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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1927)
MAUP1I When they come a fishin' They come to Maupin on the Deschutes River. place from Maupin. Yolxiii Maupin, South Wasco County, Thursday, Sepember 29, 1927 Number 47 COMMUNITY SEV CLGB ORUANIZED Object U le Help Wherever Needed Charter Membership of Nine Officer are Name J What It to known u the Com munity Sewing- Club wu organizod at a meeting held at the residence of Mr. and Mr, John Confer yesterday afUrnoon. Nine Joined aa charter member, they being, Meidamea L C. Henneghan, Jamee Chalmers, Job Crabtree, J. W. Temple, Alvia Mar tin, Frank Dyer, L. S. Stovall, John Confer and C. W. Semmes. The fol lowing were choien a officers: Mrs. Chalmers President. Mrs. Dyer Vlce-Prenident Mrs. Semmes Secretary-Treasurer. The object of the new organization is stated to aid in every way possi ble those unable to help themselves, to sew articles which will be offered for sale, the proceeds to be devoted to tho benefit of the wholo commun ity. A number of ladles have signified a willingness to Join with those al ready members of the organization, at the next meeting, which will be hold n Thursday, October 13. Meet ings will be held each second and fourth Thursday of each month. Hit by Road Truck. Pete Conroy figured in an auto collision on the cut-off road last Saturday night, in which he sus tained a severe cut over hit left ye, while his car wu somewhat twisted. Pete had been at the Sam Brown ranch, where he has a band of sheep feeding. He was on his way to his other sheep camp when he met a road truck coming down the hill near the Hcdln mill. The lights of the truck were glaring and Pete was blinded thereby. He at tempted to drive to the side of the road, but the truck came on too fast, the impact thrwing Mr. Conroy roy under the steering wheel, his; head striking the rim and badly cutting his eye and rendering him unconscious for a timet He wu taken back to the Brown ranch, where first aid was applied, and the victim recovered sufficiently to go on to the other camp. Che v Wrecked Again. Last Thursday while at The Dalles, Floyd Richmond figured in a colli sion, which partially wrecked his dan's Chevrolet car. Floyd was driving on one of the main through fares of that city and when at an intersection was hit by a car com ing down a hill. It is said Floyd wan not aware of traffic rules and that the other car, while on the right hand side of the road, was within its rights. The Chev. sus tained a broken top and other in juries. That was the second time Richmond's car wan bunged up, the first time being hit while on the Cow canyon and had the top ruined and other part broken. Exhibiting at SUte Fair. Cunty Agent, C. W. Daigh, with Mrs. Frank Simons, chaperone, and six Wasco county club members left yesterday for Saem, where they club workers will take part in the state fair. The members going . were Alice Gesh, Rachel Kortege, James Slusher, Theodore Kirch, and Harrjj' Rutherford, all livestock members evcept Rutheitford. who took along an exhibit of . garden vegetables. ' Dr. Short on Vi.it, , Dr. W. A. Short will leavu for Wa mic today and after a short visit will go on to Cascadia and from there to j the Willamette Valley for ' a stay with friends. When he has conclud ed his visit there he will return to Maupin and open dental parlors in the rear room of the Maupin Drug Store. Dr. Short will install new 1 equipment and make his pa rlors up to date in every particular. Homo From County Seat. Jack Morrow and family ; return ed from The Dalles Tucsdt? iy even ing. Jack had been then ) taking medical treatment, and now says he feels better than for some ti me past, which is good news to hit i many friends. " ' :4 WEDNESDAY INTER-STATE FAIR AT PRINEVILLE NEXT WEEK Will Opes With Greater Show Than Ever Pioneer Collection to Feature Exposition Prineville's big fair will be held on October 6-6-7-8 this year, and promises to be better than any yet hold there. The displays of agri cultural products, school exhibits, livestock showing, coupled with a big rodeo attraction and band con certs, will make this fair more in structive and entertaining than ever. We suggest that all Maupin peoplo who can attend the Interstate fair at Prinevllle. seeing. 