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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 3, 1927)
NOTES FROM MAUPIN SCHOOLS II Attendance is normal acain. Miss Helen Cowgill and County 5iwerinti.n(irnt Gronewald visited school last Friday afternoon during tht period reserved for club work. Miss CowtfU talked to the members of the sewing club and the camp cooking; club. The Second grade was victorious in this week's spelling contest, held last Friday. The averages of all the rooms were high. The Second grade tverage waB 97. Sunday last Mr. Broughton took pictures of the debaters. It is hoped the results will be good. Mr. Brough ton plans on taking pictures of the basketball players as soon as a bright day comes. A song service was enjoyed at the High school last Friday morning. Plans for winning the track meet next month are under way. Work seems to be the main plank in tho plan. Miss Tillotson vtsked at the Wit- J son home at Criterion Tuesday even ing of this w2(i. 1 7'o;rMiivfi..l.l ninB.Vi"ellJ at the Uradway home last cunuay. Mr. Bradway, who has been suffer ing with an attack of rheumatism for some months, seems to be on the mend. Mrs. E. H. Disbrow U bedfast with flu, but we hope to hear of her re covery soon. UPPER WAPIN1T1A NOTES Corespondents' Weekly News Kerns News Of Busy Shaniko LJ Mrs. Millie Nash and small daugh- Aljn ter. Phyllis, M Gorge Motor Coach system, The Dalles on Mondaj. , .n shaniko tfce ffld of ,ftst N. W. Lang is at the Mid-Colum- J lookin gover the road which has been v.,- Wnitr nt Tho Dalles, having nlmot inmassnble since the heavy UIM " ' - - ' . . . . undergone a minor operation there. rains. He left a driver and one light . . 'car here to transfer passengers back Ernest Kramer from Criterion , fofth th(J worst part o was a week and visitor in Shaniko. i , th . sUgre9 co the road, as the heavy stages could Mrs. Bertha Logan, formerly of not get through. ' j this city, is at the Clinic hospital at j : j Portland, having recently undergone j SMOCK DOINGS a very serious operation. John Davis of end is visiting ! friends and old neighbors this week . around Pine Grove. Radio fans here heard the speech on Washington's birthday delivered by Presidentt Coolidge in the House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. The speaking voice of the presi dent was distinct, even as clear as was very distinct, even as clear as local radio announments of K G W. Flags were displayed and general Dntriotic spirit observed on the 195th anniversary of Washington! birthday. Harry Lewis will move to the J. S. Brown ranch this week from East Wapinitia. Melvin Walters has traded places with his brother, Oscar, in keeping bachelor's hall with Harold at Peter son's place. t'3furrows'ltmade and the mud U threw against the fences scared all tho Ene-list marrows out of Hart- man's store into the back 40. The jack rabitts ran into Wapinitia creek and drowned. Mrs. Anna West and Mrs. Cun ningham visited the Laughlln sister last Friday and Saturday. Some Ranch Change. Lewis Walters has rented the Tapp place; Fred Laughlin has rented the Webber place from . A. Dune; O S. Walters has rented the Peterson Dlace: Harry Lewis, has rented the J. S. Brown alfalfa and hog farms; John Ward has leased his farm to Walters and sons, and Leonard We- has rented the Henderson , Mr. Brassfield. of the J. E. Hinton ranch left for Portland the first of the wofk for the purpose of visiting a son who resides in the metropolis. Mrs. N. W. Lang was a week end visitor at The Dalles. Miss Minnie Starr of Maupin, is employed at the Columbia Southern hotel. , .' Peter Olsen, with three helpers, has been working almost day and night for the past week, placing the highway in shape for travel. On February 22nd nearly all the school children heard , President Coolidge's speech over the radio. Bill Gott is well on the way to re covery, after a severe attack of flu. Edwin Wakerlig was in town last Wednesday, coming straddle of a horse, the roads being impassible for travel with a car. Three weeks 'til sring, but for all that buttercups are blooming in sheltered spots, where wind cannot