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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1926)
in OILER'S YOUR HOME GROCERY A-. MeircftaaiasSasiirBg Talk " We opened our Grocery and Meat. Market on February 8th, 1922. Sineu that time vc have en joy, d a wonderful business. Our terms were od- . yertised as cash, or all bills due and payable first of the month following purchases. These terms, have only been extended to customers who are en titled to credit. Under this arrangement our loss from bad accounts has been less than one-ttnth of one per cent of the business we have done. We feel that when you are trading with us you are not paying the other fellow's bill. We ex tend the 30-dav credit as a matter of courtesy and -service. "' ' 'V '' We wish to make it easy to trade with us. Our policy has been, and will be, to help you in .every way we can. We pay market price less a small transportation charge for products you have to sell; if you have no account with us we pay you cash. , ; , .. ; . We are now conducting two stores; have elimin ated heavy freight expense by having our own trucks, which also adds to our service. Our buy ing power has more than doubled this year, due to heavy sales at both our stores. We anticipate big business this year. 'At pres ent our sales are greater than last year. Crop prospectsrwere never better. What helps you helps us, so let's work together. - Spend your j . money at home. We appreciate your patronage and will hold our prices down to the very lowest margin of profit possible. Soliciting your future business we are at your service. Command us. F. C. BUTLER will be so low that even the poor-I on Monday. She was practicing est paid laborer can purchase it, for the truck meet wne the ac- then that dav is to be welcomed, icident occurred. From indications it is not very far distant. - In'commenting upon the an tagonism of the rortland Ore-!j v Koiuaii iuwhiu uie canuiuacy u Robert N. Stanfield, Smith's Analyst, a new journal, lately out for the first time, takes the big paper down the line for its outspoken opposition to the sena tor. The Analyst calls attention to the fact that, since 1912, the candidates favored by the Ore gonian have been defeated by democrats, and also that when that paper remained silent re garding senatorial candidates a republican won out . We look for the nomination and election of Mr. Stanfield; his work and accomplishment as senator have been above reproach and the benefits accruing to Ore gon, and the whole west, through ffis efforts, have been of inestimable value. His enemies are resorting to villification, tnud slinging and plain lies to accom plish his defeat, and we are con vinced that when the whole truth regarding his work for the west is known, he will receive the un qualified indorsement of the state electorate and will be re turned to complete the good work initiated and fathered by him. ' The Maupin Times Published every Thursday at Maupin, Oregon -; C. W. Semmes. Editor ' C. W. Semmea and E. R. Semtne-i. ; Publishers. Subscription: Oue year, fi.w. six months. 75 cents; three muuitis, 50 Entered as second ' class mail matter September 2, 1914, at the postoffice at Maupin, Oregon, un der the Act of March 3, 1879. CO OVER THE "OLD BUS" "A penny saved is a pennj earned'' said wise old Ben Frank lin and never were the words more useful than today when thrift is the keynote of the best industrial and domestic establish ments of the country. Just now many pennies can be saved by Maupin auto drivers if tbey will make a close inspection of their machines before they are placed on the road for the season. Many of the car owner's costly repair bills, as well as a consider able number of accidents, could be avoided if all motorists made it a point to give their cars the necessary clean-up and overhaul ing before they take to the open road. Based on the experience of a lot of trouble a good" local driver suggests that we broad cast these hints to the motorists who are now getting ready for Fpring and summer driving: Drain the crank case; clean out the cooling system; inspect wheel bearings; tighten all bolts; insure proper lubrication of transmission and differential; clean up gasoline distributing . Bystem; test aligment of steer ing gear and wheels, test tires tubes and batteries and by all means, test the brakes. The average man may not have the time or skill to give to the job, but he can save money in the end by having a garage man do it. Spring overhauling is an in vestment in comfort, safety and convenience. Wise motorists realize that fact, and always see that it is done. - 1 THE WORM TURNS We read with interest a few days ago that a great fight is be ing made on a certain candidate for a state office in Ohio on the ground that most of the imple ment3 on his farm and the cloth ing worn by his family from mail-order houses. merchants of his nearest town are coming out in the open and urging voters not to support him because of his catalog-buying re cord. And if those merchants stand together they'll defeat him assure as fate. All of which leads to our old argument that if merchants here would co-operate a little more closely and make it plain that they are for the home town buyer first - and tell their home-town people so through , the columns of their newspaper they would soon find the trade they should have been getting coming in to them. The old rule of sticking