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Vol. XII
Maupin, Southern Wasco Couuty Oregon, Thursday, April 15, 1926
No. 23
1AUPIM
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TIMES
INDIANS
"mm dance
Yakima Tribesmen Supply Base
For Skookum Banquet
Dance Has Religious Meaning
Tribal Finery Much In Evi
dence Stick Gamblers
The Warm Springs Indians in.
dulged in one of their feature
dances last Saturday, Sunday and
Monday morning:, it being the
yearly "Salmon" festival and
dance. Nearly the whole tribe
participated, men, women and
children.
The local tribe was visited by
many Indians from the Yakima
reservation, they coming in high
priced autos, and bringing their
tribal finery with them. They
also took part in the festivities
Saturday was given over to
getting acquainted and a few
tribal dances were indulged in.
That evening the sporting
element of both locals and visit
ors held sway. Gambling is a
native pastime with the Indians.
They use the traditional sticks
and long bones, colored variously,
in their games, and many wag
ered on the result of the throws.
Sunday occurred the age-old
"Salmon dance." The Yakimas
had been fishing for that delect
able fish at Cellilo Falls, and car
ried loads of them to Simnasho
as a treat to their red brethren.
After a feast of salmon the
dance, symbolical of the time,
was begun. It included dances
by individuals, duos,' quartets
and whole cotillions. The var
ious figures and gyrations each
portrayed some Bpecial feature
of the time and, while not under
stood by all the whites present,
represented phases of Indian
tradition and practices. The
participants were costumed in
accordance with Indian taste,
feathers and beads being dis
played in great profusion.
Many of tho Indians wore mag
nificent headdresses, gaudy robes
and quaint trappings, used only
at certain' times and represent
ing certain ideas of the tribe.
Monday morning the visitors
were again regaled with a feast,
after which another dance was
put on. The whole concluded
with a grand finale ''and fellow
ship smoke.
Dan Howard, chief of the
Warm Springs Indians, was
master of ceremonies, and that'
he knew his stun! is testified to
by our informant. The children
were held in bounds, while even
the dogs were not allowed to
voice their pleasure or resent
ment during the ceremonies.
The meeting took place on the
ranch of Queah-pama, a well
known member of the local tribe.
Unearthed Ten Coyotes
Bill Hadley, herder for John
Conroy at Shearers Bridge, on
Monday discovered two coyote
dens and got busy with smudges.
He succeeded in smoking the oc
cupants out and when all were
accounted for, ten young sheep
stealers were found, six in one
den, four in the other. The
coyotes were about a month old
and were lively little fellows.
About the first of last month
another herder found a den and
after smoking, the occupant
numbered one lone' pup. This
is the earliest that such animals
have produced young in the
recollection of the oldest settler.
II. S. Class Play
Reflects Great Credit
The Class play-"$10,000 At
Stake"put on at the high
school auditorium last Saturday
evening, was one of the best ef
forts in that line that has ever
been our pleasure to witness.
The story hinged upon the ability
of the young lover to tell nothing
but the truth for a period of 24
hours. The resolve was the out
come of a wager and upon its
winning depended the happiness
of the young man and hi best
girl. The resolve to tell nothing
but the truth led to many vexing
complications, but at the end of
the prescribed time virtue reign
ed Bupreme, although the winner
showed a prediliction for evading
the whole truth at the end.
We have but little room in The
Times for all nJmes of the cast,
therefore are not able to give it
in full.'.-We 'will spy, however,
that each member was up in his
or her part; there were no hesi
tating waits in the dialogue and
the expression of each in render
ing the lines was as natural as it
should have been. Great care
had been taken to make the pro
duction go over big and that that
care was manifest was shown by
the exprssion of pleasure on the
face of each one who attended,
Come again, high school students.
Oil Man In Maupin
Geo. A. Bevis, well known oil
prospector, was in Maupin Tues
day, and while here called on old
friends in the persons of Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. Staats.' About four
years ago Mr. Bevis opened up a
promising oil hole at Dufur. He
organized a company and pro
spected several sites, each show
ing "black gold," but the Stan
dard Oil company eventually se
cured control of the field and
operations there came to an end.
