THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN.
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of a great establishment," said Mr.
Pratt. "Some body's blunder comes
to the attention of the chief. Discip
line causes him to charge it to the
general manager, and when the man
ager has taken his kick he probably
passes it on to half dozen heads of
departments. From these the kicks are
passed on down the line until perhaps
that one blunder, which really
amounted to. little in the beginning,
has put half the people of a great
house uponlthe! ragged edge of ruffled
tempers. Can you estimate what such
a, disturbing thing has cost the house?
"Human nature is human nature.
There may be individuals who will not
be angry at beingrfcalled down," but
if they are not angry - they are at least
disturbed and i hurt,, .making them all
the. less competent to, carry on their
tasks. A man who is hurt to a bit of
censure is at least open to mistakes
and inaccuracies, which will go on pro
voking more of this same feeling un
til finally i it will be found that where
a -business at last has to go to the
wall the cause of its failure may be
traced to the inaccuracies of its man
agement ano! conduct.
"Certainly , the time is coming when
accuracy is to demand the premium."
TacomaNews.
The above is certainly applicable to
workers in schools as well as business
houses. Ed. , . r . .
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Last Sunday we were well supplied
aiJChfemawa. ; In the morning Father
Murphy conducted mass and Sunday
school, for .the-Catholic children at 9 A.
M: Miss Loga'n of Eugene and Miss
Bowman of Chemawa ' took charge of
the Regular Sunday , school at 10:30.
Inthe afternoon Dr. Elliot of. Portland
delivered a most interesting . lecture
on Japan and in the evenirig 'Miss
Logan preached a very earnest and
impressive sermon to'the whole school.
After evening service Miss Logan met
with the Y. W. C. A. and a very pro
fitable meeting was held.
DEATH, THE REAPER.
Mr. A. H. Williams wasv summoned
to Portland last' Saturday ' morning
by a telegram ... announcing the . sad
news of the death of his sister, Miss
Esther .Williams.,.-,. .-The. funeral - took
place at Oregon City on Wednesday.
Miss Williams has visited Chemawa
several times and won' the esteem and
friendship of " all 'who made her
acquaintance. 'Mr. and Mrs. Williams
have the sympathy of the entire
school in their sad bereavement.
Superintendent Wilkin's, of Uma
tilla Agency, who . so : recently and
under such pathetic circumstances
was bereaved of his wife, is again a
mourner. His oldest son; Raymond,
aged sixteen years, died November
3, at the agency, pf lnflamattion of the
percardium. Raymond was . a .fine,
lovely, bright . boy, a pupil of the
Pendleton High school and , beloved
alike by the white people and Indians
in Pendleton and upon the reserva
tion. ' Mr. Wilkin's family is how
reduced to two- ' boys and a little
daughter. He has the heartfelt
sympathy of all those who know 'him
in this late sad loss of his.
Harry L. Beard made his Chemawa
friends a short visit Sunday.
Mrs. W. J. Howard, of South Bend,
Wash., visited at Chemawa a few days
this week. v
Miss McFadden and Miss Hutchin
son spent Wednesday night in Salem
and took in the "Christian."
Chief Clerk E. E, Kightlinger, of
Riverside, made Chemawa a short
visit this morning, Mr. Kightlinger is
a Very affable gentleman and we were '
sorry that his visit was so short.