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Newspaper Page TextMAUPIN TIMES Always working for the best Interests of Maupln and all of Southern Wasco County. Publishes only that newt fU to print Caters to no particular class, but works for all VOLUME XVI MAUP1N, OREGON TUUIIHDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1929 Number 4 THE MAUPIN Ml VOLUME II. Maupin Hi Minstrels at Tygh as Advertising Charles and Albert were the lucky membri to draw the privilege. Soon afternoon Mr, ruling applied the "paint" to their face, the only comment made was that K made a decided improvement in their look. Mr. DeVoe chauffeured the party, furnishing her car to mnkt to trip. Nova Hcdln gave a talk before the skit, telling of the different kittt, also tome of the work that was per formed In preparation for the show. The ihort entertainment wan en Joyed by the student snd tciuher, many laughs ensuing during the comedy and genuine applause at thu end. We appreciate the kindlincaa i hown by the Tygh achool toward our school in permKting us t0 put on a demonstration before the student of their achool. We hope to be able to return the favor in the fu ture. MAUPIN STUDENTS BOOST THEIR SHOW Student! Uking part In the atrel have shown splendid co-operation in putting on the ahow. All have been good sports in submitting to endless correction and suggw Uon. They have practiced diligently In cold halls and are to be congratu lated whether their show in a winner or not. Everone has aided in the preparation for this event. The girls of the sewing class under the aupervlslon of Mr.. DeVoe have tailored thirty five costumes. The boya under Mr. DcVoe's supervision have elaborately decorated the le gion stage to give as fine a setting for their show as they know how. Orville Fralcy, the stage manager and electrician, has shown real ability and akill In the construction of the lighting apparatus. Nova, the achool'a pinno accompanist, has worked Industriously with Mr. Po ling on the singing. The end men, a well as those in the skitr, have been resourceful in devising their "hokum." All have co-operated free ly with their instructors. Kach is eager to make the most of their op portunity in interest the community In the Maupin schools. MAUPIN SPELLERS WIN Friday, Nov. 22 the Seventh and Eighth grades of Maupin went to Waplnltla to participate in a fpelllng match with the Seventh and Kighth grade of that town. Hue to the small enrollment In these grades at Waplnltia la was necessary for them to use five Freshmen to fill their quota. Mr. Wilson drove the contestant over in tho Criterion achool bir. Just before arriving at Waplnltia a few of the spellers were very much surprised to find that their knees were' applauding each other. Due to the fact that everyone could not be in tho match it was necessary to select a team of twelve persons, Those representing Maupin were! Genevieve Allen, Henry Wilron, Douglas Bothwell. Herbert 'Kramer, Ralph Kaiser, Theodore Klrsch, Dorothy Greeno, Bernlce Hollis, Jean Renick, Irene Wood cock. Jim Sluaher and Frances Ar nolct. At, the close of the bnttlc of words ten of our original twelve were still standing while all of the Wap lnltia spellers were down. Although defeated, the Waplnltia spellers were the best of irports, ahd Immediately challenged Maupin to n return match at Maupln in the near Join the Athletic association. If a future. The Maupin school exports school joins after October 1, H to havo 100 per cent remaining onCosti two and one-half dollars, or the floor when Waplnltia comes down. CLEANING ROOM DOORS Tho students of the Maupin rchool are at all times working to Wp their school looking the best possi ble. Ivan Donaldson and Bo Wil son have just completed a fine bit of improvement cleaning the typing room doors, preparing them for a roat of varnish. This will be a genuine Improvement to tho main asrembly room, as these doors have always been unfinished. MAUPIN, OREGON. NOVEMDER, 28, 1029. THANKSGIVING OP OLD Oh, the glorious Thanksgiving Of the days that are no more! How, with each rourring aeason Wakci their mem'ry oe'r and oc'r! Wh-n the heart of men were simp ler, And the needs of life were lean, Anr !ta merciea were not reckoned l!y the measure of excess. Heaven lend the glad Thanksgiving Of that older, aimpler time! Tarry with us, not In fancy, Not In retrospective rhyme; But in true and living earnest May the nptrlt of that day, Artlchs, plain and unpretending Once again resume Its away. E. A. Smullcr. THE WEEKLY READER Blanche Northrup has been assign ed the task of v'sc"1 before the atuderrta of the achool the mort in teresting stories and new appear ing in the achool magazines. Those who are interested in college life will find tho college humor and fun a shown by the verse on the edi torial page of the Orcgonlan Dally min-,wr'J. dedicated to athletec: Iet's have a sigh For athlete McRack; Who trained on pie And died on the track. Readers of the Literary Digest will be interested In the article, "To End Starvation In War," by President Hoover in which he says: "The time haa come when we should remove starvation of women and children from the weapon of war fare. The youths of this modern generation who are wondering how nutny crimes their fathers committ ed when they were young, will be glad to read the article, "When Our fathers were wicked youths," in