MAUPIN
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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. :