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Vol. XII
Maupin, Southern Wasco Couuty Oregon, Thursday, November 19, 1925
! No. 2
SHALL MAUPIN HAVE
. A BRASS BAND?
Question That Should Interest All
Citizens of Maupin
Plenty of Talent Available-All
That's Necessary To Start Is
Co-operative Action
The agitation looking to the
organization of a band in Maupin
is growing apace. Since our
last issue several residents of
Maupin have voiced, their desire
to assist in the formation of a
band and we believe sufficient
support can.be obtained here and
that Maupin will soon have a
band second to none in the state.
A town without a musical or
ganization these days is an ex
ception. When a place has a
band that city is remarked by all
outsiders as being progressive
and up to the times. A band is
one of the things citizens usually
point to with pride; it brings pub
licity to a town, furnishes many
hours of pleasure to the citizens
and is a means of furthering and
bringing out the musical attri
butes of ' its members. Under
the d irection of a capable instruct
or a band soon becomes able to
handle difficult compositions with
which to please its hearers;
teaches time and rythm and
eventually becomes a leader in
social activities of its city.
hX. Whenever a band appears on
the street or in concert it is as
sured of an attentive audience.
People gather on the streets
when a band is playing and are
ever ready to applaud the efforts
put forth to please them. Hard
ly a man in Maupin but has, at
some time or other, ''carried the
drum, or held music for a play
er," And people are few and
far between who have not fol
lowed a band down the street
whenever the organization has
been on parade. Times may
change but the love of music is
intensified by time, and that love
is as much in evidence in Mau
pin as in other places where
bands are maintained.
This city has its quota of music
lovers; many young people here
would be pleased to join a band;
many older ones who have
"jammed wind" in the days
gone by, would be willing to
"work up a lip" and blow a horn
again. Quite a few have instru
ments and it needs but a little
persuasion to induce them to
wipe the dust therefrom and
"sit in" at rehearsals. Compe
tent instructors are not lacking,
and all that is required so that
Maupin can take htr place
among .cities which enjoy band
music,- is someone to take the
initiative and sign up prospec
tive Sousas. Who'll do that
little thing?
Some Timber, Bolts and
Washers in Road Fences
The Tum-A-Lum Lumber com
.pany's local yard furnished all
the lumber, bolts and washers
which went into the construction
of the fences on The Dalles-California
highway from Dufur to
Crooked River. Of lumber three
carloads of 3x8x20 were used, 11,
000 3-8 xl2 bolts and 25,000 wash
ers also went into the fences.
The bolts and washers weighed
6,000 pounds. The lumber com
pany also supplied tue road build
ers with three and one-half cars
of cement
Carload Shipments For
Past Month and Half
Maupin's shipments in carload
lots continue to mount up, the
past six weeks marking a total
of 72 cars of stock, flour and
lumber billed from this place to
various points in the east and
west. Of this total the Oregon
Trunk carried four cars of sheep,
eight of hogs and seven of cat
tle during October, and so far in
November the shipments of stock
over that road have totaled sev
en cars of hogs and four of cattle.
The O. R. & N. railway carried
31 carloads of sheep to Chicago,
three to Tacoma, six to Portland
and one to Bend, the total from
October 1st to date. Beside the
stock the latter station billed out
two cars of Woodcock flour, five
cars of wheat and two cars of
lumber, the latter going to Min
neapolis. Rebekahs At The Dalles
At the annual conclave of the
sovereign grand lodge of the Odd
Fellows, held in Portland a short
time since, the Rebekah drill
team of The Dalles was success
full in winning the grand prize
for excellence in drilling. That
team is preparing to attend the
next meeting of the lodge, to be
held next smumer, and the drill
team is practicing weekly for the
event. On Monday night a
number of Rebekahs and their
husbands went to The Dalles as
spectators of the work done by
the team there. The Dalles
ledge had extended, an invitation
to the Odd Fellows and Re
bekahs of Sherman and Wasco
counties to make the visit. Fif
teen went from Maupin, they
were Messrs. and Mesdames F.
D. Stuart, R. E. Wilson, H. R.
Kaiser; Mesdames Roy Crabtree,
Violet Mayhew, Carl Pratt, Dr.
Stovall, Wtn. Beckwith, James
Chalmers, Oscar Rennick, F. C.
Butler and Alvis Martin.
