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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1903)
6 THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN. News of The Week, Rev. Winans, of Salem, spent Monday evening at Chemawa and attended the . entertainment. R. G. Henderson era supply you. with all the groceries you desire right here at Chemawa. No need to send elsewhere. i . The laundry washed -130 curtains for McBride Hall this week. . The girls will begin the New Year with snowy white curtains. Our boss table makers, of the carpenter force, . ii' making tables, for the read ing room in Mitchell Hall. John Hay ward is also making a useful article in the shape of a step ladder for the same place. Miss McElory, who has been visiting relatives and" friends in Salem the past few weeks, spent last Thursday v and Fri day visiting her aunt, Miss McFadden leav ing Friday evening for her home at Eugene. Mr. Frank Rhoades, of Carlisle, Pa., who is manager of "The Two Sisters" com pany which played at the Salem Opera House in Salem on Tuesday night, stop ped off at Chemawa for a few hours to visit Mr. Campbell, who is his cousic " The carpenters enlarged the rostrum in the chapel last week to accommodate the pupils taking part in the beautiful Christ mas cantata rendered Monday evening under Mrs. Oampbdll's able instruction. Mr. Woods has been a very busy man the past few. days drawing a plat of Che mawa, showing hydrants, buildings, etc. And also has completed plans of the pit in our well and arrangement of pumps and other improvements. The work is excep tionally well done. Our first football team left for Astoria on Thursday morning's train where they will meet the Astoria team in a game in . the afternoon. On Christmas afternoon a game will be played between our second team and Multnomah's second team. Manager Mann tells us that our second team is going to do to Multnomah's second what their first did to our team, only a little worse, perhaps . "Resolved, that Sociables should be Abolished." This was the theme for dis cussion by a voluntary gathering Satur day evening over at Mitchell Hall. The gathering was social, interesting and en couraging. A permanent society is now to be organized. Ask W. J. Harris if soci ables should be abolished. The following bill of fare will be served in the pupils' dining hall today (Christ mas): Turkey and dressing, giblet stew, mashed potatoes, string beans, tomato pickles, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes, stewed tomatoes, celery, butter, apples, coffee and mince pie. The Multnomahs walked off the grid iron with our scalps hanging to their belts last Saturday afternoon. Our boys were defeated but not disheartened. . The score stood 15 to 5, which is a good showing when considering that the victors greatly outweighed our team, and they have easily defeated all other teams on the coast. The Portland papers spoke very highly of the game put up by our boys and spoke at length on the plays made by Sanders and Teabo. Our next game will be played with the Astoria team. Mr. Overman's address before the school on the subject of "Poultry" one night last week was very interesting, com ing, as it did, from one who thoroughly understands the business. Mr. Overman brought out s )Tie statistics that were sur prising to one who had never looked into the( poultry business, stating, among other things, that the poultry industry amount ed to 300,000,000 in . the United States alone during the past year, which is equal to the wheat output. Poultry, he said, la surpassed only by dairying, combined with all animals slaughtered, beef, etc. The egg output amounts to $150,000,000. Chicaga alone consuming 300,000,000 eggs daily. During the course of his talk he explained the operation of the incubator, and how it should be used to obtain the best results.