THE CONDON GLOBE
HARTSHORN & PORTWOOD
MDIUlMn.
FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1907.
Dr. and Mrs. C E. Kennedy
drove up from Arlington Wed
nesday evening to attend the
celebration. i "'
Mr. and Mrs. John Davis and
son, Leland, left Wednesday
morning for Portland to attend
the celebration 'and spend a
week with friends and relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. White and
Miss Mabel Richmond left Wed
nesday morning for Long Beach,
Washington where they will
stay for a week.
Dr. E. A. Mann who came in
Saturday for a few days left for
Pendleton Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. Mann took his horse and bug
gy and intends to drive all the
way, a distance of about 100
miles. Dr. and Mrs. Mann will
spend the summer; at the springs
in the Blue Mountains.
G. W. Parman made a business
trip to Portland this week.
J. P. Barnett of Ferry Canyon
left Monday morning for Salem
to attend the celebration and vis
it with relatives and friends for
some time.
John Hire had what might
have been a serious accident
while riding a notorious bucking
horse last Monday afternoon on
north Main street. The horse
was bucking hard and in
it's exertions to get rid of the
rider it stood on its head and
then turned a complete somer
sault, landing on top of John and
turning clear over him. He was
not injured in any way except
one ankle which was already
lame and was badly sprained.
After the horse was caught, John
again got on him and rode a few
minutes without being thrown
but his ankle was too badly in
jured to permit him to ride and
he had to dismount John says
he can ride him all day if he
stands up.
Geo. Parman left Saturday
for Hood River on a business
trip.
Geo. Caven was severely bruis
ed by being thrown from a horse
while riding in a race at Fossil
during the celebration.
A matched foot race was pulled
off Saturday between Leland
Steiwer of Fossil and Arthur
Beeson of Mayville. Steiwer
won by a couple of feet
Wm. Hawes of Spray was a
Condon visitor Monday and Tues
day. Mr. Hawes says that the
grass in his neighborhood is bet
ter this year than ever before
and stock is looking well.
Harry Johnson, who resigned
his position in John Jackson's
confectionery preparatory to go
ing East to take charge of his
father's racnh, has changed his
mind and decided to stay in Gil
liam and is again working for
Mr. Jackson.
Chas. Lord left Monday for
The Dalles where he spent the
4th and visited a few -day 8 with
friends. .
Rafe Hankins, formerly of Fos
sil, who has held a position as
book keeper for a saw mill com
pany near Eugene for some time,
passed through Condon Monday
evening on his way to Fossil to
spend a week's vacation and cel
ebrate the 4th.
BIG DAY IS OVER
Lam Crowd Attend Calibra
tion and All are Satisfied.
COIOyAJHHM WINS
I Victorious In Game with
Both Clem and Mayville.
The Adams Sisters gave a very
successful entertainment at the
Court house on the evening of
July 4. ,: , ; . - .
William J. Lillie of Mayville
and Ethel Goff of Lone, Rock
were united in marriage at the
Oregon Hotel parlors, Thursday,
July 4, at 8 o'clock P. M.,Rev.E.
Curran officiating. Supper was
served at the Eastern Restau
rant to a few of the immediate
friends.
County surveyor J. A. McMor-
ris ran out the lines and laid out
plans and specifications this week
for the new sewer which is to be
laid on Main street The new
sewer will start at the north side
of Well street and 8 inch pipe
will be laid to the Oregon Hotel,
10 inch pipe from there to P. H.
Stephenson's and 12 inch from
there to the septic tank, and will
cost about $1500.00. Mr. Mc
Morris is Engineer in charge.
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L. E. Laurence the manager
of the Home Telephone Co. has
taken the Lost Valley Co's line
and will put it in first class con
dition. Any one wishing to be
connected with this line should
notify the Home Telephone Co.
Mrs. P. P. Jarvis who has been
visiting at Hood River and Port
land for the past month return
ed Monday evening.
Mf. and Mrs. J. E. Ramsey
who have been taking a few
weeks vacation at London Springs
and Cottage Grove returned Mon
day evening.
M.Helsley who left two weeks
ago with two teams of horses
for Hood River returned Monday.
