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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Cbe Cbemawa American
Published Weehly at the United
States Indian Training ScKool.
.Subscription Price, 25 Cents a Year. Ci-tjrs of
Five or Over 20 Cents.
Kntered a the Chemawa, Oregon, Postoffloe as sec
ond-class mail matter.
PRINTING STAFF
Joseph Dillstrom, Benjamin Wilcox
Henry Dabnell, John Service, James Evans
Calvin Dabnell, Louis Hudson . Frazier
Meoum, Robert Service, Carl Stone.
NOTICE. .
Parents of pupils will confer a great
favor on the school if, when they change
their address, they will notify the Super
intendent. A great many of our pupils'
letters to their parents are returned on
account of the official address heing in
correct, due to the school not heing noti
fied of the change of address. If this is
observed it will be a great convenience
to the school and satisfaction to parents
and relatives in receiving the letters -of
their children.
. LATE BREVITIES.
. New onions in the school garden.
Guess who gave us a bunch of violets.'
Miss Skipton spent Sunday in Port
land. Meditation Hall is being' elevated
several feet for sanitation.
Chemawa is patting .herself on what
she expects Harnden will do tomorrow
night,
Mr. Mudge and his detail put new
ventilators in the foundation of the
office.
Mr. Westley and his garden boys are
getting the seed potatoes ready for
planting. , -
Mr. Gordon and the plumber boys put
in drains under the walk in front of
Brewer Hall.
Joe Wiggins makes a very good cap
tain for any company. Other officers
are sprucing up also.
Mr. Bowen and his detail cleaned out
the moss from the school lawns, this
week, it being a difficult job.
Mr. Larsen is very busy this week
operating the wood saw, and having
charge of the woodshed crew.
Mr. Smith and a force of boys cleaned
up the athletic field, and removed all
evidences of the great 1908 football bat
tles The battalion of over 3G0 boys is a
pleasure to look upon; the boys all in
full uniform, shoes polished and hair
well trimmed.
Mr. Wood? and his force of carpenters
are now working on the old hospital,
and aie also busy making transoms
covered with galvanized wire screen for
Brewer Hall.
Mr. Hulden, formerly wagonmaker
at Chemawa, is now in Montana earn
ing $4.75 a day. We like to hear this,
as Mr. Hulden was agood faithful em
ploye while here.
An up-to-date barber shop has recent
ly been installed in room No. 3 adjoining
Mr. Smith's office, for the benefit of all
the boys of the echool. Robert Gregory
is the efficient barber who is in charge
of the same during work hours. When
a boy needs the barber's services, Mr.
Smith gives him a printed request for
a hair cut, and the result of this work is
very noticeable in the battalion.