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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (June 28, 1928)
VfJ A T FIN 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 I clas3, but works for all. . t VOLUME XIV MAUPIN, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1928 1 Number 34 Boy Scouts Arrange For Tune at Mountain and j Higher Up Lakes Maupla Boy laviled lo Joia la ! Seoul Movement Two Outing PUaned For July I The two Boy Scout camps of the Mld-Columbla DeschuUs Council will be held during the months of July and August, starting at Scout Lake, near Bend, July 7th and running for two week;:, then opening the Loat Lake vamp near Hood River on July 28th, and continuing for two ten-day periods. t These Scout camps are the high light of Scout'. year of activity, and the Scout who go to camp are al most alwaya the one who continue to receive the greatest benefit of scouting. ; 8cout Camps are unique in the way they are conducted, giving the boy his greatest poa ible chance of de velopment by doing the things that he likes to do under competent and trained adult supervbtlon. The Scouts will have a well arrang ed program of activities to - follow, Including swims, boating, hiking, na ture study, and t.t-paalng with a generous measure of sports and games, followed by a tplendid camp fire for the entire group every night. Tom Shotwell, a scoutmaster from Portland, will be the camp cook again this year, assuring the boy plenty of well-cooked food,, and their parents of a well 'arranged and balanced menu that has been worked out by a competent dietician. The water front work and in t traction will be in charge of train ed Red Cros, life savers, " and the famous buddy system, the as font mcthodever divined to protect boy swimmers, will be ired. Don Peoples of Bend, Herman Xresse of Hood River and Dr. A. B. Stone of , The Dalles form the camp committee for the ouncil, and have (elected Scout Excutive Belcher as camp, director for both camps, thus assuring all trained leadership in this important part of a Scout's life. The ca.t will be very email, running less than a dollar a day In camp. Registrations are now being received by Don Peoples, 118 Oregon St, Bend, Oregon, for the Scout Lake camp,' and at Scout headquarters, courthouse, The DallM, for the Lost Lake camp, and as thftjuxommoda tioni are limited, it i, "first come, first choice." Boys that are coming to ramp get' your dad to bring you, or if he hai no car, get in touch with your scoutmaster or troop committeemen, of maybe you can ride with your buddy in his father's car, so a lo be there on deck , for a wonderful time." ! "''., Any additonal information may be secured from Scout ' headquarter , in the courthouse of The Dalles, Oregon. ' , HEN MOTHERS FOUR PUPPIES Coyer Thorn Same a Chicks Been On Job Two Week Frank Batty has a cocker spaniel female -which recently gave birth to four puppies. She is most atten tive mother, put there are times when she leaves her bed. Whenever that occurj , a white : Leghorn hen takes It upon herrelf to mother the doglets. Her henshlp will get into the: puppies' bed,! cover them with her wings and cluck all same an to a; brood' of chicks. Mr. and Mrs. Batty thought at ' first the hen's actlono were but temporary, but she has bestowed her attentions on the puppies for the past two weeks and I shows i no disposition to cease. The little. Cockers take her care as a, matter ... of - course, - When the hen j .1 , .i . . puao their heads from beneath her wings uu wneiiHvor nnyininr nkirucui their attention. Fishing Poor ' . People who have visited the De schutes of late have not been rue cessful in catching many fish. The hots weather has had the effect of Causing the big fellows to ' seek shelter in the deep holes and under the big rapids, being place8 where the" lines will not' reach, There ec-ems to be an abundance of feed In the river,' another thing which tends to cause t trout to refuse to take the fly or bait. MANUAL TRAINING AND DOMESTIC SCIENCE COURCES School Board Enlarging Curriculum f Maupla School Assistant PrtsMlpaJ Eagaged At a recent meeting of the Mau pin school board it was decided to add two courses to the curriculum, they being manual training and do mestic science. Those courses have been an absent quantity in our Lchoola, and the doclsilon of the booard to include them in the schools of this place is a step in the right direction. It was ako decided to continue the Spanish