1AUP1I
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VOLUME XIV
MAUPIN, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1928
Number 33
School Election Centers
on Mrs. Bothwell for
Board Member
School Board Continual With Same
Personnel Mr. N. C. lUdin
Elected Clerk
The ichool election held on Mon
day resulted in the re-election of
lire H. F. Bothwell as member of
tht board, while Mrs. N. Q. Hedin
u chosen m school clerk. Every
vote of the meeting cat 'p
those ladles, and clearly demonstrat
ed that our tchool patrons were de
sirous of keeping up the full strength
of the board.
Mrs. Bothwell has officiated , an
chairman during the -past year. She
ha been a sort of a balance wheel
on the board) and ha.i maintained a
stand that our schools should be
kepi up to the higheitt po; bible stan
dard at all times. She has hsd the
entire confidence of the people of
the district, and while strenuously
refusing to al low her name to go
fore the people for reelection, was at
last convinced that ihe was the one
person in Maupin most desired as a
member ot tne board, wrs. isom
well has been on the board during
the' past three yecars. Her every
endavor was that Ma'upin's (schools
thould be counted among the beat
In the state and has worked to that
end at all times. She has had much
to contend with dicing her incum
bency of the office, but has smooth
ed thing out at all times and left
no sort spots.
Mrs. Iledin, who was cho.cn as
school clerk, ha had considerable
experience In rchool work. She was
cderk at Tine Grove and fully under
stands the duties of the office. She
also is a booster for good schools
and will do all in her power to help
Maupin maintain her porltion among
the school, of this rection. Maupin
ia to be congratulated on the choice
of f those two e timable ladies to
position on the school board. Our
people may ret as.ured that matters
pertaining to the schools hero will
be in competent hands and that
things will go along twimmlngly
hereafter.
WELCOME GIVEN RETURN OF
$ RESERVATION MISSIONARY
Program of Welcome Indulged In
Indians Participate and Make
T , Fine Talks
Rev. and Mrs. W. A. Matthews
were hosta to a caravan of friends
from Maupin, Wapinitia and Pine
Grove last Sunday, when visitors
motored over to SimnaBho and par
ticipated in 4 general welcome to
the missionary and his wife upon
their return to that field. of labor,
A dlightful program of mufeic,
vocal colos, duets and quarteta,
proyer by Rev. Everett Hazen and
talks by various members of the
gathering, was listened to. N. G.
Iledin, through an interpreter, stat
er the purpoce of the visit Rev.
Matthews delivered a masterful ser
mon to the Indians, with John Pow
yowette, Indian, changing it into the
Indian language. Others of the In
dians 'alro made addresses, welcom
ing their white neighbors and told
of appreciation of the return of the
i missionaries to that field. John
Powyowette's father, Old Dick Pow
yowette, made a touching tribute to
the "vanlhing Americans." After
the service the , visitors and friends
went to the Matthews home for a
brief visit. -
Fine Milk Cows
Frank Batty has one of the finest
terds of milk cows in this section
At present he ia, milking 22 cows out'
of a herd of 35 full blood Jerey3.
Frank does not believe that a grnds
animal is a3 valuable for milking
purposes as the full blood, there fora
has none but ihe best in his herds.
Caught Trout Limit
Ishom West of Waninitia wentlurday and rpent a short time with
fishing at the, mouth of Clear creek , their relatives in Maupin. The next
recently. He caught the limit of day they went to Juniper Flat, where
trout and then treated the guests at they continued their visit with rela
the Waplniia hotel to a trout din- tives there. s
tier, 'v ' ." . v'.; i ' :
Ready Foe Harvest "
; Wm. Sturgis is getting ready for planted eight acres of Spud-. Verle
harvest and in order tha. evervthin.? ,has made a success of raising pota
(hall be 0. K. when hai'mt arrives . toes, and with favorable conditions
Is fixing up hi heador at the Hart-
wan store at wapmiM'v .
DUFUR VALLEY NOW SERVED
ElectrU LIbm,, Etttndsd Into For
til Territory
Extension of a power lint . Into
Duf ur valley, making i. possible a
more in ten; We development of the
fertile land lying In the valley, has
already been authorized by the of
ficials of the Pacific Power k Light
company and work will be started
at once, says The Dalles Chronicle.
