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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (May 23, 1929)
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 XV MAUPIN, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1929 Number 29 TELEPHONE BROUGHT UP 10 MS Say Working to End That Subscriber Cat the Bil Possible Service Maupin' telephone acrvle has at last been standardized and brought to the efficiency equalled In the larger cltle and by larger ex change.. Manager By.i has been at work during the pant two month overhauling lines, Installing newer and better phoned, rewiring the switchboard and wrapping a lot of superfluous and useless matcrls! which littered up the line before he took the system over. Today our telephone srvice U several hundred per rent more efficient that It was before the first of March, when the new management took charge. Mr. Bay has erected 75 new poles, atretched 65 new wire linen, laid out the linen to traverse the alley war instead ofn the streets, ha Initialled $ motor and generator aa sending power, equipped the pole with flew rmnaarms and insu lator and has brought everything to a point where aervlce with capital S ia paramount. The ay tern has been changed over entirely. Instead of having to wind vp a crank In order to generate power to aend a message all the operator ha to do now is to pull back a lever, Insert the plug and the call ia In. The line now In In Mich shape that all conversation cornea in clear. No having to fhout shake the phone and ruaa a little In order to receive an answer to a call. Put in your call and before you know K your party la oh the line and your conversation goes on uninterrupted. Rancher whoae phones are nerv ed 'through the Maupin exchange are beginning to wake up and notice the Improvement being made,. Nearly every rural mail bringa letter of commendation to the Bay and we predict the time will not he long he. fore all the rural line will be re built, phone.- put In order and auh aerfbera getting a service good aa their city neighbors. With new installation the Mau pin exchange ia able to equal the service of the larger plants, in fact are now ahle to handle long dv tanee call three tlme aa fast aa before the change waa made. When the metallic toll line of the Bell com pany ia completed through Maupin thi exchange will be "hooked on" and then calls to any part of the country will be handled with a fa cility most satisfactory. We would like n go into detail of h many change and improvements taking place in our telephone ex change, but apace forbid. Suffice it la to aay that before another month rollr around Maupin will have one of the beat, moat up-to-date and complete telephone systems In Ore gon. WILL INSTALL TRANFORMER Mavpla ' Power Cmpaay Making More Improvements The Maupin Power company will install a big tran former at its Oak Springs plant on Sunday next. The transformer will have B capacity up to 6600 volts and will replace the one now In use. Its normal voltage will be the original 2300 volts but the current can be stepped up to the figure given above. It will bo so ar ranged that it will arrest, lightning and will be put in by a Portland electrician. Rala Destructive It is estimated that the loss of plant food from he effects of rain falling on the land and rnnnlng away t6 the sea amounts to not less than 21 times aa much as all the crops harvested annually remove from the soil. , Relatives Visit at Davidsons ' 0. W. Howard and wife, parents of Mrs. Bobbie Davidson, spent the last? week end at the home of their dugh ter. They were ' accompanied by Earl Clow of Hood River and Taul Van Oiten. The Howards live at Hood River. Sunday the men folks went to Mecca and spent the day tftcr trout, MAUPIN STANDARD BACCALUREATE SERMON ENCOURAGED GRADUATES Dr. Poling Illustrates Lif a It la Word Choisn Especially Fr the Occasion Taking ai hi text "The Pride of a young man In his itrength; the glory of an old man Is his whitened head." Dr. Poling, at the High school auditorium last Sunday evening de livered a i-tlrring address to the graduating class of the Maupin achoola. The speaker emphaaized the need of the young conserving their strength in order to meet the adversities and pifalls of after years; told hi, hearers that clean living, steadfast and good habits were necessary to meet whatever con fronted them and recited the many iiiarea to be met as life progressed. From the physical life Dr. Poling stepped to that of the spiritual. He adinonl hed the class that with all the strength and virility each might be poNKCMed it was as nothing with out a apiritiiHl guidance, He said that the heavenly Father wished nothing but good of those here on earth and that He was at all times ready and willing to assint those who would acknowledge His supremacy and sought his good offices. He re mnrked that without that spiritual guidance the work of the pant few years aa studenta would go for naught, an it required both the phy sical and : piritual elements to make a successful life. Dr. Poling's remarks .were listen ed to with wrapt attention and his words of advice no doubt left a last ing Impression on the minds of each of the graduate. Itev. Ha7.cn opened the exercises with an