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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (June 7, 1928)
MAUPIN 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. VOLUME XIV MAUPIN, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1928 Nimber 31 Fair Officials Petition Board to Build Fair Grounds Road County Court Promise to Go On Flfty-Flfty Plan President Hunt and Director Staat, of the Fair arsoclatlon went to the county wat yesterday for the purpose of enlisting the help of the f county court in building or Improv ing the road leading to the fair groundi. After much argument the court agreed to go on a fifty-fifty ba lg In Improving thaf old road. It 1 proposed to widen the curve, gra vel the road bed and make the road easier and safer to travel over. It i proml.ed that subscription paper be circulated in the neighborhood in! order to raise, the quota necessary to meet the county appropriation. FISH ARE "SHOCKED" AWAY EUclrlt Device Developed' Near Turbine Wheel An application of electricity whereby fish are literally '"shocked" j away and saved from dif tructlon by i the turblno wheels of hydroelectric plants ha, rocently been developed In Orgon. The device Is made up of two parallel rows of electrodes suspended from a wooden framework, ono above the surface of the water and one near the bottom. When the current is turned on, an electric field is set up, reaching from the top to be bottom of the stream. It) strength decrease with distance up-and-down-stream. When a'fi'h swims Into the edge of the electric field, it is usually turned back. If it continues, an in creasingly severe shock drive it back. It I, reported that a field current of three of four volts will discourage a 30-pound (almon, but that the fish will not he harmed even if it swims entirely through the field. Home From The Dalles W. H. Talcott, who has been at The Dalles for the past several weeks came home the first of the week and will remain here. While away Mr. Talcott a:sisted . friend on his fruit ranch. Back On Deschut K. B. Eldred, whose home it et Superior, Wisconsin, and who loft Maupin a week ago bound for the far north, returned to the Desrhute. last Thursday. He say, he saw a bunch of trout while In Portland and that tight prompted his return and he Intends to stay here an indefinite time. On Business to Portland George Morris, manager of' the Maupin Warehmi e company', house at this place, went 10 Portland on business lut Saturday. He returned Tueday evening. While he wus n sent, L. C. Wilhclm took care of the bu.tness at the warehouse, and was kept busy storing wheat and wool. Visited With Broth Carl Metteer, brother of Gordon Metteer, with his wife stopped off for a short visit with his brother and wife last Sunday. Mr. Metteer had been to The Dalle, after his wife, who underwent a serious operetionn at a hospital at the county scat re cently. The visitors live at Fos 11. Joined Her Husband '. Mrs. J. W. Temple is at Parkdale, at which place her hurband is sta tioned while at work with a road oil ing crew on the Mt. Hood Loop. Her stay there In Indefinite, aj she did not indicate when she would re turn to Maupin, or whether 1 sho would accompany Jess in his moves from place to place. Will Undergo Operation , Mrs. Ernest Beeks will go to The Dalles next week and while there will undergo an operation for the remov al of a goitre, with which sho has been bothered for some time. DR. CLARK COMING Dr. Clarke, of the Clarke Optical Co., 360A, Alder Street, Portland, Oregon, EYE, SIGHT SPECIALIST, will be in Maupin all day and even ing, Monday, June 18th, at the Home hotel. SEE HIM ABOUT YOUR EYES. BIG WILD WEST SHOW AT TYGH Will Be Held on Fair Crounds en June 9-10 What promises to be the best ex hibition of wild west rodeos will bt on the Tygh Valley Fair grounds on Saturday and Sunday of this week, when the J. Mannville wild west riders with their bucking horses will appear in stunt usually shown at Luch events. The outfit carries a bunch of 33 real bucking horses, and these will be "supplemented by enough to make a total of fifty wild ones. The program will con sist of bronc riding, bareback riding, track and relay races, novelty races, etc., and the whole, to conclude with a dance In the evening. Music will be furnished by the Tygh Valley "Meadow Larkn," and such Is their offerings that feet that wont to keep still are induced to induldge in the dance. There will also be wrestling matches between well known grapp le rs from Portland m well as be tween local men. Mr. Mannville has been before the public for the past 5 years and is well known as a pro moter of Wild We t show, and ro deos. Ills shows are alway, clean and wholesome nd well worth whot they ro t to see them. Fished At Warm Springe Last Saturday Dr. Short and Mar cus Shearer wedded their way to Warm Springs river and on Sunday fished that stream with go'.d cue let, of trout, all good size, kets oftrout, all in fine size. Visiting la Portland Joe Kramer and family went to Portland yesterday and will visit In that city until Saturday, when they will return home. While in the big town Joe will attend to business mat ters. Charivari For Newlyweds Several auto loads of Maupin friends gave Sylvester Krcmt-r and bride and old fa: tinned charivari on 1 u.fday evening. Thev went to Du fur and there surprised the newly weds with blatant noises, "music" of tin cans, bells and