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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1927)
a. I ay DOCH ERTY-POWERS January Clearance Sale urn ) OHO 2-25 Shaded Ivory , $f7 Bedroom Suite...... 0 0 Consists of Bed, Bed Dressing Table Chiffonier, Dressing Table Bench Doeherty-P.owers The Dalles, Oregon USE YOUR CREDIT FURNITURE COMPANY Phone 300 Third and Washington Sts. WE CHARGE NO INTEREST Mix Up On Bridge. While in Portland last week Jim Woodcock figured in a slight mlx jup. He was crossing the Broadway j bridge and was run into by another driver. Jim t car sustaining a badly bent front fender. No one was in jured and the car carried our city recorder and family safely home on Monday. Oxo oooooooooooooooooxO o ELEVEN YEAR3 ACO o ! Oxo ooooooooooooooooo xO From The Times Jan. 21, '18 ' Federal Roxit Inert. A net addition of 9,417 miles to the milage of improved roads in the Federal-aid system waa made thru the completion of projects during the fiscal years 1926, according to New Cat a Winner. The new element in gasoline, Ethyl, is proving to be ail that has After an illness of several weeks Mrs. C F. Greene died at her home in this city yesterday morning at 8 the Bureau of Publie Boads of the o'clock. The remains were taken to TTnitjwJ Stau. n.t..rtn..n f a. the Portland crematory for disposal. W. H. Williams bad a very cold drive Saturday with the Bakeoven mail. When he arrived at Mr. Fry- been claimed for it As evidence: i mM'a both he and hi team were so monaay morning Charley Brown filled the tank of his Chrysler tUgo with the compound. He put in eight gallons in the receptacle and mado I the round trip between Maupin and I The Dalles. Tuesday morning, while taking gas he told the service station attendant to put in the usual amount, eight gallons. The tank ran over when four gallons had been put in showing conclusively that the round trip had been made on just ' four gallons. Dr. Hess' Worm Powders' the best to expel worms in all kinds' of live 'stock 50 cents a package at the Maupin Drug Store. PE RSON A LJVI ENTION Lconnrd Farlow visited with his mother nt The Dulles on Sunday last. Frank Lister and The Times man transacted bubinc.n at The Dulles Monday. George Tlllotson went to Portland Sunday for tho purpose of driving a new truck to Maupin. Chas. Crofoot and family mo tored to The Dalles on a business mission lust Saturday. Mr; and Mrs. Lloyd Woodside were in for the show, "For Heaven's Sake," Sunday evening. Carl Head of Sherars Bridge was in town Wednesday, braving tho snow to trade in Maupin o Orrln Fnrlow was in Maupin last evening, being on his way home to his homestead on Ncna creek. A. Lincoln Hartman attended the revival meetings several nights the past week, coming In from Waplnl tin. ' Floyd McLeod was down from his Criterion ranch and spent a couplo of days in Maupin the latter pari, of lust week. o Cahs. Aycrs was In from Smock Monday, having come to Maupin to J , see his daughters, who are attending school here. J. II. Woodcock and family, who have been in Portland forthe week past, returned to their Maupin homo ' Monday evening. ' Harry Walther, of the .Waltber- Williams company of The Dalles, passed through Maupin Saturday while on his way to Bend. Mrs. Joe Riggles, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Maud Hammer at The Dalles for the past three weeks, returned home Tuesday. Ad. Sehmld, superintendent of the White River power plant, with his wife, was attending to matters con nected with his work, in Maupin on Tuesday. o Everett Richmond and The Times man went to the Flat Tuesday, for the purpose of bringing some prinio nork meat " home. Tha moat enmc from tho Shepflin ranch. i Dr. J. L. Elwood went to Linn's mill Tuesday for the purpose of placing a plaster cast on the limb of Tim Linn, which was broken recently in a fall from ft cliff on White River. Alva Hammer, who has been at tending school at The Dalles the past two months has returned to Maupin and expects to again enter the school here. He cama stage. in on Tuesday's EAST MAUPIN NEWS Marcus Shearer and family"spent part of last Sunday at the Fischer home. ( . . j Bob Fortune left for the hills and will Shanik OoooooooooooooooooooO o PICKED Up ABOUT TOWN o Ooo ooooooooooooooooooO John McMillan says he never realized just how much home meant to him until he arrived in Maupin after six weeks spent in a hospital at The Dalles. r The many friendly greetings and congratulations ou his return told him of the many friends who were glad he is able to be out and among us again. ' x Ben Fraley declares Aimee Mc- Pherson is the best little old adver tiser in the country. The stunt she bulled off gave her front page posi tions on all the metropolitan papers, and now that she has undertaken an eight-months' lecture tour that advertising will tend to fill every house she shows in. Mayor Butler likes dogs, but he instates that Marshal Derthick carry out the terms of the ordinance re quiring licenses on all canines of Maupin or else, to do away . with them. ..- - x iilJoe Kramer "bawled us out,, just after The Times was off the press tlsst week, all because w cut prices of admission to the Harold Lloyd .show. At any rate his tirade showed exhausted that Mr. Fryman, with a fresh team, completed the trip. Ora Maynard is digging a well on his place at Wapinitia. When com pleted the hole will be 47 feet deep and 12 feet wide. The first load of lumber to be used in the construction of the drag store arrived on the lot west of the post- J office Tuesday afternoon. The condition of the roads from Maupin at present can be judged by the return trip of A. C. Moad from Maupin to Miss Herrling's at Cri terion on Sunday. Time, eight hours for the trip of 14 miles and the team worn out The fore part of the week exper ienced the coldest weather in Mau pin for the past 10 years. The mer cury reached 11 degrees below zero one night and only raised a few de grees during the days of the cold's duration. o Grandpa Brittain, who had been ill for some time, died at