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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 15, 1927)
1AUP1M nrnr u Always working; for the best interests of Maupin and all of Southern Wasco County. I ft t 4 u....i.) Ci..' .Wii nw iti to print. Caters to rw particular class, but works for all. , , VAiLd Vol. XIV Maupin, South Wasco County, Thursday, December, 15, 1927 umber 6 ill Icy Roads, Plunging Truck Cause Death of Maupin Man lc on Road Caused Truck to Skid, Leave Trek and Plunge Dewa Steep Bank Henry M. Secthoff, head- of the Central Oregon Milling company, and man well known to many of our people, wu instantly killed when hit truck went over the grade on the White River hill Monday morning. Seethoff was on hli way to Dufur with load of feed when the accident occurred. The victim of the awful accident had left the mill that morning with hli load. ' He had reached a point on the grade " hort distance below where the road leading to the flat Intcriecte the highway, when hie truck itruck a piece of Icy roadway and began spinning around. After two or three euch gyrations the ve hicle ilid over the shoulder of the road and went over the grade, Secthoff being thrown nearly 800 feet from where the truck finally landed against some small oak trees. When he struck the ground the un lucky driver evidently collided with a stone,, as when he was pickd up it was found that his skull. had been fractured, It bearing a large W shap ed wound, from which the blood was streaming. He was unconscious and exntrcd shortly after aid reached him. According to the story of the acci dent witnessed by Dr. Arthur Clarke, of Portland, Mark Stuart nd L. C. Henneghan of this city, and told The Times man by Mr. Clarke, it happen ed substantially u follows: Clarke was driving toward Malupin. He saw the truck approaching and drew close to the Inside as" he could. Before reaching him Mr. Seelhoffs truck struck an ley place and began to spin around. It then left the road and went plunging down the bank, turn ing over several times. Dr. Clarke stoppd his car and with Mr. HcnnV ghan went down the bank in order to render aaisstance. They discovered Mr. Seethoff sitting op and when they" reached him Clarke asked whether or not he was badly hurt Not receiving a reply one of the men pulled down hi. coat, which in some manner had been thrown over the "victim's head, and then discovered the wound. Mr. Henneghan then pulled a robe from the cab of the truck and the two men laid the fast dying man on the folded blanket. He was breathing when reached but ex pired a few minutes thereafter. Mark Stuart, with whom Henne ghan was riding, hastened to Tygh TUBUCULAR BEf P SAID TO BE SOLD AT THE DALLES Lack of Impaction Causes Dealers to Buy .Beef of Any and Alt Kinds Health Menaced WILSON STORE SANTA'S ! MAUPIN HEADQUARTERS ArticUt of Utility Worth Rather Tkaa Toy Offered Christmas ' ' Bayers Fiao Display FULKERSON STILL TRAPPING MANY PREDATORY ANIMALS Stata Huol.rs Bag 1S Wild AalmaJ During November Trap Thief Caught and Fined On Tuesday a party of The Dalles people visited the slaughter house of a butcher of that city and discovered a beef that had been badly infected with tuberculosis. Members of the party stated the carcass was "abso lutely rotten." Members of the city council and of the pre8 accompanied by Dr. Thompson city health officer, examined the liver of the animal and found it was four times the ordinary size, and when cut open disclosed a mass of yellow spots, tubucular bae cill. The lungs also were, badly in fected. There Is a moral In this for Mau pin people: Buy 'your meat at the home market, operated by a man who knows animals and their ailments, and who is always looking to the pro tection of his customers. The managers of the R. E. Wilson store have adapted their Christmas stock to utility lines and, as a con sequence, are displaying a line ox goods that savors more of the dur able than otherwise. True they have a nice display of things to delight the hearts of the little ones, but the bulk of their showing tends to such things that can be worn an at the same time be attractive. Their show windows indicate but a small portion of what may be ound on the inside, but at that are very attractive and contain many articles not carried by other stores of Maupin. A page ad vertisement in this Christmas Issue of The Tunc calls attention to what that store offers in the lines of Christmas goods. Read it and profit by the savings shown. WHISTLE WARNS WHEN LIGHT BILLS ARE BIG TURKEY SHOOT BILLED Chicken Also Included la List of ' Prises Starts 1:00 Sharp Those who can shoot and those who think they can shoot are sched uled to gather at the shooting dukd to gather at the shooting grounds next Sunday at 1:00 p. m. and take part in a big turkey and chicken shoot There will be plenty of birds of each kind and it is ex pected that all the marksmen of Maupin and vicinity will be out The shoot will start exactly on the hour, and all who