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I i Devoted to the Interests of Southern Wasco County VOL.2, NO. 24 MAUPIN, SOUTHERN WASCO COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1916 THE YEAR $1.50 T7 MAUFIN SMES ML SENT IN BY OUR Tygh Valley Mrs- Doering has moved back to her Tygh home. Mrs. Rowan is cooking for her husband on their farm at Wamic. Clydj Oliver U working for Wilbur Wing, and Leigh for Wm. Hunt. Mrs. Harper has sufficiently recovered from her recent illness to be able to be abnut. A record mad dog scare in this vivinity was exp -rienced a ain Sunday when Ed Chandler's dog after having attacted "number of cattle was finally killed under Lawn Wing's house. White River has been the highest this season for years. Joe Chastain and Mr. Conley drove into it one day last week and their leaders floated down stream, their wagon being wreck ' ed and parts of it lost, the horses having escaped only by the harness being cut from them. Mr. Harrison will leave the latter part of the week for a trip to Portland. 4- Marjorie Tillotson is very hap py over her new piano. A 12-pound baby girl arrived Tuesday morning to make its home with Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Morris. r - - The work on, the new grades leading from Tygh is progress ing rapidly with a large force of men on each side. The grades are expected to be ready for travel by, the first of April. Ball Game Sunday Maupin Base Ball team w !1 meet the Tygh Valley term on their diamond next Sunday, March 29. Tygh Valley will play at Maupin April 2. The Dalles Independents will play at' Maupin April 9. Read the Maupin Times for further infor mation, each week. Dr. Koch's Extracts, Linements, Salve, Toilet Articles From 25 TO 60 percent Reduction Call at Residence U B. HAINES, Maupin, Ore. FISCHER'S Auto Passenger Service Auto Delivery Truck Prepared for Long Trips or Outing Parties A Complete Line of Automobile Accessories MAUPIN, V GOOD BYE GRAIN SACK! Make Money in I9I6 Sacks are out of date. Handling grain in Bulk saves 2 cents to 3 cents per bushel. And this saving is made above the cosl of installing the bin. Bulk Handling insures gelling ALT tlie profit and reduces labor very materially. Drop into onr office and s? e the new plans for these bins designed by our Arcliitecis and Engineers. ,. Design X 101 looo bushel' $46 Design X 102 looo bushel $j8 Design X 103 5000 bushel $282 Design .X 104 5000 bushel $272 Prices for all Lumber, Shingles and Cement where called for ,on plans, FREE Complete plans showing every detail necessary for erection. Li.-t of hardware and other equipment included with plans. We'll be glad to show you plans and talk over your needs for the coming season. "See PETER KIJ.BURG about it" Turn-A-Lum lumber Co. Smock Items 2 Mrs. B. Morgan and daughter Hazel visited Saturday with Mrs. Yockey and daughter Lillian. Chas. Cline was a Wamic business visitor Friday. B. Morgan was transacting business at Wapinitia Saturday. Mrs. Griffin and Miss Ella Syron was visiting Tuesday at the school. They speak in praise of the order kept there. Blaine Disbrow was a Sunday caller at N- E. Whitcomb's. The Farlow Bro's. sent their sheep by E. PariHh from their lower ranch to the upper Smock ranch, Tuesday. Albert Russell has traded his 40 acre tract for Maupin property and has moved to that place. Mrs. Leone Hull spent a few days last week with- her brother and family T. J. Whitcomb. Mrs- Cora Smith spent several days last week visiting her uncle and family Chas. Duncan. Thursday as C N. Farlow drove down Rock creek grade one of the horses slipped on the ice, fell and broke the wagon tongue. The grade is in a bad condition. Bert Ledford returned to his hpme at Hood River Thursday after spending the winter with his cousin Walter Ledford. Grant Ledford took him to the train at Sherar, returning next day with a load of oats. Terry Jones bought a ton of oats which was shipped from Portland to Sherar, On account of bad roads he could haul only half a ton. S. H- Mulvaney and family were callers at the home of Jno Howell- ' ' '.' Mr. and Mrs. Mack Mayfield of Burns are visiting their son and family Henry Mayfield. Miss Adelpha Farlow is a guest at the home of John Howell. Mrs. Leone Hull was a caller Monday at T. E. Farlow's. - The St. Patrick dance given by 0. B. Murray in the G. W. Bargainholt house was a success. GARAGE OREGON To The Correspondents Believing that it will be of en couragement to you as coworkers in journalistic work to express our appreciation of your most merited efforts in helping make the Times the success it is, we are glad to tell you that our cor ...... 