THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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CIVILIZING FORCE.
The great power of the gospel lies in
its transforming virtue. All things be
come new; the thief becomes honest, the
liar speaks the truth, and the man who
lived solely for himself, neglecting others,
devotes all he is and has to the others, to
the neglect, often, of his comfort and
ease and in m.iny cases of his health
and temporal interests. When the gos
pel reaches the hearts of lazy, ignorant
pagans whose life consists of little be
side the supply of physical appetites
and needs, it transforms them into in
dustrious, energetic men and women,
who become anxious at once to use their
minds not only for the purpose of creat.
ing better material conditions for them
selves and those about them, but in or
der to increase their knowledge of the
intellectual and spiritual worlds into
which the gospel lifts them. Hence the
gospel is the greatest civilizing force on
earth today. The Indian's Friend.
GATHERING FOR POTLATCH.
Lancaster Spencer of Toppenish states
that he starts for The Dalles shortly to
attend a big potlatch nd races of many
tribes of Indians. Immediately closing
this grand pow wow the whole bunch,
comprising representatives of the abor
igines race from various parts of the
United States will assemble at Toppen
ish to hold their annua! convention.
Among the many tribes that will be
present the Bannocks of Idaho and the
Klamaths from Oregon will be in attend
ance. They have never visited this sec
tion before, and are r ported to be a
very interesting and intelligent class of
"the true American." The convention
will assemble at Toppeni-h soon after
September 1. Ex.
MRS. JOSEPH BRIGGS.
Newport Or., Aug. 21.
Mrs. Joseph Briggs, wife of one of the
lifesaving crew here, died in Newport,
August 14, after a brief illness. Mrs.'
Briggs gave birth to a daughter last
week and her death soon followed. Mrs.
Briggs, whose maiden name was Alice
Saunders was considered . the most
beautiful woman of Indian blood on this
Coast She came of a fine Indian family,
was a graduate of Chemawa Indian
School and took a prominent part in
every movement for the betterment of
her race. She. was 34 years of age at the
time of her death, and had been mar
ried 13 years. Her daughter, Dorothy,
died of pnuemonia in California this last
winter, and it is thought that this
bereavement hastened her own death.
Mrs. Briggs was buried Sunday in the
wind-swept cemetery of her family
situated on the height of Cape Foul
weather. Oregon ian.
J LOCALS
Rena Mann left last week for Hood
River, where she is visiting with friends.
Barnum and Bailey's mammoth cir
cus was in Salem yesterdav and quite
a. number of our people attended.
We are in receipt of a letter from John
McCush, who is visiting at his home in
Garberville, Calif. He states 'that his
little party made the trip south on Jie
steamer Roanoke and experienced noth
ing more sensational than sea sickness.
At the time of writing John, was making
preparations to go v,n a hunting and
fishing trip. .