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When they come a fishin
They come to Maupin on the
icRchutcs river.
MAUPIN
HPTlMil
With highways and ail
roacw you can reach any
place from Maupin.
Vol. XIII
Maupin, South Wasco County, Thursday, June 23, 1927.
Number 33
Maupin Camp Ground Is
Modern and Convenient
II. R. Kaiser Elected
as School Director
Much Loved Teacher
Dies In Washington
Stubble Jumper's Too Much
for Tygh Valley Ball Team
Will Begin Fourth Year of Service
A Director Has Worked for .
' Beit Interest of District
Mrs. Leone Deeg Called by Death at
Hoquiam, Washington Taught
' Here Year Ago
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Of all the automobllo camp
grounds on The Dallci-Califomla
highway Maupin hut onoof tbe beat,
If nut tht boit, that of 0. J. Wllliarni'
on tho EaHt ildo. That ground it
tho finished product of architect
tural design and wu constructed
with an eye to affording all tho com
forts to tourists and fishermen com
ing to Maupin or panning through.
The grounds consistcs of several
lots, formerly occupied by tho resi
dence and garden of W, II. Williams.
Last summer his son, John, con
ceived the camp site idea and at
once proceeded to put that Idea into
actual form. The residence of his
father was moved to the rear end
of the ground, an old building de
molished, water and sewer pipes
laid, cabins erected and toilets in
stalled. A new service station,
store room end living quarters was
erected, as also were six commo
dious cabin These latter are
equlpted with electris lights and
cooking plates, beds, tables and
stools. They are well lighted with
plenty of window and make neat
dirseences for those who patronize
the grounds.
In addition to the cabins Mr.
Walllims has built toilets and a
large community kitchen building.
The toilets are fitted with tho latest
In accessories, have concrete floors
and are large enough to contain bath
tubs, etc. The kitchen hi, auiiplied
with large ranges, tables and
benches, and are the service of all
patrons.
The service station Is supplied
with gus pump, oi I tanks, and
shelves, which are loaded with auto
accessories. Adjoining and
nected with the station Is a
Monday was school election day
and a fair number of franchise hold
ers attended the election, which was
held in the High school building. But
one director and clerk was to be
con-1 chosen and for the first named po-
ntat ! sltlon there were two nominees 0,
store room, which is presided over
by Mrs. Williams. Her stock con
sists of all good demanded by tour
ists -confectionery, cigars and to-
tobacco. An ice box has been in
stalled and she enjoys a fast grow
ing trade, not alone among travelers
but among the East and Wert side j
peoplo. Included in this Dui'Cing
is a fine shower bath, where those i
who desire may enjoy the pleasure
of washing off the dust o ftravel at
their will.
Mr. Williams has set out a number
of trees, with the Idea of ultimately
having additional shade. The place
B. Derthick and II. R. Kaiser. The
latter won the plum, jie having 25
votes cast In his favor, while his op
ponent had but six friends who
championed his election. Ceorge
TilloUon was re-elected to the office
of school clerk, he having no ppposl
tion, although three scattering votes
were cast,
A letter, which . caused many
pangs of regret and sympathy wa
received by Mrs. J. F. Kramer lat
week, telling of the illness and death
of Mrs. Leone Deeg, former teacher
in the Maupin schools, which occur
red at a hospital in Hoquiam, Wash
ington, May 11. The letter was
from decedent's "daughter.
M?. Deeg, whojiad been teach
ing !ri the schools at Moclip, Wash
ington, was taken with a bilifUR at-
Well, the agony is over. The Mau
pin Stubble Jumpers are undisputed
champions of this part of the coun
try, cinching the title by a win over
the fast Tygh Valley team on the
local grounds last Sunday, the score
befng 7-6. ,
Tygh went to bat first and suc
ceeded in acumulating a goose egg,
that score was duplicated in the next
tack, but as she had had aeveral suchjtwo time !"p' b,ut ,n the fo"rthT' by
t, . L4 - j i a combination of errors on the Jum-
isciuic fiu lmuukiil vi uaiiKri won ...
s natrf ' mi st it Ha i htf i ntaeiaasi
given to it. Her condition gradually
took on a more serious aspect and
Mrs. H. F. Bothwcll, who has been she was taken to the hospital, where
a member of the school board for the physicians diagnosed her ailment
past two years, will begin her third
year as chairman of tho board, the
other member being T. B. Slushcr,
elected last year.
