t BUTTLES rJSAUPIM'S t.'IVIXITBTTg T'EimWyVyf''" The kvpiii limes C. V y-.'!. Editor Publish rrsry Thursday at maupin, Oregon ruoscription: uw year, $1.50; rlx : cnths, 7 fW3i thre months, 50c aiereu t cswca class mail mat SepietniH S. IPH. at the post .3ce ai tacmr. Oregon, under 1 Act of hti . 1878. EXIT CHARLIE CHAPLIN H has ceec said . "Give . a calf enough rope and he will hang him Belf." That Baying has been proven in the case of Charlie Chaplin, erst while film comedian, whose wife, Lila Gray, is suing him for a divorce Li the California courts. Mrs. Chap lin, in her eomplaint, alleges that her husband took advantage of her under promote of marriage, and de layed the consummation of that rite until compelled to do so. The marriage occurred in Mexico, .and upon the way to Hollywood from the I southern country Chaplin is said to have stated that he would make things so unpleasant for his wife that she would be glad to .leave him. Two children have been borne to them, Mrs. Chaplin having them in charge. Toe plaintiff in the divorce action tells many things which, if '.me, should cause all moral show houses operators to bar Chaplin films from ttfir shops. Chaplin has never been otner than a comedian of the cheap kind. His god is mam mon, and his morals those of Satan himself. Compared to Fatty Ar buckle, Chaplin stands out as black as night, while the adipose comed ian should shine as a bright angle. Portland people are objecting to the construction of an interstate bridge connecting Longview, Wash ington, and Rainier, Oregon. Won- der if they would have found fault with the construction of the original "Bridge of the Gods?" i ' i When Senator Borah objects to j acts of this government such acts j are not in strict keeping with law. j His recent talks on the Nicaragu- an situation should be taken serious- ly by Secretary Kellogg and acted upon immediately. , President Calles of Mexico denies the report that "Reds" have any thing to do with the present condi tions in his country. Maybe not, but at any rate trouble clouds down there bear no other color than that of red. Governor Patterson has named j Hall Hoss as his private secretary. Which shows that Mr. Patterson j knows just what kind of a "hoss" to employ in the state house as well ! as on his farm-the best to be had. , DTHk a. ance Dates Legion Hall DECEMBER 1 JANUARY IS JANUARY 22 CARNIVAL JANUARY 29 FEBRUARY 5 BENEFIT DANCE FEBRUARY 12 MASK BALL FEBRUARY 26 MARCH DANCE 17 ST. PATRICK'S APRIL 2 SPRING DANCE l! i LEADING i ! . i I 5 Martlet ' " " ' l '"""am1 flats Sue 7 Jill Man G&harJggJ A 3T HAD always been such a nice, deceptive way In which to speak; of specially delicious and delect able sweets sugar plums. Her grandmother had called candles and candied fruits and luscious bon bons "sugar plums." And she had always, bocause she liked candied fruits so particularly, called them 'sugar plums." It had b.'en seventeen years since (Rose had lirst remembered hearing of "sugar plums." She had been three then, acd her grandmother had said Rose Had Eeen Very Busy Gettinj Ready for Christmas. In the wise, wise way that grandmoth er always hadof knowing what was what, "Yes, only Santa Ciaus knows how to get the choicest of sugar plums." . Rose was very busy getting ready 4nr rtirictmna Tt n-ns n hnsv time In the faml!y; There were mInce pies t0 b'e made an(j piu,, puddings, and almonds to salt, and fudge to make, and wreaths to make, and bells to f,x and fresh candie3 to put in the candle-sticks red cardies at this time of the year. It was a time fr general cheer, and -rom Rose's family a great share of i this cheer went forf). 11 'as c0; thf wore weaUhy' ! J-iiey were, iu iuui, wk u;iijvbii.c. But it wc.3 their great satisfaction j that by hard work and great energy j of spiric they could do a great deal in a smell way for every one with whom i they came In contact at this season of ! the year, Every presen'- 0 matter how sim- pie, was prettily vrupped. There was j nr fimiilaarv.imlr.n In their pivlne. To thpm it was a bl pai.t of theIr Chrlst- j m;iH uolisht that they knew so many . people with whom they could share J ahelr Clnls:,::as sacrifices and the re- suit of tie Ir.te hours they kent for weeks bero Cristmas in their Innu- irierau!? smai. jjreparutiouM. ouviub , was always such fun throughout the j ' mrly t utn.au. Of v.hat f in was sav- , ins if It WJro cu to ue xorever mu- LI? Thre were two presents awaiting Cbustma? lDovnlag for Rose to un wrap. They were for her and she had taken them ia when they