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WAUPIN-On the De- ' schutes, the Home of the Rainbow Trout TIME yOU can start at Mau- pin and go to any place on the earth Vol. XII Maupin, Southern Wasco Couutf Oregon, Thursday, March 25, 1926 No. 20 IAIPIM SMOKING HILL IS FOM RIVER What May Be Miniature Volcano Attracting Attention of People Fiuuret In Rocki Permit Escape . of Smoke, Steam and Gat Grata Killed Around Hole What may prove to be a sub terranean hot spring or a min i ature volcano has been discovered at mile post CO up the river by the 0. It. &. N. track, About three weeks ago John Foley, track inspector for that road, saw what he took to be smoke issuing from some rocks above the right-of-way. John watched that point day by day and on Saturday last decided upon a closer investigation. He, in company of a Mexican section hand, went to the top of the hill. There they found several holes j in the rocks from one of which clouds of steam were ascending to the sky. Mr. Foley poked his head into the hole but was com pelled to withdraw it because of the offensive order emenating . from the aperture. The rocks around the fissure were warm and at the edges wet spots showed, demonstrating what was supposed to be smoke was steam. The rocks there are not lava, but have the appearance of pumice or limestone. The grass around the crater in a di ameter of 20 feet has all turned yellow, showing there ma be gas mixed with the steam. j Mr. Foley says that when he first observed the smoke coming from the mountain he thought some porcupine had built a nest in the rocks and by some un known manner this had become ignited. His investigation on Saturday dispelled that idea. The place where the steam comes from the rocks is in a direct! north and south lino with the warm spring on the Indian reser vation, and those who have been informed of the steam coming from the ground incline to the belief that the water from those springs flows to to this side of river by subterranean passage, or that a buried stream of water is flowing over lime stone, which couses the liquid to heat send up clouds of steam to the surface. " ; Several Maupinites propose to make a trip to mile post 60 and make a through investigation of the phenomena. Trek Bulls To Antelope W. B. Sloan of Tygh Valley brought several high grade bulls to Maupin Tuesday and put them in the 0. R. & N. Btock yards. The animals have been sold to Antelope stockmen and their drivers came in for them on Wednesday. Big Crop of Pigs L. C. Henneghan has had wonderful luck with his. pig crop this season. He has 25 brood sows and they have pro duced about 200 pigs so far this season. That is an average of eight pigs to the litter. Since last fall Mr. Henneghan has marketed 240 fat porkers, receiv ing from 13.10 to 141 cents per pound for same at the yards. Spring tonics now in order. Let us recommend .something. ' Maupin Drug Store. . ' Radio Aids Farmers , j To Save Money A recent inquiry sent to farmj ers as to the commerial value of their radios brought replies from 500 farm radio listeners in Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. One hundred and sixty-three reported that their radios saved them money each year, savings averag ing $143.64 per family. Market reports were consid ered the greatest financial ad vantage of ra iio, tho some farm ers saved in movie tickets, gaso line and magazine purchases. ' Farmers are using the more powerful sets. About 70 per cent of those reporting had loud speakers, 24 per cent had three tube receivers, and 21 per cent five tube receivers. Seventy two per cent listens regularly " to talks on agicultural subjects? Shipping More Porkers 0. S. Walters and Chas. Wal ker will each ship a carload of fat hogs to the Portland mar. ket. They will take the porkers to the yards Saturday night over the Oregon Trunk. These gentlemen have shipped several carloads of hogs to Portland the past few months and will have more to follow shortly. prounds Get Trees Principal Geiserwith Director j Kaiser and several High school; boys set out trees around the school grounds Wednesday morn ing. It is the intention to en tirely surround the grounds with trees of different varieties, and those set out this time are but the forunners of more to fol low. , I ElevenYears Ago From The Timej Mch. 26. '15 The W. H. Staats Mercantile Go's store was broken into some time Monday night by - safe blowers. The safe was blown open and about $80.00 in cash taken, besides looting the store of a quantity of tobacco, cigar ettes, knives and razors. They also took several watches from the case of II. L. Emmons, the jeweler. Nitro glycerine was ancMu3ed and a number of new blankets were, used to .muffle the sound of the explosion.. Ollie Bothwell was' badly bruised about the face last Mon day. When he opened the barn door a horse standing close by j ANNUAL SCHOOL PLAY kicked suddenly . striking a ' Saturday, April 10, is an im crossbar, which hit his face, portant date to the people of cansing some bad "cuts .'and Maupin and nearby towns, for loosening several teeth. the high school will then present , t o,kj cnnoA .' J their annual play. The drama i3 the sheep men and , a large , per; cent is predicted owing ,to the ideal weather, One of the largest trout caught here this season was landed by Dr. Hatfield Monday! It mea over 25 inches. . . , ; i Mrs. Rice, a sister of Mrs. Richard Johnson, is here for a few days' visit on her return home from the Panama-Pacific exposition. Her hqme is at Spokane, Washington. ', , A vaudeville . performance under the direction of the local Artisans Assembly No. 490, will be staged here on. Friday, April 2." Admission will be 10 'cents. Ladies will bring boxes for, two, to be sold at 50 cents each Read The Times -get the ne ws An Eye-Opening Statement The press dispatches from New York under date of March 8, carried a surprising report of facts and figures of farming conditions in this country surpris ing from the fact that the story was given out by the " big industrial interests of the nation, The National In dustrial Conference Eoard. This board is composed of manufacturers, public utilities, transportation, min ting and other big interests, and it has investigated farming and other conditions for a year past. Follow ing are its condensed findings r ; After deducting enough from the farmer's income to cover food, fuel and clothing supplied by the farm, the average' farmer has an annual cash income of $100, Net return of the average farmer's investment for the past five years has been 2 per cent. The actual average earnings of farmers per year are $700; factory workers $1255; railroad workers $1572: clerical workers $2141; ministers $1678; gov ernment workers $1650. In 1919 the per capita income of the farmer was ' $362; the following year it was $298 and in 1921 it was $186. In comparison the city workers' incomes for thesft years' were $723, $816 and $701. There was an increase of 1000 per cent of farm faihres between 1910 and 1924, while there was no in creass in commercial failures during this time. .'Invested farm capital dropped $12,000,000 in the , five years from 1920 to 1925. 1 The buying power of the farmer has steadily de creased for the past 25 years. . The farmer receives 40 cents a dollar on his in come dollar, as compared with worker engaged to other ocaupations. The cost of farming rose 600 per cent between 1910 and 1920. The report says the condition is a "serious mal adjustment and it is no longer paying agriculture to maintain its production. The farmer i3 tending to be come increasing! v radical while the city dweller is be coming more ana more conservative.' "Congress is alarmed over the clamor of the farm ers from nearly every state in tho Union that the gov erment take some an-.ion to save them from general bankruptcy. They bluntly say that one of the chief causes of the price disparity is effective protection for industry and labor, while they must take the European price for agricultural products of which they must ex port the surplus. They are demanding an even break with other industries. " Teachers Voted Upon The following members of the present faculty of the MauDin schools have been voted upon and will be offered contracts for another year by the school board: Prof. R. Gei8er, Mrs. Vere De Voe and Mrs. Lucile Cantrell. Many applications for positions here have been received by the board and trom these, the bal ance of the teaching corp will be chosen. News of Interest entitled "The High Cost of Truth" and has been for several yesrs a very successful play on the professional stage. It is a three-act comedy, which depends for its humor upon clever lines and unusual situations rather than burlesque characterizations. The first act is set in the office of a sucessful business man, and the two following acts in the parlor "-'of his summer home. The cast includes eleven high school boys and girls, each one of whom is endeavoring to make the evening of April 10 one to be long reme"mbered for its fun and clean entertainment: PREMIER RECORDS : During the past month Charles Bothwell, Edmund Wilson, and Wilbur Mattews of the sixth grade, and Bonriey Duus, Laco Made Final Proof Art Fargher made final proof on his homestead before Com missioner F. D. Stuart yesterday. His witnesses were Clarence Fargher and John Manion. The tract proved up on is in the Bakeoven district and is one of choicest parcel of land around here. The Times-only $1.50 a year. From the Schools j Greenrt, Melvin Lindley and Win dell Lindley of the fifth grade, were neither absent nor tardy. The following pupils in the nigh school made a pertect re cord in attendance and punctuali ty for the past month: Irene Matthews, Alda Pugh, Helen Weberg, Winnifred Kaiser, Jean Wilson, Clarence Hunt, Estel Stovall, Kenneth Snodgrass, Earl Greene, Fred Shearer, James Appling. Pupils of third and fourth grades neither absent nor tardy during the past month were: Earl Addington, Douglas Both well, Jack Chastain, Ralph Kai ser. Herbert Kramer, James Slusher, Henry Wilson, "Gene vieve Allen, Francis Lindley, Ruth Mathews, Jean Renick. 