class, as 17 members of that cUts petitioned the board for its continuation. An assistant High school teacher was chosen at the meeting, he being Dan Poling, son of. a former The Dalles minister and a man- well known to many of our people. The teacher comes from Albany and was highly recommended for the po i- tlon. SCHOOL BOUGHT PROPERTY . Acquire Two Block From City- Will Ealarte Campus As the voters chose to allow the I school board to purchase the two block,! owned by the city, they be- ing adjacent to the school grounds, J that buy has been consummated. The city sold the blocks for the i urn of $1,225. It was the intention of the city father when they acquired the property to plant trees thereon and make the tract a city auto park. Some loeusf, were set out, but they failed to make growth. The school board has long felt the need of a larger playground, 1 and 1 now that they have acquired two more blocks the pupils will have all the room necenary for athletic activities. LUMBERJACKS IN AULT TIMBER McFarland h Soa Assembling Wood Equipment al Pio Grove ' J. C. McFarland and son have sev eral lumberjacks aa work at Pine Grove, and are proceeding with road building in the Ault timber. -They are also assembling woods equip ment, making ready to cut 1 logs. They will lay a plank road from the timber to the graveled highway, so as to be able to haul logs in the win ter. Some mill equipment is already on the ground and more in expected to arrive soon. ' ' The senior member of the firm contemplates the erection of a re i ience in Maupin and' make this city his headquarters. He is also figur ing with W. E. Hunt for a tract up 5n which to build a planing mill in Maupin. At pre:nt-tho offices of the firm are In the Wapinitia Irriga tion company's building at Pin Grove. Fred Ault will have charge af woods operations and he is getting ready to cut logs so as-to have a supply on hand by thf time the mill is ready to start sawing. DRILL THROUGH RED BEDS Now Penetrating BJu Shale Bright Prospect for Oil th Prof. Nager visited the oil well at Clarno last Sunday. He report drilling operations in full swing and that the hole is getting deeper rap idly. For some time the drillers have been going through red beds, but they have been penetrated and now the formation in a shale of bliv ii h tinge. ' That sort of rock usually covers the red beds, which are al ways found covering oil strata. It would not be surprising to learn that the drill had gone through the shale and was in oil, and that within a very short time. Rock Crusher break Down Hillstrom Bros.' churshing crew has been idle since Monday, when t rt of thfl r()ck crusher An lmportant part of the equipment wbt ordered from Portland, but pending its arrival the hands enjoyed several days' vacation. Temple Come Home JerB Temple, who has been at work tho past several, months with a state oiling crew, lately employed on the Mt 'Hood loop, came home Monday, being accompanied by hie 1 wife who had been with him some weokv 'Jess got his fill of road work and this week went to Tho Dalles, ' where he went to work in the shop of the Twin Peaks Auto company. Strange Malady Hits . Cows. On Bakeoven Slat Veriaaj-iaa ,Uakl lo ..'What lb Trouble I sr A week or so ago one of 0. B. Derthick's cows becaama 1)1. The animal was taken . with trembling spells and would then, seemingly. faint. After a time. H died. Later! in Oregon and southern Idaho, have another cow was taken with . the been much harassed in recent tame -malady. Dr. Stovall was call month, on accounnt of impocters, ed and he in turn notified the state Who representing themselves as of veterinarian's office . and deputy ficials of the Army, have been was sent hers to investigate the sil- going about collecting funds in the 1 175-mile canoe trip down one of the ment, . After examining the cow the name of the organization. Having j largest feeders of the mighty Col deputy said it was suffering from secured somewhere the Army's uni-uml,i River. Full of action. poison, and looked around the ranch for wild pea vines. He did not find any. Laater be went to Kent where a herd of .cows were similiarly af fected, and from there to the old Buckley ranch near Sherers Bridge, where other cattle were reported an jiuffering from something resembling iwhat em-elect the Dcrthick cows. ;jUgt what the ailment is hac not It.. a t i . it. been definitely determined and tJ close watch will be made of the cases in order to find out 'what the sickne.a really is. 