We have later learned that in
terests at The Dalles and Dufur
have been conferring with Mr.
Bevis with the result that he
may, in the near future, resume
his work in the Dufur field and
prosecute his prospecting until it
is definitely known whether or
not oil is to be found there.
Krause Ready For Business
Paul Krause and wife were in
from Nathan Monday and went
to Bend on a business mission
that day. Mr. Krause informs
us that he has everything ready
to begin the manufacture of
chicken and hog feed and fertili
zer at his plant at Nathan and
that he will begin operations in
about 10 days. His slaughter
house, warehouse ahd dry kilns;
are ready, while the machinery
has been installed. As soon as
I L J ...1 Lt
ne returns ana a man wnora ne
has engagee arrives from Port
land, he will begin work on tak
ing care of proscribed range
horses. He states he will be
able to kill, grind and dry about
25 head daily. He has contracted
for 7,000 and has been guaran
teed at least 20,000 horses, to be
used in making his products. -
Getting Ready For Races
Dee Woodside has five promis
ing race horses at his ranch
and is fitting them for the race
season. He will take his string
td , Condon 'for v the annual
summer race week, and from
there will go to Antelope for the
meet scheduled there. Mr. Wood
Bide has a fine half mile track at
his ranch and is training his
gallopers at home.
Kitchen cabinet for sale in
good condition, $15.00. J. M.
Morrow, at Butler' store. 22-t2
COUNTY TRACK MEET.
AT TYGH APRIL 17
The annual county school track
meet for 1926 will be held at the
fair grounds at Tygh Valley Sat
urday, April 17, at which time
all the schools of Wasco county
will take part, the schools of The
Dalles excepted.
The schools will be placed in
seven divisions, each taking part
in the same events. The win
ners of each division will be
pitted against each other until
but one school is left. The events
listed are as follows:
(A) Boys 100-yard dash;
220-yard dash; 880-yard run; one
hair mile walk; 880-yard relay;
one mile run; base ball throw;
pole vault; discuss throw; shot
put; broad jump; high jump.
(A) Girls-DO-yard dash; 440
yard walk; 320-yard relay; horse
shoe pitching; baseball throw.
(l?)-Boys-D0-yard dash; 100-
yard dash; 440-yard walk; 440-
yard relay; base ball throw;
bread jump; high jump.
(B)-Girls-50-yard dash; 440
yard walk; 220-yard relay; base
ball throw.
(C)-Bojs-50-yard dash; 220
yard wait; broad jump; base
ball throw.
(C)-Girls-50-yard dash; 220-
yard walk; base ball throw.
Midgets Boys 60-yard dash.
Girls 50-yard dash.
The members of the Girls'
Cooking and Sewing classes will
sell ice cream and cake at the
fair grounds during ihe meet.
Farming By Wholesale
F. S. Fleming is a wholesale
farmerthat is he does his farm
ing in a wholesale manner. He
has 4896 acres of land east of
Maupin and of this uses nearly
4000 acres on which to grow
wheat. Last week, when visited
by a prominent Maupinite Mr.
Fleming had a plowing force at
work. There was a Holt cater
pillar tractor pulling 12 bottoms,
a smaller' tractor with three
plows behind it, and two eight
horse teams, each drawing a two
bottom plow, in the field. The
outfit was turning over about 45
acres daily. This was a summer
fallow and included about 2000
acres of land. Mr. Fleming has
the same amount i n wheat this
season and now that sufficient
rain has fallen, his fields give
promise of a bumper crop.
Lambs Over 100 Per Cent
John Conroy was in from
Shearers Bridge -Monday. Mr.
Conroy's flocks have been lamb
ing and up to date he has secur
ed a little better than 100 per
cent increase. There are about
200 ewes yet to lamb and when
these have contributed their bit
to the bands, Mr. Conroy figures
he will have about 1100 additions
to his flocks.
Linn Mill To Start
Tim Linn was in from his saw
mill Monday and to a Times man
stated that his mill would begin
the season's sawing next week.