Issued Phony Checks
Maupin is in line with other
places in all things, not forget
ting the "paper writer." One
day the first of the week one of
that ilk passed a check on a local
merchant, the paper bearing the
signature of a man who has not
been in this place for several
years. The check was made
payable to "Jack Margan"
and bears that name as endorse
ment on the back. Who the fel
low realy was the merchant does
not know, as the check was
passed on a helper in the store
and not on th9 proprietor.
Legion Dance Saturday
The local American Legion
naires will fill another date for
their dances an Saturday night
of this week. Rorrick, ''Music
Masters" of The Dalles will be on
hand. Eats will be served in the
dining room of the hall. Let
the Legion relieve you of one
buck, giving in return one of the
most enjoyable entertainments
of the season.
Another Radio In Town
It will soon be that those liv
ing in Maupin are not in style if
they do not possess a radio. At
present there are 10 sets howling
out static waves and tuning in
on WXYZ. The latest to install
a machine with which to get
programs, was Milo Wood, whose
entertainment comes in through
a Radiola, which he installed the
first of last week.
WE ARE
PAUSING for a brief moment to look back over the
year, back to the season when we last gathered a
harvest, we find a multitude of reasons why th peo
ple of Maupin and surrounding territory should be thankful
It did not just happen that we had a bountiful season
of crops, that our men have found labor in field and store
and factory, that our children have been enabled to contin
ue their studies uniterruptedly, that no serious disaster
came to wreck our homes or sadden our hearts. It was not
an accident that we prospered and that we have come to an
other Thanksgiving Day with bounteous blessings and with
a full appreciation of them. We have labored that all these
things might be so. We have lived in peace with our neigh
bors and the entire world, and we have been faithful in every
task to which we set our hearts and our hands. No' strife
has sprung up in our community, and neighborly differences
have been adjusted with no great blot upon the pages of
our history. The same Fate which favors those who strive
for the best has been our faithful companion, and brings us
to the close of the harvest a happy and contented people.
I Sickness has come into our community and death has
left its shadow in some of our homes. But over these things
we have no control. It is the world plan that we must lose
those dear to us, just as those dear to us must later on lose
us. We have not paused to question the wisdom of this
plan we shall not dispute it in the years to come. Con
tent we are to know that all things work together for good
among those who are faithful in following the Golden Rule.
For all of the blessings that have come to us as a peo
ple, we are devoutly thankful. For the warm sunshine and
gentle rains that have grown and matured our crops, we are
thankful. For good health and the power to labor happily
at the tasks before us, we are thankful. With hearts filled
with happiness we join in a song of gladness and of hope.
We join as a community in pledging anew a continuation
of the same high principles of citizehship which, in a large
measure, brought the- wird-we-are-now njoyiHgr and of
which we are duly mindful as we reach this, the nation's
season of Thanksgiving.
Salmon Eggs Received
Superintendent A. B. Smith
of the Oak Springs hatchery,
last week received 550,000
salmon eggs which will be
hatched at our hatchery. The
salmon fry will emerge from the
I egg in about ten days and will
be kept in ponds until next
May, when they will be released.
As soon as the salmon have
cleared the ponds rainbow trout
eggs will be taken in, and these
when hatched and have attain
ed the right size, will be -turned
loose into the Deschutes and its
tributaries.
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.,. "Stand By Us a Little Longer"
Observe International Golden Rule Sunday,
December 6th, for Near East Relief Orphans
THANKFUL
Home From Eastern Trip
Thos. Flanagan was in Maupin
from Portland a few days last
week, coming up to look after
his interests here. Mr. and Mrs.
Flanagan have but recently re
turned from a two months' trip,
which included cities in the east
and west. Mr- Flanagan was at
one time postmaster in this city,
and served Uncle Sam in the
same capacity for a term of
seven years at Flanagan, where
he was in business and at the
same time conducted a farm.
Read the Maupin Times
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Dufur Firemen Will
Give Annual Dance
The firemen of Dufur, follow
ing their usual custom, will give
their annual ball the evening of
Thursday, November 26, and
have invited to members of the
local department to attend. In
a letter to Chief Chalmers, the
secretary of the Dufur depart
ment says:
Dear Chief and Members:
. "I suppose that you all know
that our Twenty Third Annual
Firemen's Ball will be held here
as usual on Thanksgiving night,
November 26, 1925.
"By motion of the Dufur Vol
unteer Fire Company at- their
last Regular Meeting, I, the
Secretary of the Organization
was instructed to invite the Mau
pin Fire Department to attend
the Dufur Firemen's Annual
Ball, and be sure to be there in
plenty of time for the Grand
March at 6:00 p. m. sharp.
