THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
7
LOCALS
New pupils are beginning to arrive
now and old ones are returning also.
Many Chemawa people attended
Barnum and Bailey's circus in Salem on
August 27.
Mr. and Mrs. Fickle and Mrs. Steven
son returned to Chemawa on Aug. 27,
from Newport where they spent their an
nual outing.
Before leaving for the hop y irds the
boys sawed, split and stacked as much
wood as would be needed in the school
during their absence.
Miss Alice Chalcraft and Mr. Larsen
have been furnishing the music for Sun-.
day school and chapel service, and Miss
Dohse playing the inarches.
Mr. and Mrs. Saunders returned to
'school on the 27 of August from Newport
where they spent a few days' outing and
reported having had a good time.
Two crowds of boys are out camping
now. One is at Jones' yard and one at
Yerk's. The kitchen and dairy boys go
out every morning and pick until it is
time to return to the school to do their
work.
Before the prune picking and drying
season began, the gardeners picked and
stored away in the root hous, all of the
b irtlett pears. The pear crop is very
large this year there being about -250
bushels.
The Sunday before leaving for the hop
fields, the pupils heard an excellent ser
mon delivered in the chapel by Mr.Goode,
a friend of Chemawa, and who, about
five years ago, conducted the unday
services here.
All of the August vacationers have re
turned, and now the September ones are
enjoying theirs.
Mr. Ben Harris after spending several
days' visit here with us left on the 6th
instant for his home at Eureka, Calif.,
taking with him his son and daughter,
Dewey and Olive, also Caroline Wright
and Harry Stone.
While at Perdue, Ore., out hunting
with his father last month, Eddie Mann
killed a deer. . Mr." Mann killed four.
Mr. Van Tassell was with the party,
but failed to report the number of games
he shot and missed. ' ' .
Misses Gertrude, Sara and Ruth . re
turned to, school with their mother, Mrs,
Brewer, on the 24th ult., from their home
at Puyallup, Wash., where Mrs. Brewer
spent her annual vacation. Sara will
attend Salem high school, being her sec
ond year.
Mr. Westley reports that there are.
about 250 bushels of pears, 1500 bushels
t f apples and 1,000 bushels of prunes
gathered from the Chemawa orchard this
year. Our fruit crop this year is very
poor, owing to the unfavorable weather
during spring.
Mr. Ruthyn Turney is now spending
his vacation in California where he has
engagements to give concerts at several
plac 'S during this ti:ne. Chemawa is
very fortunate for having Mr.' Turney in
its roll of employes for beside he is a
very capable printer, he is also a well
reputed artist and the boys and girls of
Chemawa are afforded the best oppor
tunity to learn orchestral instruments
under an able instructor. This coming
school year he plans-to have a string
quartet and also a mandolin club Last
year we enjoyed his music entertain
ments and this year we expect to hear
them -again.