TtlE MAtJPIN WtEi .lAJ-w? ar Correspondents' Weekly News Items TYCH PLAY TO BE CIVEN SATURDAY MARCH 25 slcatball Cam Tomorrow Night Skaniko ti. Tygh Mrry-Ge Round of MoTing The Freshman play will be given on Saaturday evening, March 24. This seems to be the only open date In March. Practice is progressing and the play bids fair to be up to standard. The High school is planning to give a dance on Friday evening after the basket ball game with Shaniko. Owing to their not hav ing a hall in which to practice the Tygh boys are considerably handi capped. They can do their bet and no more. - Mr. W. C. Stillwell is moving in to his hotel, his home property hav ing been sold to Clyde T. Bonney and Liberty Chastain will move into the house now occupied by Clyde Oliver. A real "merry-go-round of moving." The Tygh Valley High school wishes to acknowledge its debt of gratitude to thoce who helped to make the rmoker a success, particu larly to Bates Shattuck and Johnny Williams, who served as referees end to Dr. J. L. Elwood who was the doctor at the ringside. We hope as time goes on to show our grati tude in a more substantial way. NEWS ITEMS SCATTERED OVER WIDE FLAT AREA Pino GroTO Correspondent Keep A Lino on Happenings AH Oror Top Interesting News - Dr. Stovall has reached out into the farming county and on March 1st will take poseersion of two of the ranches on the Flat, they being the Free Stall ranch and the one now operated by Julius Shepflin. Jesse Cox has received a deed for email tract, 3 1-5 acres, next to the Ben Richardson service station at Pine Grove. Dorothy Davis, in company with Miss Sena Peterson, county nurse, Tiatted her parents at Pine Grove, as well as her former school teacher and schoolmates recently. She expects to DEFECTIVE FLUE CAUSE OF - FARM HOME DESTRUCTION Do Talcott Loses House and Much Contents By Fir Last Thurs day Afternoon The Dee Talcott farm residence was entirely consumed by fire lact Thursday, the loss including all con- tents of the upper story as well as "some furniture on the ground floor. Lots is estimated at $1,000. Dee had gone to the chicken house for the purpose of cleaning it np. He started to the residence after a cleaning utensil and saw the roof a mass of fire. He rushed to the burn ing structure and tore loose a screen door at the rear and then began car rying things out As he was about to deposit an armfull of goods on the ground he met Mrs. Ray Kaylor and a few minutes later Ray came over. Dee and Ray then proceeded to get busy. They salvaged the piano, kitch en range and some beds and bedding, as well aa clothing. Dee had in mind to save a trunk containing valuable papers, but in the excitement forgot that act and got busy on other thing--'. All his father's belongings were in the upper story and these were all lost It is supposed the fire originated from a defective flue, aa the fire, when first observed, was around the place where the chimney came thru thereof. ' There was no insurance carried on buildings or contents, therefor whatever loss Mr. Talcott sustained is total. For a time the Talcott's will oc cupy the ranch home of Mrs. Tal cott's sister, immediately across the road from the burned dwelling. The loss of their home is particularly hard at this time, for Mr. Talcott had about gotten " on his feet and now that he will be put to the ex- , . pense of building a new house means ,' that the profit on his labor of yean; ' will be greatly lessened. The sympa thy of all our people goes out to Dee and his wife in their hour of disaster. A DIVERSITY OF HINTS ON MANY HOME SUBJECTS A. C. Home Economic Department Telia of Many Things Valuable To All People Finger nails will be protected from dirt when gardening or doing dirty work in the house if the ends of the fingers are wet and then drawn over a wet cake of toilet soap with a scratching motion, forcing soap un transfer from The Dalles institution to the Salem sanitarium for special treatment. Her friends are rejoic ing to learn that rhe has gained 12 pounds in weight, thus indicating a good start toward regaining health. John Sinclair is hauling wood the J. P. Abbott ranch. to Mrs. John Sinclair has been con ducting a milk goat ranch for some time. It is better than a movie chow to watch her new flock of kids in their funny antics. T. B. Slusher recently shipped a fine lot of fat hogs to the Portland market Mrs. Don Miller is at The Dalles undergoing medical treatment Her recovery is satisfactory. Mrs. Art Gutzler has a girl from Washington assisting her at the L. C. Henneghan ranch home. Heisler & Powell expect to move their sheep flocks to Dufur after the spring grass searon is over. N. G. Hedin and W. A. Dane will