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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1927)
When they come a fishin They tome to Maupin on the chutes rirer. MA TO TO With highways and aii roaas you can reach any place from Maupin. . VoLXIII Maupin, South Wasco County, Thursday, July 28, 1927. Number 38 Death Strikes and Takes Young Man From Earth PLAYING WITH MATCHES PRESAGES SERIOUS FIRE LAST OF CASCADE TRIBE Jinx Follows Linn & Son Fire Consumes Second Mill DIED AT AGENCY SATURDAY - I Fire Sticks ia Hand of Yoetn Dan gerous to Life and Property Parents Should For bid Use Indian Woman 85 Years of Ago and Last of Her Tribe Takes To I ' Tribal Comotary Sunday ii n i .ft -a. f M. Seldom hai th editor of The Timet been called upon to perform a harder taik than devolvei upon him this week. Ordinarily a death i taken as a matter of news and treat ed at such, hut when one of hit clou eiU friendi,' one of whom ' he haa had the greatest respect and real affection ia called upon to answer the final summons, the tank U a h ud one indeed. Clair Greene, eldest son and child of Mr. and Mra. H. M. Greene, wai summoned to his final home Friday last, and with hit going: gloom hiifc. been cast over a home otherwise the place of contentment and happiness. Clair had been ailing since last, fall, when he had his. teeth extracted. Shortly after that waa done, he seemed to decline in health, again seeming to be on the road to recov cry. The day before his death he was over town and said he was feel ing better than for some time past. Friday ht waa around the house and in the afternoon told his mother that he waa feeling weak. He laid down on a couch and his mother bathed his face if an effort to cool him' off. Suddenly blond gushed from his EUtt Sob of Mr. and Mr. H. Creone Suddenly Celled by the Crim Reaper' mouth and in a few minutes the spir- friends. -it of one of God's noblest children I Rufus Clair Greene was born in had been take to that place where Claremore, Oklahoma, February 27, all is peace. 1P08. He was the eldest child of Mr. Mr. Greene was in the mountains at the time and word was rushed to , him of the death of his son. At first he seemed to think itrwas the second boy, Earl, who was the victim, as he wat at work on the new road in the hills. In a perturbed frame of mind Mr. Greena hastened homeward, and while at the Richardson place at Pine Grove learned that It was Clair who had passed away. The funeral was held Sunday Af ternoon at the church, hat place be ig filled to capacity by many friends of the departed and his family. Rev. Hazen said words that should have LAST SECTION OF CUT-OFF GIVEN BAKER COMPANY Now Assembling Equipment and . Workers -30 Teams to Ba Em ployed Begin Work At Once The last contract for building the Waplnltia cut-off, that above Clear Lake, haa been awarded the Baker Construction Vompany and that firm has begun assembling equipment and ' getting men and teams ready for ' work. Baker & Co. will use 30 teams on their three-milo contract, which includes clearing and grading. Gott lelb Teschner went to tho road camp Monday morning with 10 horses, be longing to himself and Bert Ham mer. ' Joplin & Eldon, who have the con tract to clear and grade the stretch of road between Bear and Frog creeks havo engaged a new foreman on their job. Charles Turner, who was employed in a like capacity by Lyckman A Lewis last season, 1b tho man chosen as superintendent and he will have full charge of the two camps of the above named contrac tors. Hunt Near Accident. Last Thursday W. E. Hunt Was at his sheep camp on Clackamas lake He was riding a horse and the ani-j mal began to buck. ' Billy stayed with the horse for some distance, when he was thrown, his foot catch ing in a stirrup, ne was dragged several feet before he managed to get lose, but was dragged over utumpa' and "through brush. About nil the injury ho received waa a ulightly Bprained wrist. Mr. Hunt days it was a narrow escape from "death, one which does not care to have repeated. ' , Start on Auto Trip. Frank Stuart and family aro en joying a week's outing by taking an nuto trip. They left Maupin Sat urday last, going up The Dallen- California highway to Klamath Falls. Then. they hit the Pacific highkay, following the same to- Corvallis. From the college town they went to Newport. and expect to return via i the Lower Columbia highway from k 4 Astoria and then on our road home. had an effect on