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Vol. XII
REMINISCENT OF
DAYS LONG GONE
"Tygh Valley Bee" Recounts Ar
' rival of Railroad Engineers
I 1
Driver of First Auto Down Tygh
Grade Sent Warning to Keep
Teams Off the Hill Road
The Times office received a
copy of the then published
"Tygh Valley Bee" of date of
July 20, 1907, sent by a friend
ot this paper on Monday. Un
der a big head was the announce
ment of the arrival of a party of
nine engineer! who were to take
up the work of laying out a route
for the Oregon Trunk railway.
The article also stated that one
of the autos in which some of the
party were riding broke down at
Tygh and that the party was de
layed there a day while repairs
were made.
The Times' friend was reminis
cent about the days of the time
mentioned above. In the com
munication we found the follow
ing: I ran across a "Tygh Valley
Bee" of July '07, issue, and
thinking that you might like the
Items for your "auld lang syne"
column am sending it to you.
The automobile mentioned in
the leading article marked the
second attempt of a "gas buggy"
to descend the Tygh grade. It
was an Oldsmobile that develop
ed trouble with the steering gear
just before they reached the
town. After working for some
time on the mechanism, the
party were proceeding slowly
toward the hotel, for supper
time was approaching. They
had just passed the store on the
corner, the Harper store, long
since burnod to the ground,
when the car swerved to the
right landing in a pile of rocks.
The impact crumbed the top
down on the heads of the pas
sengers, so that, as well as the
steering gear, came in for re
pairs before the party could pro
ceed. Mr. Keep was the first intre
pid adventurer to make his way
over the awe-i riBpiring and
breath-taking Tytf h gradewhich
long ago put the famed "rocky
road to Dublin," out of the run
ning. I do not know the make
of his car, but he was both a
causious and courteous gentle
man, for he telephoned from The
Dalles that he was t coming, and
that a man should be stationed
at the foot of the grade to warn
taamsof the event, so that no'
one wonld ba taken unaware
should they care to start their
climb before he made his de
scent. How far we havs tra
veled since those far-a-way days!
Oh yes, we had a telephone in
those enli ghtened times. It di
vided ita time between the Van
Duyn atoire and the postoffice, if
memory serves me right, and it
was a telephone not a "phone."
Has any one forgotten the thrill
of pure unadulterated delight
that was theirs when they heard
for the very first time the voice
of the summoned friend at the
other end of the wire, from the
insignifigarr.t looking box on the
wall? Ah-'h-h! Well it is for
o jr old frie nd Rip that his sleep
came in an jther age. For who
- now could stand the awakening
after twen ty years of slumber?
' Old Timer.
Stanfiel d and Uptona win
ning com tarnation. : -
i Remember Your Franchise
All citizens of this state arej
eligible to vote at the ptimary
election to be held tomorrow. It
you stay at home and do not vote
for whom you think the best
man for the various offices, you
need have no grievance if the
other fellows are nominated,
The best way to get the state
offices filled with competent of
ficials is for all to go to the polls
and vote for them. Do your
duty; get out and vote.
TELLS OF FISHING IN
DESCHUTES RIVER
A- v?riter in Sunday's Ore
gonian tells of fishing in the
Deschutes, claiming to have wet
leaders in that stream every sea
son for the past 20 years. In
some of his conclusions he differs
radically from actual conditions.
One thing he recommends is the
use of a number 6 hook on the
flies used. Among fishermen
who live hereabouts and fish the
river at all times number 8, 10
and 12 hooks are preferred. It
is acknoledged that rainbow
trout have a large mouth, but
even at that a small hook firmly
imbedded usually brings them to
the creel. Regarding spoons the
writer says a copper number 3
Wilson shape or a. number 6
double-bladed spinner is pre
ferred. Maupin fisherman show
a preference for the Boyle "Doc
Shelton" enticer, and use none
larger than a number 2. We
fishermen here recommend a
number 6 hookr and some even
prefer a number 8. .
The Oregonian writer seems
to be in a deadly fear of rattle
snakes. So far this season but
few of those death dealers have
been encountered, and these
chiefly around the mouth of
Nena creek. He preaches safety
first by recommending that fish
ermen carry a vial of permanga
nate of potash, some gauze, a
sharp knife or a razor blade and
a thong to tie above the bite, in
case a snake makes connection.