'Twill be worth the HOOTCH, HUGGING, HASTE These Three Caus 75 per Cent of Motor Accidents Safety-first slogans have been adopted by the slate highway depart ment of Ohio in an ctftrt to reduce motor accidents. lh thus "II V Hootch, Hugging Hute cause 75 per cent of the motor accidents. Some of the slogans are: (1) Don't try to scare locomo tives with your horn. (2) A road hog roots up macad am with his nose. (3) Our roads are wide and smooth don't try to burn them up. (4) Death is so permanent take a minute or two at those dan gerous railway crossings. 6) Tragedy in seven words: Speed lncreaaes, breath ceases, rest In pieces. (6) Horse sense u well u horse power should enter Into the opera tion of motor vehicles. (7) Live to ride another day by obeying sign they mean what they say. (8) Drive with carfe you may meet a fool. (9) A reckless driver it a crim inal (10) Keep your hands on the wheel let your girl hug herself. Harry Rutherford Winner. Harry Rutherford of Criterion won first ribbon on his showing of Netted Gem potatoes at the state fair at Salem. Harry entered in the open class and the judges were un animous regarding the super-excellence of his showing. Harry has been a consistent winner at the Tygh Valley fair, and now that he has won over all open competition speaks well for his ability u a grower of spudsa Tolly another for southern Wasco county. Shady Brook Dance. Saturday night will see the sea son's opening of the Shady Brook community hall. On that date the Shady Brookers will hold one of their well known and popular dances, at which the best music obtainable will be on hand. These dances have always been (enjoyable affairs and lit n . . i Ll me one aaiea lor oaiuraay nigni, will be no exception. A big crowd is expected and arrangements have been made to give all attending a a good time. Going Hunting Again. Bates Shattuck has completed ar rangements for another hunting trip, this time in the vicinity of Summit Prairie. Bates spent a couple of weeks in the Blue moun tains, but the deer proved too elusiVe for Maupin's well known nimrod, so he will make a second attempt to get a big buck or two. He expects to leave tomorrow. Brought U Melon. Jesse Cox has our thanks for a pair of melons, a fine watermelon, the other a muskmelon. Both were ! fine specimens and speaks well forlLydia A stakeiy. Your words os Jess as a grower of that species of fruit. Fainter Esck en Job. Wilson nnd Miller, the painter?, having completed a round of fairs, are at work in Maupin again. They renovated the Hedin cottage and have just completed fixing over the Fraley residense, next L. C. Henna- ghan's. They have several other jobs in view. Wilson & Miller, as a firm, are good workmen and all painting and paper hanging entrust ed to them will be done right. Genuine Singer Sewing Machine oil. 25 cents a bottle at the Mau pin Drug Store. ' Read The Maupin Times-r Early County Pioneer Dies At Dufur Home Pionoor of Wapinitia Section Passe Away nt Home in Dufur oa Monday Evening ; William Brown for 28 years a resident of Wasco county, died at his home in Dufur Monday evening, liv- J ing to reach the age of 76 years. Decedent leaves a wife and ten children, the latter being Mrs. Flor-' ence Chutaln and Mrs. Hazel Mor- J row. Maunin: Mrs.5 Alice Mulkin, ! Dufur; Mrs. Mabel Wolfe, The I Dalles, and Mrs. Grace BabeL Grand 1 Island Nebraska. Five sons are num. ! bcred among the children, they being George and Fred, Tygh Valley; Will' iam A. and Elmer, Shaniko, and Charles, Riverside, California. Funeral services were held at Tygh Valley, with interment in the j Kelly cemetery on Wapinitia Plains, it being in charge of Zcll's, under- j takers of The Dalles. Rev. Everett j Hazen preached the funeral sermon. I Mr. Brown had many friends in j this section, where he resided for so many years. He was a man of ttronir character, yet withall of a . . ... i i kindly deposition ana none anew him but to admire and respect Th funeral was attended by a great number of friends from Mau pin, Tygh Valley, Dufur and Wapin iia. Many beautiful flowers were brought to place on his casket, which shovM the esteem in which the departed pioneer wu held by many friends. Want Football Came. The Tygh Valley High school has sent a challenge to the Maupin Hi, asking for a pair of football games, the first to be played here on Satur