1 responaence columns receive praise from everywhere, and have been most effective in near ly thribling our circulation of a year ago. April 1st statements of the relative standing will appear in this column, also checks will be sent to winners as before, which it is intended will not be ''April Fools." Chicken was served in various forms. The color in costume was carried out by two of the ladies, Misses Mulvaney and Howell. Music was furnished by Mulvaney Bro's. Blaine and Edward Disbrow were repairing their fences last week as it like many others was broken down by the heavy storm. Mrs. Hattie Oglesby was a Thursday visitor at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W Farlow. "Ouija" board says Cal Dun can spent Sunday at the home of John Howell. Ray Fleck has employed Geo. Duncan to plow and they are plowing with six horses. Criterion Chronicles C. E. Tunison and family re turned home last Tuesday after having spent several weeks i.t Bakeoyen. Frank Buzan and family re turned to their home Tuesday. Jas. Baxter made a business trip to Maupin Thursday and K. H. DeCamp on Saturday. -Supervisor Miller has a fair sized crew doing work on the grade at present. He expects to have a grader for this district in a few days. Commissioner Clausen was out the first of this week conferring with the several supervisors it southern Wasco, on road matters Mr. Clausen is devoting all hi: spare time strictly to road oues tions rather than the usual cam paigning for reelection. Every one who knows him, knows of his absolute fairness of mind and his rigid economy in helping to administer county affairs with a view to good business. He deserves the vote of every elector in Wasco County. D.- L. Rutherford went to Maupin Monday last and again on Saturday. A large acreage of potatoes is and will be planted here this year. - Verri Duus of Estacada is here with his brother C. A., and ex pects to remain for the summer. H- W. Nosker came home last Thursday after spending several months in California, Arizona and New Mexico in search of health. C A. Duus recently sold two fine teams of horses to parties in the Willamette Valley. Several herd of stock owned by various people in this and nearby districts have just been turned loose on the public range. Good judgement on the part of stockmen was shown by waiting until the ground was fairly set tled and grass had 1 made a fair start. Wapinitia Items Edward Chapel made a trip to The Dalles last Tuesday return ing Monday, doing some photo graph work. ,Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Flinn started for The Dalles last Mon day. They expect to .return-the BULK SYSTEM IS Forty-four delegates from the various Farmer's Locals of Wasco County met at Boyd Local Wednesday, March 8th, and unanimously endorsed the bulk handling of grain. Each delegate subscribed a share of the cost of this season's sacks to an elevator fund. Sev eral members of Unions who were not present, have already subscribed to such a fund for providing local elevator accom modations and steps will be taken at once for handling this year's crop. It is acknowledged on all sides that the bulk system for the northwest is inevitable, and a majority of the farmers think that now is the time to get rid of the costly sack system. To days action is the result of the county meeting two weeks ago when Mr. Hatra of Pendleton and Delevouk of Spokane ad dressed a mass meeting of Wasco County farmers. Two new Oliver Chilled No. 19, two Bottom Gang Plows, complete, for sale by A. E. Lake, Wamic, Ore., at a big bargain. It will pay to write or phone at once if you want the best Gang Plow at' the lowest price. . David Sharp made a trip to Maupin last Thursday bringing the new church bell. , " H. N. Dodge hauled a load of wood for Mack Hollamon last week. E. J. Fischer of Maupin was a Wapinitia visitor the latter part of last week. last of the week. Charles Gabel made a trip to Maupin last Monday. Mrs. Henry