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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (March 27, 1903)
6 THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN Industrial Hew$ Pacific COast institute. The Paint Shop. Arthur Murray, a new pupil, has been detailed to the Paint Shop and is proving himself to be a eood and industrious boy. Robert Davis makes a good foreman when placed' in charge of a job of painting. He does neat work himself and likeB to Bee the boys with him do the sa-ne. The painters oiled the new floor in the sewing room the first of the. week. Our Musicians, Anyone can notice tbe difference in a band after close application to practice and drilling in the band room. A piece.of music cannot be rendered so well that it cannot be done better by practising. Tbe band concert last Sunday evening, in honour of Chief Justice F. A. Moore, was much enjoyed by all who heard it. The boys also marched over to the hos pital and rendered a few selections, much to tbe delight of the inmates. Dairying Department. We are anxiously waiting and watching for the green grass to come as that will' increase our'milk supply; bb it is we get nearly fifty gallon a day but with good grass for the cowa we should get seveDty five gallons. Our new boye from Montana are rapidly l coming proficient milkere, and between limes while we are resting, aB it were, we df a little dental woik; extracting stumps and roots north of tbe school house. We are sorry thatit was necessary to leave out u batch of interesting matter thiB week on account of its late arrival at the office. We would be pleased to have all copy hand' ed in by Wednesday nuon, if possible, aait 1b .ur aim to go to press Friday forenoon. The Pacific Coast Indian Institute will be held at Newport August 5lh to 12' h, in clusive, and every indication points to the institute being a record breaker in the his tory of local institutes. Already we bare received numerous letters from all over the service, showing that the attendance will be larger this year than last. It is the desire of those in charge of the institute that the industrial feature) of the Indian school work be brought to the front and superintendents and employes are urged to send industrial exhibits, especially, to this institute, showing up the work of their schools along the industrial Hues. Those who attended last year ipeak In the highest terms of the scenic beauties of Newport. , " Orave Jokes. The cook "panned" out, Tbe Sailor "keeled" over. The poulterer "laid" to rest. The engineer "steamed" up. Tha gardner gone to "seed." The tailor's "goose1' was cooked. The fool-ball player "kicked" out. The base-ball player "fanned" out. The shoemaker breathed his'.'lait." A few aphorisms expressive on death: The onion. eater gave up his "breath." Tbe printer has his "form" locked up. PIeasd With Chemawa. . Chemawa, Ore., March 22, 1W3. Mr. JimmieReed, Still Water, Calif., Dear Frieno: HuW are you Retting along? I am getting along all right up tier I wish you was up here, we would have i good time, I took a long walk' yenUrdav and two of my friends went with me itiij ww had onnd limn .Inwn tnt) river. all took a swim. Well I am working u the girls old home hanging doors. 1 goti long job, It will take me some time to get through. They have started a oei home for boyB. , From your friend, Sykkb Mitchell.