ask the circuit court to arbitrate a real estate title matter in March. Rev. Hazen and family recently started to move' back to Wapinitia, but when Frank McCorkle came over from Dufur and made more sati factory arrangements for rental of his cottage to the minister, the latter turned around brought his belong ing back to Maupin. Six inches of snow at Pine Grove; four inches at Wapinitia. The re sult of Friday flight's storm. Joe A. Graham will soon open a trail blazing camp for a cattle lane. Ben Richardson will cook for the camp. Thirty days worn is expected. While Ben Richardson is away at the trail blazing camp Lucile Walters will conduct the service station. Mrs. Julius Shepflin has returned to her ranch home after a few days spent in Maupin. Newt Hedin spent a few days of lart week with his wife and daugh ter la Maupin. Dee Talcott's farm residence was entirely consumed by fire last Thurs day, Loss about $1,000 with no in surance. der the nails. It can easily be re moved with a nail bruth and hot wa ter. When soft custard or custard sauce curdles in making, set it in a pan of ice water and beat with an egg-beater until smooth. If the end 1 a curtain rod is ;",v. ered with an old glove finger it will If vou for pleasure 0 19ZS, B. J. Reynold! Tolaees Cmptor, WlnMon-Salem, N. C not catch when running in the hems of lace, scrim or net curtains. A wsrm comforter may be made by putting two worn blankets togeth er, cover with silkoline, and tack with worsted yjrni. It h a good way to utilize blankets when they become very worn. ( The thin, delicate skins of new po tatoes and young carrots may be re moved quickly without waste by rub bing with a copper tinsel pot cloth. If a pinch of soda is added to stew ed rhubarb, dried apricots, or cran berries, when nearly done consider ably less sugar is required for sweet ening. In worn places the color in carpeU may be restored by painting with water-colors. Use enough water to make the coloring liquid very thin. Apply with a brush. OREGON NEWS NOTES LaGrandc New reven-story Ho tel Sacajawca is open to public. Wheeler Sixteen districts plan to vote on new union high school. Fossil Electric service brought in from Condon, following fire that de stroyed local plant Corvallis Kraft Cheese Co. plans $60,000 chee;e factory here. Oregon has 28 highway parks cov ering 1400 acres. Portland New $75,000 gymnasi um opened for Columbia University.! Redmond Bids asked on three-, story hotel to cost $75,000. ' Hood River Apple Growers' as-; cociation pays $150,000 on January sales. ' j Curry County Wool being sold ! up to 40 cents, and mohair from 40 to 58. Klamath County farm receipts for 1927 are estimated at $5,227,187. Marshfield Refinanced Coos Bay Lumber company employs 150 men. Klamath Falls Shaw-Bertram Lumber comany buys 81,000,000 feet timber in Deschutes forest, at $3.97 per thousand for pine. Dougla, county will ship about 600 cars broccoli this season. During 1927, 8,729 new buildings were erected in Portland. Vale 20 miles drain canal is finished in drainage district Baker Montgomery Ward & Co. will open branch store here. Baker Portland cement plant at Lime will soon open with 70 men. Seven logging camp; are open and two more will open on Middle Fork of Coquille River. Pacific Highway from Grants Pass to Ashland will be beautified by tree- planting. Klamath Falls Lamm Lumber Co. starts mill and logging operations, Milton Box Co. will secure log sup ply from Miller estate near North Powder. moke People might smoke some cigarettes for a lot of queer reasons, but they certainly smoke Camels for pleasure And they smoke more Camels by billions. 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Gold Hill Ludlum Engineering Co. opens $500,000 dredge on Foots Creek placer mine. for a Camel" UffFIHSHED :At: DOCHERTY -POWERS Washington Sts., The Dalles. WAPINTflA I. O. O. F. Lodgo No. 209, Maupin, Oregon meets every Saturday night in I. O. 0. F. halL Visiting members always welcome. James Chalmers, N. G. O. F. Renick, Sac'y. PAPBQW R(&Wiu.' Whs the iMr Man Satisfaction Cats Fall SnOT ORDERS Any Time t'RY OUR SUNDAY CHICKEN DINNERS Ioa Croejn. Cold Drinks and Vascknva Goods Because Hundreds of Supreme Court Judges concur in nlszheit pi of the work aa their Authority. The Presidents of ull leading Uni versities, Colleges, and Normal Schools give their hearty indorse ment. All States thnt hove adopted a larpe dictionary as ttandard have selected Webster's New Interna tional The SchoolbooL-s of the Country adhere to the Merrlam-Webster system of diacritical marks. The Government Printing Office st Washingt. usts It as authority. 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