Electricity will make of the val
ley a place for the development of
imall farms specialising in dairy
ing, it I declared, by providing
power and lights for domestic use
and for lighting barns and operat
ing milking machines. It will put
the Dufur valley on a par with any
other dktrict in the state on the
basis 6f advantages offered to pros
pective settlers. "
While no, figures have been given
out on the length of the new power
line, it is declared to be adequate
for the needs of the valley aid of
mil fl.'lant liiru nnuitr it fska rarp
. f . futurf h of evrtl veirii
L, Une extfnded lnto VBl,,yg
be-jBW The Mn , the lMt few yM
ih((ve d ,n (uch dem(nd that
thejr f ,imjtation have nad to
N ,ncrwd meet the needs of
those adjacent to the lines.
SOME ONE STOLE THE WOOL!
Billy Hunt's Wool House Robbed
- Some Night Lat Week
Someone with a superabundance
of gall entered the wool house of
W. E. Hunt one night last week and
helped himrelf to about 600 pounds
of sheep covering. When Mr. Hunt
went to get the wool he discovered
hla loss and at once notified the as
sociation officers of the theft.
"Dad" Coale alo suffered a loss of
about ninety dollars' worth of, wool,
which he had gathered in small lots.
There wag a reportrampant about
town to the effect that Fargher had
lost 13 tacks of wool. Investiga
tion proved the rumor to be with
out foundation.
LEGION MEMBERS HOLD PICNIC
Gather at Fair Ground and Enjoy
Fraternal Good Time
A picnic waa held at the fair
grounds at Tygh Valley last Sun
day( being held by the American
Legion members and the auxiliary.
A fair attendance was out and all
enjoyed a basket dinner, supple
mented by a freezer of ice cream.
After cats were di posed of a busi
ness meeting wag held at which mat
ters concerning the two orders were
gone Into. Another picnic is sched
uled for July 15, thlg to be held at
Richardson's service station, at Pine
Grove at the eedge of the timber.
All those eligible for membership
in either the Legion of auxiliary are
cordially invited to be present
Took Stock to Portland
Bobby Davidson and Elza Per
thick each took a load of live ;tock
td the Portland ' market this week,
leaving . Sunday evening. Bobby's
load consisted of a double decker,
there being 16 sheep and 11 hogs on
the truck,
Elza carried 22 sheep.
They returned latt Monday even
ing via the cut-off road.
Want Road Signs
People living on ' or near the
Wapinitia-Mt Hood cut-off arc ask
ing that road Bigns be placed at
dangerous places along that high
way. Especially do they desire the
signs at and near school houces. By
having them there it is posrible that
some lives may bo saved, , as auto
lata usually observe ruch things and
slow UP when "PProaching
school
house. It i asked that the signs
be placed before the fall term of
school begins. ,
Visitors' From Idaho
F. W. YowelJ and wife, uncle and
aunt 01 Aaron Davis, drove in Sat-
j Plenty of Spuds
I Verln ' Bonney of ' Criterion ,
Verln' Bonney of ' Criterion . has
this season will have a crop to crow
over,
Wants Rivers Saved for
All the People, ;
Oregon Came Protective Association
Circulating Petitions For Protor- i
vaatiou of Deschutes J
, ... , ,
The Oregon Game association,
through Its campaign manager, R.
J. Kirkwood, has issued blank peti
tions calling for a referendum vote
of the people of Oregon . on tht
question of retention of the itrearos
of this state to the benefit of oar
people. There are several bills, each
ftklng for signatures to the respec
tive petitions, and Mr. Kirkwood has
set forth the following as the
, Purpose of the Bill
The purpose of the bills is to re -
tain for the people of Oregon such
of the waters of the Rogue, UmpquaJ
McKenzie and Deschutes Rivers
(a
separate bill for each river) a. have
not already been grabbed by private
Interests. Unfortunately we can not
recover for . constitutional rea
sons the water rights that already
have been given away. We axe try
ing to cave what ia left (
The waters in our streams were
iven to the people of Oregon by the
act of Congres that admitted this
state to the Union. It
never was I
t.A.A k. ..r .ki.M k
given away to speculators for tbem-
IM HUTU VHUV Tv . w
sclve alone and to be ured to the
detriment of the .public.- ,
These bills safeguard the rights
that each individual citizen has in
the water, of the ctreams affected.
