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Vol. XIII
Maupin, South Wasco County, Thursday, April 14, 1927.
No. 23
iL. a lLi . a land jta
Postoffice Is Pilfered
Postoffice Entered and Parcel Pott
Packages Taken Juveniles Are
Thought to Be Guilty Partial
SOFT CONCRETE WALKED ON
New Floor In Tillotion Garage Play
Cround For Mischievous iCida.
The Maupin postoffice was entered
lomctlme Wednesday night and sev
eral parcel post packages taken from
the shelf In front of tho delivery win
dow. The thievery was evidently the
Work of a youngster. "
When Postmaster Turner opened
the office this mornlnir he noticed a
C. 0. D. tog on the floor of the lob
by. Knowing thut such a tog- hud n
right to be there, he investigated,
going over the packages on hund to
find out just what been purloined.
Among the thing abstracted won a
wotch which hod been sent to Ceo.
Claymler'and a package of auto
parts coniiigned to J. F. Kramer.
End of Y7a7NayBy
Tygh Valley School
End of Yaar Tjrgh Valley School
Comedy Dated For May 7.
The end of the year school play
to be staged by the Tygh Valley stu
dent will bo "A Polr of Sixes." This
is a play which Mlxs Elliott, able di
rector of hlstronics at tho Tygh
school, took part while at college,
and one which has been a laugh pro
ducer wherever staged. Prof. Clyde
Bonncy writes The Times that he ex
pects this pluy to be "the crowning
achelvement of tho year," and when
Prof. Bonney says thut well, we'll
take It for granted that Tib knows
whereof he speaks.
The thief evidently hud Inserted
his hand through a large mall box,
one such being located near the par
cel pout shelf, and had gotten hold
of the packages and then had drawn ;
them through tho box. j
Mr, Tumor has a well grounded
suspicion as to who the culprit Is I
and he expects to bring tho theft !
home to him before long.
Vandal Injure Floor.
Someone with no senso of the
rights of others entered the new TII
lotison gurugo building last night and
proceeded to walk on the newly laid
concrete floor. Whoever it was did
not stop with leaving footprints, but
dug many holes in the floor covering,
necessitating going over a large part
of the floor with concrete In order to
obliterate the marks.
Children have been seen pluylng
around the building lute in the even
ing and it is supposed they were the
ones who would rather leave their
footprints on tho concrete thun on
the "minds of time."
Paralytic Stroke Takes
Maupin Man's Father
Paralytic Stroke Carries Off Father
. of Maupin Retido.it
Stanton Beeks, aged 62 years, was
called by death Monday rooming,
the final summonsh cominf at 11:00
o'clock, he dying at the home of his
son, Ernest Beeks, in this city.
Mr. Beeks was born In Iowa March
1C, 18G6. His residence was at Ar
lington, he coming over to Maupin in
Lucky Escape When Car
Turns Over on Highway
Dalles Man and Wife Narrowly Avoid
Serious Hurts in Tipover
A. C. Crowthcr and wife narrowly
escaped serious Injury if not death in
an auto accident near the T. B.
Slusher ranch on the upper highway
yesterday morning. Mr. and Mrs.
Crowther were on their way to Bend
and when opposite the ranch the
rear right wheel pf their Chevrolet
anticipation of the opening of the j broke nm the hub. The car was
fishing season. Last Thursday he running at a fair speed and when the
FAILED TO SUPPORT HIS CHILD
was taken with a mild stroke and
these, at long intervals, continued
until Sunday morning, when they be
came more frequent. From 6 a. m.
that day until he died Mr. Beeks
suffered CI distinct shocks, dying as
a result at the time above mentioned.
The body was taken to Arlington
by the Crandall Undertaking com
pany and the funeral was held there
today (Thursday.)
Decedent leaves two sons, Ernest
Becks of Muupln, and Perry Beeks,
living at Condon.'
