MAT FII 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 XVI MAUPIN, OREGON. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 7, l'J2tt Number 1 THE MAUPIN HI TIMES VOLUME II. MAUPIN. OREGON. NOVEMBER 7, 1929. NUMBER 8 Minstrels Will Sing Favorite Old Songs We arc sure that the minlbtrel longi thin year will be enjoyed and appreciated. The number, ''Highways Art Hip pywaya," brings to mind the joy ot the auto on a smooth Oregon road and help ui to better realize the charroa of road and car when "High wayt Art Happywnya" and lead the way to home. It It a reminder of how dear home U and how we enjoy the return from dlt-tant place. "Old Black Joe" by Stephen Fost er, will be tung by the chorus in their mont tuneful Vfi'Cs and seet cut notw. Thin stirring old song familiar to all. It and other well konwn masterpieces of Stephen Foster have become no generally known that they can be regarded a folk songs,, "Loves Old Sweet Song." anothci of America's favorite, will give the darkiei an opportunity tu cxprc:: their appreciation to the folks out In front. , , Remember November 20th ol the Legion hall, the ministrcl chorus ol thirty-five voice at lected from the high will present their show of 1929 BOY SCOUTS PREPARE TOR STAR SCOUTSHlP After the excllment hat died down over the court of honor, the Boy Scouts find that they still have plenty to do In preparing for ad vancement. With the 2nd clans work the boys ran earn five merit badges, to be received at the first class-rank court of honor. The boys who took the first class examinations received the I merit badges for the Star Scout rank and are now ready to lake tee examination fur this promotion. Boyj living in the country now find it more convenient for meetings nd they are held every two weeks iiid the boys are preparing for tbe .omliig honor. ' Grass Valley Takes Last Game of Season FISTIC TALENT GETS CHANCE TQ SHOW RING CRAPE JUICE MRE CRANDALL GIVES AN ENTERTAINING TALKS Last uesday the students enjoyed a hlstorlal talk by Mrs. Lulu Cran- datl. She is an active member of the 9 Daughters of the American Revolu-3 tlon and li hlntorlHit for the rioncer association. - Her suhlect for the history of 8 Wasco county, and In hr talk fhe explained bow and why Wasco coun ty was so named. A tribe of In dians named "Waacos" which meant "cup", gave their name to this ter ritory, - The present status of the Indians was then taken up. Although the government school goes only to the Sixth or Eighth grade, the Indian children leave the school prepared to speak, read, and write the English language. All Indians are citizens, the same as any natural born citizen and they were given complete citi zenship by cx-Prchldent Coolidge. During the war twelve hundred Indians volunteered to g- ami fiht. Because of their mountains life and their skill in shooting, they nude the p(-;, n,i Mr. DeVoe and Mr. Uamp- lmp and Witthi Mr. DcVoe congratulates Maupin Hudenls on their good behavior on .lallowe'cn. '1 hey (ailed to ring the ,Uioo bell, though it must have been great temptation to them. There ash nothing standing in their way jut'lhv lack of a bell rope and a jell clapper. Where they went is ,ul a gnat tny-.tcry. A rord car standing in front of he Kelly hotel Friday morning fail ed tu huvc air in the tires. "Who's ,nr was it? Does anybody know?" 'You bet, it was I'odo Poling's owo iienry l ord." Was Mr. Poling ang ry? Gracious not While practicing for the Minlstrcl .ast evening Flopear failed to know al.i lines. I'oddock Toting then made flying tocklc and when Flopear came too he wsntcd to know what hi ifc, Lackawanna, had hit him with .his time. While taking a Physics test the jthcr morning, Nova Hcdin became jxeited and spilled a whole bottle of .nk. It spread all over the room and most all landed on Nina Mat news' feet. All the paper towels in ihe room were given to Nina to jlean hor No. 5's but the supply fell mort, so Nova tried to collect dama ns from Nina, but Nina was "broke" 'bun.t". "bust." "Hang those Ir regular verbs!" says Ab. Last Friday Mr. and Mrs. DeVoe lr. Poling and Mr. Hampton went .o I'nrlland and Saturday took