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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 29, 1926)
P. P. & Co. Turns Water On The Flat (Concluded from paRe one) will start working Monday, July 26th, in this work. He will seal nd post all lateral ditches, keep ing the water in the main ditch for distribution. "The Water Master wishes to call attention that if any gates, after having been regulated, are tampered . with, the person or persons so doing is liable to a fine from $25.00 to $500.00 and r maximum jail sentence of six months, or both; and if this wa ter is used illegally the person or iereons doinc the game are sub- r ject to a fine not exceeding $250. 00 or maximum jail sentence of six months. The Water Master is asking for the co operation of nil the water users of said canal. With such co-operation it will be tin easy matter to deliver water lor stock and domestic purposes All complaints or violations of the law and rules and regulations should be reported immediately to the Water Master. "Very truly yours, - "I. L. Brown, "Water Master." ( ltems of Shanikoj Your correspondent appeals to all Shanikoites to make it a point to give him the news, real boosting news at that. Boost your town, don't knock it; if you can't boost, keep quiet Shaniko U a live town, it has the atmos phere of a larger city, its citizens are wide awake, its business men progressive. The climate it healthful, there is never a a sultry heat as you find at other places, on summer days as a rule there is a little breeze in the afternoon. Vegetables, fruit and beenes grow here luxuriantly and if you want to see some home surroundings, come to Shaniko and visit with Mrs. Alex Ross, you do not have to go to tropics nor to the arctics to see things grow. A. C Parker, station agent at Shaniko for nearly three years, transfered to Cosmopolis, an O. W. R. & N. station in Washing ton to take the second trick, which means the afternoon shift, as telegrapher. We are sorry to see him go, for he wa9 an oblig ing offcial. Mr. V. I. Lucas, who has been with the company for the past two and one-half years as agent, operator and towerman on the first divison from Uma tilla north to Seattle, is tempor arily in charge of the station here until Mr. Rhodes, who bid the position in, take3 permanent charge possiMy, within the noxt two or three weeks. Mrs. J. B. Nash, Sherman Restaurant, hung a "Stop" sign across, the Sherman highway in front of her restaurant so that the traveling public may get better aquainted with the excel lent meals served at her place instead of rushing through town at 50 miles per. TheO. W. R. & N. train on the Shaniko branch, commonly called the "Shaniko Flyer." was derailed on the 22nd of July near Hay Canyon, on account of a faulty wheel, causing one freight car loaded with bulk grain to jump tne iracK. io eenuus damaee other than a consider able delay to the train was done. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher, accom panied by their daughter, Helen, and Margaret Reese motored to The Dalles today (Monday.) Margaret Reese will go to Port land to visit with her grand parents. . Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stark of Dufur were visiting relatives here over Sunday. Sylvester Cramer, Florence Cavin, Adelbert and Margaret Reese, Edith Hanna and Terrill Caebolt enjoyed an outdoor chicken fry Sunday evening at A. L Hanna's ranch. All claim to have had a very good time; no wonder, considering who the company was composed of. By the way, Terrill Casebolt came back to Shaniko to work for the Shaniko Farmers Eleva tor company to help store away the wheat, which is just about commencing to come in. Walter Lang is back at his old job driving a state highway truck, after acting as a relief driver of one of the passenger stages letween here and The Dalles for a while. The youne people of Shaniko had a dance on Saturday, July 24, after which, at about 2.00 a. m., the next morning some drunken rowdies, mostly non residents, started a row, using language disguesting to the wakened residents in the vicinity, who hope that in future the city marshal will be a little more active on such occasions. More About Auto Repairing According to promise we here with offer the conclusion of the story as learned from L. A. Fischer, concerning one phase of auto repairing. Nosing around the next morn ing we were surprised to find all four cylinders new and shiny, new rings fitted to the bore walls, these being left with the proper clearance' for heat expansion. The operation going on now wa3 placing the connecting rods in the new pistons, which were ground to size in a Portland shop. The piston3 were