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MAUPIN-On the De schutes, the Home of the Rainbow Trout MAUPIN TIME yOU can start at Man- pin and go to any place on the earth Vol. XII Maupin, Southern Wasco Couuty Oregon, Thursday, July 29, 1926 No. 38 BURGLARS LOOT SHATTUCK STORE Help Themselves to Clothes, Silk Stockings Shoes and Blanket Mode of Entry Remain Mystery Suppoted to Have Hid In Basement Prior Evening P. P. & L. Co. Turns Water On Flat Assistant Attorney-General Writes Water Master Brown and Explains Status of Water Company 5 1-2 Second Feet Made Available The Shattuck Store was victim of burglars last Friday night. When Oliver Rcsh open ed the establishment for business Saturday morning: he discovered that someone had been at work after he had closed up the pre vious evening. Upon investiga tion it was found several suits of Curloo clothes, two dozen pairs of silk Blockings, a five pound Oregon wool blanket and a pair of oxford shoes has been taken. Whoever the culprit was he evidently was familiar with the store and tho habits of the clerks. There was no indication that the store had been broken into; aii tho doors were locked and the windows barred from the inside. A key must have been used, or that someone secreted himself in the store before it was locked up for the night and then took his time selecting the goods. Neither till or safe was molested. The only supposed mode of egress was through a barred window in the basement, the bars of which are wide enough apart to admit a small man pass ini through. The trade and nrice tae from the blanket was picked up near that window, therefore leads to the conclusion that that was the way of getting out of the store. Maupin is usually quiet at night, very few, if any people being on the street late, and this fact seems to have been taken advantage of by whoever perpetrated the robbery. The sizes of the suits taken were marked 37, 38 and 42. The shoes were number 7's while the stock ings were nearly all number 9's. That size is the one most often called for. The shoes and stock ings had been placed on the shelves the night before the burglary was discovered. They had been checked on the bill, therefore were easily recognized as gone from among others in the same department. Whoever took them was careful to place the empty boxes between other filled ones. There is absolutely no clue left upon which to work toward apprehending the culprit. Pi cn iced at Fair Grounds Last Sunday Mrs. Janet Jenkins and daugh tea Ritta, of Saskatchewan, Can ada, are in Maupin visiting with relatives. In their honor a pic nic was indulged in by kin of the visitors, the affair being held at the fair grounds at Tygh Valley. Those attending besides the visitors, were Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Jenkins of White Bluffs, Wash., Mrs. Jessie Rondeau, Mr. and Mrs. Rermo Rondeau, and child ren, Delmond and Charlotte. Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Hendrix and daughter, Miss Velethia. Mr. and Mrs- A. L Pugh and daugh ter, Miss Alda, and Angus Mc- Leod, all of Dufur and Mr. and Mrs. James Chalmers of Maupin. Through the efforts of Lelandi and see these farmers, who T. Brown, county water master, ! have settled on these lands in the situation relative to water f good faith, suffer for lack of wa for stock oo Wapinitia Plains has Iter for stock and domestic pur been relieved, the Pacific Power poses. We do wish you to im & Light company agreeing to the ' press upon them, however, that Anonymous Stories It happens very often that this paper receives letters and 6toriea to which no names are signed While some of these are worthy of publication, still we cannot take cognizance of them without the writer's name being attach ed. This rule will be strictly adhered to, so if you want your letters or news stories to be con sidered, please sign your name to them- deversion of five and one half second feet of water from their reservation for the purpose. Mr. Brown hu been in com- munication with the state water authorities regarding the situa tion on the Plains and the fol lowing letter to him from the as sistant attorney general of the state explains much which has been a question in the minds of Maupin people and many of the Wapinitia Irrigation company's water users. The letter is as follows: "Confirming my telephone con versation with you of Thursday, this will authorize you to turn not to exceed 5 second feet of water into the ditch of the Wap. initia Irrigation Company for the purpose of furnishing water for domestic and stock purposes the water users living on Wap initia Plains, who have water contracts with Wapinitia Irriga tion company with which that company is unable to comply on "Goof us Apprehended Taken to The Dalles The young man mentioned in these columns last week as be ing around town with no visible means of support and who had frightened women at Sherars. I was taken into custody Sunday forenoon by Deputy Sheriffs Semmes and Derthick. He was taken to The Dalles and turned over to Sheriff Chrisman. The fellow gave his name a3 Wm. Stevens and claimed his home was at Vancouver, Wash. When apprehended he was dressed in heavy winter underwear, wore gloves and had his face blacken- LOCAL DENTIST IN GRIM LAW'S TOILS H. lee Hedgar Arrested On Com plaint of State Dental Society Charged With Practicing With out Registration Taken to The Dalles For Hearing while this company is willing to furnish them temporary relief, they must make permanent ar rangements for securing a water supply, either through storage in some of the lakes in wh;ch the Wapinitia Irrigation Company has rights or in some other man ner. ''We are sure yon appreciate our position in this matter, as well as the seriousness of the farmers' situation, and hope you 'II I i A. I wm ao your uimosi w coopers ed He waa aright near the with them in working out some i Hunt9 Eerry warehouse and solution of their water problem ; seeoiinly was hustling out of for the future. J n f tu0 t;m- "Henry S- Gray "Assistant General Attorney." Writing of the water supply on Wapinitia Plains Rhea Luper, state engineer, addressed Mr. to! Brown a 8 follows. 