THE- CHEMAWA; AMERICAN 3 gOmillM 2 GENERAL NEWS I m iai. .isii !tn iisi; isr :iei -isii icr ::iar Most of the pupils prefer the fresh salmon to halibut on Fridays. To go for a walk and pick straw ber ries is all the rage with the little folks. The dairy boys churned eleven times in April and May and turned out $168. (10 worth of butter. W.H. Miss Troutrnan received a nice letter from Mrs. Lottie McCoy, Lewis Sander son's mother who is now residing at Luffenholtz, California. Une day last week when the special excursion train of Mystic Shriners from Pennsylvania stopped and side tracked at Chemawa for a few minutes, Mr. Campbell had a short talk with Mr. Sheitz from Lancaster, Pa. whom he had not seen for twenty years. Carrie lladcliffe wVites from Baird, Cal., renewing her subscription to the American and says that she loves to hear about Chemawa and the progress the school is making, that when she does not receive the American she misses it very 'jiujeh. Dr. fiplev is to be congratulate ! for the very excellent entertainment given by the Salem High School produced at Chemawa on Monday evening. Dr. Eplev drilled the singing and the first class music acting showed good training. The opera by Gilbert and Sullivan, "Trial by Jury," has been given by more pretentions companies in a much inferior manner. A short program was rendered before the operetta began,.-in which Ella Brew er an 1 l irgiuet L .viy p! ive 1 a piano ilui't, Bessie Chiloquin recited, and sev eral very irond numbers rendered by the Sale. i) High School. A Letter Feom Califorina. Mr. W. P. Campbell. Dear sir. At last I took the pleasure to drop to you a few lines hoping these few lines fifid you well and happy. 1 thank you ever so much for them straw berries and the blackberries. The black berries most of them did not live, but the strawberries are all good, you will have to be down this way soon for some of the berries are getting ripe fast. I hope the children are contented up their they asked me to send them up some dried iish .so I made up a small box and sent to them, I suppose you have no objection of any one sending them any thing they wish to eat. We are all well at present every thing looks lovely in the surround ing country. . There will be lots of friut this season. The fishermen are getting ready to fish, the cannery will soon be in opperation. If there is any way to get a small keg of salt salmon up their I Would like to send to that last lot of children what you took from here for they say that theyare hungry for home fish the fish that theschooljias uptheir don t agree with them it is not like the home fish. So all for this time. From Yours, Respectfullv friend, Wm. Norris GO TO CHICAGO STORE FOR ' BARGAINS IN DRY GOODS