Weekly Chemawa American., July 23, 1909, Page 8, Image 8

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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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The farmers and dairymen have been
kept pretty busy with, hay-making the
last week or two.
.Mr. Mann and his boys improved the
hay-lifting apparatus at the barn this
week, making the work much easier.
Mr. Enright and his faithful crew of
tailors did a creditable job laying the
linoleum in the employes, dining rooms.
, A car load of syrup and a car load of
sugar arrived last week and now there
is no reason why every one cannot be
sweet.
Mr. Van Tassel and his force have in
stalled the much-needed 80-gallon cal
dron in the kitchen, also the 80-gallon
tea urn.
The busy housewives at the school
have been engaged the last week put
ting up loganberries, cherries, rasp
berries and blackberries for winter use.
Mr. Swoboda and his crew of harness
makers unloaded and stored the sugar
in the commissary, owing to the rush of
quarterly accounts in the office. Thanks
to the willing workers.
The main feature of the laundry work
this week has been to do un curtains,
curtains and curtains for the various
departments and domitories, owing to t he
approach of commencement and vaca
tion. You need never ask what kind of
workers Jesse Matthews, Milton George
and Louis Pellitier are, just watch them,
as long as they have work to do they are
busy. There are others equally as in
dustrious, watch for them.
WORDS OF PRAISE.
Below we print a notice which appear
ed in the Woodburn Independent of July
15th, following the concert given by the
Girls' Mandolin Club on the evening of
the 12th. The "write-up" was much ap
preciated by the members of the Club
and others here at the school. Follow
ing is the notice :
Ten handsome Indian girls from Che
mawa, attire 1 in white and led by their
able instructor in music, Ruthyn Turney,
occupied the stage at the Sterling Opera
House last Monday night and were greet
ed by a small but very enthusiastic au
dience. The concert of 14 members was
much enjoyed, refreshing and plainly
told that, while "music hath charms to
soothe the savage beast," .in the Indian
girl there is musical talent of a rare onW.
There were four violins, three mandolins,
a cello, bass viol and piano. lCverv
number was applauded by the music-lovers
present. Good execution, faultless
expression and perfect harmony were
creditable marks in their splendid inter
pretation. The whole program was ex
cellent, and would have been better if it
had been varied with some instrumental
solo work instead of being all orchestral
with the exception of the two, vocal se
lections. The latter were' "Lily of-the
Prairij" and "My Pretty Little Maid of
Cherokee" with encores by Miss Venue
Cliffe in Indian costume. Miss cliff e
possesses a very sweet voice and was so
much appreciated that she had to make
a reapppearance each time, singing '' lied
Wing" and "Rainbow." The auditors
were much . impressed with the culture
and musical tn lent of the young ladies
and plainly saw that the Chemana In
dian Training school Was doing a good
and wonderful work. Asst. Supt. W. P.
Campbell-was here with the' party.