11 . i. 1 am tociay in receipt oi a copy of a letter dated July 19 ad dressed to you by Henry S. Gray, attorney for the Pacific Power & Light Company, in which you account of owning no water. It j are authorized to allow the diver- Auto Tipped Over Visitors From Canada Mrs. Janet Jenkins, with her daughter, Miss Retta Jenkins, are here from Saskatchwan, Canada, on a visit with relatives, of whom there are many herea bouts. They, with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Jenkins of White Bluffs, Wash., were guests at the Jomes Chalmers home Sunday night. Monday the Canadians and Washingtonians went to Criter ion for a visit at the Rutherford and Angus McLeod families. is understood that yo t will at no time turn into the ditch more water than is absolutely neces sary for the above purposes, and that this permission shall expire Bion of 5.5 second feet in the Wapinitia ditch for stock and domestic use. ''You should impress upon the company, and the people on this Home From The East Mrs. H. A. Muller of Tygh Valley returned from a three months' visit with relatives in Iowa. While away Mrs. Muller witnessed the first celebration of mass by her brother, a newly ordained member of the Catholic priesthood. She was met at The Dalles by her husband in the Muller car. Good Wheat At Antelope H. G. Rooper of Antelope writes The Times that he will furnish us with back numbers of the Shaniko Star and Maupin Monitor, of dates of 1909 and 1914. When they are received we will endeavor to remind old settlers of happenings of those years. In the lot will be a num ber of papers published in 1910-11-1213 and 14. Mr. Rooper says that after a week of normal and pleasant weather the wind circled to the east again. He says farmers are all busy with their combines "and report a bettter yield than they looked for six weeks ago; 20 and as much as 35 bushels of wheat to the acre. All right,, Bro. Rooper, send the papers along. Finds Unique Agate TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS As we have told you many times it is our aim to make The Times a newspaper in keeping with the intelli gence and progress of this part of the county, we begun our improvement, by ordering a modern type setting machine. This will be set up next week. To pay for this we must have money, therefore call upon delinquent subscribers to come in and help us out. All pay their grocers and other merchants, but a great many forget the newspaper is a commodity, so let their subscriptions ride. It takes money to run a paper; we need what is due us so respectfully ask all delinquents to pay up and help us out. Thank you. While on his way to The Dalles last Friday Harry Muller of Tygh suffered many bruises by having his Ford rollover him. When near Eight-Mile creek the car struck some loose gravel, skidded and turned turtle, with the Tygh merchant underneath. He man aged to crawl out and a passing auto towed him to town. Harry suffered a couple of deep holes in his anatomy, one in his shoulder and the other in his leg, besides many bruises and contusions. Seeks Health In Mountains A party consisting of Mrs. Ernest Doty, Mrs. Dolph Goetjen and Miss Carrie Harris left Sun day for Swim, near Rhodendron, for a protracted stay in the mountains. Mrs. Doty goes there in the hope that the air of the higher altitude may prove bene ficial to her health. While searching for agates on the beach at Newport recently, Lew Henneghan picked up unique stone. It was a moss agate and clearly defines a beach, which ' is colored green and bank of red clouds over head. A considerable portion of clear sky is also visible. Mr. Henneghan has had the stone cut, polished and mounted, and it makes a novel watch charm. on October 1, 1926. "It seems to us that these wa ter users should begin to make definite arrangements to secure a water supply for future years. As you know, at the time Joseph R. Keep filed his water appropri ations on White River in 1903 project, the necessity of secur ing an additional water supply, for they cannot expect the Pow er company to sit by and allow them to divert water under a subsequent right for an indefinite I time. They must provide storage or make other provision, and and subseqnent years, to which they should be made to realize appropriations the Wapinitia Ir- the position they are in. Read the Maupin Times Otis Chastain was in from his Wapinitia ranch on business Wednesday. rigation Company succeeded, there was no water in the river available for furthur appropria tions, for it was all being used and had been previously lawfully appropriated by the Wasco Ware house and Milling Company, the Pacific Power and Light Company being the successor in interest