many who profess Christianity but who do not live up to their professions. He dwelt on the living offer of the Redeemer and told how faith, coupled with upright living waa the one thng necessary to effect a lessening of the sting ' of parting from those loved here on earth. , t The sermon was emphasized by the singing of a choir composed of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. StaaU, Mrs. Bothwell, Mrs. 0. P. Weberg, Mrs. J. II. Woodcock, Messrs. Dr. W. . A. Short and Dr. L. S. StovalL At the conclusion of the funeral exercises the mapr friends of the de parted young man were given a last opportunity to look upon the fea tures of him, who but a day before was seen on our streets, apparently gaining in health. When all had panned before the bier the casket was taken to the hearse and then on to the Kelly cemetery, being fol lowed by a cortege of 17 cars, each filled with friends. . The pall bearers were young men who had attended school with Clair, they being Elza Derthlck, James and Arthur Appling. Cyril Fraley, Floy J Ober, Estal Stoval and Jesse Crab tree. The casket was banked with beautiful flowers, tokens of the re gard in which the departed and his family were held by their many nn(j Mrs. H. M. Greene. He came to the far west with his parents in 1910, they settling at Chehalis, Washington. In the fall of the year his parents and family came to Was- co county, living for a time at The Dalles and then coming to Criterion. 'They lived there until 1919, when they moved to Maupin, where Clair went to school and where he was graduated in the class of 192S. Be sides his parents decedent leaves two brothers, Earl and Laco, and aix sisters, Mary, Aliene, Dorothy, Alice, May and Elenora, besides a host of friends and relatives. ii 'lit Back In Tho Storey Bill Staats ha not forgotten the ins and outs of the grocery business, although it has been .many years since he measured off calico and weighed out nails. During the ab sence of Bob Wilson at the coast Bill is filling in at the Wilson store with all of his old-time aplomb, whatever that may be. Home From Lake. ' ' John Confer and wifo returned from a 10-day outing at OUalie and Britenbush lakes last Saturday. While In the mountains they did not succeed in catching many fish but John says those they did pull from the waters were good size and very fine flavor. John will go up to Fits Patrick's sheep ranch one day this week and will try some favorite trout holes while there. ' Bought Chevrolet Truck. 0. B. Derthick and son, Elza, went to The DalleB Tuesday and when he returned Elza Derthick waa driving a new Chevrolet truck, purchased through the Richmond & Son agency bf this place. Nebraska Teacher Here. Miss Esttella Sawyer, an old school-mate of Mrs. ErneBt Confer, coming from Republican City, Ne braska, is a guest at the home of her friend on the Flat' Miss Sawyer will remain until time for her to return to her school duties in Nebraska. Cunningham On Vacation. George Cunningham and wife are on a two-weeks' vacation ,at pre?cnt being in the Willamette Valley. Be fore returning they will visit at Sea side and other coastal resorts. While George js away his job as foreman of the O. T. section at this place io being taken care of by Aaron Davis. WUconsin Lady Vlaita Maupin. Miss Stella Hendrickson, an old friend of the Broughton family from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, waa a ( visitor at the Broughton homo, last week. Miss HendnckBon, was mat ing a tour of the west and on Friday accompanied her hosts to the mou tains and indulged In a picnic ,et Bear Springs with them. Several young children have been caught recently playing with matches n vacant buildings. Last Friday a email eight-year-old boy was aeen in the Troutman barn and w&s lighting matches. One of them had been touched to a piece of bid rope and it waa burning fiercely when the boy was caught Parents should caution their children against carrying match and especially against lighting them around ' dry grass, old lumber, rags, etc. Mau pin had an experience last season, when the grass above the Cunning ham home was set on fire by boys playing at camping, and which might have resulted in a serious conflaga tion had it not been subdued POPULAR YOUNG COUPLE HITCHED FOR LIFETIME! Art Fargher and Miss Minnio Starr Join Ittuat and Begin Nw Life as Married Folk Are Fargher and'Mins Minnie Starr both of Maupin, went to The Dalles last