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VOU caii start at Mau- pin and go to any place on the earth Vol. XII Maupin, Southern Wasco Couuty Oregon, Thursday, June 3, 1926 No. 30 MAUPIN-On the De schutes, the Home of the Rainbow Trout MAUPIN roc POINT SYSTEM . FULLHXPLAINED Credit Markings Used In Grading Students' Standings . Ratings Baied On 10 PoinU Some Subject Not Scored Local High Standing! (Communicated) By the "point" system' now used in many progressive schools, an A grade is worth 3 points, a B grade is worth 2 points, and a C grade worth 1 point; D grade worth 0. In the regular subjects of a year's work eight points are scheduled for each year of grammer grades. Deportment and application make base of ten for the full rating. Music art athletics and other subjects not rated in the annnal report are still valuable to the pupil and to the school. These have been reported from time to time. The following ratings are based on ten points: deportment, appli cation, science, (agriculture or geography), arithmetic, civics, history, language, reading spell ing and writing. Those graded as A students had from 26 to 30 points; B students, , 16 to 25 points; C, 1016. The only D students were those who were Incapable of making a "credit" grade. . The 30 point pupils, were: El- . den Allen (during attendence), Rex Stuart. Lelah Weberg; 29 points, Aliene Greene, Ada Knighton, Gladys Martin, Mabel Weberg: 28 points, Orville Ad dington, Ivan Donaldson, Ethel Kidder; 27 points, i Laurance Knighten; 26 points, Doris Kelly; 25 points K el ton Crampton, Fan nie Derthick; 23 points, Jessie Addington; 21 points Nina Math' ews, Vernon Sprouse; 15, New- ton Miller; 13 Ivan Mott; 11, Tom Slusher, (handicapped by serious illness.) Several pupils? whose rating is low or average, were rated on their- standing at withdrawal. Health permitting, these should have ranked higher by continu ing in school. All pupils of both grades were passed into the next grade. The parents of these children may well be proud of the high rating' earned, by the pupils, and of the fine spirit, good de portment 'and-excellent atten dance records to their credit Church Services In Odd Fellows Hall Beginning with next Sunday" morning the Sabbath school and services of the United Brethren church will be held in the lower hall of the I. 0. 0. F. building. The controling boards of the United Brethren and Free Metho dist churches failed to make the trade for tho Maupin property of the latter church, hence the move. It is possible a new church building for United Breth ren use will be erected in Mau pin. Hev. Mershon will soon move to this city from Wapinitia. He is making the move in ihe interest of his health. Joining Two Springs The Maupin Power company (Woodcock Bros.) is at work at Oak Springs improving the wa ter power at that place. A con crete culvert will bo laid to the upper spring bo the water there of may be utilized with the lower spring. An eight-foot-dam will be built, this to have a 24-inch gate. With the two spnn?s har nessed together they will furnish water to generate 380 horse pow er, there being a fall of 367 feet from the spring to where the power house is to be built. It is expected that the present work will be finished in about two weeks. , AHRSTLADY. ' ' ' - - I'll' .'. !l. '. V--". . -S& - ' Jr 9 I Japs Said To Be Dynamiting Fish A party of Portland fishermen were in Maupin Monday on their way home. They informed The Times man that last Sunday a number of Japanese had used dynamite in catching fish near South Junction, and that many fine redsides had been captured i n that man n er. The men placed a lookout on a high rock com- imanding the highway, then I "shot" the stream, while others , who were undressed brought in the fish from the river. The practice has been reported to the proper authorities and steps will be taken to apprehend and pun ish the despoilers of our trout waters. BEE KEEPERS IN NEW ORGilZATION Apiarists of Wasco County Meet and Decide to Co-operate Will Strire to Enlist All County Bee Keeper In Association to Improve the Industry iti i 4w Mrs. V. Fteetand Kendrlck, wife ot the Mayor of Philadelphia, who alao Is president of the Seiqul-Centeiuilal International Exposition AssoclaUon. organized to stage a great celebration to commemorate the 150th analYersarjr ot tho signing of the Declaration of Independence. Mrs. Kendrlck Is shown bosldo the historic Liberty Bell, which she tapped at a recent broadcasting erent whf tho world was told of completion of plans for the big exposition, Wop Went Berserk Deschutes Volcano Annual School Election Notices have been posted an nouncing the holding of the an nual school election for this dis trict. The election will be held at the High school building and is called for the purpose of choosing a director for the three year term and a clerk for one year. Monday June 21', is the date of election. Since the 10th of last February there has been smoke emenating from a cave up the river near McLennon. It ha3 caused con siderable comment and much speculation regarding the nature of the fire which caused the smoke. The Times man, with several others, has