He advises against sleeping in a
haycock for the reason that rat-1
tiers are wont to habitate such.
If he can find a cock of hay
along the Deschutes he will
rank with the most noted dis
coverers. The hay fields are
usually miles away from the
river and settlers stack their hay
nearer home. Another bit of
advice he hands out is that a
shotgun loaded with buckshot is
a sure allay er of snake fear.
" According to that writerfish -
erman an alpinestock is a handy
utensil to carry along, as it is an
aid in climbing, and also : to
serve as a brace while wading
in the river. His recommenda
tions regarding clothing are
timely and should be followed.
But when one considers that the
weight of clothing, fishing
tackle, creel, alpinestock, bait
can, shptgun, etc, not figuring
on the growing weight of the
fish as they are caught, we are
inclined to disagree with the
Oregonian correspondent. Rather
we prefer to go fishin' equipped
like the little boy with a few
flies stuck in our hat, a light rod
and hoppers in a bottle. With
these just as many fish and just
a3 large ones can be landed as
with the most expensive and
weighty outfit.
The writer is right when he
says good fishing may be had
about McLennon. Two Springs
is also recommended. He might
have gone further and said
Whitehorse Rapids, Freda, Nena;
Maupin, Southern Wasco Couuty
Farmers, Stockmen,
The , two outstanding candi
dates of the present primary
campaign are Robert N. Stan
field, candidate to succeed him
self in The U. S. senate, and J.
H. Upton, who seeks the office
now held by Walter Pierce the
governorship.
ROBERT N. STANFIELD
. Mr. Stanfield has been senator
ial representative for Oregon for
the past six years. During that
time his every effort has bee"
put forth to the furtherance of
the best interests of his state; he
has won leading positions on
some of the most powerful com
mittees of the senate, and his ad
vice and suggestions carry much
weight with the members there
of. As chairman of the Public)
Lands committee Mr. Stanfield
has made his influence felt. His
bill to restore 14,907,000 of the
O. & C land grant taxes to 18
counties of Oregon which yield
500,000 annually to the counties
interested, will do much to re-'
duce taxation in those counties.
It was Mr. Standfield's amend
ment to the Norris bill which en
abled the land banks and loan
agencies of several states to Save
the agricultural and livestock in
dustries by advancing capital
with which to tide over the great
crisis which con fronted those in
dustries, and which proved that
it took strength of purprose and
great personality to convince the
senate that an appropriation of
millions of dollars was a neces
sity to stave off a threatened dis
ruption of farming and st6ck en
terprises in those states.
That he is a friend of labor
was shown when his vote was
one recorded against President
Coolidge's veto of the postal em
ployes' wage increase measure,
which carried, and thereby gave
carriers and others working in
the postal service a wage com
mensurate with the labor en
tailed in that service.
Senator Stanfield is making a
vigorous fight to secure all the
revenue derived from utilization
of public lands in Oregon for the
use and benefit of this state. If
successful it will mean thousands
of dollars accruing to Oregon and
thus greatly reduce taxation.
The senator's ' grazing bill will
put the livestock industry of
Oregon and the entire west on a
permanent basis and work incal
culable benefit to the whole
stock growing section.
The future development of
Oregon hinges upon the return
'of Mr. Stanfield
to the senate-
He is not an unknown quantity;
his work has proven that he puts
state above self, so why trade a
certainty for an uncertainty?
Continue Bob Stanfield in office
and his future actions will prove
to the voters of this state they
made no mistake in voting for
his return to the senate.
JAY H. UPTON
Among the many candidates
for the office of Governor there
are none better qualified for the
position than Jay H. Upton of
Bend. !
While still a young man. as
years are counted, Mr. Upton
is old in the affairs in this state.
His work as senator in the state
legislature; where he served four
terms, made him an' outstanding
figure in state political circles.
During the session of 1923-4 Mr.
Upton was president of the state
senate. This fact alone should
Nathan and many other places
were good places to headquarter
while fiBhing the Deschutes.
