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VOLUME XIV
MAUPIN, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1928
Number 25
MAI
FiM
Hal Hoss Ably Backed
For Sec. of State's
Position
Reqalremtat for Office of Secretary
of State Poned by Hal E.
Hmi of Oregon City
(By Edward E. Brodie)
Publisher of the Oregon City Enter
prise, Ex-Preldnt of National As
sociation, and former American
Minister to the Kingdom of Siam.
When Hal Hon came to Oregon
City, a gangling youth, about fifteen
yearn' ago, ho started in hia charac
teriatlc and engergetic fashion to lay
a substantial foundation for, suc
cess. Ilia experienco in newspaper
work at that time was somewhat
rudimentary, but It had the advan
tage of variable elements In that it
commenced at the bottom and pro
gressed upward through the several
channels of the editorial depart
ments and into the business office
where he proceeded to make the
moat of opportunity. It was not for the insurance waa made.
him a long step to a position of re-1 the men consider themselves ex
sponsible management, in which he ; tremely lucky that neither of them
coupled the qualities of Initiating w kmc(1 outrlght, and that their
policies ' with those of carrying injuriM. while severe, were not much
them to a sure termination. Over
period of six years of newspaper
direction, he developed steadily,
building good will, which ia the
most valuable of newspaper assets,
for the property In which he was
identified, and forming clone and
lasting contracts throughout the
state.
Occupied aa he waa in a place
that demanded constant application,
Mr. Hoss .shook irksome details from
bis shoulders and tied into his job
an active appreciation of public ser
vice. He became a worker for the
brothers of the craft, acting Indc
fatlgably for their interests, without
expectation or hope of reward. It
waa only natural that his ref forts
would bring him a flock of non-salaried
and honoary positions which he
filled acceptably, and It was inevit
able that his activitlos, as their scope
broadened would b accorded recog
nition which came to him In the
form of an urgent invitation to join,
as private secretary to the governor,
the state administration. Some of
his friends, including the writer of
these lines, shook their heads not
then realising that Hal Hoss would
-be unwilling to stagnate in a place
that wemed to offer little future.
But his study of and interest in the
affairs of his native, state went be
yond his Immedinte place. He mad
the most of a membership on the
parole board and became a, student
of penal problems, accepting direct
orship in the national association.
There was no good reason, in the
mind of Hal .Hoss, .why' the prin
ciples . of sound . business hould not
be applied to the butness of the
people.' It seemed to him that public
service ought to mean more than a
mere political job, and thnt the
same fundamental ideas that he
utilized in newspaper offices could
and should be put into practice
through . the conduct of an import-
ant state office. Ho was not en
cumbered with political entangle,
ments and wag prepared and equip
ped to transact the state's business
on the basis of common senso, hw
ing in mind that tlio taxpayer's
dollar in not a gift of God, but is
entitled to economic confederation
and should be stretched as far as
practicable with proper results as a
v primary objective.
These facts may be construed as
arguments for the ; nomination and
, election, of Hal Hoss for secretary
of state. He has become a person
ality, His friends are , not giving
his candidacy perfunctory ' support.
but they are enthusiastically urging
the people of Oregon to ' choose
man; who has always wade good, who
ESCAPE DEATH ON
CRITERION GRADE
Four Man Narrowly Escape Death
Whan Driver bleep on
CrKerioa Crade
Louis Bennett, ex-police Judge of
Bend, sustained a badly wrenched
leg and hip, Lea Buchanan severely
lacerated hand and face, Herman
Witwer, neck and face cut, while
the" driver, H. B. Leedy, escaped
without a scratch when an overland
car, driven by the last named, side
wiped concrete fence post on the
Criterion grade early Tuesday morn
ing. In talking to a Times representa
tive, Mr. Leedy stated that he must
have been asleep at the time the ac
cident occurred. He awoke when the
first post was hit and then turned
the car into the road, but in so do
ing it skidded, striking a post which
wrecked the other side of the ve
hicle. The occupants mentioned
were thrown around promiscuously
from one side of the car to the other,
eustainlng their injurlea when the
car hit the second obstruction. Wit
wer had the narrowest escape, a
piece of glass just missing his jugu
lar vein.
