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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (May 31, 1928)
f 'it'll Oregon growers hnvu sold all but about 750,000 pounds of 1928 wool clip. Maupin State hatchery builds new reservoir and trout ponds. Lower Columbia highway to have anti-skid surfacing-. Klamath Fallr Box company Is working1 on 5 Mi -day schedule. Douglas county poultrymcn expect to raise and market 12,000 turkeys. Vale will install a curb lighting tystem. La Grande Bowman-Hicks mills and. log camps reopen with 325 men. Burns Frank Whiting sells 25 fat steers for $3,764. Oregon census estimates indicate a population of 902,000. Klamath Falk Klamath Moulding company has 30 men employed in modern plant " Klamath Falls Eqauna Box com pany has 700 employes. , First large deposits of tellurium xm e u,vv..r n z u..w.ae. v l -f--Jt 'vi.WV V7f 11 EK WOOD ANDERSON, faoo ' 3 K . S . 1 ' among the tjpe esses o his weekly W-1' , k - - e" ' ' , netpapt-r in Marion, irginia. Mr. Famous Writer, Turned Country Paper Editor, Boosts the Town Band No wonder the Marion band of Marion, Virginia, considers its troubles crc over, says the Conn Music Center, Elkhart, Ind. Sherwood Anderson, vr.c is reported to get a nickel a word for his short stories, is championing the band with a half to a column article every week in the Marion papers, wiu... he recently bought , , Not only has this highly paid writer stirred up support in Marion, but many national figures have come to the support of the band. Otto Kahn, international banker and donor to the Metropolitan Opera, has contributed $100. H. L'. Mencken, "cussed" or praised by perhaps mere people than any other writer in America, chipped in $12. So dii Horace Liveright, well known publisher. Alfred Knopf, another publisher of Nv York City, came across with S5, as did also Fred Black, Ford Motor Co., Detroit, and Brig. General Rosenbaum, Washington, D. C. Sherwood Anderson says he is not an uplifter. He claims he took up the band cause" from his own selfish desires. He says he likes a band. Band music just suits him. He would like to play the biggest horn in the band himself but lacks ability. He would like to be the drum major best of all, he confesses, but he doesn't have the figure. It's in his system, I PTiess. as his father used to play a cornet in the same town band with the late President Harding. His First Story "What does a band mean to a town?" Anderson asks in one of his first stories. "Better ask what is a town without a band ? Life in a town coes on. iust so. You know how it is. Merchants selling goods, lawyers fighting their cases, farmers coming into town to buy goods-, Spring, sum mer, fall, winter, reople in Uieir houses, women cooking, making beds. Life is dull enough. "Days conio. fcce, the men of the band have put or. their uniform;; and are coming up along tho street. The .big drum is booniinj?', t'10 horns poinjj. "Jurt suiijiose now, in our town, we pre visitel by some great man. Hur rah now, let'3 pive him a big day. It may be the pnvernor of the Etate or some other dignitary. Our principal men are poing to meet him down at tha station. They have their best cars there, the bigsrest and best cars we have in town, all our leading citi zens. And no band. Pshaw! What a frost. "And what abou t A rmistice Day and the Fourth of July? "Or when the fair is on. "Older men, staid citizens of a town may be able to get along with out a band but what about the boys I "When I was a boy my one great yearning was to play the biggest horn in the town band. 1 never made it, There never was much music in me. "Still and all, I'm not a jealous man. What I can't have I don't want to take away from the other fellow, Fond of the Band "I still like a band better than al most anything else in a town. Band music just suits me. There they come up the street. Lately I have only seen the Marion band in action a few times and then they didn't have any drum major. I hope they get one again soon. I like to see the fellow in the big bearskin hat with Us ttaii and stepping high and wide. ire in Oregon reported at Grants i'as.1. Klamath Falls First train of lum ber over Bend railrond carries 1,250, 000 feet. Condon Kinzula Tine mills com pany will cut 30,000,000 feet of pine a year at Kinzua mill. Wallowa Crop prospects here were never better than now. Nyssa Dam contranct on $18, 000,000 Owhyee reclamation project v i U be let June 7. v Burns Ballasting is under wuy at Bear Valley rail line. Klamath Falls receives bhta on paving to cost $75,500. Jefferson Closed state bank pay 100 per