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Thursday, June 2, 1927 TIIE MAUPIN TIMES Pajre YWt Hand Towels 10 each Sixc 15x26 inches Bath Towels each Size 21x41 inches R. E. Wilson Co. OUR GOODS ARE PRICED RIGHT THE FIRST TIME PERSONAL MENTION M. A. Roberts of Wamic wuh Maupin on business Tuesday. in W. E. Hunt was down from his sheep funn a tthort tune Tuesday. o f J. F. Kramer made a short busi ness visit to The Dallcti Tuesday af ternoon. H. A. Mitllor of Tygh Valley was in Maupin on business Tuesday morning. Floyd Richmond and Joe Kramer end wife attended the dance at An tdopi Saturday niirhth. the same time visit other relatives. Rev. Everett Haicn and wife made a short vinit with friends at Madras, going up the highway yes terday morning. W. G. Morris nad wife of The Dulles visited with the former's piy, Elmer and Wm. Brown brother, George L. Morris, and fami ly on Memorial Day. R. W. Richmond went to the Clar no oil field Tuesday, taking with him his wife and Mrs. II. E. Richmond and Prof, J. A. Nagle. Tommy Kingslcy rturned from his Portland trip last week and is now taking care of bachelor's hall at his ranch at Neno. Tuesday morning. He was called there by a telegram from his old employer, who desired Job's ser vices on construction work. Re. Wilson, wife, son and daugh ter went to Portland Saturday a m., going there In order to take part in the Memorial Day exercises. They returned to Maupin Tuesday after noon. Leonard Weberg and wife and his brother, Harry, went to The Dalles Tuesday. Leonard and wife return ed that evening but Hairy will go on to Portland where he will seek employment. -x Mrs. Lucile Cantrell left for Port land last Thursday and will visit with here sister there for a short time, going from the big city to Monmouth, where she will attend summer school. Clyde Williams, a druggist from Independence, was one of the fish ermen who whipped the stream Sun day. Mrs. Williams was a classmate of Dr. L 3. Stovall from '91 to'95, and visited with our pill compounder while here. "Dad" Griffin came over from lone yesterday morning and will re main long enough to pull a few of the large ones from the Deschutes. He was accompanied by his grand son, George Ritchie. ' Jack Morrow and wife ntertained ed the latters' parents, W. L Brown and wife of Dufur and Roy Wolfe and Wife of The Dalles on Memorial of the Many FUherman Hra Sunday. J A n.. ,., i . ti.... ... i 1a ' r 1 AJJ KVUSI IVUlIb bllCIV . U J cars parked in the neighborhood of the mouth of Bakeoven on Sunday. Seventy-five are reported as having been at Crooked River, and a like number made the trip to Jersey and ; South Junction. ! New CUrk at Shatluck.'. j A. Mr. Powers, from Corvallis be gan work at the Shattuck store yes-! tcrday morning. He will be used in all departments of the store. The j newcomer is a brother-in-law of; Ernest Troutman. one, of our leading sheep men. Oxo oooooooooooooooooxO o ELEVEN YEARS AGO o Oxo ooooooooooooooooo xO Chas Crofoot and family spent Sunday with the Bert Knighton j o family at White River. j OWm Weberg and wife went to o j Portland Saturday last While there F. D. Stuart and family spent t Mrs. Weberg was given tretments Miss Leona Ritchie is a guest from lone at the home of her aunt, Mrs. H. R. Kaiser, having arrived Tuesday. Momorinl day visiting with Mark Stuart and famil yat Tygh Valley. Esel Stovall went to Antelope Saturday night and played the drums In the Plyler orchestra at the dance. on J. W. Naglo will leave for Seattle this morning and expect) to spend the balance of his summer vacation In that city. Mrs. W, II. Staats accompanied Geo. Gill and wife as far as Dufur Monday, staying there a few days to visit her sons. L. V. Broughton and his father-in-law, Philip Goshaw, made a short business trip to The Dulles ycBtor day afternoon. by a The Dulles physician. F. C. Butler and wife and the letter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Morrow of White River, spent Sun day at Bear Creek, picnlcing. Bakeoven were also guests Morrow home that day. at Mrsw J. W. Nagel, came in from Molson, Washington, last Thursday and spent from then until Saturday with her husband. The lady went from here to Boise, Idaho, where she will visit with here sisters for a time. A. II. Gillis, seerctary-monnger of association, was in Maupin on bum ncs gyosterday Al's postoffice ud drcss is Waniic. Andrew Crabtree went to the Greene construction camp on the Wapinitia cut-off Monday evening, and will work there while the job lasts. Lester Crofoot has been in town since Saturday. He waa lately transferred from Cove Creek to Two Springs, where he is at work