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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 30, 1914)
This is an to THE You don't have to iake a long The DALLES WO COUNTY FAIR September 29, 1 30, October 1, 2, 1914 Will provide the best of entertainment. The Agricultural Fair will be excellent, and the Wild West feature the bert obtainable, Oregon Agricultural College men' will judge livestock. Spain Brothers, the famous wild west prize winners, will participate. Baldwin, the World's Champion Roper Cuba Crutchfield, Roach Brothers, Darrol Cannon, Max Gaunt, Buffalo Veruon, Babe Lee, Hazel Hoxie, and many other stars with three car loads of stockk including such well kuown horses as Introduction, Snaw Storm Molly and many others, will provide thrilling entertainment. There will be daily exuning races, squaw races, Indian races, Relay races, Pony express races, Bull riding. Those having horses that could not be ridden are invited to bring them to the show and' give the most expert riders in tho Northwest a chance to ride them. Entertainment by Country Children at the Vogt Theater Monday and Tuesday nights FreeJStreet Dance every' night. Street Parade byCowboys and Cowgirls Daily at 10 o'clock Fine Music by Pound's Concert Band. Ample hotel accomodations, no increase in price. Reduced fares on all lines COME AND SEE US AT FAIRT1ME, WE WILL ALL HAVE A GOOD TIME J. L. KELLY, President The Maupin Times Published Every Wednesday at Maupin, Oregon, By W. C. WALKER. Subscription: One Year, $l.50,Six SEPTEMBER LOCALS All Around Town G. W. Vanderpool had his truck iu the Dufur Garage for reptiiri last week. Martin Wing, a prominent resident and pioneer of Wamic, died at his home September 20. 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See Peter Kilhurg About it at The Home of "TUM-A-LUMBER" Maupin State Bank General Banking Business, Loans, Wheat Buying, Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent, Notary Public, Collections, Money Transmitted Cheaply by Drafts Ycur Patronage Solicited and Your .... Interests Invitation DALLES trip to see a big Wild West show and E. R.HILL, Secretary Months 75cts,ThreeMonths 50cts 30, 1914 Saturday Evening Post Country Gentleman Ladies' Home Journal ' Each $1.50 per year A. C. EAGEN Will take your Subscription On account of the bad weather the dance last week was not as well attended as was expected but a good time was enjoyed by all present. Cared for . RODEO AUTOMOBILE Quick, Dependable Service available at All Times ToAHoints Careful driver attentive to Comfort of Passengers E. A. MAYHEW, Prop. Hadn't Killed Him. There Is a certain young man who ; used to be notoriously egotistic. Some 1 of his acquaintances were one day ! speaking of him before an old lady who 1 was not "up" in the slang expressions j of the day. I The next time she met him on the j street she put out a congratulatory band. I "Oh. Mr. Smith," she cried, "I am j so glad you are better. I beard last week that you bad a swelled head." Llpplncott's. Casual Sympathy. "Your daughter told me to come and ask your consent to our murriage," said the nervous young man. "She did!" responded Mr. Cutnroz. "And you came hustling right along, although you knew you'd probably find me In a bad humor. And you kuew also that so long as Gladys and her ma had made up their minds my con sent or refusal wouldn't moke a par ticle of difference. Young man, you're being put through your family dis cipline too early." Washington Star. Reminders of Nelson. British sailors have on their uniforms perpetual reminders of the navy's glo rious past, though not every one who wears them knows that the three rows of wide tape around the edging of the blue collar and the black silk scarf knotted in front are links with Nelson, The white tapes commemorate Nelson's famous victories Copenhagen, the Nile and Trafalgar and the scarf is a to ken of perpetual mourning for the greut admiral, adopted by the seamen themselves and retained ever since. New York Sun. Aim of the Holy Alliance. The Holy Alliance was a league creat ed by Emperor Alexander 1. of Russia, lifter the defeat of Napoleon at Water loo, for the preservation of peace in Europe. Russia and Germany were enthusiastic about this compact, but Great Britain condemned it, so the death of Alexander and the French revolt of 1848 broke up the Holy Ai llance. One of the ambitions of this alliance was to extend the monarchi cal system to America, but the Monroe doctrine silenced this. Monster Insects. The largest Insects in the world are described by 0. W. Barrett In the Phil ippine Agricultural Review. The lar gest known winged orthopteru Is n species of ptiasnild, or walking stick, discovered In Nyassaland. Its body Is ten and one-third Inches long. Borneo boasts a wingless phasmkl thirteen Inches long This Is the largest living Insect, but was surpassed by a dragou flyllke Insect with wing expanse if twenty-Ore Inches and a body fourteen Inches long, which flourished In France in the carboniferous period. Nearly