. Vhurdy April i&, lt)2S
" m lixtritot tilth
Arthur Celghton made ihort visit
to Tht Dalles on Monday.
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John Fltipatrlck was In from his
Nana ranch on Tuesday.
Mm. Joan Wroy hat returned to
! Maupln after a .time spent at her
former horn at PrlneviUe.
Willi tforval of Tygh Valley wai
' transacting business In Maupln this
morning.
Vi.itin, .( Vale
R. H. DeCamp, with Jim Baxter
and "ToU" Chambers, left for Vale,
Malheur county Tuesday morning,
going there for the purport of visit
ing with an old Oklahoma friend
whom they had not seen for 14
yean. The party went In Baxter's
new Ford, and expect to be absent
for 10 days.
Horn From Portland
Mr. Kidder, who has been at
Portland for aome time undergoing
medical treatment, came home thb
week, feeling tomewhat better than
when he went to the big town.
Elt Derthlck and Mack llolloman
were buslnns visitors at The Dalles
yesterday.
Chapman the fox man was in Mau
pin oo business connected with his
firm on Monday.
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Mrs. Phil Mott lit In in town and
for the present Is camping on the
Bakeoven creek flat
lluratel HolIU was in from the
upper Bakeoven country a day or t o
the firet of the week.
Jack Berthala viallcd with Nick
Karolus on the Flat a day or so the
latter part of lat week.
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Gordon Metteer came over from
The Dalles laat wek and moved hi
household belongings to the county
seat
M. L. D. Kelly and daughter,
Porta, are in Portland, to which place
they went to meet some relatives of
the young lady. ,
.Mrs, Lofton, mother of Mra. 0.
I. Derthlck, was a viaitor let the
Derthlck home Monday, coming over
from Tygh Valley.
Tom Gallagher and family nearly
went to Portland on Sunday at
least they started that way but only
went a far as the Flat.
"Stub" Lister csme up from the
lower country and called on friends
nd relatives thia morning. He left
again for down river points.
Rufua MrCorkle waa a caller in
Maupln Monday, coming In from hip
Juniper Flat ranch after fevers!
weeka work in spring plowing.
Leonard Weberg and wife were
down from the ranch on Monday
and spent the, day, visiting with hia
parent, Mr. and Mr. 0. P. Weberg.
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Gun Schilling, brother of our
"Bill." a rancher at Kent, wra a
guest at his brother's home in Mau
pln from Monday until Tuesday
morning. " '
Floyd Kelly and wife were in from
the ranch Tuesday evening, they
coming In ou -business connected
with the coming Tnppy Day enter
tainment R. E. Richmond made trip to
The Dalles on Sunday, returning on
Monday with his son, Floyd, who had
gone to the county scat for medical
treatment.
Mra, David Crabtree, who h
been visiting with her daughter,
Mrs. Arthur Crelghton the paat two
week, left for The Dalles on Sat
urday last
Dr. W. A. Short is at home again
after a time spent at Madras in the
punult of bis dental business. He
report having done considerable
dental work in that section.
Vl.lted With Bill Sueta
E. W, Helm, a grocery salesman
nd an old-time) friend of Bill Staats,
making his headquarters at Port
land, with his wife called on Mr.
Staats on Tuesday. Mr. Helm makes
this territory once each month and
never fall; to atop in and say
"hello"' to Bill.
Hm New Stadebaker
L C. Henneghan Is enjoying the
pleasure of driving a new Studebak
er "Straight 8" car. The vehicle Is
the la t word in automobile construc
tion and is carily the finest car
owned in this section of the country.
Lew and his wife anticipate much
satisfaction with the new machine.
Oregon Slate Health deparment.
There were 525 cases of communi
cable dl: eases reported to the de
partment during the week ending as
stated above, these being scattered
among all counties of the state, but
Wasco copnty seems to have entirely
escaped alf such diseases, at leat
the bulletin fails to record single
case.
Sold New Forde
Kramer Bros, have been cleaning
up their supply of new Ford can
this week, they having sold a pick-up
to Con Buckley and a coupe to James
Chandler.
La Grande Standard Laundry
Hanged handr.
D.'l. TTn About
I IVH UJ& Town
Attended Father's Feaerel
Floyd Houghton, wife and little t
daughter, Stanley and Dow Hough
ton came out from The Dalles last
Saturday and on Sunday attended
the funeral of their father, E. E.
