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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 25, 1908)
2 THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN Published WeeKly at the United States Indian Training School. subscription Price, 25 Cents a Yeah. - Clubs of Five or Over 20 Cents ITtCriCdtl tain, heart-broken at the woe of his . people, sickened and died. Wise men of the nation, skilled in the medicine of the gods, gathered in solemn conclave and besought the great spirit for a remedy for all the trouble Entered a the Chemawa, Oregon, Postofhee as ee ond-elass mail matter PRINTING STAFF Webster Hudson Benjamin Wilcox Gordon Hobucket Calvin Darnell Louis John John McCush Henry Darnell John Seuvice James Evans "Jump Off Joe." t Continued from Page 1) her lovable disposition, the head chief of the Siletz took the girl and reared her as his own, while she grew in grace and mind until the fame of the fair faced princess spread far and wide. Time passed and the chieftain's son, Joe, ever near the adopted girl, was chained to her by the power of her man v graces and .wooed and won her hand. Joe filled the heart of the aged chieftain for his love Was great, both for the boy, his son, and the girl, his ward by tribal adoption. But in the midst of the rejoicing, sorrow and death, like a creeping fog, spread over the land. Vast fires burned the forests, drove away the deer, the bear, the elk and other game; drouth dried up the leaping creeks, leaving the trout gasping in the shallows; crops withered and died, under a. pitiless sun or were washed in to the sea by sudden fierce torrents, quick fallen from a single cloud. In the midst of a tribulation the old chief- ( Continued on Ptige 4J Brevities Miss Earlougher was in Salem Wed nesday. Several car loads of supplies were received this week. Miss Hutchinson made a flying trip to Portland on Monday. Mr. Watkins returned Tuesday evening from his vacation trip. Alex Cajete is busy in the tailor shop making overalls for several of the large boys. Mrs. Bewjey and Mrs. Gordon put up 13 gallons of prune butter for the mess this week. ' Miss Koester made a flying trip to Sa lem to do some shopping Thursday morning, Mrs, Harry E. Mann returned last week from Klamath Agency, where she has been visiting with relatives. Mr. Smith has recently purchased a new Rambler which has enabled him to make flying visits to'the boys' hop camps. Miss Dohse is doing excellent work in Brewer Hail in spite of the scarcity of help during the busy season of hop packing and prune drying. Miss Irene Campbell returned home Wednesday afternoon from the Multno mah Tennis Tournament and was the happy possessor of a cup as the result of her playing.