to the rights of that com pany. It should have therefore been apparent to Mr. Keep and to the Wapinitia Irrigation Com pany there was no water in the river available for further appro priation and. that ultimate fail ure was the only possible out come of their schemes. "This diversion of 5i second feet of water from the river will represent an actual loss of. reve nue to this company of approxi mately $250.00 per month, a loss which the company obviously cannot stand indefinitely, but we do not feel that we can stand by "Yours very truly; "Rhea Luper, "State Engineer. In a letter to The Times Mr. Brown calls attention to the above" epistles. He also advises this paper that all water users who are not receiving sufficient stock water are requested to ad dress him. relative thereto. He also advises that a man was sta tioned at' the company's works Monday for the purpose of see ing to it that a proper diversion of water is made. Mr. Brown's letter says: "I herewith call your attention to a letter from Henry S. Gray, attorney for the Pacific Power & Light Company, and also a let ter from Mr. Rhea Luper, State Engineer of Oregon, concerning water rights and the distribution of water through the Wapinitia Irrigation System to the water users of Wapinitia Plains. "You will notice by these let ters that the water rights of the Wapinitia Irrigation Company are not sufficient to even deliver stock and domestic water throughout the entire summer season to its water users. The said Company's right is inferior to the Pacific ;Power and Light Company, which is entitled to 250 second feet of White River; p.nd White River on an average year after July 8 does not flow that amount of water. There for it was necessary for the Wa ter Master to close the gates of the Wapinitia Canal to satisfy the rights of the Paciffc Power and Light Company. During the dry seasons of 1924, 1925 and 196, I, as Water Master have interceded in behalf of the people of Wapinitia Plains for the grant ing of stock and domestic water for them. The Pacific Power & Light Company for the past three years have granted this re quest, but as you" noticed from their letter and the letter from the State Engineer it is probable that this will be the last year that they will give water for this purpose. In fact it i3 getting embarrassing for me to intercede each year, and from the tone of the letter it will be impossible forme to intercede furthur to get stock and domestic water for the Wapinitia water users. Iam now sounding a warning so that the Wapinitia water users may have time to get together and se cure a supply of water for this purpose. 'The Water Master has turned in the 5J second feet that the Power Company has given to the Wapinitia people for stock and domestic purposes, and he will attempt to deliver this water to water users of said company, Mr. Roger Wilhelm. Assistant Water Master, will be in charge of the distribution of this water and (Look on page four) The following from The Dalles Chronicle of last Saturday ex plains a matter which has had many Maupin people guessing: The trial of H. Lee Hedgar, arrested last night by Deputy Sheriff Hans Blaser and Assis tant Prosecuting Attorney T. Leland Brown, on charges of practicing dentistry in the state without proper credentials, will be held Monday in the justice court. Bail was set at $500 in a preliminary hearing this morning before Acting Justice of the Peace J. T. Adkisson and the dentist was being held in the county jail in lieu of the money. The orginal complaint was sworn out by Dr. W. D. McMil lan, secretary of the'state boajd of dentists' examiners, and """ sought the arrest of Hedger on counts of practicing without a license, and failure' to register. According to McMillan, Hedgar, was not a graduate of any ac- credited school of dentistry and was operating under old licenses of his father's. Hedger declared today that he had in his possesion bona fida li censes for 1924 and 1925, but had failed to secure one for this year. He was under the impression that unless further information : was secured by noon today, his ' case would be dropped. Hedger will be represented by Attorney Wilbur Henderson of Portland and the dental board will send their own lawyer. The accused man was practing his profession at Maupin, Wamic and ; Tygh Valley. Bank Directors Meet The directors of the Maupin State Bank met in official con clave Monday morning, all offic ers and directors attending. J. M. Conklin came up from Port land and presided at the meet ing, he being president of the bank . Frank Fleming came in from Bakeoven and J. S. Brown from Wapinitia, both gentlemen being on the board of directors-. ; Kicked By Horse Little Edith Snodgrass, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Snod grass, was kicked by a horse last Thursday and was brought to Maupin that evening for medi cal attention. The animal struck Ethel on the leg, badly injuring the member. Dr. Elwood minis tered to her injuries. Visited Yellowstone Park Since his last visit to Maupin J. M- Conklin, with his wife and daughter; made a trip to.Yellow- stone National park. They went by way of the Columbia high way and Oregon Trail to Pocatel lo, Idaho, and thence to the park, traveling a distance of 2,300 miles on the trip. Mr. Conklin is loud in praise of the roads, but maintains that the highways of Oregon are superior to all others he traveled. Read The Tipes get the news