Houghton.
Mother's Day box candy, 60 cents
to $1.60 a box at the Maupln Drug
Store.
ELEVEN YEARS AGO
Back From South
Charley Kramer, who left for
southern Oregon about ten days ago,
has returned to MaUpin. He states
that anow on the section of high
way he we' to work on Is too deep
to permit of road work. Charley
says that for five days there was a
conatant snowfall and that It will
he aome time before conditions will
permit of further operations.
CUe. Bill ef Health
Wavo county shows a clean bill
of health for the period ending April
1.1, according to the bulletin of the
From The Times April 26, 1918
A nine-pound son wan bom to Mr.
and Mra. J. T. Miller on Saturday,
the 13th.
An Incipient fixe was squelched by
chemicals in the Fraley blacksmith
shop Thursday morning. A gasoline
engine backfiring was the cause.
15,600 have been subscribed to the
third Liberty Loan by re identa of
Wamlc.
A reception will be held at Shat
turk'a hall on Saturday evening in
honor of the boys who have been
caught in the last draft Judge F.
W. Wilson of The Dalles, will be the
main speaker.
Dave Donaldson sayo that the
backward spring is not conducive to
good trout fiatiing.. Dave yields a
bamboo pole long enough to fish
both sides n. the river, but the last
few times he was on the river he
claims a gill net would have been
a better fl.h trap than the one he
uses. ..'
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Dr. F;ed Pegeler came up from
Portland, had bait of various kinds
many io:n of spinners and other
little knick knacks the ardent fish
erman is wont to carry. He had
promised a carload of trout to Port
land f riend.", all of whom are
doomed to disapointment, as all the
trout Doc caught could be counted
on one finger.
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Johnnie William.-; greets each week
with a smile.aa the first day of that
week and the last day or two of the
past are most prolific of trade at
his camp ground. The past week has
seen every cabin occupied and John
nie has been compelled to put out
the '"No Room" sign many times.
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Gus Derthlck ha: shouldered his
little hatchet and is now employed
cutting brush for the telephone line
surveyors. This is a new line of en
deavor for our ex-city marshal, but
with his usual determination and
go-getiveness Gus will no doubt be
thoroughly conversant with all the
little in.i and outs of the civil en
gineering game.
0. E. Bays of the local telephone
switch board is somewhat up a tree.
He had ordered equipment for re-
j constructing the local line and was
expecting to go ahead with the work
Facing the I IRE Facts
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i uc kuoko uic jictbivii uvci live uunui cu imiiiuu
dollars a year.
Every minute property worth $1044 is consumpd
by fire.
Carelessness causes a majority of fires. Seventy
five percent of the fires in the country are pre
ventable. .
The most important fact is that this loss may
come to you. . t
A Fire Insurance Policy in The Home Insurance
Company of New York assures reimburement for
your financial loss.
Don't delay. Instruct your Home agent to pro
vide you with sufficient sound fire insurance.
sr
Stuart & McDonald
-Insurance Agents
M minln HrAo-nn
- MACK'S CAFE -
Where Maupinite receive Service coupled with Courtesy and Eat
the Beet on the Market. Try this Cafe wheB ia The Dalle etaia.
when some unforseen obstacle hove
into view. At the present time
Manager Bay's intentions are in a
state of status quo and until things
are finally determined telephone
users in Maupin will have to con
tent themselves with the service as
it is.
Arthur Creighton is between a
sweat and a stew. He has been out
of work for several dayu and hia na
ture being one that cannot endure
idleness Arthur is seriously collid
ing shaking the duat of this section
from hia feet and hieing himslf to
Ala ka.
Spring Showing of Genial Motors Cars.
This week, throughout America, the public is view
ing the newest models of General Motors products.
Check and mail the coupon below. It will bring
this Spring Showing into your own home.
River Quite Muddy
Sunday night's rain had the ef
fect of rolling the water in the De
befcutes, so much all ftohing has
been called off until the river clears
up. It ia said that turning irriga
tion water into tho ditches, and
they being dry, that the sediment col
lected during the winter was waohed
into the river, thus c&using its pres
ent condition. 1
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CHEVRO LET Last year the public bought
mote than 1,000,000 Chevrolets. This enabled
Chevroi.'t and General Motors to effect one cf the
most remarkable feats in industrial history: almost
overnight, Chevrolet was changed froma 4-cylinder
cat to s Six in tht prut range of tit four. The new
Chevrolet Six is new In every re?pect: jmoother,
more powerful, and luxurious bodies by Fisher.