whatever else could be mute red fur the oceaion. Sylvester and wife furiiibhed tho necessary eata and smoke i and after a short social time the Maupin peo ple returned, after wiihng the bride and groom all kinds of happine s. Sheep to Smock Herderg Murphy and Ed. Steffan conveyed a band of 1900 sheep from the Fargher ranch to Smock yester day morning. The woollies will be pa tured there until the reserve opens, when they will be taken to the vicinity of Swim and ranged there during the grazing season. , Heavy Wool Clip When the Bhearerg hsd complet ed the work of taking the fleeces from 3100 of the Fargher iheep they had filled T8 sacks with fine wool. The clip wa, one of the heaviest ever obtained by the Farghers and the quality of the wool of tho best. Shearing at Karten's The Kestncr sheep shearing crew ha, been at work at Kalrens the past few. days and will finish there this afternoon. From there they will go to the Abbott ranch, where several thousand sheep will be diveitel of their coats. Picked Strawberries Rev. Hazen and wife went to the old home of the former on' Pleasant Ridge Tuesday and the next morning continued on to Mill creek, where they picked strawberries. They brought home six case, of the luci ous fruit and while away enjoyed a nice ride as well as an unique out ing. Trout Egg Hatching ' Andy, Smith, superintendent of the Oak Springs hatchery is busy jurt now taking care of the late con signment of rainbow trout eggs, re reived last Saturday. Most of the eggs hatched, and the batch num bered a million and three-quarters. They vjill be held in tne hatcunv j troughs for three weeks and will then ; be turned Into the holding pond and jkept th-rfl until six i:hcs in Ir.'fr'h There had ecn comparatively no ton I in hatching. The eggs camc.-irom ' Diamond lake. N. G. Hedin Talked of to Run For State Senator LOCAL MAN ONE OF MOST CAPABLE IN FIELD AND HAS FULL KNOWLEDGE OF NEEDS OF DISTRICT FIRST TIME TO MAKE TRY FOR STATE OFFICE The name of N. G. Hedin has been discussed among people of The Dalles a, a po:lbllity to succeed Judge R. R. Butler as a candldte for the state senate. Mr. Hedin has consented thbt hta name go before the nomi nating committee and he will enter the lists as a candidate. As manger of the Waplnltia Ir rigation company Mr. Hedin is awako to that interest of the ctate. Kc is an ardent booster for good roads, has tho interests of the agricultural part of Oregon at heart, is economi cal and would work to the end that economy be practiced in all matters of state interest. He knows the con struction gnme, is favorable to good schools, libraries, rural extension for est grazing privileges, and all in all, Is about the best man in the district to represent u- in tyie state senate. Perhaps it will hot be amiss to mention at this time a few of the thing, Hedin has been intruriental in bringing about for the good of the state and district, as well as telling what cntorpri.es he is connected with: Since 1910 he has been project manager for the Wapinitia Irriga tion Co. After failures covering 40 years, after he took over the management of that project In three waters Water wag distributed over Wapinitia Plainr. If left to Hedin that system would be enlarged so that every ranch on the Flat will be accorded an amount of water suffi cient to enlarge the capabilities thereof, thereby increasing and di ver, ifying our products and adding to the population of this section. He appeared as spokesman before the state legi lature when the Mt Hood Loop road question was up for con sideration. He also was rpokesman before the Highway commission when the Wapinitia cutoff matter was before that body. Argued for the committee and was partly respon sible for the success of the Wapinia Maupin market road and was a domi nent factor in recuring The Dalles California highway. Mr. Hedin was one of the men appointed by the governor to wait upon the Federal Bureau of Public Roads at Washing ton D. C. and it was his argument, as much an any other, which brought about a willingnes on the part of the Bureau to assist in Oregon's road Moved Hosehold Goods Den Fralcy has moved his house hold goods to the Johnson cottage, recently vacated by the Seethoff family and will make his home there hereafter. He has been living in the residence near the Odd Fellows hall. 1 Vacationing; In Town After a period of three months with tho Fargher sheep, Jess Dcrthick is In town for a few day.--. Yesterday he went to Bakeoven and gathered a bunch of wool, which had been lost by the woollies under his care, and which he sold at a good figure. Injured Finger Mrs. W. H. Stents had two finger severely jammed Monday. She war. holding onto the jam of an auto when someone closed the door, catching the lady's hand and lacerating the finger. While painful tho injury will not leave scriou, results. No Show Scheduled Owing to near approach of har vest Joe Kramer has decided not to give any more show's until the lat ter part of July. Hot weather ig an other fact6r in influencing his de cision not to rhow. CHEAPER AND LARGER During 1927,, 181 municipally owned electric plants, generating or listriliuf in;; cy: terns, were cold o j private interests, and this record is i"ade up f cm teports jf 31 out of the "IS .v.aus of the - "dry Tn most Instances the smaller places that have been sold will be rerved by tranrmissioh lines because cur rent can be manufactured