THE CHE MAW A- AMERICAN
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"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.