had arrived, but she fcnd net opened them. Hhe was c;irio'.iB about these pres ents. She knew they would be quite EimuV?, but one was from Billy and one whs from Joe, and both Billy and Joe had lately been running a race, as It were, for Rose's acceptance of engagements, for her favors. She liked Billy much better than she did Joe. She knew that Billy liked her. She knew that Joe liked her, too. She f!t that Joe Would al ways make her very comfortable, would always be very kind, very duti ful, and that she would always have to be dutiful, too. Of course, that was all right. But she felt that with Billy she would want to make him so very happy, and with Joe, that It would bo so much more of a duty. Yet Joe was more reliable, he was less Irresponsible, less opontaneous, and so much more exact But Billy Was such a dear! fSlie could label all Joe's good points. Lilly's were less tangible, biu they were there, all right even If she couldn't name them. x mm im I &ne r.r.pea ner mother with the last I Christmas Eve touches, covered the lire over with ashes, put out the lights and Anally weut to bed. The next morning she opened Joe's present nrst Somehow she wanted to keep lUlly's to the last, the .way she had done wlih things when the was a child. There was a little note with Joe's present, telling her what she knew ne hud been wanting to tell her for a long time how much he thought of her, what a good wife he knew she would be ot that, he said, he was confident. And he hoped she would be of the same opinion about him. He would make her, ho was quite sure, a gm)d husband. Then there was a word about the present. He bad not known what to give her this year; he kuew she had alt of those thlr.gs which, as their positions now were, were the only things he could five her, but his moth er had suggested a very complete sew-tap-box. There was no note with Billy's pres ent. Just a card upon which he had written : "I think you like these 'sugar plum' things. Merry Christmas." It was a wholly unreasonably large box ot candled fruit. Later Billy himself came around. What a dear he was! Oh, yes, Billy "Craxy Present I Gave You," Billy Was Saying. was a dear. And they had mistletoe, too, and Billy was grabbing her and was saying: "Crazy present I gave yon, but I know you like sugar ptutus ; and, any way, I had In mlud a diamond ring, but Just thought I'd speak to yon about It first." Billy had his own Ideas. "Sugar plums." Joe had consulted his moth er and there had been a Bewlng box. Oh, she couldn't te'.l Just why.per haps, but she did love Billy and she didn't love Joe. Perhaps It was be cause Billy was Just a dear. "The 'sugar plums' win," she said, and I'd love the diamond ring." Billy dldu't quite understand the j first r&rt of her sentence, but he did the last and, after all, mat was ou that was necessary 1 (ffi, 1121, WMtern Newippr Colon.) Band Music in All Schools, Aim President of Federation of Music Clubs Outlines Plans of Her Organization. Elkhart, Ind. A band or orchestra In every public school in the country Is the goal of the Federation of Mu sic Clubs, accord ing to Informa tion received by the Conn Music Center here. "Music has too rVVT. ' long been con sidered a mere accomplish m e n t rather than u necessary part of our educational system," said Mrs. Edgar Stillrann Kcliey, national president of the 4 V w ""V Mrs. Kelley. federation, In out lining the plans of her organization. "Fortunately the delusion is now be clnning to give way and the true value of tone In educational work Is being more generally acknowledged. The value of teaching instrumental music in all schools can scarcely be overestimated. Tho Federation of Music Clubs Is working enthusiastical ly for the Inclusion of bands and or chestras as well as glee clubs In the schools because t'ie ofllcers of this, the largest musical organization In the world, are convinced of tho worth of this procedure. "The public schools are preparing our business leaders of the future, why not our musical leaders? Wel come will be the day when every school In the land will cive credit for executive as well as theoretic music. We will then be training tho men and women who will later give America a proat music of Its own. Not every child so trained will make music their life-work but all of them wll be bettered by the trnlnlng." MANY STATES HAVE BAND TAX LAWS Question Put Up to Voters With Provision for Re peal. Elkhart, Ind.