by the man who sticks and believes . in by you will still work if put to practice, and it would be a good idea if every town would take to sticking closer to those who stick to it and leaving the the fellow who doesn't to get along as best he can. CHEAPER INSURANCE rrea&teiwer made Maupin a visit Saturday last in the in terestof his candidacy for the U. S. senatorship. He, wants Bob Stanfield's seat in the sen ate, and is making a canvass on what he proposes to do if elected. The only difference between him and the present incumbent is that Bob is making the run on a good record, while Fred is mak ing the run on the record he ex pects to make. Today marks the opening of the fishing season in Oregon. It will also mark the increase of visitors to Maupin. With the Deschutes river at this place, and it being heralded as the premier trout stream of the world, hordes of anglers will be whipping its waters from now until Novem- came Der30. Now 1 It has been a long time since the big insurance companies did any worrying, but they're at it now. The fact that one of the largest auto concerns in the country is giving insurance poli cies with each car sold and that many newspapers are furnishing their readers- with policies on payment of a small sum above the regular subscription rate has alarmed the old-line insurance concerns. , At a regular conven tion at Cincinnati they discussed ways and means to meet this new and dangerous competition. We've always tried to tell Mau pin people that insurance is the best investment a man can have, whether it is fire, tornado, ac cident or life. And if a new day Doris Kelly had the misfor Is dawning when the price of it j tune to sprain an ankle at school The District water master ad vises that irrigationists use all the water they can get as early as possible in the season. But what will they do when the hot weather comes and the supply they contracted for is not avail able?. That it pays to advertise is evidenced by the business of a local merchant who recently went on a cash basis. His busi ness has increased 100 per cent over that of last year at this time and he is getting in more money. , If a few mere candidates file for office before the primaries it is evident there will not be enough non-office seekers left to make any mark as having voted. The difference between Rip Van Winkle and the merchant who does not believe in advertis ing is that Rip did wake up. East Maupin Notes Little' Charlotte, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Cunning ham, waa given a party in cele bration of her second birthday last Thursday. A number of her juvenile friends were present and enjoyed refreshments and other entertainment. Mr. Lester Crofoot ia staying with her mother, Mrs. Cy. Tun nison, during the latter's con valescence from a period of ill ness. Miss Eleanor Brace, sister of Mrs. Emil Hackler, is now em ployed in the dining room of the Hotel Kelly. Miss Milly Davidson came over from The Dalles Saturday and spent that day and part of Sun- with her mother, who is cooking at Hotel Kelly. ' Mrs. Cy. Tunniuon, who has been under the doctor's care for several weeks past, is well on the way to complete recovery from a serious illness. Thos. Flanagan came up from Portland Sunday and looked after his interests on Bakeoven, return ing Monday. r Fishermen are requested to read the advertisement of Mrs. L. Fischer in this issue of The Times, then to take advantage of the opportunity to see the lunch goods offered.. Taking the Profit Out tfWar By BERNARD M. BARUCH Reprinted from the AtlanlUt HoutM. WSfM. 80 it became trident that tha prlca Axing program bad to go avail for tier, and tha War Industries Board, when tha Armistice eama, waa pro ceeding with a campaign to fa tha prices of all tha basic things that la bor had to bay. Some had previously beea fixed. I speak ot labor ta a much broader teasa than manual labor, (or tha oaorianUed so-celled "white col lar" part of our community clerk e, teachers, government employees, pro fessions men were less able to meat the situation than labor In the nar rower sense. For the protection and relief 'of inch groups certain plana were devised.. Jo HlnnfV f One of them provided that manuta hirers. Jobbers and retailers of shoe could make and cell shoes only ot a specified quality at a fixed price, ef fective July, 1919. No one who did not have a card of the War Industries Board In his window could sell shoe, and only the standardized aboea ceuld be sold. No jobber or manufacturer would sell shews to anybody who did not have this card. Tha shoes were to be stamped Class A, B or C aad had to be of tha quality prescribed and sold st the price fixed. The, country was so organized In every district that there could be immediately reported to Washington the name of any shoe retailer who did not carry out die rer ulatlons of tha War Industries Board as to price and quality. Through re strictions on his labrr, money, raw materials and transportation 10 man ufacturer would have been permitted to sell to any dealer violating the rer nlatlons. The Armistice stopped tba execution of this plan. Another plan of this natare: Tha manufacturers of men's and women's wearing apparel had In 1918 been call ed to Washington, together with the retailers of various goods, and notified that regulations would have to be made In regard to retail prices and atandardlzatlon of clothing. The rulings by the