contemplate taking part arc requested to be at the grounds on time. Novel Proceedings Worked St ( braska Town to Call At tention to Payday DUE No- MAUPIN CREDITED FOUR OF 47 COUNTY STUDENTS This Section Represented on Roster Of O. A. C. By Throe From Maupin, One From Wapinitia way, and Valley, running all the summoned Dr. Elwood. , When the Maupin physician reached the scene of the accident ho advised notifying the coroner, and also that the body be taken to The Dalles. R. E. Wil son volunteered to carry the remains to the county seat, where it was tak en in charge by Coroner Zell. Mr. Seethoff camo to Maupin a lit tle over a year ago, coming from Me tollus, where he had been in business. He was the senior partner In the Central Oregon Milling comnnny, taking over the Woodcock Bros, plant and conducting the business end. Late in tho summer he moved his family to this city, whore they now reside. The family consists of wife and three daughters, Adeline, Gene vieve and Gretchen, "and a foster son, named Graham. He was a man Uni versally respected by all with whom he camo in contact. In business he was the personification of honesty and did not know tho meaning of the wnrd. "enemv." for he had none , , , Qrd, Nebraska, has a novel method of serving notice on cus tomers of the municipally-owned elcctris plant that their monthly bills ere due. It broadcasts notice with a long, loud blast of the steam whistle on the electric station. Under the Ord system no bill are rendered,. The whistle blast warns customers to hurry to the counter, where the clerk tells them what their bills arc tor the month. Neglect to pay by the tenth of the month results in the town imposing a nlenalty of 25 cfnts. If the bill Fifteen government hunters made report for their November catches to Stanley G. Jewett, predatory animal leader in this state, and their show ing indicates a total of 195 such ani mals taken during that month. Among them R. C. Fulkerson, sta tioned at Maupin, reports total catch for the month of 10, including one bobcat and nine coyotes. Trapper Miller of Curry county succeeded in catching four cougars and Hunter tokes of Josephine county reports taking two cougars. I am sure every hunter on 'he job w.ll be pleased to know that bun?r 1 rd Sankey of Wheeler county was lucctiwful in apprehe; ding trap thief. This man was convicted and ined $75.00 It is sincerely hoped that this will be a lesson to other thieves in the state, says Leader Jewett DANCE DATE AGAIN CHANCED Saturday Night Substitnted For Fri day Christmas ' Dante Minutes of Athletic Assn. Meeting Held at Tygh Valley ROTARY PLOW BEING FABRICATED AT SALEM Can ho Attached to Ordinary Trac tor Prepare Seed Bed la Oaco Over A tool that promises to revise plowing methods, at least for certain conditions, has recently been de- Minutes of Mooting Held at Tygh Valley Saturday Last Events i Added to Former List The meeting was called to order by Pres. A. E. Gronewald. Minutes of the previoua meeting were read and approved. Those present were: Prin. C. G. Springer, Antelope; Prin. L. V. Broughton, Shaniko; veloped in the form of a rotary plow ! Prin. .J. A. Nagel, Maupin; G. L now being manufactured at Salem, ; Davits, Maupin; Miss Helen Rich Oregon. For centuries the Ameri- ards, Maupin; Paul Light, Tygh Va With the magnanimity character istic of its members the local Legion post has changed the date of its Christmas dance from Friday to Saturday night December 24. The change was made so as not to con flict with the date of the X-Mas ex ercises of the Tygh Valley High school, which will be pulled off on Friday night. ' Musk for the dance will be supplied by the Fort Dalles orchestra, which has but few equals and no superiors in this neck o' the woods. That orchestra furnished the inspiration for the last Legion Is not paid by the time the steam ! dance and gave perfect satisfaction. "dun" is' heard the following month, service is instantly shut off. Deafness, it is presumed, is no ex ruse for taroiness or failure to pay the montlvly bill. Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vail is, Dec 14. Maupin is repre sentcd by four of the 47 students from Wasco county registered In the college. The students registered for full time work in the college number 3.433. while the total including the summer session and short courses is nearly. 6,000. Addle H. Wray, sophomore In pharmacy, is active in intramural athletics among the fraternities and clubs. Wray is a member of the O. A. C. Pharmaceutical association and Kappa Psl social fraternity of phar macy students. ' ... Robert Lewis and Fred( Shearer are Freshman in engineering and hnembers of the Associated En gineers. . Roy Woodside of Wapinitia, a sophomore In agriculture, Is a mem ber of the Beaver Knights, a repre sentative group of sophomore stu dents who Instruct the freshman In college traditions. Woodside was an aspirant for the cross country squad Ihis fall. lie is n member of the Orion social club, the agricultural club, 411 club and Y. M. C. A. , Community Club Mooting.'"'