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PIN MES Always working for the best interests of Maupin and all of Southern Wasco County. Publishes only that news fit to print. Caters to no particular class, but works for all. Via? VOLUME XIV MAUPIN, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1928 Number 14 u M Proposed Mail Change Slap At South End Communities DUFUR CLEARLY ENTITLED TO BETTER SERVICE CHANGE IN LOCAL MAILS WOULD WORK HARDSHIP ON PATRONS OUT OF THIS OFFICE To the Citizens and Mail Patrons of Wasco county: Thia open letter la the expression of the buaineaa men and farmers of Maupin and supporting territory, who held a meeting in the 1 .0. 0. F. hall at Maupin, Febuary 6th, 1928, for the purpose of discussing the mail service from the Dalles to Southern Wasco county, This body of representative men took two hours to carefully sift all the Infor mation and facts covering this much , misundenitood question, and now pre sent the issue clarified and plain, so that all interested patrons may know what Southern Wasco's just and fair position is in respect thereto. A short- history of the movement may be stated here to explain the ori gin of the movement: It was thought possible to ask the Postal Depart ment at Washington to rearrange the mail service from The Dalles to Dufur, including Doyd, and also serve r rend, with a rural route out of Du fur. To this end citizens met at Du fur to consider the matter, The Dulles Chamber of Commerce assist ing. At the first Dufur meeting it developed that much dissatisfaction was shown with the mail service now rendered Dufur, Boyd, and Friend by the Great Southern railroad, which has a contract with the government for carrying all the mail to these towns and vicinities. Approximately $7,000 is paid by the postal depart ment for this service. About this stage of the delibera tions, the citizens aouth of Dufur, at Tygh Valley, Kingsley, Wamic and Smock heard of the movement and sent representatives to confer with the Dufur folks, tuggcstlng their dis tricts also be served by extending wis Laurv-vuiur aubu iuu kitiv to Tygh and thence to Wamie as the end of said improved service. After much figuring it was thought pos sible that for the m of (5,000 an nually paid to the Great Southern, a substitute auto mail service on the Dalles-Calilornia highway could be had, giving two deliveries each day directly out of The Dalles, and this plan was finally incorporated in an explanatory preamble prefixed to a petition, which was drafted and printed by a committee of The Dallcs-Wasco county Chamber of Commerce. A later meeting was called, to be held at the City Hall at Dufur, to take final action on the matter and to complete the petition and have it duly signed by represtn tatves of 3oyd, Dufur, Friend, Tygh, Kingsley, Wamic and Smock. This petition carried a request to the Fourth Assistant Postmaster General at Washington to 6end an inspector to investigate the proposed delivery service to all poins west of the Deschutes river as far south as Tygh and Wamic. This second meeting was held at Dufur as scheduled on Febuary 4 th, at 2 :00 p, m. A plea at this time was made by the delegates from south of White river to amend the request of the petition to include Maupin and Wapinitia, and consequently all the iatricts now being served out of Maupin. This tcheme did not find favor with part of The Dalles delega tion, so a motion was substituted to wipe every name but The Dalles from the petition and ask only for rearranged service two times daily out of The Dalles to serve all of Wac co county west of the Deschutes riv er. This seemed to be the only thing the delegates could get out of the meeting. It would have been much better to have left on all the names and added the names of towns south of White River so aa to Bhow united support mutually given, for this new, service throughout the re . gion of the-DalleVhigtiway in Wasco 'county. The above facts cover the history of the movement up to Monday, February 6th, 9 o'clock p. m. except that at the Dufur meeting Geo. Flagg was auhorlzed to re-draw the peti i tions aa stated, to be mailed to each town and district (two copies) to be circulated and signed by heads of families, mail patrons and all peti tions to be returned to Dufur for joining in the general request for this proposed service. Before this open Utter goea to press the petitions will be out in the country. To explain to citizens of Tygh, Wamic, Smock, White River, Maupin, Wapinitia, Slmnasho, Bakeoven, Cri terion .and Shaniko just what we, of Southern Wasco county, believe is our real position the following facta covering the route as we request it to be routed are presented : 1. A lower bid csn be obtained for carrying this mall direct from The Dalles via Dufur to Maupin as its terminus than could be had if It were routed to Dufur and Tygh and then side-tracked to Wamic over a road of only market-road standard. 