Laying personal feelings aside
already has a number of troes large The Times will say that Mr. Kaiser
enough to afford considerable shel-,h been one of the most valuable
ter from the sun's' rays, and when ""hoI directors ever to hold office
the new trees get large there will be district He has at all times
.,,.,! nffioint. fnr ll narU of the I neglected his own business in favor
ground.
Since the completion of the water
system on the East side, that part
is now connected with Maupln's
sprlngX receiving water direct from
the south spring, and this is piped
to the camp ground. Mr. Williams
received his license from the State
Board of Health the first of May,
and hi grounds have been deelared
sanitary and fit for the, patronage
of the public.
REASONS WHY NESTUCCA
BE CLOSED AGAINST WETS
TEACHERS CHOSEN FOR
NEXT YEAR SCHOOLS
One Referendum Measure of Vital
Interest to Sportsmen Trout
Stream for Fishermen
A fe reasons in condensed form
why the voters of the state of Ore
gon should vote 322 X yes, "I voto
for the proposed law" at tho special
election June 28, 1927, on tho Nes
tucca river closing bill:
Nestucca belongs to entire State
' more valuable for recreational
stream than for.net fishing acces
sible to people of northweitern part
of State more accessible with th
completion of Roosevelt 111,-fhway.
Outdoor life one of State's most
valuable assets. Everyone in state
profits when thousands f people
come to' fish. s
Nestucca one -of greatest tovist
attractions. Chinooks in spring and
summer, Silversidcs in fall, Stuel
heads In, late fall and winter,. Trout
at all seasons open year round for
ten miles or more.
"Southern Oregon recognize a val
ue of Rogue. One . party (Zano
Grey) "spent $1,500 in Granti Tass
in 192$,Malne values Its recreation
al resources at $00,000,000 annual
ly Colorado and Michigan ' $100,-
000,000 annually , each Cal ifornla
.California values her tourist traffic
'at $400,000,000 annually.
Net fishermen will utterly destroy
stream for recreational atid com
mercial purposes as well. '
""Catch is growing' less 100,000
less in'lD26 than year before.
Cnnnry built when filth plentflul
now rotting on shore of Nestucca
Bay vicrw in disuse. 1
Keep nets out of smaller coast
streams and never falling run of fish
from sea will keep tl.em supj lied for
all time, providing u.i attraction that
will afford sport for Oregon r5H
dents and lure thousands from out
side. In no other state or county ia net
fishing permitted in Btrfaras of this
size. . ' ,
Only a handfull. of iwst fishermen
affected by closing. ;
Entire state interested in main
taining it as a sportsm an's i trcam. '
People cross continent to fish in
Willamette 1
. People cross Atlani ,1c to fish in
Rogue.
Abolish net fishing and Nestucca
will be Just as fam ous.
Farmers and residents of Tilla
mook county espe cially profit by net
abolishment.
Oregon spend' mg thirteen million
to build Roosevelt Highway.
Costs state more to enforce law
s'than it obtains from poundage fees"
and licenses-less than $3,000.
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Five of Last Year Civen Contracts
, Two New Facet Will Be Seen
la Maupin Schools
at jaundice aggravated by , gall
bladder trouble. She gradually
grew worse and she died on the data
above mentioned.
Her husband visited her on the
day before she died and she seemed
cheerful and gaining in health.
When she was taken with a relapse
her daughter, Mrs. Lena Deeg Yea
ger, residing at Omaha, Nebraska,
of that of the district; has carefully was telegraphed for, and that lady
. ii L. l.i,j dij to i..
The. school board has chosen
teachers for the coming school year.
