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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1924)
JiL 1J1 ! J1sbx4I Devoted to the Interests of Southern Wasco County VOL X. MAUPIN, SOUTHERN WASCO COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. JANUARY 3, 1924 NO. 13 A car off the track a few miles above here on the 0. W. line made a special, train neccessary Saturday afternoon to transfer passengers at thi3 place to Band over the 0. T. track. .Lewis and Kenneth Batty arf here in high school after spend ing the holidays with their par ents near Baker, Oregon. Hot Water bottles on sale, $1 each. Maupin Drug Store. Fresh Vegetables and Fruits Lettuce Celery Cranberries Special Prices on Package ROLLED OATS, WHEAT CEREALS, PANCAKE FLOUR AND WHEAT HEAR S Harris Gash Store Raiiroad Rates and in Costs Railroad Supplies Up 100 percent Freight Rates 32 3-10 percent Passenger Fares 35 3-10 percent 8 Freight rates and Pacific System have a as the increase in the principal items of rail Comparing pre-war find: . 1 Commodity Rail, per ton Freight Locomotive Freight Cur Tie?, each Steal bridges, tanks, ton Steel Passenger Coach Cotton Waste, per lb Block Signals, per mile Switch Lamps, each ' Fuel, per ton Average annual earnings per employe Taxes nassenirer fares on the Union dvanced less than half as much cost of engines, cars and other road expense. pi ices with these of today we Pre war Price $ 30.00 20.ooo.no 1,100.00 i .5 50.00 12,000.00 ' Ofi 1,200 00 4 04 2.11 -1012- H84 01 Present Price $ 43.00 C4,0'i0,00 2, 00.00 .84 913.00 25,000.00 .095 2. CCO. 00 8 40 . a A 38 1,808.47 -Percent of Increase 43 146 127 140 f)2 . 103 00 108 108 60 4,068,875.00 13,251,552 00 104.6 2S0 In the face of these increases, freight rates on the Union Pacific System during the same time have in creased only 32 3-10 percent and passenger fares 35 3-10 percent. In 1913 we received for hauling a ton of freight one mile, 9.7 mills; for hauling a passenger one mile, 21c In 1923 these rates were 1.285 and 3.035 re spectively. The 1923 freight rate represents a reduction of about 11 percent under 1921 and pass enger fares about 8 percent under 1921. In order to earn enough gross revenue to purchase a pint of ink, it is necessary for us to haul one ton of freight 42 miles; for a cross tie, 65 miles; a hand lantern, 91 miles; one freight car wheel, 1117 miles; and one monkey wrench 97 miles. To pay for a day of track labor it is necessary to haul one ton of freight 2",6 miles. For a day's wages, of a freight train crew 2680 miles. For a day's wages of a machinist 461 miles. For a ton of fuel 263 miles The railroads of the United States maintain the lowest rates and the lowest capitalization per mile, while paying the highest wages of any country in the world. So long as the railroads' cost of doing business re mains at the present high level a general reduction of freight and passenger rates cannot safely be made , Constructive suggestions are always welcome. C. 3. GRAY. 1 Omaha, Nebraska, .'. President. January 1, 1924 UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM NEWS UEMS OF LOCAL INTERST Call at the Drug Store for your 1924 calendar. A. Crabtree retnrned home Tuesday from The Dalles. li'24 degjicensesnow available at the city recorder's office. E. V. Doty and family return ed from a visit with relatives in Eugene. Disbrow's auto writer will save its cost in a few days and used properly will last a lifetime A. A. Disbrow Stevenson Wn. Portland Painless Densist, 305 Second St., The Dalles, Oregon, over Linquist Jewelry Store. Rooms 1, 2, 3. Charles B. Lake, formerly as sociated with the Optomist as a reporter, will launch his new venture in. advertising Wednes day. Mr. Lake has taken tem- 1 pofH.-y office rooms with Alfred j Benii'-'tt on the second floor of j the F.i-st National Bank building (where bo will handle advertising copy ior at least twelve local concerns, starting January 1. He will continue to get out the Stilogram a weekly moving picture review and later will ex tend his fid ertising business as the field is built up. Chronicle. The figures opposite the name on each copy ,f the Times mailed , Out denote the Jate the subscrip I tion expires. j Quite a number of cases of measles are reponcd, together with various minor cmplainta, the school attendance is consid erably short of normal. x j" Word was received hero today of the marriage at bn.il last Wednesday of. Miss Clata 'alder and LeKoy Baxter ot Ihe b I es. Mr. Baxter is employed at ihe Diamond Flouring mills hen . i Chronicle, Dec. 31. T. L. Ashley was over from White River yesterday. - Harry Ayres brought his sis ter Miss Vina and brother George over from Smock Tuesday mom ing to take the train to go to their respective schools. Harry, whose school is at Weiser, Idaho has a few days' longer vacation. MaryFarlow, accompanied hin back to Smock, she having made a short visit with relatives in the metropolis. Mrs. B. D. Fraley and children will leave here in a short time, hoping to benefit Orval's health. The present storm so far has not made any interference with railway traffic in this section and! all trains are on schedule time Snow and low temperature has prevailed since Saturday night. Lowest mercury was noted Tues day morning at 12 below, and j today is 18 or 20 above zero with i about a foot 6f snow accumulated j during the week. j Local 'stores have completed invoicing stocks and are present-, ing newly refilled and rearrang ed shelves and displays. F. C. Butler announces his report com j pleted nine days earlier than the one'Jor a year ago. i An, assortment 50c Boxes Sta tionery 25c while they last.