Leedy rtraalghtened the onto the
road and coasted to Maupin, where
the aervclce, of Dr. Elwood were de
manded shortly after four o'clock.
He patched the victim up and they
remained at Hotel Kelly all day
Tuesday.
The car was insured and the agent
at Bend was notified. He in turn
called the main office at Portland
and that institution Immediately sent
an adjuster to Maupin to look into
the matter. The car was taken to
the Fischer garajre. where it was
,,,orcd untit afUP an adjustment of
greater than they were.
THE DALLES OPTIMIST
ISSUES FINE EDITION
Advantage of Waaco County Finely
Portrayed and Well Written
Forty-Eight Pages
The industrial edition of The
Dulles Optimist, which had been in
course of preparation for several
weeks, was Issued last week and was
til, yea, and a little more, than the
mblic wa led to believe it would be.
The edition consisted of six section.
ontainlng 48 pages of matter de
moted to a portrayal of our county's
wsslbilitles, was profusely illustrat-
d and covered every section of the
ounty. Maupin came in for a fair
portion of the paper, many of our
(usine.is houses and societies having
ccn dealt with in a clear and con-
Ise manner. '','
Mr. Hollingfworth, the man who
engineered the edition, is possessed
if a wide experience In the write-up
;ame and never overlooks, an item
n such work that might accrue to
he success of hia publication. He
was the inspiration for the booster
dition recently published by the
Hcppiier Gazette and the Wasco
Mews, two country paper that cover-
(d themselves with glory in getting
out their specials. Charley Lake
also was a contributing factor In the
success of the Optimist's special.
River Still Cloudy
But a comparatively small num
ber of fishermen lined the bank, of
the Deschutes river last week end,
all seemly to ralize that conditions
were not favorable for trout fishing.
A few men caught fair strings, but
in the main most fishermen had to
be contented with smal 1 catches.
Johnny Williams went up aa far as
the big rocks and fished down to
town, binding 18 fair sized trout on
the way. Oscar Renick went up as
far as the old Harpham flat and suc
ceeded in landing 15 trout. Jim
Chslmers caught hia usual 10, fishing
Selow the bridge and down as far as
Greene's. The Times man "went up
Bal.eovcn and and caught cold.
has a clear conception of service,
'bo is young and alert and who Is
free to promise and who has the
ibility to deliver that . particular
rbaracter of an administration that
Mir citizenship requires. ... The im
portance of the office demands se
lection of a man who is quailificd by
temperament and experience to ren
der a high type of service to the pub
lie. Hal H:ss is that' man.
New Trout Fly Called
"Williams' Special"
Stono Fly Mado'Troe to Ufo By
Portland Tier Cerne la
Two Slso Hooks
, A brand new trout fly bat made
Its appearance in Maupin and by
those who have tried them have
proven to be the best ever. The new
fly is called "Williams' Special" and
was made after pattern supplied by
Johnny Williams of this city.
Last summer Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Motley, Portland, were visitors at
the Maupin Camp grounds. While
here Mrs. Motley told of being
fly tier and Johnny Williams caught
scrveral small stone flies and asked
could she duplicate them. The lady
said she could, thereupon the camp
ground man gave an order, speci
fying the flies must be true to the
sample. Saturday he received an
initial shipment of the flies. They
have been tried and exceeded all ex
pctations, those using them making
good catches of good rout. The flies
received by Johnny come in two
sizes 12's and 14 'a and are as
true to nature as is possible to make
them.
, Mr. Motley writes that among her
orders for flies this spring has been
one from President Collidge, while
Congressman Hawley hat ordered
many for friends at Washington, D.
C. Meier ft Frank of Portland want
the exclusive sale of the new fly.
The hook on which the fly ia tied
comes direct from Oslo, Norway,
none of the kind desired being made
In this country. The first order for
hooks placed by Mrs. Motley brot
but 1500, and as these have been
tied and the demand so great, the
lady has ordered a large supply to
be delivered as soon as possible,
Multnomah .Anglers club mem
bers who have used the Williams
Special, are enthusiastic over them.
Mrs. Motley searched the state over
for the right feathers for the special
finally securing what she wanted
from near Roneburg.