2. The uniform winter mainten ance of the Dalles highway can be relied upon by the carrier and any poorer stretches of road included would weaken the direct delivery that is supposed to be the main argu ment for the direct service. 8. By April 1st, 1928 the Bend Klamath Falls line will be opened. Thus California mall for mid-Columbia points and Central Oregon North bound mail for any town from Mau pin to The Dalles, both inclusive, would be picked up by this connected route and delivered direct imtead of going via North Bank R. R. to Port land and return. 4. Again, a letter written by a Maupin or Wapinitia merchant to day or any article forwarded by these patrona to anyone living, at Smock or Wamic or Tygh would, if the proposed change were broken off at Tygh or Wamic as the terminus, have to go via Sherman and The Dalles and back again, probably tak ing three or four days, yet the actual distance on good highways is but a few miles. 6. Nothing In the proposed change is Intended or will affect the mail now delivered by the railroads to Maupin. Nothing is asked from the railroads, such as a cut price for carrying thia mall, which is by car capacity (not by items carried) as it once was. Therefore, no complica tion can arise at Maupin with the railroads. 6. If any trouble would arise Mau pln's position would still be just as good and sound as Tygh, Wamic, Smock, Friend, Boyd or Dufur as all these are now served by routes from railroad points or direct from the railroad-served postofflces. No fear was expressed for any of these. 7. The Great Southern railroad has no fight to make, John Heimlich states. 8. Friend would be served by a stub-route. 9. Wamic and Smock would be served by a stub-route from Tygh. 10. That atrip of territory lying between Tygh and Sherars known as the "Sands" to be served from Tygh or Sherar, or both. " 11. Wapinitia and all points west of Maupin and Shaniko, Bakeoven and Criterion all served out of Mau pin as they now are, no disturbance of any of these routes contemplated except they would all benefit by the additional direct service that would result, Into Maupin from which town their mail comes, 12. The Portland Oregonian and first class mail would be received all over Wasco county on the day of date instead of the next day. 13. Maupin Star Route east and rural route west would wait one hour to connect with the direct last-minute mail and thus everyone would be served the same throughout the country. 14. Any change or re-routing from the plan The Dalles-direct-to-Maupin would weaken the whole schtire and deflect it; if, indeed, it can be gained at all. ' '- 15. So far aa Southern Watco is concerned we feel that one direct auto mail service through the coun try on the Dalles-California highway to Maupin would he enough at pre sent, with possibly two mails to lu fur, since Dufui is a fair-sized city so easily reached from The Lnl es. We feel that cuch a plan would have much better chances of success than to ask for two mails per day for the whole district or two mails to Wamic and break off there. 16. The name "Maupin" is Eome what misleading in the foregoing be cause It is on the railroad and is now Ranchers on Bakeoven to Have Easy Grade Up That Hill County Court Will Send Engineer Over Route When Weather Permits Such Work After years of discomfort and heavy grade climbing the ranchers on Bakeoven are at la.t to have a negotiable grade up that hill, so says the county court . Last week a delegation of Maupln ites, comprised of F. C. Butler, L C. Heneghan, F. D. Stuart, Dr. L S. F to vail and' Jas. Woodcock, took a petition to The Dalles and there pre sented It to the county court. The petition asked that the Bakeoven grade, leading from this city be remedied by the construction of a new an less steep road. After talk ing it over and discussing all its phases, the court agreed to send an engineer here to make a survey of a new route with the view of build ing the same. Several Maupinites, whose know ledge of grades, as well as of othtr road construction, In well known, have been over what appears to be a feasible route. Several of them have expressed themselves to the