MAUPM
Devoted to the Interests of Southern Wasco County
VOL. 2, NO. 3
MAUPIN, SOUTHERN WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 29, 1915
THE YEAR $1.50
THE
TIMES
" Wants Location
4141 Piedmont Ave., Oakland, Cal.
Malipin Commercial Club:
Some years ago I stopped in Ash
wood and from remembrances your
country looked good, and unsettled
In places.
I am a married man, carpenter
by trade looking for a location, so
will appreciate any information
'lyou can give regarding opportuni
ties, homesteads, etc.
Thanking you in advance, I am,
Yours truly,
Otis M. Brown.
I. 0. 0. F. Lodge
The I 0. 0- F. Lodge of Wap-
iriitia are removing to Maupin,
and later on contemplate build
ing a hall. G.L. Harphan in
forms the press that they are
meeting with hearty cooperation
and hope to have a thriving or
ganization here.
SENT IN BY OUR
E. 0. Martin was down this
Week from his Gateway ranch.
C. H. Crofoot, Wm. Beckwith,
Milt Morris, H. L. Morris, E. A.
Mayhew, D. M. Shattuck, Al
Limroth and their families and the
Misses Manning and Naomi Smith,
Prof. Irle and Art Mortis com
posed a motor partv to the populat
Warm Spring resort Sunday.
DENTOST
Dr. HATFIELD
NOW AT VAITIN
Better Have Your Dental WorkDone No
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THE UNIVERSAL CAR
More extensive service for Ford owners
is assured by the addition ot new branhes
and more agents. Over 900,000 rords
noW in daily use 7,000 Ford agents td
give service, should be evidence enough
to any prospective feuyer of the stability,
quality and general popularity of triU
universal car, and the prices lower than
ever. Runafedut $390; Touring' Car
$440; Town Car $640, f. 0. b. Detroit.
On sale at
FISCHER1 GARAGE,
Maupin
Wapinitia Items
L U M B E IFL
Cement arid Lime
All Kinds r Build
ing Materials Coal.
WILL BUY MORE GOOD CLEAN
LUMBER NOW THAN IN TEN' YEARS!
Ind skve money
'' WeMJ Siipply the pi ansireej
kEEP the Children
at
HOME
Mother, I fiave decided to build
A
"gee Peter Kilbcrg about it"
Tlj M-A- Li! M BER,
School work is progressing fine
here this year. We have now in
our school sixty pupils and ex
pect more soon.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hartman
and Jim were out viewing Jim's
new home about a mile north of
Wapinitia Sunday.
A number of cars passed
through here Sunday from Mau
pin and the lower end of the Flat
on their road to the Warm Springs
for a picnic dinner.
Dr. and Mrs. Hatfiejd have re
turned to Maupin after about a
week's stay here.
The Wall Bros, have been
hauling straw this week while
the 'weather and the roads are
yet quite good.
Vincent G. Tapp.madea trip
to Maupin Saturday with a load
ofhoggi
Miss May Delore Was Called
from school Tuesday on account
of the sickness of her mether.
Geo. Heitz gave a moving pic
ture show at Hartman's mill Fri
ln 11 i. ( iv L. 1 U f niiiiiiiif urns a
good crowd and lots of fun. 1
Mrs. Hartman. and Lincoln re
turned from a trip to Portland
Wednesday.
A. F. Evick made a flying trip
to Dane's mill and over the sur
rounding country, In his car
Monday, .
Much wood is being hauled
from Hartman's thill this week.
Rev, and Mrs. Stains will en
tertain his Sunday school class
of young people Friday evening.
There will be a program and
basket social at the upper Oak
Grove school hdUse November 6,
Come one and all. girls bring
baskets and boys bring full
pursesi
We are expecting Mr. and
Mrs. Fllnh and family home from
Hood Rivef soon, as the apple
Dickinsr and packing season is
nearing an fend- and we will all
be glad to welcome them hottie.
Mr. Kurt' of The Dalles was
out buying hogs in bur vicinity
last week. Rep'brts are that he
had a fine lot bf hogs to ship
from here.
Mrs. A. B. MaUnly was a visit
or at Wapinitia Tuesday.
Mrs; Shipflin was a visitor at
the home of Mr3. Batty Monday.
People in the surrounding
country are getting ready to
welcome winter as they are lay
ing in good supplies tif wddd and
feed;
Our commuriity was visited by
a real good rain Friday night;
which was welcomed by all.
