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MAUPIN TIMES .V I I ft. 4 t-rl Devoted to the Interests of Southern Wasco County .VOL. 2, NO. 26 MAUP1N, SOUTHERN WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY. APRIL 7, 1916 THE YEAR $1.50 SENT IN BY OUR CORRtSPONDEKCE Smock Items G W. Bargainholt was a Maupin bushes visitor Saturday Ed Craft of Boyd,-and1 Mrs. Laura Wearick of West Linn, spent several, days here last week attending to the settling if the T. J. Hill estate. Walter Lcdford was transact ing business fit The Dalles last week. . . C. A. Griffin and ftimily moved fromhe T. J. Hill house into the Flannery house Monday. Several neighbors visited the school Tuesday, expecting to hear L. P. Harrington and see uteieoDticon views and get better acouainted with Supt, Bpnney, but bad roads prevented their reaching jjere, While we were disappointed in their failure to come, we felt morethan paid for an afternoon spent with the school. Mr. Murray, our teach teacher, is worthy of praise in tne manner in which he conducts school, as he has from the little ones beginning including eight grades of work, and all are pleas--ed with the advancement of .school work. All we could say pot in favor of Mr. Murray, is, .he thought it should be custom ary for company to remain after school and sweep, .farlow Bros. Sold their band ,of sheep to Ed Mays of Bakeoven j country and will' deliver them a;j Jllaiipin a little laier. Edward Disbiow had charge or Farlow Bros. sheep a few days while Evans Parribli was. away looking after business at the Hartman mil' where his car is"'jj awaiting improvements in tht;: roads. Karvey Bins, have rented tm Grandma Fallow ranch lor a year, Ipha Howell tpent Sunday with her parents. Geo- and Caliie Duncan are plowing sor Roy Fleck. Chas Ros feiid'w'ife are visiting Mis. Ri.ss' purti It t Friei d A number of young people met at the home of Mi;;s Ella Syron Friday evening in hoiorof Mrs- C. A Griffin's birthday. Dainty lunch was served and pass-time music nnd gHme8 were enjoyed. S. H. Mirlvaney'was a Wapini tia business visitor Thursday. Guests at the T- E- Fallow home Sunday were: Grandma Fallow, Mrs. Lohi Thornton, Mrs. Lillie Fallow, Mr. and Mis. Joe Landor. 'iind Mjs, jrl.ull- '' Mr. and Mrs. . W.'Hv May field and Mr. and Mto. M ck Mayfield visited a couple days with Mr. Savage. They are old time friends from Burns. T. J. Whiicomb and family drove to F. E. Spoor's after Sun day service, spending the day Mr. and Mrs. Morgan and Mrs. Ojlesbv were transacting busi ness at Wapinitia Thursday. I. T. Courtright, T. J. Whit- comb and F- E. Spoor were chos en as arbitrators in the settle mentof tMe Hill estate, J W. Farlow, T. E. Farlow and C A, Syron as appraisers of same. T. E. Farlow is usin his spare time pulling Btumps. He has a new machine which seems to be doing its part- . Cecil May field is building a fence- Virgil May field ha hired to Sam Brown for the sermon doing; ranch work. Wapinitia 2 Dee Wright is working on the government fence at Deer Spring Ernest Paquet had a runaway while plowing for Frank Huston, and was thrown, over the plow, but neither man nor horses were killed. ... .. In a few days Wapinitia can boastQf. having the best baseball ground in Southern Wasco county The high school boys are work ing on it now, and a team will be organized Sunday. Phyllis Fischer is instructing J, A, Graham how to run his new car. Joe -says he doesn't care whether he ever learns pr not. '' The Expert Endeavor class conducted by' Rev.'- Staines took their first examination last Tues day, conducted by the examining committee, Mrs,- Staines, Ivy Flinn and Winnie Tapp. They expect to finish it in five weeks. E, L. Nelson is hauling lumber forM. H-. Goodenough who is building a new house on his homestead' two miies south of Wapinitia, Bates Shattuck was a business visitor Sunday in Wapinitia. Wapinitia Items . Mrs. Monroe Mc'Omber re turned home last Sunday from Portland, - where she has been tha past three, weeks, Mrs, An nie Smith returned to1"' her home after staying at J, I. West home during Mrs. Mc'Omber's absence Miss Frances Mott is employed at the Lu Kelly home, Jim Madron made a trip to Maupin last Saturday meeting his sister from Madras at the train. Mercie, the eleven months old daughter of Mr. and :Mrs. Jim Madron, has been quite sick the past two weeks' with pneumonia, The Sunday school decided that children's day would be observed the last Sunday in May at some grove. The little son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Pechett has been quite sick lately. Ernest Paquett is working for Frank Huston. Mr. and Mrs. Dee Woodside and Mr. and Mrs. Bargee and daughter attended the ball game at Maupin last Sunday. Julius Delco is on the sick list this week, A junk buyer was around Sat- The American dyed denims urday gathering up old shoe. are now arriving. on sale in place rubber and hides. of foreign dyed materials. Miss Crystal Pratt's school at the new Oak Grove school house closek Wednesday, She return ed to her home at Wamic Thurs day, Chas, Walker and wife tak ing her