Oregon, Thursday, May 20,
Vote Your Interests
have great weight with the vot
ers, for whoever is ehosentas
president of our higher 4 legisla
tive body must necessarily be of
sound judgment, possessed of
great reasoning powers and be
fearless and well up to the needs
of the state.
Mr. Upton served as president
of the Oregon Irrigation Con
gress for two years, and there is
no man in Oregon who knows
more about the irrigation ques
tion than does Mr. Upton. His
idea regarding that branch of
agriculture as a means of insur
ing good crops each year is the
right one. That question should
be paramount with the voters of
this section, for our farmers
i'.ave been sorely tried hereabouts
with the present irrigation sys
tern on Juniper Flat, but with a
. v . . .
man at the head 01 tne siaie
government whose knowledge
and realization of the demands
for adequate irrigation, and who
Dromises to use his best efforts
that sections needing water shall
have it, there will be no reason
why the Wapinitia Plains shall
not be made to produce more and
better crops that ever before.
Among the other measures ad
vocated by Mr. Upton looking to
ward the betterment, of state
institutions are: Abolition of
the Emergency Board, strict law
enforcement, reduction of auto
license fees, better road mea
sures, readjustment of taxation
and assessment, no , tax exempt
bonds, conservation of our forests
and reforestration, against fed
eral game control, game, license
money not to go into the general
fund, aid to infirm and orphans,
abolishment of the parole board,,
reorganization of prison inanag
meht, favors co-operative mar
keting. If elected Mr. Upton
promises to appoint a non-political
commission to investigate and
recommend a feasible and satis
factory plan to save the farmer
and protect the good name of the;
state, and will use every endea- j
vor to have the legislature enact
laws that will carry such recom
mendations into effect.
Mr. Upton is a nativeOregon-
lan. tie was Dorn in tne lamous
Palouse se ction, being the scion
of a well known pioneer family
which crossed the plains in 1852.
When the call came he volun
teered to serve in the campaign
against Spain, serving in the Se
cond Oregon regiment in the
Philippines with honor to him
self and to his regiment He is
a lawyer by profession, but finds
time to take care of a ranch lo
cated near Prineville. The char
acter of this candidate is above
reproach. He is clean minded;
is heart and soul in accord with
the future of this state and if
nominated there is no question
regarding his election. That he
will carry out the promises of
his platform goes without saying.
He has studied the needs of Ore
gon and will advance every ar
gument and act that those needs
be effected and that defects in
our laws be remedied. Upton is
for the whole of Oregon and
that means you, Mr. and Mrs.
Voter.
Kick Your Own Dog
If you own a dog and want to
kick him around it is your own
business. But if you mistake
another Durn for your's better
look sharp before you do any
kicking at his rips. For particu
lars talk to Bob Wilson.
1826
Consults Dalles Docter
L. C. Henneehan. with his
wife and her sister, Mrs. Van,
Laarnen, went to The Dalles j
Tueseay. Mrs. Van Laarnen,
will visit another sister there un
til Saturday, when Mr. Henne
ghan and wife will join her and
the three journey to Salem, the
visitor's home. While at The
Dalles Tuesday Mrs. Henneghan
consulted with a physician re
garding the condition of her
heart, which has been bothering
her lately.
TAKES FOUR FIRSTS
WITH FIVE ENTRIES
Dee Woodside was at Antelope
for the race meet last Saturday
and Sunday, having his string of
race horses on the track. In the
races which his horses were en
tered he took four firsts the
one-fourth, one-half and three
eighths mile and the 300-yard
pony' race. He took third
money in1 the one race in which
his horse failed to lead the field.
There were about 20 horses en
tered in the various races.
Mr. Woodside said that the at
tendance on Saturday was not
very heavy, but that ounday's
crowd was one of the largest
ever seen on the Antelope
grounds. He is considering tak
ing some of his string to Con
don the week of race meet, about
the first of June.
Former Maupin Boy Married
The Times has received word
of the marriage of Harold B.
Locke, a former Maupin resident,
whose parents now reside in
Portland. He was joined for
better or for worse with Miss
Nellie Murphy, a young lady of
Los Angeles, California, at the
home of her parents in the
southern city, on May 12. The
newlyweds will make their home
in Los Angeles.