Precedent. While there bns never been an in stance in which the president and the rice president chosen with him have both died in the course of the term for which they were chosen, this came very near happening In the term for which Dnrrlson and Tyler were elected. When Tyler was serving as president after the death of Harrison be bad an extremely narrow escape from death by tho explosion of the big gun Peace maker ou tho steamer Princeton. Feb. 28, 1844, which killed two members of Tyler's cabinet-Secretary of State Abel P. Upshur and Secretary of the Navy Thomas W. Glltner-nnd David Gardi ner, the father of Tyler's second wife. Old Women, 1754. There is not such a thing ns a de cent old woman left. Everybody curls her hair, shows ber neck and wears pink but your humble servant. People who have covered their beads for forty ; years now leave off their caps and . tliuik It becomes them. In short, we t"f to outdo our patterns, the French. I lu every ridiculous vanity. Lady Northumberland gave an entertain ment Inst week In which was an arti ficial goose In ber feathers and a ben with seven little chickens. The dessert was a landscape, with gates, stiles and cornfields, but I have, 1 am afraid, tired you with (be account of such follies-Fetters From Lady Coke to Mrs. Eyre. ENVY. We often make parade of pas ions, but envy is mo, timid and iliimeful paision which we never dare to acknowledge. Jeal osy is in some measure just and reaioiiable, since k tends only to retain a good which belongs to in, whereas envy is a fury which can not endure the good of others, Lt Rorhrloucauld. CHAS. H. FRANCIS. M.D.;C.M MAUPIN, OREGON Mem. Coll, Ontario Phys. & Surg., Licentiate Minnesota and Oregon Prompt Service on Either Day or Night Calls Eyes tested, Glasses Fitted Works Both Ways. Kind Lady Oh, my poor man, 1 sup pose you are often pluched by hunger, are you not? Tramp-Yes, ninrm, and by the cop per, too, sometimes. New York Jour nal. Definition of Tact. Mrs. Pyne-Mrs. Blank certainly pos sesses a lot of tact. Mrs. Hyne-Whnt is your definition of "tact?" Mrs. Pyne -Tact Is a woman's ability to make her husband believe he is having his own way. Llpplncott's. That Wheezy Sound. "Ray," inquired the boy next door of the liltlo girl whose father suffered from asthma, "what makes your fa ther wheeze so?" "I guess it's one of his Inside organs playlug."-Puck. Exclusive. "My ancestors caiue over in the May flower," said the haughty lady. "Ob, yes," rejoined Mrs. Cumrox, with interest. "Mine didn't. None of my family ever eared for those big ex-curslons."-Washlugton Star. What the Band Did. "Here's a heading in this paper which says, 'Badly Mutilated by a Mounted Baud.' " "What was the name of the piece the band was mutilating?" lookers Statesman. Awful Fate. "What became of that Russian count who Insulted you?" "He choked to death." "How did that happen?" "I made him swallow bis wordsl" Exchange. CHARACTER. He that has character need have no fear of his condition. Char acter will draw condition after it. Henry Ward Beecher. REPAIRING Sb ioes Boots Harness GRINDING Scissors Tools of , All Kinds RAZORS HOANED Workmansnip Guaranteed First Class Geo. S. Gray MAUPIN Reliable Blacksmithing General Blacks mi thing of all kinds Horse Shoeing WoH Work All Work Done Satisfactorily And Guaaanteed. A. F. Martin Vlsibl. Proof. "She hat just graduated from a bMO ty college." "And what has she to show that she Is beautiful." "Well, she has a diploma." Louia Yille Courier-Journal. A Qastronomlo Feat. "Ah, Pre seen some rough times, sir!" said an old salt. "Once we were wrecked and we'd eaten all our provi sions. Then we ate our belts, and then the ship turned turtle, and we ate her tool" Going Down. The art of bathos is tolerably well Illustrated by the exclamation of a French critic before an English artist's canvas: "C'est superbet O'est mag nlflque. C'est pretty welll" Household Words. ' Nt tltili'Rlnd. Charlie came to the doctor's office In a state of great excitement and said: "Please, doctor, come right straight down to see Freddy, Mother says that he's wreathed In agony." Deline ator. His Little Joke. Percy I aw wrestled foh an botir with me scarf this morning. Algy Whlch won the victory, dean boy, you or the scarf? Percy-Nelther. Cawn't you see the match wesulted in a tie? Haw, haw 1 Exchange. A Human Failing. "Pa, what is the meaning of incon sistency?" asked Freddy. "Inconsistency, my son," explained pa, "means a man who growls all day and then goes home and kicks the dog for barking at night" Got a Run For His Money. "Our water pipe got choked up and the confounded plumber charged me $20 for fixing It It's an Imposition!" "Well, you can't say you didn't get a run for your money," Boston Tran script Tests of Skill. Son (a golf enthusiast) Tou must admit, father, that it requires a great deal of skill to drive a ball a hundred yards. Old Farmer-Rubbish! It don't require half as much as lt does to drive a pig fifty feet London Telegraph. A Compromise. He (bitterly) Talking about extrava gance, Just give a woman rope enough - She (bllthely)-Well, if you're go ing to give me one let lt be a rope of pearls and call It quits. Baltimore American. Her Big Heart. "I love Edwin from the bottom of my heart" "Then there is no place for me." "Don't be too hasty. There's always room at the top."