in .ho football game 0. A. C, and W. i C. Mr. Poling rooted for 0. A. Last Frdiay the Cuba staged their last scheduled battle of football on the local field, with the "Grass VaV leyians" who were lucky enough to push the ball over twice, for touch downs and once for an extra point. The game ended 13 to 0 in Grars Valley'a favor. The score may sound one sided, but the game was hard fought from the first to the last whistle.1 : The first quarter ended 0 to 0. However, tha second quarter ended differently. Grass Valley pushed the ball over for a touchdown and the half, ended 6 to 0. Again in the third quarter they scored and made the extra point The rcore stood 13 to 0 at the end of tbe game. At the beginning of the fourth quarter Elton Snodgraaa, the quarter back, was kicked on the bead and knocked groggy.' For several minute he continued to give signals but in a foreign language, xoe cuds all Twenty-Two Renndt of Ftt . Work Aranged Floyd Holloman Fights Mor Scrapper ARMISTICE CELEBRATION BY DALLES iXGlON Big Parade WHS Prix. Offered; Football Game,. Shows, Dane and Boaiag BomU Maupin post of the American Le gion, through its committee, Don Mil ler and Lerter McCorkle, has ar ranged a smoker to be held on the evening of Saturday, November 16. Twenty-two rounds of fast fighting will be put on and the contestants will be young men well known to 11 hereabouts. , The main event will be of six rounds and will bring together Floyd Holloman, the pride of Maupin, and Harry McDonald, a lad from . Moro who has figured in a number of scrape heretofore. The card follows: Curtain Raiser, four rounds 128 lbs. Elton Snodgrass vs. Willard Con- ley. Fpqr rounds. US lbs. Doug Holloman vs. Walter Mc- Grter. regret that their "little giant qart-jV0 ,leo er back" was hurt in the Grase Val ley game. The Cubs are now ready for winter quarters. : Stooad School leeotalatte The second diphtheria clinic was held last Thursday afternoon in the High school gym from 2 rOO until 3:30. Everyone who received the first innoculation also received the tee ond one. Altho some were somewhat prejudiced when the clinic wa held the first time several new names were added to the list .last Thursday. Several of the students' arma were twollcn and red for a day or two, others complained of having sore arms, and one High school girl even exclaimed, "Ouch" when the needle was injected into her arm. The third and last clinic will be held today. Hachlcr. Bob Shepflin vs. Albert Four rounds, 170 lbs. 'Coach Goanell vs. Willis Brittain. Main event, 145 lbs. Floyd Holloman ." vs. Harry Mc Donald. ;' At the conclusion of the smoker a dance will be held. Prices have been placed within reach of all, they being: Ringside," $1.00;- reserved seats, 75 cents; general admission, 50 cents. "'?.., - ' "' . ..-'.- DECR1PT FORD BEARS MANY TERSE STATEMENTS The Dalles will be in possession of the Legion post of that place on Monday next when a big celebration of the day Armistice Day will be staged. The first on the program will be a parade in which floats, military company, girl's drum corps, school band, firemen. Crag Rats from Hood River and other organi zations will participate. Prizes will be given for the best fraternal or ganization showing, best, float, best decorated store window , and for other features. A football game in the afternoon between Hood River and The Dalles High schools. Another feature wilt he a tug of war between a tow n team and a team representing the local Legion of the county seat A special showing of a talking pic ture at' the Granada "Salute" telling of naval life at Annapolb, will be run from two until 11:00 p. m. In the evening there will be t boxing tournament at the public auditorium in which some of the best talent of the coast will show their wares. Floyd Holloroan -. of Maupin is down for a four round bout with a scrapper named Gorton who hails from Medford. The boys will mix as 145 pounders. At the conclusion of the boxing the audi torium will be given over to those who care to dance, this concluding the program of the day. It b expected that many from Maupin will take in the doings, es