THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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ELSEWHERE
We have had a little enow in Genoa.
; Indian New. -
The farmer and his detail of boys
finished gathering corn last week and
had a good crop this year. Indian News.
. The schoolroom classes in agriculture
conducted by Mr. Lee are enjoyed by
both teacher and pupils. Native Ameri-
The harnessmakers are making new
harness and the store department of the
shop is full of new harness Sherman
I Bulletin.
On account of the unusually early
frosts, the leaves have assumed much
more brilliant hues than usual, and the
bright yellows and reds almost remind
one of an eastern October Native
American.
Owing to the need of currency on the
part of our employees the pay checks for
November were taken to the depository
in Los Angeles by Mr. Kightlander on
Saturday and currency brought and
turned over to the employe.es. Sherman
Bulletin.
A pile of boxes back of Mr. Ross'
cottage caught fire about 2 o'clock last
Saturday night and caused a good deal
of excitement for a while. The boys
soon had the hose out and the fire was "
stopped before any damage was done.
Indian Newg.
When a pupil comes to school in Sep
tember and the waist measure is 28
inches, and when the measure is taken
again the middle of Novemder and is 32
inches, we conclude that under such con
ditions pupils cannot say "I do not get
enongh to eat at Genoa." Indian News. "
It is posible that the third conference
for returned students will be held at the
school during the Christmas holidays.
Get your speeches ready and make your
plans to be present. There will be a big
welcome for all Indian young men and
women, and the workers among the In
dians wherever located.--Native Ameri-,
Reuben Quick Bear, a full-blood Sioux,
has organized an Indian Agricultural
Fair association on the Rosebud, South
Dakota reservation. At the fair held re
cently the prize-winners were with few
exceptions full blood Indians. It was
essentially an Indian fair, organized, con
ducted and almost wholly attended by
. Indians. Indian Leader.
There is some solidity to a student
who after having made a mistake and in
fringed upon a rule of the school see the
error and freely acknowledges same. Not
a few after reaching the high grades ex
hibitWdesire'to be granted privileges not
in accordance with good discipline and
resent being reproved. Sherman i a
proud of her manly and womanly stu
dents. Sherman Bulletin. -
Our Superintendent, Mr. Davis, has
been the proud and'happy possessor of a
boy these five years past. Now the boy
has a sister about one month old. We
are afraid he will be inclined to rebel
against the tyrant necessity that will
drive him from the Tennessee home ,
where wife and babies are, to his Genoa
Indian work the welcome he will re
ceive on his return will perhaps some
what compensate. ' '
, "The more we study, tht more we dis
cover our ignorance."