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HAUfIN Always working for the best interests of Maupin and all of. Southern Wasco County. r ,;. ,.r. s ..,,. .-t . ,.,'fU to print. Caters to no particular class, but works for all. S'a Vol. XIV Maupin, South Wasco County, Thursday, November 24, 1927. Number 3 Harold T. Gable Killed In Collision West of Dalles Wild Driver Critkii D0 Auto KilU On and Injur Two N.r Tb D.II.i , Harold T. Gabel, a young man well known to people of thli section, and who at ont time attended school l Waplnitia while , hla father was operating a ranch on what it known at "Natural Meadowi," wu fatally injured on the Columbia highway lust Saturday morning, and his fath tr, Frank Gabel, and Ralph Stone .severely injured, their car having been run into by a driver of one of the Harkins - Transportation com pany's trucks.. Frank U. Oliver, driver of the truck, waa placed under arrest and will have an examination this week. Oliver la said to be the driver who figured in a pear collision with W. E. Hadley's car one day recently, and at the same place where the lasjt accident occurred. The Gabels and young Stone left The Dalles early Saturday morning, their destination being Portland, where they intended to witness a bootball game. They had reached a curve about sis miles west of The Dalles when they were overtaken by the truck driven by Oliver. Bohind his vehicle was a light truck driven by a Mosicr man, traveling at about 18 miles an hour. When the light truck was on tbo cum opposite the Tooley ranch, the Harkins truck swung out to the left niul attempted to pass, according to the account of the accident given by Frank Gabel. Harold Gabel's car was cuming from the east on his own side of the road, and seeing that a colli sion could not be avoided he applied his brakes. , The Harkins truck crashed into the side of- the passenger car and sent it through the guard fence, swung around the light truck, which had gone into the ditch in the mean time, and ended up on its side, ahead of both the passenger car and the Evans truck. Collapse of the steering gear of the passenger car when the vehicle was thrown into the fence is blamed by the elder Gabel for the injuries to his son which proved fatal, Harold died at the Mid-Columbia hospital about two and one-half hours after the crash. , The elder Gabel received a tvere scalp-wound and lacerations on his hands, in addition to the shock. Young Stone's left band was badly cut and mangled and it was feared today that he might lose the thumb of the Injured hand, as the bone was almost severed. Harold Gabel was born in The Dalles and attended the Waplnitia school for throe years, receiving his diploma at the end of his third year. He then took up the study of phar macy and after graduation entered the drug business with a druggist named Stone, under whom he was engaged at the time of his death. He was 81 years of age. LICENSE PLAN SHOULD BE FOLLOWED IN ORECON Deduction Mad According to Lifa of Car -Many Stat Havo Adopted Reduction Seal "Six states Colorado, Idaho, Mln nesota, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Wisconsin have a graduated down ward scale, according to the age of the car. Summarized, their regula tions are: Colorado, 80 per cent re duction after the fifth year and fifty per cent after the eighth year. Idaho : One dollar less for third year and one dollar for fourth yoar and after, or a maximum reduction of $2 per car. Minnesota: Ten per cent re duction each year to seven years. North Dakota: Ten per cent reduc tion after first year or second regis tration, 25 per cent on third regis tration; maximum reduction, 40 per cent. Oklahoma: Twenty per cent reduction on second registration, 20 per cent on third, 20 per cent on - fourth, 60 per cent maximum. Wis consin: After five years, 25 per cent reduction only. 4 VUltini at Hnnhan's. Joe Batty, brother of Mrs. L. ,'C. Henneghan, wife and little bob.; from Heppner, are guests at the Henne ghan home. The visitors win s pend Thanksgiving in Maupin. LICENSE AGITATION BRINGS OUT PERTINENT FACTS Different Bae Used in Levying Registration Fi on Private Panr Auto The recent agitation regarding a $3.00 license fee has brought a num ber of inquiries as to the various bases for taxation in different states. The Oregon State Motor associa tion states that there are 11 differ ent bases on which the 48 states as sess registration fees on private pes senger automobiles. , Seventeen states base the rates on horse power; fourteen states on the weight; seven states on horse power plus weight; one state on a flat rate per car; one state on the cost of the motor vehicle; one state on cubic inch displacement; one state on val ue; one state on selling price plus weight and horse power, and one state on the manufacturer's list FIREMEN WON'T DANCE AT ANNUAL AFFAIR Many Memehrt of Mind a Dane At Thi Tim Would Not B Profit bio Lion to Hav Dt It virtually has been decided to cal off the annual dunce to have been given by the Maupin Volunteer Fire department on December JO. Members have consulted together and it seems to be the consensus of opinion that to give a dance at the time set would not be productive of much coin. As the main reason for' giving an annual dance is to raise money to coyer the many items of the department, and owing to the fact that there is a regular schedule of dances arranged by the Ameri can Legion, for the firemen to give a hop at this time would