-moquottB lft
carpet covers its floor. - We hop the boys ,.;,
and nirls wilt so conduct themselves that .
"scoldings" from it will be a thing of the
-past and entirely unneccessary this year.
- Herold schoolmates will be glad to know
that Rosa Guthrie, who -was a pupil of
Chemawa eight years ago is Well and hap-
py; She is now Mrs; Henry KinkbotineYi
and is living happily with her husband ojt
one of the nicest farms to be found near
Mountain View, Wash'. ;- - ' -
One of the most fcrogreaalve Indians at
Luiiiini in Richard Hquiqut.' He i one of
the Judges and Isqoits an intelligent young
man, and is quite a help to Mr. Bremner,
the Sub Agent in Charge. This year
Richard raised 175 hacks of potatoes ra a
little patch of half an acre. -' ..vi.!:tit
The third and fourth , foot ball teams,
which are better know as The "Hole In
the wall'' and the "Giante," came together
on Thanksgiving to decide on which team
was the best. The score wasSS to 0 in favor
of the "Hole in the wall." The latter
will lo.)kfor bigger game in the future
List Monday Mr. Campbell, returned
from Lumml Reservation with thirteen
pupils an follows; James Jefferson, Simon
Jefferson, Joseph Jefferson, Edward War
bus, William Solomon, Alexis George,
John Finkbonuer, Richard Hillaire, Lena
Finkbonner, Mary Flnklionner, Laura
Brown aud Matilda and Saraii -Williams