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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1928)
THE MAUPnM TlttES The Ivlaupin Times C. W. Stnmii, Editor C. W. Semmes and E. R. Semmes Publiihers Published every Thursday at Mmupin, Oregon Sulicription: 0n year, $1.50; lix months, $1.00; Uiree months, 60cts. Entered as second clasa mail mat ter September 8, 1914, at the post office at Maupin, Oreon, undr the Act of March 8, 137S. REAL PUBLIC SPIRIT Heal public spirit is that shown when there is a chance to obtain property at the expense of a mort jfl'ge foreclosure and which is refused because of the good the mortgaged property does to the community gen erally. Here is a case in point: W. E. Hunt has a mortgage on the property controlled and operated by the Southern Wasco County Fair as sociation. At the recent meeting of the stockholders and board of direc tors of the as ociation, it was sug gested, in view of the fact that the fairs have not been productive of sufficient profits to even pay the in terest on the mortgage that J!r. Hunt foreclose and take the property over. Mr. Hunt emphatically refused to follow the suggestion. He said the fairs were educational, that they tended to bring people together and were the mans of spurring movement to better stock, better vegetables, better grains, and above all, were an object lesson to the young, in that they were given an opportunity to learn the ins and outs of the agri cultural and stock raising business by competition as members of the vari ous clubs. . European experience to the patriotic e of our own governmnt. Ha it 42 years old and it a graduate of the Laland Stanford LUivertity. , CARE BETTER THAN CURE Many Firet Could Be Prevented A Little Care Taken if A ' smoldering cigarette butt, a match dropped into waste-paper basket, an. iron left heating on the board, a discarded pile of dirty, greasy rubbish, or endless other such petty risks caused by careless ness, may be the means of trans forming a home or factory or office building into a smoking ruin. A large majority of homes haw fire hazards that can be removed with a small amount of work or at slight cost. Poor wiring, carelessly handled heating and electrical de vices and collections of rubbish are among the most common risks and account for many serious confla grations. The danger lies in these everyday risks being overlooked or discarded. Fire is practically preventable. Authoritative estimates state that 30 per cent of all fires result from carelessness or ignorance. With a little caution and understanding of possible hazards, homes and build ings can be protected. Preventing fire is better than trying to repair damage. eggs called for, during the period of egg scarcity. Of course the cake will not be so rich as when all the eggs required are used. Allow one half teaspoon of baking powder and two tablespoons of milk for each egg omitted. From half to two third; of the eggs called for should be used when this substitution is practiced. The hen that lays a small egg is a bad influence. It takes nerve to cull her out of the flock, especially if she is a high producer, but rigid culling of small-egg hens must bs done to improco the flock and to avoid price cuts that go with small eggs. Madras New post office building under construction here. INSIDE" INFORMATION Prolong the life of shoes in win tertime, especially those worn by men and boys without rubbers, by soaking the soles in a greare that will make them waterproff. The United States Department of Agri culture recommends several simple formulas for the purpose. . Mr. Hunt further said that he en loved attending the fairs. He en-1 Kice can be eooked m an open joyed the stock exhibit,, the horse kettle in 15 to 20 minutes. A races, the displays of grains and ' large quantity of water should be vegetables and the chance offered to ' ued. As soon as a grain pressed learn the better grades of all kinds of j Pressed between the thumb end agricultural products, all of which forefinger is soft and has no hard worked to the betterment of the portion in the center, the rice should rancher. ! be taken from the fire, drained, That is the spirit which makes for ! covered with a cloth and allowed to the interests of the county. It 1 steam until the grains swell and shows that money is not everything j separate, nnd that nublic welfare is sometimes ' plr.ced above sordid gain. W. E. In cake recipes