THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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pupils of Chemawa' Indian School are
always pleased and flattered when you
visitMt, and that'' - the class , of 1908 ex
tend you heir special greeting today.
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INTERESTING LETTER
!. .'v :. :-t , . . Klamath Agency, Oreg.
- - . S July 24-;08.
Mydear Ars. Campbell and her Seniors;,
Ohemawa, Oreg. . r
1 haye, ielt all the time that I should
write you a letter, but have delayed too
long.r Because I : felt .: backward my
grammar is ery poor. . . ;
I .would - like to- have attended your
Commencement exercises ... very much
more especially to be with the Class of
'08, and qur. teacher ( w horn we love. )
You do .not know how disappointed I
am not being with . you as - one, of .the
graduates, as it was always my one aim
to finish and receive a .diploma with my
class-mates,, but then I can't help my
self, things are .djne according to the
will of the ''H?avnly Father." ,v '
I have many pleasant 'memories of
7011 all ancl hoping likewise that you do
of me
Thave been improving in health right,
along, until of late, 1 1 do not feel well,
trust I shall beany own self again in a
course of few months. I would have
come back to dear old Chernawa had it
.not been for the long and rough roads, I
w'as afraid to risk it, so I didn't come.
T .shall lie glad to hear from; any of
Wishing each of you a .continued suc
cess, and with best wishes, I am, . . :
Your loving friend and class-mate,
Bessie Ctitloquin.
PRINTINGS-PRESS WORK.'
GORDON. HOBUCKET.
You have seen how the compositor did his
part. But I am not quite ready to run the
printing press yet. It has.to be cleaned be
fore we can do jiny thing with it: ;In the print
ing office we havej'a box filled with rags. These
rags we use to, clean the pisk When the
plate and rollers are thoroughly cleaned, the:
ink must be applied to the plate and thqn the ,
rollers are run on it until the ink is well
spread over it.
Care must be taken in regard to the quan
tity of ink we use. This all depends on what
we are printing. If we are running nothing,
but reading matter nvbere the type, are all of
the same font, it is not necessary to use very
much ink, for every type will show up .well.
Bat if we are running cuts and reading "mat
ter together we must be very careful about
the quantity- of ink we use not too much or
too little. ! 1 ; , -,
The fountain, wants to be regulated, sp as to
get enough color. After the plate is well ink
ed and the fountain well regulated "the1 press
is ready. 1 will now take the form arid. put
it on the printing press. In putting the forn
irr its place care must also be taken as to how
we put it in. If it is not placed right we are :
liable to break the chase. So, therefore, be
fore we start the press running we examine
every part of it. Now everything is' ready:
The paper is already placed on the right, side
of the pressman. I -will now turn on the: pow
er and put the belt on its place -that ,s; put
it on the busy wheel. 1 will now fee$ the
press. f tr ' ; ' : -
Here is another part where it is necessary
to be very careful as to how yoif handle and
print the paper. You , want to print so much
at a time and then lay, the m away to dry, -If '
the color is heavy you must print about thirs
ty or forty sheets, after you print that much
put them away. If you neglect to do this you
are bound to make an off -setr consequently
the appearance of your work will be spoiled.
After, albthe paper is printed we take -the
form ;off: and then wash it either with gasoline
-or lye-water. When the type is ail cleaned
we; put it on the imposing stone, whore it is
ready for distribution. . . . . ' ; , r