effect that a new road can be built and that at no place on the grade will a pitch of more than 6 be encoun tered. Also that such a road would cut down the distance to the top of the grade materially. Shaniko people also appeared be fore the court on the same day with the Maupinites. They bore what purported to be a petition asking for the construction of a stretch of road leading from the end of the Bake oven road to Shaniko. It is their proposition that the new piece of roadway be constructed so as to in tercept the Sherman Highway above town, saying that such a stretch would eliminate a very soft two or thtee mile stretch, thus making the approach to Shaniko much easier. As their petition did not specify a relocation, but merely for a graveled roadway, its sponsors took it back and, we are told, are circulating a petition which will cover all points regarding the proposed road. Shaniko people have been handi capped or many years by the portion of the present road under consider ation. Aa it now is it is almost im possible to negotiate the bad stretch, even with an empty vehicle, and with a load it cannot be passed over. It is only a matter of justice to that community that their prayers be granted and that the road asked for be constructed. served by both roads but all mail addressed to Maupin doea not ctop at the city limits. Maupin mail goes 18 miles to Pine Grove and twice weekly mail star route takes in Shaniko, Criterion and Bakeoven. To lay out a scheme that geo graphically cuts off the farming ter ritory from ita natural trade center is unsound and openly unfair both to the agricultural communities and the towns upon which they more or less depend. For instance: If a farmer at Tygh, 11 miles from Maupin, wanted re pairs for harvest "hurry-up" require ments the route to Wamic to The Dalles would cut him off from his nearest natural source of supply. On the other hand, if the route con tinues to Maupin it would be unsur passed in direct and return service. It works both waysv If the drug store were written or phoned to for necessary medicine it would be cut off from delivery from Tygh, White River, Shady Brook, Smock and Wamic if the route did not include Maupin, The Dalles daily papers, particu larly the weekly papers, could be sent into Maupin's back yard, cer tainly to Wamc and Tygh, long be fore the Thursday papers out of Maupin' (a" fair "competition) "could reach the same Tygh, Smock or Wam ic patrons, a distance of Tygh, 10 mile:.1, Wamic, 16 miles. Assuming that the overland direct route is granteiL.in point of economy the extensioa from Tygh to Maupin will serve more patrons per route milea traveled than any link of the route. If it is good business to go to Wamic and Tygh from Dufur, say 80 miles to tap a district, it should be .equally good business to continue 11 mile to Maupin and there each three to four hundred people on Wapinitia Plains,-rto reach the (Continued on page four) Legion Smoker Brought Out Latent Fistic Talent Amateur Pugiliets Entertain Biggest Crowd in Hivtory of Legion Hall Bout Good That people of this section were of a mind to attend a smoker was shown lart Friday night when such a func tion was staged by the local Ameri can Legion post The crowd began to gather at an early hour and long before the time set for the entertain ment to begin every seat in the house was filled. About 100 seats had been arranged on the stage and each of these were taken. Seven bouts were pulled off and each one drew rounds of applause from the spectators. The first con flict was between the Radtke "Mid gets," two small sons cf our local garage man. The little fellows mix ed from the gong and at the end of two rounds were declared equal of fiFtic ability by Referee Johnny Wil liams. Both boys showed they were acquainted with the padded mitts and as tokens of appreciation of their efforts spectators showered the canvas with coin. The second bout was between a couple of 135-pounders Elmer Con ley of Tygh Valley and Billy Pad gett of Wapinitia. The boys showed a willingness to mix, but neither suc ceeded in landing effective punches. The judge and referee decided that Padgett was the better man and gave him the decision. Bout three was a go between Wil lnrd Conley of Tygh, and Dick Delco, the well known jockey from Wapini tia. Conley landed a haymaker on Dick's nose, causing that member to disgorge ruddy, and the Tygh Val ley lad kept a lead throughout the bout, winning the decision. They fought at 120 pounds. "' In the foUth bout Bob Shepflin of Maupin and Ray