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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1915)
Devoted to the Interests of Southern Wasco County VOL. 1, NO. 27 MAUPIN, SOUTHERN WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, APkIL 1 6, 1915 THE YEAR $1,50 WED? J. G. Dollarhide made a trip to Portland last Saturday in the interest of the Wapinitia Irriga tion Co. Mr. Dollarhide with his sou F. C. have the contract lor putting the big cut through below Clear Lake and are rush jwj things right along. They use a Hammond steam jScraper and remove about BOO yards pf dirt a day. They be gan work Wednesday and employ eight men on the scraper alone. At the present rate of working fney will complete the cut in about sixty days after which the water will be turned into the nine miles of ditch that is a part of the big project to furnish water for the Juniper Flat farm ei3. Moving Pictures Here . Next Wednesday and Thurs day nights, April 21 and 22, there will be a moving picture show in the Maupin hall. The pictures shown are just off the Portland houses and are the very heBt and latest shown. Last Monday night a double rainbow was seen hanging over Maupin and the "pot of gold" must have been dangling at either end, for the brilliant colors pro duced in the wonderful phenome non were the most beautiful ever witnessed in this section. What more can one wish for? Climatic conditions, soil production and wonderous heavens for Southern Wasco County. Mrs. L- D. Kelly has the most up-to-date stock of millinery ever brought to Maupin. You should call and get your choice early, I hi Pioneer The Litchfield Down-Low built for us by the Litchfield Manufacturing Company and is low enough for easy loading hut high enough to avoid trouble. It has practically the same under-clearance as the Litchfield Standard Spreader Which has been sold for years. Come in and see for yourself that there is nothing experi mental or freakish about the Litchfield Down-Low Spreader. W. H. STAATS & CO. New Corn Primer C. L. Smith, agriculturalist for the 0. W. E. & N. Co., has just prepared a Corn "Primer," deal ing with the preparation of soil, planting, and cultivation of croo on 'irrigated or non-irrigated land . These primers are very valuable to farmers and a num ber of copies have been sent to the agent, Mr. Bell to be handed out to anyone desirous of learn ing more about corn growing. See the line of late fashion hats hanlded by Mrs. L. D. Kelly.' J. C. Thrall, father of the pri mary teacher, Miss M. Thrall, was up from The Dalles the first of the week. The quarterly meeting of the di rectors of the Maapin State Bank was held in the offices of the bank last Saturday. Teter Kilburg has been some busy the last week storing away lumber that has been received by the Tum-A-Lum people. L. D. Kelly had a blowout Tues day and found the casing filled with gaseous matiers that render ed a change necessary for the safe ty of his machine. Ilev. Welter has painted the parsonage and thereby added great ly to the appearance of that resi dence. More should follow the example set by Rv. - Welter and help beautify the town "Billy" Williams assumed tliej. role of monarch last Tuesday against L. C. Wilhelm, sheepherd er and ordered the herder to round up the sheep in such a manner as to provoke a rebelious spirit and a retort savory of bad results. After recognizing his mistake in think ing Mr, Wilhelm the herder, Mr. Williams returned home and has since had very little time for aught else but manufacture excuses. Mercantile Firm B 5 iH.-"' v , . . ' ' ') J' DOWN-LOW HUERTA RETURNS TO THIS COUNTRY General Victoriano Huerta, former provisional president of Mexico, who for nearly a year has been an exile in Spain, ar rived here Tuesday on the Span ish 'steamship Antonio Lopez from Cadiz, General Huerta was passed by the United States immigration officials as a transit alien, after he had declared under 03th that he would do nothing that would in any way involve the neutrality of tne United States. The ex-president said that he had come to the United States partly for pleasue and partly to attend to some personal business! connected with family matters. He swore that he had no inten tion of going to Mexico or to Cuba. The length of his stay here he said was indefinite, but he would return to Spain, possi- J bly sailing from New York early in May. General Huerta was met at quarantine by representatives of th press and by an array of pho tographers. While submitting to being photographed in every desired pose, he declined to say anything as to his mission agreeing to meet newspapermen at his hotel here next Friday morning. Regarding this appointment ne said: I understand that my presence in this country creates in you the desire to know my views about the affairs of Mexico and I promise to satisfy your wishes to the best of my ability. I beg you, gentlemen, to remem ber that no interview with me should be considered as authen tic unless it carries my personal signature." General Huerta was acconipa- ROAD BOND CARRIES 2 TO The Multnomah Road Bond is sue that came to a vote on the 14th, carried by 2 to 1 in favor of the bonding issue of over one million dollars. This will mean that for a gd.od many miles in every direction from Portland the roads will be finished with hard surface. , J 1 J 1 Oregon has needed good roads , ., . . A. . for a long while