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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
PUPILS' ITEMS.
John Murray is acting barber.
The boys were reseated on Tuesday
morning at breakfast.
Mr. Saunders repaired a fence near the
dairy barn on Monday.
The wagonmakers put about 12 chairs
together on Tuesday morning.
The farmers hauled hay this week from
the field west of the prune-dryer.
The berry pickers came home on Fri
day evening, but returned on Sunday.
The blacksmiths put tires on wheels
for the stump pulling machine last week.
The gardeners are very busy this week
cultivating and clod-mashing the 25
acre tract of potatoes.
Thomas Case is fireman this week at
the engineroom. Tom is becoming a
great hand at this work, and after leav
ing here is going to follow this calling
on a steamer plying between Alaska and
the coast cities. Stick to it Tom.
PASSED AWAY.
Under date of June 22, 1910, Mrs. J.
P. Hadley wrote Supt, Chalcraft from
Douglas, Alaska, of the death of Chas.
Weaver. It is with sincere regret that
we iearn of the demie. of the estimable
young man. Following is the brief
letter of Mrs. Hadley:
"Dear Sir:- We thought you would like
to hear concerning Chas. Weaver. He
passed away before your letter came in
May. He suffered very much the last
few days, but through it all gave testi
mony of the presence of Jesus as his
strenght. We seldom have such a victor
ious death among these people. We are
leaving the field this week Jor a one-year
furlough, having spent nearly five years
in Douglas."
FLOWERS OF THE STATES
The goldenrod is the chosen flower rf
Alabama, Kentucky, Maryland and H
braska. Arkansas and Michigan havt
adopted the apple blossom. Louisia,);i
and Mississippi the magnolia, Washin
ton and West Virginia the rhododendron
Iowa and North Dakota the wild rose
California has the poppy, Colorado th,.
columbine, Conncticut the mountain
laurel, Delaware peach blossom, Ida ,,
the syfinga, Indiana chooses corn, Kan
sas the sunflower, Maine the pine cone
Minnesota the moccasin, Montana hitter
root. New York the rose, Ohio the red
carnation, Oklahoma the mistletoe, Ore
gon the grape, Rhode Island the violet,
South Dakota "pasq'ie," Texas the him
bonnet, Utah the Sego lily, Vermont red
clover, Tennessee the daisy.
Washington, June 27. Census bureau
officials predict that within the next ten
years all the Indians in the United State
will become citizens. The 1910 Cenevi
report will show manv interesting fact?
about the red men. Tt will show each
Indian's. tribal relations, his proportion
of Indian and other blood, whether he i-
axed, the character of the dwelling he i
living in, the number of times married
and whether living in polygamy. Ex.
Miss Lucy Camille of the Flathead
Indians was married Sundav -at the
mission, near Tekoa, to Joe Sebicp. f"i
of the deceased chief of the Coeur d
Alenes, and the. couple were given n re
ception after the ceremony. The bride
.i a beautiful Indian girl and well Pl
eated, while the groom is one of the
prosperous members of his tribe au'l ;1
graduate of the Chemawa Indian Sclv'
at Chemawa, Ore. Ex.