--Maupin Drug Store. ' . Work on the highway here is practically discontinued until the snow and cold abates. Miss Good and Miss Bostraet returned Tuesday. Miss Juan Hogan came the same day from ' i Portland, and is employed to y take charge of the fourth, fifth $ and sixth grades in the north j j room. .This relieves the conges-1 f tion in Mrs Buzan's and Miss Bostiact's rooms and divides the! j enrollment about as follows: Ad-If vanced, 11; intermediate, 25; 3 primary '6A. t Farmers' Union Notes A meeting of Universal Local for the election of officers for 1924 was held December 22. 1923 Those elected wereJ. L. Kelly president; Lester McCorkle vice president; A. E. Mayhew secretary-treasurer; R. A. Crabtree door keeper; Cecil Chastain con ductor; J. W McCorkle chaplain There was also a buying com mittee appointed by the presi dent who were R. A. Crabtree, Lester and J. W. McCorkle. , The buying committee are ready to take your oraer for any Now is the time to get in that order for collar pads, plowshares sulphur and fencing material. If there is anything that you are needing just report it to one of the committee. They are waiting for your order. The president has some very import ant questions that are sf interest to every one. ! Come and bring the family. The next regular meeting will be January 10, 1924. ' Lets make this year an eco nomical one and buy our farm needs collectively. Buy through the Union and snend the differ. thing that you need. They tire ence. , -busy on the job conferring with I Don't forcret the dates, fhn the different merchants on our second and fourth Saturdays of spring needs. . each month. BUTLER'S Every Tiling for the Table Apples at the same old price - Shakelfords $1.20 per Box A good rater and a wonderful baker. All nicely sized and placed in box. (Not Jumble packed.) Baldwins, Blue Pearmaina and Willow Twigs ' " at $1.50 per box. A Short Course in PEM MAMSHSP r I may be had by using Dklbrow5 Auto Write The Crandall Undertaking Co. The Dalles, Oregon Licensed Enbalmers Motor Equipment : F. C. BUTLER MAUPIN E. C. PRATT, VVAMIC Tygh Valley M. ... Nineteen twenty-four came in 'with teeth with a bite in them. I D. C. Bones returned from ,TheDalle3 Tuesday and will re sume his duties as instructor in .the high school. j J. E. Pock spent his holiday . vacation with his family in The 'Dalles. i Prof. Roe of Corvallis was vis iting at the F- E. McCorkle home last week. v ! The recent snow and cold snap has stopped some cf the highway : work but will be 'resumed again as soon as the weather moderates i Dudley Weisbeck has been helping in the C. J, Van Duyn store during the holiday week. Claude Jones was out from The I Dalles Saturday and says the roaas are getting too ma to run his truck and is bent on going to Longview to spend the winter, but will resume his truck line as soon as the roads and business permit.1 Just as leap year was ushered in we understand that all the bachelors of this community have formed a club and vowed not to wimtfis RED BAND V ACE BY ' I get married for the next year. J We were unable t" ge the names of the executive committee, but we understand thai Claude Jones was elected president. Now this leaves us in a sorry plight as we had our eye on one of these fel lows and had the ring purchased so will have to exchange it for a wrist watch now and resign our self to the fate of an old injid. ' , The Sesrmograph in our iubia tory registered an earthquake, shock at 12:01, Tuesday a. m. Direction south, duration 5i sec onds, damage 11 window pane?, i loss of explosives unknown. Mrs. Burke spent the holidays! with her parents in The Dalles. Anyone needingapair of small oxen call on Ralph Chandler. Assistant Instructor Wriggles came back Tuesday after upend ing the holidays with his parents in The Dalles. . Alfred Brown who has been confined to his bed with the s grippe is able to be around again Loris Bonney who was serious ly ill with intestinal flu is report ed much better at this writing. Mrs. C. L. Lofton who has ill for some weeks past is slowing improving. Percy Thompson of Moro spent the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs, J. 0. Thowpron. Lee Jackson was host to a dancing partv last Saturday ev ening and all going from here report a good time and plenty ofats Some of the younger genera tion gave a ball in the I. O.'O.F. hall here Monday evening tut owing to the inclemency of the weathe not many turned out- -5i- ""6. t i i i i STEVENSON, WN. jj ' Correct Position and Arm Movement Assured With or Without a Teacher Write for descriptive circular or send 20cts for a sample The price of Auto Writer is 20 cents for one or SI. 80 a dozen prepaid, express or P. O, order at my risk. , A. A. DISBROW, State Income Tax Some interest iii:; fuels in regard to the hew State Income Tax EXECUTIONS: Married persons $2000.00 f . ingle perrons $1000.00 HATES: One percent oirt'nc first $1000.00 fibT exemptions, r;;te raises 14 percent on each additiui id $1000.00 to 2 percent : then raises 1-2 percent on each addi tion:.! SlCfiOXO to a maximum of ( percent on all incomes of 12,000.00 or more. TAX EXEMPT. SECURITIES: All U. hi. Securities exempt, State Securiiies uot exempt. All dividends are subject to tax. DATE FOR FILING RETURNS: Returns for 1023 must be filed on or before March S0ih7 1924. Ilaupin State Bank . We Strive to Mcril Approval V