board were made known throngb the Issaance of official .bulletins at irregular lntervala and were widely dlatrlbuted by the press, which cooperated In this most necea , aary work with a whole-hearted pur pose that gave to the orders of the "War Industries Board tha Instant and broad circulation they required Mr. Hoover already vu doing much 'to perfect his control of food products IN MAKE a deposit in this Bank; add to it as you can and it will soon grow to surprising di mensions. Its growth will be a natural and promising one. BEGUM TODAY MAUPIN STATE BANK (INCORPORATED) R4. ItMSlkl Tliere was also" talk ol aad In soma cities this and' prices. xlng rents, was dona, If we were to itart. In the event of another war, at tha place where we were Industrially when the World War ended, tha President, acting through an agency similar to the War Indus tries ooara. would nav the right to fix prices of all things as ot a date previous to the declaration of war when there waa a fair peace time rela tionship among tha various activities ot the nation. It weuld be Illegal to buy, sell, serve ar rent at ,any other than these price. Brakes would be applied to every agency of Inflation before the hurtful process started. An Intelligent control of the flow of men, money and materials would be Im posed, Instead of having the blind pan to heretofore ensuing on the first ap pearance ot tba fraatlo demands of war. Tha Draft Board would have be fore It the rulings of the priority com mittee, together with tba eatlmated needs of every business and profee elon In Its relationship to the conduct of the war, and men would be select ed accordingly. The Draft Board could mora Intelligently decide, with the advice of the priority committee, many ot tha problems with which It would be faced. There would be no sending of men to the trenches who were needed for expert Industrial war work and then bringing them back again. Bualneasee not necessary to the winning of the war would be cur tailed. The Draft Board would have mat information before It The prices ot all things being fixed, the price fixing committee would make any necessary adjustments, as waa done during tha war. Under the sys tem used In 1911 these prices were made public and adjusted every three months, so that any consumer or pro ducer had bis day In court wbea he considered prices unfair. Those who complained that during the war prices were too high had this read," recourse to hand. In the meantime all the Industrie of the country would have been mobilised by tne formation of committees repre sentative of each Industry aa was done In the World War. Over them would be placed a government direc tor or commodity chief. The various government departmenta would ap point committees representing their requirements, so that on one commit tee the resources of the nation would be represented and on tha other the demands of the government The gov. ernment director would stand between to decide," In conjunction with the pri ority committee, to what department auppnes should go. (Continued next week) We want country correspond ents. Who'll volunteer? NOTICE rOR PUBLICATION Department of tha Interior U. S. Land Office at The Dalles, Ore gun. Feb. 24 im. Notice Is hereby (riven that JOSEPH J. CONNOLLY of Maupin, Oregon, who on Nov. 12. 1920, made Homestead Entry under Act of Dm. 29, 1910, No. 020794, for swl-4wl-4, Sec.14, el-2swl-4,. nwl-4 eel-4, el-L'sel-4. 8c. 16, l-2nel-4. nel-4nwl-4, wl2nwl-4, 8c. 22, nwl-4 nwl-4, Sec. 23, township 6 south, rang 14 east, Willamette Meridian, has filed notice of his Intention to muke final proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before 1 Register, United States Land Office, at Tha Dalles, Oregon, on the 13th day of April, 1920. Claimant names aa witneases: John Foley, Ed. Mathews, E. W. Hurst all of Maupin. Oregon, Thomaa Faherty, of The Dalles, Oreon. m4-al J. W. Donnolly, Riglater. NOTICE TOR PUBLICATION Department of the Interior, U. 8. Land Office at The Oalles. Ore gon, March 18, 1920. Notice is hereby given that GEORGE L. MORRIS of Maupin, Oregon, who on April 19, l'JJl. made Homestead Entrv under Act June 0, 1912, No, 023463, for sel-4 nel-4, Sec. 32 Township 4 South. Range 14-East. Willamette Meridian. has fllud notice of intention to make final three year proof, to establiah claim to the land above described, bo fore F, D, Stuart, United Mates Commisioner, at Maupin, Ore. on tha 27, day of April, 1920. Claimant names aa witnesses: H. M. Greene, L. B. Kellv. O F. Kenick, A. M. Morria, all of Maupin, Oregon. J. W. Donnolly, Register. ui25-a22 I. O. O. F. WAPINITIA Lodge No. 20Si Maupin, Oregon, meets every Saturday night in I. O. O. F. hall. Visiting mem. bers always welcome. B. F. Turner, N. G. Oscar Renick, Sec. Read The Times get the news Patronize our Advertisers. mmmismsMMmmmm Remember Ow TIRE PRICES when in need of Tires or any other thing automotive. Put on one of our New Holly Manifolds and watch 'er climb. Also a great gas saver Let us demonstrate one for. you. X Repair Work 88;.. by skilled mechanics. Satisfaction guaranteed. Yours for Honest Work and Honest Prices, Wood-Tillotson Co. Look over your office sta tionery and before you are entirely out place your or der for with THE MAUPIN TIMES Fisher' s Repairs t i i i Garage (East end of Bridge) Gasolene Oils, Tires, Accessories - Lunch Goods always on hand for convenience of Tourists Good work, lowest cost