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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
We have had a good yield of wheat
this year, and an excellent crop of oats.
There will be no buying of oats for horse
feed this winter. Progress.
Miss Josephine Rolette is still teach
ing in the Yainix, Oregon school. She
likes her work there very much. Get
ting mail but once a week and going
forty miles to a dentist are rather un
pleasant features of the place, but she
doesn't seem to be worrying over them.
Indian Leader.
Haskell's football team is not meeting
with great success this year, but this is
largely due to the fact that nearly all
the players are new men and young.
There is plenty of good material here,
however, and another season there will
be a different story to tell. Indian
Leader.
Rumor says that Sam Sturgis was
married recently in Oregon. Indian
Leader.
The large boys of the school have or
ganized a basketball team and intend
to have a fast team.
The boys basketball team has been
-organized and Mr. Teabo elected as man
ager of the team and Levi Sortoras cap
tain. It is hoped that a great number
of our best players will try ' out for our
school team. It is open to all.
The carpenters are going to organize a
basketball team, Mosher B. Johnston
was elected captain and Mr. Woods was
elected Manager.
The farmers and the dairymen play
ed a very interesting game of basket
ball last Saturday evening. The farmers
winning by a score of 34 to 17.
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New pupils are arriving daily.
Lovely roses are still growing around
the hospital porch.
Josie Mercier was here visiting her
sisters May and Caroline this week.
We are tired of the rain, but glad we
do not have floods like they have in
Washington.
We saw by the Statesman that Lena
Gooilell, a former Chemawa pupil, was
married last week.
Mr. Cooperwho has been sick for the
past couple of weeks and he hap to
stay in for a few days yet.
Mr. Philip Olney and wife, of Toppen
ish, Wash., spent several days at the
school visiting.
The rains have prevented the finish
ing of the electric car line. We will be
glad when our depot is finished.
Miss Iva Cox who spent several weeks
visiting a friend in the country has re
turned and is looking much better.
Mr. C. W. Van Winkle of the Medical
College, Willamette University spent
Sunday with Mrs. and Miss Newcomb.
Bessie Boles sang a beautiful solo for
the choir last Tuesday evening and this
week we had a song from Louise Murray.
We congratulate our former Superin
tendent Mr. Potter, who writes that he
is the father of a fine nine pound boy,
born on the 14th of this month.
While Mr. Swartz was currying the
big team one bit at the other and caused
the horse to jump on Mr. Swartz's foot.
This will lay Mr. Swartz up for a while.