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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Chemawa as S?en by Crescant City
Friends
A result of the recent visit of Mr. W. P.
Campbell, Assistant Superintendent of the
Chemawa, Oregon, Indian school, to this
country, ten Del Nortre Indian children or
children with Indian blood in them will be
provided for and receive tuition in that insti
tution for a period of three years. Mr. Camp
bell '-ncc?ieded in enlisting ten recruits from
this section five boys and four girls, Requa,
and the lad Sam John, from Crescent City
and departed with his protectes across the
mountians, via Grants Pass, Friday last with
conveyance furnished by the liverymen Breeu
Bros.
The Chemawa school, maintained at Hie
expense of the General Government, has a
scholarship attendance of about, six hundred,
drawn from the district represented, includ
i f the ftiitof of Washington, Lregon, Cali
fornia. Idaho and Montana.
'Phis t:i nbersliip, ' houth wort' ily signifi
cant, is quite small in comparison with the
i nmber winch sho Id be inat'endunc at this
sclio '1 nd would, no doi:bt, be greatly in
c i eased couid liie di-.trustf I news of those
simple-minded eop e whom it is singly de
signed t benefit, be dispelled. Tbe-y seem
wary of r. po 11 ion winch to them a pears
as a complete reversal of former govern u.ent.
mo h ds, and i'. is md i,n unreasonable sus
picion. Can we r concile our pasi dealings
witli trie 'v-ile red i, an'' with our boasted
Christian civilization? It is the duty of
those having acquaintance and iufluet.ce
with any of rlie ie.uuaui Indian population
of the district, to pre.-ent this school io them
lu its tiui.v charitable and liuma Italian
cliaiacter. It is not a mere experiment.
Aiany Indian boys and girls have been saved
b. it from an aimless and dissolute savage
life, and are now useful nd happy members
of socie y. Even fi o.i- I, 1 K 1 1 1 e kui:Ij ther
have bet ii att e: dant s thei e wh.se improved
con ut ions will attest- the excellence of the
training afforded b hat .-eh' ol. 'li e boys
recently e lined f o.n ibis county have
wisely decided i pon aking a :nictly me
chanical course, he unsurpassed oppoi turn
ties f r which ,,r . here afforded.
There is quite a number of Indiau children
yet in the county who are eligible to member
ship in the Chemawa school, and they are
certainly standing greatly in their own light
if they fail to avail themselves of the
privilege. 'Jrescervt City News.
Uncle Sam Warns a Tailor For Indian ;
Washington, March, 13- Uncle Sain
needs a tailor in the Indian service at
Fort Shaw, Montana, and has advertised
for applicants to the civil servic examina
tion today for the place. The advertise
ments fail to state whether a tailor is
wanted who may be able to introduce
l tie latest French cut of clothes to Indian
swells, or whether plain Indian blankets,
with feather adornments, shall be the
style exploited by the tailor. The appli
cants, howev 3r, must "f male sex, "un
married or without family," and must
not expect a salary more than $660 a
year to begin with. .If his work is satis
factory to the government and likewise
to the Indians it is possible that he
may receive more money in the future.
PROI'O-'ALS FOR WO .D AN , OOI,. CI1KMA1V ,.
OK EG' N. MAR'H 8 1)7. Sealed proposals plainly
marked on 1 1i outside of t' e sealed Hive ope, "I'RO
I O.SALS FOR WOOD Oli COAL." as 111- ease limy he,
i ddrcssed to the iiiidersifiM d a; CIh'iiii'wh. Ort-Roi ,
wil b" reeeiv '1 H the lMliM.li School limit tun
o'etoi k V. M AI R1L 8, 1907, for furnish ik i:d deliv
erinfi at the sehool s mity be required iliiri Ihe ft s
eal year i nding June 811, 19lts. aboul 200(1 cords of wood
Hi.d 1200 Ions of coal, as per speeificat ioi s mid full tti
i'oi n.aiioi lo be obtained at Ihe sehooi. Em h bid'Vr
niusl . tale specifically in his bid the price of wood or
i oal, p r i old or lo as the . ase may bi , offeree und, r
ontraci. The fuel so offend will bosiibjicl tniigid
inspcct'.on. The right is n sorv. d to reject ai y or all
Luis oi any p il of any bin if deenn d for the best iti
leiesls of ihe scrv.ic. Kach bill must be ac.oiupi.hicd
by t- (e tll'ud chei k or drafl upon some t'nin d nus
oeposiu.iy I,, Movent l al.olla.l bal.k, made payah., i,,
the oitiei of die ( on missioncl of 1 nri iati ,. ffaii s. lor
at least 5 p. r lent of die amount oi such bin, which
i luck or draft sh l; be forfeited lo the United stales
in c ase Miy blddel i ccmnK a., an a rd -ha , I fai io
txecu e piompliy a satisfactory eoniracl in accord
ance witn Ihe terms of his bid; otherwise. In be return
ed lo bidder. Bids accompanied by cash 1:1 Ij u of
certiru d ehei k or draft !,! imi bc'coiisniereil For
further information apply io EDWiN L. CH aLCKUT
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