Thursday, procured a marriage licence and then went to the Metho dist parsonage where they were joined in wedlock by the Rev. Ed wards of that church. Mr. and Mrs. Phil Ste.rr. parents of the bride, were witnesses to the ceremony, Miss Bes sie Starr, sister of Mrs. Fargher, al so being present. Immediately af ter the ceremony the newly weds went to Swim, which place is head quarters for the Fargher sheep pas ture, and the next morning left for' Seaside, where they enjoyed a brief honeymoon. It is their intention to remain at Swim for the summer, re turning to Maupin in the fall. The groom is the eon of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Fargher, a young man of many good qualities. He is well and favorably known to nearly all here as a man of good business at tributes, a hard worker fnd most pleasant young man. His bride is the eldest daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Phil Starr. Since coming to Mau pin she has made many friends, all of whom will hasten to congratulate her upon the step she has taken. The Times extends congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Art Fargher and kes their married life may be prolif; of much happiness. PAGE, LINE AND PARAGRAPH Onco i paper Week Service to New Outtide Large Cities Local production or timber en courages, local wood-using inditS' tries. General kinds of trees like the lo cust and aencias, build up poor soil through the nitrogen-gathering bac teria in the root nodules. A good quality of alfalfa or clov er is the best hay for growing calves. Calves should be taught to cat a lit tie hay at an early age. There i3 no practical advantage in adding water to the grain ration because of the large amount of sa liva and other digestive fluids se creted by a dairy cow. . ,(i One-fourth of the receipts from National Forests, in, in accordance with Federal law, returned yearly to tho counties where the forests are located, in Heu of taxes for road building and school development. In building a poultry house it in safe to allow about 4 square feet of floor space per bird. The lighter birds, such as Leghorns and Anco ims, usually require less floor spaet than Plymouth Rocks, Rhode Island Reds, and Wyandottes. Almost any green crop , can be made into i?ilgp. suceaefully. is the crop niont commonly wherever it can ho matured sorghtimn, such as amber orange cane, kafir, feterita, Corn used cunci milo, and Sudan grass, also make good sil age. In localities where the season is too cool or two short, sunflowers have been used. Other crops in clude pens and oats, pea vines, bect tops, rape, cane "tops, bect pulp, ppple pomace, Russian thistles and corn huahs from canning factories. Virginia Miller, an old Indian woman, who had reached the age ef 85 years, passed away at the Warm Springa agency last Saturday add her remains were taken to Cascade Locks Sunday morning by C H. It vin, Redmond undertaker. She was buried at the Locks in the cemetery contaning the bodies of many of her tribe. Mrs. Miller was the last mem ber of the Cascade tribe of Indians. She had been living with Warm Springs relatives and her death w!as caused by ailments attributed to her advanced years. : Spalding swimming suits, the best made and reasonably priced, at the Maupin Drug Store. OREGON CONGRESSMAN SEEKS DEATH IN FRISCO BAY Maurice E. Cumpacker, Deranged, Plunge Off Deck No Cau A aigned for Self Destruction Maurice E. Cumpacker, congress man from Oregon, sought and found death in the waters of San Francisco bay Sunday afternoon, dy ing shortly after being taken from the water. Mr. Cumpacker had accompanied Speaker Nicholas Longworth to the city on the bay. The evening before death he. was found. sitting on the step of the parish house of the St Marys cathedral. He was taken to hopital by a policeman, staying there until Sunday morning. He was released by the attending physician and later started to walk about town. He was joined by a San Francisco newspaper man and when the two had reached the dock at the foot of Larkin street Crumpacker exclaim ed, "It's a bad thing to do, but it's the only way-out," and immediately jumped from tm dock. - He was taken from the . 