on the 0. W. section. Wool Crop Goes Big. Sheepmen who have completed shearing report a very satsifactory clip this season. Farghers sheared approximately 80,000 pounds of wool and Ernest Troutman, from a band of 1100 sheep sacked 11,000 pounds of the stuff clothes are sup posed to made of. Ernest's wool was shipped to Portland today and its sale will be handled by the Wool association. The shearers have fin ished the John Karlen clip and will soon go to Abbott's, where there are d raevseslothsuasnh thes are the tim sveral thousand sheep to Bhear. Then W. E. Hunt will entertain the shear ers while they are divestinj his sheep of their winter coats. From The Times June 2, 1916. Edgar Sylvester Pratt of Wamic, aged 26 years, died in an automobile ' while on his way to The Dalles, ort Tuesday evening. Death occurred near Dufur. Decedent had long been a resident of the Wamic section, go ing there with his parents when but a child. Airhart's work train has been at work this week filling in the cut at the old ferry landing near the 0. T. depot. The crew has widened the road sufficient for teams to turn around. .'.. Tuesday morning, while exca vating for the foundation of the new elevator, workmen unearthed the skeleton of a man, presumably that of an Indian. Since the warehouse j is situated on the sits of arly day skirmishes with Indians by Mr. Mau pin, the father of thi city, it is sup posed the rernaains represent all left of one of his enemies. Frank Gabel is shipping his wool clip this week. It amounts to 37,947 pounds. J. P. Abbott commenced hauling hia wool to town yesterday. The baseball game between Mau pin and Dufur last Sunday was a victory for the visitors, they winning by a score of 6-4. Actual construction work on the Now or. Display at Shattucks' 1 . New No. 8 Beering Harvester See this wonderful machine in action. Cuts and threshes in one operation. Saves grain, saves la bor, saves time. 'Once over All over' SHATTUCK BROTHERS LOCAL DISTRIBUTORS MAUPIN, OREGON in the contents of his purse. x I, ink Harpham came over from their Washington ranch to decorate the graves of some of hia departed relatives in the Kelly cemetery. Link says that Jimmy and "Buck" take to farm life like a Hoosier, but that fishing seems to occupy the greater part of their time. ! The residents of the Flanagan school district have recommended the election of 0. B. Derthick fs member of the school board of Dis trict No. 84. The choice is a good one and voters should bear the re commendation in mind when they go to the polls on June 20. The remarks of ,H. C. Roopar of Antelope may be apt and timely. He is an old resident of this section and knows whereof he speaks. Evident ly Herbert is a believer in the "red another column of The Times. If we are allowed to say so, it is our opinion that more money is sent to the mail order houses from Maupin than is spent with local mer chants. The heavy arrival of "Monkey-Ward" catalogues Monday com pels this thought. x What with a rodeo June 11th and 12th and a grand celebration there on July 4, the fair grounds at Tygh becomes a popular place. We won der whether thosa responsible for the agitation for a fair grounds at The Dalles ever gave thought to holding aught but fairs if they get the fair grounds there. Jarehouse elevator was begun Tues- flannel" idea for winter underwear, ay, three men with teams being at at least he advances some sound log ic regarding shedding such until summer is here. Read his letter in Mrs. John Foley and children left for San Fntncwlio, lust Thursday. Her daughter, Knthcrine, b attend ing school In the southern city and her mother goes to hoo her und nt Geo. McDonald with IVrt'ond friends, H. L. Stiks and v if anil No.r.iun Honh. spent Meir. ri-l Day at Knskella, securing a fair catch of rainbow trout. Georgo Gill and wife came up from Portland Saturday and spent Sunday with Mrs. Gill's mother, Mrs. Mrs. W. II. Stoats. They returned home Monday morning. Mike VanLaancn came in form Salem Saturday and returnde Mon day, takink his wife and little daugh ter, who have been visiting here for some time, home with him. Job Crabtree went to Portland Repeating Trout At Hatchery. A. B. Smith of the Oak Springs fish hatchery informs The Times that since the first of May up to the first of June he had released 250, 000 rainbow trout from the holding pens at the hatchery. There are still 500,000 trout in the pens, and these will be released at intervals between now and the first of October. Andy expects about 750,000 eggs before long, and these will be taken care of and the hatch, held until large enough to take care of itself. work. . ' Monday evening Mr. Peterson of th eQ T.., hooked a dolly varden trout which weighed 1 1 pounds. The first graduation exercises of the Wapinitia schools occurred last Friday evening, about 100 people be- big present. The program was car ried out in the church, which was beautifully decorated for the oc casion. i WAPLMSTA L 0. 