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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 12, 1915)
nn m Efevoted to the Interests of Southern Wasco County VOL t, NO. 22 MAUPIN, SOUTFjEBN WASCO COUNTY, OREQON, MARCH) 12,1915 THE YEAR $1.50 MAU times NEW HOMESTEAD LAW IN EFFECT During ;he closing hours of 'ongresia biU'was passed pro viding thafr all pending home stead entries made jij good faith, prjor to January 1, 1914, under the enlarged homestead act by , persons who before making such enlarged homestead, entry had Required title to land under the homestead law,' be Validated, 'if jn other respect? regular, in all cases where he original home stead was: for less than 160 acres. The Department holds that a citizen .who makes one home stead entry and required ' .title, 1 exhausts, his homestead rights, whether he enters 160 acres, 80 acres or 40 acres, or even less. Truck to Canyon City W. B. Frpude, pf the Packard Motor Co., passed thrpugh here last Monday with one of the, big Jeffery motor trucks. He was making delivery of this truck . to a Canyon City firm, which was the first to ever go to that place' Mr. Frauds was making excel ent time, not withstanding the roads between hpre and The Dalles were in very bad condition and some places the mud would hold up the four horse team traffic, but the , truck traveled right along. It was running under full-load capacity and probably the best reasons as' signed for its traveling over such roads so easily is the, four-wheel? drive, the four-wheel-steer and the four-wheel-brake, giving more1 power, greater ease handling and pot so likely skid. Tygfy Couple JMarried Mr. Dale Bunney and Miss Alice Xoung were married at Tygh. Monday and, (eft Wednesday for Criterion where they will make thejr future tame. ' The couple are welj known young people jn this part of the country and very highly respected. They have the congratulations of many friends, who wish them a long and happy voyage on ' ffie unknown seas of matrimony, s" . L n TO EXPOSITION Smock News The weather is fine, every one is plowing. Every one seems fo be on the'' sick list. The spring fever seems to be the trouble. Rev. W. A. Waterhouse pf Fossil Or. is holding protracted' meetings at the Baptist Church on Smock -Prarie. - Mrs. Thornton is on the road to recovery and js expected home tie first of April. The Boulder-Lost-Creek Ditch Company held a meeting last Saturday. Sam Brown purchased several shares of water from the Boulder- Lost-Creek Ejitch Co. (Now jar. Brown lets see what kind 6f pota toes you can grow on Juniper. At this writing L. G, Bleakney is bettet but still very weak from his recent illness. ' . The Fleming, schop) js proud, of the fact ththot lunches ae seryed at the noon hour this term, Mr. and Mrs. C- E. -funisou are spending the week with relatives at White River. : Roy Castor and . little daughter arriued last week from Tacoma, Washington. They are visiting Mrs. Qamber at present, Mrs. W, H, Aldridge received a Three girl "hikers!" lefj; port land Monday morning for the Panama Exposition. They took only 5 . 00 in their wallets and intend earning their' way by showing at playhouses on the road. They will take over a month tq complete the trjr find visit a great many places of in terest; including Crater Lake. The ''hike" will cover; about 800 mjles and all three of the girls have been training fpr some time. They are; misses Fay and Jun$ Shea and Miss Kitty Bebertz. Miss $elertz recently arrived there from Saginaw, Mich., and once before walked from Saginaw to San Francisco. A. M. Borzell Dead A. M. Borzell died on the pper-' atipg table in Portland a few days ago. Mr. Borzell was in Maupin a short time ago and had made prep arations tp put in a flour mill and electric plant at this place. The newsf of his death was quite a shock to the number of friends he had made while here and who lqoked forward to the near future when he was tp have been ope pf our pitizens. DATE IS SET FOR CANAL OPENING Celilo Canal opening scheduled for May 5. The majn' feature is the water parade from Lewis ton to Astoria by a combined flee(; f river boat? which will stop aj; all principal towns along the line. The fleets of the, Willamette and lower Columbia riven? will assemble at The Dalles in the morning of May 5. A reception wjll bp tendered all visitors. Auto trips tq the fruit districts, historical and indutriaj parade; motor boat rapes and other spprts In the afternoon the formal open ing pf the canal at Big Eddy will take place, after which, the up river fleet and all visitors will agajn assemble at The Dalles, where they will be greeted by the blowing qf whistles from, all steamboats, railroad shops and locomotives. At night a public reception is tq bp given tq all the prominent visitor by The Dalle's celebration committee. A glare of lights on the water front and a big firewprks display will be a big feature. A wpek of celebration is the program in which all the cities on the main riyers will partici- pate and the event will go down in history as one. of the greatest achievements ever appomplished by1 three states; Jdaho, Wash ington and Oregon. Cat Turns Turtle While .on a return trip to Tygh last Friday, E. J. Fisher' auto mobile turned turtle .on the grade a short distance jf6m thi? plae- and all occupants