New of Tygh Valley attempted to'show just how the art of defense and slug Bhould be inter preted. Bob fought with open gloves and seemed satisfied to gently tap Ray on his bushy hair, while New amitiously slapped Bobby's back and ribs with love taps. It was a hard matter to decide just which embryo pugilist was entitled to the bout but finally New's hand was raised in to ken of a win. Wallace Conley, who is well known hereabouts as a relay rider, and whose postoffice address is Tygh Valley, mixed with Albert Hackler of Wapinitia in the fifth scrimmage. Conley had a decided advantage over Hackler in age and experience, but for all that we know he had met an adversary worthy of his steel. Con ley's crouch was difficult for the Wap lad to figure out in the first two rounds, but after that he made the lad from Tygh creek ex tend himself in order to get the nod from the judges. They were 150 poundera. A special preliminary to the main event was that therein another Con ley, Little Toy, argued with Ray mond Slacey, both lads living at Tygh Valley. The little fellows went at their work with a vim and while both swung wildly each evi denced a determination to do dam age to the other. Stacey's leads and ring generalship won the nod. They were noticed at 115 pounds. The main event of the evening was what was scheduled to be a six-round affair between "Stub" Lister of Maupin and "Shorty" Behnke of Tygh Valley. This match had been the subject of much conversation and conjecture during the past few weeks, each boxer having followers who were confident their man would win by K. O. Behnke has figured in reveral matches, while Lister made his initial bow as a ringster last Fri day night. Both are husky athletes and each possess the necessary pep and fand to make successful ring artists. The fight started with both boys going strong, and showing each was out for the winner's end. "Shorty" pushed "Stub" through the ropes a couple of times and in the fifth round planted a haymaker on Lister's jaw which caused that worthy to, take an involuntary rest on the canvas. The ringing of the gong made the referee's count rather Bhort. Behnke showed he knew a little more about boxing than did Lister. He was on his toes at all times, evidently seeking a chance to slip over a knock-out punch, but "Stub" was wary and blocked many Two Institutions That Are a Credit to South Wasco Co. James Chalmers, Local Blacksmith SCOTLAND REPRESENTED IN MAUPIN COUNCIL BY VILLAGE BLACKSMITH VOLUNTEER OF WORLD WAR WHO CARRIES FIVE SERVICE STRIPES Wherever you go you will run across people who claim Bonny Scot land as their native heath, and when ever you find a Scotchman you will usually find a good citizen. Maupin has such a man in our village black smith, James Chalmes. Jim, as he is familiarly called, is a native of Dundee, Scotland, his city being famous for its jute and marmalade. When 15 years of age he was indentured to a firm of me chanics as blacksmith apprentice, his papers calling for a period of four year:. Completing his apprentice ship young Chalmers served an addi tional year as improver and when that year had passed decided that the United States offered greater opportunities than did his own coun try. Incidently we remark that Jim served his apprenticeship with a firm which was Scottish agent for the McCormick Harvester company of tLig country. Mr. Chalmers landed in New York in 1905 and went to Rochester, that state, where he secured employment, later going to Buffalo. . He learned of the great west and after one and one half years in New York came to Oregon, working in Portland for a short time, then coming to The Dalles. There he went to work in a blacksmith shop and dvntinued in that city a matter of six yean. Leaving The Dalles he went to Dufur, where he worked for . M. Hill and later formed a partnership in a blacksmith shop and garage with F. D. Frazier. When the United States decided to enter the world's war Jim waa among the first to vol unteer. He was assigned to the 1st Oregon cavalry, but when about to embark for overseas duty was transferred to the 148th field artil lery, with which contigent he was R. W. and E. FIRST TO INSTALL INDEPENDENT SERVICE STATION HERE OPERATES TRUCK SERVICE AND SELLS CHEVROLET AUTOMOBILES AND TRUCKS Richmond & Son is the firm name cf Maupin's only service station not connected with a garage. That firm occupies one of the most prominent corners of this city and has a model service Etation building, with two gasoline pumps and an eight-compartment oil tank rack. The front