W,
L. Wood Arretted at Marshfield
-Charged With Non-Support
Will Take Over Csrtge.
Ben Fraley is making arrangmcnts
to take over the conduct of the Mau
pin garage and he will enter into
possession of samo on May 1. Ben
owns that institution and conducted
it for a number of years. He also
will continue as manager of the
Rainbow cafe, which he haa mndo in
to ono of the most modern eating
places on the highway.
The following from last week's
Optimist concerns a man known to
many in this section:
A state wide search for W. L.
Wood, former resident of Wapini
tin, indicted by tho lust grand jury
for failure to support his female
child under ago of 18, ended Sunday
night when he was arrested at
Mar.jlifield, Oregon. Sheriff Levi
Chrinman received a telegram from
the chief of police at Marshfield in
forming him that tho fugitive was
being held in the city jail. Wood
was brought buck to The Dalles
Tuesday by Chrisman. He was first
traced to Eugene, where Chrisman
attempted to have him arrested. In
answer to a call there the Eugene
authorities told Chisman that if he
wanted to get his man he had better
get in Immediate touch with Marsh
field.
A dute for arraignment has not
been set.
Fishing tackle the kind that gets
the fish, at the Maupin Drug Store.
We can furnish you with fishing
licenses.
w'uel let go turned completely
around and tipped over in the ditch.
Mr. Crowther called to his wife to
get out and when she attempted to
do so was caught in the tipover,
thrown on top of some baggage at
the rear. She was pinned there and
when Mr. Crowthcr extricated him
self tried to help her from her posi
tion. Not being able to accomplish
that he took an axe from the camp
ing equipage and cut the overbow at
the rear, releasing his wife.
The Maupin garage was called and
went to the scene in a service car,
towing the wrecked auto to Maupin.
Necessary repairs were made and
this afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Crow
ther continued on their way to Bend.
NOTES FROM MAUPIN SCHOOLS
MAUPIN AND WAMIC WILL MIX
Baieballists of Two Places Will Try
Conclusions at Maupin
Back on the Job.
Mrs. B. F. Turner is back as chef
at the Rainbow restaurant after a
short layoff caused by an attack ol
rheumatism. Mrs. Turner is an ex
pert in her line, and all those who
partake of her vinnds nrc loud In
praise or the excellent, manner
which they are prepared.
in
AID SUPPER WENT OVER BIG
More Than ISO People Patronise
Ladies' Church Spread Saturday
Maupin is up and about when it
comes to baseball, and to show that
the "Stubble Bumpers" have improv
ed since being defeated by Tygh Val
ley by a score of 9-1, our players will
tackle the fast Wamic bunch and ex
pect to emerge with the big end of
the score. The game will be played
in Maupin and a good crowd should
greet the first gume of the season on
the home groundn. Admission is 20
RECEIVES HIS BOARD PATENT
:
A. Lincoln Hartman Granted Letters
Patent on invention
Thursday afternoon and Friday
morning were given over to the pre
liminary track contests. The school
was divided into two fractions, the
Maggies and the Jigges. The First,
Third, Fifth and Eighth grades and
the Freshman and the Seniors in the
high school made up the Jiggs party.
The remaining grade were Maggies,
The Maggies won by a score of 120
to 99. The school however is firmly
united again and is ready to enter
the track meet as winners next Sat
urday at Tygh Valley. It not only
plans on entering with "flying col
ors" but on leaving there Saturday
evening with the same feeling. There
is more than bravado in this spirit,
for many of the winners in last
week's trial do more than well
enough to be winners at Tygh Val
ley. The events and places in first
second and third order follows:
31 ass B. Boy?
50-yard dash, Bill Slusher, Ivan
Donaldson.
100-yard dash, Bill Slusher, Chas.
Bothwell.
Throw, Orville Addington, Wen
dell Lindley,
Hgh jump.'Orvlle Addngton, Bill!
