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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 3, 1930)
THE MAtlPIM TIMES thursday, July 3, 1930. The Maupin Times AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER C. W. SEMMES, Editor C, W. Semitic and E. R. Semme 1'ubU.licr Published every Thursdey at Maupfn, Oregon Subicription: One year, $1.50; tlx months, $1.00; three mdnths, GOets. Entered as second clriB raaiil mat ter September 8, 1914, at the post office at Maupin, Oregon, under the act of March 8, 1870. AT LAST A TARIFF After long months of so-called de liberation,, the tariff, bill has finally been passed by the Senate and House and signed by the President. It is generally agreed that the bill is far from a masterpiece, but is the best that could be hoped for in view of the present tangled political situation. "Meritorious demands for further protection to agriculture and labor which have developed since the tar iff of 1922 would not end if this bill fails of enactment," said Presi dent Hoover, in signifying he would ign it. . "Agitation for legislative tariff revision would necessarily con tinue before the ' country. Nothing would contribute to retard business recovery more than this contiuued agitation." The bill will act as a stabilising in fluence. It at least does away with uncertainty. Whether or not the new tariff will protect American industries without adding appreci ably to the cost of living .remains to be een. ' , THE PRESS IS THE REMEDY. ' ' - " Optimism among the 'smaller newspapers is a 'good business remedy for depression,-in our. coun; try. . ' - ' Unemployment is not confined to this nation of 'to any . one nation, but is more or 'less world-wide. A late statement ' from' the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce de clares that industrial and business condition have "reached almost complete normalcy. The number of jobs is said to be increasing in most of the regions called civilized and wages are still above the ten-year average." The American press can. do much to ' maintain progress and prosperity Pefsimism in a time of depression is an admission of defeat. Ameri ca has the resources, both tangible and intangible, with which to meet and solve all problems. Found Lost Sheep , While collecting their bands and making them ready for the moun tains on Monday the Farghers miss ed a band of over 600 woollies. The others were headed to the grazing grounds and then a search was in stituted for the lost sheep. They were found on the'ir own range, rounded up and will be taken to Swim in trucks. Home From Coatt The two Crabtree boys, Jesse and Andrew, with the former's wife, re turned last evening from a trip to the coast. While away the party visited at their old home, Astoria, and at several other places, spend 'ippr the greater part of their time at Newport on the coast. The trip seems to have benefited each of them. Cot Hand Jammed . Yesterday Clifford Allen got his left hand caught in the mechanism of his combine, sustaining a badly cut little finger and swollen mem ber. That was the second time Clif ford was injured by the same ma chine part. '. Ut Maupin Flour People of the ' Hay Creek section seem to be partial to flour made by the Woodcock brothers at Maupin. , Each month several tons of the Maupin staff of life is taken to Hay Creek. This morning James Woodcock loaded the company truck with two tons of "Perfection" flour and took it to the alfalfa section. SHIP Y REGULAR FREIGHT LINE SERVICE Between PORTLAND - THE DALLES - MAUPIN THE DALLES TRUCK LINE Inc. SPICKERMAN'S TRUCK LINE PORTLAND-THE DALLES THE DALLES-MAUPDN and Way Polnis and Way Point. BONDED & INSURED CARRIERS THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY Rollicking Coni'dy Billed foi Com. in Sunday Night It hns always hr.cn a miention who was the real head of the- family. That matter Will be uettlcd for good and all next Sunday night when Manager Miles Michael will i-how a story under the caption ''Tho Head of the Family" ut Legion hull. The showing is a frothy nivlunge of laughs, love interest and wit. Tho leading? chnrnrtcrs nto Virginia Lcc Corbin, William Russell, Mickey Dennett,' Richard Wallinjr, Alma liennett, William J. Wnlsh and Aggie Herring. The story has to do with an ex-plumber making a lead pipe singe and making tho rest of the i'aniily dance to his tunes. The do mestic difficulties of the family are aired in a manner laughable- in the extreme. The plumber hires one of his laborers to put his family foun dry in bhapo with the result tho aired man makes love to end mar r,ta the daughter of tho house. The vife and metier takes issue wilh her husband, who finally wins bis way and makes the rest of those concerned do as he wishes. His way of accomplishing this b mirth- , provoking and shows how some hus bands meet the demands of exacting wives and children. Manager Michcal intends t0 have shows each Sunday night hereafter and for them has booked a line of most - attractive stories. Married 52 Yeara . Yesterday was the 52nd annivcrs. ary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Williams! That couple were among the first settlers in this section 'and it jWas .here .their ochild ren,were, brought up;, Mr. and Mm. Williams expect to. leave on a vaca tion next Monday, taking a trip that will, carry them bark to the place' where. they first met and where they decided to join ipsucs for