-Only 22 of 48 states in the Union are without laws, allowing taxation for the support of municipal bands. It Is shown "n n survey by Uu Conn Music Center. Eveu In states without such laws the survey shows that a number of cities have of their ow u volition appropriated funds to provide free baud concerts fr their cltlieu. The '.M states having laws uudci which municipalities tuny appropriate funds fur music either by art Ion of thv common ctuindl r after authorization of voters arv: Alabama, California I Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa. Kun sns, Maryland. .Massachusetts, Michi gan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Moclaiu Nelirasl.a, New Hampshire, .New Jer sey, New York, IVuiisylvunla, South lako(a, Tcms, Utah, Vermont, West Vlrgluia. South Carolina. North Caro lina and WNconlii. Movemenis fci similar legislation ur? now under way in Arizona. Klorld.i, Idalio, Kentucky and New Mexico. Iowa was the pioneer state In ban 1 legtslaili n. and the Inws of ninny ol I the stales cmv lit'.vitu: .: statute I on the hcoUs are modeled after the! Iowa plan. That Saw provides that the baud tnx may be lovh'd only af'.-r It has received the sanction i.r Hi.1 voters. The quest Ion Is submitted for vote upon petition of u certuUi : percentage of the (ptalltWd voters or llirt towns and cities. Trovlsiou Is made for repeal of the tax lu the same j wuy. That the school children of Ihe poor are Just as eager to learn music as their more wealthy rehoolimitos Is shown In a survey of school music in the hlli schools of SprlnglleM. Mo., by the Conn Music Center. Three .,! cent more pupils were found to I , studying music In the Iteed Juiiloi nigh school, located In the poorer see lion of .SprluKlleld, than In the Jarre!' Junior Ugh, it the more wealthy sec tlon of the city. The survey also brought out that It Springfield hlch schools, pupils sfjilj lug music are twenty-five per coin more efficient In their school work thun children who have never taken music lestioua. Balky Wafflei An electric waffle iron should never be greased. If your waffles stick perhaps you have not put 0f opossums dwelling within the enough melted shortening or butter confines of his low lands. He fur into the batter. One or two extra ; ther informs me that the average fe tablespoons of melted shortening in male will produced litter of 10 or the batter will often prevent stick- nu,rCi As they bring forth young ing. Also when the wai'flo is brown twiL.e n yCnr it js evident, on tho and crisp and ready to take out of j i,,, 0f 200 females meandering his the iron, thrust a fork firmly into ands, that there would be an ap-; it and lift the waffle straight up. If proximate increase of 6,400. Con-' you work around the edges with -a 8idering tho price of opossum meat knife attempting to loosen it in that at 50 cents a pound it is evident that ' way the waffle will break and be a fortune awaits the man who is anx-' almost impossible to get out whole-. , :0U1) to enter thut line of work. Tho ' T. B. Decline Coincident with the decline of fnrm9 with tnis man of extensive i tuberculosis among cattle and hogs j ncreKe nnd ardent desire, I have no is an official report of a decreasing doubt that if the impoverishment of human death rate from the disease, , t)ie 80 wiu not n(mjt 0f sustaining says the United States Department j yoUi you cnn nave rccourst. to com of Agriculture. The low mortality j mt,rcjaijzing this prolific marsupial. ' of children under four years may be j But the point jS) i.ylcnj McCorklc, attributed to the aggressive cam- j wncther the money you could derive paign for testing tuberculous cattle jrom your association and destrue and disposing with animals aneciea with the disease. Sold 130 Ewe.. Hugh Wood has disposed of UO ewes at his Tygh Valley ranch, they ,the vt,nL.,0US reptiles and the viru having been purchased by Manuel j c,nt moSquitoes is for you to deter- Karlcn. Hugh still has about 200 fine lambs, which he will range on Tygh Creel; the coming season. WANTS WHEAT LAND FOR 'POSSUM FARM (Concluded from pago one) him? indeed not! for he deftly has slid aside with the celerity of a meteor nnd the grace of a gymnast, and has landed upon the tip of your nose in which he instantly proceeds to tan for more blood. Under such a condition it is needless, very need-1 less to contend with this southern 1 breed of mosquitos when there arc but a few that have surreptitiously entered within the enclosure of the bed netting. The only rational course is to let them gorge them selves upon your suffering flesh, and heroically stand the agony of the process until they