Weekly Chemawa American., August 27, 1909, Page 5, Image 5

THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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"Old Boreas"will soon be harnessed and
made to work driving our large 16 foot
aermotor wind mill which is being in
stalled on a 60 foot steel tower. The
Bame being connected with a 6 inch driv
en well which was bored for the purpose.
This will be used as an auxiliary to the
pumps in supplying the school with
water and it is our hope that it will add
to the facilities for furnishing our abun
dant supply of good water for the school.
The school has been allawed two dish
washing machines .One for the use of the
pupils' kitchen and the other for use at
the Hospital. They will be run by
electric power. The motors are already
here and the washers are some where en
route between Chicago and Chemawa
having gone astray on the railroad.
When they are here and installed, anoth
er great help to improving the sanitary
conditions of the school will be at hand.
The farmers this spring reported that
the forage crop this year would be very
short. The hay was cut and Mr. Swartz
stated that there was not sufficient to run
for the year, but Nature and climatic con
ditions of this prolific valley made him
change his prognostication. Of course,
it makes a little more work for the farm
ers but there will be about 40 acres of
second crop hay to cut that is in some
places even better than their first crop.
On Sunday, the mandolin club left for
Seattle where they will take part in the
exercises of the Pacific Coast Institute
which will be held in the auditorium on
the Fair Ground, demonstrating their
ability both in a musical, and culinary
way, should they be called upon. In the
party were Mr. Turney, Mrs. Theisz,
Miss Royer, Esther Napoleon, Dolly
Case, Emma Shepard. Maud Lowry,
Margaret Lowry, Violet Edwards, Rena
Mann, Ida Johnson, Vernie Cliffe, and
Nellie Shepard. They will be joined by
Ella Brewer who had gone to her home
at Tacoma. We know that the girls will
have a delightful time at the Fair and
will be a credit to Chemawa and to them
selves. HOP PICKING.
By the time our next paper reaches
our subscribers, hop picking will be in
full blast and Chemawa's pupils will be
reaping their harvest. The girls will
pick the Lewis Savage, the George Savage
and the Byrne & Menzenmier yards near
the Fair Grounds. The Boys will pick
in the yards of Walling & Son, The
Yerkes yard, The Jones yard, and in
the C. L. McNary y aids.
The boys as is our custom will go in
to camp at the Walling, Jones, and
Yerkes yards in charge of one the em
ployes of the school. The McNary yard
will be picked by dairy, kitchen, and
engineer boys assisted by some others,
returning each evening to the school to
do their chores.
Each morning the hay racks will come
to the girls' gate and the girls will be
transported to their yards in the care of
one of the lady employes of the school
returning to the school for supper. At
noon a lunch wagon will carry the
lunches of the girls at the various yards
and every afternoon, a bread and
meat wagon will carry supplies to the
boys that are encamped
Hop picking days at Chemawa are
strenuous but the happiest and most
substantial for the pupils of the school.
Many pupils earn as much in the two
or three weeks of hop picking as most
pupils of other schools save from their
earnings an entire summer.
As soon at hop picking is over then
we are ready to take care of our large
prune crop, after which the fall term
will begin and our pupils will be ready for
another prosperous and helpful year
at Chemawa. '