'BURGLARS WORK AT DUFUR Garages, ' Drug Stoor and Big Johnston Store Eatorod Burglar, evidently tramp tour bits, made merry with several places in Dufur Monday night. When the Dufur garage was opened Tuesday morning one of the oil pumps was discovered broken open and investi gation showed several gallons of gas missing. The Fraiicr garage re ported a loin of about 35 gallon of gas while the Johnstone store check- ed ujp short about seven dollars in silyer and $5.00 in pennies. At the drug store nothing was mi; Bed. The agricultural college and while enjoy doors of the latter place showed they ing themselves in various ways as- had been,, forced by some sharp in-M . trumenti presumably a tire iron. WAREHOUSES CALL MEETINGS Date Sat For Saaturdajr, July 14, For Botb House Both of Maupin's warehouses have called meetings of the stock-j holders such to be held at the spective houses on Saturday, July 14. At those-meetings officers are to be elected and '.much other busi-ne- s connected with warehousing tran. acted. Both of our grain receptacles have enjoyed a fine business in the past and the preent sea; on bids fair to exceed all other . years in the amount of grain received. The Maupin Warehouse company, as well as that of the Hunt), Ferry company, handle nil !, Kinds .of farmers' supplies and each has received a fair ihare of sueh trade. .. 122 MARRIAGES, 35 DIVORCES Statistic Regarding Family Making and Family Breaking The. U... S. Department of Com merce hag recently i sued a statisti cal sheet , showing the number of marriage and divorces in the state of Oregon for jtbe years 1926 and 1927. Warco "county 18 quoted as h&vin'g had 120 marriages in 1926, Bftd 122,, in 1927; 34 divorces in 1926 and 35- in 1927. It will be seen from that report that 1927 was more prolific in marriages, and also in divorcee, than the preceding year. V ' '. '' ' '' ' Showing Old Pictur There is an old picture of Maupin in the show window at the Wilson store, taken about 1912. It shows a very small village where Maupin now is, while East Maupin pictures but a Couple of buildings beside W. H. Williams' , homcctead buildings, The O. T. depot and the warehouse is shown at "Camhrin," the name of the first itation on that road near here. The road leading up from the bridge is ' clearly defined,' and runs from the west end of that structure up over the hill to the house now owned by Job Crabtree. Combine Erector Here A mechanic employed by the Case ' company came up' from Port land Sunday and for several days this week wai engaged in putting up the combilnc recently sold by the R.! E. Wilson compnny to Al. Brit tain. : 1 Importers Working In Sal. Army Clothes Soliciting Fund Without Proper Authority Army Imu Caoral Waraiag Salvation Army workers, accord ing to Brigadier Albert E. Baynton, in charge of Salvation Army work form, they are able to mislead the .public, i In order to protect the public from further impostcn of this kind the Salvation Army has supplied its workers with a printed solicitor' card, wherein is written the name of the worker. This card also nitely defines the territory in which j 'said worker is authorized to solicit,! - . . . ... .1 for funds and is signed by Albert E. Baynton, the divisional comman der for Oregon and southern Idaho, t-:...i:.... tj . ... .n., - , iifiduirt va) u w it irnjvt. bi uiijr Ic t . w . que ts the public to call for solici-; cliffs, where the mountains are tr's card whenever and wherever i wilder, the road and trails scarcer, approached by a Salvation Army(anl frame more plentiful. Beauti worker. Should someone ask for'ful fishing scenes. - : money in the name of the Army who is not supplied with a card, the fuct should be reported at once. CLUB MEMBERS COME HOME Had Enjoyable and Profitable Two Weeks at Corvallii The 4-H club members who earn end a two-weeks' time at the sum- mer school at.Corvallis came home last Saturday. Each one b enthui- astic over the time spent at the state simiiated considerable ' Icnowledge jof many things. While at the col-1 lege the forenoom were taken up in clases, while after assembly the , members were free to indulge them- j solve, as they chose. Among other things lamedwas that of basket weaving, and some of the girlr. ob tained the krow how of p-aun? steamed biscuits. Those from here re-'attending the rchool were: Velma Crofoot, Hazel Crabtree, Gretha Turner, Irene Mathews, Bill Slush- er, Harry Kutherford and bonney Duus. Mrs. Bigbee, teacher at Boyd, chaperoned the members. SHIPPERS AFTER LOWER RATES Orrrgon, Washington Seek Eastern Fruit and Idaho Shipment The Oregon Public Service com mission hfls joined with like bodies of Washington and Idaho in de manding a reduction of freight rates on fruiti shipped east from these states. A reduction of ap proximately 12 cents a box on apples ia requeestted. 