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Vol, XII
Maupin, Southern Wasco Couuty Oregon, Thursday, February 18, 1926
No. 15
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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
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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