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IVUs cuV iKai n-tts fit to print. Caters to no particular class, but works for "all . v Always working for the best Interests of Maupin and all of Southern Wasco County. f MAUPIN 4' a jNumoer 4 Vol. XIV Maupin, South Wasco County, Thursday, December, 1, 1927 Competent Woman Chosen to Lead District Club Work DEATH CALLS AND MRS. MARY E. PRATT ANSWERS Highly Respected Woman Pum Af- tar Short IJInw-Wa. Pioneer of Wamle Section Mr.. L. S. S.ov.ll Cbo... Loader of LAST DANCE BEFORE THE Club Worker. For Year latere. Shows in Work On Monday of this week Superin tendent Gronewald preilded at meeting of Boys' and Girls' club en thusiast tho meeting being held in the grade ichool building. While the attendance was not what It ihould have been, thoie there took groat HOLIDAYS AT SHADY BROOK Big Time Promised for Thia Event and Special Preparation! Being Made Bast Muiic The Shady Brook Community club will give the lait dance before the holidavi on this week Saturday. Oth er olacei have arranged to give NINE MILLION SEALS IS ALLOTMENT FOR OREGON State Committor Appoint Commit- tea to Supply Varlou. Conn-, tie in Tht State have been, those mere wo grv. ------ - - Interest and laid, out plana for or- dance., therefore the Shady Brook mnlzlnir and assisting the young onei in the various phases, of club work, Mr. Gronewald emphasized the work of different divisions and as f(l those oresent that his office was at their service whenever they felt called upon to ask it During the meeting officers for the ensuing year were chosen, Mrs. Stov'all being elected president, Mrs. D. L. Ruther-j ford, vlcerpresldnt and Dolph May how secretary-treasurer. It was de cided to get busy at once and Inter est both boys and girls In the activi ties of club work. Now that club work has been Ini tiated in Maupin The Times is pleased to remark upon the fitness f tha newlv elected president aa Will in tho work. Mrs. Stovall has always taken a keen Interest in all thlnp of Interest to the young folks, rs do not wish to conflict by giving dances before the holidays. For the coming dance a fine four-piece or chestra has eben engaged and espec ial efforts will be made to make this pre-holiday hop the best given at the Brook so far this year. WILL INITIATE LARCE CLASS Degree of Honor Manager, Mrs. Cellar, Working at Bend R. "Death loves a shining mark," and Rs sting was felt last. Monday when Mrs. Mary Estelle Pratt, a cioneer of the Wamic section, and a resident of Maupin, passed away to that land from which no traveler returns. " Mrs. Pratt was taken ill nearly a week before her demise and her ail ment resolved itself into pneumonia, and this, coupled with a weaic neart, was cause of death. Mary Estelle (Sanford) Pratt first saw the light of day at Leaven worth, Kansas, January 15, 1868, be ing 69 years, 10 months and 13 days of age when she died. She resided there with her parents until she was 10 years of age, when her folks emi grated to the far wset The family first settled near Grass Valley, a and "We are going to give everyone in Oregon the chance to decorate their Christmas letters and packages with health seals this year." This is the anhonucement sent out recently by the Oregon Christmas Seal com mits. f which Louis G. Clarke is chairman. ,'' "For twenty years Christmas seals have saved Uvea In United States," Exhibition of New Ford Car Will Be Made Tomorrow .-..'at..' - TAKE PATRIARCHAL DEGREE , y AT THE DALLES LODGE Seventeen Maupin Odd Fallow Roach High Rank Degree Con ferred By Dalle Patriarch A party of about 20 members of the Odd Fellows lodge of Maupin went to The Dalles Monday evening I attended an initiatory meeting the anouncement continues, "ana with the lodge at tne vouniy At W time the death toll of Durine- the evening 17 members were tuberculosis has been reduced more J given the Patriarchal and Golden fkmn h.lf hv the nation-wide canr-iRnl decrees, the work being put on p'aign of health education and pre- by The Dalles lodge. Those going from here were, r. v. oiuan, rfcolm.ru R. E: Wilson. B. F. Turn- New Car Said to Bo Able to Hit 60-MiIo Cait Four-Wheel Brake la The Eqnipmant ventive work. i "In Oregon the death rate from tuberculosis has dropped from 89 per iOfJ.000 people in 1914. to 61 rcr 100.000 in 1926. Spurrej cn oy thia success, the Oregon Tuberculo id association