'On fresh fruits the complaiint demands a rate similar to that prescribed by the Interstate Commerce commis sion on chipments originating in the state of California. Two rates on pean are demanded. One would be the fresh fruit rate with a 25,000 pound carload minimum and the other the same rate as is demanded for apples with the carload mini mum 31,000 or 35,000 pounds. Rattlers Showing Up Sunday evening - Bill Staats noticed a commotion in his chicken yard. He investiigated and dis covered . a email rattle 8nke menacing his fowls. The snake ran under a stone and Bill proceeded to bring it forth. He used a stick and threw the reptile among the hen". At once two of the occupants of. the yard pounced upon his snakeship, one catching it by the head, the other by tho tail. They proceeded to pull tho snake apart, the victors each making a meal of ber part. Saturday afternoon Nick Karolus killed a small rattler on his lawn. Each of these snakes had one rattle and a buttonn. Kentuckian Summering Here . Esther Davis, a nephew of Mrs. Marcus Shearer, from Barber ville, Kentucky, is Ht the home of his rela tive, having arrived from his home state last week. He will remain here until September, " when be will go bom in time to take up hia school work again. ' SALMON RIVER W1LDNESS SHOWN IN MOVIE FILM Wildest Stream ia United Stat Pictured Full Length Skowa oa' Jul Fourth , Manager Plyler has secured one of the greatest pictures ever made for his show on the evening of July Fourth. It is a picture of the fam ous Salmon river of Idaho, .one of the most turbulent streams in the United States, and is full of action and thrills throughout A trip of a thousand thrills never attempted before by white men a Thousands of feet of film showing wild animal life in the wilds of cen tral Idaho Deer, Bear, Elk, Moun tain Goat, Bighorn " Sheep, Otter, Coyotes, and other varities ot game j in their native haunt; taken as they play. This marvelous picture re- defi-!q"'red three years in the wilds to make. See a raging forest fire eating its .L X. i.; way through acreage of pine tim ber, The Ist stand of handTn! of Sheep Eater Indians and their fnmniift nMinlincnt nn ihn vaAa h.H On the eve..;ng of July 3rd. Manager Plyler will show 'James Oliver Curwood's magnificent Canadian" picturization of his very latest work. "Back to God's Coun try." In this picture Renee Adoree heads a most capable cast which in cludes cuch film starts as Robert Frazier, Walter Long and Mitchell Lewis. The showing depicts life in the north Canadian woods and tells of the love of a trapper-father for his only child and the means he took to guard her against evcil influ ences. EVOLVES SHORTHAND "SYSTEM . Gretham Editor - Simplifies Shorten Pitman Stylo and ' H. L. St. Clair, editor . of the Gresham Outlook, after years of : tudy has perfected a system 'of shrothand which is easily learned and which embodies many of the feature- of the well known Pitman ay-tern. Mr. St Clair, learned the : Pitman style many years ago, but aeciaea mere werevt.o . many word signs and . unnccesrary curley-cues attached to it, thereof re thought out, many improvements, which makes hir, systt-m easy to learn, easy to read and easy to teach. Such a system will meet with popular ap- nrnvnl hv virflio nf it mant TKfl r. Outlook will publLh ., the within the next 60 days ' system NARROW ESCAPE IN WRECK Albert Okerman Ride Down Grade Bank in Rolling Auto Albert Okerman, who is ' at the home of Carl Pratt and wife, had a miraculous escape from death 6n Sunday when his auto went over the grade on the Warm Springs road. The Pratt and Okerman families had been to the springs on an outing and were on their way back, home when the accident occurred. Carl had a tow on the Okerman car when the driver let his motor die. The extra ; train broke the rope andt the 'rear car. proceeded to find a way; down the grade. It left the road and rolled a distance of 150 feeet, breaking the top and one wheel. Mr.. Okerman succeeded in jumping from the roll ing auto and when Mr. Pratt reach ed the wrecked car his visitor wac standing