Weekly Chemawa American., December 03, 1909, Image 9

Chemawa Indian School.
Chemawa is located on the main line
of the Southern Pacific railroad 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 industria
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.
In point of location, climate, resources,
sanitation and environment, Chemawa is
unexcelled. Its grounds are covered
with roses, are extensive and dotted with
i-all Oregon firs, which are green the en
tire year.
The school has been called "The Rose
School." It 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 WisKing' to Enter the
CHemawa jchool 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
Superintendent, you must apply to him
for transfer and railroad tickets. This
should be doi:e immediately and write
the Superintendent of Chemawa that
you have done so.
4. If you are not on a. reservation, ou
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. 5. Chemawa has an Industrial equip
ment and facilities, surpassed by none
and equaled by few schools in the Ser
vice. The trade? taught are as follows:
The girls 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. The boys are
taught Farming, Dairying, Gardening,
Carpentering, Wagonmaking, Black
smithing, Shoe and Harness Making,
Tailoring, Baking, Steam and Electrical
Engineering, and Plumbing.
6. Chemawa has exceptional advan
tages for giving instruction in farming,
dairying, gardening and in the care of
orchards, and with her engineering
facilities is unequaled.
7. The Chemawa Band has a reputa
tion extending over the entire Pacific
Coast. Boys who have had band in
struction in other schools are especially
desired to continue their music a Che
mawa. (Continued on page 8