in their car. An executive committee meet ing of the C, E, society was held last Monday Ed and Harry Lansinger are employed at the Marion Huston ranch this spring, David Sharpe has been clearing land for N- W, Flinn the past week, Al Daniels and Ora Maynard made a trip to Keep's mill last Friday, returning Saturday- They report the snow is still four feet deep there. Mrs, A, Batty is visiting at the home of her daughter, Mrs. L C. Hennghan- Robert Tapp made a trip to Maupin Wednesday, taking his grandmother, Mrs. C. S Heitz, and Geo. Heitz and wife to meet the eleven o'clock train, . They went to The Dalles, where Grand ma expects to make her home. Mr. and Mrs. Geo expect to re turn the last of the week Miss Nellie Harphan came up Maupin last Saturday to visit friends and . relatives at this place, returning the first of the week, . Joe Graham purchased a fine Base Ball Notes Last Sunday Maupin defeated Tygh at Maupin by a score of 14 to 2, a part of Tygh players were absent and substitutes had to be taken, which partly ac counts for the one-sided game. Don't forget the game next Sun day, Maupin vs. The Dalles In dependents at Maupin at 2 p. m The Dalles have a much stronger team this year than last. Mau pin has taken one new player and the new suits have arrived. The game promises to be good from start to -finish. Games to be played are: . Dalles Independents at Maupin April 9, Gateway at Maupin, April 16 Grass Valley at Maupin, April 23. School Notes Priscilla Social Meet Wednesday after afternoon the local club ladies were guests of Mrs. G. L, Harphan, when a ghort musical and literary pro gram in which each member wss supposed to have a part, was rendered, the closing feature of which was a stick of gum hand ed each of the ladies by Mrs. A. C, Moad, to be chewed up and moulded into a pig in five min utes time, the owner of the best pig winning a prize of a crochet ball holder, Mrs, Goetjen was awarded same by the judgement of the president, Mrs- Kelly. The committee on eats served dainty refreshments of sand wiches, cake, coffee, apples, and Mrs. Harphan added a surprise of doughnuts, mince pie and dressing. Mrs, E. A- Hartman of Wapi nitia, "'as a guest of the ladies for the afternoon, More New Roads The work of grading the road between the bridge and the school house has been practical ly completed and gravel was be ing hauled and laid on the cen ter of the road yesterday, begin ning at the big turn and reaching almost to the lumper yards. E. J. Pischer had a crew of men commence work yesterday on the grade between his home stead and the depot. L. D. Kelly is constructing a road from the stock yards to his property in and near Bakeoven canyon. Wamic tendance, 89. Roll of honor: Nita Ellis, Louis Emmons. Ida Erickson, Clifford Cunningham, Lewis Maybe w, Lawrence Hat Dhan. Orvel Fralev. Ravmnnd new.iaie rora irom me rora Vanderpool, Holly Moad, Lyle agent, E J, Fischer, of Maupin, , Hainea. niiflVri Hai (crowed out last week) Report for month ending Mgr. 24. Average number belonging, jed with the results, the stand 34: attendance, 31; percent of at-jngs ranging from 83 to 91, Supt. Bonney, Industrial Field Worker Harrington, and County Agriculturalist Chase were at the school Monday morning. Mr. Harrington gave a lecture on the Dr. -Koch's Extracts, Linements, Salve, Toilet Articles From 25 TO 60 percent Reduction ChII h! Residence L. H. HAINES, Maupin, Ore. rfj THE UNIVERSAL CAR With fifty branches twenty-five assem bling plants and nearly 8,000 agencfes in all parts of the United States, Ford ....... owners reap the benefits of the service ,-. ' rendered by this wonderful organization. Average cost for operation aad mainten ance is two cents a mile with real serv ice whenever needed. Touring Car ' $.440? Runabout $390; Coupelet $50; --"Town.arO;. Sedan $740, f. 0. b. "- ' ' Detrqit .' '' On sal at ' : : M Ay PIN;, ORE. the first of the week. ... Almost all the farmers in th'g section of the country began plowing Monday Some have been plowing for the past week. W, 0- Wilson, "Sidney, York and Len came up from White river Tuesday. Criterion Chronicles The class in American Litera ture have finished their book, Monday they took examination jent contests in and teacher and class feel pleas-; participate. Industrial club work, illustrated by stereopticon slides. Mr. Chase talked to the children about rais ing of corn, telling of the differ- which they may i I 1 GOOD BYE GRAIN SACK! Everyone must registtr if they txpet to vote. No swearing in o'l ' votes will be permitted.) Books close for Primaries April j 1 9 th. Make Money in lgl6 Stcks nre out of date. Iliimlliug grain in Bulk s:ives 2 cents to 3 cents pet ltisi-l. And this wiving is tunde above I lie cost of installing 1 lie bin. Ptilk Handling insures getting ALL the profit and rulncts Isilior very materially. Drop into our office nnd see ll:e new phnis for these bins desniud by our Architect and ICi.ginrs. Dtsign X-ioj lnoo liftsliel $j6 Design X 102 lood'bnslil l' $.0 .. . DesiRII X 103 5000 biisli. I $282 Design X-to4 juro biislu I 271 Pi ices for all