pecially the boxing show, as Floyd Holloman has a large following here each of whom will take his best voice with him in order to root for our own boy. ' HIGH SCHOOL NOTES Cross High Junior S. C. Student, Decorates Car With Snappy Inscription German . to Specie'. : J STATE ADDS WEALTH AND GAINS MANY NEW SETTLERS $246,000 Invetted by Newcomers Tea Month of 1929 Show Total $2,516,076 LEGION ELECTS NEW OFFICERS best scout troops in the army. 1 In returned soldiers have become the leaders in their respective reservations. Mrs. Crandall a.o rpnkc a frw sentence in tho Chinook jargon. The pwent attitude of the Indians to ward that old form of speech shows "how "far ho has progressed from the old tribal customs. Mrs. Crandall suggested that the school should tr-at the Indian as a fellow patriot, and ask him to par ticlapc In games. LEAF FROM PIONEER BOOK .on for W. S. C. W, S. C. won and -he n-Kult Is Mr. Poling is still being ruzzed. At the carnival dunce Saturday nijjht mont of the High school stu dents wfrc present. It was a real old time Carnival with all sorts of gambling gnmes and dancing to amuse older ones. While for the children, and the older folks as well, there were whistles, horns, squawk ers for making noise, and paper hats and false noses for disguise. A good lime was reported by all the students who ultemled. THE NIGHT . This . school is happy to say that , you do not have to krep a constant guard over your belngingsa. There ' is nb petty thievery in tho Maupin High reboot. , In the good pioneer days 0f Was ; co;-we were told by the old settlers when-' men. left their - cabins, they left them unlocked so that travelers The mind has a " in need going by could stop and re fresh thenwelvcs. ' Xnc lflW n08" pitallty war that -you 'were required ; to'.wa;'h the dittoes apd refill tho wood box. This old idea has not been for "gotten In the Maupin school, for ".every, one,. respects the, property of ., others. HAS A EYES THOUSAND NEWS Miss Thompson, the Red organizer, spoke before the school last Tuesday on the Rd Cross.' ' ' ''';' V, !. ' She told of the benefits and in terest to be derived from member ship, ' Oiio particularly , interesting feature of her talk covered the mak ing of portfolio, showing the pro ducts and interesting features of a country, and then exchanging: ihe portfolios with rome foreign mem bers. Junior Red Cross brings together the school children of different Innds in a mission of mercy and to work for the internationalizing of childhood of all countries. A student at Oregon State Col lege drives a Ford of ancient vin tage. He has decorated about all available rpace with terse and snappy inscriptions, nearly all of which pertain to the make of tjhc . car. Some of them we print below : 1 Danger 10,00 jolts the first two miles. Satan's hack, the curse of jnan kind. ! :.. I refuse to run In 1930. Four out of five like me rest on the kampus. G. I. M, hot I making walking a pleasure. Familiarity breeds attempt. Five days in this make one weak. Mother calls it sin; daughter calls it experience. Don't crowd, Goils. This car stops at all railroad croa ing, blondes and brunettes. The wages of sin is breath. Meeting Held Teday Evening Wa . A : Well Attended Oregon gained 73 families during October who located in all parts of the state, according to the monthly report just Issued by W. G. Ida. manager of the state chamber of commerce. . The . report further ther shows that the new families bought 4410 acres of land and made investments in acreage, equipment and other property of $246,000. In October 1928 only 41 families came to Oregon. For the ten months of 1929 the report shows 640 families who bought 41,721 acres of land and made a total investment in, all forms of property of $2,516,07?. To further the work of attracting imply financed families to Oregon especially from Southern California and from the middle states, the state chamber has arranged to get display material from the county agricultur al exhibits shown at the Pacific In-; ternational Livestock Show which ! will be sent to the California head- quarters of the state chamber in the