and its 19 affiliated and as advisor in such work has been Invaluable. She has attended the lummor sessions at O. A. C. and in other way hns fitted herself to the extent that no better leader could have been chosen for this year. In connection with tho Boys' club work, we here mention the activi ties ut Arthur Api-ling, a young boy from Criterion, who stands at the hrnd of oil other boys of Oregon as being the best Judge of potatoes. Arthur was high point winner at the recent International Pacific exposi tion, he winning his honor by pro ficiency in spud grading. As one Criterion lady expresses It, "Wa know our potatoes," which applies to Arthur especially. WOOL MARKET SHOWS MOST OPTIMISTIC TREND LATELY Manufacturer. Are Buying More Freely Stock on Hand Lewar Than Year Ago Holding. Small in call unon The Times. They, were on their way to Bend for TnanKs giving dinner. Mrs. Geiser, as manager of the Degree or Honor for this district, his organteed large class at Bend and soon will Induct them into the order. Our former townslady is making a great succern year later coming to this part ana , - t p bUc Hetlth associations settling at what is now called warn-, ,anninJ the peate,t Mle of ta lc, in earlier days known as Pratts- j . , . ChristmM geaI. and the p r..u and wife stoooed off in'ville. Here she grew to womanhood. ...hi, campaign In Maupin long enough Thursday Ust'cnd where, on August 11, ,1886, she pf figM (rain8t tu. in. in . ipv.- .r. 1 wh united in marriage with Charles . - Euzene Pratt To that union three er, 'C M. vroiooi, iwriu Willard Cunningham, Cecil Wood- Wm. Hunt Jr.. U. S. Enders by, Dee Talcott Rufus and Lester- McCorkle. H. Lv Young, Job ana Jesse Crabtree. George Claymier, Henry Seethoff and Dr. J. L. El- wood. ' : ! In her capacity as manager for the order and has added many members to the various lodges in this and ad joining states. COMMERCIAL CLUB HOLDS SUCESSFUL BASKET SOCIAL Maupin Monitor of December 12, 1912, Tali of Function Coodly Sum Realised Reports from abroad continue op timistic for holders of wool and the domestic situation took on new life .(,k onufoeturera buying: more freely. .Stocks of foreign comfcing and clothing wool In bond at Boston on October 31. were only 9,500,000 pounds compared to 36,307,000 a year earlier and 45,470,000 pounds in 1925, Total imports of combing and clothing wool January-September were 101,179,000 pounds com pared to 164,507,000 pounds for the same period last year. The consump u oil kind of wool January- September was 414,393,000 pounds (grease equivalent; compareu w 305,313,000 for the' same period last year. Miscreant. Work. Someone with no sense of tho property rights: of others cut tho hose connecting with the water pipe, at the Tillotson garage Thursday night. A knife was UBed as the cut showed clear when Jess Temple tried to fill a radiator Friday morning. Goinar back to the issue of Decem ber 12, 1912, we clip from the Mau pin Monitor of that time an account of a basket social and dance given in aid of the Maupfn Commercial club. The story saya: In view of the fact that It was neglected last week we feel that we should make special mention ot the basket social and dance recent ly given by the Maupin Com. merc al club. This was a success both socially and financially. Ad- different officer of the club and selections by the glee elub composed of Mr. and Mrs Egan, Dr. and Mrs. Forrest, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Moad, Mr. and Mrs. Mayhew and W. H. Talcott, were the order of the program, followed by the auctioning of the basicets, after which the chairs were cleared away and a, dance enjoyed by alk The basket sales netted S82.4B, which will be used by the Commerc ial club for boosting Maupm and country surrounding. children were born, two of whom survive, one son, Omar Nathaniel, dy ing when four years old. About o years ago Mrs. Pratt united with, the Christian Advent church, being a charter member of the recently or ganized church of that faith at her home place. Jr Surviving her are the husband, one son, Jamea Carlton Pratt, and one daughter, Mrs. Bernard W. weicn, all of Maupin. and one Bister, Mrs. Anna Gillmore of Creswell, Oregon, .h halnir tho last of a family Of eiirht children." Mrs. Pratt was a Christian in an the term implies. Her first thot was always for her family, then her nnlirhhom. but all