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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1928)
.Personalities:- George Tillotson had business at The Dalles on Monday. o N. G. Hcdin was in from Tine Grove yesterday morning. i- Verle Bonney spent a few hours of Wednesday in Maupin. R. M. Palmateer of Wamic was In Maupin on business Tuesday. I Mrs. Eva Peterson was in Maupin from The Dalles on Friday last. , ' : (0 , Edward Smith of Shaniko was a guest at the Hotel Kelly on Tuesday. iWapinitia at the Hotel Kelly last Monday. He lately returned from a trip to Longview, Washing m Frank Dyer and wife are at homo again. They spent a couple of weeks visiting with relatives in the Will amette Valley and at Banks, Oregon. John McLeod, bread wagon driver from The Dallea, stopped over in I Maupin Tueday night, a guest at the home of his sister, Mrs. James Chal mers. John preferred a daylight drive to one at night Mr. Bigbee of Pine Grove has re turned to his home at that place, af ter spending the holidays with friends "at The Dalles. He is the father of Carson and Lyle Bigbee, noted big league baseball players. '"' Paul Muller was in from Tygh Valley last week, coming on ' business. ' Theodore Radtke and wife went to The Dalles this morning on a busi ness iriD. - - Bobby Davidson made a business trip to The Dalles Tuesday. He re ports the roads as being fierce to drive over. EASJ MAUPIN NEWS Miss Hazel Martin has fully covered from her recent illness. re- Miss Berta Mathews of Tygh Val ley was a guest of Ailene and Mary Greene a day or so the latter part of last week. r. u. iinoison ana aaugmer, jus? Marjorie, who spent the holiday va cation at Toledo, returned to Man pin Monday. Mrs. Lucille Cantrell returned to Maupin after spending the holiday with friends at The Dalles, coming home Sunday. K. L. Hauser and wife attended the danec at Legion hall Saturaay 1- V o. ?t.Y.mfV niTn. mih frt.ni mgitb, wicjr willing wiu aiuiu viicu Shady Brook home. , . -J Bob Fortune was down from the Troutman ranch Saturday, coming to town to smooth the roughness from his countenane. ' Lester Crofoot and wife spent New Year's day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas Crofoot, coming down from Two Springs. W. A. Dane was registered from E. A. Caton is at home again ar ter a -trip to the state metropolis. "Bill" Williams has been making night trips this week carrying the mail. Delayed trains was the cause. John McMillan has come to town for the winter and is making his home with Frank and. Marion Lister. Woodcock Bros, are again operat ing the flour mill, taking it over shortly after the death of Henry Seethoff. Harry Redding is getting material ready for the manufacture of those excellent trout rods he is-noted for constructing. 1 Mrs. Hunter and children, who have been visiting relatives here and on the Flat for a few days, returned to their Portland home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Harris and ' daugh ter, Gladys, have returned to their home at Gaston, after visiting at the home of Jim Rusic and wife over the holidays. Mrs. Rusic is the elder Harris' daughter. I Etk Yon "Abie, vhat you mean by Maying mit metches on de zidvalk? Come right avay in de stove and blay mit "em." Hollit In From Ranch. llurstol Hollis came in from his ranch Monday, walking to the high way and then catching a ride to town. lit has been repairing fences rebuilding houses, cleaning out the well and installing a new pump. lie nearly ran out of grub, so mudo the trip to town to replenish his lurder Thirl The poor devil lisped. He was out with a girl. He murmured, "I love to thee a girl thigh." ' And she slapped him. ELEVEN YEARS AGO From the Time January 4, 1813 The many friends of John May field of Wamic, who was married to Miss Bessie Martin at Tho Dal:es last week, are congratulating the newlywcds, who will make their home there. About 40 friends of Mr. and Mrs. Juliu Shepflin enjoyed a dance at the Shepflin home last Saturday night. A chinook broke on us Monday which took the snow and left a spring-like atmosphere, which con tinues at present. Cecil Woodcock, who spent a pan of the holidays at hia home here, re turned to The Dalles Friday. m was on the train on the Deschutes line, a car of which jumped the track, so he went to Maupin and came home from there. Wamic Corr. The new Hotel Kelly is nearing completion and will soon be ready for occupancy. , o The New Year dance given in the Shattuck hall Saturday night was largely attended, and proved one of the best of the season. Many took advantage of the masquerade fea ture of the dance to appear in rega lia. Mrs T. A. Connolly, represent ing "Columbia," took the first lady's prize, while Van Moad was awarded the best gent mask, he representing a page boy. 1 Ooo ooooooooooooooooooO o PICKED U? ABOUT TOWN o QOO0000OOO0OOOOO00OOQ Th sight of an old fashioned cut- - 1 ' ' Owing to the almost impassable roads $ and extremely cold weather the 1 which was to have been given by the f Maupin Community Club, has been post- will tell you when it will be. held, so w ateh for- the i I Date ! i tor passing through Maupin Tues day recalled days of our youtti. when "catching on" bobsleds, was a diversion of all youngsters. All that was lacking to make tho rig Mynony mous with our early ago was a string of sleigh bells, Tho modern preacher must be m master of all trades. Some of them turn to carpentry, others work on ranches whilo still others have been known to labor on railroad sections. Rev. Everett Hazen does nono of those things, but occasional! cuts the hair of some of his flock. The reverend gentlemen makes no di stinction in the color of the hair amputated, his shears working equal ly well in red as other colored locks. x Jess Temple and Phil Starr are huskies who falter at no job of work. This was shown Sunday night when they took the road truck to the Criterion hill for the ' purpose 01 scraping snow from the roadway. When the truck broke down and a ukof 12 miles facel t.iem, they J altered not, bin took their feet in their hands and proceeded to (irtll toward home. It is by such men that wars are won. Bill Staats likes to enjoy the heat of a fire in cold weather. It is said of him that when he was keeping store in Maupin, travelers, who knew of his, predilection for com fort, would say: "When we get to Staats' store we'll find plenty of heat, and Bill will be sitting near the stove." Doctor Elwood and Alvis Martin are workers for charity. Not alone in the sense that they "dig down" in their jeans at every request for alms, but in a manner that bodes good in another way. After the re cent snowfall and sleet each loaded himself with a shovel and did heroic work in cleaning off the snow from the walks from their residence to the Tillotson garage corner. The Times benefited as a result, our walk being cleared from snow. Thanks gentlemen. A certain school director objected to The Times force seeing the bas ketball game on complimentary tickets last Friday night at the gym. When .confronted with the question aa to who was responsible or the game and who guaranteed expense of the visitors, he shut up like a clum. Verily a littlo authority Is a dangerous thing when vested in some people, And again tho sponsor of the gumo nuked us to give It puu llclty and voluntarily handed us ttio tickets. And wo gave the game an advertisement without charge, . lie lleving that by so doing we would help the home team. The recent snow caused a few building owners gobs of trouble. The warm weather which followed molted the snow on the roofs and in some Instancea'the resultant water backed up In eavo troughs and proceeded to find an outlet within the walls. Then some floors received washing not down in tho usual order of things in Mime of tho buildings. SPECIAL OVERHAUL PRICES As this is the dull season of the year and we desire to keep our shop force busy, we have decided to of fer special inducements to car owners who want their cars overhauled and placed in shape for next year's use. Come In and letis tell you just what we will do the work for you. Remember our prices will be lower than those charged in the busy season. I o COME IN RIGHT AWAY AUPIN CARAGE M "IT SERVES YOU RIGHT" SUTLER'. 0. P. 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