Slusher, Charles Bothwell.
Broad jump, Orville Addington,
Ivan Donaldson.
Class A Boys
A. Lincoln Hartman recently re
ceived information 1 from the U. S.
patent office to the effect that he
had been granted letters patent on
an ironing board invented by him.
Lincoln made application for the
patent April 19, 1923, and the mat
ter has been pending ever since that
time. There seemed to be some
doubt regarding certain features of
the board, but as this has been clear
220 yard dash, Kenneth Snodgrass
Estil Stovall.
Class C Boys
60-yard dash, Jim Slusher, Theo
dore Kirsch, Douglas Bothwell.
Broad jump, Bonney Duus, Theo
dore Kirsch, Herbert Kramer.
Throw, Laco Greene, Theodore
Kirsch, Jim Slusher.
Gasa A Girls
50-yard dash, Merle Snodgrass,
Doris Bonney, Alien Greene.
Class B Girls
60-yard dash, Ada Knighten,
Mable Weberg, Betty Slusher.
Class C Girls
60-yard dash, Genevieve Allen,
Margaret Appling, Jean Renick.
50-yard dash, Melvin Ashley,
Franklin Renick, Ernie Confer.
Cirl's 50-yard dash, Alice, Marie,
Katherine.
Mr. McCorkle haa finished the
May poles for the festival to be given
by the six lower grades May 7. The
operetta which is to be given at that
time has been chosen. It is "A Day
in Flowerdom." The music is catchy
and festive, and the story has to do
with the family of Mamma and Papa
Jacque Rose in their flower garden.
The children of these grades will be
delighted with the operetta and in
turn the) parents will enjoy it. Flag
100-yard dash Jean Crabtree, c g part of lhe
gram.
and 35 cents, which will be used to . d "P our inventor has been granted
meet expenses. Let everyone who the right to the exclusive manuf ac
likes th national nnKtim turn out ture of the improved household im-
likes the national pastime turn out
and root for Maupin to win.
Didn't Like to Wait.
A rancher from Fossil came to the
Kramer garage yesterday . morning
with a plow share he wanted welded.
Joe asked him why he didn't send to
Sears Roebuck & Co. for a new one.
The rancher replied, "I'm in a hurry
to finish plowing and can't wait for
a new share, therefore want this one
welded." Another argument for
trading at home.
plemtnt.
Lambing About Over.
Nearly all the sheepmen of this
section have gotten through lambing
operations and as soon as the in
crease has ben marked the flocks
will be turned out on the range. In
nearly every instance there has been
a good average increase, the lambs
being strong and showing great vi
tality, which speaks for large flocks.
880-vard dash. Earl Greene. Clar
ence Hunt. ' I Arbor Day was observed at the
Pole Vault, Stanley Woods, An- Hi&h cho1 Friday afternoon. Af-
drew Crabtree, Jim Appling. ter a 8nort assembly, the studenta
Discus, Stanley Woods, Lawrence and visitors planted the rose bushes
Knighten, Elton Snodgrass.' &veD to the chol by the school
Mile run, Earl Greene, Clarence board- If the crass and flowers
Hunt. igrow, the school grounds will make
Javelin. Stanler Wooda. Jesse a verT kood lowing. The school
Law-
Crabtree.
Shot Put, Jesse Crabtree,
rer.ee Knighten
Broad Jump, Kenneth Snodgrass,
appreciates this improvement.
April 29 has been set for the Sen
ior class play, "Esmeralda," which,
after a few rehearsals, is beginning
High jtitnp, Kenneth . Snodgrass, ( to get Into the shape of an enjoyable
Cyril Fraley, Estil Stovall. 'entertainment.
ORE. WINS T. B. CONVENTION
Defeats Five Rival. Will be
at Portland in 1928
Held
Should tho Ladies Aid of the U. B.
church ever decide to give another
supper it goes without saying they
will be liberully putronized, if tho
one given Saturday last stands as a
criterion.. More thnn 150 of Mau
pin's citizens lined up at the tables
and partook of one of the bpst meals
Went Through Bedrock. t over served in this city. The viands
. a ii ' 1.