humanity was giv en of her best whenever opportunity presented. She was a lady or line attainments, a firm believer in ine Golden Rule and she made pracW of followinglts precepts at all times. That she has won the reward prom hod those who do His bidding Is re cognized by all who knew her, and tha heartfelt sympathy or all goes nut to the bereaved family. The funeral was held at Wamic on Wflrinesdav. the sermon being deliv ered by Rev. Alfred Frischknecht of the Wamic church, and Interment was made in the Lone Pine cemetery at Wamic. The obsequies were at tended by a large number of those who had known ddcedent In Jife and who had paid their last respects to the departed by attending the last sad rites over her. beculosis County and local Christmas seal chairmen have received more than .000.000 seals. The committee to handle Wasco county's allotment is Wasco County Public Health associa tion, Miss Dorothy Fredden, county chairman, Mrs.. A. Bonn, The Dalles, city chairman. QUESTIONAIRE SENT , aAa-tiusn REGARDING FORM 1 KUU I & Ranger Graham Raquait Stockmen' Sentiment Regarding Change in Routing Stock Protest Sent In BAiftnvEN GRADE IS SCENE OF LUCKY ACCIDENi Team Became Frightened and Caus ed Hack to Go Down Canyon Occupant Uninjured An accident occurred on the Bake oven grade 12 years ago, in which two men rolled down the canyon, but neither sustained more than trivial Injuries. The Maupin Monitor oi December 12, tells about tne acci dent In the following story: D. F. Townsend and Morria , em ployed on the Ed. Maya ranch met .... a. V. a anen. with what threatened w i oua accident while ; ascending the j th. Hunts Ferry side or the river a few days ago. Their team, driven to a light hack, became .;,tanH and lurching lorwara Forest Ranger Joe A. Graham re cently sent , ottt questionaires rela tive to changing the rout into the I . f I U .U.VMan : Hat unounwins iea , Tr .7 7 a h. proposes to cut a new road zu reel disconnected me in width via the Patterson tane, yolte, leaving me i. thence to the Chas Walker place and from there west to the Boiler camp in Mpfluhhina Gulch. From there the new road would parallel the new cut-off to Camas and cross the Oalt Grove bridge to the counting cor rals. The Wapinitia Cattlemen's as sociation aent In a protest to the Mt Hood national forester, T. H. Rhprrard. but since sending the pro test in have considered all phases of the new proposition. It is now be lieved that most all the first object ors have agreed with Graham that hk scheme Is O. K. The Wapinitia Irrigation company has accepted the Air. ermclHprintr it SS being 2 road which would cause least dam age to ditches and canals. it were, and rudderless it went over the grade, turning - a eomp summersault with Townsend and irrri. imierneath.The team sheered back to the road m the ng went - Wainm th doubletrees ana UC1 ivg : - themselves. Morris and Townsend in the meantime extricat- cating themselves, checked up ana r,n hnnes broicen aiuwufc-u iVUMVI w w rr .ntalnpd a wrencnea 1UWI1BCUU knee. SPECIAL RATES ON AUTO OVERHAULING AT THIS TIME Four-wheel brakes, standard selec tive gear transmission, extraordinary acceleration, a speed of 60 miles a hour and more, a practically vibra tionless engine, and unusual beauty in line and color are among the ottV standing features of the new Ford cars, the first of which will be Ihera at Portland tomorrow. The genera tor, oiling system, steering gear and . rer axle are of new Ford design, it la announced, and the 40-horsfepower ; engine has been so designed that It runs 20 to 80 miles on a gallon of gasoline. This car, which is to succeed tbja , famous model T line, will be sboira in many of th larger cities of the country. In Portland the new er.r will be on display at the Ford assent- bly plant, E, 11th and Division at.. where the public wiU be given tW V complete story of the new Ford cue For months factory models of the new car have been undergoing severe performance tests in and around De troit One of these factory model recently made a road run of 129 miles in 124 minutes. This run, it is said, was made on an ordinary i saved hisrhwar near Detroit . - Local dealers say their first view ' . oC the new Ford car substantiate ! Henry Ford's statement that "thare is nothing quite like it in quality and price." : ' "Ford's statement had prepared us for a surprise," said one of