which Bishop Herbert Shipman blames the older generation more than the youths of today. Men will be especially interested in reading stories of Hunting antelope in old Mexico, "A Goose Hunt" by Vance Rowe, "A Hunt in the Big Sticks" by Laing, and many others of In terest found in "Outdoor Life." The Scientific American telle of new anti-aircraft material and fire control methods and places the air pnlne as an important war auxiliary. In the grades the "American Boy" has the. story of "The Four Phan toms of Follonabee" a football game between the West and East. The Christmas magazines are always of special interest because of the gay colored covers. BASKET BALL The following is the possible bas ketball schedule: Jan. 3, Moro, here. Jan. 10, Dufur here, header. double Jan. 18, MoHicr here, double header. Jan. 21, Tygh, there, double header. Jan. 31, Dufur there, double header. Feb. 1, Madras here, double head er. Feb. 7, Parkdale, here. Feb. 8 Madras, there, double bender. Feb. 14, Grass Valley, there. Feb, Feb. IB More, there. 21, Tygh, here, double head- or Feb. 27, Parkdale, there. Mar. 1, Mosier, there, double header. Mar. 7, (irasa Valley, here. , Membership in Association Any High school in Oregon can fifty cents more than if they join before that date. Eligibility: No student is eligi ble unless he Is under 21 years of nj?e and shall be carrying four full nnd regular subjects and he doing passing work in three of them not later than four weeki after the opening of school for the first sc mester, and is In regular attendance and good standing. Practice: Practice, has been held up some by tho Minstrel show. A ucw ball haa been ordered and practice will begin in earnest as soon as tho big show is over. TIMES NUMBER 12 Hi Grateful For Turnout at Minstrel Show The itudenU and faculty of Mau pin Hi with to express their sincere thanks to the many fricndd who so kindly applauded their effort of last Tuesday night The minstrels played to one of the largest crowds ever gathered for a school function at the Legin hall. The Maui! Min strels realize that it was tht gener ous applau e and the courteous at tention of the audience that made it possible for the show to be present ed. Many eipresred their enjoy ment of the minstrel to its members. The attitude of the crowd khowed their good will twards the Maupin community. Particularly we wish to thank thore from outlying districts who came distances to Maupln to sec the show. The cooperation of the faculty and students was apparent from the be ginning of the minstrel practice un til the last song was sung on the night of the show. The mliutrela arc permitted to boast that no member of the skit required prompting on the night of the performance. All side business was taken care of at the proper moment. The 'chicken didn't squawk, the static buzz, nor the bells ring at the wrong time. PosJbly there may be a debate between brothers and sisters now graduates, who took part in last year's production as to whether the '28 show wit better than the '29 one. We allow them the argument, as probably no one will ever know which one waa the better. Maupln's Minstrels do not think they put on the very best show that they could but hope to do even better the next time. The total gate, counting refresh ments waa $143.60. The expenses are high, greater than first antici pated. A larger crowd waa attracted to the minstrel of thia year than last year. INTERESTED IN DUFUR OPERA The Girls Glee club of Dufur pre sented "Miss Caruthers Return" at the Dufur theater last Friday. There were twenty-three gnrls who played in the two-act musical drama. The characters were especially pleasing because of their natural acting and their elaborate costufes, The ccene of the play is a young girls' boarding school, in which the girls helped entertain the maid so she could have a good time with them. One can imagine their sur prise when they learned that the maid was Mine Caruther the sup porter of the achool. Several of the Maupin t;th)ln $200,000 r $300,000 spent attended, and have expressed their! wish of having Maupin give operetta In the coming years. an I HIGH NOTES Plans for the Thanksgiving holi days are being discussed at school. Most students when asked what they were going to do anrwered' "Eat turkey." Many will attend the Thanksgiving dance given by the Legion. The minstrel show dec oration will be left up for the dance. The report' curds for the second six weeks will be given out Mon day. An epidemic of colda has been making It's rounds again. Bill and Massm were absent Monday, having encountered the germ. Albert wai likewise absent Mon day as a result of a hunting trip to Stag Hollow. He says he is not used to climbing such rocky hills and it had a bad cfi'" t on him. He encountered several bunches of quail and a dozen or more porcupines and caught several cold . bugs. Mr, Poling is holding up under a rtrain of a cold. He has the same plesant smile but a gruff voice. Fifth and Sixth Grvl-g From the Fifth and Sivh grades the following pupils have r rfnet at tendance for tho last six weeks: Emery,. Leo, and Buelah of the Fifth grade. Ernie, Margaret. Kath leen, Alice, Ernest, Franklyn, Les lie, Myrtle and Goldie of tho Sixth grade. (continued on last pae) FACTS ANENT WATER SYSTEM BY MEN WHO KNOW Facts Instead of Surmie Civea Reply to Article Recently Published In The