day, October 15, the second to be contested at Tygh the following Sat urday. Whether or not the challenge will be accepted is a matter of doubt j Choosss Antolope Man for Husband The local boys have not organized a . Liconto Istued Saturday team as yet, and it will take con- siderable practice to round "outaiM. Maud Hammer, daughter of team capable of playing a regular game. At that a game between the two teams would give considerable pleasure to football fans of the two communities, and we hope same may be arranged. "Dad" Coal in Dalle Hospital. An item, in The Dalles Chronicle of Tuesday conveys the imformation that P. A. (Dad) Coale, of this city, was admitted to The Dalles hpspital on Monday. Dad has not been him self for some time, but just what his ailment is that necessitated hos pital treatment, we have not as yet learned. Indian Bring In Wheat. Alex Tohit a Simnasho Indian, not to be outdone by his white breth ren, brought in two large loads of wheat to tho flour mill Monday. , xicx is one Indian who believes in ! . . . . . ... making his acres produce a living for his family. The wheat he brot in eraded number one. and will be made into flour here. Baching at 0. A. C. In a letter to his father, Harry T. Lewis, his son Robert, who is at tending 0. A. C, taking an elec trical enginering course, the lad states that he, with Freddie Shearer, has rented a furnished room and that the two will bach during the school voni . CARD OF THANKS nrioli Hrnllo-l thi medium, to extend our heartfelt thanks to all V VII. u u v... ...v . . those who so kindly ministered to the ,ag(. day. of and during the illne,8 of our departed mother and sister, Mrs. sympathy after her death did much to alleviate the sting of her going, and tho beautiful flowers brought to the funeral spoke of loving hearts and a will to do good. Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Meiser, Erull Stakely, -C. L. Tllltoson, F. D. Tillotson and Family. MaJa A 'Reeord Prof. Nagle has established a re- cord as a rapid fisherman. Saturday in company with The Times man, the professor went to the river and in one hole in exactly seven minutes had caught nine fine redsides. Beat that if you can, you fishermen. and Get All the News Wasco's Health Good, Says the State Board Bat Two Cases Contagion Diseases 1st County Seventy-Two Cases of Infantile Paralysis - The health of Wasco county peo- pie is above par, according to the reports made to the state board qi health by our physicians. Two cases of contagious diseases were re- ported for the week ending Septem- ber 24, they being one each of mumos and smalloux. The state board of health reports ' 72 cuea of infantile paralysis in the state for the time mentioned, math county reporting nine of such cases. Deschutes couty reports live of spinal meningitis, while infantile ! paralysis is reported in five cases . from Jackson county. Other states report an increase in number of the latter disease, but measures taken to isolate such cases in Oregon have contributed to keep a spread of the ailment to a certain area. As a further means of preventing a spread of the disease the state board suggests that children should nf Ka allowed in pome in contact .. t with sich persns, wneiner h oe sauiis . or children who are 111. 1 ; HERRLINC LEAVES CRITERION Ha Disposed of Holding and Stock To Live at Cottage Croro Ben Herrling has sold his ranch and stock to Harry Skinner and on Tuesday with his family left for Cottage Grove, where he will reside. Ben will be missed by many people hereabouts, as he had many friends who will regret he has decided to leave this section. MRS. MAUD HAMMER MARRIED Jos. Riggles of Wapniitia, and James Leroy Miller, an Antelope man, were issued a license by the county clerk last Saturday to be married. Mrs. Hammer is well known hereabouts, having live! nearly all her life on Wapinitia Plains. She was formerly the wife of Bert Hammer, who di vorced her early in the year. , Charge Not Proven. Charley Pierce was charged by N. G. Hedin with having taken water from a ditch which traverses the Pierce ranch, unlawfully. The grand jury investigated the charge and decided that Pierce was not guilty, therefore failed to bring a true bill against him. Money In Alfalfa. J. S. Brown and Harry T. Lewis do not pin their faith in wheat as a money-making