- - The Shady Brook Community club will hold its annual meeting at the hall on Wednesday next, December 21, at which time all members are expected to be present. Election I officers and other business f inter est to all will come before the meeting. BASKETBALL GAME IS OFF Appearance of Scarlet Fever ' Tygh Given as Causa Arrange your affairs so as to permit your attendance at the dance next week Saturday night SCHOOL PLAY IS POSTPONED can farmer has plowed his fields' with the same type of instrument In Palestine and other sections of the world the same type of crude wooden plow is used today as in pre-historic time. The new spading plow can be at tached to an ordinary tractor. The spading wheels revolve at such a ve locity that the soil is thoroughly pul verized and preparded for a seed bed in one operation. Deep plowing can be done by driving at the rate of 2 miles an (four, or moderately deep at the rate' an ordinary plow team travels. Cost of preparing the soil is found to compare favorably with the cost of the several operations ordinarily necessary. Advantages are more thorough incorporation of organic refuse with soil and ability to fit the soil when the moisture conditions are right This ne operation pre pares the land to take the smallest seed and if dry weather follows the' soil can be rolled to avoid any excess looseness of the land. Soil specialists from the Oregon experiment station who have seen demonstrations " with this spading plow believe it to be very promising an implement for various conditions. A large type of the machine is also made to use with high power trac tors. It is now being used extensive ly in South America. "All of a Sudden Peggy" Called Off Until Third Saturday Neat Month The basketball game scheduled to be played here tomorrow night be tween the Madras boys' and girls' teams has been called off. Appear ance of scarlet fever at Tygh Valley is give nns the cause of the post ponement Whether the games will be played later wo have not been informed. ' Owing to the prevalence of scarlet fever at Tygh Valley the school play, "All of a Sudden Peggy,'' haa been postponed from the Christmas date to the third Saturday In January. The postponement will give those taking part more time, in which to perefct themselves, and when the ex act date rolls around all who attend will witness a play produced in a perfect manner. such. He was building up a nice business and was reaching out and filling new territory each month. - Besides the family in Maupin de cedent leaves a brother, John See- thoff, living at Garabaldi, Oregon; , two sisters,. Mrs. OpHIe Schmala "of Burns and Miss Margaret Seethoff, a resident of Salem, v The body was brought to Maupin ' yesterday and funeral servicesi un der the auspices of the Odd Fellows, held here this morning at 10:00 ' o'clock, after which the remains were taken to Metollus, where they were interred beside those of his father. Mr. Seethoff was a member of the Odd Fellows .Knights of Pythias and Elks lodges, and was valued and highly esteemed in each order. The funeral sermon was preached by Rev. Edwards of The Dalles, the services being held in the Legion hall. Nearly every person residing TYGA HAS SCARLET FEVER Rumor Credits Three Cases In Schools of Our Neighbor tho A report is rampant in Maupin to the effect that scarlet fever ha made an appearance at Tygh Valley and that three casea were found in the school at place. As a conse quecne the schools there have been closed until precautions are taken to guard against a spread of the dis ease, i Had A Weakness Sweet "Do you let the boys kiss ... youi . v . Adeline "No. But I'm strong." not very Mrs. Griffin Improving. ' Mrs. E. W. Griffin is at home after a trip regarding her health to Portland. While at the metropolis Mrs. Griffin attended a clinic pre sided over by Dr. Joyce and her case was there given special attention. For some time the lady has been suf fering with indigestion and it had be come so severe that she sought the advice of Portland physicians. The examination disclosed that an opera tion would not be necessary, and by use of the medicine prescribed Mrs. Griffin is improving in health. "Dad" Coale Coming Homo; "Dad" Coale has so far recovered from his recent attack of paralysis as to be able to return to Maupin. He informs The Times man that if there are .any ranchers hereabouts that hae lost, or are about to lose any critters by paraylsis that they skin such and bring the hides to the Hunts Ferry warehouse, where he will see to it that they are properly taken care of and settled for: "Dad" seems to think that misery loves company, therefore desires to sur round himself with anything para lyzed, whether hair, wool or fur. FORD FOR SALE A Mupln man has a model T Ford car for sale and describes its condi tion in the following language: car with a piston ring, wheels and one front Road Truck Refused to Function. The Maupin