with a number of Hunt is one man in a thousand, for gg, it is possible to substitute bak- DEMOCRATIC TICKET On Ballott for Election Nov. 6, 1928 For President Alfred E. Smith For Vice-President 1. Joseph T. Robinson Robinson For Oregon Presidential Electors.... E. E. Brackney Thomas II. Comte Carl C. Donaugh Walter B. Gleason : Robert A. Miller For Representative in Congress, Sec ond District Walter M. Pierce For Secretary of State....Ed. S. Piper For State Treasurer... .Thos. B. Kay For Supreme Justices 1 John L. Rand ., George Rogsman For Attorney General....William S. Levcns . ( For Dairy and Food Commis ioncr Jchn D. Mickle Watco County' Egbert, For District Attorney Francis V. Calloway For Commissioner H. E. Wray For Clerk Joe II. Steers For Sheriff A. S. Johnson For Trea urer R.'E. Williams For Assessor A. S. McDonald For School Superintendent A. E. Gronowald For Surveyor N. II. Williams For Coroner C. M. Zell Antelope Precinct For Constable J. W, (Published by County Committee his sente of public benefit is far mg powder for one ot two oi tne above that of money making and his - expressions favorable to a continua tion of our fairs and his refusal to take advantage of a privilege given him by law show the real stamina of ! the man. Would to God there ere more like Billy Hunt Hanley Central C. L. as paid advertisement.) GEO. C. BLAKELEY, Chairman. GAVIN. Secretary. A DEMOCRATIC ESTIMATE OF HERBERT HOOVER Candidate Would Not Give Up Hit American Citizenship for High Britiih Title During the Wilson administration Walter H. Pnge was American Am bassador at the Court of St James. It is interesting to know what this prominent Democrat wrote to Presi dent Wilson regarding Hoover and his work. j The following will be found in Volume 3 of the Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, page 312. December SO, 1916. Written not for the sake of the gentleman men tioned but for possible help to the President and the service: HOOVER: Mr. Herbert C. Hoover, Chairman of the Commit lion for Relief in Belgium, would, if opportunity thould offer, make j uteful officer in the State Depart ment. He it probably the only man living, who hat privately- (without holdinsr office) negotiated under- ttandingt with the British, French, Dutch and Belgian Government!. He personally knows and hat direct dealing! with theie government! and hit transactions with them have in volved teveral hundred .- million! dol lar!. He ii a man of very consider- able fortune less than when the work began, for this Relief Work hat cost him much. He waa approached on behalf of the British Govern ment with the suggestion that if he would become a British tubject the government would be pleated to give him an important executive pott and with the hint that if he tucceeded a title might await him. Hit antwer was: "I will do what I can for you with pleature but I will be damned if I give up my American citizenthip. Not on your life!" Within the last tix montht two large financial or ganization!, each Independently, have offered him one hundred thousands dollars a year to enter ' their tervice and' an industrial com pany offered him one hundred thoutandt dollars (to start ..with.) He declined them all... When the v Belgian Relief Work rcently struck a tnag Hoover by telegraph got the promise of a loan - in the United Statet for the Britiih and French Governments for the Belgian Relief of $150,000,000! I do not know but J think he would be glad to turn hia I I -f' ' V 1 f ' J , . "' '39C , " .-V ' j Paul Childers Republican Candidate for District Attorney respectfully solicits your vote. Pledges an eco nomical administration looking toward the re duction of taxes, courteous treatment, prompt, painstaking tervice and strict enforcement of the law. 16 years' practice of law in Wasco County. Election November 6th, 1928 Paid Adv, by Paul Childers. 