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Devoted to the Interests of Southern Wasco County
VOL. 1, NO. 21
MAUPIN, SOUTHERN WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, MARCH 5, 1915
THE YEAR $1.50
THE GOOD OF AN
The Artisan Lodge organizing
in this place has brought about
a change which will mean a
higher standard of social life in
our little city. It also develops
the fact that life insurance for
the poor man will do that which
a life of toil and. struggle has
failed to acomplish. It is a mat
tar that can not be estimated in
dollars and cents and . creates a
feeling of securety, besides
showing the unselfish motive
Miich inspires the act.
It commands the respect of
, the business man who realizes
the position of the wife and
mother thrown on the mercies of
a community with ah estate cov
e-ed by indebtedness, and whose
, business experience is limited to
the care of the household and
children. Physical inability to,
cary insurance is excusable to a
certain extent, but there is ab
solutely no excuse for the man
of woman sufficiently healthy to
save a few cents a day. to pro
tect their loved ones in that
darkest hour when one or the
other is called to the great be-
yond. Only too late they rea
lize that their nearslgtedness or
selfishness has caused the fami
ly to become seperated and
brought up among strangers
- without the protecting care of
the father or mother. A little
foresight would have enabled
either of the parents to have
kept the family together and
raised them in a way that only a
parent can.
Now. you father or mother
ask yourselves' this question, can
I afford to be without that pro
tection which, is the duty I owe
to the ones I love best. The
answer will be. I can not. and I
Big Time March 17
The Maupin Concert Band will
giv an all night dance at their
hall here March 17, St, Patrick's
day, A supper will be served on
the cafeteria style and anyone
getting hungry after 10 o, clock
may get what they want, from
5cts up.
The band boys are working
hard to make this the event of
the season and everyone should
come,
FARMERS MEET
C. G. Skogsberg one of the
Celterion farmers was in town last
Saturday.
Be sure to give in your order
for those fish at Styers' Saturday
and Sunday.
E. G. Chandler was in frorii his
ranch a few days ago getting ready
for spring work. j
The small son of John Donald
son lias been quite sick for several
days, but is now improving.
The W. H. Staats Mercantile
Co. have just received a shipment
bf implements for your farm.
Mrs. R. B. Bell left a few days
ago for Vancouver, Wash ., wheie
she will spend this week with her
mother.
Homestead relinquishments are
wanted. Inquire of the Maupin
Real Estate Co., office in the
Times building.
The ''junior Hillocks,"the boys
base'ball club, began organizing
last wsek and were out on the
diamond Sunday warning up a
bit.
The city was without water
yesterday owing to the valve in the
ram breaking which necessitated
sending to Portland for the hew
part.
AT PROSSER
The farmers and bnsiness men of
Prosser, Washington, held a big
meeting a few days ago to discnss
Silos and Ensilage. These meet
ings are held monthly and have
proven to be very instructive,
The farmers are begining to
realize that silos as a means of in
creasing the farm revenue are a
long way ahead of any of the old
time methods. We are not thor
oughly conversant on this subject,
but notice that the Tum-a-Lum
Silos are more in demand by those
who have used different makes.
We advise the farmers to investigate.
REVENUES OF THE
INCOME TAX LAW
Wapinstia Items
will now fulfil
owe to myself,
my fellow man,
the1 obligation I
my family and
R. H, Decamp and his Soli L. B
drove down here from their Criter
ion home this morning and took
the li o'clock train for The Dalles.
Roy Slusher has just completed
that, "best iii the country, "chick
en house in which he is to house
those thorougobred white wyandott
chickens.
Mrs. May Barzee returned to
her home in Wapinitla Sunday.
She has been here during the
serious illness of heir hiother, Mrs.
G. L. Harphan.
Ed Brown has gone to the Mays
ranch for awhile and it is thought
the fish will now come out of their
hidirte daces. He is the official
fisherman of Maupin.
The MaUpiu Concert Band held
an election of officers last Saturday
and the same office,rs were reelected .
Geo. Vanderpool as their leader,
W. H. Staats is their president,
Peter Kilberg as the sec. alitl
A. Locke treasurer.
If yon haVe' any real estate to
trade or sell or if yoU want to buy,
list it with the Maupin Real Estate
Co. office iii the Times building
Are You Ready For
Spring . Needs?
Under the new income tax law
there were a great many people
who have had to study the quest
ion and acquaint themselves with
its workings and the collectors
have had to overcome difficulties
ariging from a misunderstanding
or misinterpretation of the law.
There was a total of 4497 re
turns made by corporations in
Oregon for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1914, of which 2332
showed that the tax was due on
them. The total capital stock
listed was $550,659.77. The re
turns showed bonded and other
indebtedness aggregating $354,
333,769, and gave their net in
come as $16,818,664, or an average
of 3.6 per cent on the capital
stock outstanding.
The corporations making re
turns are devided into five clas
ses. Financial and commercial
corporations not exempt, in
cluding banks, trust companys,
guaranty and surety companies,
title guarantee companies, build
ing associations and insurance
companies of all classes that
are designated as class A,
There Were 401 returns ,in
this class, 01 which 298 were
subject to tax. Their total cap
ital stock was $40,268,949; their
bonded and other indebtedness.
not including the deposits of the
banks; $7,177,961, and their net
income $2,988,702, or practically
7.4 per cent on their capital
stock. This classification showed
the highest net earnings.
The total individual tax col
lected in Oregon was $90,054, of
this $25.27 was refunded and$2oo
in penalties included. The nor:
ma! one per cent tax on incomes
of over $3,000 brought $60,521;
the one per cent additional oh
inebmes of $20,000 to $50,000,
$13,157; the two per cent on in
comes from $50,000 to $75,000,
$3,279'; the three per cent on in'
comes from $75, 000 to $ioo,ooo
2,399; the four per tent on in
comes from 100,000 to 250,000,
$9,667; the five per cent On in
comes from $250,000 to $500,000,
20.00.
