Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, February 21, 1896, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextTHE C0IID0I1 GLOBE. FRIDAY, FEBUARY 21, 1600. NOTICE. Tha yarly lrtjtloii i, the Olo Is ri., If pUdln nlvniio. II not ji.ld In adrsncs, 2 will ho clnifKO.1. A blue pencil mark round thUhotlMilwliiutMi Unit your mtiili'rlptlon ex pire, ltli iM tunny I'l''"" rvncr iimmyitly. CL0E0SITIES. Th weather prophet who pr5lfrtel that there would be deep, snow and plenty of It this whiter, because there waa no rain last summer, was as much mUtaken aa weather prophet usually Win. ft-rlvher and fumlljr returned home to Uepptier Tuesday. , W. C. Akers of Unosaborry, aged 74 years, died Saturday, of dropsy. Mra. Andy Tillard of Jleppner la visit ing hor mother, Mra. Donaldson, at Fos till. MUa Anna ftchntt. tipectt to assist with the work In the aherlff'a office next week, , Tom Portwood hna atnrted In to learn the hamotifimakera' trade with Gene Bmlth. W. T. Clark of (jooMtxirry made final proof on hla lid. Saturday before the county clerk. A pleasant whlat party wai enjoyed Monday evening at the borne of Mr. and nd Mra. Prater. The democratic and republican elate (conventions will be held In Portland on the same day April Oth. F. A. Palmer and family, who spent the wintor lipre, moved the Brat of thie week to their ranrh at AJux. Kd Contp'ton of Lone Rock waa tn Vown Monday on buolncdft. Read bia notice to ebcepmon In this issue. The nation will msovtnWe th birth of a great man by i-elehrstlng Washington's birthday on the 22nd of this motitK Ex-Uov. lloirg of Texas has three chil dren and their names are as follows: Inn Hogg, Ura Hogg, and Beah Hogg. Tom Uhea of lleppnor was in this sec tion last week buying cattle. Dal Reed of Arlington accompanied him to Con don. Mr. J. II. Putnam and children came over from Fount I on today's atage and will visit her relatives here a couple of days. M. E. Weir of Mayville was over to town Wednesday making arrangements for the hall, etc. for their drama next Friday evening. Geo. V. Rinehart was suddenly seized with cholera morbus yesterday and has been very sick ever since ami ia under the doctor's care. Charley Gross in now receiving treat ment at a lioapitnl In Portland and we U'ttrn that his condition Is not very en couraging at prevent. The bicycle will oever take the place of the old fitfthiniied top buggy for court ing -purposed. It takea both arms to jjuide the bicycle. Exchange. All timber cultu roe that were filed on after Sept. 15, 1887, must be advertised the same as a homestead notice before final proof can be made on them. Wm. Galloway, the democratic nomi nee two years ago (or Governor, has been appointed receiver of public mon eys at the Oregon City land office. "A Florida man has a farm of alliga tors," says a Southren paper. By and by tills announcement will tie made: A farm of alllgutora has a Florida man. One of our exchanges says if you j think the low don't make money, just go to making it yourself, and see how ' piick the law will put a stop to your operations. Miens Daisy Downing did not return tiome taut week with her parents, having stopped off to visit her sister Dora at Forest Grove a few days. She is expect ed home today. The A. P. A's of Butte, Montana, have decided that at this age of the world there In no further need of religious strife, and as a consequence have given up their charter. Tho A. P. A. profess to be a non-political organization, yet they seem to be tHklng a very active part in municipal lections throughout the country.- Mitchell Monitor. Prof. Saunders, the piano and organ inner, is In this section again. We'll bet a last summer's bat that he can "knock the so oil" of anything In this , ouuty playing checkers. A number of our young folks attended the drama "Ten Nights In a Bar Room" at Mayville Friday night and all say the play waa moat excellent and well worth the email admission price. Tho democratic party ia by no means short of presidential timber. It baa Olnev. Morrison. Pattison and Whit ney, any one of whom would be accept nlilo to the masses of the people. Somebody has figured out that tho egg crop of the United States is worth more in dollars and centa than the output of precious metals. 