Dalle Chronicle of No vember 14 appeared an answer to a Sandy correspondent to the Port land Journal in which the writer purpose to give a history of and the present condition of the water sys- tern on Wapinitia Plains. That article was so palpably a matter of surmi e and misstatement of facta as to call forth a protest on the part of the contract holders on the Flat. J. S. Brown, president, and A. E. Mayhew, secretary of the Water Users' Corporation, in the following article, tell of exact con ditions now, and heretofore existing on the water system, and alro take issue with the writer in the Jour nal Their reply, as published in the Chronicle, follows and Is correct: Editor, The Chranicle: This is an answer to the Sandy 1 correspondent of tho Portland Journal, who on Sunday, November 3, 1929, had an article published which waa headed "Water Project Begun 45 years ago, Completed." This would probably sound all right to people who do not know ; council, to be held in The Dalles Ho otherwise. Remember the worditel at 7:00. Men and their, wives "completed." The Wapinitia IrrU j from all ovet' ? -l f. -ct-gation Co. to thia year has failed jed to. att' !" to deliver water for domeatic usftl x ! i fn, plans it contract holders, to say noth)- -.. . ore and to participate in about Irrigation, owing to the csnarc capacity. When the company's canal waa loaded beyond its capacity, it broke! several times and the farmer, whose crops were burning up for lack of water, paid for it. There was twice as much water going to waste as was being a ed. Would you call this work completed?" Why will the dam, which you claim is completed, render us any better service than we have had for the last ten years, with no better mangement or with no better ditch, than has been available in the past. You say the company has 12 or IB miles of canal running through the forest service. There is about 6 H miles of this stretch that is a natural gulch, known as McCubbin's ,fhi deR(, tm( or whjch have fallen acrosi the waterway, blocking the natural channel and forcing the water either around the ends of such logs or damming the flow, thus causing immense waste of water by evaporation. You speak of this irrigation pros pect as being one of the largo t in the stale, mere has been more and though the work id said to be completed, it is not efficient. It cannot even deliver water to its con tract holders for domestic use. You say, "If the farmers will unite and get behind this project." We certainly have been loyal to this company. Since the Wapinitia I Irrigation company began operating more than 15 years ago, it has had loyal support of these people, and according to the outstanding con tracts, they have got more than $100,000 of our money. Just think of it, 15 years! Of the forest reserve stretch, there is less than 10 miles of actual canal. A large portion of this work was done yenrs ago by George W. Mc Coy. He was a promoter. The difficult part of the canal construc tion, a three or four mile stretch on flat country, was built by Mr. Mc Coy also. We can not sec where there has been ro much money spent by the Wapinitia Irrigation com pany. " i ' 7 , You speak of farmers protesting and complaining to our state en gineers. Why should not American citizens ask officers who are in of fice for the purpose of enforcing the laws, for a just deal when the Irrigation company contracted to furnish us water, rot our money. and then laid down on the job. Ever since the fall of 1924 to tho fall of J 928, nothing was done in the way of construction. We refer you to the testimony taken at Maupin on July 15, 1929 by the deputy state engineer.1 We bad good reasons for complaining to "l the state engineer. We are American Jaw-abiding citi- malcolm Mcdonald at old scottish home Arrived in Lead of Thistle on Nov. First Expect, to Stay One Year Malcolm McDonald, well known in the Criterion district, is now in Scotland, having left for his native heath about the first of the present month. Malcoln had been away from Scotland several years. He home steaded in the Criterion section years ago and has since then lived about Maupin. The longing to'J again visit the tcenes of his boyhood trrew intensity so he decided to re tur nd aain fraternize with those of his relatives and friends who! still reside in the land of Robert Bruce. Arriving in Scotland Malcolm vis ited for a short time with relatives of Jamer, Chalmers at Dundee. He ; then went to Ivcrnea hire, where he will receive his mail for the com ing months. The Times thanks Mr. McDonald for a copy of the Glasgow Express. ANNUAL MEEETING OF SCOUT AREA COUNCIL General Report to Be Mde and Officer- Elected Meeting at Hotel Dalles Saturday, December 7th, will be the date of the anuual meeting of the Mid-Columbian Deschutes Area trie e.cctfon of officers. . . , Some good entertainment is prom ised, and this should be one of the best meetings of its kind ever held in this erea. President Gee. J. Childs will be there from Bend, and the chairmen of the three districts will have their progress report Anyone wh0 wishes to attend Is asked to notify the Hotel Dalles or Boy Scout headquarters, in the courthouse, The Dalles, announced Scout Executive Belcher, who was in this city Monday on Scout bjsi nesn. Calls were being made on in terested men in Dufur, Maupin, Mcdraa and on the Warm Springs rescivation