Monroe McComber, returned
home Monday after a two months
stay in California, he has been
with his mother Mrs. J. I. West of
this place, who is spending the
winter there.
MRS. ASHLEY DIED
, FEB, 26
We handle a line of Implements from the Smallest garden tool
to the largest farm machinery. We cary Rock Island gang
and sulky plows, disc harrows drag harrows, and South Bend
Chilled Walking Plows - - '
We Can Supply Your Needs in Garden Seeds, Flower
Seeds or Anything in That Line - - - -
We Cary the Litchfield Down-Low Spreader. This Machine is
Especially Built to meet conditions in this territory. We are
going to publish more about its merits in this space next week
W. H. STAATS & CO,
Dr. H. V. Hatfield, of Port
land, will be here about March
19th. The doctor is well known
in this section and needs no
recommendation. You should
have those teeth attended1 to, as
bad teeth undermines the health.
Several of the young people of
Maupin gathered at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Mayhew,
Monday evening where they
were entertained very royally and
a light luncheon was served.
The Shattuck Bros, have just
installed a Bowser, self measuring
and underground storage gasoline
system. The supply pump will
ijbe placed in front of their store
where it will be handy for auto
mobiles. The prizes awarded to Mrs. T.
A. Connolly. Ray Kaler and!
John Williams at the Mask ball
Feb. 22, are at W. H. Staats &
Co.'s store subject to your order.
Dr. C. H. Francis was called ,
to the Chas. Crofoot ranch the
first of the week to attend the
baby of Mr. and Mrs. Crofoot.
bale Bonnie of Tygh Valley
I passed through Monday on the j
! way to his Criterion ranch.
Bill shields returued from a trip
toPortlaud, where he had been to
visit his children, who are at the
Boys and Girls home at that place.
Grover Wilson camei over from
Kingsley for a few days visit
With relatives.
Mos Delore had the misfortune
to lose a valuable horse Sunday
night.
Bev. and Mrs. G. E. Wood
went to Wamic Sunday to attend
Sunday school at that place, he
preaching in the church there iu
the afternoon.
Our High School scholars re
cently organized two basket ball
teams, for boys and girls, and they
are becoming quite efficieut players.
Wapiuilia surely has cause to
be proud of her school, as we have
one of the best schaols this side of
The Dalles, all of the grades of. the
grammar schools are being taught
and the 9th and 10th grades in the
High School There is an enroll
ment of 65 on the books.
School closed iu the Batty dis
trict last Friday. A fine enter
tainment was given in the even
ing by Miss Dickey and her pupils,
A large crowd was present and all
agree.tkat it was fine, ,.
Miss Dickey left Saturday morn
ing for her home at St. Johns Ore,
Miss Lois Batty gave a farewell
party for Miss Dickey, at her home
last Wednesday evening, about 46
being present. The evening was
spent in playing parlor ganies, and
at midnight a splended lunch was
served and Lois proved a very
charming entertainer.
Clyde Flinu went to Wamic
Saturday alid visited at the home
of his uncle Geo, Magill. He also
attended the S-. S. Rally there.
Mr. Amett of Portland, who has
filed 011 a homestead on Tick
Ridge, South of here, returned
Saturday. lie expects to erect a
house and move his family out iu
the near future;
Lagrippe has put in its appear
ance here lately and quite a num
ber of our people have been quite
sick the past week.
Mrs. Mamie Ashley, wife of
Walter Ashley of this place, died
in Portland, Oregon, February
26th, where she had gone for her
health.
She was born in Pensylvania
in 1886 and came to Oregon last
year and had been married to
Mr. Aehley about four months.
She made many friends during
her short residence in Maupin,
who learned of her death with
sadness.
Besides her husband she leaves
one daughter, one sister and four
brothers to mourn her loss.
L
While playing ball last week,
Andrew Cunningham received a
slight injury causing him to stay
out of school several days this
week.
The rain storm Monday kept
several of the primary children at
home.
The H. S. boys have finished
Enoch Ardeu and think it is a finer
poem than any of Shakespear'a
that they have read,
Principal Irle purposes giving a
public talk on Bible subjects some
Sunday afternoon in the near
future, - '
The officers of the Literary So
ciety are, Violet Miller, Pres; Guy
Fryman, Vice Pres; J0I111 , Moud
Sec.
One of the things that the pupils
have learned (at least the most of
them,) is to sweep their feet when
they cuter the schoolhouse.
U. S. Senator Lane, through
County Superintendent Bonny,
has Hint the school about 50 pack
ets of Vegetable and flower, seeds
The plipils have also sent far 1 7 i
cent packets comprising 102 varj-ties.
Dave Donaldson returned from
Dalles Hospital a few days ago;
where he has been Under treat'
time for some time. He says he is
feeling as well as ever.
A slide occured ' oh the Oregon
Trunk road Wednesday night
Which necessitated the transferring
of passengers from one train to
another,
J. I. Richardson, son of Grand
ma Richardson, who came from his
Idaho home 611 account of her ill
ness, will return in a day or two.
His mother has sufficiently re
coverd to be out of danger.
I carry all kinds of stones for
rings and pins -Emmons the
Jeweler,
Now
FARMERS!
Disk Your Stubble
With One of Our
Keystone Disk
arrows
H
Dont let the clock fctanu idle,
bring it to me.
t T.mtfi oiis the -Je weter.
and your ground will keep moist
enough to plow 'til harvest time
tiaiiucll Bros