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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1926)
MAUPIN-On the De schutes, the Home of the Rainbow Trout MA yOU can start at Mau- pin and go to any place on the earth PII Vol. XII All h Ready For the Big STUARTS J. DAYJ1IGHWAY Scenery and Road Receive Scant Amount of Advertising Danker and Wife Log Portion of Trip lo American Falls, Ida-, and Describe Highways During their recent vacation F. D. Stuart and wife traveled over various highways leading eastward, finally bringing up at American Falls, Idaho, where they visited with Mr. Stuart's father. While on the way Mrs Stuart carefully logged the trip and the result of her notes are given below: Proceeding eastward we left the graveled road at Antelope and took a dirt road to near Fos sil. That road was in good con dition, but the grades are nar row and steep. 'After crossing the John Day river a number of times, a great many wonderful rock castles broke upon our view, greatly enhancing the beauties of the road. The gravel road began again within four miles of Fossil. At that place we received the most courteous attention at the Commercial Hotel and at Shown' Garage. Leaving Fossil we again hit the John Day and then left that stream for the ride over the mountains, through the pine for. est to Silver creek and back to the.river again. The John Day highway is but little ex ploited. It is worthy the atten tion of all travelers. The road way is smooth, while the scenery is hardly paralleled anywhere in this part of the west Rolling prairies, vast Btretches of undu lating hills, rock formations and a blue river beautiful to behold. At many places in the valley fine homes, green fields and commod ious barns greet the eye, irriga tion making that section to blos som like the rose. The fossil beds of that country are in evidence all the way from Dayville to Spray. These beds contain many fossils of prehis toric animals and really have not been prospected at all, but com paratively few specimens having been taken therefrom. ' From Prairie City we wended our way over the mountains and thru the Whitman National Park, at the entrance of which is a memorial arch, erected to the pioneers who made the settle ment of Oregon a reality. From Unity to Brogan we en countered dirt road, but it was smooth and easy to drive over. Then we struck a, fine highway which led on to Snake river. . Idaho has good roads,- but none of them compare with the Ore gon highways. On the return trip we stopped at Boise, but the heat was so intolerable that we could not rest, making up for the loss of that necessary adjunct to longevity when we arrived at Maupin Sunday evening. For Sale 5-tube Freed-Eiseman Neutro dyne; $20 00 loud speaker. "B" batteries, tubes. A real distance getter with a record. All for $80.00. Can be seen at The Times office, Rainbow Opening: Most Successful The formal opening of the Rainbow restaurant occurred last Saturday night. Manager Fraley had secured practically all the available fryers and Chef Peterson laid himself out to pre-, pare them for supper- At an early hour diners began to con gregate and by nine o'clock more than 75 had partaken of the good things prepared for the meal. Mr. Fraley expressed himself as well pleased with the patronage accorded hia place at the opening and says the meal served at that time is but an in dex of what the public may ex-' pect and will receive at all times hereafter. 1 1 i 1 Stand Nearing Completion Secretary Gillis has a force of men at work erecting the new grand stand at the fair grounds. The seats have been set up, the frame completed and at this time the workmen are busy lay ing shingles. There will be 30, 000 of these used, and when completed the grand stand will be the finest in this part of the country. It will be ready for use at the celebration next Sun day and Monday. Made Final Proof Dr. H. C. Dake, former prac ticing dentist of Maupin, now living in Portland, made final proof on his additional home stead Tuesday before U. S. Court Commissioner, F. D. Stuart. His witnesses were Tom Kinzel and Lewis McCoy. While in Maupin Dr. Dake fra ternized with old friends all of whom were pleased to see him. Bridge It Over If there is a vacancy between your teeth have it bridged over. But the work must be done by an expert if it is to look and feel natural. The Portland Painless Dentists of The Dalles do only the very best work and a guar antee accompanies every bit of work they do. It must satisfy or will be worked over until satis faction is given. Prices are a3 low as good work can be done for. Painless extraction. Plates and bridge work of the latest and best kinds. Try them when in want of dental work. Escapes Drowning While picnicing with his par ents at Clear Lake last Sunday Kenneth Burchard had a narrow escape from drowning. He had followed some older people and accidentally fell into an old bea ver hole. Lee Laughlin and Robert Shepflin saw him go down and hastened to his rescue. They pulled him from the hole and he went home wrapped in blankets. T Visited In Valley Monday morning Gus Derthick harnessed up his new Ford, load ed his