held in a spec'al vise, which could not mar them in any way. By the old method of holding the pistons the bolt which held tne wrist pin wa3 apt to twist the rod I Delarhue Optical E 1 Company I Voght Block, The Dalles, Ore. p i rM v . mm ar m . - M mm ' . t i when it was tightened. This gave the piston a spiral motion, and eventually caused a knock in the cylinder, as well as undue wear on one side of the bore. After going through this process and having rings and pins added, they were set aside and more modern tools brought out They ! were valve reseaters. The first it . process was reaming trie seats true, then another cutter was put into each hole. These cut off a little on top of the new seat, which narrowed down some. Then another cutter was used, this cutting a little from the bottom edge; so that when the seat wa3 finished a surface about one-eighth of an inch wide was left to touch the face of the valve. Fischer, explained that a proper valve grind accounts for over three fourths of the power, a'so makes the motor hit even, as compression is then the same in each cylinder Verne then completed the valve work by placing the valves in a special power-driven refacer and trued them perfectly to the stem, which cannot be don in any other way than by a ma chine which holds the valve by j the stem against a stone that grinds the head to a true 45 de gree angle. Grinding seems to be the only perfect way this can be done, because the material in the head is sa hard that it takes an emery wheel to work the mirror like surface to the seat. The next operation was the setting of the bearings, and we noticed that Verne took every precaution to see that each bear was neither too tight nor too loose, also that it had perfect alignment with the others. From this point on the work was mostly assembling, and we saw that part wa3 carefully put to gether with gaskets and shel lac, also that each piece was in spected the second time care fully for flaws. When the whole motor was assembled it was hung on the chain hoist and painted by air, which makes a more thorough job than can be done with a brush. There were no spots left without paint and everything in the motor had the appearance of a factory pro duct. This was left to dry over night. The next day it was run ning and it sure sounded fine, not much noise and all pistons striking perfectly. Several peo ple asked Mr. Fischer if he had been installing a new motor in the car. In watching the rebuilding of this motor we were completely sold on the idea of modern tools They may be compared to the havester of 40 years ago. It re minded us of an article in the Sunday Oregonian under the caption: "The passing of the monkey wrench in garages." The Fischer garage boasts of having the best equipment be tween The Dalles and Bend for motor overhauling, Hi3 layout, which runs into big money, has among it such articles as cylinder borere) valve refacers and re seaters, welding torch, special gear pullers, vises, electric drill, a full set of micrometers, for both outside and inside measure ments up to six inches, painting machine, any number of special wrenches that fit only a few parts of some cars, coil testers for Fords, Jspecial blower pipes for plugged air line3 in inace33i- ble places; in fact nearly every thing ona would find in a town the size of The Dalles. Yes, sir, we were much surprised when we sized up the full equip ment. Mr. Fischer asks that all interested to drop in and he will take time to show and explain the various tools and their uses, as he did to us. He intends to add more to lis equipment. He believes, as we do, that the best is none to good for Maupin and 8ui rounding country. Anothet thing to- remember is that Fischer stands back of every job he turns' out. WAPLMTIA NEWS CRITERION HAPPENINGS Mrs. C. J. McCorkle is enter taining her mother, Mrs. Morris, of The Dalles. Harvest is nearly over, with a very good yield. .J. M. Powell reports an average of 35 bushels of wheat to the acre. Mrs. Nora Bothwell spent Sun day in Maupin. We are suffering from an in vasion of crows. It would ap pear to a casual observer that ail the crows in Wasco county have concentrated around Wapinitia. Win. and Evadne Hulburd and Ruby Powell spent Saturday evening as guests of W. A. Mershon and wife. They attend ed church at Maupin m tne evening; With road work going merrily on west of town, and the right-of-way neatly completed on the Wapintia Simnasho highway, taking in the big hill south of town, Wapinitia is becoming quite a road center. John Cunningham, a former resident of this section, now re siding in California, ia here visit ing relatives and old friends. Emil Hackler is