life. "Bill" has been a hard worker and has decided that "worn and no play makes Bill a dull boy," therefore will keep up his mentality and health by a visit with old friends down the valley. In From Hills Jack Staats came down from Government Camp Tuesday evening and will spend a few days in town. Monday he will go to work with tht government road builders, who arc I widening out the highway as well as straightening bad curves ana nxmg up the roadway generally. Mr. Shattuck Home Mrs. Bates Shattuck has returned from The Dalits, where she under went an operation for appendicitis, having about fully recovered. On Tuesday she and Bates spent the day in the mountains, going there to enjoy an outing and as a sort of tonic to the recuperating hidy. Had Septic Poisoning Mrs. R. C. Davidson was taken to The Dalles last Thursday suffering from an attack of sceptic poisoning. The lady had had some teeth ex tracted with the result that suppera tion ensued, her system becoming filled with the poison tharefrom. She returned to her Maupin home Mon day being much improved. Gettln; Ready for Wheat Both Maupin warehouses are get ting ready for the wheat crop of this season. George Morris at the Maupin warehouse and Ernest Doty nf wheat that will soon be coming to at the Hunts Ferry elevator have straightened up their storage rooms and are now in a position to take care of the many thousands bushels the houses. With U. S. Engineer Tom Baird, the man who super intended the building of Maupin's new reservoir, is now employed with the U. S. Geological Engineers who are building a guaging station, at the mouth of the Deschutes river. Tom writes The Times to the effect that he hopes the new reservoir is proving to be the real thing, also that he hopes to be able to make Maupin a visit in the near future. TRUCK pick Ups flff There Is one man in Maupin who clulms he catches the limit of trout each time he gon fishln.' He says his catch always is big ones. Tues day he received a statement from tho Pnrtlanl Fish company for fifth purchased. This has aroused a question regarding his catches. No doubt he pulls in some large fish, but in the light of the statement some of his friends are In doubt whether or not to credit him with making hauls claimed by him. Bob Wilson is stewing and sweat ing these days, and not account of the hot weather, either. Hi posi tion at Shattuck' keeps him keyed up nt all times. Aside from serv ing customers he attends to the buying, checking tin goods, Inytyig them away on th0 shelves, marking them and keeping an eye on the business generally. At that Bob is not losing flesh. Some of our people have been worrying about the whereabouts of Miles Michael, the picture show man. His house has been dark for several Sundays and the report was circulated that he had left the country. Not so, Pauline. Mr. Michael will be in Maupin the com ing Sunday night with a new comedy showing, and after that w !1 make regular showings in our fair; city. He hn a circuit and keeps lis, pro jecting machines', at "work five days REPORT OF CONDITION OF " The Maupin State Bank AT MAUPIN, COUNTY OF WASCO, OREGON, AT CLOSE OF BUSI NESS JUNE 30, 1930. RESOURCES Loans and discounts $ 195,673.81 Overdrafts 30.91 Bonds, securities, etc 14,771.40 Banking hou:e $4500.00, furniture and fixtures $1900.00 6,400.0f Real estate owned other than banking house . 5,000.00 Cash, due from banks and cash items 24,834.01 Total $ 246,710.13 LIABILITIES Capital stock paid in : $ 26,000.00 Surplus '. 6,000.00 Undivided profits net 7,986.01 Demand deposits 126,138.9? Time certificates 63,086.19 Bills payable and rediscounts 29,500.00 Total ..-...'$ 246,710.15 STATE OF OREGON, County of Wasco ss. , I; F. D. Stuart, cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that tha above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. . F. D. STUART, Cashier. CORRECT Attest: LAWRENCE S. STOVALL L. C. HENNEGHAN, Director. Subscribed and sworn to befor e me this 2nd day of July. 1930. (Seal) GEO. -McDONALD, Notary Public My commission expires Jan. 10, 1932. iles cf Conveyors in Ford Plant ' Thi picture how two type of conveyor tn use In th Rouge Plant of th . Ford Motor. Company. , AN ENDLESS chain conveyor, three and a half to four miles k long, said to be the longest In the world, has Just been completed at the Rouge Plant of the Ford Motor Company at Dearborn, Michigan. On It parts of Ford cars in the proceis of manufacture are transported from one building to another and completed parts are carried direct to railroad cars for shipment to branch assembly plants. The conveyor, which carries Its cargo on suspended hooks, has a dally capacity for 300,000 parts weighing over 2,000,000 pounds. It supplants freight car and truck which have been used for the transfer of many parts from one point to another in the Ford plant. This longest conveyor of them all 1 a development of the Ford policy that nothing should be done by manual labor that could better be done by machine. In the early days of his manufactur ing carr, Mr. Ford devised the as each week, working at Maupin on Sunday owning. x Motorics should be moro careful thun ever at this time of the year. Many such smoko and it Is a usual custom to throw a match away after lighting up. Oftlmes tho match is burning when it strikes the ground, and when It alights In dry grass fires are 0ftcn started. The firs on the Maupin grade Inst Monday no doubt was