Quite a good rriany have been
having quite s'ever$ colds. It is
hope'd that the thange 6f Weath
er the last few days will clear
the atmosphere and we will all
fell better.
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Julius Shipflin is .erecting a hne
new residence on his farm near
here and expects to have it com
pleted inside of four weeks.
Mrs. Boen has rented her place
to Mr. Osborne; and sne win
soon be irtovihg to another house.
,. Miss Florence Speichinger of
The Dalles Is visiting at, the
home of her grandmother, Mrs.
C S. Heitt
home with Mrs. Oliver, from
Sherman county.
The fair is a thing of the past,
but no one has thanked the men
who so kindly furnished the mu
sic for the occasion. It was just
a pick up band, all quite good
musicians, but had had no prac
tice at all, but the music was
surely fine and all deserve a vote
of thanks from everybody. The
Wapinitia band came down and
donated their music for which
everyone thanks them and all
enjoyed it. Come next fall boys.
George Young and family are
to move in the pretty bungalow
at the end of the lane and will
live in North Tygh.
Messers Clvde and Leigh Oliver
are working for Dr. Brown.
Clyde Oliver was on the sick
last, but he says you can't keep a
good man down.
How beautiful the weather,
Indian summer is the lovliest
time of the year.
Quite a few from Maupin at
tended the fair.
J. T. Harper has a new Ford
and is having the time of his life.
DALLES IN
VISIT MAUPIN
On Road Inspection
A board of reviewers consist
ing of Judge F. S. Gunning,
Commissiqners F. C. Clausen,
and R. D. Butler, County Road
Supervisor E. F. Sharp, Presi
dent J. L. Kelley of the Wasco
County Good Roads association,
State Highway Engineer E. I.
Cantine and Assistant State
Highway Engineer Elliott re
turned to The Dalles late Satur
day evening after covering 200
miles of roads on a tour of in
spection. The press was repre
sented by Glenn O- Allen of the
Optornist and H. G- Miller, rep
resentative of the Chronicle.
, The main object of the tour
was to review the roads and get
a preliminary idea of the places
on which the money from the
proposed bond issue of Wasco
county will be expended, should
it be authorized by the voters.
Chronicle.
These gentlemen were in Mau
pin Friday night and conferred
with W. H. Staats, local good
roads committeeman.
Local Markets
Potatoes, 1.25 to 1. 50.'
Cabbage, 2c. '
Onious, 2C.
Tomatoes, 2 1-2 to 3c,
Eggs, 25 to 30.
Butter, creamery 40; dairy 35.
Sugar, 6.50.
Apples, choice 1.25 box.
Peaches, 50c.
Bacon 17 1-2 to 25.
Salt, dairy 65 per sack, fancy
table 90,
Flour, bbl 5.60, 6.00.
Bran, $29 per ton.
Shorts, $31 pertou.
Salt, $15 per ton.
Wheat, forty-fold 82, club So;
blue stem 83,
Hogs, best light 6.25
Garage Burns
A. A. Derthick lost his garage
and blacksmith and carpent tools
by fire Sunday night, which
started by the gas catching the
flame in the lantern while he
was drawing gasolene for the
car, causing an explosion and
conflagration, the flames reach
ing forty feet in the air. The
car would have also been de
stroyed but for the presence of
mind and physical strength, bf
Gussie Derthick who took hold
of the machine and pulled it out
with the breaks on. Mr. Derth
ick sustained a bum on one hand
from releasing the breaks while
the car was being pulled out of
the garage. One front tire wa3
also damaged.
Vince Steers was over
Tygh Valley Tuesday,
from
Smock Items 2
The Wapjnitia Band deserves
much credit for the capable man
ner in which they rendered their
part -of theprb'grarn at the recent
Tygh Valley i air under tne care
ful direction "of E. A. Cvi.
Mr- and Mrs. Grant Ledford
were Wapinitia business visitors
last Wednesday. '
Mr. and Mrs. John Farlow
were attending to business at
Wamic Monday,
Mrs. David Mayfield is enter
taining her sister, Miss Bessie
Martin from near Sherar Bridge.
Mrs Agnes Pierce is .spending
a few days at her daughter s,
Mrs. Wm. Stakely.
The sale held at Mr. Routh's
last Thursday was well attended
by those far and near.