'water about 29 minutes later, still breath intr. but died shortly after. Funeral will be held tomorrow at Portland. Foundation Completed. The foundation of the new pow er plant at .Oak Springs was com pleted Monday and the work of erecting the building proper was be gun immediately. As soon as the building is completed the woxk of in stalling the machinery will be start ed and prosecuted to early com pletion. When that work is finished building the power line will be start ed, it being the intention to have the connection made early in the fall. Quality of Wheat Excellent. Wheat is coming to the two Mau pin warehouses rapidly at this time and it is expected th.it the working forces of both houses will be taxed (o the utmost in taking care of this year's crop before another week has passed. Most of the wheat brought in so far has been excellent quali ty, some of it weighing 62 pounds to the measured bushel. Contracted Wheat Hauling.. Richmond & Son have contracts already in hand for the hauling of about 15,000 bfchels of wheat from the fields to the Maupin warehouses; That firm expects to augument their haulage -by many thousand bushels before all the wheat is harvested. Here From Agency Plain. Mrs. Frank Stangland, daughter of Fhilin-Goshaw and sister of Mr L: V. Broughton, came over ' from Agency Plains last week and enjoy ed a picnic with, her relatives at Bear Springs last Friday, City Ticket Office For U. P. The Union Pacific system will op- en ils new city ticket office nt the re nt the corner of Broadway and Washing- Mrs. Clarfnco Ziggenhagen, and who ton streets, Portland, August lr.. .hns been a frequent visitor in Mau The new office, one of the most .pin, whs merried at pikima early in handsomely designed , and furnished, the month. Her marrisge was kept on the entire Pacific coast, comes aM for seme, time, but the fact .into cxistanoc to meet tho public de- and more convenient travel ttcrvicc. Under any plnn of feeding hogs, free access to' good, pure, water and a mineral mixture containing salt is necessary at all timea. , Don't forget Cenol Mosquito chaser when you go on a camping trip. . 35c at tho Maupin Drug Store. , Linn Saom Followed by Jias S.eond Mill Fir. Within Two WeokV Timo Monday night about 100 the Her.in sawmill, leased to and being prepared for operation by Ttv Linn & Son, was burned to the ground, en tailing lots estimated between 14, 000 and $5,000. That was the sec ond mill fire suffered by the Linos within a period f two weeks. Before going io bed Monday night A. B. Linn made an inspecton of con ditions around the mill. He found everything all right, so went to the creek, which flows near by and took bath. He returned to his cabin. undressed and went to bed. Shortly after retiring he was startled by something unknown, and upon aris ing saw flames issuing from that part of the mill containing the saw carriage ai.d circular saw. He hasti ly drew on his shoes and procured bucket and went to a watertrough after water. Before he could reach that part where he first saw the fire it was too hot for approach, so he had to retire. In a few minutes the whole structure ' waa a mass of flames, the mill and machinery be in; consumed and rendered useless. About two weeks ago the Linn mill near White river went Op in smoke ' from some undetermined cause. The Linns then leased the MISS OLIVE TURNER HAS , ; . FINE BIRTHDAY PARTY Daughter of Postmaster Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Her Birth ' t Many Friend Attend Tuesday was the 20th anniver sary of the birth of Miss Olive Turn er, and in honor, of. the event - shs gave a party to several of her inti mato friends,, Early , in the evening games Were played on "the" lawn, af ter which dancing waa indulged hi. At the conclusion, of the dance a fine luncheon was" 'served. ' When the luncheon was over Miss Olive opened the gifts brought her as mementos of the occasion; they being many and varied. ' . Those in attendance were; Misses Olive Turner, Winifred Kaiser, Helen, Lei a and Mabel Weberg, Fan nie and Edna , Derthick, Doris Kelly, Gladys Martin, Avis Crab tree, Vcrla Lewis, Alda Pugh, and the Mvssrs Jesse and Andrew Crabtrot," Cyril and Orville Fraley, Robert Lewis, and Mr." and Mrs, George Tillotson and Mr. and Mrs. James Chalmers. BEARS HERD SHEEP TO DEATH IN TRAP Frightened Band Jammed Into Apex of Triangle Formed By Two Huge Fallen Log, A band of sheep belonging to Mel vin Sigman of Dufur 1 Buffered a considerable loss on upper " Eight Mi!e range one day recently. While the bnnd was .feeding on a hillside two benrs appeared, and herded them into a triangle formed by two fallen logs The bruins cut off part of the band, and, the frightened woollies, forced