''Last New Years we attended
your Ball about thirty or thirty
five strong; and we will be very
glad to have a good turn out
from you fellows. This year we
are all planning to come back as
we certainly had a good time
last year.
Very truly yours,
Leon D. Frazer Sec.
Dufur Volunteer Fire Co.
Practicing Basketball
The local High school basket
ball boys are diligently practic
ing and will soon be able to
schedule games. Baskets have
been hofiftn thegnmtyrumnfias
on tne campus, and Principal
Geiser, himself an old player, is
putting his proteges through a
course of practice which bids
fair to make them champions.
Captures Golden Eagle
Clifford Cunningham has a
trap line set out near the moun
tains and is laying for coyotes.
He visited the line Tuesday and
was surprised to note that one of
the traps held a large golden
eagle. Clifford wanted to take
the bird alive, but the fight it put
up compelled him. to stab it in
the throat, killing it. During
the scuffle the bird sank it3 tal
ons in one of its captors hand's,
making a severe wound.
Clifford brought the eagle to
town yesterday and it i9 on dis
play in one of Wilson's show
windows. The captive measures
six feet eight inches in spread
and is a fine specimen of the bird
which adorns our silver dollars.
Vote Was Unanimous
A school meeting and election
was held last Friday for ths pur
pose of voting upon a heating
apparatus for the new High
school building. While the turn
out was not as heavy as had
been expected, still those who
did attend and vote were a unit
in stating that the proposition
was a meritous one and each cast
a vote in favor of the scheme.
Since the lower room has been
turned into a study room the
need for more heat became im
perative. It is probable that
bids will soon be called for for
installation of a heating plant,
and these will cover apparatus
large enough to heat the grade
building as well as the larger
school house. It is proposed
that a steam heating plant be in
stalled. We want country correspond
ents. Who'll volunteer?
TERRIFIC STORM OF
N0V.J.192I
Eighteen Inches Snow and Sleet
Fell In 24-Hour Period
Roofs Crushed In, Roads Filled
and Few Stock Smothered
Maupinites Marooned
Four years ago yesterday this
section was visited by one of the
worst snow and sleet storms to
occur in southern Wasco raged,
blocking traffic, crushing in build
ings, killing stock and working
general havoc ,
The storm broke in the even
ing of the 18th of November, and
before it subsided snow had
reached a depth of 18 inches in
Maupin, two feet on Juniper Flat
and three feet at the snow line.
The snow took on the consistency
and weight of ice, making road
breaking a hard task.
Quoting from The Times of
November 24, 1921:
Railway service has been dis
continued since Saturday. Sun
day morning's Oregon Trunk up
train being stalled above Nena,
the passangers were transferred
to Bend Tuesday. It is said that
a number of trains are blockaded
on the lines along the Columbia
river.
Raymond Crabtree, F. M. Con
fer, C. E. Alexander, Roy Batty
and M. L. Arnett on the Flat had
sheas break in with the snow
unday and Monday.' The only"
loss to stock was Mr. Arnett's
cow. L. B. Kelly made his way
by team to his ranch Sunday,
arriving in time to brace his big
barn and prevent its breaking in.
Sunday and Monday Maupin
was out of water due to trouble
with the pumping apparatus.
So far, food for man and beast
has been sufficient, as per reports
arrived.
Mr. and Mrs, F. L. Kelly, Mrs.
F. D. Stuart and Crystal, W. H.
Staats, W. C. Bolton, Mrs. H.
Anderson and Viola, H. R. Kai
ser and son are local people de
tained away from home.
A peculiarity of the storm is
that while the lower regions ex
perienced the snow and ice. above
Mecca, and in the Cascade moun
tains to the west the storm took
the form of rain, which accounts
for the rising of the streams to
extraordinary high-water. While
from the north, mercury dropped .
only a few degrees below freez
ing point.
Claymeir Auction
George Claymeir, as guardian
of A. M. Daniels, will sell per
sonal property of the Daniels
of estate in conjunction with
George Burnside, at the ranch
the latter seven miles west of
Wapinitia, on Saturday, the 21st.
Both gentlemen have listed a
large number of farm imple
ments as well as household goods.
N. G. Hedin will cry both sales.
Home Pointers
A step saving kitchen may be
had by having a hook for every
thing and everything on its hook.
Painting the lower cellar stair
white avoids fear of misstep.
The gears of a Dover eggbeat
er cleaned with a little alcohol
prevents black smudges.
Kitchen scissors may be used
for eutting up chicken, shredding
lettuce, chopping raisins, and
marshmallows. Butter fingers
and blades if food is sticky.