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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
tin gf)gmawa Emerican
PublisHed Weekly at the United
States Indian Training School.
;Sn BSORTPTION PRICE, 25 CENTS A YEAR. CLUBS of
Five or Over 20 Cents
Entered a the Chemawa, Oregon, Post office as second-class
mail matter.
PRINTING' STAFF
Joseph Dillstrom, Benjamin Wilcox,
Henry Darnell, John Service, James Evans,
Calvin Dabnell, Louis Hudson, Frazier
Mecum, Robert Service.
THE SNOW.
On Tuesday morning all Chemawa
was surprised to see the ground covered
with a'white mantle. This is so unusual
that everybody- took it as a huge joke,
but as the snow continued to fall we
realized that it was a little more than a
joke and we got up on Wednesday morn
ing to find that ten inches of snow had
fallen, with the thermometer ranging
from 22 to 24 above zero. We went to
bed Wednesday night with promise of. a
thaw, but got up Thursday ' morning to
find six inches more of snow, and at this
writing still snowing. Theoldest in
habitants say that about-25 years ago
they .had a snow in this place similar to
t.hi.
When it clears up we may experience
yet colder weather. While we write we
see that all over the. United States they
are experiencing zero weather, so " that
we still have something for which to be
thankful.
Those going to the Oregon Electric
depot find plenty of show to walk through
and no doubt wish that the depot was
near the industrial - building.
The students marching to school go in
single file now, as the snow is not shovel
ed from the sidewalks yet and they only
have a narrow path to walk in. .
Two-foot icicles are as common as
strawberries in June. The oracular old
timer informs us that the recent snow
fall was the heaviest known in this
section for 25 years so far as we are
concerned his word is good .
The snow measured sixteen inces
Thursday morning and it was still piling
up. This is more now than has fallen
in twenty-five years in this- locality.
Rain will probably melt it soon and
cause a flood along the Willamette river.
Wednesday evening everybody at the
boys' quarters were requested to hang
their socks and stockings on the foot of
their beds so the night inspector could
see. them in order to know who was
lacking the' necessary foot -wear required
to keep warm and dry feet this cold
weather. It appeared that Santa Glaus
was making his second trip-, hut he fail
ed to leave anything hut fair warning.
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Eugene Williams and Lee Evans
painted the battery in the printing office.
Mr. Bovven and his industrial detail
are kept busy shoveling the snow from
the ' many sidewalks that wind .about
the grounds.
' Wednesday the blacksmith detail was
transferred to the wood shed to deliver
wood to the dwelling houses and differ
ent furnaces on the grounds where wood
is needed.