TFtE MAUPIN TIMES
Thursday, December, j Mjl
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hands. A Christmaa tree had al
ready bion secured and M very
quickly put In place by iome of the
buys umt decorated by tome of the
girls. Interesting! impromtu talks
by Miss Elliott, Mr. Light and Ar
thur Mullvr closed the program for
tho afternoon and everybody, ap
parently wna happy.
He saw the maid was fad up good,
So her father's wink ho understood.
"The saddest word," the bo ho spoke,
"Is the dinnor-bell when you are
broke."
By a Pine Grove Man.
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Mis3 Margaret 0. Elliott, assist
ant principal of the high school at
Tygh, left on the .stage Saturday
morning, December 17, for her
Um.i nt K'nnnnn. Last vear ah did
I1 not reach home until Christmas day
tS was nearly spent The acarlet ff
ffver scare has given her, thla year,
to
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an extra week.
AH our High Grade Home Furnishings Reduced
rom
to 50?
Mr. Light, In company with
couple of friends from Mttollus,
j'jj stopped over at the dance for a short
Jex time Saturday evening. Alter
sumcd their journey for ,, McMlnn
ville, where they will spend their
Christmas vacation.
Tho four stores at Tygh all are
displaying the Christmas spirit
novel Idea Is that of Arthur Muller,
who has decorated the outside of the
Richfield store with fir boug.is.
(CONTRACT GOODS EXCEPTED)
Even-thing for the home reduced and marked in plain figures. Even at these u
remarkably low prices we ask you to open a credit account with and g
USE YOUR CREDIT 1
Ycu will find many items that you have long been wanting included in . the $
vear's great selling event, such as many of the articles mentioned below:
These are just a few of the many values. Visit our store and make vour se
lections while our stocks are complete.
Mated to Town.
Rv. Everett Haien has concluded
that Maupln la prcforoblo to wap-
nltla as a place of residence, so
moved his family here last Frlduy.
The Haieaa are occupying the Frank
McCorkle cottage near the High
school.
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Lodge No. 201), Maupin, v'
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welcome.
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The Dalits, Oregea. F&ona H'l
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Correspondents' Weekly News Items
Doings at Pine Grove
Pine Grove Sunday and public
school joined in a program on
Thursday night of last week. An
especially delightful perfection of all
5upils in doing their parts was evi
denced. To teach and drill 23 to 28
pupils of all grades and find time to
arrange- special prvgrams is only ac
complished by teachers of rare abili
ty. Much credit is due Miss Flossie
Overman for the application and In
terest shown in the late program.
Rev. Hazen of Wapinitia was pre
sent and rendered the invocation.
Mrs. Fred Laughlin was in charge of
the treato and everyone young and
old received a reminder of Christ
mas. J. S. Brown and wife partook of
Christmas dinner with the Fred
Laughlin family at Pine Grove.
Jim Gray and family of The Dalles
end Earl Birchard and family of
Wapinitia had Christmas dinner with
the 0. Bonner family Sunday.
Guests at ths Ted rcrsby horns
OUr-tnr-s C'viw.t were Ben and
C corse uichi.rjson and Mrs. Wes.
Wrny of Prinsville.
Mrs. John Sinclair of Pine Grove
has the only exclusive milk goat
farm in Wasco county.
. Charles Heisler of Dufur has re
turned to inspect the band of sheep
being pastured on the Julius Shep
flin ranch. The sheep are in charge
of Carl and Lawrence Powell.
Birdie Cox and family took their
Chrstmas dinner at the home of U.
S. Endersby.
Frank Richardson of Pine Grove
and Jesse Cox, Shady Brook motor
ed to Klamath Falls for the holidays.
Zenne Phoebe Sharp, Infant
daughter of Walter Sharp and wife,
celebrated her Christmas by showing
her first tooth Christmas morning,
Wells hereabouts have mostly
gone dry, that is in the gravel areas,
due to cold weather. Three inches
of snow have fallen since the 23rd
on top of the packed old snow.
