THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN.
1904 APPROPRIATION.
The Indian Office is not asking for
a large increase in the appropriation
for the Chemawa Indian School for
the next fiscal year, the total appro
priation asked being $108,850. Out
of this $91,850 is needed for the sup
port and education of 550 Indian pu
pils and $2000 is to be diverted for
the pay of the superintendent. The
only new work recommended is the
erection of a brick hospital to cost
$10,000. The present hospital has
been found inadequate, and, being an
old building, lacks many facilities
that are needed in an up-to-date In
dian school, such as that at Salem.
The remaining $5,000 will be spent
in general repairs and improvements
to the school plant.
While the Oregon delegation will
ask for further appropriations for
new buildings, the Indian office be
lieves the plant, with the addition of
a hospital, is all that is required, for
the present at least. Oregonian.
WRECK IS LOCATED.
A special dispatch to the Seattle
Times from Juneau says that the
wreck of the Discovery has been
found. An Indian from Cross Sound
found the wreck and brought the
news to Juneau. The revenue cutter
Rush has gone to the scene, taking
the Indian as a guide. .
The steamer Discovery was a small
ocean-going steamer of about 200 tons.
She was built at Port Townsend in
1898. She sailed from Yakutat for
Seattle early in October with about
30 persons, including a number of
passengers. Some days later wreck
age was found near the mouth of Seal
River. It is the opinion of marine
men that the vessel foundered in a
storm and all on board at that time
met death.
SPEAK FOR LARGER SCHOOL.
The three Congressmen from
Washington called at the Indian Of
fice one day last week to recommend
the enlargement of Tulalip Indian
school so as to accommodate 150
pupils. The department is willing to
proceed with enlargement of the plant, "
if the delegation will secure the ne
cessary appropriation.
HE DIDN'T REPORT.
Colonel Mills, superintendent of
the West Point academy, has a repu
tation for sternness even among army
men. Years ago, when he first took
command of the post at Buffalo, he
found that station extremely lax in
discipline, and it was no secret among
his friends that he proposed to work
some reforms. Shortly after his in
stallation he was one day annoyed by
the receipt of a telegram from a
subordinate off on a furlough which
read, "Will not report today, as ex
pected, account unavoidable circum
stances." The tone of the message was not at
all to Col. Mills' mind, and he wired
at once in reply, "Report as expected
or give reasons."
Within an hour the following mes
sage came over the wires, dated from
a hospital in New York:
"Train off; can't ride. Legs off;
can't walk. Will not report unless
you insist."
The colenel did not insist." Ex.