not draw the attendance necessary to stimu late the treasury to any appreciable degree, thereforo the dance will not be held. TON AND HALF OF TURKEYS F. C. ButUr Markot Thanksgiving Bird For Flat Growers ananaaamaanBa) f Juniper Flat is noted or the quali ty of its wheat and the extra fine livestock it produces. But most people forget that the Flat la pro lific of milk, eggs and turkeys. Don &ogsdlll has been the champion turkey raiser of that section for several years, but this season he shares the honor with several others, namely, Art Gutzler, Dolph Goctjen, of T.vgh Valley, Mr. Vaughn of Oak Sprinita and some others. Last Fri day the men mentioned shipped one and one-half tons of prime turkey to Portland, F. C. , Butler taking them down. When the market' opened Saturday morning Butlers B Zumwait ftnd others spoke in fa load waa snapped up in jig time, the vor of incorporation and a lively turkeys bringing 42 cents per pound j dl8CUg8ion followed and finally wound lor tops, ana most oi inose in "'.up with nearly M in avor o the load went as me dcbi. PAY BACK BORROWED MONEY Loan To Student Sustain La Than Fortieth of 1 par Cant Los ,When money is loaned to a stu dent at 0. A. C. through the student loan fund committee, there Is less than 1 cance" in 4,000 that the money a vlll not be returned with the nomin- s 1 4 per cent Interest charged. A re p ort just issued by the committea sh ows that although total loans ag gravating $211,688.77 have been made since the fund was established in 1.911., losses have amounted to less than a forthieth of 1 per cent. For very dollar lost nearly "$12 have1 been accumulated In interest The ; logins are unsecured except by the character of those applying. la From Simnatho. Cmirley Hcllon with his wife and ! son, Hose, with his wife, came in from 'Simnaho with a load of wheat Monday evening. While going from the camp ground to the mill the eld er Hello n lost a 22 calibre Winches ter riflev which 'he later recovered, it having, been picked up on the road by a traveling man. - Plate, fffass looking glasses, 12x20 inches 55.75."" Maupin Drug Store. 4 THANKSGIVING Three hundred and seventy years ago a band of religious people, af ter a perilous voyage of many weeks landed on the bleak shore of Massa chusets. They sought a land where they might be free to practice their religious beliefs unhampered and according to the tenenta of their faith. They were endowed with a faith that brooked nV interference from kings or other rulers and Actu ated by what they imagined to be di vine guldanca, emigrated from their native land to the then but little known shores of America, After years spent in Holland, compelled to go there by the laws of King James, which forbade worship in any church bu that of the Church of England, 102 persons,, exclusive of 16 servants, set sail for the new world. Upon reaching the harbor of what Is now called Plymouth, the male portion of the argonauts met and subscribed to an. agreement; "In the presence of the Almighty God and of one another . . . all due submission to such Jaws as they might find necessary to enact" This document, known in history, as the Mayflower Compact, was signed by 41 members of the colony and from that time on they were known as'Tilglm Fathers." Landing in the bleak autumn they at onco set about making prepara tions for the winter ahead of them. One of the first things undertaken after their landing was the offering of thanks to the Almighty for their deliverance from the perils of the sea and for their reaching a port where they might worship according to their dictates. Although the Pilgrims built huts and a common dwelling place, they suffered severely from cold and i that the people of this state gather in want of proper food. When spring thanksgiving for the many bounties came with half of their original num-Ivouschafed during the past year, ber in the little burying ground, not thus making today (Thursday, No a voice waa heard favoring a re-'vember 24) a day of real Thanks turn to England. Whejfi food was ! giving for the benefits conferred up reduced to shell fish and water they on us during this year. MAUPIN-HUNTS FERRY WILL INCORPORATE AS CITY November 19, 1912, Was Beginning of Effort to Mak Maupin Ral Business Canter Prior to November, 1912, Maupin was considered a village with no laws governing except those as pro vided by the state. On that date a meeting was held for the purpose of discussing the feasibility of incor porating the town of Maupin and Hunts Ferry, and the Maupin Moni tor of that date has the following anent the move to incorporate: The regular meeting of the Mau pin Commercial club was attended last Saturday night, Nov. 19, by a large and enthusiastic attendance of its members, the main discussion was that of incorporating the town of Maupin and Hunts Ferry. At first there was quite a little said against incorporating. L. D. Kelly, Dr. For est, Mr. Mayo, D. M. Shattuck, M. move. A straw vote was taken and disclosed 24 in favor of and two against incorporating. A committee of three was then appointed to go ahead and see what could be done in getting the matter under way. W. H. Staats, Judgo Mayo and Dr. For est were on the committee. EXPERIMENTING WITH CEDAR O. A. C. Perfect Method to Utilise By-Product of Wood O. A. C. Corvallis, Nov. 23 A process of manufacturing battery separators and wall board from Port Orford cedar sawdust is being per fected by the chemical engineering