When the time comes that the pub
lic and not a private .corporation will
be benefited by the use of these wa
ters for power development, they will
be available for that purpore. Un
til that time, if these bill8 are en
acted into law, the public will con
tinue to own them and will be in a
position to make them yield sub
stantial revenue to the state, there-
by rducing taxation, when they are
finally so employed. In the mean-
time they shall be maintained as the
homes of miUiom of fish both
game and commercial-which means
so much to the people of this rtatc.
Right, already establihed will not
and cannnot be affected by the e
bills .,
The only persons who ''can object
to the pas age of these biills are the
greedy speculators who would profit
at public expene, or their hirelings.
HITS
NAIL ' . ON ; THE HEAD
Slate
Grange Matter Tells
' Pertinent Truths
Few
' State Muster Geo. A. Falmlter,' in
addressing the State Grange at
Rainer last week, said: "The trou
ble i that industry and labor are
protected. Farmers are not and
they never will be as long as they
remain unorganized." In
urging
co-operation, he said that only about
JO cents of the consumer's dollar is
now returned to", the farmer. He
thinks freight rates arc unfair be-
cause based on weight without con -
sideration of value. Regarding
taxe:, he declared: ''All taxes
should be levied on ability to pay,
for any other basis means simply
confiscation. There in plently of
wealth in Oregon to pay all taxes
without placing a burden upon any
one.',' '
Visiting Her Husband-
i Mrs. R. B. Bell, accompanied by
Miss Mildred Slane of Vancouver,
Washington, motored over from that
city Tue day and spent the timo un
til today with R. B. Bell, agent for
the 0. W. here. Mrs. Bell contem
plates coming to Maupin to reside
some time the coming fall. For
some time past the has been taking
CRre of her mother at Vancoouver
ond anticipates a willingness on the
part of her parent to come here to
reside. . "
Moving Oil Pump ,
Fressie Martin employed himrelf
yesterday in digging a hole for the
accommodation of the oil tank and
pump, standing at the old Kramer
garage. Kramer Bros, are install
ing the pump at the curb opposite
their garage, figuring it will be
handier for service than the two" un
der the canopy.
jSoId Sheep Flock
John Jonyce recently disposed of
about 1,100 sheep, they having been
purchased by Tom Borland, who has
bought sheep in thi3 section for a
number of years. Johnny will look
up another band for winter feeding.
New County Fngineer
Now On the Job
Next; Two Week, to Be Spent, la
Field on Inspection Trips
Christ Fauerso, former state high-
way bridge engineer, will Uke "full;
charge of his dutie, as Wa.co coun- 'afternoon, being conducted by Rev.
ty roadmaster Monday morning, it .Everett Hazen of this city, with in
was announced today. Fauerso wasjterment under direction of Zell. ln
appointod to the position following teraent took place- in the Wamic
tht acceptance by the county court cemetery.
last week of the resignation of P. Besides her husband, Richard L.
W. Marx. . jEerity, the deceased, leaves three
Fauerso will rpend most of his children, Helen, Thomas and Arthur
time in the field for a few weeks go- jand her mother, Mrs. Emma Chas
ing over the projects on the 1928 tain of Tygh Valley; two st ten, Mrs.
program, involving"thc evpenditure Nina New and Mrs. Ef fie Knighton
'of
almost 100,000. Although he ,
is familiar with highway work and ;
engineering problems,
it will be
jneee sary for him to make a detailed
study of the specific projects. ,
CHARGED WITH SHEEP TAKING
I
Anton Siefert Bound Over to Grand ,
Jury Under $500 Bond
Anton Siefert was bound over to
. U yl ..-. 4 . k-H1 .f f
on complaint of John Fitspatrick, who
charged that Siefert appropriated to
hi. wn hn fmm ho Fitinatrick
fW V" "-w J' v - -- j- '
flocks. The complaint that Siefert
changed ear marks on sheep, but
that sufficient of such marks re
mained to make identification of
sheep positive. Siefert has been in
trouble on other occa ions, but this
ig the first time he has been charged
with sheep stealing.
MEETING DATE INDEFINITE
No Date Set For Committeemen to
Select Candidata
No date has been set for the com
mitteemen of Wasco and Hood River
counties to meet for the purpose of
.selecting a candidate for the position
'of state senator to succeed Judge R.
'n. Butler. Chairman French ttated
0n last week that the meeting would
1 be called later in the summer.