invocation. Messrs. Dan Poling and Davie sang a most ac ceptable duet, and the girls quartette Misses Lelah and Mable Wcberg, Nova Hedin and Merle Snodgraai rendered an old-time song, "I wish I had been with them there." Trof. DeVoe then Introduced Dr. Poling, remarking that as the doctor had ap peared here before he did not think an extended introduction was neces sary. The Maupin Boy Scouts were out In regalia and made an unique setting for the exercises of the evening. FOOD FROM SHATTUCKS PROTECTED BY FRIGIDAIRE Enterprising Firm Orders Largs Electrical Cooling Case Coming Soon Shattucks, the premier store of Eastern Ongon, has ordered a 10 foot FrigidHire cooler and the new piece of tore furniture is expected to be here soon. The case will con tain apartments for various kinds of perishable food stuffs, such as vege tables, lunch goods, etc., and will be given a prominent pace In the gro cery department. It is electrically operated and will produce tempera tures to below freezing point. With it all food; that are of a perishable nature will be preserved In all fresh nesa and will carry out the slogan that all foods from Shattucks arc protected by Frlgidaire. MRS. CANTRELL SEES ALASKA Will Join I6S U. of W. Students Making Trip Among the 168 pas engcrs on the Admira line steamship, Queen, when It leave Seattle August 6 on the University of Oregon summer ses sion cruise wili be Mrs. Lucile'Can trell, of Maupin. Mr. Cantrell and her fellow stu dents on tjie summer cruise will en joy a two week's trip to Alaskan wa ters, studying and alghseelng at the snmc tinw. Previous to the sailing from Seattle, the crui o students will register at the University of Oregon campus at Eugene and upon their re turn will put in a final two weeks of study on the campus amidst some of the finest scenery Oregon can boast. rutting In Electric Ranges Several Maupin people are taking advantage of the opportunity offer ed by the Maupin Power company and are installing eleectric ranges. Among those who will enjoy cooking during the hot weather are Mrs. Clarence Ziegenhagen, Mrs. Audrey Underhill and Mrs. Dr. L. S. Stovall. The ranges will be of the famous Hot Foint kind und will be an orna ment as well as of utility to thr owpcrs. yilllllfllllllWIIIMIMIIIIIIIIIIIUINttUUH :-: MAUPIN BiiiiniiiiiiiiimiiiiiiHiiumwwaitww CoinnmCTceMeEft Pirogiram 0 Proce; Ion "The End of Perfect Day" Invocation ." .. Rev. Everett Hazen Piano Duet Merle Snodgrar and Velma Crofoot "Shower of Star" . Awarding of Eighth Grade Diplomas Violin Solo "Adoration" ...h:.-... J. H. Woodcock Salutatorlan' Adreas .......ft..." Clarence Hunt Development of Maupin as a Community Center VaKdictory '. , Irene Matthews Honor Lies In Honest Toil Commencement Address I Rev. Knotts Vocal Solo ''Marches' '..u Mrs. O. E. Bays Voval Trio Mesdarnea Bothwell, Morris and Woodcock "Dreaming Alone in the Twilight" Awarding of College Scholarship Awarding of E ay Prize Presentation of Class Gift Kenneth Snodgrass Awarding of Diplomas T. B. Slusher Closing Hong "Pep" r High School MEMBERS OF GRADUATING CLASS Kenneth Snodgrasa Crystal Stuart Irene Matthews Irs Kidder Merle Snodgrass Estel' Stovall Velma Crofoot Arthur Appling Clarence Hunt Harold Kramer Andrew Crabtree LAST OF MAUPIN HI TIMES At the beginning of this school yesr we deemed it advisable and a great advantage to start a- ichool paper. Through Messrs. Semmetr" kindness and interest in the school space in the Maupin Times was given for our news. Each student has striven to do his very best on the paper and we hope t0 keep up cur paper next year. It has been a pleasure as well as a practical plan. It is with regret that we state this to be the last issue of the paper for this year. CLUB LEADERS MEET A leaders' meeting was held yes terday in the primary room. They decided the ones to go to Summer School in June. A large delegation ' being sent from Maupin. They also discussed club work in general. SENIORS SNEAK The Senior's went on their custo mary sneak day last Thursday Warm Spring.! was the place chosen for the outing. The entire clans and Avis Crabtree and Lelah Wcberg, who worked s0 diligently on the class play, made up the group. Mrs. DeVoe, Andrew Crabtree and Harold Kramer provided transporation. They arrived at Warm Springs about eleven o'clock that morning. Warm Springs, the river, and other points were interesting to the party. The boys then took a swim in the cold Warm Spring; river. The others no ticed that they didn't say, "come on in, the water is fine." The rough roads, steep grades, and swimming made everyone very hungry, and the way the ice cream, cake, weincrs, salads, bananas and orange- disa ppeared was not to be laughed at When the time came to leave, Andrew had a time getting his "Lizzie" jo climb the hill. She wouldn't go without g It did not rise to the carburetor until he was forced to use the reverse in order to get up the steep canyon. The day was warm and the engines had to stop to let the motors cool on all three of the cars. Wc reached the school house about five, tired but satisfied that the trip and place had been worth the work and preparaion. We hope the Senior clars will have an equally pleasant place to go next year. We would