Weekly Chemawa American., January 29, 1904, Page 9, Image 9

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TH E
CHEMAWA
€be Chemawa American.
E ntered at th e postoffiee at C hem aw a, Ore.,
as second-class m ail-m atter.
P u b lish ed W eek ly by P u p ils of The
Chemawa Indian School.
Subscription price 25 cents per year.
Clubs o f five or over, 2 0 cents.
A lways strike when the iron is hot,
and strike hard.
You never see good, sensible farmers
trotting their large farm horses to and
from the barn and the fields. No, they
always make them walk, but teach
them to walk fast.
How much does it cost to give a
pupil or an employe a kind word and
a pleasant smile? Yet, th in k how we
can make ourselves happier by being
kind and helpful to those around us.
S ometimes in the In d ian Service we
are inclined to complain when we have
to and cannot do a dozen things at once.
It is better to push ahead, and do the
very best we can, completing the work
set before us as soon as possible. In
that way, time, hard faithful work,
good judgm ent and careful m anage­
ment will accomplish wonders.
W ho has enough influence over the
Indians on the reservations to induce
them to paint their houses? I t seems
too bad to see nice, large frame houses
unpainted. They had better sell a
cow or a couple of hogs and buy $25.00
worth of paint for their houses, which
would preserve them to the value of
$100 besides m aking them neat and
attractive.
AMERICAN.
I t takes a good deal more than talk
and hot air to build an electric car
line, and the citizens of Salem, H a y s­
ville, Kisertown and Chemawa m ust
show their earnestness in this m atter
by offering the Electric Light and
Power Co., of Salem, a liberal cash
bonus, as well as a right of way, and
the assurance of a large am ount of
business. Property owners along or
near this proposed car line to Che­
mawa can well afford to subscribe to
this project when it will w ithout
doubt increase the cash value of their,
land at least twepty-five per cent.
This line ought to be b u ilt this year,
and we believe the com pany would
build it if the people benefitted by it
would show the proper spirit, and do
the right thing.
E very boy at Chemawa who has
an allotm ent on the coast and expects
to make his living on it in the future,
should' take a thorough course in
gardening and fruit-growing under
Mr. Westley, and dairying under Mr.
Godwin, so th at he can tu rn his prac­
tical knowledge of the same into dol­
lars.
The reservations in the Sound
country, especially, are particularly
adapted to gardening, fruit growing,
dairying, etc., which bring great re­
tu rn s to the men who understand
these im portant industries.
The In d ian s should learn to be
good, thorough gardeners them selves
and not ren t their land to Italian s
and Chinamen who get rich off it.
HE NEVER LOST IT.
We are glad to learn th a t Tom
Scott, an ex-Chemawa pupil from
Siletz Reservation, now runs and oper­
ates a shoe shop in Keswick, Calif.
Tom learned his trade at this school
several years ago. W hen he left