N. G. Hedin is in the field for the
office of state senator, and the delay
in calling the meeting will give him
'ample opportunity to make a canvas
j 0f the district "in the interest of his
candidacy,
Added Gravel Trucki
IlilL trom Bros, have added a
couple oftrucle; t othcir gravel haul
ing line and each is busy hauling
gravel to the Maupin grade. Several
huge piles have alredy been com
pleted and it will not be long until
the quota for this Bection of the
highway b filled.
Rein Halts Shearing
The rains of the past couple of
days have halted sheep shearing.
W. E. Hunt has tcveral thousand
Bneep in the corrals, part of which
haVe been under the shearers'
hands, but the remainder will have
'to dry out before further work on
their coata can be done. ; -
Hauling Wood-
Oscar Renick improves the early
hours of the morning by making
trips to the timber and hauling a
truck load of wood. He makes a
I second trip in the afternoon". He
is accumulating a large amount of
fuel and figures on having auffi-
! cjent in the yard to satify the win-
, ter trade.
Wheat Frostbitten
Lew Henneghan returned Tuesday
from a visit to Joe Batty at Hard
man, Morrow county. , Mr. Henne
ghan reports that wheat in that part
was frostbitten early in the season
and that conditions for a crop are
rather dubious. He says that that
section has had no rain to peak of
so far this season.
Quits Railroading
lester Crofoot has tired of pump-
i to? a speeder up and down the De-
chutes for the O. W., therefore has
severed relations with that road. He
expects to move his household goods
to Maupin soon and will again take
up hie residence in this city.
Went to Hospital'
John MeCorkle was admitted to
The Dalles hospital last ' Friday.
Just what is bothering our worthy
neighbor we have been unable to
learn, but trust that nothing tcr
iou3 is the matter and that he will
scon be able 0 return home.
WAMIC WOMAN DIES IN DALLES
Tkn Tharo Shortly Bafore Death
Relieved Her
Mrs. Maud Gerity, wife of Richard
L. Gerity of Wamic, pasted away at!
The Dalles hospital on Tuesday, at
the age of 37 years. Funeral ser-
vices were hold at Wamie yesterday
of . Wamic, . and five brothers, Otis
Chastain, of Maupin; Frank, of Ya-
jkima; Joseph, of Tygh Valley; Jack,
of Wamic; and Liberty Chatain of
namier,
MAIL BIDS ARE ASKED FOR
Call For Six-Day Service Between
The Dalles end . Maupin
Notices have been posted calling
fnp KiHa fni farrvtntr Ko mnil hp
'tween The Dalles and Maupin,
service to be a six-day one. The j
nntiees nbt that the mail -will !
j - - -
, leave The Dalles at 6:30 a. m., ar-
riving at Maupiin at 9 :30
m. In
the afternoon the mail will leaic
Maupin at 3:30 and will arrive at
The Dalles at 6:30. The only real
benefit Maupin will derive -from the
new mail service will be that the
Portland Oregonian will reach here
earlier in the day, irtstead of at
2:05 p. m., as at present A bond
of $4,000 will be required of the
one securing the contract. Bids
must be in Washington, D, C. not
later than July 17, as the service is
slated to start the first of Augu t
COLUMBIA BARGE LINE
IS CONSIDERED
Venture Planned By-Bff Steamboat
Interest., Reported Monday
To serve the upper Columbia river
and Snake river territory, a barge .
line for handling general cargo up
stream and wheat and general car-!
rA 4nitm frAim lei Koines tnnaAoroA i
at The Dalles, it wa3 learned this
week. v ' r . '
Reports circulating among steam-
ekin intapoeta inflifniAl thaf fha nm.
ject i8 being widely. discus-eJ, but
as yet no definite plans hrtve been
made. Its fevibility is yet to be
definitely decided, it is reported, but
the plan is being considered by re-
sponsible per. ons.
Wheat and various kinds of car
go including gome canned goods and
ililm. cViirttmonfu wntllt fnrm the
1 ,,i j
nucleus of the down-river cargo, and
n ... r.,.j
una, nauilliv, vauuus iiiwiui(h.hiicu j
commodities ana foodstuff would
supply the nucleus of the up-river
cargo. It is argued that the upper
Columbia territory hai developed to
such a point that the service doubt
lei would prove a profitable venture,
especially for the handling of bulk
commodities.
The Columbia as far as Hosd
River is at prarent supplied with
but one river service to Portland,
that of the Harkins Transportation
company. .