The firm has secured some fine
timber from L. B. Kelly and will
have crews at work logging this
soon. The timber is pine and fir
and contains some of the finest
trees in this section. The Linn
mill will shortly install a "nig
ger," a machine to assist in turn
ing logs and cants on the saw
carriage. Later it is the inten
tion af Mr. Linn to open a re
tail yard in Maupin, and if he
does so will lay in a stock of
rough and dressed lumber.
PIGEONS SUFFER AT
TRAPS ON SUNDAY
Sunday morning several de-
i votees of tran and min went to
the club grounds and spoiled a
large number of perfectly good
shotgun shells in an endeavor to
train their eyes for fall pheasant
hunting. The shooters , were
paired in sides and alternated at
the traps. The scores of-the
main shoot were:
O. J. Williams 17
J. F. Kramer . 9
Geo. Morris 13
R. E. Wilson... r....14
O. D. Bothwell 8
J.P. Abbott. Jr. 19
Bates Shattuck 18
Oliver Resh 6
Following this came what is
called a "wipe your eye" shoot,
with the following participating,
also their scores:
O. J. Williams '.. ..... 5
J. P. Abbott 9
O. P. Resh 8
Bates Shattuck . 9
J. F. Kramer 4
R. . Wilson .11
, The next event was a "snipe"
field shoot, in which the marks
men went into the field and shot
at birds released from the traps
at unknown angles, the shooters
having to determine their loca
tion and direction blindly. This
was a five-bird shoot and the
shooters with their scores are be
low: J. F. Kramer 4
J. P. Abbott....... 4
O. J. Williams : .. 5
Bates Shattuck.....:... ..: .. 4
R. E. Wilson 3
O. P. Resh . 2
V" Musical Maupin
Though two months late in
begining the course of public
school music this year, Maupin
children of grades three to eight
are steadily working up to the
goal, a complete year's work as
outlined in the "State Course of
Study."
' Half of the group present in
the song recognition test made
100 per cent on the course to
date, 47 per cent of the group
made A grade in elementary
music reading, G6 per cent
earned a B grade, and 17 per
cent obtained C.
It is intended that all pupils
intersted in this course should be
given sufficient grasp 'of the
fundamentals to make later work
easy and insure confidence in
their ability that will lead to
completion of the full eight years
of music.
The Dalles Wins
Over Hood River
The Dalles baseball team1 re
deemed itself last Sunday after
an overwhelming defeat at the
hands of the Dufur team the
Sunday previous. When, the
game was over the score book
showed eicht markers for our
county seat team to a great big
goose egg for Hood River. Hood
River will be at The Dalle3 next
Sunday. ,
Dufur took the game from
Bend the same day. winning by
a score of nine to eight.
Sympathetic
'I'm a man of few words."
'Shake, I'm married, too.''
Stand At Track Meet
H. A. Mailer, of Tygh Valley
will run a stand in the Dew
Drop Inn at the fair grounds
during the school meet, April 17.
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Culver Wins From
( Maupin Legion Team
A baseball game between Cul
ver and Maupin was played
in this city last Sunday.
Culver won the game by " one
score, the final count giving that
team a total of four runs, while
U.nn ati:a - 1L. I
vutw Mines w us me numoer
gathered by the home Leeion-
aires. B. Wright, Culver pitch
er, was opposed by Lester Me.
Corkle, and both heavers did
good work. Dee Talcott and
Earl Rodman officiated as um
pires, The latter is the most
deliberate decision maker that
ever called balls and strikes,
often waiting until the pitcher
had unwound for another throw
before saying what the previous
thorw had been. At that he
seemed to know his stuff and
gave good satisfaction. A re
turn game will be played at
Culver Sunday, April 25. After
the game the Maupin boys held
a meeting and chose Verne
Fischer as manager and Don Mil
ler captain of the team 'for this
season. The Maupin meet the
Tygh Valley team here next Sun
day afternoon.
Boy Thought Lost
Last Wednesday afternoon the
little four-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Morrow wandered
away from home. After he had
been gone some time his mother
became worried and started to
look for him. She searched the
neighborhood "and then enlisted
the aid of Jack and others. The
Staats fish pond was visited, but
as the boy had not been seen
around there the hunt reverted
to other parts of town. The
whole neighborhood was , gone
over,, but no boy was found. . At
dusk the father looked under an
old shack and by aid of a flash
light discovered his son snugly
ensconsed under the floor. When
asked why he did not come out
tbe little fellow said he could not
see any light, therefore didn't
know which, way to go. He had
gotten turned around under the
floor, and could not remember
just which way he went in. .
