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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (July 29, 1910)
Chemawa Indian School Chemawa is located on the main line 0f the Southern Pacific railroad five miles north of the City of Salem, the capitoi of 0ron' s e onv Indian industrial -chool 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 pood living for themselves. The Oregon Electric R. R., which hag sixteen trains daily between Salem and Portland, passes through Chemawa. In point of location, climate, resource?, ganitation and environment, Chemawa is unexcelled. Its grounds are covered with roses, are extensive and dotted with wall 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 building 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 Superintendent, you must apply to him for transfer and railroad tickets. This should be done immediately and write the Superintendent of Chemawa thai you have done so, 4. Tf you are not on a reservation, yon 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 trades 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, Raking, Steam and Electrica1 Engineering, and Plumbing, 6. Chemawa has exceptional advan tages for giving instruction in farming, dairying, gardening and in the care oi orchards, and with her engineering facilities is unequaled. 7. The Chemawa Band has a reputa tion extending over the entire Pacific Coast. Beys who have had band in struction in other schools are especially desired to continue their music a Che mawa. (Continued on pap 9