Working at North Powd
A postal card to The Times in
form: us that Mrs. Jessiline Morri
son has left Battle Gound, Wash
ington, and is now employed as a
printer on the North Powder paper.
Mrs. Morrizon for a time was in
structor in printing at the Adventist
academy at Battle Ground, but left
there to accept a position on the
North Towdcr News. " '
Driving New Truck
Caul Spickerman of The Dalle; -Maupin
truck line, is now driving a
new truck. His old one was no',
of sufficient capacity to accommo
date the amount of .freight he is
bringing to town, so the acquuition
of the new vehicle.
Building Bunk Hous
Workmen are engaged in -building
a small bunk house at the hatchery
The building will be 14x16 in rize
arid will be used to hoaise the extra
workmen at the hatchery. Frank
Lister of Maupin is assi ting in the
erection of the building.
Flags for the Fourth all mv, at
the Maupin Drug Store. ;!
Red Beds Reached at
Clarno Prospect; Goes
Thru Many Stratas
Well Down 425 Feat sod Going
Through Red BodOil Always
Found Under Such
Work at tht . Clarno Basin com
pany's oil well at Clarno is progress
ing rapidly, the drill being down 425
feet. It has successfully gone thru
a formation of oil and lime shale,
thru solid rock and now it has reach
ed the strata which invariably covers
oil bearing strata. Hopes are enter
tained that the oil cup will be struck
before long, ,
It is a known fact that wherever
drilling for oil has been made a
"red beds" formation has . ; alwaya
been encountered just before . oil
bearing strata was entered. The
Texas, Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming, '
California and other fields have been
found to contain such formation and
such invariably covers oil reservoirs.
One of the best geologkta of the
world, in speaking of the Clarno
field, recently stated that he would
h"n? ? !ni!
- J " ' u77 ' Z
8'
than any other one . man in the
United States. Ht has been consult
ing engineer for some of the larg
est ojl companies of the country, and
it was upon his recommendation that
many fields were exploited and made
heavy oil producers of oil. There
fore his itatementa. regarding . the
Clarno field should be given cre
dence. ,
The Clarno Basin Oil company
has under lease a total of 15,000
acres of land in the vicinity of their
working:. Should dU be struck there
a loud call will be made by other oil
companies for a chance to lease from
the parent company, and many will
be willing to pay good prices for
same, and still higher prices for a
full control of tections whereon to
sink wells. It is plain, ' therefore,
that stockholders in the Clarno com
pany will directly benefit by t the
leasing of inch lands, and still more
in case of sale outright
Many geologist have investigated
the Clarno formations. In nearly
j every case uch investigators have de-
clared that oil would be found there,
and existence of "red beds' goes to
show that they were not far amiss
in their sUtement, of the deposit! of
In case oil is struck there price of
stock will go to the tky. At present
$10 will purchase a share of stock
and that in case oil ia found, is con
fidently expected to reach a figure
many times what the initial invest
ment cost We all like to gamble a
little, therefore by taking a share of
i . ' , , .
1 Ltock in the Clarno Basin Oil com-
pany, which carries better than a
fifty-fitfy chance, subscribers have a
chance to "clean up" but with little
outlay. People are prone to say. they
will ''try anything once," and here is
an opportunity to make a try on whac
appear; to be almost a sure thing.
Get on the wagon. 1
Will Release Trout
The state fuh commission fish
truck is expected here about the
first of. next month to take 774,000
young trout for distribution in the
river. The trout willbe turned loose
at various point?. There will still
be a trout to the number of better
than one million to remain in the
ponds, and these will be released
later in the season. :
CAT-TALES
( (A True Story) .
"How are ye, Pat, this bright
marnin'?" Bridget asked Patrick, ';
who seemed a bit tired. '
"Praise be, I'm all right now.
Bridget but I just regained cpn
wiou:ness." , .
"Oh, me poor Pat, was ye hit-by
an auto!" - - j
"No, niver a hit"
"The saints preserve us, what wal !
the matter then, Pat?" v " j
"Oh, nothing much. I was just
uncon:ciou8 for eight hours,, but'
don't you go being alarmed, Bridget, y
me dear." " " J
"Nothing mucht Unconscious fori
eight hours I Oh, Pat dear, and ye'
promised me yed quit fightin'."
"And sure and I kept me promise. ,
I told you it was nothing. I just
' had a good night's sleep."