Peterson has been quite ill. A dance was given at the Jack Kelly home last Friday night. About 35 were present, and all report a good time. A missionary committee meet ing wa3 held at the home of Mrs. V. B. Tapp last Monday evening. Miss-Veva Brunner started to school here Ia3t Monday. She is staying with her grandmother Mrs G. D. Rains. Robert and Miss Winnie Tapp were guests at the G. E. Wood home Sunday. A debate wa9 given at the school here last Friday af tern n between the 8th and 9th grades. The question was: "Resolved thtt the United States should give the Phillipines their Independ ence" The affirmative side winning by all three votes Herman Knopf and family left here last Saturday night. Just where they were going is net definitely known. B- T. Forman made a trip to Mr. Confer's last week, purchas ing a team of horses. Ernest Troutman came up from Maupin last Friday, The Madron children returned to school Monday after an ab sence of one month. G. E. Wood purchased two ton of hay from J. I. West last week and is shipping in three ton of oats for his spring plowing. Plans are on foot for the com pletion of the Wapinitia church in time for dedication before conference. It is claimed that $40 will defray all attendant ex penses, most of the work being inside finishing, nearly therequir ed amount has been raised. E- L. Nelson made a business trip to Maupin last Thursday. V. B. Tapp purchased a ford car last i riday from the agent, E. J. Fischer.' Mr. Tapp pur- chased his first ear on April fool ADVOCATED Stereopticon Lecture L P. Harrington. Industrial Field Worker for Oregon, will be in Wasco County all of next week, addressing the schools on industrial projects. His. sched ule for Monday, March 27; is: Maupin. 9:00; Fai r vie wA 10:30; Derthick, 12:00; Victor, 1:30; ! Oak Grove, new schoolhouse, 3 30; Wapinitia, ' 7-30. County Superintendent Bonney will likely accompany him. The public in general and the patrons in par ticular are invited to these meetings. These lectures will be accompanied by stereopticon views. Agricultural Books Following is the list of books in the circulating library in the County Agriculturists office to be loaned to farmers: Rural Hygiene. Domesticated Animals a,nd Plants Farmer's Business Handbook. Fertility of the Land. Crop and Methods for Soil Im provement. Dry-farming. Michigan Weeds. Fungus Diseases of Plants. Infurious and Beneficial Insects Weeds of the Farm and Garden. Fruit Ranching. Apple Growing. Bush Fruits. American Fruit Culturist. California Fruits and how to Grow Them Garden Making. "Potatoes. New Onion Culture. Tomato Culture. A. B. C. of Potato Culture. California Vegetables. Principles and Practice of Judging Livestock. Manual of Farm Animals. Feed and Feeding. First Lessons in Dairying. Handy Farm Devices. Farm Blacksmithing. Apple Growing in the Pacific Northwest. day, 1913, and this one on Sti Patrick's day. Mrs. York Wilson and son Davie came up from White River last Saturday, returning Monday. Len.Wilson accompanied them. Wamic News Excitement ran high here when early Thursday morning a dog seemingly mad.made its appear ance at the Chas. Crabtree home and engaged in a fight with his dog. The dog went to the Henry Miller place and another battle ensutd. A call to the central office caused the telephones to ring and soon the news was spread of the appearance of a rabid dog in town. In the mean time the ntad dog had left the Mil'er home and gone to the Dick Pa!mateer place, some distance away, and fought desperately with a cungdog there and then r tuned to the Crabtree place. By this lime a posse of men had gathered at the Henry Miller home and while they were stand ing in a narrow lane at the back of the house, discussing the best means of dispatching the terrify ing animal, the dog suddenly dashed past and almost ran into' Ed Wodcock, who shoved the dog away, with his gun; with such force as to cause it to strike the only lantern in the crowd, which light was extinguisMed, leavine the men in utter darkness, thus preventing an opportunity to shoot the animal. However, Henry Miller fired two shots in the direction the dog seemed to bo going, but without effect. Dick Savage, who lives about a mile and a half ortwo miles from town, being informed that the mad dog was going in the direc