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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1908)
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN 3 Salem where the latter took the south bound train, Wednesday evening. Master Pickering Chalcraft had a birthday on Monday, having reached his 17th mile stone. Mrs. Dr. Bristow of Portland spent a couple of days at the school this week, visiting at Superintendent Chalcraft's. Anna Bender, a graduate of the busi ness department, has been appointed assistant clerk in the Chemawa Indian School. She left Haskell last Saturday. Anna is a capable girl and will do good work. The Indian Leader. Mrs. W. P. Campbell, of Chemawa, Or., arrived in the city to be the guest of her sons, Donald and Herbert, for a month. In honor of his mother, Donald Campbell entertained a few of his friends on an automobiling party at Liberty Lake and Coeur d'Alene yesterday. Spokane Chronicle. During the past week Supt. Chalcraft has been having a delightful visit with an old schoolboy friend, Mr. J. Peasley, of Des Moines, Iowa. Both are natives of Albion, 111., and have each grown reminiscent during the week. Sunday, Mr. Peasley addressed the student body. His talk was in every way encouraging and entertaining: ( The prospects are good for an excellent football schedule this fall. Games will possibly be arranged with Multnomah Club of Portland, Washington State University, Whitworth College, Tacoma, Spokane Athletic Club, Albany College, Pacific College and one or two others, depending on when the football squad will be ready to go on the gridiron for practice. Mr. and Mrs. Howell, of Arizona, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Cox. It be-, ing Mr. Cox's birthday, an elaborate chicken dinner was served at the "Mess" in honor of the occasion. In the after noon; Mr. and Mrs. Swartz had a late dinner to commemorate the event, and in the evening luncheon was served un der the trees in Old Chemawa by Miss Cooper and friends for the guests. On Wednesday evening Mr. Turney delightfully entertained a party of friends at Superintendent Chalcraft's cottage, with his violin. His rendition of Traumerei, his imitation of the Scottish bag-pipe, and another piece which he has just written, were especially enjoyed. Among those present were Mr Peasley from Des Moines and Mrs. Dr. Bristow of Portland. Members ot the five civilized tribes of Eastern Oklahoma, whose lands were thrown open to white settlement July 27th, proved too crafty for some, of the white speculators who hoped to gain control of these lands for less than their real worth. The allottees refused to sell their, lands except at prices nearly dou ble what' .they had at first agreed to take. It was the eagerness of the pros pective buyers that defeated their own purposes. Minneapolis Tribune. The following paragraph, taken from a letter recently received at the school, shows the Chemawa spirit: "I enjoyed my visit at Chemawa so much that it really made me homesick. It is surely fine I am proud of having attended school there and hope my brother and nephews will be the same and do noth ing that will make the teachers ashamed of them, but will be perfect 'gentlemen at all times and it will be a pleasure to point back and remember their school days at C. I. S."