crop. Rather they be- J Heve that alfalfa fed to hogs pro- j duces more com of the realm than 1 four times the acreage in wheat. They have harvested two crops and are making ready to cut a third time. They have a fine bunch of cattle and many hogs, all fattening, ready for the fall market, each one having been given a chance to taKe on nesn by feeding in the alfalfa fields. j - Some Grippa in Town. i Maupin has several cases of la- grippe this weeK. James maimers was compelled to close his black smith shop and remain at home sev eral days recently. Mrs. 0. P. We- bcrg was confined to her bed a few days the first of the week, while there are others who are complain- ing of feelin(? aU in. witn aching bones anrd a feeling overcoming them. of lassitude Odd Fellows Elect At a recent meeting of the Wap initia Odd Fellowa lodge an flection of officers took place. L. C. Mc Corkle was chosen Noble Grand, James Chalmers, Vice Grand, and R. E. Elehmond reelected as secretary. The lodge is growing, each meeting the membership being added to bj new initiates. 1 At Sheep Camp. V Art. Fargher has been in the mountains several days lately, going up to attend to moving the Fargher sheep herds down to 'he home range. He toent up again Tuesday and when he returns will have tlie sheep with him. ITEMS FROM NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT Oat as Feed For Da'ry Cow Fall ing Matocrit Cause Fire in the Walla WalU Ccsorro Cats make a splendid feed for dairy cows if they are ground and properly mixed with other concent rates. They are about ta high in dl- gestable crude protein as wheat bran. They should be mixed with j other feeds, such as corn, wheat bran, and cottonseed meal. : ! A flaming meteorite, 25 pounds in .weight, is reputed to have caused a recent forest fire in the Walla Walla ecticn c? the Umatilla National ; Kla-forest in Oregon. The meteorite, j " e report w mo rr "f" tu wee 20 feet from the ground and lodged c-, - l 1. f no ; . a in c swmp. Zl.cc-. Coming Out. Sheep have begun to come out of V A m ftnri(!tn aairaont nnrn am e1 ... . , . .. . . ready having brought their flocks . down to the home ranges. Pete Conroy and the Mutton Mountain Sheep company have their flocks out, while the Abbotts have one band out and others coming. It is said that f . A A A A A t 1 1 - . o nAiiT v i 1 1 1 1 1 1 noon nova aivaaiw V- I .v,vw ..v " r,veu on ,ower ieveia anQ lu oine" will follow as fast aa they can. Mado Southern Trip. W. W. Richmond and son, Ralph, returned from a trip which took them to Lakeview and into Cali fornia, last Friday. They went down that way in search of work, but were disapointed in their quest, as nearly all millB there are shut down, and no other work in sight Many Pupils, Ono Teacher. Miss Flossie Overman has one of the largest schools in this section of Wasco county. At the Pine Grove i 1 vr: ... !.,. 11 Kuuub miss vTciumu wwuci j , , . . , I grades and has an enrollment of 26 i pupils. Jerome Buxan a Visitor. Jerome Buzan, one of the original settlers on Bakeoven, came up from the Willamette Valley the last of last week and remained several days visiting with relatives .and old-time . friends. Some Husky Melon. . ' Jess Cx is ranching at Shady Brook. Among other things he raises melons. They are some mel ons, at that He brought one in Monday which measured two feet in length ani weighed 40 pounds. Jess also brought in a musk melon which weighed nine pounds. Besides these Mr. Cox has tomatoes vines loaaea nary 24,1857. At the age of 22 heavUy with fruit, a large patch of j 8he WM nited in marrjage with Ga ground cherries and other fruits. briel Cannon Stakely. Five childretv He had corn wheh reached ten feet ! were born t(J thtm 0f whom two are toward the sky and bore ears about j lMng three having preceded their one fot iri lentf.h Mr. Cos pur chased the II. M. Bnrnum place next the Shady Brook hill and sayj this e? ' s one of t . st priiific in the west Homo From the Mountain. The hunting party made up of L. C. Henneghan, J. W. Temple and Gordon Metteer, with their wives, came home the latter part of last week, but minus and deer. ; They hunted m the vicinity of Black canyon in the Blue mountains. Be fore returning to Maupin Gordon and wife visited a time at the Met- teer home at Fossil. ; Woodsido Auction. Louis Woodside wall hold