8tn tint leu of this sort are likely to inuke the hens cackle. If the formers of Gilliam county do not hnrvest an Immense crop of w heat this season, there ia nothing in appear ances. Fall grain never looked so well at this Reason of the year as it does now. Colonel Day informed an Oregonian reporter yesterday that he expects to Imve the first steamer pass through the hn Lm n whedtile timethat is March 1 ' V- iii'kH some unforeseen delay occurs. Mm. Putnuni, who upent the winter ' V V .ft bme of her son .1. 11, Putnam t .e't t.-rhy ' - ' i' '' utjv 4 Ur son "Wink," who euiue recently on viait, accompanied hor far as irlingtoa. The leap year ball Friday night was a complete snccess, both soclully and financially, Forty-bine number wore sold arid all present pronounced It as en joyable affair of the kind as they ever saw. A Missouri farmer figured It out one rainy day that he had Walked 300 miles in cultivating one acre of corn. He thereupon sold his farm and moved to a town, where he walked 600 miles to find a Job. The Ileppner city council has pasned a strong vagrancy law. After this, any one without visible means of support will he fined from 10 to 460 and com, all of which most be paid In cash or worked out. We regret to nay that Mrs. Balding has been very sick the last week or so with pneumonia, and Is under the care of Dr. Hogan. Her son, M. P. Balding and family of Lost Valley are stopping with her. At present she I improving. The state central committee of the populist party met at Salem last Wednesday and changed the time for holding the state convention from Feb. 22 to March 20. They also expressed themselves strongly against any (union. Berrll Clare Morey, the 9-year-old son of Prof. C. G. Morey, principal of our school, arrived here Friday last rom Johnson, Wash., where his mother re sides, and will remain with bis father and attend school here. A frightful shooting scrape took place lleen two farmers on Beaver creek, Crook County, Thursday, iu which J. R. Wagner, aged 00 years, was killed and Ike Mills, a young man, bad both hands shot off with a shotgun. A lively game of foot ball will be play ed at Condon on Friday afternoon, Feb. 28tb, between the Mayville and Condon teams. A large crowd Is expected out to see the fun, and of course they will all remain for the drama in the evening. Dr. llogan was hastily summoned Monday night to the bednide of Frank Palmer ol Ferry Canyon, who was dan gerously sick with heart trouble, from which he has been troubled for long time, lie is much improved now, bow- ever. Wilson B. Smith of Ferry Canyon lout a good work horse last week, while on the range. "Wils" thinks the horse got hold of some kind of poison that had been put out for coyotes. L. W. Dar Unit lost a cow recently in a aimilar manner. ' A one-horse magic lantern ehow "ptfr formed" at Condon Monday night to a very small crowd. It was the "snidest" affair of the kind that we ever saw, and the wonder is that such a fake concern is able to eke out an existence from pub lic patronage. Sam Jones says; "If all the wealth of the United States were divided out to day each man would get 1,600. and in less than six months some fellows would lie riding in palace cars and others would lie walking cross-ttes, howling for another til vy." Although our band boys have had onlv a few weeks' practice witli their horns, they have been coaxed into mak inif their first appearance in public at our entertainment taiuruay evening. So, the boys ask the publio to be moder ate In its criticisms. Ex-Gov. R. E. Tattison, of Pennsyl vania, is being urged for the democratic nomination for president. His record while governor of the Keystone state showed him to be well fitted for an ex ecutive officer, and a man of the people one in whoso bands their interests are safe. H. B. Hendricks made a professional visit to Fossil the latter part of last week. His mother, Mrs. M. J. Emerson came home with him for a short stay At