escaped injury, with only slight damage to the machine itself. Mr. Fisher was returning from Tygh and Dufur with several traveling men a'ntl it was" just getting dark when the lights went out, making it very hard to follow the road or miss the rocks. The parties all walked the balance of the way and seemed tp be very little worse off for the experience,. only they were not inclined to want tq do )t over again even for a motion picture play. Cash Store Burns The Jqnps Cash Store in Port land, was destroyed by fire last Tuesday. This was one 6f the. largest mail order houses in the West and was patronized by a great many inland state people. The loss was put at at $155,000. The catalogue buyers all over the country will now have to trade at home or send farther away for goods that they have heretofore beep buying from the Jones cash people. telegram calling her 1 to GiUiqm County on account of ' the '" serious illness of her mother, Mr, Aldridge received a Jetter Tuesday, stating her mother was better but still very low. Tennje Bleaueky arrived Tues day from an extended visit to Portland . He reports his brother Lou niaking good headway in the automobile 6chopl. Are You Ready For Spring' Needs? SCHOOL LOCALS BIG TIME FRIDAY BY THE ARTISANS The .Artisans gare a dance and f upper lasf Friday whiph wroved to be one of the best regulated rffairs that has' taken piace here' in ' Some ' time. 'A number of new " members' wgre secured and at the meeting to night there will be about tan inititted- The lodge now has obput 4q members and all working hard, to make it one of the livest v stitiitio'ns of lis kind in pur city. Mr. Drake, the organizer, has been doing some good work and departure tomorroWfor his home in Pqrtfand? wftl be a 'source of regret to the many ' friends he has made While here. The members of the lpdge wish him well and and sincerely hppe that this farewell will only "be for a short time. ' Wapinitia Items Wamic Locals We handle a tine 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. x 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 The Cunningham boys have had to (Irqp school as, the fainily has moved to tfie ranch on Juniper Flat, ' :; Olive Turner has entered school in the first grade. Hellen Lpcke was a visitor in the primary room Friday after noon. Lawrence Harphan has returned to school after several days absence, Co, Supt. Bouney sends word that Mr, Moris, Industrial Field Worker for the State Fair Depart ment, will be in Wasco county for two weeks, and will give stereopticon lecture in the Maupiu scboolhouse at 3 o'clock, Tuesday, Marcli 30U1. ibe public i in vited. U. t. JSuersby ana son pro gressive farmers of Wapinitia were here the middle of the week attending to some business matters, Gcqrge Ledford is taking down the, old rail fence along the lane, in front of his place and replacing it with woven wire fencing. L. W. Yockey is spending a' few days on his ranch at The toot of Boulder hill. T. T. Courtwrieht sold his eight acres 11 ear the school hpuse to Mr. Cline C. Farlovv went to Tygh Mori' day. MeSsers Hinsou and Ross have been getting timbers for the construction of a cellar at the rang er station. George Thornton is the proud father of a bouncing five pound son, arriving the sith, Baptismal services were con ducted at the usual place on Qaie creek Sunday, there being eight candidates. The meetings were to hvae closed this weefc , but as there are two more to be baptised next Sunday, their meetings will close at that time instead, jA.ll optical work repaired by II. . LEmnibi'Si anpin. Lincoln Hartman is quite sick at present, hayingieen cqiifiped tp( his bed the past, week. Mrs. 4ia Qeipre has been laid up the last week wjth a severe sore throat but is somewhat im prove at this date. O.-L Paqueft left heie Monday, for a few days visit at , Portland and to look after busineis matters there. 5 1 Peter Olsen qtpr rqa,d supervisor has small crew of men at work , on the roads, and a much - larger crew will be put on at once. ' ' Chas. Ddqr made a , trjp tq Kliigsly Monday returning Tues day. Mrs. Annie Smith has purchased tne Laughun prqperty ot tins place. Work has bten resumed pn the new road that is being ppenpd up foom Wamic to Maupin. Marion Hustin was "quite sick last week but js reported to be much improve4 at present. Frank Houston of this place and Zella Myers of Parkdale were married March jst at the home of the brjdes parents, Mr, Houston has lived here for the last 20 years and is verv well known, The bride has been among us for only a short time, but is highly spoken of and the people gladly welcome her among them, The newly-weds will make their home on the farm recently purchased by Mr, Hons ton, Spring work has commenced here, and. a number are plowing WVH STAATS & GO. Herbert Hammer and Herb Lewis made a trip to The Dalles a few dyys ago and filed on an ad ditional 160 acres, under the en larged homestead act, Harrison Young and his brother- in-law, Fressie Martin, returned Tuesday from the Criterion coun try where they had been in search of homestead locations. They suc ceeded in getting some good land. Bessie Aubrey of Bakeoven is visiting at the Bud Smith home this week, Dave Donaldson will leave the Conroy ranch tomorrow. for FARMER! 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