slatted in that manner. It might have resulted in serious loss, if help had not responded to the rail and put the fire out. Bill Williams say he has been married 63 years; his wife says it was C2 years ago that ho took Bill for better or worse. We are won dering how Bill got tn that extra year. Maybe ho counted the year bp spent courting his wife Bs one of the stretches of time he counts was 62 years ago that she took Bill and his estimable wife are as happy and contented as they were when they set out to conquer tho world to gether. Maupin people appreciate the fact wo have a mtlk producer that keeps up to modern times The Wray dairy is equipped with all modern con veniences, with the exception of milking machines and they will be installed in the near future. A cooling device. and sterilising ppart us is in constant me and the pro duct ia delivered in as pure a con dition as possible each day. Now's the time to pay for The Times sembly line a moving track on which cars in the process of assembly vent to the workmen Instead of the work men carrying part to the car. The assembly line, perfected In many ways, Is now used by automohile manufac turers generally. The value of the conveyor In reduc lng physical labor, in savlug time, In preserving system and la cutting uusis soon became, apparent and Its u3e v.o extended to other purposes about the plant. Now there are literally miles of conveyors of various types In the Ford plant Some of them csrry parts from one building to another and are care fully synchronized so that the parts arrive at precisely the right moment and In the exact spot where they are needed. Others transport red hot In got of steel weighing nearly a ton each. Still others move outgoing ship ments. If It were not for the conveyors, ac cording to officials of the Ford Com pany, mass production would not be possible on It present icale. Successful Enter p 14 Demand working capital and Banking Credit available at need. Every accommodation consistent with sound banking practice is ex tended to patrons of this institution. LET US SERVE YOU Maupin State Bank (INCORPORATED) Cot All of Bear Family Trapper R. C. Fulkcrson has sue cccdcd in killing the Inst of tho bear family that had been preying upon young .battle near Bear Springs. His last kill was largo made bruin, which made five bears to fall vic tims to the trapped' traps and rifle. Saataiacd Slifht Stroke Frank McCorklo Is said to have sustained a slight stroke of paraly sis one day last week. Tho same report emenated from Dufur a while back, but Frank came out of the spell In fine shape. He is convinced that partaking of a heavy meal of meat caused a slight indisposition which was constructed a paralysis. He la again out and around. Huckaborriot Frown Jack Staats. who has been at Government Camp the past month, took occasion to investigate the huckleberry crop In that vicinity. He reports that In many places the entire crop was destroyed by frost, also that there are spot where the bushes are in bloom and that there promises to be good crop of berries there. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, executor of the will of C. L. Morris, deceased, has filed in tho County Court of Wasco I County, State of Oregon, h't final account as surh executor; and lh.it Monday, August 11, 1930, at the hour of, ten o'clock a m. has been fixed by said Court as the time for herring of objections to said report and the settlement thereof. M. M. MORRIS, John Gavin. Executor. Attorney. J-3-24 ilFlEl) COLUMN LUMBER FOR SALK About 6,000 feet of shiplap and 2x4,8 for sale cheap See it at Richmonds' ser vice station. 3i-t2 BINDER FOR SALE An 8-foot In dependent binder in good working condition, for sale cheap. Also another binder of same make, can be need for extra parts. Both for the one price. See Otto Herrling, Criterion, . 33-t2 WATCH LOST Lady' yellow gold wrist watch, Elgin movement, lost on Main street In Maupin, Had black silk bracelet. Reward paid for return to Mr. L. C. Hen neghan, Maupin. 83-t2 HAY FOR SALE Loose, baled or ground alfalfa hay for sale at the Buckly ranch. 33-tf MULES FOR SALE Span of good work mules, weighing about 1,350 in good condition; about 9 year old and ready for work. Harness goc with team. Reasonable price. Write or call on O. L. Paquet, Wapinitla, Oregon. 30-t4 BUICK FOR TRADE 1925 Bulck roadster to trade for horses. Ad dress Everett Wilson, Route No. 2, Dufur, Oregon. 25-t4. WERNMARK SHOE STORE Shoes and Repairing Waco County' $ Exclusive Shoe Store Shoe for th Vhela FamU General Repairing The Dalles, Ore. Business f rise t t Now in effect dally 30-day Limit ROUND TRIPS Portland $9.45 Vancouver $9.45 Stevenson 1 $7.65 Ask for further particular E. W. GRIFFIN, Agent L. S. Davis, Trav. Psgr. Agt O. T. RY. Bend-Portland STAGE SCHEDULE LEAVES Maupin 10(00 a. am. Mupia 4:41 p. m. ARRIVES Portland XiOO p. m. Bnl 8 1 OO p. as. REND- PORTLAND STAGE CO. Depot Rainbow Cafa Wm.A. SHORT Dtntist MAUPIN t . . OREGON -t ll . ,1-L1J JJL. I 25 Gents buy the best and largest meal served In The Dalles, at The Green Front Sandwich Shop Next to Dalles Creamery WAPDOTIA L O, O, F. Lodga No. 20, Maupin, Orefoa meets every Saturday night ta L O. O. F. halL Visiting member alwajr welcome Roy R. Crahtraa, N. & B. W. Welch, Secretary. WhiteRestaurant private: booths H Where the best 35 cent meal is served in The Dalles Next The Dalles Creamer C. N. Sargent. - Prep. tjWqa re