have become so full that they are rendered power less to receive any more. When this results they hie themselves to the top of the screen netting where, as you awake from your fitful and agonizing slumber, you gaze up wards and see the culprits quietly reposing within the meshes of the netting, but with an eye ever upon the victim ready to begin the attack when their digestive processes have sufficiently eliminated the sub stance of their gluttony. These rapacious insects are not the only pests that imperil tho life of a man. The rattlesnake, scorpion and centi pede lend apprehension to the scene and which arouse the natives from the lethergy of mind as induced by this enervating clime. From the foregoing description relative to this southern realm, and the repellent denizens, in the form of Insect and reptile life, which in habit it, it is evident that there is ahv.0'8 an incentive for action. While such action,. Friend McCorkle, I No Argument Opinions differ on most every subject, but there is one matter that everyone agrees with, and that is the matter of saving money. And when that is settled the matter of which bank to patronize comes up. We can settle that ar gument by saying that our bank is the logical one for, people of this part. We make our customers' business our business, Pay close at tention to details and guard all accounts as tho they were our own. Try us and become con vinced out statement is true. Maupin State Bank (INCOlll'ORATKD) may not bo to your taste it were better to have a little forced action than to have no action tit till. The former tends to conservation of life, whereas the latter results in prema ture death. While this man's farm, ns most southern furms of like charucter, is devoid of tho essential properties necessary to the growth of vigorous plant life, there is, however one con- j soling factor thut you could rely up on in the event of impending starva tion as an incident of fuiluro of crops, which is the succulent opua sum. The man who desires to ob- tain an Oregon wheat farm informs mc there is approximately 300 pairs southern palate is extremely sensi tive to this quality of meat. There- j fore, were vou impelled to exchange : tion of these smiling creatures would compensate you for the AWFUL j misery, both of mind and body, you j would have to endure in your cease- 1 1 sg ami nPrve-rackinK conflicts with mine, mis l leave to your cainier reflections and mature judgment. I have performed my duty in writing to you as promised, but I advise you to ponder well the proposition of an exchange of abodes for a coreer of opossum raising. Such a venture ' might result in your enrichment but at the sacrifice of your life. Sincerely your and Mrs. McCor- j kjetg jriencj( LAFAYETTE WINTER. TAKEN UP Came into my enclosure last July : one hrindlc cow with white face, bears bran(i Dc on left flank; half ! cron on ieft car. Since being there has had calf. Owner is notified to prove property, pay charges and take same away, otherwise the cow and calf will be sold to cover same. Dated December 30, 1926. Albert Hill, Six miles southeast of Wamlc. 8-t-l HORSES STOLEN On or about November 1, 1925, 40 head of horses were taken out of the pasture. Branded T or lazy 0-0 on left flank. Anyone at any time hearing of or knowing anything about these horses please address J. W. Williams, 8-tf Gateway, Oregon. ESTRAY NOTICE Came to my place about a month ago one bay mare about six years old; bears the following marks or brand -(! on right shoulder; white, hind foot; little white on right hind foot. Owner is notified to call prove property, pay charges and take same away. If this is not done I will advertise same and sell , according to law. C. B. Dahl, Badger Creek Ranch, Tygli Val ley, Oregon, 0-t-l FOR SALE A few good registered Short Horn bulls, all ages. In quire ut May's ranch, Tygh Vol ley. 7-ti FIVE " STEEL HAND" POWER Stump pullers, $30 each. Horse power $75 ; automatic gates, Wnterwheels, hand well-bores. Ill- 3rd, Renton, Washington. akethe R F DELL, Agent. Mauptn, Oregon EDW II. McAI.LEN, T. F. &. P. A., Bend, Oregon. THE BANK H01 EI. The one place in The Dalk'i to mnke the rancher and out-of town fellow feel at home. OiiEEON AKERY The Home of Harvest Also nil kinds of CASES, PIES, ROLLS, DOUGHNUTS, ETC. ami everything else in THE BEST PASTRY The Daiics, Oregon MAUPIN A5 10:35 A. M. fw3oy I malting direct V",Sr connection 1 ".h the til- JvVVf PORTLAND $r LIMITED IkJiLv ) Aoute C rJ Fineit I JjfCfirM Trains JfxJ ftor lalormatiea ao4 raeervatleM