Monday, and on Tuesday T-oliher plannjj au c.'ling on iftani ko, Kent, Grass Valley, Moro and Wasco. STRANGE STORY OF A BOY Brought to Town Unconscious Memory Rather Vague Albert F. Long, a lad of 19 years or age, was brought to the Maupm hotel lost evening by some telephone workers, he having been found lying unconscious about two miles from town on the Criterion grade. Hie head bore evidence of having been struck, although the -skin had rtot been broken. Long stated to a Times man that he was on his way to Fontana, Cal iforia, to join his parents. He had been at work near Pendleton and was hitch-hiking. He passed thru Maupin late in the afternoon, in tending to walk all night. When at the place where he was found he ; raid he heard a car coming, and that when it reached him his mem ory left him, and he did not regain consciousness until after Dr. Elwood has applied medicine to his head. When found the lad's pockets were turned inside out, as though someone had gone through him. He did not have any money or valuables neither did he have a bed roll. If he had been hit by the car there surely would have been cuts on his head. His story is rather vague but the fact that he spent the night here and also his head bore evidence of being struck, somewhat bears out the theory that he waa knocked out by someone who was after what the lad might have had on his person. Vitited The Bothwell'. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. DeVoe went to Dufur this morning and will have dinner with Fiske Bothwell and wife. Their going to Dufur leaves but one teacher in town on the holi day, she being Mrs. Lucile Cantrell. zens wishing for fair play and to play fair. Water Users' Corporation, J. S. BROWN, Chairman. A. E. MAYHEW, Secretary. BIG TRUCK AND LOAD BURN NEAR TOP OL WHITE RIVER HILL Ten Drams of Ci'.oline Explode and Scatter Fire Driver Abcars) Sufferi Minor Injuries One cf the big Portland-Bend freight trucks went off the grade " above the hor.eshoe turn on thnt part of fI White river grad leading to Juniper Flat early Tues day morning, the truck and content being corsur.ed by a fire which started when the vehicle hit tht bottom. Harry Aheam, the driver, 'iving at Redmond, stated to a Time, man that he had met a truck loaded with cattle at the point of the accent. The lights of the truck weTe so glar ing as t0 blind Aheam and as a can sequence he drove off the road way, the truck landing about five feet ' below the level of the highway. Besides the groline the truck carried considerable canned good, fresh vegetables, a radio and other articles. All were consumed, as al so waa most of the truck. About all that can be salvaged from the I wreck will be the motor, part of the cao and tne iront wheels. When the truck struck the bottom Ahearn was imprisoned In cab. He was compelled to breai j.-, glass ' In the doory order to 1 et out. Having extricated himself he at tempted to save some, of the freight, but was forced tdMesist because of fire which had reached the gas drums. ; lie then ran a short dis tance up the road and was about 10 rods up when the first drum explod ed. The driver said that from then on there was a succession of ex plosions, the burning gas being thrown up the hillside to a great distance, ... . The noise of the explosions was heard at Tygh Valley and two of the Braitain boys came up the hill to ascertain what waa up. The noise was also heard by some Maupin residents. The driver sustained alight Injury to his back. He got in touch with the managers of the truck line and stayed with the wreck until one ar rived from Portland. Both truck and load were insured. MODERN JUDAS TAKEN TO JAIL Asked Kindness Then Stole Benefactor From A man giving the name of C. Anderson, was arrested and taken to jail at The Dalles last evening by Deputy Sheriff J. H. Kramer. The fellow had been granted a kindness by a section hand at McLennon and repaid that favor by stealing cloth ing, etc., from his benefactor. Anderson showed up at the sec tion house and asked permission to occupy a cabin while he washed his clothes in the river. This was grant ed. When the owner of the cabin returned he discovered his suit case, a couple suits of clothes, underwear, shirts and other articles were mis sing. He immediately came to town and notified the deputy. In the meantime the culprit , had visited the Welch service station and asked per mission to leave a suit case there un til this morning. When he learned of the theft Mr. Welch notified Kra mer, who opened it up and checked the contents with the list given htm by the owner. The Greek section hand had run across the thief and took him to Kramer, in whose pres ence he disclaimed having taken the article. At the same time he was' wearing a shirt and vest belonging to the McLennon man. The indentification being com plete Kramer took him to The Dalles and turned him over to Sheriff Sex ton, who will hold him until he will be taken before a justice for triaL Stole Turkels Somebody or bidies enjoyed tur key dinner on Thursday, and didn't even stop to pay for the chief item for the table turkey Mrs. Ed. Griffm haa retained three fine birds from her spring flock, intending to usi them for breeding purposes. When Ed. went to feed them Thanks giving morning they failed to re spond. Investigation revealed they had been stolen, therefore we say someone had cheap birds. :