cheaper in the larger plants. program. He went to Atlantic City as member of the National com mittee in 1912. He holds a num befer of responsible positions, among which we mention: Is secre tary of the Wapinitia Plains Com mercial club;; director-at-large of the Southern Wasco County Fair association; commissioner of Reli glou Education for Wasco county; for 10 yean Sabbath school superin tendent; church trustee: He is a member of the Maupin Rod and Gun club; member U. B. church; member State Chahber of Commerce, also of the State Chamber; mcmoer and vice-president of The Dulles-Wasco Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Hedin is a natural orator and singer. As a debater who would be heard in Jpgislative halls he has no equal in thi, di trict, and where oral presentation of any question is necessary hif argument would stand a good chance of winning. If the counties of this district want a senator with experience and a voice, why not nominate Hedin the big Swede? He will do un good and keep us on the map. His slogan would be; "To keep my eyes open and work hard," and that's that. Hedin In Demand Hedin i, always in demand when talent, either as singer or speaker, is required. He always re-ponds to the occasion and makes good in every instance. When this section desirer, to put over an issue, who do they get to do it Why, Hedin. , When The Dalles people want a convention rpeaker, who do they ask Why, Hedin. When the Chamber of Commerce of Oregon and Portland took 100 speakers to Salem to wedge into Ways and Means committe of the legislature, who did they a.k to spek for them Why, Hedin. When the Mt. Hood district want ed a voice before the city council, who did they chpose Why, Hedin. When the meat inspection law came up in a scrap, who reprerentsd the farmers Why, Hedin., When the churche, Sunday schools public school?, conventions and pub ; lie meetings need a speaker, who do I they get Why, Hedin. I Who do we need to represent this 1 district at Salem HEDIN, of cour e. Bought Silver Foxes Frank Crcager recently went to Seattle for the purpore of viewing Rnd investigating silver fox farms. While there Frank became the owner of a fine pair of the valuable fur bearers. Piling Up Gravel Hillstrom Bror. rock crusher is busy turning out gravel for , the road, and have Btartcd several piles on top of the Maupin grade. The gravel is in three size", each size be ing piled separately. The cru'her will be at the Bakeoven grade until tho contracted amount i pi!ed here. BIG INCREASE IN NEWSPRINT Production of newsprint in North America increased 73,038 tons or 6 per cent over the first four months of 1927 during the first four months of 1928, according to f ';ures ju t is sued by the News Print Service Bu reau, New York. Production in the United Stetes fell from 6 18.4 4 7 tons I to 41 1,02 tons, but the Cit'Mc'itr.i croj..e for the ceriod of tl4'0 ten, over th1 '927 record of ,;5 . 2(1 Ma, together with sligl in creases in ,'evvf ...odlnnd ar. ! Me n co, accounted for an increase. Canadian production during April war. 102,645 tons; United States, It 7,553; North America, 328,095. Canadian mills operated at84.3 per cent capacity; those in the United States at 83.8 per cent. Canadian stocks at tho mill totaled 46,641 tons at the end of April; those of the United Stater, 33,374. Shipments for the month were: Canada, 293.443; United States. 118,453; lor the quarter. Canada, 759,25$: as compared with 643,003 in 1927; United States, 457.832, as compared with 506.202 In 1927. AID ICE CREAM-CAKE SOCIAL I Will Be Held at Odd Fellow Hall Saturday, Juno 9 The Ladles Aid of the U. B. church will hold an ice cream and cake sale at the lower hall of the Odd Fellows building on Saturday afternoon and evening of this week. This is given to aid a good cau. e and all are invit ed to call, partake of the good things and thus contribute to the upkeep of pie church. Big Celebration Promised C. M. Plyler writes from Mon tesano, Washington, to The Times and say, he has completed arrange ments for one of the biggest Fourth of July celebrations ever held in Eastern Oregon. The celebration will be open on July 3rd and from that time until the end of the Fourth will be one continual round of a musemcnt. Pylcr ha signed up a line of concessions that will afford pleasure to all who attend, with a program of the celebration proper will make an occasion well worth tak ing in. Digging Ces Pool Billy Heckman i, working toward China and hn- gotten down about six feet in a cess pool at the Wilson store. It ha been easy digging to fur, but a ledge of river boulders has been encountered. Billy will post pone a ta'te of real phop suey for a few days, that is, if he wants to get it in the "Flowery Kindom." Gone to Salem D. B. Appling tnd wife left this morning for Salem, where they will visit a few days with relatives and friends. Bert is enjoying the be tween planting and harvest time by taking a short vacation. Recuperating at Warm Spring , R. W. Richmond went to the Warm Springs la.st Saturday and this week is taking treatment there. He has been under the weather for several weeks and went to the springs -in the hope they might be of benefit to him. He is expected home this week Saturday. Brought Brother Home Noel Shearer went to Corvalis on Tuesday, returning with his brother, Fred, who is taking an electrical course at the Sate college. His sis ter. Madge, who has been visiting at the college, also came home with him. He was accompanied there and back by Jim. Appling of Criterion. 