Bank Slant Brightened
A traveling Mgn painter visited
Maupin the latter part of last week,
doing odd jobs. Among the signs
he . touched up were those on the
windows of the Maupin State bank,
which he touched up by application
of paint back of the lettering on the
glass.
Slaughter House Nearly Built
Kesh & Stuart have had Henry
Kramer at work on the new slaugh
ter house they are putting up on the
H. M. Greene place, just below the
spring. The frame work on the
structure is In place and the roof
shingled. Kramer Is now at work
on the interior and soon the build
ing will be ready for operation.
Built Fin Bug
Manager Shelley of the Maupin
garage, has just completed one of
the nicest Ford bugs ever launched
from an automobile shop. The body
has been Wirclcd by a fine sheet
Iron body, curved in natural lines,
in.f..ii ...t. . k.oir ,,n
holstered, and the whole painted
rrenmv whit vth crimen tr mm.
ings Betting the body off to advant-
age. The bug is for use ol the fra
ley boys, Cyril and Orville and is the
envy of nearly every youngster in
Maupin.
Suspended Butine
, The above caption may be mislead
ing to some, but Sam Brown, the man
who annually 'despoils the Deschutes
river of its largest fish, has - sus
pended all activities at his ranch and
for several days has been trying his
best to coax more big trout to take
his hook. When he has satisfied his
sporting proclivities ho will again
proceed to attend to his ranch du
ties. '
Meeting Well Attended
The anniversary meeting of Od J
Fellows, Rebekahs and others, held
at the lower lo.iy hall Sunday even
ing, was well attended. " Rev. Ha
zen's address on Odd Fellow?hJp wa'
well received wnvs the nv.sm s.ip-
pl'ed by a chtlr compoed of Dr,
Short, Dr. Stoall, W. H. Staats,
Carl Tratt, Meslnti Bpthwell.'We
berg, Semmes, Stants, Woodcock,
Wilson and Welch, with Miss Helen
Weberg as accampanist, added great
ly to the success of the meeting.
Will L. Doud Best Man
For County Assessor
Will L. Dond, Candidate for Assessor
Wall Qualified to Conduct Af
fairs of Office
' Practically all the dissatisfactiouJ
with the present county officers
arose from the acta of the present
encumbent of the assessor's office,
and that man, James Davis, seems
to be slated for retirement at this
time. '
H Mr. Davis has become so domi
neering and egotistical that all who
have dealings with his office go there
with fear and trembling. He has
ecarried an air of "I am King" to
the extreme, while his mode of mak
ing assessment lias palled on all
taxpayers and they are now whetting
their axes with a mind to getting
Davis" political and official head.
" There are several men in the
field for the assessor's job, among
them one fro mour own section W.
L Doud of Dufur. Mr. Doud in is
the real estate and Insurance busi
nna. He has acquainted himtfclf
with real etate and insuranchsrdlu
with real estate and farm values, is
honest in .hia dealings in his own
business and would carry that hon
esty with him to the court house.
Hia personality in such that those
wbo desired Information regarding
assessments would feel aa though
they were really "at home" when
talking with Doud, instead of taking
on a bcligerent attitude when in the
office'.
A vote forWill Doud will be a
vote for capability, honesty, friend-1
liness and above all, a vote for
equitable assessments. That ia to
one thing that concerns Wasco coun
ty taxpayers at this time.
HISTORIAL VOLUME RECEIVED
Contain All Geographic Name of
Oregon Place
Through the kindness of II., I
Walther, manager of the Oregon
Public Utility Information Bureau,
The Times now has on jts bookshelf
a copy of the recently hwued work
by Lewis A. McArthur, member of
the National Geographic society, and
a writer on geographical matters,
well known to
many Oregonians.
The work, "Oregon Geographic
Names," contains the name of every
place in Oregon, the origin of 6uch
and a brief historical mention there
of. The book is of 450 pages, index
ed and starts off "with a fine pre
face. As a work of reference it is
invaluable and should fine a place in
every libraray of the state.