Billy Hickman has been at work I "" i t'vorymmjr mat, apiwai
several days digging a cess pool at
the Rainbow restaurant. The various
stratas went through would have de
terred amost any other digger, but
Billy kept "pegging away" and went
through about three feet of huge
boulders before he struck gravel.
Will Manage Maupin Garage.
When Ben Fraley takes over the
Maupin garage on May 1, Earl Crab
tree will be placed in charge as
manager. Earl is well known and
popular with all our people, and un
der his management the Maupin
garage justly expect a continuation
of the fine patronage it now enjoys.
To Fix Store.
Mrs. L. Fischer is to have her
east-side store building repainted on
the inside and rearranged in antici
pation of the fishing parties that will
soon overrun the east side. C. E.
Ronrh, who hns been engaged in
brightening up other places of busi
ness in Maupin recently, will have
charge of the painting.
TYGH BASEBALLISTS WINNERS
to all appetites and were served with
a grace that in Itself won many
friends for the ladies responsible for
the spread.
Subdue Maupin and Take Measure of.
Antelope Team at Shaniko
Regulations For Hunting
Migratory Birds Changed
Amendments Affect Bag Limits
Seasons and Methods to Be Used
Oregon won over five other
states in the competition for the
1928 Conference of the National
Tuberculosis Assocation. A tele
gram to that effect from Mr. Frede.
rick D. -Hopkins, executive secretary
.4 iL. K?n-I awaI A nnnninfinn tar A a
lu" "TT r.u -7 " 1 culture Jardlne and approved by the
ceived Saturday at the office of the ; . , . . . ,
Oregon Tuberculosis Association in
Amended regulations under the
Federal migratory-bird treaty act,
which became effective at once, have
been adopted by Secretary of Agri-
Portland.
The Conference will be held in
Portland in the spring of 1928. The
exact date has not been set. Other
The Tygh baseball players are up
and doing, this season. Last Sunday
week they took laurels away from ' places contesting were Little Rock,
the Maupin "Stubble Bumpers" and Arkansas; El Paso, Texas; Michigan;
lest Sunday went to Shaniko, where Pinchurst, N. C; and Syracuse, N.
thev met and defeated the fast Ante- V
j , .
Marketed 111 Hogs.
Mark Stuart has made a cleanup of
his hog crop, having sold all but
three of his last year's raising to
Fifty Bird Shoot. Hustons of Tho Dalles. Mark de-
But three entrants took part in the livered 111 hogs of last years litters,
cloy pigeon shoot of the Maupin Gun receiving lltt cents per pound for the bag striking on his right should-
lope team.
A distressing accident befogged
the last game, one which will keep
Jim Kistner out of the running for
some time. Jim, who plays first base
for Tygh, was running over first
base. In some manner he fell over
This year the conference is to be
held in Indianapolis May 23-26 incisive.
club last Sunday. Jimmy Abbott
was high gun, as the folbwwir will
(how:
L. C.llenneghan ..35
Jimmy Abbott ....40
J. F. Kramer 24
them
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
On May 1, 1 will again take charge
of the Maupin garage. I will carry
everything needed by outoiRts gas,
greases, tires, tubes, accessories,'
etc. The repair department will bo
in charge of a competent mechanic
and I will endeavor to turn out tho
best work at a minimum cost. I will
welcome all my old customers as well
as new ones, and will accord them
Shipped Carload of Wheat.
Georget Morris "humped" himself
on Monday, loading a full car of
sacked wheat all by his lonesome.
While George is willing to have help
in the hard work connected with
loading wheat sacks into a car, still
when he finds it imposaibe to pro
cure assistance in that work, he is
willing to "buckle in" and do the
job himself.