suggest this as a possible place to spend the day. Merle drank all the soda pop. Clarence got a little wild and bull dogged a wild cow. Kenneth put his hand in the water coming from a pipe. He didn't hold it there long. SCHOOL NOTES The Seventh grade pupils resum ed their study in the High school two day last week. This was done while the Eighth grade took their state examinations. The students in bookkeeping I arc spending their spare time in com pleting their sets. Spanish II arc now translating a Had Wrong License . Henry Kuckenburg, one of the bridge contractors, borrowed an au o icense for his truck and attempted 'o evade the lynx-eyed traffic cops 4 The Dalles the first of the week, HI TIMES :-: I Marquino. This is real interesting. A section of the poem will be mem orized. All of the library books have been returned and they will be sent to The Dalles the last day of school. All of the sewing girls have com poem called "Romance," by Edwards peted their final garment They feel that they have learned a great deal in this line of work and no doubt all of them will have an op portunity to make use of this. GRADE NOTES The Fifth and Sixth grades have completed their picture study for .!hi,year. ,. .... . , . Art work in the' Third and Fourth grade room ha,-.been completed and the pupils have taken their art books home. The Fourth grade made four book maps of the United States, Washing ton and Lincoln picture study and health books. The Third grade made all of these except the book of maps. They made a geography book in stead. The Seventh and Eighth grade room was dismissed Tue day for the baseball game at Wapinitia. The Seventh grade is making some relief maps of Oregon. The Eighth grade pupils are writ ing themes . ince examinations. They are studying history and English, too. ESTEL'S LAST SQUEAK We, the class of 1929, being of sound and disposing mind, feeling about to exprise, declare "this our last will and testament: We leave the schoolhousc and grounds anybody can have them and welcome. All of us bestow our chewing gum to Tom Slusher he will find them under the desks. Andrew leaves his vaulting pole to Bo Wilson. Merle leaves her sprinting shoes to Gladys Martin, as she is trying out for track . next year. Crystal leaves her Clara Bow bob on a hook in the hall. ,. Irene leaves one-half of pepper t0 Charles Bothwell. He'll know what to do with it Harold bequeaths hia good natur ed grin to Mr. DeVoe we only hope he'll use it once in a while. Clarence leaves his eloquence to Elton Snodgrass this will be handy for hinr when he reads his Shakes peare. Estel bestows the liquid golden notes of his baritone to Harry. Ru therford, "to call the hogs." Kenneth bequeaths his sweat shirt to Bob Shefflin he hopes that Bob may get warm enough to dampen it. Velma leaves her high grades to be divided among Cyril, Tom and Ethel Kidder they need 'em. Art leaves his "hnppy" to the wide wide world. Ira figures that he has nothing to leave, he's taking it all with him in his yellow bug. He failed to get away and was pick ed tip for his temerity. Both Kuck enburg and the auto dealer are lia ble under the state law for their actions regarding the loaning and borrowing of the license. WHY NOT CELEBRATE COMPLETION OF BRIDGE Monument en The Dallas-California Highway Will 3on Be Fully Completed The new bridge spanning the De schutes river at this place will soon be completed. The contractors are now spreading the concrete over the roadway and only short time re main.' until the structure will be fully completed. That bridge is one of the finest, if not the finest, bridge on The Dalles-California highway and its completion will mark another important step in highway construc tion in Oregon. When the "ridge is fully completed would it not be a good plan to cele brate the event with proper cere monies. At the completion of the CrooU'd River bridge Governor Pat terson and many other notables of the state were preent and appropri ate ceremonies marked the dedica tion. At the completion of The Dallces-California highway Maupin was host to a goodly number of not able visitors and proper arrange ments were made to entertain the visitors. Our bridge is a monument to our highway and it- completion should be celebrated in a manner that would bring Maupin into greater promin ence. By arranging a celebration, inviting the governor and other state officials as well as notables from vari ous parts of the state to take a part in the dedicatory doings we would show an appreciation of the efforts and work of our state high way department in providing a worthy means of bringing travelers to and through our city. Why not get together, make arrangemens and when the bridge is completed have a gala time with proper refreshments and good program to round a holiday for all our people. The Times suggests that the Mau pin city council take the mater up, select committees to go ahead and arrange for speakers and all that should go into making the event one for the whole state. How about it, Mr. Mayor and councilmen? COLLEEN MOORE IN ROLE OF ADVISOR Tells Shrinking Violets What to d and How to Become Most Popular Advcc to shy, shrinking vi.ikts fn larpe r.unntities on the subject of how to