and this step is one that is very commendable and shows a progressiveness among the people that means the state is entering on a new ear. . A few more counties should fall into line and' continue the good work thooughout the whole state of Oregon. nied by General Jose C Delgar do, who has been his private ooofot'ir'v fnr tn vpars. and hv Abraham Ratner, a personal friend of the general, who de- clared himself as an American citizen, giving his residence as New York- EL J. Styer will treat the public to, jce cream Sunday. Wamic Locals Belvie Patison has been appoinl y Postmaster Carl Prntt to carry the rural mail between this place and Smock. The former carrier, Floyd Eubanka, has gone to Oakland for a month's vacation. A. F(. Lake of Tle Dalles is a business visitor to this place, hav ing arrived here Friday of last week. A girl baby was born to Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Harvey on the 5th inst. Forest Ranger A. F,. Hinsen has been transferred to Sandy, leaving with his family Friday for his new location. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Wing were called to The Dalles last week for medical treatment of Mrs. Wing's eyes. Dr, Brown attended her removing a piece of chipped granite from her eye. Mrs. Wing was breaking the handle off of an old granite sauce pan when parti cles of the. fragments were lodged in the eye. Mr. and Mrs. E. Seufert am! Mr. and Mrs. Jack Swift and chil dren ot X lie Dalles made a tlvmjj visit to this place Sunday beinn guests at the A. J. Swift home. Paul Iliingswurth, who has lo cated 011 a homestead here moved his household furniture from The Dalles Monday. A game of baseball was played here Sunday between the local boys and the Tygh team, the form er winning by a score of eleven ro five. " Fin showers of rain fell litre Monday. An epidemic of lagrippe . is sweeping this place, lnany'being confined to their beds by the dis ease. Mrs. K. A. Driver will place an elegant stock of up-to-date millin ery in Maupin in the near future. Volney C, Driver is dead, is the contents of a cable message reach ing this place Sunday from the Hawaiian Islands, where he went a year and a half ago in hopes of regaining, his health, Lung trouble was the cause of Mr. Driver's death. His relatives and friend A Narrow Escape A very serious accident was narrowly averted Tuesday even ing when Frank Creager crashed into the bridge over the De schuttes with his machine at about the same time it struck a horse being ridden by Art. Far gher. The two met on the bridge when the horse became fright ened and as Mr. Creager turned to one side the horse whirled oVmiil- knnl-lVn- fl, f wwvuu, 'evening tuc I.UUISC Ui 0 , the car. , Some damage was done to the machine and two of the horse's legs were pretty bad ly bruised. Art. also received a bruised leg. School Notes Mrs. Fryman seuds word that Guy cannot coijie to school any more this term being so weakened h' U'at 11 was f tp le ;lum. C!U11P tl Ins Wler. Guy is a good boy every fay and the sdlo1 s"y to lose i hiui. Miss Violet 1'iercy visiled the primary room ' Wednesday after noon. Violet was formerly a stu dent in this school. John Moad was out of school the early part of the week working at home. Ice Cream Sunday at E, J. Styer's. Red Crown Gasoline Wolfs Head And Zero line Motor Oils on Hand Goodyear Tires And Tubes We can save you If it's ell tRe same your Tank Gas at SEE US Sha tr-yft-v 11. ' Fischer's Garage 'On the Deschutes' When the test conies, you want to know that your car will measure up to the requirements. Eord cars, with their light, strong flexible frames, sturdy, powerful motors and simple design, meet all demands. In city or country, on good roads or bad, under all conditions, the Ford gets there and gets back at an average cost of two cents a mile for operation and maintenance, Buyers will share in profits if we sell at retail 300,000 new I;ovd cars between August 1914 and August 1915. Runabout $440; Touring Car $490; Town Car $690; Coupekt $750; Sedan $975, f. o. b. Detroit witli all equipment, On display and sale at E. J. FISCHER'S GARAGE. ENFORCE. THE Sheriff (Jhrisman was .called to Chenowith Creek Saturday even ing to arrest Mat Dougherty for cruelty to animals. The fellojv ahd his family claim to hajl from Omaha and are on their way to Idaho in a light rig. He was brought to the city and placed under $100 bonds, which he could not furnish o was remand ed to jail to await his hearing which was held at 3 o'clock yes terday afternoon. He was found guilty and fined $25 which wag remitted on condition that he leave the county within 24 hours. The complainant in the .case was Guy Hunt who resides about a mile from Chenowith creek. He was accused of ill treating a team of horses, tired and jaded from their long trip- over the moun tains. Dalles Morning Sun. Last Friday evening a number of the ladies of the town made a trip to the water cress beds about a mile from town and secured enough to have greens aid salads for some time to" come. They were Mrs. L. C Wilhelm, Mrs. G. L. ljarphau, Mrs. E. A, Mayhcw, Mrs. Dr, Francis, Mrs. D. Shat- , tuck, Mrs. L. D. Kelley, Mrs. W. H. Williams and Mrs. Bud Smith, They took no sacks in which fo carry the water cress, but leave it fo the women, they'll find a way, Money and Trouble to you why not buy Home ABOUT IT ttuck Bros. i '4 here are deeyly saddened by the SI ntws.