-LouisvIlle Courier Journal. Resented. "What are your political convic tions?" asked the Inquisitive person. "There's no good retting personal," replied the boss. "I have never even been tried, much less convicted." Washington Star. The Modem Woman. "She is an extraordinary woman, yon know. She paints, plays, rides horse back, boxes, plays football, golf aud is an aviator. It is too bad. If 1 knew how to darn my own socks I should marry her." Paris Pele Mele. 8ad. "I beard Mrs. Talky broke her neck yesterdsy." "Yea. She tell out of a second story window while trying to see what kind of furniture the new tenants have." Judge. R.v.ng. "She makes me feel so small when she begins to talk-about her ancestors. And we have no ancestors." "Never mind, my dear. Come back at her with the pedigree of your dog." Louisville Courier-Journal. ! 8he Asks Too Muoh. ; When a woman goes away to spend Sunday, if she would rive ber husband directions concerning the fourteen or fifteen most Important things that ought to be done around the house in ber absence, instead of concerning the I whole flfty-aeven. he would stand j more chance of remembering at least . some of 'em. Honston Post Round th. Cirole. The object of the average normal na tion Is to hare more prosperity to raise mora taxes to build more battleships to seek more markets to sell more goods to have more prosperity to raise more taxes to build more battleships to seek more msrketa to sell more goods to have more prosperity and so on until something unforeseen happens. Life. IDLENESS. The idler, the lounger, the loaf, er who respects him) He nn't decent company even lor himself The world hu no use for him. He is marketable only to the devil, and the evil one makes him work long hours and overtime. J. M. Stude-beker. B.D. Fraley Horse Shoeing, Wagon Making, General Repair Work and all Work is done Neat Strong and Guaranteed. No Kick Comimg if Once Tried RIVERVIEW HOTEL We Sirve first class meals, Always. Good, Clean Rooms and Clean, Fresh Beds Board by Day, Week or Month MRS. D.M.GOETCHJEN Prop, The Only Perfect One. Willie was doing ppmin.-e in the cor ner. Presently he thought aloud pen sively. "1 cau't help It if I'm not perfect" no sighed. "I never heard of but one perfect boy anyway." "Who was that?" asked his mother, thinking to point a moral. "Pupa." came the silencing reply, "when he was llttle."-Exchange. Roman Ruins In Switzerland. Near Rnwl AiiKHt. In Switzerland, is the site of the old Hotnau colony of Augusta Itaurica. with remains of a theater, anil tit the nearby town of itlit'lnfaldcti are walls mid towers part ly preserved, for this was one of the outposts of the Holy Human Kmplre. tt has helonui'il to Switzerland only since 1S02 and in picturesque, like the ma jority of the towns on the Rhine. Switzerland's Capital. The quaint city or Berne has been the capital of the Swiss republic since IS4S. It Is one of the most interesting towns of Europe fur Its numerous me dieval features. It was founded In llltl by a duke of Zanrlngen. and by I'-'SS It was strong enough to ward off two sieges by Rudolph of Hnpsburg, the ancestor of the present emperor of Austria. Elephants of India. Commercially, elephants in India come under two classes the one of pageantry, the other of utility. Every native prince or noblemau of distinc tion in India keeps elephants to swell bis retinue, while, on the other bsnd, government officials and private per sons, such as timber contractors, etc., require them for work. Not So Vary Wrong, "Spell ferineut and give its defini tion," requested the schoolteacher. "F-e-r m e-n-t, ferment, to work," re sponded a dlmlmlnutlve maiden. "Now place It in a sentence so that I may be sure you understand Its meunliig," said the teacher. "In summer I would rather play out of doors than ferment In the school house." returned the small pupil with such doleful frankness snd uncon scious humor that the teacher found It hard to suppress a smile.-Chlcago News Supported th. Proposition. Mrs. Bllrkens-The president of our club Is going to lecture next Tuesday evening on "Conversation as a Lost Art." Sir Itllckens (yawulng)-That so? .Mrs Itllckens-Well, why don't you go on and make some sarcastic comment aliout the Impossibility of conversation being a lost art while women remain on earth? Of course that Is what you think. Mr. Bllckens Xo: I agree with your president Con versation Is a lost art. When only one side ran be henrd It is merely talfc Chlrago News. PASSION. Passion warps and interrupts the judgment. He that can reply calm ly to sn angry man is too hard (or him. Plato, speaking of passion ate persons, says they are like men who stand on their head they see all thmgi the wrong way. 0