present she is visiting Mr. add Mrs Wm. Cornett on Matney Flat, whom she knew in Polk county before she was married. Ralph C. Bennett and Fred Krusnw were down from Grass Valley last week consulting Attorney J. 15. llosford upon road matters. The question Is whether one man, even Joe Shearer, has bigger claims to certain realty than the man who holds the patents from Uncle Sam Observer. Mr. Hugh M. Anderson, formerly of Mavville. now of Watsonvillo, Cal.. was married on Feb. 12lh to Miss Eva White of that citv. We regret mat w have not the space to publish about column-mention of tho wedding, whic was kindly sent us by the groom's sister, Miss Neltio Anderson. Jas. E, Redmond has sold his 700-acro farm and his funning outfit near Oiex to II. D. Randall, who will take charge of the place at once. Mr. Redmond ex pects to leave soon for California on the lookout for a new location, but his friends here all predict that he will come back again before long. We all hope so, at least. The reader of a newspaper should make it B point to patronise its adver tisers, for if it were not for their patron age the subscription price would have to be doubled in order to afford the pub Usher any profit. Moreover, those who are not efrsld to advertise their wares ' H.fM'lv m ,: have faith in their value, ana wo imjw n'ioiitih.ly certain o( gcuimji a good article. .Mora Observer. See the new ad of the Massillon En gine 4 Thresher Co. on 1st page. This well known and popular firm enjoys the distinction of handling the test and chcativat engines, threshers and saw mills on the Pacific coast.' Their rep utation for honesty and square dealiug is excellent and we cheerfully com mend tliem to our readers The Walla Walla Statesman expresses its aggravation by saying that "the tbirdassistaritpostmastergeneral ia re sponsible for the crime of ordering post masters at Moontaiuhomeand Rocky bar to run the names into one word. Why don't he try it on Newyork, Neworleans, Silvereity, Wallawalla, Bouner'sferry, Sslntlools, Loetvalley and Lonerock. A father wrote to an editor for instruc tions how to atop his boy from emoking cigarettes and got the following reply : "We suggest bribery, persuasion, in struction or shutting off allowance. Then if he remains obstinate, use raw hide on rawhide. Welt him until he is ready to hold up bis hands and promise never again to smoke another cigarette. If that does not work, drown biin. A drowned boy is better than one that smokes cigarettes." Yamhill Indepen dent. The people of Condon and vicinity will be delighted to learn that the May ville Dramatic Club has concluded to play that popular drama "Ten Nights in a Bar Room" at Condon on Friday night, Feb. 28th. This will prove a grand treat to ail who come out to tee it, as the play is intensely interesting and firstclaBS in every respect. Admission 2'ic; children under 12 years, 10c. A grand ball will be given after the play, t60e a number. , A very large crowd is expected out to the entertainment In the Armory hall Saturday evening. An elaborate pro gram has been prepared for the occa sion. The management has concluded to charge 10c admission and a nominal charge will also be made for supper, the proceeds of which will go towards pro- urinir an organ for the school. The teachers, pupils and all the ladies in town are untiring in their effort to make the entertainment a success and no ioubt will succeed. Admission for chil dren under 10 years. 3c. Of the number of applicants for teach ers' certificates at the examination here ast weok the following were successful: Mise Grace Cooke, for state diploma, re ceived a standing of 02 per cent; Mrs. L. Taylor, 1st grade, 90; Grace Fitx water. 