cent to savings, and 85 per ent to commercial depositor:. Wallowa John Fisher will estab lish 171-acre fish hatchery on Fisher Creek. . Klamath county will sell $775, 00 municipal and school bonds for arious project!. Hood River votes $250,000 bonds l rs L l JOBS (Above) MARION KIWAMS BAND. This fine little band not only furnishes the 3"00 people of .Marion with music on summer evenings and during celebrntinns but recently made a trip to Wash ington, D. C playing in 22 cities along the way. This is t.e band Sherwood Anderson is "rooliaj" for and to ' hose tuppori Otio Kahn and the rest contributed. Frank Lieto, director, extreme lelt. (Left) Sherwood Anderson says he is happier bocae le lias rescued the band in Marion than if l.e I.ad i.tten the years Best Seller, not because he i as c"oi.e a "j!cj1 JoeJ" bat because he'll be sure of band concerts this summer. I ft mmrm , six. ,. j. . . J. i L HENRY MENCKEN, the lamou? Bal timore Bell iether, who ;;a.e a ve.ir's dues to the band boys. ii!i l.is on tribution came a note saying, "It h an honor and a pleasure. All I nsl. is that the boys play Ti? Wacl.t .r ilhein' once a year, preferably f n n'' birthday. Don't let the bnnrl die.1 Anderson wrote back: "O. K., fleury. When is your birthday? V. o'.l i.a.v a parade." I'd like to do it myself but I hrvon" got the figure for it. "And how faithful and devo'e' V band members are. The men o': c. Marion band, for example, o o;f ' practice twice a week. Far xic w f,t' ting paid for their work they do i without pay. The members even pa. dues to keep the band going. "Recently, until these last fev weeks, our Marion band ha3 had band leader who was paid a foo salary because he was a pood mar He was there to keep the boys up t snuff and would be there now Lu: that he is sick. "But the boys are at it just Vim same. They are keeping the band up. Sacrifices of Band Mon "There are men in tho Marion band who make a sacrifice every time they go out to play. Bear this in mind. When we want -our band mos-t, other towns, that haven't any band, would U for new Laurel creek water system. Klamath Falls will sell $300,000 worth of sewer construction bonds. Caravan; covers route from Oregon City to Eugene, on proposed Cascade through highway. Condon Butte Creek company sells 100,00 pounds wool at top price. Pine Grove Doings Jim Brown of Mitchell, who k? an uncompleted rtretch of thu Wap initia to Clear Lake road contract, came over Sunday for inspection. He brought a truck load of road equipment with him and materials with which to set up camp. The ' Bureau of Public roads insists that j the contracts be completed, also that ' of the three-mile rection above j'Clear Lake, thL; being held by ' the Baker Contracting company. Gra I veling of those stretches will be done i next year. . ! ike rn! too. 0"r bnnd rets ofiVrs t- si i 1 over t!:e Southwest. i;ucli TVrs r-Hosfc ,r!ways cotve when wc s-;d tii'-m hcie and tliey stay r,t or.if. Inr-tea-l of i.oinj out and rak i,r: in menev tbey stay here end give iioir ferviti'S. "An.1 tiiere ovt individual members f tie ba:id who r.:a'.;e a sacrifice very time thoy ro out to play. Do iiev kick? Net they. "The bo;-9 of tju ban 1 liV t!ieir :Rnc!. and so da "we. Hurrah, here hoy co:r;e. !Ii'-b fioatinrr un the '-reeze. E- cry heart jumping. Life. . luslz. Zipp. "V o lik that. ''tiiii ptplj of Marion ov.-j it to .heir band to give it t'.-e heartiest in 1 of support. Get back of t!ien. . . htn they r-?'l a Iillb noney to ' yc ) roh ', slicil out. A rood lan 1 i ) ' :.t investment a town con make." Join the Gory List "Join tiie Glory List," fJherwood Anderson headlines Mother story, ind continues. "The Mr.ion Pubiish ia.j C'unipar.y doesn't, intend to la :ome a crasador. You l-.r.ow how city crc. Y'en, wo make no j.r Icr.tior.s cf being a big ciiy rEl'c "Ve nr just a little old country week ly, thal's what wc are. "Un.l m.l i..l, i3 ui Ting Lardncr !: :o i )r, I cf say:.:.", va do net want he Lig city r-cpo.3 ti l.ar.g it r.lj ov.'i ju cy.-..t. City r-'J"' f' - t-l'-'-fiys r.v l!r.,'; up a ckT;.rQ''3 f-r roir.3 pood r.u.