them, "but the new Ford car is better even than we had hoped for. It is eertain to make history in the automotive Industry, just its predecessor, the famnns model T. has made history for 20 years. We are $roud of the new car and ' feel eertain that it anoearance and performance will at tract unprecedented attention among automobile owners. MID-COLUMBIA COUNCIL" IN MEETING AT KENT Member From DUtrict Join in Die elusion and Enjoy a Finn Banquet Joint Aid Basaar. Once more we call attention to the . , r a: J. f Wanini. fact that tne wwik a -r - - - . and Maupin will hold a joint ba-1 gsvven y Service 0 ic The regular set meeting of the t Mid-Columbia Council, American Legion, was held Wednesday evening at Kent 10 members from v Maupin attending. During the session an In structive and .pleasing talk on the henefits of the Veterans' Bureau waa ot More Porker Shipped. Henneghan & Gutzler shipped a carload of spring shoats tq Portland, the consignment numbering 87 head. Mr. Henneghan went down with the shipment and attended to its dis Bposal at the Wkyards. The pork ers were shipped over the Oregon Trunk and went out Saturday night. Shipped Cattle to Portland. Charley Walker shipped a carload of fat cattle to the Portland stock yards Saturday night, going over the Oregon Trunk. He accompanied the shipment to Portland. Visited at Longview. Charley Crofoot and family visited at the home of' Mrs. Crofoot'a sister at T.nnirview. Washington, last week. Tt was their first visit to the miracle city on the Columbia and while there they visited nearly every place oi interest. The mammoth Long-Bell sawmill was viewed, the paper mill looked over and the town In general taken in. Mr. Crofoot says; that Longview Is a town of phenomenal growth, and that when the new Wey erhaueser Bawmill is up and in oper tion will' take on an additional growth, and that with that additional prosperity. Maupin Garage Make Special Ratea On Work Brought to That Shop -See Them This being the dull season of the year the Maupin garage will make anorinl rates on auto overhauling. "i . , Mr. Radttke, machinist in charge, is an export workman and all work en trusted to him will be done right and in a minimum of time. In order to take advantage of the special rates auto owners wust bring their work in soon, a3 a little later tlie rocrnlftr Reason's rush will begin, and tv. vafai will h advanced. The cnraire invites all to call and obtaia figures on overhauling jotos. CRUISED PINE GROVE TIMBER Portland Man Estimate. Stand West of Pine Grove for Ault Charles Mason, a timber cruiser from Portland, has been in the tim ber west of Pine Grove estimating a body of timber for Lumberman Ault The latter had planned to continue cutting veneer block, but norinv tn a misunderstanding with the Vancouver veneer mill people. which menat a cut of 50 per cent m price, Ault has ceased such work. He has begun suit against tne veneer company to. collect for blocks that l.. oiroartv been shipped. The tin v v v--i - - taar at the John Lewis haU at Wap initia tomorrow (Friday) evening. Many oramental and useful articles will be offered for sale and there will be a plentiful supply of things to suit the Inner man at the sale. Wiring Service Station. w'nnHmdt Bros, were busy a day or so the first of the week wiring the new service station of uernara Welche's. They have arranged ior seven decorated drops for the out side, as well as providing for office and dwelling lights. the Hood River post He told of many veterans, who were ill and without means, being taken care ef, their only means of identification ! being the Legion membership cards carried. Several other matters of moment to the members were gone. into, the meeting adjourning so those present might partake of a fine ban- gueti .... Those attending from juaupra were, C. K. woogcock, veurKc ris, Laverne Fischer, Lewis Wood- side, Hurstel Hollis, Con BUCKioy. Chester and Earl Crabtree, Howard Nye and Don Miller. blocks on hand most likely will be cut into cord wood. Salem Carpenter Working Hera. . Miko VanLaanen with his wife and little daughter came up from Salem to spend Thanksgiving wiui w family of Mrs. VanLaanen's sister, Mrs. L. C. Henneghan. While hero Mike was pressed irito the service as carpenter and applied the finishing touches to Joe Kramer's new bunga low this week. : : . .. p T Tum-A-Lum Auditor Here. . S. 