The auto fad has struck Smock
bo forcibly that an agent repre
senting a firm at Portland selling
buggies spent two days among
our farmers. We haven't heard
of a sale, but we do hear talk of
autos. Who? wait!
John Ay res had a horse which
was out on the range get mired
in Gate Creek and the animal had
perished when Mr. Ayres found
it.
Mr Bafgainhblfr, wife and
twin efafidchlldren wUnt to the
Dalle's Tuesday the 20th ttn busi
ness.
Geo. LCdford, fdrest ranger,
was down from tne' mountains
a few days last week.
Mrs. Marion Farlbw is enter:
tairiincr her parents, Mr. and
M'rs. Jacobson from Idaho.
Chas- Jewell of Kent, Oregon
is the Ayres Bros.' chaUffeur.
Mr. Oglesby; wife; and Mr.
Cline were Sunday guests of
Tom Farlow ond family.
Terry Jones tame but of the
mountains Saturday, where hi
had been employed by the gov
ernment as ranger.
T. J. Hill is quite sick at thS
time of this writing:
G. W'. Ba'rgaihholt brefera
horses to ah auto.
Roy Fleck and T; J. Whitcomb
were Tygh Valley business visit
ors Tuesday.
N. E. Whitcornb Is helping
Blaine Disbrow build the addi
tion on his barn'.
Kennedy Bros, were hauling
alfalfa hay from their ranch on
Upper Smock td Wamic Saturday.
Little Adelpha Farlow Was ab
sent from school Monday on ac
count bf sickness.
DeCamp was driving down the
grade going to Maupin he met a
team and tried to pass safely.
His wagon was thrown over the
grade and he and those who saw
the accident are still wondering
how he escaped serious injury.
Roy Castor has sold his ranch
here to A A. Bonney. This
joids the present holdings of Mr.
Bonney and makes him altogeth'
er a desirable ranch, Mr Cas"tor
shipped his Btock and goods to
Lane county on Saturday last.
"Rev., Steves, "a Methodist mis',
sionary from Klicatat county,
Wn., spent several days here
recently( preaching evenings and
on Sunday at the school house,
County Bupt. Bonney paid out1
school a pleasant visit on Mon
day, He will return in two
weeks with some . instructors
from the state department of
education to give several lee
tures. Our neighborhood ex
pect to turn out enforce in an'
ticipation of this intellectual
treat and with well filled dinner
baskets. Our school is main
taining its high standard and a
more satisfactory term than the
present has never been'.
Criterion visitors at Maupin
last week were R; H; DeCamp
H. M. Green) W. E'. Hunt, Laco
Decamp; Ralph Buzan; E. H.
Taylor, D: L. Rutherford, Chas.
Skbgsberg, Mrs. Stege. J. E;
Miller and A. A; Canfield .
Geo; Stetfe and wife returned
to their home for the winter
few dayB Bince
Miss D'olle Ball haB gone for
an extended visit to MtMinnville
and other Valley points.
Ratoh Buxan and wife were
Dalles visitors MUhday and Tues'
day,
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gies of hacks need overhauling, bring them in,
we'll save you money,
We Carry a full line of Automobile SupplieB and
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Tygh Valley Items
Criterion Chronicles
Ralph Buzan made final proof
on his homestead,, Tuesday of
last week. E. H. Taylor follow
ed his example on Saturday.
Mrs. Shannon returned to hei- ' On Tuesday last when R. H.
Arrived to late for last week's
R. R. CVabtreB ana" family
came home Saturday.
Latest reports from Peter
Kirsch say that he is gaining in
health.
Ed Herrlihg Wms to be im
proving at present.
Earl Tunisori is cfding a com
missfoti business; poratoe'a being
his special line at present.
W. M; SnelsH Bert Mr.'-
Cr'e&dy, Bert Nosker, R. H- and
Laco DeCamp, W. E. Hunt and
Ralph Buzan were business visi
tors at Maupin last week.
Dale Bonneyvs wife visited
relatives at Tygh last week and
also attended the fair':
W. Burke of Maupin accompa
nied Rev. Ellis bri his visit to
Criterion Wednesday evening
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Vellany Endersby is busy hau
W wheat to the Warehouse this
week.
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Just Arrived frOift the Eastt
A Choice Bunch of
Snappy Styles for
Meh and Women
$2.3 to $5.O0.
We Specializes on
comfortable shoes
for hard-to-fits
A feW fclose-outs
in Women's shoes
tot this week only
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