Oiling Highway
Road oiling crews are at work on
The Dalles-California highway, hav
ing begun oiling operations at the
Jefferson county line at the foot of
Cow canyon. They are working to
ward Maupin and during the work
one-way traffic will be in force. -
A Near Tradedy
A near tradedy occurred last Sat
urday when a trailer, bearing three
'huge tubs of ice creaam became un-
i coupled from the leading car 'on the
' " r,vt K,nuo " w"
token to the track meet. The ice in
sulation used around the tubs was
scattered along the highway, but
fortunately the. cream was saved in
tact, much to the tdication and
pleasure of many who were at the
fair grounds thot dayv
Excellent Management
We wonder how many of those
who attended the track meet at Tygh
Valley last Saturday noticed an en
tire absence of thing8 objectionable
notably booze.' Iho mangement of
the meet is to be congrotulotcd
thereon.
New Agidiui, Girl
Albert Agidius and wife are the
proud parents of a new baby girl,
born at the Mid-Columbia hospital
at The Dalles recently. Mrs. Agidius
waa able to leave the hospital with
her little daughter on Monday, go
ing, to her home at Cascade Locks, .
Have, New Tractor
Bate. Shattuck this week deliver
ed tractors to C. H. Walker and O.
B. Derthick. The tractors were of
the McCormick-Dcering make and
will be of grctat afssistance to their
new owners in their farm work.
CONG. SINNOTT'
WINS JUDGESHIP
Appointed to The Conrt of Claim
Bench WhkoVaw aa Candi
date for Congress
President Coolidge has shown remarkable-good
sense in appointing
Congressman Nick Sinnott to the po
sition on the bench as member of
the Court of Claims. Mr. Sinnott
is a farvorite son of Wasco county
and has represented this district in
the lower house of eongresa for many
years. He has requested that his
name be withdrawn from the pri
mary ballot as a candidate to suc
ceed himself, a hia appointment will
take effect soon and he want to
leave the field open for a successor.
The job carries a yearly salary of
112,500 and ig'of life tenure.
Building Cofferdam
Workmen are now employed at the
site of the new bridge over the De
schutes at this place. ' They will con
struct a cofferdam, which will be
pumped out thus allowing of drilling
to" find bedrock. A pumping plant
is expected to arrive at any time now
and as soon as the dam is completed
work of drilling will be begun.
BASKET DINNER AND PROGRAM
Wapinilia Church to Hold All-Day
Meeting on May 6
The Wapinitia U. B. church mem
bers will hold an all-day meeting at
the church on Sunday, .May 6. Re
gular services in the morning with a
basket dinner at noon. The after
noon will be given over to a program
mostly musical. Everybody invited,
so all come.
Will Settle Out of Conrt
Fred Ault, who had a contract to
supply a Vancouver, Washington,
veneer company with timber, and
who defaulted In the contract, was
at Vancouver, recently. Ault Legrn
suit to recover the. price of timber
cent the company, and that concern
now wants to settle the matter out
of court. '
Gable Back on Ranch
Afer an absence of several years
from the Gable Natural Pastures
ranch, Ed. Gable has returned and!
will conduct the ranch hereafter.
The Gable ranch at one time com
prised land sufficient for two large
bands of sheep, but other parties ac
quired part of the Gable holdings
and are holding their part as sheep
and cattle range.
Road Magnet at Work
The state's road magnet machine
was in Maupin Monday, it having
been working on the road between
here and Tygh Valley. The magnet
is charged by a large generator and
in passing over the road gathers up
all substances that are likely to pene
trate tire. There was a large amount
of such picked up hereabouts, nd
consisted of particles of iron, to
bacco tins, wire, nails and metal sub
stance of nearly every description.
Ha New Son
Mrs. Albert St Dennis writes from
Snohomish, Washington, that her
daughter, Mrs. Clyde Mathews had
become the mother of a bouncing
baby boy, who made hi8 advent on
Thursday, April 19. Mrs. Mathews
will be remembered by many Mau-
pinites, she having spent several
years of her girlhood here.
Goihaw Visit Stream-
Philip Goshaw, father-in-law of
Prof. Broughton, tarried in Maupin
Saturday and spent the titne .fishing
in the river. He was lucky enough
to land a fair mess, but said the fish
seemed to have a day off.