'A. Skirving, district auditor for the Tum-A-Lum Lumber company, with his son, was in Maupin on Fri day. They were here for the pur pose of making an inventory of the yard, and left for points up the riv er that day. Home From O. A. C. Bob Lewis and Freddie Shearer from O. A. C. last week and spent the time until Sunday with their parents.' The boys, loonea nifty in their uniforms, in fact all that waB needed to make Freddie a replica of the late lamented Na poleon was a three-cornered hat and a side sword. , Back From Father's Bedsida. Oscar Renick returned from Tou chet near Walla Walla, to which niaxa ho had heen Riimmoncd by the illness of his father. WhoM he left the old gentlemen was we ll on tne way to recovery. Oscar lef t here on Monday at 3:00 p, m. and rvmved at Touchet, 15 miles beyond tie prison city, at 10:00 o'clock that evening. T.mnU Turkey Winner. .Ta Temnle figured as high gun at the turkey shoot at tho gun club last Wednesday afternoon. 6 ....... tn. Ho iimn a brace of big oiras, whuo Jimmy Abbott got one and Bates Shattuck the same number. Material Contraci Awarded. J. W. and J. R. Hill&trom -were the eiiiwiwRful bidders on the proposition n nnnnlv maintenance material on the Dufur-Cow Canyon section oi riniit-.-rnlif. hitrhwav. at as meeting of the State Road commission held ThorHav. Their bid was $ 41,950 Tho matM-inl will 'he used chi efly1 in covering the roadi ay after oiling, which will be undertaken earls' next NEGOCIATING FOR MILLER 0 Walter Sharp Dickering for Ranch Near Victor School House Wolfoi Kharo has been negotiat i n,nh vtow nf acauiring the Don lug " . Miiu, Rft near the Victor school fAA4tva v. n also has snoken for some mil nti titWA from BM Doughton ana if the deal for the 80 goes through will take the cows and milk them this winter, after he moves to Victor. Stored Construction Material. Construction company, AUG U v " which has been at work on the cut-oil w. Wnninitia. has stored mucn of the material and tools used in the roal work, the stuff being taxen care of at Pine Grove. As soon as the weather will permit in the spring .v fh mad above Bear "Bpnngs WVin v vw i- ? - will he resumed and kept up until the road is completed. , FINISHED BALING ALFALFA That Not Sold Will Be Stored and Held For Sheepmen Montanan VUitor Here. of u. s. Endersby of Wapinitia and brother of Mrs. Jululs Shepfhn, came in from White Tail, Montana, Tuesday night, and will remain here until aner Endereby has oeen Good Health la Wneo Co, According to the report sent oui by the Oregon State Board of Health, released today, Wasco coun ty reported but four cases of con. .o-tm,. dieseaaes for the week end- iHg yesterday, the 29th. Those cases were two of influenza ana me som? ,hT of nneumonia. There were mn ...v. ..tu renortea ior 1 u l auuii H1JVU - 1 .v-t. Tn tho state were 27 wnum sunt. j cases, of infantile paraylsis reported, Coos county leading with nine sucn rhriBtmss. Mr fmm this section for the past .v!.,t. ...ill i, ,,nj.i4oVii onm ' nexi n wiui;.! . m - h V hon 16 vears and h s visit at wis umo year. Several quarry sites have been 16 yean nQ .. . -ri i Mnma aisa aa mil in iau ,ar .,! tj k.. .tno ontrin. eer a tciiic -- force, two or thrt e of them d near Maupin. his coming CB1IIC arf - r ' , was not looked for by any. member of his Jamily Hrrv T. Lewis has completed bal ing his 1927 alfalfa crop, raised oil the Sam Brown ranch. wm sur plus he has after delivering a quaatt ty already aold, will be stored In the . Brown barns and held until spring, when it will be sold to sheeptnea. Harry was assisted a few day ip baling by hia son Robert, who wal at home from O. A. C for the hoH day.. Mr. LIndley in Ho.pital. Mrs. A- T. Lindley is taking treat ments at The Dalles hospital, and re port has it that she ie improving to hoHh. Mrs. Lindley has been ailing for some time and that she is on tt to ne? ha wolenma new9 VUUQ vuuii.j o saii " ' . w " 1 cases, Portland running, second with friends. ..i,.. osnniiren five cases. Lane county repon-eu four such cases, Yamhill two, a!. , wlUt i r...l...4. WnnA Kivor. Llin- coin, Marion, Multnomah and Union counties one case ench. : " f ; ' Christmas is coming Do your (shopping early and oftenat home. l Cunnineham is another Maupinite who has succumbed to ul- ncss. George is confined to nw una with what seems, to be an acute at tack of influenza. , , . t i