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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1908)
THE CHE MAW A- AMERICAN 8 "IN GOD WE TRUST" The motto,'. "In God We Trust," that has been omitted from the St. Gaudens design for the new ten dollar pieces, ap peared first on the bronze two-cent pieces coined in 1864. An Act of Congress au thorized the Secretary of the Treasury, in conjunction with the director of the mint, to make devices for new one and two-cent pieces, Salomon P. Chase, who was then Secretarv of the Treasury, was ridiculed for his selection of tiie motto, The next year the motto appeared on gold and silver coins, in accordance with an act which permitted the Secretary of the Treasury to put in on such soins as had room for it. This permission was continued in the coinage act of 1873, but in the act of 1874,' which gives the words and designs to appear on coins, no men tion is made of the relig ious motto, It has been continued until the present, however, on the theory that Congress did not intend to take from the Secre tary of the Treasusy the discretion in re gard to the motto which- the . previous law had authorized him to use. According to the report of the direc tor of the mint, the first suggestion that the name of the deity appear on the coins was made by the Rev, M. R. Wat kinson, of Ridley vil io, Pa., in a letter to Secretary Chase in November, 1861. The Secretary .immediately called for ar tists to submit designs with some refer ence to the deitv, but as alreadv indi eatwl, it was not till 1864 that the motto appeared. The Onward, GOOD RESULTS The following extracts from a letter recently received from Harry Thacker, one of our former pupils who is now em p.oyed. in a printing office at Elko, Nov., are interesting and encouraging. The whole letter is well written and interest ing but mostly of personal nature that is not neccessary to publish: "I am back working in the printing office once more, A trade is better than money. Money can be lost or taken aw ay from you and a trade can't I have made a good reputation for myself. Mr, Rusel is a very nice man and treats me well, and has given me much good ad vice. You bet I'll stick to my work. Economy is near to the keystone of character and success. A boy tha ; is taught to save money will rarely be a bad man or a failure, the man who saves will rise in his trade or profession stead ily; this is inevitable. I have opened up a bank account and I put in a few dollars every week. Saving goes before security, happiness and good citizen ship. It makes men, while extrava gance makes vicious and worthless mem bers of society. The New Indian. IN APPRECIATION To the Juniors and Seniors: Please accept our most earnest thanks for . your kind invitation to your Saint Valentine's party. We enjoyed very much the evening spent with you, for suoh occasions preserve pleasant mem ories of our school days in Cbemawa, Wishing you all success in everything yon may undertake to do, and with the hope to be with you in many other such gatherings, we are, Yours sincerely, The Ex-Graduates. Three more boys came in from Flat head last week as follows: James Fin. ley, Lorette Tillier and Peter La Moose. This makes 25 pupils that Mr, Campbell has brought from the North west on his: recent trip.
