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JjMAUPlN-On the De " schutei, the Home of the Rainbow Trout VOU can start at Mau . pin and go to any place on the earth Vol, XII Maupin, Southern Wasco Couuty Oregon, Thursday, February 18, 1926 No. 15 mmrn NARROW ESCAPE ON CRITERION HILL Rev. Campbell Of The Dalle sHits Culvert Head and Wrecks Car Machh Trircling at Fait Rata Jumps 11 Feet After Hitting Poit- Swtrved To Bank Rev. Campbell of The Dalles tempted fate Friday evening when coming- down the Criterion grade leading into Maupin. He was driving a large Buick car and had reached a point about two miles from this city when the car slipped from his control. It started down the hill at a tremendous speed; Rev. Camp bell seeming unable to handle it On its way down the car missed a culvert head with the front end, but the rear wheel ran into the concrete, breaking a large piece therefrom and then jumped II feet before it Rtruck the ground. The vehicle then turned toward the bank and stopped. When 'the car struck the head the brakes automatically locked, and to this fact alone may the driver attribute an escape from going over the steep bank. Verne Fischer was called and towed the wrecked car to his garage. An examination of the injury resulted in a finding a sprung rear axle, broken wheels, bent fenders and whole bunch of other breaks. It is evident that the driver was trying to make time nand that the car got beyond his "con trol. Another thing was made evident upon examination, and that was that Rev. Campbell was driving without the car being in gear. A driver who would do such a thing as that should take a course of lessons in driving be fore entrusting himself on such a grade as that leading to Cri terion. Makes Fins Trout Rods H. A. Redding, who with his brother is sojourning in Maupin this winter, is an adept in the manufacture of fine trout rods. Mr. Redding secures his bamboo from Calcutta, India. He splits the wood, bevels the strips and joins them neatly together. So closely is this work done that it is impossible to detect where one piece leaves off and the other be gins. He nicely wraps the rods, places guides on the sections and when a rod is finished it is one of the best pieces of fishing tackle extant. Mr. Redding has made and sold several rods here abouts. He also has several rods in hand to wrap for Maupin fish ermen and, judging by the one we saw, the owners of those fish "poles" will not be in mind to dispose of them for a pretty penny when completed. Indian Gets Pension Ka Shi-At, a Warm Springs Indian ex-soldier, has been granted a pension and hereafter will receive a monthly check for $12.00.' He is but one of the many Indians who answered the call to arms when the tocsin sounded. ., Mrs. E. H. Morrison took ad vantage of , Lincoln's birthday holiday of the school? and spent the week-end with relatives in Portland. Church Services Continue That Rev. Sprouse has left Maupin does not mean that ser vices at the church will be dis continued. There will bo ser vices there each Sunday morn- ng and Sabbath school will be conducted as in the past. All young people, and their elders, too, are cordially invited to attend the preaching service and to re main to Sabbath school. Since the above was written we learn that evening services will be held at the church, begin ning with the coming Sunday. An organ has been secured and an attempt will be made to organize a choir. - Bank Meeting Held The regular monthly meeting of the officers and directors of the Maupin State Bank was held Tuesday afternoon. Those out of town attending were Presi dent J. M. Conklin of Portland and F. S. Fleming of The Dalles. Stop Reckless Driving Motor accidents'and compulsory automobile liabileity insurance,, "is an evil that must be rem edied," were discussed by Ed ward C. Stone, associate United States manager of the Employers Liability company. He noted the rather . curious fact that those chiefly in favor of compulsory liability are not bo much interested in reducing and preventing accidents, as in se: curing some way to assure pe cuiary damages to those Injured by autombiles- in other words they would guarantee solvency of all defendants. Mr. Stone favors action to stop irresponsible drivers from operat ing automobiles which would remove the chief reason for com pulsory automobile accident lia bility insurance. Is this not more fair than taxing all drivers for the damages resulting from the recklessness and carelessness of a small percentage? The Manufacturer. Fiock Increases 175$ A. B. Mathews was in Maupin from Tygh Valley Saturday. Mr. Mathews has a band of about 275 sheep and the ewes are now lambing. The owner says the crop of lambs exceed all expecta tions, about three out of every four ewes giving birth to twin lambs-175 per cent increase. Here From Bull Run F. A. Hackler, who is employed on the Bull Run water system, and who has been taking a three months' lay off, was in Maupin Saturday while on his way to his job. Mr. Hackler will be em ployed at the head works. While In Maupin he said he wanted all the news from this section, therefore added his name to our growing list of subscribers. Basketball Game A basketball game will be played tomorrow (Friday) night at the high school gym between Maupin and Mosier schools. The game will begin at 7:30 sharp. Everyone should turn out and help the local team by good old fashioned rooting for it. There will be two games at this time, the local girls' team