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IN TIM Send in your news items and . thereby help us to make a better paper. toui ' Job Printing Will be dona right if given to The Maupio Times. Vol. XII Maupin, Southern Wasco Couuty Oregon, Thursday, December 31, 1925 No.r MMJP ES MINSTREL SHOW COMES JO MAUPIN Dufur Legion fun Makers Billed For Saturday, January 9 Catt IncluJet Beit Minstrel Men of the Age Two Perform ance! Given At Dufur Maupin citizens and patrons of the Legion dances are in line for a real treat. On Saturday evening, January 9, the Dufur Legion minstrels will hold forth in the local hall and give one of the best amateur shows ever produced in this neck o' the woods. The Dufur post gave two productions of their show at Dufur and the house was crowded at each performance. The cast includes some of the best talent in southern Oergon and each member thereof has "done his stuff" a la professional. The dance, which will follow the show, will be given by the local post. For music the man agement of the hall has procured what is called a "Panatrope" be ing a dance adjunct to a Bruns wick phonograph. The instru ment sells for $600 and is said to give as good satisfaction as any six-piece orchestra. A dance recently was given at The Dalles and this instrument used in lieu of a regular band. Thctse John Confer says he has heard of making a whistle'out of a pig's tail, but the first he knew that a Christmas card could be made from a sow's ear was when he got one Friday. 13 "About the only man who can win success by loafing on his job," says Jack Morrow, "is the baker." " ra 'Like the lily, the flapper toils not. But where there is an auto handy she certainly does spin," is the way Joe Kramer expresses it. Newt Hedin says that the one sure way to get money out of chickens is to have a steady in come from some other source. El Maybe the reason a man acts like a fish out of water when he' is proposing is because he re alizes he has been hooked. o "It's getting so," says Verne Fischer, "that you can give a girl almost anything you'd give a man for Christmas, even to a shaving set." -ra , "One thing about getting off the straight and narrow, path," voices Jack Staats, "is you can always find a lot of fellows ready to tell you how to get back on." Our climate and soil will produce anything, so thinks a certain who attended the ' hop were ' young lady of Maupin. To prove loud in praise of the innovation, and it is expected that those who take in the hop on the 9th instant will be pleased with the music furnished by the new phonograph fixture. Tickets to the show will be 25 and 50 cents, the dance numbers being $1.00 as always. Shattuck Making Many Improvements Bates Shattuck, manager of Shattuck Bros, department store, is making several improvements in the interior of the establish , ment. The partition between the dry goods department and the rear store room will be taken out and the room thus made will be devoted to the shoe and men's clothing shelves. Shelving will be extended along the south side and more erected on the north side ot .the room, thus giving room for better displays and also will allow of the departments be ing consolidated and easier of access. The ladies wear depart ment will be given more room and all such lines brought closer together. The 'sales slip case will be moved to the office, and the space it now occupies will be taken up by the new shelves, while' the cases containing the shoes will Be widened. When the work is completed the Shat tuck store will make a decided improved appearance. , Most Successful Dance the fact she has planted gold fish seed and expects them to hatch soon. " . Firemen's Annual Ball On Tonight For fear all may not have been informed of the event we will again make mention of the se cond annual ball of the Maupin Volunteer Fire department, which will be held at Legion hall tonight. The firemen have made arrangements to make this event the best of the season and have engaged the popular Broadway Novelty orchestra to furnish the music. The floor will be kept free from dust 'and all else done to make attendants comfortable. The eats will be different than the usual dance suppers, they being furnished and served by the wives of the firemen. Tickets are but one dollar and each one attending will be given a fine (Souvenir ribbon to be kept as a memento of the occasion. Entertained At Dinner After the celebration of mass at the Catholic church on Christ mas day Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Griffin entertained Father Hynes, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Con roy, Mrs. L. D. Kelly, John and Peter Connolly at Christmas din ner. ' , , HOME-TOWN LOYALTY PLEDGE T HE tiEW YEAR fincls our town and commun ity enjoying many blessings, many advantages not enjoyed by other sections. We have good schools, our spiritual needs are amply taken care of, our stores and shops are modern and progress ive and our business institutions generally on a sound and substantial basis. But the day of real struggle for our smaller towns