an auction sale of personal property at I the R. B. Driver ranch, three miles north of, Wapintia, on Saturday, October 8, at which time he will sell liveatock, produce, poultry, farm im - plements, household goods and many other articles. F. C Butler will act as ' auctioneer and F. D. Stuart will cry the sale. More Deer Hunter. Joe Kramer and Authur Morris were in the Prineville country after deer They left last Friday morn ing and hunted in. the mountains back of the metropolis of sonthern esteru Oregon. After-Ticc? Cutler. Ben Ault was in town , Monday after a crew to cut timber. Ben has a contract to supply timber for the Vancouver vceneer factory and will cut the trees on his tract near Pine Grove. The logs will be cut into 50 and 60-inch lengths and shipped 1 from Maupin. Y IS MAKING BIG GIFT Arithmeti and Art Mia in Corson Offer Read Advertisement on Another Pago of Time An adv. carried In this paper last week for the Corson Musio House of The Dalles is repeated thia week with a few minor changes. That ad.' calls for all to exercise their OUMN CAMPAIGN Mc. The music house la of mathematical genius, coupled vrith fering some grand prizes for solu tion of the puzzle, which is explain ed in the ad. They call for any ar rangement whereby nine spaces art' to be filled with figures totaling 33. reading crss-wise, up and down and diagonally. The central figure la ' "11," and with that finding the ' ... . numbers which go to make up tho total should be an easy matter for school students. The artistic piont is to illustrate and bring out the full meaning of the well known old song, "Home, gweet Home, Thia may be mad ' by a drawing, sketch or anything that will bring out what home really, means, A picture, which also must cntain the solution of the puzzle. The prizes include a grand piano, six tube radio, portable phonograph, set of silverware, piano lanfn, and ft banjo ukulele. In cue of a tie there will be a duplication of prizes. The solutions sent in will be judged by three prominent people of The Dalles and the winners will be noti fied. Solve the puzzle in an artis tic manner u you can and mail . same to the Corson Music House, The Dalles, Oregon. Tour chance is as good u any and you stand to . - , . e.-. win one of the prizes given. Start . , . , . , . inilin aM.nif rKel TWIT1 IO stiff today in solving the puzzle and drawing your conception of "Home, Sweet Home." WIFE JOINS HUSBAND AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS But Two , Week EIape Betweom Deaths of Husband and Wife- Laid Beside Husband "Death loves a shining mark." Thia wu proven lut Friday when Mm Lydia A. Stakely wu called to join her husband across the dark river, he having preceded her but two weeks. ' Lydia A. (Tillotson) Stakely wai bonr near Mt Vernon, Missouri, Feb- parents to that place where all ia happiness. , Sickness caused the Stakelys to leave Missouri, they going to Colorado, later moving to Oregon. Twenty-seven years ago they came to the Wamie country and made their, homes there until death called. Mrs. Stakely had reached the age of 70 years 6 months and 30 days. The children who are left to mourn her passing are Bessie Meiser of Con nell, Washington, and Erull Stakely of Seattle. Three brothers, Charles Tillotson, of Woodland, California; Frank Tillotson, of Tygh Valley, and George Tillotson, of Mt Vernon, Missouri, are also left in grief at her death. Mrs. Stakley wu converted before she had reached the age of 20 years and wu a consistent mem ber of the Christian church all her life. She also was a member of the Women of Woodcraft She was kind sweet temnered ladv. always unself- , ish and Belf.MCrificing. Had she not had the if 0f others ever ln mind gha mil.ht gtm be weii an(i strong, with many years of useful ness before her. She is resting In peace and it can well be said of her she hath done what she could. Home From the Reservation. Jack Staats, who spent tho past summer at the Cowlitz Pass, Wash ington, ranger station, came in cn Monday morning's stage. Jack seems to have taken care of him self, a", ho is fat and as brown as an Indian. He will return there next April, having been given a more responsible position. ; Before he goes to Portland, near which city he wil take care of a 40-acre tract during the winter, Jack will atage a deer hunt in the mountain.