Many Maupinite3 will wish the
young couple all the happiness
which comes to those taking the
step which they lately consum-
ated. . -
New Haying Tools
Ed. Mathews, who is on the
Sam Brown place on the Wapini
tia Plains, came to town Tuesday
and loaded a McCormick mower
and rake on his truck. He is
preparing to cut a crop of hay
and bought machines to help
him do so- The machines were
purchased of Shattuck Bros.
Cemetery Meeting Called
People living on Juniper Flat
interested in keeeping up the
Kelly cemetery are requested to
attend a meeting to be held at
the cemetery on Saturday, May
22. The purpose of the meeting
is to fix up the grounds, cut
I weeds and grass and make such
other improvements as may be
determined upon. It is also re
quested that axes, shovels and
rakes be brought, and that lunch
baskets filled with eatables be
supplied. ,
Made Good Catches
Bates Shattuck and wife were
at Mecca Sunday last and while
there made excellent catches of
rainbows. Bates says the waters
at Mecca are ideal for good
catches, a3 the fish are of good
length and possess all the fight
ing powers of a pit bulldog.
Patronize our Advertisers.
No. 28
GRADUATES GET
Interesting Programs Mark Close
of High School Life of Four
Baccalaureate Sermon, Gail and
Graduation Night Comprise
the Closing Programs
The concluding exercises of
the Maupin schools began last
Sunday evening with the bac
calaureate sermon by Rev. J. H.
Davies of The Dalles. The rev
erend gentleman spoke mainly
of the benefits to be derived
from an education, drawing
many pointed illustrations to
support his statement. He con
gratulated Maupin upon her
school system and gave some
very good advice to the menbers
of the graduating class. Mr.r
Davies' address is said to have '
been the best ever given "on a
like occasion in Maupin and
a large number turned out to '
hear him.
Tuesday evening witnessed a
class night program. The first "
number was a song by the high ,
school members, they all filing
on the stage and rendering the .
number in excellent manner! -Olive
Turner reviewed the his- ,
tory of the graduating class, tell-.
ing of incidents connected there
with new to all. Winifred Kaiser
next made prognostications rela-;
tive to the future of the class
members, letting her imagina-:
tinn nlflpe them, in roles from1.'
millionaires to dish washers, :
The young lady's personality and
natural ability in things dramatic 2:
helped greatly in "putting over";
her part of the program. Mrs.
J. H. Woodcock followed with a :
beautiful vocal solo depicting
anrincrHma in Tinnprnrv She 13 "
possessed of a voice and a know-'
leaire 01 biukiuk wuicu uuiu at- -.
tract3 ana pieases ana ner rendi
tion of the number spoken of wa3
greatly enjoyed by all prseent
Robert Lewis was next with the
last will and testament of the
1926 class. The legacies enumer-;
ated, while both humorous and .
sincere, may wen De taicen 10
heart by those to whom they
were left ' Many helpful hints
were brought forth, and the
tribute paid , the instructors of
the class landed close to the
noofta nt oil ' lonn Wilsrm WAS
valedictorian of the class, She :
ovionro - tha opf-tvitips ' nf the i
school during her period of study, :
touched f eelincl v uDon the eradu-
uation of herself and fellow stu-'
rlonta nj t.Vie event was in the
nature of a last goodbye to those .
with whom the graduates had
Kaon in lrao trmfh rlnrintr their
cnknnl ita ' Melon : WoKora1 BTirl '
Merle Snodgrass next entertain-.,
ed the audience .with a piano
duet. Both young ladies are
destined to mase a shining marie
in the musical world and their
effort of Tuesday night was;
most delightful. The conclud
ing numbejr was a comedy
sketch, in which the graduates,
with the help of Miss Alda Pugh,
Kaiser, appeared, The sketch
gave opportunity for the mem
bers of the' cast to demonstrate
their versatility, ine conauaum
UCllJg a DUlllOO
although but a little boy, demon
strated that his sister,, was not
the only member of his family
that could please the public.
His part, that of a little Italian
' (Continued on pagetfour), '
DIPLOMAS
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