tion of his father's farm, hasten ed to the bam to nail on a loose board, fearing the dog might enter the. ham where horses were tied, in the midst of the nailing he heard a noise among the pigs, in the barn vara ana looKing arouid saw the dog coming Corn Contest une nunared dollars in prizes will be given to the boy corn growers of Wasco County who produces the' mobt corn on one eighth acre and exhibits it at the Wasco County Fair next September. ' The largest share of the prizes will be given to the boys who win in the Boys Corn Club contest following out the rules of the State Corn Club pro ject, as outlined by the State Superintendent. Several prizes for the best bushel exhibits will also be offered and it is planned to hold corn judging contest in connection. The contests will be open to any boys under fifteen years of age. . Seed corn will be furnished the bovs from funds donated for the purpose by French & Co. and the First National Bank of this city and any boys in the county can get seed for one eighth acre by applying to. the County Agri culturist at The Dalles. , Many applications for seed corn have already been received and it is expected that the boys of Wasco Connty this year will make a great showing in the corn con test. We want to make this the biggest corn contest in the state this yea ' for boys, Many busi nessmen and farmers are en thusiastic over this contest and are subscribing liberally. More will be announced later concern ing the contest. 'oward him. He threw the ham mer and struck the dog on the head knocking it down. Then picked up a club - find beat the animal, keeping it down until his sister ran from the house with a guu with which he shot it. Mr. Savage brought the dog to town and Carl Pratt took it to Tygh Valley where G. R. Burtner had its head shipped to Portland to ba examined for rabies. All the dogs that were bitten by the strange .acting dog we're killed, Mrs. Joe Kistuer came here from Tygh Valley Wednesday. She was accompanied by Mrf. Sophia Kistuer, who is a guest a the C, E. Pratt home John Ayres who took a beef cow to The Dalles market some PAY County Depository NO CHARGES Bring Your Tax Statement WITH YOU 000000000000000000000 00000 PREPAREDNESS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O We are preparing to serve you better than ever - Remember our motto: "The House of Better Service" SHATTUCK BROS. 0 0 0 0 O 0 0 00000 000000000000000000000 TELEPHONE CO ' TOJRGANIZE Shares on Sale Maupin has started to organise a telephone company, ' D. M. Shattuck, F.' 1). Stuart and L D. Kelly as Incorporators. The proposed company is to have a capital stocK of $5000 divided into shares of $10 each, The stock book which is now open for subscriptions can be found at the Maupin State Bank in the care of P. D. Stuart. Each sudscriber will be limited to five shares until May 24th,' 1916, after which time the limit will be raised to 40 shares each. . At such a time when $2500 of the capital stock has been sub" scribed, a stockholders meeting' will be called for the purpose of adopting a set of by-laws. v For further information apply to F. D. Stuart. . time ago, returned home Wed nesday. Miss Fay Driver, who has spent the past week at the D. A. Harvey home, returned to her home on Juniper. Jesse and Harry Aires of Smock who are attending school at Tygh, ' visited at home over: Saturday. ; Road Supervisor, W. E. Wood'' cock commenced his , road worK Wednesday of last week. Mr.,-. Woodcock has a force of men . at 'work ou the roads. Those who are helping hiai are Jhes ter Bn'tten and Percy Driver' who are handling the grader; Dave Campbell, Don Miller and Ed Woodcock who are assisting with the blasting and other work. Win Hull came here from the Lick Skillet ranch on the De schutes, Saturday, A number of school patrons attended lieerary exercises at the school houe Friday afternoon. J. H. Woodcock made a trip ' to Sherar to meet his mother, Mrs. H. f. Woodcock, Friday. A baby .which was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Burlingame to last page AT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I 1 f -I I I I ! -! ! : I ( 1 5 1 1 j I 1 h ,1 1 1 J i j ! ) V i "i : 1 if t i : f 1 ? I ' !L 4 il-i - n i X -" f; II '.. ! : i . m i 1 i'-- Si.:! : ? ! 4 l 1 ;Vi m - 5 1 ; - i t I ..... 4 - - t 1