John Sinclair seemed to be in ca
hoots with Santa Clans. Wra. Stur-
gis added bells to his sled Thursday
night, while Roy Ward sprained a
shoulder springing off the grade, but
did not lose control of the reindeer.
All worked out exactly as intended,
all but Roy's sprained hand.
Ed. Walters Is training for the
bicycle races on the snow track at
Pine Grove.
George Beebe has returned from
Bend and is now engaged in break
ing saddle horses for Juliu3 and
Robert Shepflin.
Wm. Moore, muskrat fanner and
onion king of Pine Grove is suffer
ing from frosted feet infecton, sus
tained several years ago.
Ben Richardson is operating t
buzs aaw near Pine Grove cutting
oak wood. Ben has purchased the
Linn danee hall rights and buildinp
tnd is now moving thd hall to hi3
new Pine Grove filling station or
Lester McCorkle and family have
moved from the R. W. McCorkle
home to the Benedict place, one of
the McCorkle ranches.
Robert Holman has, a speeder bug
in which to fly 'twixt home and
school.
Carl Powell has rented the pas
tures on the Shepflin and McKet
rick places.
, Andy Booth and wife of Smock;
have taken employment at the form-J
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tr Sam Brown ranch, now operated! .;
Pa at,
by Julius Shepflin. This ranch is
haw owned by Sanford & Brayer of!
Portland.
News Of Busy Sharuko
The Christmas program at the
school house Friday night, sponsored
by the Sunday school, drew a full
house and afforded amusement to
old and younx. Afcor listening to
songs, recitations and dialogues, the
audience was delighted by the ap
pearance of Santa, who arrived oy
way of the fireplace especially con
structed for his use. One mother,
who had expected her boy to tane
the place of the real Santa (It bav
in been supposed that the real
Santa would be too busy to be pre
sent,) joyfully remarked how well
her son(T) was acting the pare
The boys and girls acted their parts
well, the music showed much dili
gent practice, the room and trea
were beautifully decoratud, tna
former with Oregon grape with rea
trimming; while the community
sing from our new song books pror-
ed a welcome part of the evenings
program. The following people de
serve special mention: Mrs. Rees,
Mrs. Guyten and Mrs. Reed on the
finance and purchasing committee;
Mrs. Wheeler, Mrs. Reed, Mrs.
Castbolt and Margaret Rees on the
program committee; Ralph and John
Rccdcr and Jimmie Reese, who i
walked three miles after the Oregon
grape; and Mrs. Broughton on the
decorating committee; Mr. Reed and
Delbert Rees, the former for furn
ishing lights for the tree, the latter
for preparing the tree. Lastly, to
Santa himself, who -brought so much
pleasure to the kids. Those who
were unable to be present certainly
missed an enjoyable evening. The
audience lingered until Santa's bells
could no longer be beard and many
are the little tots who are still tell
ing of Santa's visit ...,.
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I "SUPnCME AUTHORITY" " I
School clerk G. A. Reeder and L
V. Broughton attended the hearing
on the petition of the railway com-
before the District Boundary
Board at the courthouse in The
Dulles Tuesday afternoon.
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SHOE STORE
Shoes and Repairing
Wa$co County t Exclut'w
Shot Store
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!nral Repairing
The I 'alius, Ore.
0. Bonner has purchased the Earl
BVchard 40-acre timber tract. H
i3 ienira(rcd in cutting wood on the
lafld.
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John Sinclair is doing ma;ntcn
ance work on the Wapinitia-Pole
hill section of the highway, the mao
dam part.
111". Irene Ertty has developed
Beginning on the 24th, teachers
and pupils will enjoy a recess until
Jan. 3, 1928.
SOMETHING NEW UNDER SUN
Pine Grove Humoritt Sondt la a
CoupU of Humorous Efftulons
Because
Hundreds of Supreme Court
Judges concur In highest praise
of the work m their ut'iordj.
The PreLlent of all leading Unl
vertltle, Colleges, ami Normal
Schools give their hearty iivhnie
menl All States that have adopted a
large dictionary as standard have
selected Wcbtcr'i New luurna
tlonaL The Schoolbooki of the Country
adhere to the Mcrrlam-Webitcr
tyitem of llacritiral mark.