is just setting in. -The auto and the mills have brot competition t' at is not always fair to the smaller towns and residents of rural communities. The dollar-grabbing tendency of the big city is finding its way further and further beyond the city limits, and this to the detriment of the small town business man. In the outlying communities there is more to life than can be measured in money. It is time for Home-Town Loyalty to be displayed, as it has never before been displayed. It is time for closer fellowship right here at home, and of a closer bond of civic friendship and neighborly understanding. To make that loyalty more concrete, more endur ing and of real op eration and consequence we suggest that all our citizens subscribe to the following PLEDGE We, the citizens of Maupin and surround ing territory, pledge ourselves to the pro motion of everything that will go toward the upbuilding of this community and the happiness of its citizens during 1926. We pledge our loyalty to this town in all things that will make it a better town and a bet ter place in which to live. We will spend pur money HERE, where we make it. We will give our own citizens and the citizens of the communities around us first conski . eration in business, social, educational and civic affairs. To help make the year. 1926 better in every way than past years. If our citizens make and keep the above pledge we need have no misgivings relative to the standing of our city, for we will have placed it, and it will remain in its proper niche at the top, among the most progress ive cities of the west. Sign the pledge today. - V ElevenYears Ago From The Times, Dec. 30, '14 A fine black cow was killed on the Oregon Trunk track Christ mas night. It belonged to Bud Smith and was a valuable milker. Dr. H. V. Hatfield was re cently married in Portland and is honeymooning in Seattle. He writes W. H. Staats he will re turn in the gentle spring time and make Maupin his home. Billy Heckman and Dolph Moad are repairing the water system. Christmas passed off . quietly and Saturday morning found spring water in great demand. The Oregon Trunk will estab lish headquarters here for a section crew next week. John Delle Tiglie of Portland purchased lot 22 in block 24 this week of Mrs. Staats. Considera tion $184.00. He expectB to dis pose of all- holding in Portland and go into business here in the near future. L. Wilhelm had charge of the Tum-A-Lum yards during Peter Kilburg's absence. A carload of flour arrived for Shattuck Brothers Monday. This is the second car this fall. 'Mrs, John Donaldson, who has been on the sick list, is improv ing rapidly at this writing. Chain Gang Visits Dufur A number of Maupin Odd Fellows paid a fraternal visit to their Dufur brethren Saturday night. They went by special in vition to assist in lodge work, and were royally entertained with a program and fine refresh ments. Bob Bell of the local lodge was one of the principal Where's The Kick? The Times has in receipt of a communication accompanying a clipping of the state game ward en's report of fish conditions in Oregon, and asking that wepub lsh same. As the communica tion was anonymous we cannot take cognizance of it only to make small comment on that President Coolidge On Farm Prices speakers at the meeting and his j part of the clipping relative to Celebrated High Mass The dance given by the Legion last Friday night was one of the most enjoyable ever given in Maupin. Nearly 120 tickets were sold. The music was fine and the eats all that had been said of them. The only thing which tended to mar the enjoy ment of the occasion was an ac cumulation of dust on the floor, but in the future this will be eliminated. Phone your news to The Mau pin Times. dissertation on . "Odd Fellow ship," which really amounted to a talk on "Good 'Roads," was greatly appreciated. , Those who braved the dangers of the heavy fog and went from here were: H. L Young, A. C. Martin, Jess Derthick, F. D. Stuart, Jas. Chalmers, H. R. Kaiser, R. B. Bell, Andy Mann, Carl Pratt, B. F. Turner, R. W. McCorkle, Lester McCorkle and U. S. Endersby. Former Resident Here Rev. Fr. O' D. Hynes celebrated mass at Sacred Heart .Catholic church Christmas morning, the services being well attended. The singing, by a community choir composed of Mr. and Mrs. W. H, Staats, Mrs. M. G. Todd, Mrs. L. D. Kelly, Mrs. R. E. Wilson, Mrs. Geo. Morris and Ben Gable, with Mrs. Bothwell at the organ, was especially fine. Father Hynes' rendition of the beautiful ritual istic ceremony elicited much fa vorable comment, and he was felicitated thereon by many of the congregation- C. A. Cyr, . who at one time was in business in Maupin but who now conducts a restaurant and pool hall -at Grangeville Ida., Bpent the Christmas holidays with Maupin friends.. He left for his home Monday. - Mr. Cyr bemoans leaving this city and says he wished he was numbered with the other good people of Maupin. the Oak Springs hatchery. The clipping notes the hatching of two million salmon eggs here, and the writer . wants us to "jump on" the fish department