downtown section of Los Angles and " also to railroad agricultural depart- tnents in the St Paul, Minnesota, aera, from which many families an; nually come to Oregon. x -. - - Took in Game. ' ?r!S;.; A party of football enthusiaetJ made up of Lloyd Woodsnde and wife, Addie Wray, Dan Poling, Wade Hampton and "Bo" Wilson journey' d to Portland last Saturday anj took, in the football game between the Washington State College and the State Cllege of Oregon that day. ProL DeVoe. and wife also attended jthe game. The night has a thounand eyes, And the day but ones; , Yet the light of the bright world dies ' With the dying sun. thousand eyes, And the henrt but one; ..." Yet tho light of a whole life' "die's; When the love is done. ' j William Bourdllllan Seventh and F.iehth Grade Note The next book to be read to tbe school is Uncle Tom's Cabin. A majority of pupils voted for this books, so it was chosen.. We have a period of ten minutes set aside for reading each day. The idea of - having the whole week's spoiling on Monday proves popular with the students. Every one who gets one hundred per cent on Monday is not required to take rpelling until Friday, when a review of the week's spelling is given. Maupin American Legion Post No. 73 held its regular' election of officers at a meeting called for Tuesday evening. A report of the activities of the various committees was made and then the following were chosen to administer the af fairs of the post for -the coming term:' . . J - Omar .Brittain--CommanderT W. E. Foreman Vice-Commander. D. E. Miller Second Vice Com mander. ; ' ' - Floyd Kelly Historian. J. C. Pratt Adjutant and Fi nance officer. 1 Grant to Open Store . ; Charley Grant for a leng time the only cafe man in Dufur, has rented the room formerly occupied by Harvey Martin, adjoining Char ley's eating place, and will stock it with modern outlay of groceries. Mr.i Martin recently sold his business to a man who moved the stock to another building. Mr. Grant is well and favorably known to many around Dufur and should.make a success in the grocery line'. Here'a hoping anyway. .''.':' i ." V Wood Mia-Up When the contractor was wreck ing the old bridge Johnny : Williams bought the old floor : covering and timbers used over the flat . He had the debris hauled to the Billy Hunt tract Iter he found that the stuff had been sold to! another, party. This has caused somewhat of a mix- up and the county court will be call ed upon to untangle the snarl to morrow. Honor Roll The purpose of the Honor Roll is to encourage students to work toward the highest standards of their school. Students who make the Honor Roll NEW MICROSCOPE ARRIVES J arc to bo exempt from final exami - f-v nations. They are also to be giver i A new microscopo arrived, Inst week, which adds about seventy-five dollars to the laboratory equipment. The size of the microscope Is 4mm. -16mm. It was purchased from Bausch and Lomb Optical company. The case in which tho microscope Is packed "shows, gome very skilled work as It has one separate place for every thing. - The phynic. class are waiting for the day ta arrive that - they may study the parmccium found in stag nant pond water. " ' ' Heppncrrholpa Funeral home Is ven publie recognition at commencement exercises by a medal awarded them for their scholarship. When stu dents go away to college their su periority is represented by their High school utanding. Those who are now on the Hour Roll for. the first six weeks are: Lelah " Weberg, Charles Brthwell, F.velyn Powell, Richard Crabtrcc, Mary Greene, Gladys Man tin, Blanche Northnip, Ivan Donald son, Nova Hcdin. Laco Greonj and Alia Chastain. Falls City Excavation completed for new channel at bridge which will Fifth and Sixth Grade New Ms. Joe Chastain visited school on Monday, the fourth. John Slusher, who has been absent a l a week on account oi iiiness, re turned Monday. The Fifth grade pupils are now struggling with fractions. Emery Crofoot and Alice) Greene brought some flower to school on Tuesday. Viaitej in Wahinton R. W. McCorkle and wife return cd the first of the week from a virlt at various parts of