family therein and pro ceeded on his way to Willamette Valley points. They spent the greater part of the week there, returning today. Oak Grove will not have school there the coming year, Maupin, Southern Wasco Couuty Oregon, Thursday, July 1, Arrangements Completed For Celebra tion At Tygh Valley Fair Grounds Coming Sunday and Monday All sot! Ready to go! Zizz! Boom! Bang! Next Sunday and Monday will witness the greatest Fourth of July celebration that ever took place in this or any other section of Eastern Oregon. Manager Plyler has concluded arrange ments for the celebration and when the morning of July Fourth opens the fair grounds will be ready for the expected, throngs. The out standing feature of the celebration will be the open air entertainments by the Cor tello Dog circua, at which time a troupe of the best educated caninei extant will be put thru their pao 73. The company also will give a clown acrobatic free show before the grand stand in the afternoon and will repeat the performances Monday. The race program h?s been filled up and when the gallopers are called to ihe post Dae Wood side will have as fine a list to start as one would care to see. The motion pictures will be on each night and immediately after these dancing will start in the new pavilion. A full orchestra from The Dalles has been en gaged and the latest in dance music will be rendered. The bill for the first night's Going to Sherars Andy Kestner and wife were at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Milo Wood several days of last and this week. Andy will move to" Sherars, where he in tends to remain until his ranch is vacated by the present tenant. Cox Sells Ranch Jesse Cox has disposed of his Wapinitia ranch to John Sinclair and wife- Mr. Cox intends go ing to Junction City, near which place he has relatives, leaving after harvest. Mr. and Mrs. Sin clair are moving onto their new place, "Valley View" farm. Home From O. A. C. Mrs. Dr. Stovall with her charges, members of the Maupin Sewing and Cooking clubs, who had been taking the summer in dustrial course at O. A. C, came home Sunday morning. The lit tle ladies enjoyed the course with its attendant pleasures, but were ready and willing to come back home again. Travel The Sky Line Last Sunday there were 30 autos representing different states at Clear lake, while hun dreds of others passed both ways along the "Sky Line road". That road is becoming popular as a Sunday driveway and, with its completion much travel will be diverted? from the Columbia Highway route to the new road reaching to Portland. Get Yours Free We have something to give away. Buy a 35-cent tube of Palm Olive Shaving Cream and we will give you a $1.00 Gillette safety razor free. Maupin Drug Store. performance will be Rex Beach's "The Auction Block." in which Charles Ray shines re3plendant. The story deals 'with a younz married couple, and of the bride, upon learning of her hus band's pa9t, abandons him until he ha3 proved himself worthy of her affections. The honeymoon is broken up and the finale of the story details the success of the man and hut ultimate reuniting with his wife. The second night's bill was pictured at Tygh Valley. Its title 13 "A Fighting' Romeo." with Al. Ferguson in the lead. As "Dave Mathews fighting foreman cf the Paradise ranch, who was afraid of nothing and who carried a gun on his hip, Fergn3on carries the story to a whirlwind climax. A vein of romance permeates the picture and in it scenes familiar to all people of this section will be recognized. Yes, the Tygh Valley Fourth of July celebration will be a humdinger. Tho3e who fail to attend both days will mi33 the event of their lives tnd the attendance promises to -eclipse all others ever seen on the Tygh Valley fair grounds. Come on! Let's all go! To Teach At Wapinitia Miss Lorraine Stovall, recent graduate of the Monmouth nor mal school, has been engaged to teach f.he primary grade at Wap initia the coming school year. This will be Miss Lorraine's first teaching experience and we pre dict a successful year for her. Home From Extended Trip George Morris and wife return ed Monday evening from an ab sence of two weeks. While away the Morris family visited at Bonners Ferry, Idaho Grangeville, that state. and at George also went over the boundry line and took in the town of Yak. B. C. While at that place George says he "histed" seven for each of the boys of Maupin and 23 for himself meaning soda, of course. He reports the crops on the Cama3 and Grangeville prairies as being heavier than ever, alsd that wheat around Walla Walla will be an enormous crop. Some Teachers Engaged The school board has sent con tracts to J. A.. Nagel of Flora, to serve as principal; Miss Kath erine Enrightof Eugene, as as sistant principal ; Miss Mamie Bostrack, Salem, for the primary and Mrs. Lucile Cantrell to again have charge of the fifth and sixth grades. Teachers for the seventh and eighth and third and fourth grades remain to be selected. Working On Road Mrs. J. H. Kistner writes The Times that her husband is now at work at the road camp. He has finished cutting and putting up hay and will be employed on the Wapinitia cutoff