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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
sitates the use of at least two one-cent
pieces, for if a five-cent piece is rendered,
two cents must be returned.
Perhaps this growing demand for a
coin smaller than the five-cent piece will
again call into use the three-cent piece
made of nickel or the copper two-cent
piece reduced in size. As conditions
now are the nimble penny leads all its
kind in popularity. Ex.
WOOD BUTCHERS.
' Everything is moving along fine.
We just received a shipment of wagon
rims twenty sets. They look to be all
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If you ever want to make sandpaper
take common window glass; that which
has a green tint is best. Powder it and
sift through sieves of varying fineness,
for coarse and fine sandpaper. Then
any coarse paper is covered with glue
and the powdered glass is sifted upon
it. After standing a day or two the re
fuse sand is shaken off and the paper is
ready for use.
Dissolve two oz. of dextrin in five ozs.
of hot water and one 02. of acetic acid
and one oz. spirits of wine and you have
the formula the Government uses to
gum postage stamps.
If any one is interested in how to
make thirty-three kinds of solder he
can get the formula from the wood'
butchers. We are always looking up
these things while some are playing.
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You may see Nellie Boswell studying
every spare moment she has to herself.
Nellie says that she wants to catch up
with her chum, Ella Flemming.
Minnie Clark is working on the floor
again. Miss Troutman is very glad to
have her.
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i LOCALS J
Dr. Clauses and son, and Roy Bradford
from Siletz, were here on a visit Sunday
Mr. Herbert J. Campbell came down
from Portland on Saturday night and
spent Kunday and Monday with hispar.
ents.
Attorney E. 13. Wilcox, of Taeotna
Wah., was a visitor at the school on
Tuesday. Mr. Wilcox is the guardian
of Ruther Jake and as he had business
in Portland he concluded to come on to
Chemawa and see Ruther.
It is a very poor compliment to any
one who is kind enough to get up a nau
sical program for the pleasure and enter,
tainment of boys and girls, to have those
same boys and girls misbehave during
the rendition of fine music which has
been specially prepared for them. Shame'
Ernest Brewer arrived at the school on
Saturday from his home at Tacoma,
Wash , for a visit with his mother and
sisters. He is looking well and reported
that other members of the family at the
Tacoma home ar in good health and get
ting along nicely. Ernest returned to Ta
coma on Monday afternoon.
. Nell, one of the horses which made up
the faithful team of Ladd and Nell of
the Chemawa farm, had the cords of
its hind left legs cut by a scraper on
Monday while leveling off land east d
the school. A horse doctor was summon
ed from Salem, but upon seeing that there
was no hope of healing the leg, shot the
horse to put it out of misery. .
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