The Government Printing Office
at Wuhlngton uses It as authority.
WRITE (or a Mtnple sin of cht New
Vvrdi, trwcliwn ol P.cgular unU India
Ptpett, FREE.
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Your Watch Haywire?
If it is not doing its work
brintf it to Th Time off.C? .
and Mr. Semmes will send
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the main highway. Ho will soon be hcr white Lcghcn flock to the pro'
(ready to raise the dust in p. serra
iof old-fashioned dancej in tha hall.
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The Linn & Son mill company is
engaged in cutting wood,
Fred Lyons of Pine .Grove has
rented the George Burnside place
for the 1928 season. He will move
his family from WilsonviMo next
upring. He Is now cult'r' wood
through the Hedln Lumber com
pany.
Dorothy Davis of this place has
ceased her studies in the Maupln
schools. She is going to Salem to
take treatments in the state hospital.
Miss Sena Peterson, county health
nurse, has aided the Davis family in
arranging a course of treatment to
prevent threatened tuberculosis..
portions of a re.-1.) ; oultry farm. Her
henr. are producing eggs, in a satis-1 so sends in the
joke3 one straight,
poetical form:
factory quantity, while so ireny
flocks are just boarders during this
sccEon of the year.
Herb Hammer is working for J. P.
Abbott.
Mrs. Julius Shepflin has taken a
waitress' job at the Rainbow restau
rant at Maupin.
Pino Grove does not want to see
The Times lacking for humorosltles
in its columns. He evidently ' was
spurred to an attempt at witticism,
following two
the other in
Tygh Valley Doings
John and Mrs. Sinclair spent
Christinas day with Jess Lewis and
family at Wapinitia. j
Mrs. Ernest A. Hartman enter
tained a number of Wapinitia and
Pine Grove ladies in honor of Mrs.
Blanche E. Hedin at the stork
shower Tuesday afternoon. j
J, P. Abbott has acquired the
Jack Kelly hill oak and pine tim
ber tract In Kelly Gulch. This
tract includes the famous Kelly
springs picnic grounds.
(Too late for last week)
Because of the scarlet fever scare,
the school board at Tygh ordered
school closed on Friday afternoon,
December 16, until Tuesday morning
January 3. 'They also called off the
Christmas program, which was to
have been given on December 23.
Young people who have been pre
paring their Christmas program
were so disappointed that it was de
cided to hold the Christmas -exercises
in the high' school that Friday
Tho Saddest Word
"Lives there a man who has not
heard,
Before he died, the saddest word?"
"What word is that?" the maiden
cried;
& u line ileal iv uv.vi v u.w.
"Then come with me;" her father
said.
As to the stockyards her he led.
"Where layin' on the ground so low
She seen a tired and weary bo.
But when he seen her standin'
round, , , '
He riz up from the cold, cold ground.
"la this a hold up game?" sez ha
And then her pa laughed wickedly.
"This ain't no holdup." loud he
cried,
As he stood beside the fair maiden's
side. !
LOW ROUND, TRIP
Christmas Holiday Fares!
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OREGON TRUNK RAILWAY
,(1Q OA Portland
tpO.pV and Return
Tickets on Sale December 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25.
Return Limit January 5, 1928.
i ROUND TRIP FARES v
afternoon. The program furnish-
! ed by the grade pupils was very;
good, we regretted that, it could not
be given in the hali. . Santa Claus !
was there in all his glory and everyl
boy and girl, including the teachers, f The bo, who once had been a gent,
received a sack of candy at Santa's j Took of his Hd and low he bent,
But this here gal of mine ain't heard
What you boes call , the saddest
word."
Albany : $11.30
Astoria $12.80
Corvallis $11.80
Great Falls
Salem $10.30
Seattle :....$17.45
Spokane $17.55
..$42.15
Proportional Reductions between other points
0. T. trains leave Maupin at 12:52 a. m. daily except
Saturdays at 11.48 p. m., Saturdays only ,
J. C. WRIGHT. E.W. GRIFFIN,
Traevling Passenger Agent Maupin Agent
MregonTranltR