VOL, 11
OCTOBER 30, 1908,
NO. 19
Notes From Chemava, Oregon,
C. W, G. .
Pupils are coming in more rapidly
than usual at this time of year,
Mrs. Campbell is acting principal
teacher.
School began the first Monday in
October, the vacation period including
August and September.
During September the pupils from the
Indian school go out by the hundreds
into the hop 'fields. The boys camp on
the ground while the girls are taken out
in school wagons in the morning and
brought hack at night. They are ac
companied by teachers and omebody
puts up the lunch. The most expert
pupils make several dollars a day, but
the price of hops' was go low this year
that niany fields were not picked at all,
although the crop was smaller than us
ual. Prohibition seems to have affected
even the hop fields.
Superintendent Chalcraft is back and
forth visiting reservations and schools.
One of tho effects of the new method of
collecting pupils for non-reservation
schools seems to be to make the Superin
tendrnt of the largest schools traveling
passenger agents, while the assistant
Superintendent runs the school. It is
fortunate there are so many able and
experienced assistant Superintendents at
present in the service.
Assistant Superintendent Campbell
has been ten years at Chemawa.
Miss Irene Campbell is an enthusias
tic tennis player and a member of the
leading Portland tennis club. The
numerous trophies adorning her room
attest her success iu this most healthful
sport.
Mrs, M, E. Theisz, so long the invalu
able head matron at Chemawa, finds the
cilmate and duties so conductive to good
solid health that she is tempted to train
with Miss Irene or some of the older
ladies on the tennis court. But the
danger of losing poise together with
avoirdupoise!
Miss Katherine Earlougher sends
greeting to her many friends at Phoenix
with just the faintest note of regretful
longing for the beautiful days of sun
shine and flowers in .store for Phoenix
people while the rainy season is due in
Oregon,
At the school, apples have been gath
ered by the hundreds of bushels while
prunes have been dried by the ton and
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