of the building is covered by a large roof, thus enabling customers to be out of the weather when receiving service there. ' i R. W. Richmond is a native of the "Hawkeye" state, he having been born and reared in Iowa, i At the age of 22 years he went to Montana I then went back acrocs the Mississip pi to Illinois, from thence to Wash ington and from there to Parshel, N. D., where he ranched for a time, finally coming to Oregon in 1919, settling at Wapinitia:. In the spring of 1922 he came to Maupin and erected the service station. He and his son bought two Master trucks and during their residence in Maupin have hauled thousands of tons of leads at the same time not forgetting to retaliate with blows which made the Tygh Valley boy wince. Both boys showed evidence of making good in future bouts, and it is hoped by boxing fans of this place they may be matched again. The deci referred the last bout sion went to Behnke. Bates Shattuck At the conclusion of the smoker the floor was , cleared and many dancers took advantage of the chance to indulge in their favorite pastime. The Ladies Auxiliary serv ed luncheon in the basement dining room and that waa mot flatteringly patronized. Valentine. for the whole family. Come early and get your pick of the assortment, at the Maupin Drug Store. chief mechanic during the duration of the war. Mr. Chalmers is the proud posset sor of a distingushed service medal same bearing five service bars and indicating that he took part in five major engagments, they being: Champagne-Marne, Aisne-Mame, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, and also the defense sector of Paris, at the time the Prussians were about to descend upon that city. After the armltice Jim served a matter of six montha in the army of occupation, being sta tioned at Hohr, near Coblentz. Returning from foreign lands Jim again stopped at Dufur, where he re mained a short time then went again to The Dalles. After a year at the -county seat he came to Maupin and purchased a blacksmith shop. He installed a power and a drill press and grinding emery wheel and made a bid for trade in his line. He re ceived all the blacksmith work com ing to Maupin and has built up a clientele that speaks well for the thoroughness of his work. He carries on a general blacksmith business, is an expert horseshoer and wood worker and usually is kept busy. Mr, Chalmers has been a member of the city council of Maupin for two terms, being now on his second term. He is chief of the Maupin Volunteer Fire department and la also Noble Grand of the local Odd Fellows lodge. Jim takes his duties seriously and is always alert to all things connected with his position as a member of the city water de partment Both Mr. and Mrs. Chal mers are prominent in social circles of Maupin his wife being called up on whenever assistance is neded in any home, and her services are at any home, and her services are al ways cheerfully given. R. Richmond freight In the spring of 1926 the Richmonds went into the fertilizer business as a side isiue to their ser vice station. They secured many tons of sheep guano, erected a grind ing mill and sacked and cold much of that fertilizer to orchardists at Hood River and in the Willamette Valley, a3 well as shipping many carloads in the rough. . Richmond & Son handle, aside from gas ad oils, a line of auto ac cessories, tires, tubes, chains and many other articles demanded by autoists. Their gasoline sales last year reached a total of better than 25,000 gallons, while a large amount of lubricating oils also were entered in their rales books. E. R. Richmond, the junior mem ber of the firm, is a member of the Maupin city council; has served the city as recorder and is also justice of the peace for this, precinct. He is prominently identified with the U. B. church and the local Odd Fel lows lodge and is a young man of promise. Big Trout Captured Last Friday "Bill" Staats went to his fish pond to feed the trout there in. He went to the dam and was surprised to see a largo trout float ing on top of the water. Bill gath ered the finny beauty in and upon measuring found the trout to be 20 inches long with a girth of 10 inches. It weighed five pounds. Mr. Staats planted 25,000 eastern brook trout in the pond two yeara ago and the one found shows to vhat growth some of his seedlings have attained. Stuart Buying Cattle Mark Stuart haa been in the upper country the past several days, going up river for the purpose of buying cattle. He expects to ship a carload or more from the vicinity of Redmond.