28 MILLIONS FOR ADVERTISING Utilitie Double Expenditure In Five Year One hundred and fifty-eight of the leading public utility companies of the United States and Canada have submitted more than 3,600 ad vertisements in the 1928- Better Copy Contest, accordng to an an nouncements by the PubJic Utilities Advertising As ociation. This en try, which includes both newspaper and periodical advertisements, break, all previous records, says the At sociation. Awards are to be made for the three be t advertisements in each of three divisions electric, gas and transporation companies by the National Electric Light Association, and the American Electric Railway Association, in co-operation with the Public Utilities Advertising Assoc iation. A board of judges repre ent four groups and will decide upon the winning adverti ements, which will be announced at the an nual convention of the Public Utili ties Advertising Association in July. Expenditure,, for advertising by the public utilities of the United States in 1927 approximated $28, 000,000, of which more than half was used for the purpose of news paper space, according to a report by the a sociation. This is double the amount expended five years earlier, and it is estimated that the total expenditure in 1928 will ex ceed the 1927 total. Home From College Freddie Sheerer came down from Corvallis yesterday and thi- morn ing his familiar figure was seen on the milk delivery car. Freddie will j be a sophomore in electrical en- jgineering next year. I Cemented Cei Pool j After digging a hole reaching al most to the water level of the river today by covering the hole with a j coating of concrete. Appreciates Our Work In Helping to Win Nomination Hal Hot Expresses Hi Appreciation; For Splendid Vote Given Him Oregon City, Oregon, May 31, 1928. (To the Editor) : Please permit me to express to you, and through you to the republican voters of Was co county, my deep appreciation for the support accorded me in the re cent primary election. My vote in your county waa gratifying to me, and I know full well that I should not have found so many friends had it not been for the endorsement of your newspaper. It is an absolute imporsibility for a candidate to con tact each and every voter personally, and aside from that means there is only one other so effective. And that is newrpaper publicity. I had my campaign so planned that where I had newspaper support I depended upon it almost exclusively, although I did ma?ce as much of a personal campaign over the state as I could. In Portland, where I had no news paper support, I centralized my per sonal work, and by balancing the two succeeded in making a consis tent showing all over the state. The report appear to show that I wai either f irct or second in .number of votes for this office n every coun ty except one. My success is a distinct tribute to the influence of the up-state press. A number of my editor friends have been so kind as to cay that their faith in me and their knowledge of my ability and in tegrity, gave them something to work on, while of course I felt that I was fully qualified for the position, and .that the press would not have supported me had I not been, Vnow that the co-operation and support of the newspapers of Oregon was the essential factor in winning the nomination. In times of elections, candidates naturally turn to their friends for support. Fortunately j for me, a great number of my friends were in the newspaper business and j their support was more influential than any other group could have been I was nominated without doubt as the result of the support of the. newspapers, but I am not a "News paper" candidate and there was no 1 collusion between publishers to put me over. Neither did my former connection as an officer in the edi torial association have anything to do with my victory; J wag supported in many instances by editors who have never been members of the as sociation. j I am very grateful for the splen did majority accorded me, am deeply appreciative of the confidence shown in me by the electorate of Oregon, and thank you mort sincerely for the fine support you gave me. As sec retary of state it will be my objective to give the people of this ctate a clean, conscientouous administration of their affairs, free from politic and showing every courtesy possible. Very truly youro HAL E. HOSS, Republican nominee for Secretary of State. WORKING IN PIGGLY WIGGLY Mark Stuart Accept Job a Meat Cutter In Spokane In a letter to The Times the in formation was gleaned that Mark Stuart was now engaged in cutting meat In a Piggly Wiggly establish ment at Spokane. Hi, wife is with her folks near that city and Rex h spending the vacation at the home of his uncle. FEATURES 62 BUSINESS YEARS Powers Furniture Co. Inaugurates Sale a Birthday Feature Sixty-two years ago the 6th of June, Ira F. Power3 began selling and making furniture. In commem oration of that event all the Powers stores on the Coast are making an anniversary sale, and have marked stocks down from 10 per cent to 50 per, cent A glance at their adver tisement on our back page will give a faint idea of the offerings the firm f of Docherty-Power, is making in the store at The . Dalles. They have the goods and at prices quoted should move 11 the goods in the store.