playing' a like aggregation from the Mosier school. C.E. Tunison and wife were trading in Maupin last Thursday. ANENT OUR WORLD COURT ENTRY President Wilson's post-war proposal that the world cease fighting and that a world court be organized and which would settle differences between na tions, has at last been accepted, and the United States, by voice of its congress, has attained a place in that court. The ,Van" couver, (B. C.) Sun, in a recent editorial' touching upon our entry with other nations in that court, has the following to say: ' In spite of all the reservations with which United States has de cided to enter the World Court, her decision marks the birth of a great new force for righteousr ness in the international affairs of humanity. The whole history of United States has been an extended pro phecy of the birth of a corporate messiah who would lead the na tions out of their age-old wilder ness of intolerance and misun dersta iding. ' From the first, United States was hailed as the sanctuary of freedom and the champion of human rights. She was to be the refuge for the oppressed of all the earth and the birthplace of liberty. Geographical, political and sociological expediency set: a limit to America's function as a refuge for the world's oppressed. But the idea of America setting a new ideal of international mor ality and holding a new leader Improvements At Rams The stroke of the rams has been shortened and for the past two weeks the water pumpers have been working as they j should, the city authorities will soon install a hoist at the rams. Heretofore it has re quired considerable labor in tak ing the tops off, with a present chance of breaking gaskets in the operation. With a tackle the tops may easily be hoisted and that without any breakage A tool box will also be built As it is now the tools and acces sories are stored down town and when either are wanted a long walk is necessitated. New Road Laid Out County Road Master P. W. Marx has had an engineering crew at work laying out a road from Tygh Valley through Wamic and on the Smock country. J. H. Scott, state market road en gineer has gone over the pro posed line and exyresses himself as being well pleased with the situation. f Road Crew At Work The extremely mild weather has made possible work on county roads. At present one of the county road crews is at work on the Wapinitia market road, smoothing it down, filling in chuck hole3 and putting the roadbed in good condition for travel. Didn't See The Show Four animals went to a circus a duck, a pig, a frog and a skunk. All of them got in ex cept one. The duck had a the pig had four quarters, the frog had a greenback, the skunk only had a scent, that was a bad one. bill, and but and Read The Times get the news ship in the world's political pro gress has been simmering in Ame'rican brains for generations. When Woodrow Wilson stirred the heart of the world with his post-war proposals, it began to look as though the promised mes siah had arrived, as though America had at last taken up the baton of world leadership. , But politicians made that ecstatic tremer only a false travail. The earth's greatest mountain of hu manity had labored exceedingly, and brought forth not even a mouse. False labor may be disappoint ing. But it indicates a pospone ment rather than an end. The birth of America's moral leadership may have been post poned. But it seems to be tak ing place at last. United States has reached spiritual adolescence. She is no longer going to run and hide her face when the bogey of a bloody' Europe shows its head. She is no longer going to sit in fear on her ideals of human freedom and smugly watch the rest of the world limp past to hell. United States' entry into the World Court is an indication that the great soul of America has at last been moved to donate its conceptions, ideals and traditions, not only for the greater pros perity of America, but for the greater happiness and richer life of all mankind. Best Clothing; Low Price "Clothes make the man" is an oft Quoted expression. If that is true R. E. Wilson is responsi ble for the making of a great number of men, for he is selling suits to many around Maupin. The line the Wilson store handles is that of the Scotch Woolen Mills of Chicago, and is one of the most stable makes of clothes to be had. A feature of these suits is that they cost but a mini-! where his wife has been for some mum of price when the quality of I time for her health. She is re the goods is considered. One ' ported as failing rapidly and it can buy a two piece suit, all wool, .is feared that tuberculosis has for $22 50 and a three-piece suit developed. for $26.75. made to order and pete Kllburgi the Tum-A-Lum guaranteed to be as good as the lumber man here is improving average 35.00 and W 00 suits. f w nrnnortv uv nu-;no. nnA Mr. Wilson has over 3,00 samples to select from and guarantees his customers a perfect fit and the best tailoring on each order. Try him and be couvinced. Card Party Wapinitia Rebekah Lodge will give a "500" card party at Odd Fellows hall February 24 Prizes will be given and a cafeteria lunch will be served. A small charge will be made for the lunch. Fruit Growers Convene ' A meeting of Wasco county fruit growers was held at The Dalles yesterday, and was under the direction of T. A. Sammis, Jr., The session wa3 ' held in the cafeteria at the Libby pack ing plant. It was attended by prominent fruit growers of the county and an entertaining pro gram