hit them, in Wamic. B. C. Scott delivered a load of fat hogs to The Dalles butchers last Sat urday. W. C. Mayfield, having purchased a new woodsaw, is at work making It pay for itself. He is cutting wood on the N. C. Farlow place. Mrs. Minnie Bergenholt has been verv ill with lagrippe, but is better now. Her sister, Mrs. Esther Lacey, of Portland, has been with her sis ter since last month. E. L. Daugherty, wife and son Sid ney, were last week end visitors at the Edmonds home, they having mo I tored up from California. They went on to Portland from here and will visit with other relatives there be fore returning to their home in Kan- Mrs. A. S. Brazeau left last Wed , nesday morning for Portland, where she will enjoy an extended visit with her daughter, Mrs. Ste. Marie. On Saturday Mrs. Minnie Blakely, accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. Ethel Shadwitz, left for Walla Walla where the former's son i3 quite ill with flu. Mrs. Birdie Cox is again able to be up and around. The Lynn family are suffering from the flu rampage. Tim Lynn is able to use a crutch and be about the house, after his long rest due to his accident , S It is reported that George Beebe and family are going to move to Pine Grove this summer. Walter Sharp and Ed Mathews have taken over a wood catting con tract for U. S. Endersby. Vergil Mayfield and Jew Cox, wood cutters, have desolved partner ship. John Sinclair and wife made a trip to visit folks in Wapinitia, but the storms rolled too much water on the highwafs, so they returned to tho high and dry goat ranch. Harold Walters is quite a visitor at his uncles'ranch. We don't know wheather he is interested in the cat tle, hogs or sheep if he does that is enough. sas. E. Carter and Ray Wrenn are saw ing wood for F. T. Feltch. Mrs. Edith- Hill and children were visitors at the V. E. Edmonds home last Sunday. Owing to sickness and rainy -catV,or mnnv rjunils were out of j school here last week. Since "Dad" Hartman has named the various mail routes of Wapinitia Plains, we do not want to neglect the hub of the wheel, we therefore wish to rename Wapinitia, "Hollywood." When James P. Abbott, Jr. drove his Dodge car into Wapinitia last Saturday with a quartet of neighbors In the ballast, the roar it made and berg place Storm Depredation The recent storm proveu uinv en geneering on our highway routes in blistering dry summers by (non-resident) transient engineers, is very short of providing adequate drain- ge for the periodical storms and flood that may occur, and winter J In 1907 and 1921 we had as high water as now. Local men of reliable standing advised with these en-' gineers, telling them of the floods, i but it did not soak in any better than the flood waters soaked In. At , places streams overflowed the high way 30 feet wide and 3 feet deep, j $5,000.00 damage to highway grades i in Sunday's rain and that would have more than financed proper drainage, i Twin and triple culverts were in stalled at point where a foot bridge 1 would hnvo cost less, or not enough more to be of any objection. The culverts run $2.50 to $1.00 per lineal foot. Head walls etc, extra and now bridges must go in to avoid recurrence of the higgway damage. This time of the year all the en gineering an engineer would need is i sense enough to scratch an itchy i;iot, and a pair c . hip b uts to sco arere and hov. big to mak- clra-rs. As it is the und.-i i'"! highway grade fmms a sh?.r wall thtt Virces the uncontrolled floods over fields, foil ing wells, carrying away fences wood and inundating property gen erally, above that which would nor mally result New Auto Park Chas. Cox has sol some land to his brother, Jess Cox, adjoining the Pinegrove auto park, owned by Ben and Frank Richardson. The auto park is taking shape by the erection of a store building where parts, soft drinks, Ise cream, candy, cigars and road information may be had. A filling station where gas, oil, tires, j tubes, my be had, also is part of the (tutu yai n jjiuiia. j, nwivnj v v ia benches, wood water, oak and pine grove shade makes the auto park lo cation not only attractive as the first and last chanch for