until that road is completed, 1926 What's Doing Among Timber and Mountain The annual Guard and Look out Patrolman and Ranger meet ing was held at Clackamas Lake June 16-17-18. . Seventy men were present, coming from the following district: Collawash district, 15 men; Bull Run dis trict, 14 men; Columbia district, seven men; and Summit district The meeting was arranged to in struct new men in their respec tive duties and for the inter changing of new ideas and meth ods of fire prevention. Particu lar stress was laid on compass work, each man being required to run a given course, locate sec tion corners, etc. A portable gas pump was demonstrated and tried out It proved a big ad vance in fire fighting methods. A small fire broke out near the station, thus giving every man a chance to see actual fire fighting methods used. Forest Ranger L. D. Bailey and wife have moved their headquar ters from Wapinitia to Olallie lake, going there Monday, Robert Murray of Sandy is driving the forest service truck from Maupin to Clackamas lake. Riley Wiesbeck has resumed his duties as lookout on Mt Wil son, being the only lookout on duty in Ranger Graham's dis trict The following sheepmen have been checked for grazing this season: John Conroy, A. J. Conroy, P. E. Conroy, John Kar len, W. E. Hunt, John Fitzpat rick and E. Troutman. These men represent a total of 23,000 sheep. - About one-fourth inch of rain fell at Cliff House on the 18th, thus relieving the long dry per iod and placing the fire situation in a better condition. Donates Playground E. E. Miller, general manager of the Wapinitia Irrigation com pany, has donated a tract of land 200x500 feet in size to the j Pine Grove school to be used as j a play ground by the scholars. Bee Club Picnics The members of the Tygh Val ley Bee Club held a picnic at the fair grounds on Sunday last. During the enjoyment Mr. John Pashek, well known authority on bees and bee culture, addressed the members cf the club. He instructed them regarding filling hives, extracting honey and the various ailments of the honey makers. Supt Gronewald was also among those who enjoyed the Picnic. During the day a fine fried chicken lunch was par taken of, and this, with an abundance of fine honey, served to keep up the spirits of those taking part in the occassion. Erects Confectionery Store Earl Birchard of Pine Grove will enter business at his place. He is erecting a building there and will soon open a general con fectionery and ice cream stand. He also will serve light lunches, sell fishing tackle and put in hne of automobile accessories as well as gasoline, oils and other items pertaining to autos. He intends to install a line of camera :J supplies with his other stocks, No. 34 RELIEF FOR FARM Platform Promises Nullified By Congressional Inaction . Politicians Fail to Pass Measures of General Benefit-Fanners Should B Let Alone Washington reports the senate ' has shelved farm relief legisla tion, which will probably cause most farmers around Maupin to breathe a sigh of relief. The farmer knows that he is not go ing to get something for nothing through any relief measure be fore congress. As a matter of fact he never expected it He knew if he did get it it would be a new way of getting into debt, not getting. out of it He hasn't been afraid that congress would do too little for him he has been afraid it would do too much, and that the proposed remedies, when dished out would be the work of quacks. In other words, the farmer has all along preferred to be let alone, since the relief pro posals that already have benefit ed him have been sidetracked for others that appear to be made up largely, of promises. So news that the farmer isn t going to get any relief" legislation is more apt to bring a cheer than a tear. Maupin Downs Boyd Again Maupin baseball is ts played: a return game with Boyd on the Dufur diamond last Suuday. , Of course they won, the score stand ing 12-8 in their favor at the end of the ninth inning. Lester Mcf Corkle pitched the best game tf the season, while young Marvel also did excellent work-in the box. . ;- ; . ': : The Maupin team will mix with the team from Tygh Valley dur ing the Foruth of July celebra tion at the fair grounds next Sunday afternoon. If they win that game they will cross bats with the Grsss Valley team the next day. Ladies Aid Meeting The Ladies Aid of the U. B. Church met at the home of Mrs. E. R. Richmond yesterday,' and a good membership was out The ladies are engaged in sewing preparatory to occupying a booth at the county fair, where their wares will be offered for sale. The Aid invites all ladies inter ested in its work to join with the members. Don't let sect or creed stand in your way. The work is for the good of all and all are invited to join. After Blackberries John Confer, wife and daugh ter, Mrs. Howard Nye, returned from the Bull Run country Tues day afternoon after nine days in the blackberry woods. John says there are millions of berries there but that they cover a mill ion acres of of land. The patches are scattered, but occasionally good, berries are to be found. His party picked about 40 gallons while away GONE GLIMMERING