-e. The;' .uplift this cne ' r.r that one. Gomctimrs v'.o;o cciioM of -atiety Ket uplifte-.l liho tliit. It's onderful. "V'c aren't, ho" r er, quite so nm 'jiliouH. Up to i :.te" v-o have ta!:rn ui hut one cnu. o r.n I that is the .Marion Band. Jt nay be (! only on ' e ever will tal:e up. And we sre rot oing thnt out of pny r.'tfuistif! pur .'osf. It's just bectiure wo liko to ' ear the band play. We like to see hem parade. When a big day comes i like to Bee them put on their uni orms and coma blowing their heads ;.'f up Main street. "Flags flying, everyone feeling fine. Ufe is drab enough on ordinary days. Ve have never found ar.y way to be . censry bird ourselves. Summer Night Concerts "What we want i3 to see the band ) ys have a little money in the treas iiy. We wani band concerts on sum mer niglits. : "O, hearts of gold, who will put up 5.00 a year over a period of five :ars to get and keep our band in nnp-up financial condition ? Wo arc making thi3 appeal not only to i.'arionites but to r.ll people in the surrounding country who read this aper and who like to come to our ov n when there ia something stir ing, or on summer nights to hear the hand play. "The King of England, President of France, President of the United States, Senators, Politicians, Million aires, Rich Authors, Poor Ones, Farmers, Merchants, Anyone welcome. "If you do not want to sign up for j Culvin Burnside and John WoU , back of the Joe A. Graham forest crew huvo moved to Sunflower Flat where they are fencing grazing plots and staking others to study tho effect of cattle grating on tho Mt, Hood nationaal forest pastures un der contract by the Waplnitla Cattle men's association. Lou McCoy la again operating his woodsnw on roadside pile, of logs near Pole hill. , Ben Richardson gave a dance at the First and Last Chance hall at Pine Grove Saturday night. About 75 dancers were present Goorge and Frank Richnrdsorr spent the lat week end at Pint Grove. Stella Davis-Appling of Bend is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Duvis at thia placce. Clorice Burnside of Pine Grove, whose folks moved to The Dalles, has returned from his medical school in the east. November when he left JSew lorK City and became publisher of two Utile weekly papers down among t:,e Blue IUdse Mountains. About t.io tirst thiny: lie did was start a ca.npaiun for tlie Marion band, lie likes a band "better than almost anything else in a town," he says, liis appeals, written in the ini lit cbie Sherwood Andersen style, not only 6ti'red up stippo t ornon the people of Marlon but brought con tributions fro;n Ctto Kahn, Inter national .hanker, H. LA Mencken, noted writer ami critic. Ho. act Livernht, well known publisher, and ather national nn,ure. 9 " 'Hf VM i i ,f A. , OTTO II. .:V. Lt.mafntial Fanker, Lacl. r t,f the Metropolitan Uera, .jusio ciiihusiji-t and philanthropist, who sta.toJ t ie Ma ion band fund ou witli a cl eck for CIO J. Several o'.lic cont.ihi:: inn fro-i nation il frnires followed Lut the bulk of (' e band fund camo fron Mririen pcofle who vilue '.ho band ft one tf lie bigjrest thini;3 in (ho tawn. j. mora than one year or cannot cive ,;5.00, do not let that fiton you. "JOIN THE GLORY LIST." Spirit of Ike Band Ar'erEcn says l.e would liko to le thn flrf.m Major in tin band but doesn't l.ave the figure. Well, he riny be a little nhimp m-1 Iiii knee action r.vy bs a bit tit ill bi't we'll vole for him, anyway. He r;.U-o:-. the. spirit of tho parading ban i. Thai's what it t-ikes to bo a d um muj- ;. "Tin band repm-i n':i the town on its pay dayr," he says, '"''hen the frdr comes, v.lier th-'ie is ; celebra tion, Fourth of July, any kind of a nr- horee when every citizen becomes i boy again, then a pood band, step oing rally out, tho drums beating, i'.ar.s flying what is a town without a rood band? "You r.mnot have a good band in lebt. You ennnot expect the boys to blow raily, Etop out with real gusto, when they are in debt. To have a good band requires nights of steady uraetice, it requires sticking to it. What can you expect when the boys have to come to band meeting and plunk down a dollar just for the privi lege of wo rl.ing to b3 good when we want them (..ood? "The boys got a little discouraged. Their leader got Bid. A lot of them are working boys. They got a little in lebr. This paper ij no uplift paper, (t is just a good, little old country paper. But we like a band. We be gem writing about the Marion band in nur paper. "Well, don't you worry about old Marion. We will rake In many a five dollar bill for the boys." Viewpoint of the Band Men Few have gotten the viewpoint of the small town band as has Sherwood Anderson. He has learned from the band men what they are up against. He also appreciates what the bald really means to any g$2$ Win. Moore cumo out for his week's supplies Sunday, coming from Lng Trough camp. He reports the canal as carrying total cnpiul'y with no breaks except where so mo though less person had moved tho top clash board in tho plllwny nt 1 1 i;r Out thereby caimlng loss of con lileioablc water. Walter Woodslde and N, G. lied In recently