department of the college. The pro duct will be made from what Is or dinarily waste material, and will bo similar to a commercial product made from less desirable woods. A process of extracting cedar oil from mill waste has already, been devel oped by the local department. Will Attend Busin College. ' The Misses Olive Turner and Alda Pugh will leave for Portland in the morning, going down with George Tillotson and wife. The young ladies will take a business course in a Port land college, having been working ,in preparation therefor for the past several months. raised their voices in praise to the Almighty and gave thanks cheerful ly that they "were permitted to suck of the abundance of the seas and of the treasures hid in the sands." The custom of celebrating Thanks giving continued in a felexible man ner for many years after the coun try became more settled. President Lincoln, by proclamation, established a regular date for the celebration of the day by setting the last Thurs day of November as a day for ex tending thanks to the Almighty for tbe manifold blessings bestowed up on the people of these United States. Being deeply religious the "rail Splitter" president realized that proper acknowledgement of the blessings showered upon us was em inently befitting the nation and that a day of national t thanksgiving should be established, therefore he set the last Thursday in November as that day. This country has much to be thankful for this year. Our crops have far exceeded expectations; our prosperity has never been equalled; our status as a factor in deciding world questions has been recognized by all governments, and we stand today paramount to every nation In the world. We have been favored by bountiful crops, our manufacture ing industries have reached a point overstepping all previous years and labor seems to have come into its own. We have been conronted with no strikes, prosperity has .shown in e.very line and today these United Statca have more reason for offering peons of thanksgiving than in almost any year of the country's history. President Coolidge, and Governor Patterson, as well, has advocated SMOCK SECTION AS A FINE FRUIT COUNTRY Fact Recognised Fifteen Yaar Ago And Many Orchard Sat Out on Varioui Ranch Going back to November, 1912, taking our data from the Maupin Monitor of the 23rd of that month, we learn that the Smock section was early recognized as being suited for fruit growing. An article in the pa per of that date tells the following story: That Smock (sometimes referred to as White River Valley), is eoming to the front as a fruit growing lo cality must be , recognized. From statistics on hand it would appear that the frosts at that place are later in the fall and earlier in the spring than - in any other point in this section of the state. During the present year small orchards were set out by several of the farmers of that place, with a view of enlarging to commercial size as rapidly as circumstances will permit. C. H. Yockey, who is one of the most progressive of the Smock farmers, put out five., acres to fruit of various knds apples predominating, last spring, ana it is his intentions to plant an addition al five acres to trees during the coming year. Out of 238 tree3 planted during the spring of 1912. but one tree has died, and the others have made growth of over four feet up to the present time. This result is most gratifying, and was instrumental in deciding Mr. Yockey to put out the contemplated area next spring. In addition to Mr. Yockey's pro posed plantings there will -De 60 acres set to fruit by other farmers of the Smock country during the coming year. The Smock-Maupin road which is proposed, "vill give a direct outlet for a41 such produce, and as at has been thoroughly demonstrated that fruit will grow, there teems to be no good and sufficient reason why Smock should not be the success It is believed to be by the ones re siding there. "Dad" Fi.cher 111. "Dad" Fischer was taken serious ly ill Sunday and has been confined to his bed with a threatened attack of pneumonia. Dr. Elwood is at tending him and will soon have him on his feet again. Meeting Called to Discuss Boys' and Girls' Club Work WINNING OF BARBARA WORTH HERE FOR FRIDAY NIGHT Harold Ball Wright's Incomparable Story Depicted on Scraan A Coldwyn Picture . Maupin will be treated to some thing out of the ordinary Friday night, when Harold Bell Wright's greatest work will be shown on the silver screen. : The story deals with the struggles of a courageous group of Argonauts, who fought and suf fered that the desert wastes should be turned lato a fertile kingdom, and is fraught with heart-thrilling situa tions and romance, in which hearts are attuned to a deep-set love. The work, "Winning of Barbara Worth," is Harold Bell Wright's mas ferpicce. Over 1,800,000 copies of the book have been sold and the dra matization of the work cost over one million dollars and took three years in the making. Goldwyn paid $225, 000 for the screen rights of the story. The picture is in ten reels and wi!l be supplemented with a late comedy release. Prices will be 25 and 50 cents. NEW MECHANIC AT MAUPIN GARAGE Theodore .Radtke,. From Waahouial, Succeed Geo. Carl a Manager of Popular Station - Theodore Radtke, well known au to mechanic of Washougal Washing ton, has succeeded George Carl as manager of the Maupin garage. Mr. Radtke at one time owned the larg est garage in Washougal trading it for a ranch near Heppner. He