Had Hand Badly Cut
Last Saturday morning Al.
Britton had the palm of his
right hand badly lacerated by
having the bember caught be
tween a wheel and frame of . a
plow. He came to town as soon
m he could and had the wound
dressed, but will be laid up from
work for several days with the
injury. -
Moro Sheriff Here
George McDuffie, sheriff of
Moro county was a Maupin visit
or Tuesday, being on his way
home from Portland. Mr. Mc
Duffie has the distinction of be
ing the next oldest sheriff in
point of service in the state, his
tenure being exceeded by that
of Sheriff Levi Christman of this
county. '
Candidate Visits Maupin
Frederick Steiwer, who is
seeking election to succeed Sena
tor Stanfield, with Judge Butler
of The Dalles, was in Maupin a
short time Saturday. While here
Mr. Steiwer called on several
Legion boys and republican
leaders.
Fob Sale Five Angu3 and
Durham heifere with, calf or
with calf by side, $60 per head.
A. L. Gutzler, Maupin, Oregon
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VISITING MEMBERS
CONFER
DEGREE
Ridgley lodge of Dufur Does Work
On Mauoin Candidates
Reg alia On of Finest In Stale
Speeches and Felicitations
Rebekahs Serve Banquet
What was probably ore of the
greatest and most pleasant meet :
ings of Odd Fellows was that held .
in Maupin last Saturd3y night,
when nearly 30 members of the
order from outside points gather
ed here and carried out the work 'i
of the third degree of initiation.
Two candidates, Isom West and
Ollie P. Weberg, were inducted
into full membership, receiving '
to work which entitled them to
recognition as regular Odd Fel
lows,.
The conferring of this degree t
was in the hands of the degree
team of Ridgley Lodge of Dufur.
The team brought their full re-"
galia with them and it is remark
ed that that regrlia is one of the ,
finest in Oregon. The team put
on the work in an impressive-
manner, showing intensive study
and a knowledge of dramatics
seldom witnessed. v
At the conclusion of the work
several visitors gave short talks,
principally on Oddfellowship.,
A few members of the local lodge
also occupied the floor for a short
time, among them being F. D.
Stuart, W. H. Staata and R. B.
Bell. Mr. Bell really made the
"speech of the evening." He is .
fully conversant with the objects,
aims and work of the order, and
in his remarks gave emphasis to
the great good a membership in
the Odd Fellows lodge conferred "'
upon each holder thereof. ' : v '
At the conclusion of the meet
ing members and visitors ad
journed to the dining room on
the lower floor of the building
and partook of a fine banquet,
prepared and served by the
Rebekahs. ; .' -" '
Among those coming from
Dufur, and who registered in the
visitors, book, were: A. A. Mar
vel. J. C. Johnson,-C; E. Terry, '
C. A. Swett, Owen Jones, Ernest
Swett Percy Swett, A. J. Un
derbill. G. D. Brodie, Stanley
Swett, J. A. Stevens, F. L. Vari
derpool, 'K E. Temple, E; LY?
Wilhelm, W. B. Sloan, O. -H.
Russell, C M. Husler. W. D. '
Taylor, Dr. Thos. Griffith, J. M.
O'Brien, ' George Rothrey and
C- C. Cooper. ' r , ' "
Games Won and Lost
The baseball team of the Mau
pin high school played a retnrn
game with the Tygh Hi Sunday
at Tygh, losing to the valley boys
by a score of 11-15. At the same
time the grade team was play
ing at Shaniko with the grade
team of that place. Maupin boys
took the long end of a 9-5 score,
and played a real article of base
ball. Both the younger teams
gave evidence of being comers
and with another year or tiro
over their heads will be antagon
ists to be reckoned with. .
Pawn Shop
She (anxious to impress):
"I've just put my furs in cold
storage!"
He: "Cold storage! That's a
good one! Never heard it called
that before; my cuff links and
watch are there too."