Those Who will serve in such capa
tfos are: J. A, Nagcl, principal;
Catherine Ejiright, assistant princi
pal; Marjorie Tillotson, High school;
Miss Dorthy Harris, first and second
grades; Mrs. Maude Joynt, 3rd and
4th grades; Mrs. Lucile Cantrell,
6th and 6th grades; Eugene Fergu
son, 7th and Wh grades. The pat
rons of the Flanagan school .have
signified a desire to have a lady
teacher in that school, therefore tho
present contract-holder, J. R. How
ard will seek a transfer to some
other school.
scrutinized all expenditures and his
advice has been sought and usually
accepted by the other members of
the board. Through his efforts the
school grounds have been beautified,
a lawn planted, and he personally
supervises its watering. He was in
strumental in having rose bushes
planted as a border to the lawn and
watches all matters connected with
his position , as he would his own.
' Mr. Kaiser has been careful in tho
choice of teachers, making sure each
one employed was competent and
had that knack of injecting person
ality into his or her work, to the end
that perfect harmony might prevail
in the schools. That he will continue
his interest in school matters goes
without saying.
arrived in Portland 18 hours after
her mother bad paased away.
Funeral services were held over
the remains at Hoquiam, after which
the body was taken to Indiana and
laid beside other relatives who had
preceded her.
SHOW AT LEGION HAJ-L SUN.
"The
Street of : Forgotten
Next Attraction.
Men"
BROUCHT THEIR BABY
HOME
Little
PORTLAND DRUGGIST TAKES
SHOT AT MORO PILL MAKER
Bullet Enters Back of Head and
Came Out Under Jaw Assail
ant Placed Under Arrest '
The above story was clipped, from
the Maupin Monitor of 13 years ago
next week. We have many old
copies of that journal and the fol
lowing is told in the issuo of June
28, 1913: v
"R. D. Jackson, proprietor oi the
Moro pharmacy, was Bhot about 4:30
Thursday afternoon by a man who
arrived from Rortland on the train
about half an hour before the shoot
ing. -
"Jackson was in Himes' confec
tionery store playing solo when the
stranger came in and spoke to him,
each calling the other by first name.
Jackson turned around and resumed
his playing and the ntranger shot
him in the back of the bead, the bul
let coming, out under the jaw pierc
ing the juglar vein. Jackson was
placed on the pool table and attend
ed by Dr. Nason. While the wound
is very Berious, Jackson was some
better this, Friday morning.
. "The stranger gave' his name as
Esterbrooks and is a druggist He
tried to kill himself after the shoot
. . .
jng., I he Btranger was arrestca and
placed in the county jail."
Miss Fralcy, Recentx Arrival,
i New Maupin Resident.
Ben Fralcy and wife went to The
Dalles Monday and when they re
turned were accompanied by their
new baby, born at a hospital at he
county seat about two months ago.
The little Miss was rather small at
birth, weighing but three pounds,
and was left at the hospital for a
process of incubation. She thrived
there and was so far advanced in
her life that physicians sanctioned
her removal to her parents', home
in Maupin. At present the new
comer tips the scales at six pounHs
and ig'as cute as a wax doll.
Manger Krrfmer announces an
other motion picture show at Le
gion hall on the evening1 of Sunday,
June 20, at which time "The Street
of Forgotten Men" will be shown.
Thb is a Paramount production,
filmed by the famous Lasky players.
The leads are portrayed by Percy
Marmont, Neil Hamiliton and Mary
Brian, characters who have national
reputation for working none but
the Jest stories. Prices will be 25
cents and 50 cents. Come early and
get seats, as the show will sjtart
sooner than formerly. ;
ball, succeeded in getting five run
ners over the plate. From then on
the game, so far as Tygh was con
cerned, was a' succession of naughts.
Maupin opened with the first two
up being retired by Chastain. Tlren
Daoughton gathered a nice little
single went to second on 'an error
by Brittain, advanced to third oif a
steal and came home when Cha:itain
fumbled Ray Crabtree's scratch. '
The Jumpers were blanked in the
next three frames, but got one over
in the fifth, another in the sixtu end
two more in the seventh. I their
last time at bat the eighth inning,
Art Morris and Ernest Confer made
the rounds marking up two more
end winning the game.
McCorkle retired in favor of Art
;'is in the fifth, and froni then
en Tygh was duck soup for ti lo
cals. Art's whip seemed to have a
new cracker, and the way he shot
them over for strikes was a caution.