has visited the cave at various times. The deposit on the face of the clifl over the mouth of the cave showed an oily substance and many conjectures as to its ele ments have been handed us. last Sunday Jack Staats and L. L (Shorty) Foster visited the cave. No smoke was to be seen. They entered the cave, finding a chamber at 12 feet in height. In one corner they discovered a pile of ashes which had the appear ance of burned asphaltum. Jack crawled into the inner cave a dis tance of 35 feet, but being armed with but a small flash light did not venture farther. The ceil ing of the larger cave is encrusted with an oily deposit, which hangs down in quantities in places. I We're going to investigate the ' matter further and will then tell our readers what we find., Last Sunday' a number of Italian section men were fishing Extinct! near South Junction. One of them concluded he could catch more fish with a rifle than with hook and lino and proceeded toijngton school, where she will be I Goes To Illwaco, Wash. i Mrs. Vere DeVoe, who thought to teach in the Maupin schools again next year, has tendered her resignation and has accepted a position in the Ilwaco, Wash- McLennon Ranch Sold We Beg Pardon . In the write up of the church dedication in the last week's Times we inadvertantly omitted the names of Fathers Neate of Pendleton and Marshall from i Hood River. t Also tho name of Miss Barbnra Hendricks from , the list of graduates . from St. Mary's academy at .The Dalles. They should have been included in the article and we alone are to blame for the omission. Ewen McLennon has sold his extensive sheep ranch, located in the Criterion district, to a company of capitalists headed by A. Leonard. The ranch land consists of 10,000 acres of graz ing and several hundred acres of agricultural land. ' It : extends from the highway to the river and along the Btream for a con siderable' distance. All the sheep, cattle and horses, as well aa farm machinery figured in the deal. In the transaction Mr. McLennon acquires an apartment house in Portland and the amount involved is said to be in the neighborhood of $130,000. shoot at the redsides. He was admonished to be careful, but paid no attention to the warning. While he was in the act of shoot ing, a number of other fishermen and women came down stream. The Wop was cautioned again to be careful with tne.gun, being told that he might shoot some of the others. He became abusive and applied a foul epithet to a young lady. One of the men with her took umbrage at the remark and proceeded to hand out a good licking to the native of Sunny Italy. During the meele the rifle was discharged the bul let going through the hat of the lady insulted. Then Mr. Wop was given the whipping of his young life. He wore away a pair of black eyes, badly bruised face and sundry other bruises on various other parts of his ana tomy, all well deserved. Legion-Auxiliary To Hold Joint Meeting A joint meeting of the Ameri can Legion and its auxiliary will be held on Saturday evening at Legion hall. This will be the first meeting of the month and all members are urged to be present The ladies of the Aux iliary will furnish a fine feed and a pleasant meeting is anticipated. The members are requested to bring their wives, mothers, sis ters and another buddy to. the meeting. in charee of the commercial partment Her husband teaches manual training in the Ilwaco schools and his wife accepted the position there so she could be with- her spouse. Mr. DeVoe came to Maupin last week and on Tuesday he and his wife left for Loon Lake, Washington, where Mrs. Devoe's father has a sum mer resort. Enroute to the Evergreen State they will visit at several places with friends Maupin people will regret losing such a capable teacher as "Mrs. DeVoe, as her place will be hard to fill. She has endeared herself to all our people and the best wishes of both parents and scholars will go with her. . Victim Of Sneak Thieves Fished In Private Pond W. H. Staats is justly proud of his fish pond. He has been to considerable expense in stocking it and has decided that another year must elapse before fishing therein will be permitted. Mon day a couple of ardent fishermen noting the absence of Bill and his wife from the house, proceed ed to cast for the residents of the pond.- They had succeeded in abstracting several fine eastern brook trout from the water when Bill appeared on the scene. He enquired by what authority they were fishing and abstracted sev eral under-sized trout from their creels. At first our fish-raiser was inclined to be wroth, but (finally succumbed to a lot of "bull" and. after a lecture upon the infraction of trespass let the culprits go. Maupin Annihilates Boyd Several bee keepers of Wasco county met at'The Dalles Satur day last and organized the Was co County Bee Keepers associa tion. There were but nine bee raisers present and eight of them signed up as charter members of the new organization, but with that nucleus was formed what is destined to become an important industry of this county. Officers elected were: W, A. Coryea,' The Dalles, president;.. H. A. Muller, Tygh Valley, vice- , president; Dr. Saunders, The., Dalles, secretary-treasurer. The purposes of the organisa tion are to further and foster the . propagation of the best bees and . at the tame time increase supply and quality of honeyJ The or ganizers of the association are among the leading bee keepers of the cWnty. Each one recog nizes the importance of coopera tion and as members of a bee as sociation will be in a position to assist others to enter the bee in dustry and place a premium on the honey produced in our great .eoonty ... . ... -. .