Washington They left last week Tuesday and went to Longview, where they visit ed with, their son and wife, going from there to Castle Rock, stopping a time with the family of Mjrs. Mc Corkle 's sister. On their return trip they called on Rev. J. I. Park er at Manor, near Vancouver, Well ington and on the family of C. E. Bnty, Who recently moved to that section, inc MCtJorKies came nome by way of the Wapinitia cut-off. Third and Fr. Leon Kettner ha from the Third grit of moving to Bend. VI . to lose- him. The Third and Foin working on a Christro A device for teachh ren the multiplication one which they enjoy ii pond which we are urinp Mr. Duns and Ms. K here to visit us one day News dropped on account rc all sorry Managing- Cinderella Shop Mrs. J. L. El wood is the new manager of the Cinderella Frock Shop in The Dalles. , Mrs. Elwood has long been connected with the A, M. Williams store at the county seat and is eminently qualified to demonstrate styles and handle the business of the latert apparel estab lishment In The Dalles. .' Will Take Barber Course Earl (Budge) Greene went to Portland Monday and there will en ter a barger college witn tne iaea of learning all about tonsorialism. Budge has been working on the Bend-Burns highway all summer and remarks that anyone can handle a pick and shovel but it takes a deft hand to wield a razor. , Brunswick records at the Mau pin Drug Store. "If we haven't what you want we wilj get them for you. See the Maupin Drug Store.- - Many at , Wapinitie, Clinic The toxin anti-toxin clinic held at Wapinitia last Wednesday brought out a large number of adults and children. After explaining the benefits accruing from the treat ment Dr. Elwood and Miss Lord punctured the arms of about 50 pa tients. Another clinic was held at Wapinitia yesterday, at which those who were treated last week were given a second injection. Letter Wheat Crop The estimated world : crop of wheat is 600 million bushels less than last year, and the total supply after allowing for carryover is 360 million bushels less. The bureau of agricultural economics e.timates that the world market for the season will average 35 to 40 cents above the average last year. -rades arc rogram. i child i and i fish were celt Primary James Crabtree . has been ?ent be replaced cast of this place. . several days on account of flluesfc The First and Second graders will be happy to have him hackv , ) Jeanne Mayhew went to the val ley last Thursday " She will return to us the first of tho week. The First graders are one round ahead on the cleanliness ladder. The newly elected policemen are: Elnora Cunningham, Elwln Doty, ... The health inspectors are Edna Cantrell, Fhylia Tjroutman. The First and Second graders have started work on the Indian project. Much fun. Is being had In buildin anllndlan village on the sand, tabic. Hatt Stolen Three new hats grace the top part of three Maupinitea this week, each having been deprived of their other headgear at the Legion carni val , last Saturday night. Stealing hats seems to be habit with some folks, and whoever, is found with one of those stolen at the carnival is in for a bunch of real trouble. Met. Creighton Callt-r Mrs, Arthur Creighton came oyer from The Dalles Monday for the pur pose of disposing of her furniture, in storage here. She sold most of it and Tuesday afternon Elza Der thick took what was left to the coun ty seat. Mrs. Creighton says that her hu.band recently sustained a crushed foot, a heavy timber falling m it. "BURNING BRIDGES" Bought Fine Rami ... Clarence and Art Fargher went to Corvallis last week and on their re turn Monday brought rcven full blooded rams with them. The new stock animals are Lincoln and Cotswolds and will make a valu- I nble addition to the Fargher Bhcep bands. ,, . ". Harry Carey,:, that old western favorite,.' will ba seen at Legion hall next Sunday night in a thrilling western drama"Burning Bridges." Harry has been off the screen for some time and that he has 'decided to return is "cause" for joy among his many followers. In the coming play he plays a dual character in a ro mance of the rails and range. . ..