He ctmck out seven men in the last
four innings, made a couple of as
sists drove out a two-bagger ' and
brought in two tallies all by his lone
some. x' ".' .'
Jach Chastain was there with the
goods for Tygh. That boy surely
knows his baseball onions. During
Tygh center fielder, who made a
fine one-handed catch of Confer's
long center hit in the fourth frame,
He distinguished himself again In
the sixth by catching Ray Crabtree's
hard-hit fly while his mitt was flat
on the ground and then doubling
Confer at second.
, The game, while exciting at times,
really did not give the fans an op
portunity to judge which team was
the better, at any rate those who at
tended got their money's worth.
Quite a crowd was out for the game.
The detailed box score follows:
Maupin R H O A
Bonney, ss ...4
Nye, cf ..4
Doughton, rf 4
Morris, lf-p ...4
Confer, 3b , 4
R. Crabtree,
Fraley, lb..
Miller, e ...
McCorkle, p ...
Eubanks, If,.
2b..
v 35 4
Tygh Valley B H
Jack Chastain, p. ........ .4
Malone, 2b . 4 0
Joe Chastain, lb... ....4 1
Brittain 3b .........4 0
C. Norval, ss 4 1
Muller, If .... ...4 0
W. Norval e. 3 0
Padgett cf 3 0
Wood, rf ..........i....'....2 0
tKistner, rf 1 t
1
1
1
0
0
4
10
11
0
0
27
O
0
3
4
0
2
1
10
3
1
0
3
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
7
A
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
MAUPIN BOY HAS GOOD GRADE
Donald Locke Completes His
Grades In Four Years' Time
Eight
33 3 24 7
Batted for McCorkle in 5th.
fBatted for Wood in 5th.
Score by innings
Maupin 1 0 0 0 1 12 2 7
Tyjrh 00050000 05
Summary: Struck out by McCor-
the game he made 10 Jumpers take !kle 3r by Jack Chastain 10; by Mor-
their Beats on strike outs; but was
weak with the slugger. He has a
deceptive curve, a good mixed pace,
and his under hand ball is one of the
hardest extant to judge.
Perhaps the outstanding feature of
the game was the work of Padgett,
ris 6.' Two base hits Art ilorris, C
Norval. Double plays, Padgett to
Malone, Raymond Crabtree to Fra
ley. Hit by pitched Jball, Confer by
Chastain. Passed ball, Miller.
Umpires, George Morris and Burn
GETTING READY FOR THE
MODERN CONVENIENCES
FOURTH OF JULY DOINGS BANISH DRUDGERY HABITS
STUBBLE JUMPERS WILL MEET
WORTHY FOE NEXT SUNDAY
Bond Hareware Company Team To
Be Here Said to Be Best in
Bend Twilight League
The Maupin Stubble Jumpers will
have their work cut-out for them
next Sunday when thev meet th
J fast Bend Hardware company team.
That aggregation is said to be the
best of several teams making up the
Twilight League of the big town up
the river, and promise to muke our
huskies get in and dig if they ex
pect to win the game.
Donald Locke, a former Maupin
boy, has grauated from the Eighth
grade of one of the Portland schools,
being the only student out of a class
of 71 who completed his grades in
four ' years. Donald began his
studies in the Maupin schools, and
his advancement will be a source of
satisfaction to his former teachers
and schoolmates here. Donald ex
pects to enter Benson Polytechnic
school in September.
Daily Flying StunU By Portland
Aviator In Lincoln Special
Arranged For ,
Labor-Saving Devices Reccmmeaded
As Means of Breaking Away
From Life-Time Practices
Sale Well Attended.
. The auction sale of farm imple
ments., livestock and household
goods at the Geo. Burnside ranch,
and put on by Ed. Mathews last
Saturday afternoon, was well at
tended. Not all the articles listed
were placed on sale, but those that
were went at good prices. Mr.