-. . .. Enan;elistic Meetings Held at Simnasho W. E. Hunt conducts a sheep ranch. He has many fine mut ton thereon. Among others he kept one fine wether at the ranch home as a pet. The sheep was a fine specimen of the ruminant quadruped and was valued high ly as a adjunct to the home. On the night that Pete Kresch's chickens were stolen Billy's sheep disappeared. Who got it is a matter of conjecture. Who ever it was must have been well acquainted with the locality and habits of the natives,' as both chickens and sheep were taken without causing any disturbance. Early Missionary Dead Ollie Weberg and wife went to The Dalles this morning. Mrs. Weberg will remain there a couple of weeks, recuperating from her recent illness. Moves To Maupin E. T. Halbrook has decided that Maupin looks good to him as a residence place and there fore has concluded to make it nis home. He brought his family here from Dufur last .week and they will make a valuable addi tion to the population of this city. Mr. Halbrook is govern ment trapper of predatory ani majs and is stationed in the Shaniko territory. Kead The Times-get the news Rev. Mathews of Simnasho re turned the first of the week from Portland, where he had gone to preach the funeral sermon over the remains of Rev. Dr. J. A. Speer. Deceased was the first protestant missionary to work at the Warm Springs agency. Af ter leaving this-section he fol lowed his work jn" various sec tions, finally goingto Bremerton, Washington, where he passed away on Wednesday of last week. He was laid to rest at Portland last week. - What started out to be a real baseball game terminated In a whirlwind, as far as Boyd was concerned, on the local ground last Sunday. Boyd accumulated three big ones in the first, but in the four succeeding frames had to be content with goose eggs. In their fifth one lone tally came over. That team was blank ed until the eighth, when they gathered three more for a total of seven. Maupin gathered in five in their first; none in the second; three in third one in the seventh and in the final time at bat simply ran wild. Three baggers and home runs came with frequent regularity and when the last man was out our boys had totaled nine big ones. The grand total for Maupin was an even score 20. Innings .. .1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 Maupin....:.5 0 3 0 0 1 9 -20 Boyd 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0-7 McCorkle was in fine fettle, holding the visitors well in hand. A. Marvel, the boy pitcher for Boyd, while he did not seem to have much, managed to strike out six Maupinites. He played the game at all times and showed he had the miking of a good pitcher in his makeup. The visitors showed they were true sports, not making one kick on decisions and playing the game along harmony lines. . We hope to see them here again. The-annual evangelistic meet gs conducted in the main by Indian ministers and attended by many Indians from the NezPerce, Umatilla, Piute " and Warm Springs tribes were held at Sim nsho last week. The new com munity building was dedicated. Revs. Dixon of Lapwai, Idaho,, and Matamic from Pendleton were Indian prelates present and they were assisted by an evange list singer frpm the latter city. Revs. W. A. Spaulding of Albany, and Mathews of Simnasho were white ministers present Sunday an Indian wedding took place in the community house, the contracting parties being. Miss Meete Te-Wee and Jasper Tuf ti. -After the ceremony near- ly 125 people partook of a banquet in the new house. Maupin Plays Madras Next Home From Convention A. C. Martin and Harrison Young returned from attendance at the I. O. O. F. convention at Salem last Friday. They report plenty of rain on that side of the hump, although they enjoyed two days of fine weather during the convention. , Manager Fischer, of the Mau pin Legion baseball team has ar ranged a game with the Madras team, and it will be played on Madras grounds next Sunday. The Legionairs are trying to give Maupin a good article of baseball. ' Getting teami" here entails a necessary expaasa, and so far fho Kiwi hnvis hoon finnnfinc thfv vv vfjw --r - games out of th-sir own pockets. This is a great deal to ask, and if our people want baseball here it behooves them to turn out, pay their little "old two bits and while hfilninir to nav exDenses will at the same time be regaled with good exhibitions of the national pastime. Some Auto Traffic ; Read the fifgupjn Times Sunday was a record day for visiting' automobiles traveling through and stopping at Maupin. They ail did not return Sunday night, for Monday morning 103 autos were counted, and each, was going toward The Dallas.