erect, without a scratch or bump on him. The Okerman : car was pulled from its retting place and brought to Maupin on Monday. Took Children Home ' Mrs. Gordon Metteer made a fly ing trip to Prineville last Saturday, going there for,the purpose of tak ing the children of her - husband's brother, who had been vi iting in Maupin a couple of weeks, to their parents' home. . .. . Sunday's Baseball Game " A picked up- team of basCballist: journeyed to Wapinitia last Sunday and engaged Bill Foreman's colts in a game of baseball. The Maupin boyn were the' best players, as was j attested by a score of 18-14 in their i favor. . ' - -i -rx Safety First Should Bet Observed Daring 4th ' cf July Celebration i Stat Board af Hoaltk Caution R. girding "Sal aad Ut af Firtwerlu Tha State Board it Health, hav-? ing in miod the many fatalities us ually occurring during Fourth of July celebrations all over this coun try, Tuu I sued the following bulletin of caution regarding the sale and use of flreworka at that time. The bulletin says: :' "The parsnta- of - three email children killed by . fireworks last year appeared before th Rochester,' New York, Council and urged the adoption of an ordinance to pro hibit the sale and discharge of fire works within the city with the ex ception of the di play of set pieces at community celebrations." The, ordinance requested by these bereavJ ed parent was passed by the Coun cil too late to far as they were con cerned, but their action may be the'; means of saving other children, i "Since it is probable that the au thorities of most communities in Oregon will ctill allow the sale and use of dangerous fireworks on In dependence Day in some eitiei have even allowed it for days in ad vance of pre.:ent laws, it becomes the duty of the State Department of Health to point out to parents soma of be more important causes of Fourth ot July accidents and means by which they can caf eguard their , youngsters. ''Type of fireworks which is cet off by grinding under the heel or by pounding and which ia known by various fanciful names such as 'nigger chasers', 'spit devil, devil-on-the-walk etc., contains phosphors,' a deadly poison. It is not a rare thins fop a vnunc hi1f mietalrini this materia for ranrfv. tn nut .nmo. of it in his mouth, usually with fatal results. Or children may become poisoned by handling the material, and subsequently putting their fin gers in their mouths. If an accident of , this kind happens, give the vic tim liquid petrolatum or mineral oil and call a doctor immediately.; ; "Severe burns are always danger ous. Oh the Fourth don't " dreaa your children in flnffv Heht maUrw iai which will easily catch fire. Even! Wkleir, which ordinarily are harm- . ! esS( have been reported a3 setting ,fin to light muslin dresses., . "Tetanus or lockjaw is perhaps the" danger most to be feared as a result of Fourth of july 8CCidents. The lockjaw germ will only grow in the , m aDsence 01 oxygen, its habitat is the soil, particularly manured earth. Deep wounds in the soft flesh, such; as are caused by ' blank cartridge , wads, are particularly dangerous as the . wad usually carries surface dirt to the deeper tissues which gives thig germ the best possible condition for growth and the development of its poisons. In such cases call your doctor at once and let him give tet anus antitoxin. ;If given early en ough this will prevent lockjaw; if given after symptons develop its action is far less positive. , Lockjaw once fully develpoed is commonly fatal.,. , , j "Have we overestimated Fourth of July " dangers? - Last year after the holiday, editorial comment was practically unanimous for regulated celebrations. But memories are short, a year Is a long time, and is again up to the parents to protect their own children. , ; , ; -MAnd just a word to the adults. According " to the State Traffic Bureau, automobile fatalities are tripled on the Fourth of July. , Play safe." , TAKES SON TO HOSPITAL Liittla ' James ' Crabtre . Suffering With Throat Trouble . Job Crabtree and wife went to The Dalles Tuesday afternoon, tak ing their youngest son, James, to a horpital there. The little fellow has been suffering with his tonsiils lately those organs rwelling and bursting, causing him great misery., , It 'was thought that the removal of the ton sib might conduce to Jimnlie's better health, therefore the visit to the hos pital. F. D, Stuart took the Crab trees to The Dalles. Read The times and get all the news. '