1st grade, 90; Pearl Fitzwaler, 2d grade, 84; Lydia Thompson, 3d grade, Forfeited Railroad Claims. The bill to protect settlers on forfeit ed rutilroad lauds is now a law. A tele gram from Congressman Eilis Saturday, says the president signed the bill on Feb. 16th, which is as follows: "That section three for an act entitled 'An Act to forfeit certain lands hereto fore granted for the purpose of aiding in the construction of railroads, and for other purposes,' approved September 29, 1890, and the several acts amendatory thereof, be, and the same is amended so as to extend the time within which per sons entitled to purchase lands forfeited j by said act shall be permitted to pur chase the same, in the terms provided iu said section at any time prior to Jan. 1, m-. Provided, That actual resi dence upon the lands by persons claim ing the right to purchase the same shall not be required where such lands have been fenced, cultivated, or otherwise im proved by such claimants, and sucb per sons shall be permitted to purchase two or more tracts of such lands by legal subdivisions, whether contiguous or not but not j exceeding three hundred and twenty acres in the aggregate. Approv ed, January23;189i Lone Rock Rlplets. Geo. Knox has moved bis family out to his ranch. Rev. Barnbart came over and filled his regular appointment here Sunday. Mr. John M. Brown is giving his sheep another dipping for the scab.. Evidently the first dipping did not cure them. . Born, in Lone Rock, Feb. 15th, to the wife of Ira Reed, a 3-lb boy. Mother and son are doing" well but Ira seems to consider ft as almost a "sell." The farmers of this locality are rust ling up their old plows and making preparations for spring work. The ground is in fine condition for breaking sod at present but rather wet for old ground. ' Politics are getting pretty well stirred op over here. Every one is anxiously waiting to see the national platform of the different parties. The one that de clares for free coinage of the American product of silver will carry the Lone Rock vote and of course the election of our next president depends on the Lone Rock vote. Mr. K, Hahn (a man of leisure) has found a new remedy for rheumatism, tie stopped at Geo. Perry's ranch for a couple of months and could hardly navi gate for the rbeu mutism so he came owe to town Friday and he says the rhomat ic pains left him that night, and he is going to stay with us awhile. The toys 84; Claudia Cooper, 2d grade. ,82; Laura say Hahn talks about grass widows in Simmons. 3d grade, 70; T. L. Stewart, his sleep. Johm Dob. 2d grade, 92. The standing of several of ; these entitle them to a higher-grade cer- L tilicate, but could not be granted, owing n,ninurvuiArvunrvrvu FOR SAIvB! i -1 OFFER FOB SaLE AT A BARGAIN Two Town Lots Fronting GO Feet on Fast Side of Main St., Condon, Also 50-foot Front on West Side of Main Street the Best Business Stand now to be had in Condon. Liberal Terms, or Will Trade for Horses, Cattle or Sheep. L. W. DARLING, CONDON, -:- OREGON. S. B. BARKER, r DEALER iS- GENER'L MERCHANDISE CONDON, OREGON. STOCKMEN'S SUPPLIES OF ALL KINDS A SPECIALTY. to their not having taught the length of time required by law. The pupils of our public school who attended the ex amination merely for the practice, made a very creditable showing and will, with little more study, be able to make teachers of themselves. i grand Arlington Items. The ball here on the 14th waa success. We had an athletic entertainment Tuesday night. Frank Shurte made a trip to Golden- dale this week. C. L. Vining moved his family oat to bis ranch last Saturday. Messrs. Ilurlbnrt and Maxwell made a trip to Portland last week. Mr. tieo. Welshhons and family will soon remove to their ranch. C lav ton Shane, a rustling farmer of Eightmile, was in on business today. Mrs. J. C. Sweet is having a stone wall built In front of her residence. Mr. E. B. Fruui is doing likewise. A petition ia being circulated to have the school district adjoining our district on the east annexed to this district. Our citizens subscribed over 200 to help construct the Wood Gulch road on the other side of the river, Rev. Motor and C. A. Shurte will soon erect a fine windmill on their resi dence property here in order to irrigate their yards. Rev. Bramblet, who has been holding a very successful series of meeting in the neighborhood east of Olex, arrived here on Monday to assist Rev. Bailey in his work here. Dr. J. A.Cieisendorfcr is somewhat bet ter and will leave for Portland to-night