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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
dicular wall which overlooks the level
valley of hundreds of acres below. This
window is nearly' a foot wide and about
three feet in height. No doubt many
deer, buffalo or other animals have been
killed on the flat below by Indians, who
shot through this opening.
The oldest white settlers tell of the
remnants of a once large Indian village
on the grounds where the town of Cliffs
is built, and some of the oldest Indians
tell of their "ancotta" fathers living
here many years ago when the first
white man (supposed to be the Lewis
and Clark expedition) drifted down the
Columbia River and stopped at this In
dian village several days. The finding
of many Indian curios, such as stone
axes, mortars, pestles, battle-axes, flint
arrow points, etc., give further evidence
of a tribe once occupying these grounds.
Some of the best curios in the Stewart
collection that was on exhibition at the
Lewis and Clark Fair in Portland were
found on these grounds. Some splen
did specimens have been found since.
A. C. Butt has a mortar picked up
last summer that is perfectly carved,
having for an outside border many of
the various carvings found on ' totem
poles, and W. P. tiauch has what is
said by many to be the best specimen
of an Indian pestle. It is nearly 20
inches long, of black stone, carved as
perfectly as a lathe could make it, and
a perfect animal head with protruding
eyes and a collar around its neck. It
gives evidence of having been used
hundreds of years, and is still unbroken.
BEING GOOD.
A chauty worker of New York said the
other day about Miss Gladys Vanderbilt:
"When this good and charming girl
goes to Hungary 1 know of certain lio
pital wards where she will be missed."
He paused and smiled.
"But let me tell you," he said, "of a;
incident that befell Miss Vanderbilt hi
year."
' I here was a children's hospital tha
she visited regularly, taking fruit am::
flowers to the little patients, and in I
certain ward a boy was pointed out t(
her as a bad customer.
"0,he is incorrigible," sighed the nursej
"Miss Vanderbilt talked a little whilt
with the little chap, and when she arost
to go said:
"See here; I heard bad reports about
you. Now 1 want you to promise me ti
be good. If you are good for a whoh
week I will give you a dollar when I
come again next Thursday.
"The boy promised to try to be good
This promise, though, he did not keep
On her next visit, Miss Vanderbilt goin
to his cot said:
"I shall not ask the nurse how you
have behaved this last week. I want you
to tell me yourself. Now, what do you
think do you deseive that dollar I
promise you or not?'
"The boy regarded Miss Vanderbilt
with a troubled frown. Then he said
in a low voice:
"'Gimme a nickel.'"' Nkw. York Tribune.
We are pained to announce the death
of Ebenezer Phillips, of Harris, Califor
nia. The death occurred on Friday even
ing, July 9th. The boy was a bright
little fellow and had endeared himself
to his schoolmates. He was eleven years
of age. His father, Mr. E. Phillips, is
here and at his request the remains were
interred in the local cemetery on Sun
day afternoon at 3 o'clock.