for hatching salmon for benefit of the packers. In the first place if it were not for salmon eggs the Oak Springs Hatchery would be idle in the winter months; next, rainbow trout are hatched only in the spring. We beg to imform our anonymous correspondent that he would do well to imform him self regarding the conduct of fish hatcheries fn Oregon before he attempts to belittle the efforts of the commission to provide salmon as well as trout for the country's consumption. Here are a few suggestions in President Coolidge's message to American farmes: Adequate storage, necessarey credit and orderly cooperative marketing will place agriculture on a sound basis. No matter how disguised. the moment.the government en-1 gages in buying and selling farm products, it fixes prices. Even the United States is not strong enough to fix prices which would constantly guarantee success. Farmers are opposed to submit ting themselves to control of a great price-fixing and marketing bureaucracy. For a more order ly marketing calculated to secure better range of prices the co operative movement promises greatest success. To have agri culture prosperous it must rest on an independent business basis. The Manufacturer. SANTA PLEASED J MM IITTLE ONES Community Tree and Christmas. Program Best Eves Given Here Auditorium and Tree Beautifully Decorated Careful Training Shown By School Pupilt The Christmas tree and exer cises at the high school auditor ium Thursday night exceeded the expectations of all, not alone by the fine trimmings of tree -and room, but the program staged and carried out by the pupils of the various rooms, proved that Maupin children are possessed of more than the usual amount of talent Teachers had been busy re hearsing their charges in the various numbers of the program and the result of their labors was evident in the number, character and diversity of the numbers. Little tots one would naturally associate with, the nursery, older. ones of the school, adults all combined to make the occasion One long to be remembered in the nnals of Maupin'i Christmas times. : The musical numbers were especially fine, the recita tions tiraejy and well rendered, while the playlets by the little ones and the high school pupila appealed to ail. "Then came Santa Claus. The base of the large tree was piled high with gifts for the children and as they passed in file the good St. Nick supplied each one with an armful of good things. To make mention of each number would occupy too much space, therefore we will conclude by saying that the community Christmas tree was the acme of perfection and the exercises the best ever attempted in Maupin. NO TRESPASSING Notice is hereby given that I will prosecute all persons tres passing on my place, known as "The Horned Toad" ranch. All fisherman, hunters, and sheep and cattle drivers are warned to keep off. Dated December 17, 1925. Al. D. Kennedy 6-t4 Taxable Property Increases The taxable property of Ore gon is placed at $1,084,637,618, a gain of over '125,000,000 over 1925. Who says Oregon is stag nating? The evidence is con vincuig that we are going ahead as a state and is shown by the great addition to the taxable property oi tne state tn one year's time- Heating Plant Completed The heating plant at the high school building is about com pleted. Mr. Fox, who had the installation of the plant in charge, has finished putting in the pipe, boiler and radiators and painting of pipe and. radiators is nearly done. The plant is a fine one and from now on there need be no complaint about cold school rooms. Look To Your Cats Many cat3 have a predilection for fish and to gratify their taste for the finny denizens of the streams are wont to go fishin' on their own account. W. H. Staats fish pond is especially alluring to some cats and Mr. Staats has ob served , several helping them selves to his pure bred brook trout- Bill is a liberal cuss, but he surely objects to feeding cats with his fish, 83 they have cost him much time, care and money. He has set out traps for the fe lines and if anyone misses the household pet it possibly may be found locked up in the Staats calaboose. Keep your cats at home, Go 'Em One Better Two Mail Rigs Used During the holiday rush Mail Carrier Pratt found it necessary to put a second delivery rig in' commission in order to take care of parcel post packages. Mrs. Pratt handled one part of the mail and Carl, in his big truck, had his hands full taking care of the many gifts sent patrons of his route. . Sunday's Oregonian reported wild .flowers blooming in the vicinity of Portland at this time. Maupin can go Portland one better; Pussy willows are out, trout flies are to be seen, and Sunday Dave Donaldson chased a big-rattlesnake into its hole under a rock pile. ; Attended State Meeting Prof. R. Geiser of the Maupin schools went to Portland Tues day and while there attended a meeting of the State Educational association. Some of the leading educators of the country were present and their talks along edu cational lines were greatly ap preciated by the teachers in attendance,