to spend a week in the endeavor to re gain his health. Pr. Dutroof Portland will remain here until Dr. G. returns. Harry Clay shipped 800 muttons to Portland last week. Revs. Bramblet and Bailey are think ing of organizing a Baptist church here, Mrs. J. A. Ward and her mother, Mrs, Snell. visited Wm. Snell aud friends here Monday. Our brass band was out in full force piiturday and played several pieces on the street, to the delight of lovers of good music. Phtirte Bros, have just received a fine buggy for their own use. Frank has made a trip to Goldendule with it in the interest of thoir bicycle trade ovor there. Sid llawson says the next time any body ties a decoy duck out in the river and causes him to waste 50 cart riges try. ing to kilj it, he will sue him for dama ges; especially if there is a man in the pomp honsft puliinf! a string to cause the blastnd 'thing to dive every time he shoots at it. Mayville Mutterlnga. MTss Florence MeNeaf was dangerous ly ill with erysipelas but isimproving. , Mr. Cullen and wife of Wagner are visiting their relatives here, F. B. Gol den aud family. The Mayville Grange is taking a boom, five new members having been initiated at their last meeting. Miss Maggie Wilson's school will close Friday. She will teach the spring term, commencing April 1st. John Anderson had the misfortune of severely spraining his ankle the night of the 14th, and now goes around on crutches. Grandpa Perrin, who has been visit ing bis relatives in this section for the last two weeks, returned to bis home on Pine creek, Sunday. Deputy Sheriff Tom Johnson was in our burg Monday posting election no tices. The political pot baa already commenced simmering. Rev. Lawson has been ill with pneu monia but is much better at this writing and will probably be able to return to his home here at Mayville in a few days. The 1. O. O. F. and lie be k as receiv ed their organ and are much pleased with It. It is the Cornish make and has a clear, sweet tone and cost only one half of what the same instrument would cost here. On the evening of Feb. 14th the Ama teur Dramatic Club of Mayville played the popular drama, "Ten Nights in a Bar Room" to a large and enthusiastic audience. After the play the hall was cleared of the stage and seats and all joined in aud tripped the light fantastic until the peep of day. I. D. C. . A mother and her three daughters were divorced in one day recently in Sa lem, and it was not much of a day for divorces, ejther. The Wife John, didn't you feel like a fool when you proposed to me? The Husband No; but I was one. Life. NEW GOODS CONSTANTLY ARRIVING. AT. H BNSHAW, GENERAL DEALER IN Paints, Oils, Crockery, Building Material, Fur niture, Stoves, Caskets, and All Kinds of Undertakers' Goods, Etc., Etc. Ten per Cent Interest on accounts running: over SO days. When you come to the county seat, drop in and see me. Condon Hotel, CONDON, OREGON. Mrs. S. A. Maddopk PROPRIETRESS. This Large New Motel is the Most Comfortable and Best-Fur- nlshed Hotel in Gilliam County. First-class Accommodation and Low Rates, The table is supplied with the beet that the market affords. K. K. SMITH, DEALER IN HARNESS, SADDLERY, WHIPS, SPURS, CHAPS, COLLARS, QUIRTS, ETC. Condon,. - : : - Oregon. HAND AND MACHINE-MADE HARNESS. Repairing a specialty. Gall and see me when you are at the county seat. I have had twenty years experience in this business and Awarded Highest Honors World's Fair, Gold Medal. Midwinter Fair. 'DR; m CREAM N6 A wmwm Most Perfect Mad. 40 Yesrs the Standard. itf ivi 1 r iuijlo i- 1 1 1 w ivi 1 i 111 iism. -qi Boot and Shoe Repairing Done at Very Reasonable Rates. I have marked my prices so low that 1 cannot sell on time any longe-, so don't ask me for anything unless you have the money to pay for it. T. G. Johnson. W. L. Wiu ox. Johnson & Wilcox; PROPRIETORS r Livery, Feed and Sale Stables, Large New Barn on North Main Street, Condon, - - Oregon. HAY AND GRAIN BOUGHT AND SOLD. 'v.;'.'..' . . - CHARGES VERY REASONABLE. , First-Class Rigs Always on Hand at Very Reasonable Rut, A share of the public patronage is respectfully ulicttai.