7 models $32) to $735
OAKLAND -General Motors' policy of
continuous improvement is nowhere more notice,
able than in the new models of the Oakland All
American Six. The distinctive style and advanced
engineering principles which Oakhr.d represents
have made it a center cf unusual public interest at
automobile shows. AU-American in name, the new
Oakland is All-American in its qualities of speed,
nap, power and stamina. Fisher makes the bodies.
Bmodclj $1145 to $1373
County Hahh Nurae
Miss Marion Lord, rccenty chosen
aa county health nurse, with Mrs.
H. E. Sherwood, pre. Idcnt of tho
Wasco county Health association,
were welcome callers at The Times
office thia morning. The ladies were
here to meet, with the Maupin Com
munity club, before which body Miss
Lord made an address. She, bIno
arranged for a serie.i of health talks
and baby clinics. Watch tho col
umns of this paper for dates calling
for such meetings.
Sliver Causes Blood Poison
Claud Wilson's little son ran a
sliver of wood into one of his legs
one day last week, the sliver sotting
up an infection, which developed
Into blood poiroru Dr. Elwood has
charge of the case and under his
treatment tho lad is making recovery.
rONTI AC SinceGener,nl Motors introduced
the Potuiar Six three yem a 150, its ss! hare practi
cally daulltd each yeir. Now General Motors offers,
in the new Pontiac, a "Big six," at the same base price.
Ithwbig-car power, big-ar performance and big-car
fitvury in the Bodies by Fisher. It is appealing par
ticularly to families which are "stepping up" in cat
ownership. 7 ciodels $745 to $895
BUICK This famous member of the General
Motors family, year after year, has given increasing
value. Over 2,000,000 Buicks have been built and
sold and of this total 1,300,000 are still serving their
owners. The ntw Silver Anniversary Buidt, with
masterpiece Bodies by Fisher, comes In three wheel
base lengths. All are powered by the Buick Valvc-in-Head
engine, which is vibrationless beyond belief.
19 models $1195 to $2145
IP
VIKING Thrre was demand far an 8-cyiinder
car of General Motor: qu;!ity in the medium price
field. General Motors chose Oldsmobile to desigit
and build the new car, and three years were spent ia
Its development and test. The result was revealed
last month in the Viking, the latest member-of the
General Motors family. Viking has the wotld famous
90-dcgree V-type engine and Fisher's newert crea
tions in bodies. 3 models $1595
All PRICES P. O. B. FACTORIES
Time ;-artcrctl o;u!lf' bw-co,: G M AC Flaa
OLDSMOBILE General Victors took this
long-established car and temade it to provide a fine
car it low price, last year the value of Oldsmobile
ws so marked that the public bought over 50 per
cent more than the year before, The new Oldsmobile
models, with Bodies by Fisher, offer still further im
provements and the prices have been reduced 1
Oldsmobile also has new Special and De Luxe
mockk, with extra features, at slightly higher prices.
7 models $875 to $1035 ,
" COUPON
GENERAL MOTORS (Dept. A), Detroit, Michigan
Plcaje send me, without obligation, your illustrated Spring Show
ing on the new models of the products 1 hare checked, together
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LaSALLE When General Motor; introduced
LaSalle, two years ago, it set a style which was widely
copied both in America and Europe. The new models
are as distinguished as the first. Built by Cadillac,
LaSalle enjoys the same mechanical excellence: 90
degree V-type engine of 8 cylinders; transmission
that permits gear shifting without noise or dashing
at any speed. The bodies, by Fishet and Fleetwood,
offer a choice of colors to express individuality.
14 models $2295 to $4900
CADILLAC what more can be said of
Cadillac? For twenty-five years the world's standard
of comparison in the fine car field. The choice of
kings, presidents and leaders of business and society
in every country. To the unparalleled performance of
Cadillac's 90-degree V-type 8-qli.i-icr engine bat
been added the silent transmizsioti and many new
advances in design. Your choice of itolors in bodies
by Fisher and Fleetwood.
25 models $3293 to ,'000
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