Wamic Wednesday morning. o Sunday there were seven young people baptized and received into the church at Wapinitia. L. D. Kelly shipped a carload of hap in from Bend this week. It met with a ready demand from the stock men hereabouts, as their feed is running very low on account of the extremely cold weather. culture. This bring the total of im proved Fedral-aid roads up to 55, 902 miles. The improvement of several transcontinental routes is approaching completion. The Federal-aid system has an aggregate length of 182,134 miles. Spirit Behind School Band Makes Champion Elkhart, Ind. It's the spirit of a town, and not the number of its In habitants that determines the size and quality of Its blgh school Baud, ac cording to Jamc F. Boyer, wldelj known muslcluu und supervisor of tin Coun Music Center here. As proof of his contention, Mr. Boyer cites the case of Juliet, Illinois home of America's 1933 champion hlgb school band Census figures give th population of Joliet as under 50,000, yet public-spirited fathers and musical ly ambitious sons have here made pos sible a 65-plece prlze-wlaaing band. Io their natty full-dress uniforms, thi boys made a sensation as they marched down the streets of Fostorla, Ohio, on their first lap toward national band honors. : y She: "Wound you kiss me, even if I told yoa not to?" ' i He: "I sure Would." She: "Oh goody! Then I can mind Mamma." Ala. Rammer-Jammer. "Why don't you advertise?" Town Storekeeper: "No, siree. I did that once and it pretty nearly ruined me." "How was that?" "Why, people came in and bought dern near all the stuff I had." black- A West Virannia darkv a - M ,""uw- " iy raie n ureae snowed ... , go to work ior Mr. Rooper of fa smith, recently announced a change 1K0- '.tu.;. u.. v in his business as follows: ,thms contradicted by merchants who should patronize the paper with John Mannoin is enjoying a visit regu,ar Bdvertisements. Jim Rusic is spending a few days from his work 'at the Troutman' ranch with his family at East Mau pin. TUESDAY, FEB. 1 wo will begin our big annual Stock Reducing Sale which will include all lines of rui n. K mm Wernmark's Shoe Store 204 Eait Second Street. THE DALLES, OREGON with East Maupin friends a few davs of this week. j . " ', "-- , " Lew Wilhelm must have - been some dandy in his younger days. Last Saturday, while digging into the innards of an old cedar chest, he discovered a couple of suits of clothes he long forgotten the ex- J. H. McMillan has arrived in We"ce of- Amon other thinS Maupin after spending 60 days in a iPrlhee Albert coat WM du UP- . hospital in Tho Dalles. He is still x on crutches. T We are trying to interest the High o j school pupils in gettng out an issue time on the East side. Elmer has; of The Times in the near future, many friends here who are glad that If they" accept our proposition our he is again among the denizens of readers may expect something new East Maupin. jin the line of country journalism. Art Fargher is at work on a brand flew poem. He is trying to compose someting that will have the immorta lity of "Mary had a little lamb." x In speaking of wives Frank Crea ger remarks that having gone with out such a household necessity for years he would have a hard time getting accustomed to seeing a Although weather has been any-1 woman about his domicile. - thing but conducive to motoring,' , .; . . x Verne Fischer Jjas his shop full "of J Ordinarily Bob Wilson is possessed repair work. In fact it is all he and 'of an equable" mini!, but while con- business as follows: "Notice De copardnership here tofore resisting between Me and Mose Skinner is hereby resolved. Dem what owes de firm settle with me, and what the firm owes will scttli with Mose." "Give me a eight feet" "Four boyi street" sentence containing walked down the 4 J -Fcr Sale Cheap FORD . TOURING CAR New Top, Fair Rubber, Hassler Shocks, Stromberj; Carbuerator Fischer's Gajrag'e MAUPIN, ORE "When Fischer Fixes Your Car It Stays Fixed.' Ira Kistncr has gone to Two Sprinpn, where he will set up ' and follow a trap line, expecting to bo gone for some time. Dave Donaldson is assisting his brother in the construction of a road on the north side of Bakeoven reach-' ing the John Donaldson ranch. Marcus Shearer can do to keep, ths work floor clear of cars coming in for repairs. John Mannion In Town. . - " John Mannion tires of the com pany of sheep as a steady thing so hied himself to Maupin Saturday' for a brief sojourn with city folks. John knows o good thing when he sees it, so placed his name on our subcrrip tion books and will receive The Times for tho coming-year. Hauled Turbine In I The Richmond truck was employ led Monday in hauling the turbine mid .toAiy &!1AV am pa-infa last fall to tho depot in Maupin. The turbine was sent! to San Francisco, where a new one will be made, for which tho old onq will serve as a pattern. ' ' Greene Out Again.' ' " j H. M. Greene suffered another at tack of illness 'the 'latter part of last week, his throat leaving been effect ed. After remaining in the house a few Hays Morris is around 1 again, feeling .much better. fined to the house last week he ran out of "snooze", and as a conse quence let his temper get the best of his judgment!, At that the sore throat he was entertaining at the time destroyed his taste for the de lectable Swede brown spit maker, so he really did not care for the stuff anyway.. ; tBeing elected president of a bank does not make the least change in Lew Henneghan. In fact, he as sumes a : more cosmopolitan air, if that were possible, Bince he wa3 chpsen chief officer of he Maupin State Bank. Music Critic (To sweet young thing) ; "How did you like the bar carolle at the musieale last night?" Sweet Young Thing:. "I didn't stay t for . the refreshments, Mr. Cleff." Life rl 4 '.ti Farmer: I'Samanthy, do you want1 me to bring you anything from the ii,ty today?" . .. , His Avif e : ' "Yes Si; you might bring mo a few Jars of that traffic jan I see advprtised in the. papers." 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