road truck refused to function Tuesday evening while on the way in from Criterion. In some manner the front differential locked the wheels, compelling Gus Derthick to run to one; side and ; telephone Foreman Addina'ton to come after the crew. The boys got to .town about eight o'c lock. , Addington phoned for the "j'ytft truclc . a88s him in getting the stalled vehicle to Maupin yesterday morning. in Maupin attend led the services .and many members of the Odd . Fellows lodfira accnmanind tho remains to Metolius, wherg, they were Interred, AMllllllllklkfnJ.. . " ; : One Ford Two? rear spring. Has no fenders, set or plank,' Burns lots of gas and hard to crank. Carbuerator. busted half way thru, Engine missing, hits on two; Three years old, four this spring, Has shock absorbers and everything. Rr.diator busted, sure does leak, Differential dry, you can hear it squeak. Ten spokfs missing, front all bent, Top knocked in ain't worth a cent. Got lots of speed, will run like the deuce, - Burns either gas or tobacco juice. Tires all off , runs on the rim; A darn" good Ford for the shape jts in. Broad Wagon Upsets. While on his way to Maupin last Monday Johnny McLcod, driver for the Oregon bakery, had a near ac cident when near ' the ' Eight Mile cross road. His truck " struck a smooth placo on the rond and went into a tall spin, ending up on its side. The only damage done was the spilling of a part of the pastry line carried. Walter Carlson was phoned for and brought the load through to Maupin on time in his Oldsmobile. , '' J Case Of Temperment The election of officers resulted as follows: A-,E. Gronewald, Pres. cx-officio; Mrs. Callie M. Bigbee ray elected Secretary; Prin. 'Cv'' G.. Springer, Treasurer." t The following events were added , by motion to those already adopted,; Class A. boys, 220-yard run; Class A girls, 75-yard dash, distance base ball throw horse-shoe pitching it feet (singles); Class B girls, . 7oV yard dash, horsc-ehoe pitching 2$ feet (singles.) Motion was made and carried that the Association buy four" sets of standard women-weight horse-shoee- for use at the meet t'- Motion was made and carried l& start the mzctat 9:30 a. m. Motion was made and carried leave arranging of order of events to Mr. Gronewald, also to attend tau all details of the meet, such at se curing judges, assistants, etc. . Motion was made and carried that the Athletic association of Wasc6 county go on record , recommending? that all units join the State Athlettf. association. f . After a discussion on the . feasi bility of organizing a county basksti ball league a motion was mads and carried that six games be scheduled . for this year, including both boy and girls, permitting each of tha . four schools represented to mei each other school once, the schedule) to be made out at the meeting aa.4 V adopted as official. Schedule fol lows: ' .:"' February 10th Maupin vs Shaniko Antelope (place t" be arranged.) February 24th Tygh vs Shanlkdf' Antelope at Tygh. ' ,' March 2nd Mosier vs Tygh at Tyght Mreh 3rd Mosier vs Maupin at' Maupin. March 9th Mosier vs Shatuks Antelope at Mosier. ; March 16th Tygh vs Maupi Maupin. , . . It was agreed that other games" could be scheduled and played be tween these schools and othet; schools, but that the- game shad uled and arranged at the meeting would be the official game played to determine the championship. v Editor Semmes offer of a pen, nant for the boys championship teant was accepted with thanks. - Events for Nest Track Meet t Class A, High school and gradea 18 years or over. Boys lOQryarel dash, 880-yard run, 880-yard relay pole vault, mile run, javelin throw,, discuss throw, baseball throw, (dls- tance), shot put, broad jump, high' jump, 220-yard run; Girls 60-yafi' dash, 75-yard dash, 220-yard relay.f hftsohall throw, (distance). horsed pitching 25-feet (singles). ' ' Class B, between 12 and 1$ yaaW inclusive. Boys 50-yard dash, llt4 yard dash, 440-yard relay, twuubal. throw, (distance), hifth jump, broad,-1' jump; girls 50-yrd da&h. 220-yr' relay, 75-yard ' dash, : horse-sbaf pitching,25-feet (singles).! ' ' Class C, between 9 and U yeastf inclusive. Boys 50-yard dash, base ball throw, (distance, 160-yard Sei lay, broad jump; girIs--50-yardi dash, 160-yard relay. V, jf Midguts, under nine years and 70 pounds. Boys &u-yara aasn girls 50-yard dash. v V Motion was made and carried that the association secure a suitable pea nant to be offered to the champjM girls' team. It was regretted that the Dufu High school will probably not be ja4 presented by a basketball team thjs year. However, it was a concensus of opinion that Dufur would gladly; be. included in the schedule in ess a team is organized there. -4- Santa Claus, Friend to AH the Little Ones "Why is it that a red headed wom an always marries a very meek man!" "She doesn't He just gets that way." ' , Modernity Mary had a little dress, A 'dainty bit and airy; It didn't show the dirt a bit, But gosh, how it showed Mary t I. ... ... .