Cascade auto torists, but a nice picnic ground for local auto parties, Sunday school, church and lodgo ontings. A gen eral outing invitation call , will be given to Southern Wasco peoples as soon as the woods tire fit and the nrW U fitted for service. It will bo a handy place for wood crews to visit Arrangements arc considered to enlarge the scouo of the park t include a division or department to accommodate packers, herders, for est rangers and sheep bunds enroute to the mountain. Fishing, hunting and motoring in formation will be furnished covering the Mt Hood White River sections, If the venture justifies the outlay Southern Wasco county will soon have a pleasure spot for every out door occasion where sunshine, shade, fresh water and handy fuel are at hand. Located at Pino CI rove where the forest and plain meet. Look for the highway sign. CRANDALL UNDERTAKING COMPANY "QUIET SERVICE" Tke Dalle., Ore. Po.. M-J LADY ASSISTANTS OREGON NEWS NOTES Enterprise; Trninlond of 4,000 fed lambs shipped to market. Klamath Falls Host water supply for years gives promise of good graz ing and crops. , Corvallia American Legion plans to build temple here. Lane county lamb flocks show an Increase of 100 per cent or better, Vale Work to begin at once on federal reclamation project, with $270,000 available for Warm Spring drainage unit. Cochran Wheeler's Eagle mill nt Wcstimbcr reopens with two rhifts, to employ 650 men. Clackamas county fruit growers will build new cannery at Carver. Milton Frocwnter cherry grow ers' pool last year jmil $301,000. pAPEOW ' WW. IM tMf M. C.U P SatWlactloa SHOta1 ORDERS Aw Time "RY OUR SUNDAY CHICKEN DINNERS ct CrMfB. Cold Drlaka sad 9rkmf Good Tim. Sck.duL No. 1. No. 28, 19M THE DALLES-MAUPIN STAGE LINE Dependable Service Batwsaa ' i uaiuurv i wo lutiu mint wil add 65 acres to their mint fields this year. Burns here. -$175,000 hotel to be built Klamath Falls City recorder is sues 10 building permits in one day. Condon State will il 22 miles of John Day highway this year, The Dalles City votes $15,000 bonds for free site for state tuber culosis hospital. i ' This modern age puts Camels first THIS age tried Camels and placed them first And it was no half-way verdict. Never in the history of smoking was a cigarette given a leadership like Camel has today. To find why Camels arc the favorite, just try them. You will find the perfect fragrance and taste of choice tobaccos, rarely blended. You will experience a mellow mildness that gives endless cigarette enjoyment! For the choice of the modern age "Have a Camel!' C192?, R.J. Rwnoldi Tobo Cmputy, Winitoa-SilMB, M. l. assswHHi aaaBTr What you know won't hurt you, but people get tired of listening to It THE BANK HOTEL The on place in The Dalle to make tha rancher and out-of town fellow (eel at home. 1 Maupia. Rd Down Rd t'P A. M. P. M. 9:30 Lv. THE DALLES Ar. 3.10 10:20 DUFUR i40 11:05 TYCH VALLEY liSS lli30Af. MAUPIN L. ItW assssassawp R O. W. R. T. Tha Dallas to Dufur $1.00 $140 Th. Dallas to Trih $2 00 $3.0 Tha Dalle to M.upin .....$2.80 $4.80 Connections at Bank Hotal, la Ths Dallas for Portland, Pandiataa i t NOTICE Modern Equipment Courteoo Trta meat and Careful Drivars CHAS. BROWN Manaew Stage Depot at Reiabow Rettaaraat s& Harmony Hicks Maupin's Premier Orchestra Will Give a Big TRAVEL BY STAGE DAN Suite 18-16 Vo(t Block TeUpone 111-W Dr. Fred H. Pageler OPTOMETRIST Strictly Optical ttoLAKHUE OPTICAL CO. 7U EaUas, Oragoa at Legion Hall on the Evening of Saturday March Your Watch Haywire? If it ia not doine its work bring it to The Times office and Mr. Seinmes will send it to GUY A. POUND MBttutaetuTlnft Jeweler , bumI Watchmaker buccMMor to 1. Llndqulst THE DASJuKB - ORKGON WE RN MARK SHOE STORE Shoes and Repairing Come out and shake off the lethargy which has accumu lated during the past three Weeks. TicKets $1.00 Wasco County's Exclusive Shoe Store Shoes for the Whole Family . General Repairing Tho Dalles, Ore. WAPINITIA I. O. O. F. meet3 every Saturday night in Lodge No. 209, Maupin, Oregon, I. O. O. F. hall. Visiting mem. bers always welcome. O. J. RENICK, N. G. E. R. RICHMOND Sec jr. Read TL. times for the rswi.