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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1910)
4 THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN Che Cbemawa Jfmercian Published Weehly at the United States Indian Training School. Subscription Price, 25 Cents a Year. Oi.tibs of Five or Over 20 Cents. Entered a the Cbemawa. Oregon, Postoffipp 8? sec-ond-clasp mall matter. PRINTING STAFF Benjamin Wilcox, Henry Darnell; John Service, Robert Service, Oscar Case. Jasper Grant, Reggie Downir, Harry Stone. Patsy Barrett. PANAMA CANAL. Work on the Panama canal in its magnitude would surprise anv man who saw it for the first time," remarked W. M. Hod of Virginia. representative of a. Cincinnati house, at' the Raleigh, says the Washington Post. "T spent two months there this vear, and mv first view of the hior ditch al most took mv breath awav. The pffortc of the French to dig the enal were nvg mvl ike com pa red to what onr neonle are doing. This is illustrated in the difer ence in size of the oars and engines used to haul awav the dirt. Tt would he pos sihle almost tn place one of the Fr-pneh engines in the, cab of an American loco motive now in ne. "Wp have 35 000 men at vvork, and the navroO is $1,500. 000 a month, or 42 tons of monev The dirt is flying so fasithat it is marvelous. There are 380 engines and 3400- cars at work, and the time required to unload 40 crs is less than 15 minutes. "The grent vvork. of course. i in the Cnlebra cut; which will take longer to complete than anv other part, of the ditch. Tt requires digging down through 85 feet of solid rock, to a. base of 400 feet. They are using, a ton of dynamise every day on this work alone. "I have not the slightest doubt that the canal will be completed by lgj Colonel Goethals is the best man that could be found to superintend the work He is on the job every minute, and can be seen any day at 6:30 in the morning at some part of the canal." KING'S INCOME. It should prove of interest to our stu dents generally to learn the various items which go to make up the salary of the King of England. The following sums were allowed the late king, but we understand King George, who recently succeeded to the. , throne, , has asked for an increase: Under the arrangements made by par liament in.. 19,01, when Edward Vir suc ceeded to the throne he and his family received $2,715,000 a year as civil list, or $210,000 more than Queen Victoria, savs the Indianapolis Star. The sum was al tot ed thus: Civil list, to the King and Queen, $2,350,000; annuity to the Prince of Wale, $100,000; annuity to the Princess of Wales $50,000; provision for the King's daughter $90,000; allowing to Queen Victoria's serva-ts, $125,000; total, $2. 715,000. It was provided that Queen Alexandra in the event of her serving King Edward should receive $350,000 a year, pie $2 350 000 of the civil list was allotted: Their majesties' privy purse, $550,000; salaries of the house hold, $629,000; expense of the household. $965,000; works $100,000; roval bounty, alms, etc., $66,000; unappropriated. $40. 000; total, $2,350,000. In addition the king's privy purse re ceives the income of th" Duchy of Lan caster, which last year was $320,000, The Prince of Wales in the same way receives the revenue of the Duchy of Cornwall, which was $435,000 last year.
