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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1908)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN Washington, aged 15, who will run 5 miles to near Oregon City, where trie let- . ter will be taken by Peter Casey a half blood Stickeen, from Alaska, aged. 20, who will run 4 9-10 miles to. near Os wego, where he will be relieved by Apis Goudy, a full-blood Yakima, from Wash ington, aged 21, who will run 4 8-10 miles, handing the letter to Amos Smok er, a half-blood Klamath from California, aged 16, who will complete the race after running 3 8-10 miles to the front of the Y. M. " C. A. building at the corner of Front and Yamhill St., Portland, Ore Hcademic Louise Johnson, who arrived here last Friday morning from her home in Dun geness, Wash., has entered the fourth grade and is getting along nicely in her studies. Two, more new pupils have entered Miss Royer's school room, George and Mable Swain. ' Arthur Steele and El wood Towner were promoted to the third grade on Tuesday. We are all glad to Welcome the two little boys that came from the second grade into the third grade Tuesday afternoon: In three baked bananas there is as much nourishment as twenty-six pounds of bread. If the wind is right a fox can scent a man a quarter of a mile. A skunk can do it at two feet. " If you walk through all the rooms of the Spanish royal palace it means a 120,, mile trip, and it would take six days unless Weston did it rEx. fr-V LOCALS May! Who is to be queen of the May ? The McBride summer uniforms are finished. David Smith, a former -student of Chemawa, was here for a visit on Tues day. A postal card was received from Miss Iva Cox saying that she would be back before. long. Miss Alta AJtman and Kdgar Martin visited over Sunday with Miss Skipton and enjoyed the band concert. Miss Skipton took her little girls out walking Sunday and they all had a good time in the woods gathering flowers. Who is going to win the Salem Portland relay race Saturday?' was the question going around among the employes and pupils this week. The new grand stands were finished just in time for the two baseball games Saturday forenoon and afternoon. They added greatly to the enjoyment of the, game. Mrs. Campbell gave the afternoon divisioivof school a recess last Wednes day just to see if the pupils were prompt in getting back to the school room. ' . . ; While on their way to school Tuesday afternoon pupils . of ; the afternoon grades had their pictures taken and all went on to school wich smiling.1 faces, hoping to see a few of the photos with in a short time. ' ; .