0. F. Lodge No. 209, Maupin, Oregon meets every Saturday night in I. 0. 0. F. halL Visiting members always welcome. 0. F. RENICK, N. G. E. R. RICHMOND sec y. Ooo oooooooooooooooo oo 0 0 PICKED UP ABOUT TOWN o OoooooooooooooooooooO BIG ROUNDUP AT Tygh Valley Fair Grounds JUNE 11 and 12 x , There Will be Steer Rid ing, Horse Races Chariot and Roman Race, Wild HorfJe Race, and many othe r Events, i EVERtETT WILSON, MANAGER Highway Work Progressing. Work on the Antelope-Clarno con nection is progressing in a most sa tisfactory manner. About three miles have been graded and con nection is progressing, in a most sat isfactory manner. About three tractors are rushing ahead as fast as possible. A rock chushcr has been set up and soon will be crush- ling gravel for top surfacing the road. The strip under construction covers a length of about 17 miles. On Their Way to N. D. J. G. Kramer and family are on their way to their old home in North Dakota. A letter to their son, J. II. Kramer of Maupin, writ ten from Eutto, Montana, states the family was making the trip in find shape and , that all ' were enjoying themselves to the limit. Erected International Combine. Bates Shattuck has been exer cising his ; mechanical attributes several days lately by erecting an International combine. The ma chine has been purchased by Clif for Allen, 'who will use it in the ap proaching harvest. Connected With Poison Oak. Estel Stovall is a pretty sick boy these days. Last Friday ho went to the river and rubbed against poiuon oak, with the result that he was con fined to his bed for a few duys the first of the week. Expert picture developing. 6x7 enlargement free with each .50 cents' worth of work at the Maupin Drug Store. i Dr. Stovall says that the ratron age accorded baseball games in Mau- j pin is such that he is disposed to withhold scheduling more games. The attendance l ist Sunday was cer tainly discouraging, while the. game was well worth the viewing by all our people. x Cldye T. Bonney is not one to lie l around waiting for something to j turn up. He has just co'nfluded a . most successful school, year, and will go to the forest on June 6, where he will be employed until the first of September in road and other work. . The local gas war has ended, each of the dealers striving for that trade having signed an agreement to con form to the prevailing general sell ing price of that commodity which causes car wheels to turn. At that one dealer has set a price of 23 cents per gallon for gas. I 3C If one should judge of the popu larity of the Deschutes as a fishing stream he would say that our fam ous river was known from one end of tho country to the other. Last Sunday there were at least 200 ang lers whipping the waters of the De schutes in the vicinity of Maupin. Luck was against them, as but very few average catches were made. Morris Greene is preparing to be gin work on the Wapinitia cut-off. He says that getting his gear in shape for the road campaign is about as costly as purchasing a new outfit, and that a big hole is knocked in the profits when, the repairs , are paid for. ,- ' x . ' The follow who, tried to light a ci gar while driving up the Maupin grade and who lost control of his car in so doing, had better take heed and hereafter do his smoking while .on the ground, or else sitop the auto when he wants to smoke. His at tempt on Saturday proved disas-. trous to the car and also made a hole Fair Ground Pavil'n SATURDAY, JUNE 4i Dane and Show This dance is the third of the Diamond Ring ser ies and will be one of the best of season. Music by Plyler's Orchestra -X I Rin-Tin-Tin the Wonder Dog in Tracked j Snow Country The film off eringj depicts the famous Rin-Tiri-Tin in an absolutely tow role and the story carries all to the land of the. frozen north, where men are men and where the Royal Monted Police hold full sway and yield absolute power. Shaw .starts promptly at 8:00 o'clock p .m. Admission to Show L.20 cents and 40 cents "7 Crandall Undertaking Co. -QUIET SERVICE- The Dalles, Oregon. Phone 33-J -LADY ASSISTANTS- DRIVE IN AND DO YOUR OWN WORK AT THE MAUPIN GARAGE Tools, and Help if Needed You can; do your own work. We will furnish the tools and charge only a minimum amount for floor space. Help furnished if you need it on your work. B.D.FRALEY PI