the latest to purchase a car, he having in vested in a Dodge commercial Dodge, son of II. N. Dodge, now in the U. S. navy, was here'over the week end. E. A. Cyr was shaking hands witho'd friends here last Saturday. Rev. Mershon and family are j again occuping the parsonage, Mr. Mershon attending tj the chores for Mrs. Rice while the latter is at the sea shore. Bert Hammer recalled old days when he appeared on the road driving a water tank, hauling water for stock and household uses, owing to the shortage of that neccessary element. Lew McCoy has been cutting hay for Joe A. Graham. Lew is furnishing hay to the Nicker son road crew in Spencer gulch. John Lewis' chief work, or his pastime, is swatting flies. John has worn out three swatters so far this season. Mis3 Lorraine Stovall spent Sunday with Miss Crystal Hart man. Her parents came after her that evening. Mac Holloman and family have gone to the Willamette Valley, near Gresham. for future resi dence. Earl Cunningham is also suf fering with an infected finger. Jess R. Lewis and family are staying a few days with Mr. Lewis' mother, Mrs. Sinclair, at her lately purchased farm near Pine Grove. Rev. W. A. Mathews and wife were over from Simnasho Friday. They went to Maupin and met Mrs. Drake, who came in on the train. Mr. Mathews is suffering a slight infection on his hand, due to a scratched blister. Many travelers are passing through these days, going over the reservation and Mt. Hood roads. Harvest is about half com pleted. The Indians, who were strand ed in Portland, have returned, many of them driving recently purchased second-hand cars. Paul Carriager, chief engineer on the Mt. Hood-Wapinitia road, has laid off about half hi3 crew. All the line work is finished and the work left will be chiefly office work. U. S. Endersby"began operat ing his separator Monday. J. M. O'Brien is also out with his machine, but is still at work, on his own grain. spent a time in the Willamette Valley, where they purchased a 1 . I.. .L.l Mis r.Hnevieva Hunt, who had i car and will return nome oy mm been at the parental home here mode of conveyance. for two weeks, returned to her All the available men of Criter- studies in Portland business col-1 ion are busy in the harvest fields. lege the latter part of last week. Her father drove her to Portland in his auto. A. E. Gronewald, accompanied by his wife and children, visited the Boys' Potato club fields Thursday last. The Criterion boyi have the only spud crop in the county and the school super intendent came out to note the progress of the tubers. 1 Dorothy and Prudence Bayley were visitors at the Rutherford home here Sunday, July 18. Peter Kirsch is entertaining two of his cousins, one named Kirsch and the other Duncan. The visitors live in Pennsylvania and came west via train. They Hatty Home Again Fen Batty, who has been in the southland for some time, Beeking better health, is in Maupin again for a short time. He came up from California a few weeks ago and then went to Grangeville, Idaho, to look after businesB in terests. Ho arrived here Tues day. Mr. Batty is owner of a ranch on Wapinitia Plains and is here to look after its conduct. For Sale or Rental acres of land at Wapinitia. Inquire of Mrs. J. E. Sinclair, Wapinitia, Oregon. 33-t5 q)ORTLAND 305 SECOND STREET Over Pound's Jewelry Store, The Dalles Oregon, will mak you A Full Set of Teeth fully guaranteed to fit and give satisfaction for $40.00 Bridge Work $9.00 per Tooth Painless Extraction $J.OO W. T. Slatten, D. D. S. Proprietor : 1 AUTOMOBILE and General Machine Work Cylinder Grinding, General Machine Work, Truing Crankshafts, Making Pistons and Rings, Bearings, All Sizes Made to Order. Sheet Metal Workers Complete Line of Parts (or All Makes of Cars Full Line of L&hers Springs Electric and Oxy-Acetylene WELDING REAP , QALLOWAY 609 East Second Street Phone 400 THE DALLES, ORE Phone 383J Piano Must Be Sold Will sacrifice fine piano in storage near here for immediate sale. Will give easy terms to a responsible person. For full particulars and where it may be seen, address Portland Music Co. 217-6th St., Portland Ore. 37-t3. Vacation Days are Here! School is out and it's time to take the little folks to the ocean beach for that vaca tion so long counted on. Clatsop Beach Seaside Gearhart the premier beach resort of the Northwest invites you. Hotels, cottages, golf, surf, bathing, etc. $13 30 Round Trip via Oregon Trunk Ry. Return Limit Oct 31 Trains leave 12:58 A. M. daily except Saturday. 11:48 P. M. Saturdays. Tickets, Reservations, Folders, etc., of E. W. Griffin, Agt. J. C. Wright, T.F.&P.A. OREGON TRUNK RY. 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