t, limber, Shingles and Cement where elk-el fin on plans. FUKK Cunipiete plans sliowinn evei detail necessary for Fraction. List of liardwaie and other iquipnient inclmlt-il with plans. We'll lr glad to show yon plans aii'd tulk over onr needs for (lie ro'iiiii- season. "S-t PF.TF.R KILnt'KC, ..1 t if Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co. R. R, Crabtree went to Juni per Flat last Monday arid return ed Wednesday with a load of seed grain, H. M. Green went to Maupin Tuesday after seed barley. C. E. Tunison went to Shaniko Tuesday after fruit trees. D. L. Rutherford made a busi ress trip to Maupin Friday. F. W. Buzan made a trip .to the Matthews ranch Saturday. D. A. and Mrs. Bonney made a short visit to Tygh the first of this wtek. R. H. DeCamp recently ship ped some of his famous early potatoes to Vancouver, Wn., for seed. . J. B. Kidder was a Maupin visitor Saturday- J. E. Milles visited Ridgeway early this week an road business As time draws near for regis tration books to close, voters are taking- notice and - registering quite' freely that is.' w hen the registration officer pays a person al call. C. E. Tunison Jr. has filed his petition w it h the county clerk for nomination as constable of Cri terion precinct at the. coming primaries A petition for justice of the peace will also be tiled in a few days- Verily, thepoliiical pot is getting a good head of steam in this precinct, ' . PAY AT . County Depository NO CHARGES Bring Your Tax Statement WITH YOU AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAA A A summer is upon us Correspondent: O O O O O 4 O O With this edition, the Times opens a third correspondents' contest, to close August 1st, offering the Bame rewards to assistant rustlers for the paper j as we have in the two ones pre- fff vious In the contest closing last week, Wapinitia and Criter ion are again on first and Smock 2 reached second with a narrow margin over Wamic with third, while Smock 1 and Tygh Valley come in on fourth. Checks were mailed for the agreeded amounts I the first of the week. We would I like a weekly news letter from ' each section of this south half of ' the countv And Straw Hats will soon be with us. vSee our line of men's and women's, kids and kiddies Straw arid Cloth Hats. - -Get fixed for the Maupin -Tyg'h ball game next Sunday at Maupin. iSHATTUCR BROS. STORE OF BETTER SERVICE o o 4 Mrs. James Johnson of the Tygh Valley hotel spent Sunday with relatives here. Mr3. Frank Wing has had a spell of pneumonia, but is much improved. The greater part of the farm ers commenced their spring plow, ing the middle of last week. Mrs. Geo. Chandler is employ ed at one of the J E. Kennedy ranches cooking for plow hand.". Miss Irene Douglas, who spent the last week with her aunt, Mrs M. Dean, left Saturday for Port land. Chas. Duncan and family were down from Smock Saturday, guests at the M. Kennedy home. Mrs. J. Web and Mrs. James McCowan came from Tygh Sat urday and were guests at the Stephen Wing home. The Wamic Ditch Co. held a meeting Saturday night to make arrangements for enlarging their reservoir and ditch. The road supervisor and a force of men were engaged last week working the Tygh grade and the road leading from this place lo Tygh Valley. Frestus Swift, who is manager of the baseball nine, called the team to the grounds Sunday af ternoon for practice, this being the first meeting of the team this season. Rev. G. A. Harrison arrived with a bride Friday, having been married in Portland. He is the local minister at Tygh. Mr. and and Mrs. J. T Harper went to Sherar with auto to meet the newly-weds and bring them to their home. The Ladies' Social club met at the home of Mrs. A. J. Swift Thursday afternoon. Officers for the coming season were elected as toliows: Mrs. tsetiy raima- teer, president; Mrs. Jessie Lu cas, vice president; Mrs. Rachel Driver, secretary, re-elected; Mrs Mary Pratt, treasurer. A por tion of the afternoon was spent in quilting, Mrs. J. Lucas fur nishing the quilt, FISCHER'S GARAGE Auto Passenger Service Auto Delivery Truck Prepared for Long Trips or Outing Parties A Complete Line of Automobile Accessories MAUPIN. OREGON The cement work for the wall of the basement is about com pleted and with the end of anoth er week's work the present num ber of workmen will have made a most remarkable showing on Shattuck Bros, new building. A couple weeks ago G. W. Vanderpool brought his little Ford truck out bearing a fresh coat of paint, and yesterday, his brother, W. C. proved he too, had caught the spirit, he hn car was seen to have experienced a dressing. Dolph Moad has al so done likewise. Dr. Stovall came in Friday morning from Tygh with Chas. Wing, when he delivered the last load of goods from the Tyfh drug store to the one starting up at this place. . I Scream! We wish to call your Attention to our newly inMalled Soda Fountain, which ! the mot r.itary rd tip-to-date foun ta".n i.. the city. V e are using thr best MADE IN OREGON Fruit Syrup., and cur lea Cream is manufactured by the Celebrated Haztlwood Co W. H. Talcott's Ice Cream Parlor and Confectionery -