cornered a big diamond back rattler on 'the road near Bert Hammer's ranch. He had nine rattles which he uted to good advan tage until a shovel cut his enreur short Floyd Eubanb reports 104 re plies In response to a short ad plac ed In a newspaper calling for ranch help. This indicates two things that advertising pays and that there are many unemployed men on the market. Lew Woodside has done bit of rattlesnake thinning this season. He says that 1928 Is an unusual year Pi, fawou " . .' J y writer, f f. is weekly I 1 itinia. Mr. I "One of the first siirin of the decay of a town is when it cannot, pet up enthusiasm to mpnprt n bpnd. The Marion ban I needs support. Most people don't know if. "In order to lep t'erifelven up to snifT the boys practice twico a week. They pay a dollar a month out of their own poeketi. Tl.hs isn't fair. They should not hi nskeJ to do that. The money goes to pny rent for a hall in which to practice, and other inci dontal expi ns- s. "Who will pay the yearly dues for one band boy? This paper will re ceive It for them. Some of tho boys have rot behind in their dues. A rood many of then work hard for their money. When they get behind they do not ff-el like coming around to practice and the bnnd rulTors. ' Loyal'y of th Hand "Only Inst Armlstiro Dny our band bad an o.T:r to po to nnother town. They ceiili have pot ?250 for the day. They stuck to Marion. They have always stuck. Wo ought to stick to them. "There to soon to b a nh-v pi:1 on in town a part of tho prorfedn of which ro ti the hr.nd. S ipport tha'; when it comes ah .ig. If j jiu foel liko (hipping in to pny wma fellow's duea for a year, we will bo glad to hear from you." When tl" mm pa Inn hn run Its our:.e, the Marion hand will probably bo completely outfitted with quadruplo 'old-plato I rwrif) and uniforms with oi l braid throj riches wide. Any way, tlw people of Marion are assured r.f bnnd concetti thin summer and of 'riving a r-npr-y bind to liven up all lh:r fain .l - i with music. tit, r'-svft HORACE LIVERIGHT, publisher, play producer and literatonr. In a letter he says! "I want a little band boy of my own. Inrloucd And $12 to pay one band boy's due for the year. Pick me a Rood one, one with good lungs. Let him blow bard. You tell that band boy that when a big day comes In Marlon, I want him to shine his shoes, comb his hair, keep his eyes off the girlsi and ro to it. Lordy, why didn't I learn to blow a horn myself when I was younger! I would like nothing , better in this world than to be one of the Marion Band Bovn. Here's to them," , fa J A i' J J for those loathsome reptiles. O. Bronner l u, buny an a Florida lot inleNiunn those days rgvumtlng the water over WupliilUa I'lalni. George Dyer has. completed his tractor plowing Job for Julius Shep flln. 'Mrs. Henry Teterson It vlultlng her ninny friends at Maupln and will spend two weeks thenti . Mrs. Blanch Uodin and daughter, Nova, have returned to Pin Grove for the luninicY. Dorothy Davlg has returned from the state tuberculosis hospital at Salem. She ha. gained much in weight and has every appearance of having conquored the dreadful htcourgf tuberculosis. VerULvwii has returned to her home on the J. S. Brown ranch, after attending school at Maupln the past year. . Alice Davis, who has been attend ing school at Maupln, has returned to her liome at Pine Grove. II. L. Watson, former secretary of The Dalles-Woxco county cham ber of commerce, now residing at Friend, Is a deputy aissiaor and la covering a 'portion of Southern Wasco county this week. A phone tangle exlnti between government reserve and line No. 25. It has defied tho Investigating patrons to locate the trouble. Dr. WM. KENNEDY DENTIST DENTAL X.RAY First N.tlo.l B.k Bid,. The DalUi, Orcioa Pbon. 391 Wilson Painting Co. House and Sign P-A-I-N-T-E-R-S-! PAPER HANGERS and t DECORATORS Coll, Write or phone, Timea Office. Maupia, Ortfoa. ZELL'S FUNERAL SERVICE Undertaking: and Embalming; AMBULANCE SERVICE Call Maupia Drag Stare Pboaa.345 WERNMARK SHOE STORE Shoes and Repairing Wa$co County' t Exclusiv Shoe Store hoae for th 'Vbola Km General Repairing The Dalles, Ore. Your Watch Haywire? If it is not doing it work bring it to The Timqs ofEce and Mr. Semmes will send it to i GUY A. POUND Maiiurnrruring Jeweler ' k4 Matchmaker buoswMur to Li. Lindquist THE DALMIS - v- ORKGON CRANDALL . UNDERTAKING CO; f i QUIET SERVICE LADY ASSITANTS The Dalles, Oregen. 'Phone 38-J WAPDOTA I. O. O. F. Lodgn No. 209, Maupin, Oregon meets every Saturday night in I. 0. O. F. hall. Visiting members always welcc. - Jamei Chalmers, N. C O. F. Renick, Sac'y.