Weekly Chemawa American., November 27, 1908, Page 8, Image 8

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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
OUR TRIP TO FOREST GROVE.
( Continued from Page 1.)
of Mr. and Mrs. Walker who were once
employes at Chemawa. The young ladies
were visiting Mrs. Walker when we
arrived. We gave a yell in front of the
house and proceeded on to lunch. Af
ter dinner we made ready for the big
event that was soon to take place.
When we reached the football grounds
we were greeted by the cheers of the
rooters and the music of the College
band. The Chemawa girls cheered con
tinually throughout the game which
assisted the warriors who were engaged
in battle to bring home the scalps.
After the scalps of Pacific had been
taken we had very little time in which
to reach the train and everybody was
compelled to hurry. The misfortunes
of the morning had all been forgot
ten. The smoke and cinders from the lo-4
comotive were not noticed, the rough road
seemed as smooth as an elevator, and
the singing and cheering of the jolly
crowd told the story of the game to those
who were at a distance of several miles
along the line. Everybody was cheered
from the president of the United States
to the motorman of the car. Friday,
the thirteenth, was a greater day than
the Fourth of July and will never be an
unlucky day in the minds of those who
went to Forest Grove. -J. D.
OPEN AIR SANITARIUM.
From a paper by the Honorable Com
missioner of Indian Affairs read before
the International Congress on Tubercu
losis recently held in Washington, D. C.
"In the Indian Exhibit there is a
sketch of a sanitarium attached to the In
dustrial School at Chemawa, Oregon. A
few years ago the Superintendent, who is
a member of his State Association on
Tuberculosis, conceived the idea of con
ducting his own little open air relief
camp in connection with his school.
When any of his pupils seemed to be
simply "run down" he sent them to his
little camp in the orchard to recuperate,
In some cases tuberculosis was pretty
evident, in others only suspected. The
success he had with this small endeavor
encouraged him to ask for a more
pretentious camp such as is hown in
the sketch. The tent houses are erected
according to the best type, being raised
above the ground, with boarded fborsand
walled to the height of four feet. The
space above the walls to the eaves of the
house, is open to allow free circulation
of air. Eight of these small houses
around an attractive elipse will be for
the girls. One of the eight cottages will
be for the recreation room, another a
bath house, and the remaining six will
be used as quarters for two girls each,
A duplicate scheme will provide for the
boys. The buildings are placed in the
rear of and close to the hospital of the
school, from whose dining room the
sanitarium occupants will be served,
Onl incipient cases will be treated in
this sanitarium.
,,This plan, which is subject to local
adaption, will be the model for all the
camps to be established in the Indian
field. At present preparations are under
way for camps at Fort Lapwai, Idaho,
Albuquerque, N.M., Pine Ridge S. D.,
Lower Brule, S.D., Mescalero, N. M.,
Fort Belknap, Mont., and White River,
Ariz. It is not the intention of the office
to rush into building on every reservation
regardless of the possibility of their suc
cess. It is proposed to begin experiment
ally in a small way in a few places where
they seem either most necessary or most
feasible, trusting to considerable extent to
those in charge of them to make them
not rnly useful but popular. The oainpf5,
properly conducted, will be of special
value to tubercular pupils returned from
school. Here they can be segregated
and supervised in a camp on the reserva
tion without being cut off entirely from
their friends.'