1 Illustrated menus The pupils of Mrs.' Morrison's room are preparing health book lets which will show menus for breakfast, luncheon and dinner illustrated by pictures cut from magazines. Maupin Possesses Fine Large Sulphur Spring A spring, which is attracting more or less attention of the people of this city, has its exist ence about half a mile up the river from the Union Pacific de pot Some section men dis covered the spring and drank of its waters. They did not repeat the experiment, as the water had a disgreeable taste and odor. A few weeks ago John Foley and Dave Donaldson cleaned out the hole, dug a drain and now the spring is flowing a healthy stream. The edges and bottom of the hole are covered with what appears to be sulphur, which also lines the drain ditch. Dave used the water from this spring for drinking purposes and says it had a most benefiicial ef fect upon his kidneys. He claims the mineral in the water has great medical properties. We are going to send a sample of the water away for analysis to deter mine just what makes it taste so like rotten eggs and-smell like skunk cabbage. Surveyors Miss Wap. With New Cutoff The engineers who are laying out the road between Wapinitia and the edge of the reserve have aroused the ire of Wapinitiaites for the reason that their line does not strike that burg. In stead it leaves the market road at the turn which Jeads to the town. It was confidently ex Dented 'that the new road would go through the village, and to , have itmiss altogether is "a pill too large for the people , of that j place to swallow with pleasure, j An effort will be made to have j the engineers reconsider their line. 5 Traffic Officer Needed This section of the Dalles- California highway greatly needs a traffic officer. Hardly a day passes but some driver with more speed than sense in his noodle "hits 'er up" through town much faster than the traffic laws allow. Yesterday morning a Lincoln car containing five men went through at about 45 miles, and in the afternoon a Ford ' was driven though at its limit. Some day an accident wiil occur, then an officer will be stationed here. A case of "locking the barn door after the horse is stolen." Visitor From JNevada Last Thursday Dr. Stovall was agreeably surprised when his brother, A. E. Stovall. unex. pectedly came in the drug store. The visitor hailed from Gold field, Nevada, where he is en gaged in railroad work. He left on his return trip Saturday morning. Went To Bear Springs Last Sunday Leonard Farlow made a trip over to Bear Springs 27 mile3 distant from Maupin. Leonard says he encountered no snow and but little was visible on the route. He states the road is in exceltent condition all the way. "Some WIRT B. L. Forman was in from Wapinitia Monday. Mr. For man states that the wind was so strong Saturday that he was compelled to stable his tractor and cease plowing for. the time being, as the wind filled the cylinders and carbeurator with sand; MILITARY CAMP OPENS JUNE 18 Boys 17 Up to 31 In Advanced Class Eligible to Attend Vancouver Barracks to Accom modate 500 Canditatet All Equipment Furniihed Candidates are being enrolled now for the Citizens' Military Camps of Oregon and Washing ton. The largest camp in the area will be the Infantry camp at Vancouver Barracks. Briga dier General Paul A. Wolf will be in command. Active pre parations are under way at the present time and a complete tent camp equipped with bath houses,' kitchens and mess halls will be ready for the 500 candidates when they arrive on June 18th. The camp is open to boys of 17 and in the advanced classes up to the age of 31. Boys of aver age intelligence who are able to pass the physical examination will be admitted. All necessery expenses going to and returning from camp will be paid by the government and each candidate will be furnished with uniform, food and shelter while in camp. Vancouver Barracks is located on the north bank of the Colum bia River near the Pacific high way and adjoins the city of Van cover. Portland is only five miles away, lying across the Columbia to the south. Pearson Field, with aviators training in flying every day, is located with in a stone's throw of the camp site itself. It would be. hard to find a more beautiful place or one that is better adapted to the purpose of a military camp, i For information and applica tion blanks apply to The Com manding Officer, Vancouver Bar racks, Washington. Buys Service Satation Paul Muller haa become the owner and manager of the ser vice station formerly conducted by A. L Milier at Tygh Valley. Paul, will add a stock of tires and auto accessories and willalso sell- Ford cars. The past week he has disposed of a Ford coupe to MissThelma Bonney of Shani ko, a fordoor sedan to Floyd Johnson, a like car to G. A. Hood and touring car to another man. A line of oils, greases and gasolene will also be carried. Traveler's wants will receive courteous attention at all times. Mr. Mnller says that he will take as his motto "service at all times," and we are sure he will live up to it. Oregon News Notes Eugene Signal and ballast gangs rush work on Natron Cut- Off; " :.'-. -: v" Homestead Idaho and Ore gon will build $75,030 bridge across Snake River. Salem -Denny & Co. contract for 60 cars black cherries here, and 20 cars at McMinnville. Hermiston R. C. Crowder sells "Hermiston Herald." Klamath 1 Fallls-Pelican Bay sawmill starts two shifts, 300 men to cut 70,000,000 feet this year ; V Oregon and Washington lum bering and logging employ 71, 000 men, with wages of $100, 000,000 a year, -