be popular is offered in Col leen Moore's new starring comedy flramn, "";iughty But Nice," wreh will be n at Legion hall Sunday. May 26. Thi picture depicts the tale of a freckled, bespectacled, long-haired awkward girl from Texas, who en ters a smart finishing school on the outskirts of Washington, D. C. From being the school's prize, . unnoticed dumb-bell, Colleen suddenly and mysteriously becomes the most stunning girls in the place with all the most desirable town sheiks at her feet. Donald Reed, handsome new lead ing man, is the chief and also likeable sheik in "Naughty But Nice." Other members of the sup porting ca t include Claude Gilling water, Hallam Cooey, Kathryn Mc Guirc, Edythc Chapman and Cla rissa Sclwynnc. Carey Wilson scenarized "Naught; But Nice"" from Lewis Allen Brown1! play, "The Bigamist" John Mc Cormick produced the picture at th First National studio in California and Millard Webb directed it. Langhable comedy also on ihe bil" for Sunday. Fished At Frieda Last Friday Superintendent Grone wald and John Broer of the Parlo Grocery of The Dalles spent the da; fishing at Frieda. The success the; had filled each with glee, for wher they counted up their catch eacl found he had 25 fine trout sonv of which measured better than 1' inches. The ratchet filled eacl fisherman's creel to the top. Off For Mountains ' Ja s Pf rthick came in from th F.mil Jaeckal sheep ranch on th lower river Monday and yestcrda; left to trail the bands of sheep t Friend, where they will be held un til such time as they may be per mitted to gi Into the forest reserv for the summer. Jass says the Jaeckcl :heep sheared a good crop Bnd that they will go ,into summer pasture in fine shape. COUNTY FAIR DATES DESIGNATED AS AUG. 29-30-31 Lighting Plant sad Pump Added to Eqarpmant Plans MacU for Biggar, Better Fair The dates set for holding the 1929 Wasco County fair at the grounds at Tygh Valley are August 29-30-31. The setting of those date thuu early was for the purpose of avoid ing a confusion with the dates set by other fair associations in this cir cuit. A feature of ths year's fair will be a new electric lighting plant, just ordered and which will be ia tailed in time for the Fourth of July cele bration at the grounds. A new pump will also be installed, thus insuring plenty of pure water. The water supply of the grpunds is taken from a fine spring on the hillside to the south and is as pure and whole some v, any in Oregon. Manager-Secretary Gillis already has received assurances of m larger and better display of live stock, many from outside Wasco county having asked for stall room and promising to exhibit many fine ani mals. There promt es to be a larger display of grains and general farm, produce than ever before, while the attractions, many of which have al ready spoken for space, will be of a more acceptable nature than ha been seen at earlier fairs. The Times hopes soon to be able to publish a line-up of the attractions and additional premium." offered for special exhibits. At any rate all who attend this year's exposition will see a much better aggregation of ex hibits than have been shown at any fair ever held in this county. CUT-OFF MONEY APPROPRIATED Federal Road Commission Provide for Road Completion A dispatch rom Washinton, D. C, tells that the federal road com mission has appropriated a sum of $137,000 for the completion of the Wapinitia-Mt. Hood highway. That amount will be used to complete the three sections already graded, which includes 13V4 miles. . Work on the road will be resumed as soon as snow conditions permit. The money ap propriated will be availabe with the beginning of the fiscal year, July 1. Shell Agent Movas Hera Audrey Underhill is the new local agent of the Shell Oil company and he, with his famiy has taken up his residence in Maupin. The Under hillj have taken the George Cunning ham cottage, occupied by Prof. De Voe nd wife and have moved their houehold belongings" thereto. Mr. Underhill will take care of the Mau pin end of the Shell company's busi ness. N0 Trace of Drowned Man Many people have been patrolling the banks of the Dechutes from North Junction to Maupin, looking for the body of Attorney Humphries ho was drowned in the river J week ago Monday. Up to the time )f our gong to press no trace of the nissing man has been found. ' 15,600 Eggs Per Minute With the hens of the United States aying at the rate of 45,600 eggs a ninutes, the nutrition specialists in he United States Department of Vgriculure say it makes for good nutrition as well as good economy to ise eggs freely in the family menu. 4aupin Lose Residents Mrs. Arthur Creighton and dnugh er, "Samniie." left for The Dalle ast Sunday and for a time will make ur county scat their home. Mrs. Creighton expects to take over the nangement of her si ter'a hotel, the Tourist, for a time and later may go o Seattle to reside. Dress Shirt Sale- In another part of this paper will be found an announcement of a sale of men's dress shirts. Values up to $2.00 have been reduced to the unheard "of price $k00. Ati that figure no man can afford to go without a dress shirt. The ma terials in their makeup are of the bert while the stylus are the very latest The ale is at Shattucks.