into that natural rap, jammed there in a compact mass, causing 'a loss of between 75 and 100. Government Trapper E. T. Halbrook took after the maraud ers and succeeded in killing One and wounding the other. Dave Donald son of this place is herding sheep for Mr. Sigman and it may - have been one of his bands , which were attacked. . .,. , Well Known Lady ' Mxrr'ed. I Miss LaVelle Yeackel, sister of lenkrd ;put,nml fha lady is now rc- jfrjendn. Cot ll Quadruplet. Wni. Johnson of Wamic has cow that is a wonder. One day last ( school in Maupin and resided in thia week the bovine gave birth to four part until her marriage, when she perfectly developed and healthy went to Portland with her husband, calves and now Mr. Johnson is in- She was mother of two children, one quiring around for another cow to of whom died jn infancy. Mrs. Per help supply milk for the newcomers, fcina wa' bout 22 years of oge. . Hedin mill and were just about to complete repairs when it too, burned. They had run the mill for but one and one-half days. Truly a jinx seems to be following the Linns. Some time ago Tim Linn suffered a fractured jaw. Last win ter he fell down a cliff on White riv er,, breaking- his leg and ankle, and ' then he had to undergo an operation to relieve pressure on the broken jaw bone, his mill went up in smoko. and now comes the last, so far, of his trouble burning of another mill with which he was connected. .' There ia ho clue as to how the mill caught fire. If it is" the work of some one who seeks fire as m means of "getting even" for some fancied wrong, that person is laying himself ' liable to a long stretch in the pen for his wrongdoing. There are several reports circulating about the country regarding the origin of the two mill fires, and should either of them prove to be right some one is in for a heap of trouble himself. The Hedin Mill waa erected in its present location by W. A. Dane, who operated it for some time. Then it passed into the possession of N. G. Hedin, who leased it to several dif ferent parties, finally the Linns tak nig t on a lease and who were about to begin cutting timber. It con tained a circular and cut-off saw as well as a planing machine, bad was operated with a tractor engine. LOCAL MEN ELECTED ON CLARNO OIL CO. BSARO L. C Wilh.Im and R. W. Richmond Choea aa Director of Com pany el Friday's Meeting '. L C. Wilhdm and R. W. Rich mond stockholders in the , Clarno Basin Oil company, attended a meet ing of that company at Clarno last Friday, and in the election of of fi cers were chosen as directors Of the company. Others elected to admin ister to the affairs of the company were, H. W. Osborn, Portland, presi dent; N. H. Cottrell, Portland, vice- president; G. G. Kesling field man ager. '.:v;',.v i.; '"rj. . Messrs. Richmond and WUhelm brought samples of oil extracted from shale at the field back ' with them. The oil is a fine quality and smooth in texture. It Is the inten tion to sell more stock with which to provide a working capital." The money thus obtained is to be placed in escrow in a bank and is not to be used for other purposes than de velopment work. By so doing every dollar will easily be accounted for, and . worked checked up on as it proceeds. A peculiar feature of the Clar no basin is its similarity to the ' great oil fields at Coalinga, Califor- nia. The structures are the same, lay of land identical, shale deposits similar and oil produced same char acter. The Coalinga field is one of J the greatest oil producing areas in the world. In the Clarno Basin thousands of acres of land are under lease and several companies are pre paring to drill for oil there. Geolo gists who have examined the various sections of the oil producing coun try say they have no doubt but that oil tin paying quantities, will be struck at Clarno. They base their prophecies on the character of the shale, the general formation of the country and the general trend of oil strata. -7 . Drilling in the -well of the Basin company will be begun as soon aa sufficient money has been" sub scribed. ' FORMER MAUPIN WOMAN DIES Fern Myhew Perkin Panes Away Motidny at Portland Word was received in ' Maupin Monday morning telling of the death at that tim! of Mrs. Paul Perkins, better known here as Fern Msylipw. Death whs the renuft of tuberculoid . Mrs, Tcrkias was a sister of tho iMayhew boys of this placeLewis, J Polph and s Virgil Mayhew, and lived a her sever! years. She atended