relative to fruit 'growing followed. Up To The Farmer ' "I have said repeatedly and I , reiterate that a substantial part of the farmer's problems must be solved on the farm"' Secretary of Agriculture Jardine. The Times only $1.50 a year. ,4Symphon-Aters" Coming Something new in dance music is billed for Legion hall tomor row evening-the Spokane "Symphon-ateri"-e galaxy of musical artists who combine their dance playing with vaude ville. There are six people in the aggregation, each of whom is a feature soloist on his parti cular instrument The dance will be well worth the admission price alone, besides those attend ing will he favored with a con cert which will be free and will include all the latest in music Remember the date Friday, February 19. HevenYears Ago From The Timej Feb. 19. '15 I Mrs. W. H. Staats received a letter Thursday from JDano Radamanovitch, better known here as Dan Reader, who has been on the battle line in! Austria. "He ' suffered a bad.duction, and finance and credit. wound received at Dugaresai while fighting the Servians. He'ference, there , was organized is an American citizen but was the "Eastern Oregon Wheat 'pressed into service while on visit to his parents. , j A number of our citizens went! to the Cunningham .ranch jt Sunday to witness the wild horse riding by John Muir and George Cunningham. They were treated to a regular wild west exhibition in riding bad horses and inci dents roping dogs. . Henry Nelson Derthick, an old pioneer of this section, died at The Dalles hospital Thursday night, Februrary 18th, death be ing, the result of a paralytic stroke. He is survived by three sons, A. A., O- B. and Jasper, and one daughter, Mrs. Mary Confer.' Funeral, services will be held Sunday at the Kelly cemetery, about eight miles from Maupin. Walter Ashley left for Portland picket fence around same and preparing for the spring lumber shipments. . The band ladies are preparing fur a big chicken supper for the dance Monday night. ' The trout are beginning to bite in the Deschutes, and the sale of fishing tackle is increas ing rapidly. It is a common sight now to see the banks of the stream lined with fishermen. Nearly all bring home a mesa of "Dolly Vardens" for which this river is famous. Rev. N. Welter is holding a series of revival meetings at the M. E. Church and is arousing quite an interest. The farmers all through this section are reporting good crop prospects and seem very well satisfied with the amount of moisture in the grond. Courage Producer "Pep" is a red headed kid from the streets of slang. It is that superlative condition of well be ing that made the canary feel ike spitting in the cat's face. men present who said a govern ment subsidy and contract was responsible for the low Canadian rates. WHEAT GROWERS IN MEETAT MORO Farm Problems Discussed and Many Remedies Debated Permanent Organization Made WithDufur Man At Head ' Various Groups Report Three days of intensive study and deliberation over the one subject of wheat ended at Moro Saturday, when 250 wheat growers and .scores of other representatives of agencies con cerned adjourned the sessions of the wheat growers economic con ference. Reports covering 80 type written pajres were adopted on world supply and demand, wheat handling and marketing, farm management. tillage and pro- As a bv-Droduct of the con- aiLeasrue " one of the nurnoses of which is to see that the value of the conference is not lost thru ack of us findings being earned j t0 the people Membership in the new organ ization extends over 11 principal wheat counties in this section of state. Officers elected were president, F. B. Ingels, Dufur; vice president, Charles B. Cox, Heppner; and secretary-treas-urer, Harry B. Pinkerton. With the creation of the body the Wheat Export league was dis solved in its favor. An execu tive committeeman from each of the 11 counties was chosen. ' Great interest was manifest in the work of the wheat handling committee. A more equitable system of discounts was advo cated by this group, while the state inspection service got a clean bill of health. Twenty-th'ree tillage and pro duction practices were agreed upon as being the best for this territory by growers in the till age committee who also agreed that high acre yields are neces sary in keeping production costs down. Some of those rules, still further "boiled down,", than as placed in the report, are as fol lows: , Stubble should never be burn ed in the fall and should be turned under where possible; disking stubble ground in the fall usually reduces yields, though spring disking pays if late plowing is necessary; plowing 5 to 8 incehs deep is more profit able then deeper plowing; har rowing should follow plowing within a week or ten days; spring wheat should always be sown early; best varieties for winter are hybrid 128, turkey red, and fortyfold, and for spring federa tion, hard federation, and early baart, depending on locality. The farm management group decided that sidelines of sheep, hoges, poultry and cattle are practical and profitable on those wheat farms where waste foods are available, and where there is labor available for handling the side line. It also gave warning of an impending shortage of work horeses and mules unless raising of colts is resumed on a larger scale. r ' The world supply and demand group obtained the passage of a resolution asking a revision of grain freight rates to make them compare with those in Canada, in spite of objections of railroad