was at Washougal two years; ranching does not appeal to him, so he accept ed the offer made by B. D. Fraley and came here to take over the gar age. Mr. Radtke. is a first-class me chanic and no doubt will prove popu lar with auto owners who have him work on their cars. TROUBADOUR FOUR FINE BAND Local Musician Clau With Beat in Thi and Adjoining Countie The Troubadour Four, local dance orchestra, . has so far improved as to now be classed with the best dance bands in this and adjoining counties. The members practice of ten and play none but the latest mu sic. They have been the regular ! orchestra to play at the Shady Brook dances, and it has been great ly through their efforts that the at tendance at those dances increased with each succeeding ball. The per- sonnel of the orchestra is, Stanley Wood, saxophone and leader; Helen Weberg, piano; Clarence Ashley, banjo; and tell Stovall drums. DEATH OF HIS GRANDFATHER Gordon Mattaer and Wife Called to Fottil Monday Night evening Gordon a phone message ( Matteer Kceiyed telling of the death of his grand father Moore, which occurred at that place a few minutes before the message came.' , Decedent was one of the earliest settlers of Oregon. He came to this state when a mere boy, his parents settling in the Willamette Valley. There he grew to manhood, married and raised a family. He was well in the 80's at time of death. His widow and several daughters sur vive. MANY MEMBERS JOIN ORDER Tygh Valley Odd Fallows Lodge In duct 22 la High Degree; Tygh Valley Odd Fellows lodge la up and coming. At the last meeting of the Encampment degree of that order 22 initiates were "taught the mystries of the' degree. Many members from Maupin and other lodges were present and all great ly enjoyed the work as exemplified by the degree team of th Tygh. Val ley lodge. .' . Lester Crofoot and wife came down from Two Springs Sunday and spent the day at the Chas. Crofoot home. . ' ' : : Superintendent Cronewald Ak That People Attend at School Houso That Data Superintendent Gronewald has Is sued a circular letter in which be asks that all who are interested In Boys' and Girls' club work attend a meeting, to be held at .the Mauoln High school building on Monday af ternoon, November 28. The object of the meeting is to discuss and ar range plans for the conduct of club work in this city. Mr. Gronewald's letter follows: I am writing you at this' time In behalf of the organization of the boys and girls club work in Maupm. As you no doubt know, the children of Maupin have done some excellent work and have won considerable dis tinction for themselves, as well as their town and county. It has been suggested that before organizing the work in the Maupin schools for the ensuing year a meet ing be held by the prospective club leaders and those interested in club work, at which time a local unit of club leaders could be organized, which I believe would assist material ly in carrying on the work at Mao pin. With this in view, yon are re quested to be present at a meeting of prospective club leaders and those interested in club work, to be held at the Maupin schoolhouse Mflndsy afternoon, November 28, at 2:30. At this meeting plans for the conduct of the club work of the Maupin schools will be discussed. I am writ ing to tbe State Club Leader, H. E. Seymour, asking him or one of his assistants to be at the meeting if possible. I hope you will be able -to attend. DOUBLE WEDDING AT FOSSIL Orral Mathew Figure ' i . Principal in Event One Last week's Fossil Journal carried a story of a double wedding which ' took place there and in which , a young man well known in Maupin was one of the principals: 1 Coming as a complete surprise to ' their friends last Thursday was the news of the double wedding, at the -home of Judge and Mrs. W. W. , Hoover in Fossil of their daughter, '' Thelma Dean, and Orval E. Mathews, ' and of their son, Thomas Burton, and Miss Esma Gilliam. Eld. J. W. Black, pastor of the Fossil Baptist church, officiated. The newlyweda all went to Portland for a few days honeymoon immediately after , the ceremony. Both brides are now teaching; Mrs. Mathews at Lower Pine Creek, and Mrs. Hoover at Clarno. Both are Wheeler county high school and Men mouth normal school graduates. The latter is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Gilliam. Both bridegrooms are also gradu ates of the local high school. Mr. Hoover has heen working this sum mer for the county on the road grad er and Mr. Mathews is bookkeeping in the Steiwer & Carpenter bank in Fossil. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Mathews who now' live near Tygh Valley. FORD HAS AGE ON ALL . OTHER MAKES OF AUTOS Come Within 533,200 of Equaling Total Manufactured by Other', New Car Will Load The Oregon State Motor associa tion has been asked repeatedly as tA the number of Ford registrations it the year 1926 as compared to ftbe registration of all other cars. ' , This question has been brought out by the continued absence of data concerning the new Ford car and the consequent slump in Ford sales in the hut few months. Investigation has shown that in the United States the complete fig ures for 1926 show that there war 9,337,300 Ford registrations and that the total of all non-Ford regie trations was 9,870,500. These figures relate to passengef cars only. , Baker Contract let for new Bak er hotel, , , ' Baker Baisley-Elkhorn mine i building modern flotation mllL'aan working 40 men. . ...-J