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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 27, 1909)
6 THE CHEMA V Chemawa Indian School. , ...... i i - . .-a; : ; . " ! i j i.oi;.- . M i. Chemawa is located, c;n the main, line of, the Southern PacificiraLbroad five miles . north: of the, City of Salem, the capitol of Oregon. It is the only Indian industrial school in the northwest corner of the Unit ed States where you can get an industrial education. Many Indian young men, who were graduated from Chemawa, have good positions as blacksmiths, mill men, tailors, engineers, electricians, farmers, and many other businesses earning a good living for themselves. The Oregon. Electric R. R., which has sixteen trains daily between Salem and Portland, passes through Chemawa. vIn point of location, climate, resources, sanitation and environment, Chemawa is unexcelled. '-Its grounds are covereti with roses, are extensive and dotted with tall Oregon firs, which are green the en tire year. : .. ; . . . . . . . The school has been called "The Rose. School". " II has 341 acres of as fine .ag ricultural land as there is in the United States. Has over 40 acres of prolific or chard and the fruit of this is very abun dant, producing-enormous quantities. The buildings are all modern and up-to-date and the Industrial departments are unexcelled. To Those Wishing; to Enter the Chemawa School Please-' Read Carefully, 1. All pupils must be at least, one fourth Indian; healthy and of good moral character. 2. All new pupils must be fourteen years of age or over. 3. If you live on a reservation or are under the supervision of an Agent or A AMERICAN Superintendent, you must apply to him for transfer and 'railroad tippets. This should be done immediately and write the Superintendent of Chemawa that you have done so. ; i '! 4. If you are not on a reservation, you should write Supt. Edwin L. Chalcraft, Chemawa, Oregon, and tell him about yourself, age, tribe, etc. He will then send you application blanks and order for tickets, if you are eligible for enroll ment, t 5. Chemawa has an Industrial equip ment and facilities, surpassed by none and equaled by few schools in the Ser vice. The trades taught are,-for the girls! First all are taught to be good house-keepers, to which is added special instruction in Dressmaking, Tailoring and Nursing. The School has a Domes tic Science Department. rlbe boj s lire taught Farming, Dairying, (Hardening, Carpentering, - Wagonmaking, Black-, smithing, Shoe and H anets :; Making,, Tailoring, Baking, Steam and -Electrical, Engineering and Plumbing'. ! 6. Chemawa has exceptional advan tages for giving instruction in fanning, dairying, gardening and in the caie of orchards, and with, her-; engiretri.ng facilities is unequaled. ; . ! 7. ' The Chemawa Band has a reputa tion extending over the entire Pacific Coast: Boys w ho have had band, in struction in other schools are especially desired to continue their music at Che mawa. " .