Pioneer Association Meeting.
The old Wasco County Pioneer
osr.ociation will hold their 6th annual
reunion in the Civic auditorium at
The Dalles May 7th, 1927. Doors
will be open at 10 a. m. with the first
order of the day to be. the registra
tion of pioneers, followed by a ban
quet at noon and business session
and program immediately following
the banquet. -After the afternoon
session the Pioneers will bo invited
to participate in exercises to be held
at the Old Pioneer temetery. At
8:30 p. m. in the evening will be "ye
old fashioned dance."
er and suffering a fracture of the
collar bone.
Next Sunday Tygh baseballists
will tangle with Antelope on the
grounds at the race track and ex
pect to duplicate the score of last
Sunday, which stood 4-1 in favor of
the Valley boys.
Made Trip to Monmouth.
Coach Ferguson evidently in
tends to get all the mileage possible
Alma Fraley Very 111.
Little Alma Fraley was taken ill
Siturdoj- and was compelled to take
to her bed. Alma is suffering with
heart trouble, and this induces ner
vousness Her case is critical.
President. During the next hunting
season it will be unlawful to take
more than 4 woodcock a day (in
stead of 6 as formerly), and the only
! shorebirds that may be hunted dur
ing the seasons 1927 and 1928 are
jacksnipe and woodcock, a two-year
season now being prescribed for
greater and lesser yellowlegs. No
changes are made in existing regula
tions affecting the length of season
or size of bag limits on ducks and
geese.
The use of sinkboxes on inland
waters in prohibited, but on coastal
waters sinkboxes may be U3ed under
restrictions that provide that each
one must be at least 700 yards from
any shore, island, or other sinkbox.
The use of motorboats and airplanes
to drive and rally ducks to keep
them moving and thus provide better
shooting is prohibited under the new
Lecion Plry Postponed.
The comedy-drama, . "Tony the
hearsal for the past week or so, has ' regulations.
KOCn nnstnnneH until the comin fall. Local changes in the regulations
affect the dates of open seasons for
hunting wild fowl in northwestern
California and northern Idaho. In
northwestern California the season
is made October 1 to January 15, in-
Now Stags Schedule.
We call the attention of our read
ers to the new stage schedulo in this
im-.up of Thn Times. The twice a dav i shares Bharnened.
the same accommodations and terms 1 runs from The Dalles to Maupin will begin plowing his
Plowing For Rye.
Hugh Knight was in from Criter
ion yesterday to have some plow
Hugh intends to
summer fallow,
The reason therefor is that some of
the characters: were assumed by peo
ple living in the country and to get
to town to rehearsals worked a great
nnf' fit Vila TPnrrl nnnnp. TTardlv a Vo.l.V11'n nn tliom Annthpr reason
week end arrives but our popular ' is the lateness of the season, just stead of the later period of October
coach takes a trip to some far-off yhen everyone is busy with their 16 to January 81, thus conforming
place. Last week end was spent by crops and plowing for others. As with the season in southern Oregon,
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with friends.
Fire At Farghcr's.
The roof on a cabin at the
Fargher ranch caught fire Saturday,
causing considerable damage as the
the way rehearsals will be resumed lar. In" the five northern counties of
and be continued with a vigor in
order to put the play on in as ac-
Art ceptable maimer as possible.
as formerly.
B. D. FRALEY
begin tomorrow morning and will and will sow his acres to rye for the roof was entirely wrecked by
continue during the summer season, next crop. time the blaie was subdued.
the
Kemp's f'.ieep marking paint
bbek and red in gallon cans at the
Maupin Drug Store.
Idaho the season !3 also made earlier
to harmonize with that of Montana,
I as the two areas arc climatically
similar, the new season on wild fowl
there being September 10 to October
31 instead of the former October 1
; to January 15.
EVERYBODY SHOULD ATTEND THE BBG
I rack
Meet
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