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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Cbe Cbemaiva Jlmercian
Published Weehly at the United
States Indian Training School.
Subscription Price, 25 Cents a Year. Clubs of
Five or Over 20 Cents.
Kntered a the Chemawa, Oregon, Postoffioe as sec
ond-class mail matter.
Edwin L. Chalcraft - - Superintendent
Postoffice Address - - Chemawa, Oregon
Telegraphic Address - - Salem, Oregon
PRINTING STAFF
Benjamin Wilcox, Henry Darnell, John
Service, Robert Service, Oscar Case, Jasper
Grant, Reggie Downie, Harry Stone, Patsy
Barrett.
THE SIZE OF BANK BILLS.
It was such a simple thing to discover.
It must be a great discovery, for on it
the first comment which any person is
likely to make is: "Why didn't some
body think of it before?" The said dis
covery is that by cutting down the size
of our bank bills one third in area $600,
000 a year will be saved to the govern
ment in the cost of paper alone, says the
New Haven Register.
There was a time, it may be, when
such a saving would not have been possi
ble by such means. Now we &ave come
upon times when paper is paper, and if
its present rate of rise keeps on much
longer, it will become too expensive a
material to be properly used for fiat
money. The statement of the saving
which the practical Mr. McClung will
make is not difficult to believe.
No one will object. So long as a dol
lar will buy a dollar's worth of sugar, it
won't matter materially whether the
superficial area of that bill is 15 or only
10 square inches. The treasurer might
cut the size down to that of the old "shin-
plasters" without creating any mighty
furore. It is to the diminishing gjze 0
what the dollar will buy that we are
kicking, not about the diminishing gjZe
of the dollar. Why doesn't the treas
urer, indeed, cut the dollar down one
half, while he is about it and save us
$1,200,000 instead of $600,000?
BREVITIES.
Joe Dillstrom was up on Sunday.
Five boys were hired to pick black
berries this week by Mr. Claggett.
Alex Cajete, class of 1909, is now
working at merchant tailoring in Salem.
Miss Favor of Iowa was the guest of
Miss White for a couple of days this
week.
The engineers pass away their time
these days pitching horseshoes in the
coal shed.
The gardeners, farmers and dairymen
held their annual picnic lat week down
at the Lincoln landing.
Some of the Chemawa- people witness
ed Burk's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in Sa
lem on Tuesday evening.
Mrs. S. C. Cloutier dropped in upon
her Chemawa friends a few days ago for
a brief visit. Formerly she was an
esteemed teaehe'r at Chemawa, but she
is now teaching at the Pendleton scbi ol.
Mr Teabo, who, with a part'' of boys,
left on the first of the month for Grande
Ronde to spend his vacation, came back
to the school Tuesday on business, leav
ing again for camp on Wednesday.
A letter just received by Supt. Chal
craft from Manuel Swanson conveys the
information that he is working at one of
the mines, receiving, $3.50 per day, and
that when the mine opens in a short time
he is in line for a better position Hei?
uncertain whether he will be able to re
turn to school to complete the course of
study, owing to the failing health of his
father, w7ho is quite an elderly man