Mathews will take over the holding
and dairy stock of Mark Stuart liv
ing on the old Bonney ranch in Tygh
Valley, about September first
Clarence Tlyler has just con
cluded nulling off a successful race
moof r.rosa VhIIpv and is now i
.1 l. W MV X. www - - - J . f
j. : Li. t.,U .ifmiinii tn (ha hicriOI
Fourth of July celebration, which
he will sponsor at the grounds or
the Southern Wasco County Fair
association, Tygh Valley. The dates
of the celebration have been set for
the third and fourth. Besides the
many other attractions promised at
the ground are daily flying stunts
by L. M. Lloyd, a Portland aviator,
who drives a Lincoln Special, the
same type machine in wich Colonel
Lindbergh negotiated his recent trip
to Europe. Mr. Boyd is well known
as "a fearless flyer and promises to
equal stunts of anyone else, at the
Fourth of July celebration. . AlaKe
arrangenitr.ts to attend both days.
RtSi 7Qi -IB Of
Sun. June 26
Another Electric Storm.
A brilliant electric storm visited
this section Tuesday night. About
9 :30 the lights went out and many
were of the opinion that the plant
had again been put out of commis
sion. But not so, for Cecil Wood
cock was on the job and shut the
plant down during the continuance
of the storm. Quite a heavy rain fell
during the night, and this was ac
companied by heavy thunder and
Vivid flashes of lightening.
Bend Hdw. Team
vs. Stubbie Jumpers
The visiting team is said to be the best in the Bend
Twilight League, which has ten teams as members.
The Stubble Jumpers are champions of, this section
and will do their best to cause the visitors to go
home defeated champions. Come out and witness
a real baseball game. Your presence will assist the
home boys in winning the game.
Aged Mother Visits Daughter.
Mrs. W. H. Williams is enjoying a
visit with her mother, Mrs. M. A.
Celmmens, who came up from her
Portland home with her granddaugh
ter, Mrs. Oliver Resh, and husband
American housewives adhere to
the drudgery habit,' according to
Mrs. John D. Sherman, president
the General Federation of Wo
men's Clubs, an organization that
is directing an intense campaign
to educate women to the utility and
labor-saving benefits of electrical
improvements of recent years. Mrs.
Sherman wants to know why 65
American home-makers out of
every 100 are still sweeping floors
with the back-breaking, dust-raising,
germ-cultivating broom, and
why 78 women out of 100 are
rubbing the family wash on the old.
washing board and straining at the
old-fashioned wringer when the
mechanical machine will do the
work better and release the home
maker to the care and companion
ship of her children.
"I am convinced," says Mrs.
; Sherman, "that in the great ma
jority of cases-the answer is the
habit of drudgery and in a chronic
failure to set up against the cost of
labor-reducing devices the saving,
the increased efficiency, the pro
tection of health and the contribu
te ' general weal of the
last week. Mrs. Clemmens is 89
years of age and is as sprightly and tion to
full of life as many a woman many family, all of which accrue from the
... ff.1. -i -! A Ml ..... ... At f
years ner junior, ine visitor wm . elimination oi aruagery oy me m-
remain in Maupin until after the
Fourth of July. '
Down From Nena.
John Fitzpatrtck was down from
his Mutton Mountain Sheep com
pany's sheep' ranch Monday. John
spends his time on the high tops with
the flockB and says his woollies are
doing as well -as they ever did on
that range. He will move to the
mountains about the 10th of July.
Gone To Forest Reserve.
. Jack Staats left Sunday morning
for the Lewis River station in the
Cowlitz forest reserve in Washing
ton. Jack will be employed as look
out and will also serve as fire patrol,
and expects1 to be gone until the end
of the season.
stallation
devices."
of efficient labor-saving
Adenoids and Tonsils Removed.
"While at Dufur this week Mrs.
John Morrow took her little son,
Darrell, to a physician, who removed
the little fellow's tonsils, also opera
ting for and removing adenoids from
the boy's face. Mrs. Morrow ex
pects to return to Maupin today.
Coquille Editor Calls.
H. A. Young, editor and publisher
of the Coquille Sentinel, was a wel
come caller at The Times office on
Tuesday. Mr. Young was on a trip .
from his home town around the "cir
cle," going to Klamath Falls and op
to Portland via The Dalles-California ,
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