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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (June 19, 1908)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN Boy Lost The following letter explains itself. -If any of our readers know anything about this boy the American would be pleased to hear from you: Seattle, Wash., 5-25-08. Department of the Interior. Dear Sirs: On May 6th, 1904, my little boy, John Prewett Baker, then 2 years old, was supposedly stolen by Indians from my summer home at Eagle Harbor (Kitsap Co., Wash.) Investigations by the Seat tle police and by Pinkerton's Agency failed to discover any trace, nor have I had from that time to' this day any clew whatsoever. About the time1 of his disappearance I wrote to Indian Agencies in Washing ton and in Alaska. To British Colum bia I wrote to C. J. South, Supt. Chil dren's Protection Act of B. C. (Van couver, B. C.) who has charge of all white children found from time to time with British Columbia Indians. In a letter recently received from Mr. South he suggested that I should write to your Department requesting that the letter be referied to the Supt. of Indian Agencies. In this way he thought that the matter would be put on record and that I would be communicated with should any white children be found with or taken' from the Alaska Indians. Respectfully asking your kind atten tion to this, believe me, Yours truly, Richard D. Baker. John Prewett Baker; born Dec. 30th, 1902; brown eyes; dark brown hair; mark of circumcision; regular features; well shaped head, broad and high forehead. HONORABLE C 0 MM ISSIONER SPENDS SUNDAY AT CHEMAWA. The very unexpected happened when Commissioner Francis E. Leupp, accom panied by his wife and daughter, dropped in upon us after the arrival of the morn ing train from Portland on Sunday. A telephone message an hour previous to their arrival was received from them, but many were ignorant of their presence until noon. In the morning the party attended Sunday school, visited the new hospital, the site for the open-air sanitarium, the dormitories and various other depart ments, spending sometime in the stu dents' dining room at the noon hour. The afternoon was spent on the lawn in full view of Rose Avenue and all were entertained with the usual Sunday after noon band concert. Surrounded by such a sweetly scented atmosphere from thousands and tens of thousands of Chemawa's roses, it is no wonder that Mrs. Leupp exclaimed that she had never seen roses before. , At the evening services, the student body had the pleasure of listening to an encouraging talk from the Commission er, who used the Sunday School lesson for his topic. During the day and evening the Com missioner met and talked with many of the employes. They left on the morning train on Monday for a visit to Puyallup and Neah Bay, Washington. The gardeners picked a mess of straw berries Monday. The wagonmakers have twelve wheel barrows made ready for the wheels. They are now making the wheels.