CARD OF THANKS
In behalf of the 4-H Club I wish
to thank those, who, in their gener
ous way, made our club stand at
Tygh Valley a tremendous success.
To the editor of The Times, who ad
vertised our lunch' in each of the
county papers, to the merchants and
business men of Maupin and East
Maupin, to the teacher and par
ents, to the club boys and girls and
club leaders, we thank you. It is
an item in itself that Franklyif Ren
ick, John Slusher, Ernest Kirsch,
with the assistance of Masters Trout
man and Mayhew, sold enough of
goods on the athletic field to send
one member to Corvallis.
MRS. D. L. RUTHERFORD
Local Athletes Prevail
and Win (her All at
Tygh Track Meet
Maapin Retain Banker Cup for
Another Year aa Remit of Re
cent Track Victory
Hat, off to the athelites of Mau
pin schools, for the again won the
Bankers loving eup by their perform
ances at the track meet at Tygh Val
ley fair grounds last Saturday,
emerged from. the contests with a
total of 10S pointy tne'r nearest
competitors Tygh Valley 65.
There) were 35 events on the
schedule and these Maupin carried
off first in 14 starts. The event, in
which Maupin starred were : 50
yard dash, girls; 50-yard dash, cls
C boys; 220-yard run, class A boys;
680-yard run, class A boys; mile run,
class A boys; 100-yard dash, class A
boys; baseball throw, javelin throw,
pole vault high jump, broad jump,
class A boys, 160-ya-d relay, class
C girls; 160-yard relay, class C boys;
880-yard relay, class A boys.
High individual score, with points
won, were made by:
Class A Boys
Snodgrass 12 lk
Greene 11
Graham . 9
Crabtree ..... 12
Hunt ...-.'....... 8
Class A Girls
Snodgrass .C 10,
Class C Boys
V
Kirsch ..,.. . 914
Slasher 5 54
There were three of the Snod
grass family and two Crabtree boys v
who took part in the t vents.
The total scores of the various
school, represented were:
Maupin .......,...'....... 105 '
Tygh Valley l. 65
Wapinitia .. 45
Boyd 45.
Mill Creek-Chenowith-Rowena.. 17
Shaniko-Antelope 13
The Boyd unit was composed of
the following schools; Boyd, Lower
Eight Mile, Endersby, Fairfield, Co
lumbia, Douglas Hollow, Long Hol
low and Center Ridgi.
A feature of the meet was the ex
cellent luncheg made and sold by
ladies who are connected with the
4-H club movement They were
assisted by some not interested in
that work, and some of the younger
element in club activities. As a re
sult of that stand a total of $145.53
; was taken in
Out of tha amount
expenses were $oz.4f, leaving a
nice balance of $83.06. That amount
with a balance of SI 1.60 already on
hand as a result of a candy sale at
the High school, makes a total of
$94.66 on hand. That money will
be used td defray the expenses of
those chosen to attend the June sum
mer school at Corvallis.
All in all the track meet was the
best ever held in this county. The
vim displayed by each entrant was
of itself an uplifting element of the
meat, and presages more interest and
greater effort in future field meets
of the district
NEW TRAIN SCHEDULE
, . ONO. T. RAILWAY
Going to Spoknno Traveler Will
Bo Carried via Portland at
No Groater Cost
The Oregon Truck railway an
nounces a new schedule of trains to
take effect on May 6. Both trains
will be run daily, that leaving Mau
pin for up river points leaving at
2:35 a. m. and on the down river,
trip aat 11:27 p. m. One feature of
the new schedule permits passengers
bound for Spokane to ride to Port
land, instead of having to make a
long wait at Wishram. Further de
tails will be furnished by E. W.
Griffin, agent at Maupin.
School Play Progreuing
The Senior class play is making
good headway under the tutelage of
Miss Marjorie Tillotson. The vari
ous characters have about learned
their parts and are now rehearsing
the "business." of the comedy. The
play will be produced on the Friday
preceding graduation and will be a
fitting climax to the year's school
activities.
Supt Gronewald and a party of
friends were in Maupin Saturday
eveinlng while on their to South
Junction after trout : '
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