1 i I oew . Tflod&lS-and t THE OPEN MIND THE public, with its healthy desire for the new and the better, insists upon continuous improvement, and will withdraw its patronage from any product or service which stands still. Nowhere is this more true than in the auto mobile industry. The car is more than a utility. It is a personal thing, involving your conven ience, your comfort, your safety, your sense of beauty and color, your pride of ownership, your complete environment for many hours of your life. Customs and habits of living change fast; and the past holds many warnings of how quickly your favor can shift when an automobile, for even a single year, fails to show progress. So continuous improvement is more than a policy with General Motors. It is a vital necessity. THE PUBLIC DEMANDS NEW MODELS And the public is right. Out of that demand have come electric ' starting and lighting, the closed body, Duco finish, four-wheel brakes and hundreds of refinements, big and little. Improve ments that might have taken a generation have been born within a few years because people want greater performance, beauty and comfort. Equipped with the largest research laborato ries, proving ground and body building plants, and guided by n Open Mind which is ready to revise its thinking in response to new facts, General Motors believes that it is peculiarly fitted not only to sense but to anticipate public demand and to give the people better automobiles at better values year after year. As evidence of that faith we presented some months ago the New Chevrolet, the New Pontiac, the New Oldsmobile. And now we ofTcr, with equal pride, the New Buick, the New Cadilluc, the New LaSalle and the New Oakland. CHEVROLET. 7 Bigger and Better model, S95 to $715. 4-wheel brake. More powerful engine. Luxurious Fisher Bodies. New color. Alto Light Delivery Truck ctuuii; V375; Utility Truck chassi with 4 ipeedi forward; $520. TONTIAC. 7 model, $74$ to $R7S. Lowest priced General Motor Six now offer more xjwer, greater economy more ipeed, greater accelcrntion. Arresting beauty of bodic by Fisher expretne the vogue of the hour. 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An extensive range of color and upholstery combinations. (ALL PRICES F. O. B. FACTORIES) GENERAL MOTORS Jiff VM El CLASSIFIED LOCALS WANTKD One Duroc Boar. Old ttnuugh for service. Inquire Ed. Mnlhewu at Waplnltla. tl RANGE FOR SALE Slx-hoU standard rane for sale rsiton- ublu. Used but short time. Mrs. V. D. Stuart. 60-tf WANT TO RENT PIANO For 10 utotilhH. Leave word ftt this office. 40t3 FOR SALE Fine iilnno In stornire noiir Muupin. Will siurifke for quick sulo. A limp. Write Tuil mtui Piano Store, Sulcm, Oregon, for full articular. 4943 FOUND Pulr of gold bow rimless spectacles. Owner may hsvt same by, culling at this office, identifying glares and paying for this advertisement. 48-tf FOR SALE A No. 0 Melotte cream lepartor, $50.00; Vaughan wood saw, $50.00; set of heavy harness, cheap; one light harness, also cheap.. Mrs. Anna Bradway, Smook Prairie. 45-tf rOR"SALB-12-foot McCormi7k header, In first class condition. Price $100.00. Ed. HerrlWWg, Shuniko, Oregon. FOR SALE New Zealand sheep Romncy buck, five two-year-olds, three Rnmboulets; two Guernsey bulls, one yearling, one two-year-old. Albert Hill, Womlc, Oregon. 41-tf . NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT . Notice is hereby given that John 'Gavin, administrator of the estat Mnrvcy L. Lockhart, deceased, has filed in the County Court of Wasco I County, State of Oregon, his flnil . account such adminivru or an that Monday, the 3rd day of Decem ber, 1928, at the hour of teu o'clock a. m. has been fixed by said court as the time for hearing of objections to miid report and the settlement thereof. N1-N22 ' JOHN GAVIN NOTICE TO CREDITORS The undersigned having been ap pointed by the County Court of the State of Oregon for Wasco County as administrator of the estate of William II. Cu, hing, deceased, no- m w in ui-fvuy alvl "u fviuiia nil ving ciuims against satd estate to present them, verified as requir ed by law, to me within six months at 602 First National Bank Bulding, The Dalles, Oregon at office of Ga vin & Gavin, attorneys for satd es tate. Dated October 18, 1928. JOSEPHINE R. CUSHING, 0 18?N 15 Administrator. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT No. 1103 In the matter of the ait at of Rota- lie Bunhrjr. Defeated, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that John Cavlo administrator of rstnte . of.. Rosalie Dunhuy, deceased, has filed In tlu County Court of Wasco County, Ktuto ot Oregon, his final account ns such nil mini, trator and that Mon day, the 20th day of October, 1928. fit the hour of ten o'clock a. m. has been fixed by in id court as the time for hearing of objections to said re port and the settlement thereof.. John Gavin, Administrator. S27-025 3BIEESX3a. tJ a CLIP THE COUPON GENERAL MOTORS (Dept. 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