Mr.Helsley had no trouble in dis
posing of his horses.
While attempting to spot a car
of ice last Monday evening Con
ductor Mahaffey broke the brake
chain and the car became uncon
trollable. Mr. Mahaffey did all
that was possible to stop it but it
gathered so much headway that
when it struck the embankment
at the end of the track, the front
truck was Completely torn from
the car allowing the front half to
project over the embankment
and it broke in the center mak
ing it useless for anything but
scrap iron.
Miss Nell Welch who has been
in Portland for the past two
month completing a course in
shorthand returned last week
and has been working on the
Condon Drug Co. 's books ' this
week.
The three days' celebration
was attended by the greatest
number of people ever swn in
Condon. People who live fifty
miles away were here and all
say they had a good time. The
weather was on its good behav
iour and everything went off
without any trouble. Following
is a program of the events and
the winners of the prizes:
July 8, Afternoon.
Races: i-mile dash Purse $25.
Pay Day, owned by J. W. Hire,
1st; Captain General, owned by
Loyd Rinehart 2nd.
Three-eighths mile Purse $50.
Cotton Nose, owned by Ed Bak
er, 1st; Rose Bud, owned by Ar
thur Madden, 2nd; Red Bird,
owned by W. B. Kinsley, 3rd.
The first ball game of the se
ries between Condon and Clem
was pulled off immediately after
the races and was won by the
Condon team by a score of 6 to 0.
It was an interesting game from
8 tart to finish and both teams
played the best kind of ball.
Rinehart pitched a star game.
The special feature of the game
was Mahaffey's long drive over
left field which brought in three
scores. The way Hagan stole
bases showed that he had been
there before. Following is the
lineup and score:
CONDON
Rinehart
Parker
Mahaffey
Rice
Bums
Page
Gray
Jarvis
Hagan
CLEM
p L Ashenfelter
c
lb
2b
S3
3b
If
cf
rf
Stinchfield
Hyde
Ashenfelter
K. Welshons
Titus
F. Welshons
Bates
Cimmeyotte
immediately after the parade
with M. Fitzmaurico as chair
man. After the invocation by
Rev. G. W. Riggs, Mrs. J., F.
Reisacher sang "The Star Span
gled Banner," the band played
"America," Rev. E. Curran read
the Declaration of Independence
and Hon. W. R, Ellis, the speak
er, of the day, delivered a genu
ine 4th of July speech.
The ladies drill was the first
event of the afternoon. Seven
teen ladies took part and it was
well done considering the short
time which they practised. Sev
eral of the horses were very
prettily decorated and the drill
was pronounced one of the best
features of the celebration.
Races: -milo, Purse $100.
Cotton Nose, owned by Ed Bak
er, 1st; Red Bird, owned ' by W.
B. Kinsley. 2nd.
Consolation race: Purse $75.
Billy, owned by J. E. Stevens,
1st; Daisy, owned
Kinsley, 2nd.
by W: B.
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The last ball game of the series
was between Condon and May
ville and was won by Condon by
a score of 11 to 3. Gray did the
twirling for the Condon team and
had the Mayville boys guessing
all the time, only a few safe
hits being made. Ashenfelter
of Clem pitched for Mayville
and was batted hard during the
first part of the game. The
feature of the game was Rice's
spectacular catch back of second
Races: Quarter, mile. Purse $50 ; base. Page, Rice and Mahaffey
Captain General, owned by Loydmail the fastest double playev-
Rmehnrt 1st: Unc e Sum. ownM ! er seen on me Vvonaon aiuoonu.
by J. E. Downer, 2nd; and Cap
tain General, owned by D. M.
Rinehart, 3rd. . .
One-half mile. Purse $200.
Rosebud, owned by Arthur Mad
den, 1st; Red Bird, owned by
W. B. Kinsley, 2nd; and Billy,
owned by Ed Baker, 3rd. ' ,
Following is the lineup and
score. i
CONDON
Gray
Parker
Mahaffey
Rice
Burns
Pfttff
Hagan
Jarvis
McArthur
P
c
lb
2b
88
3b
If
cf
rf
MAYVILLE
Ashefenlter
Stinchfield
Graham
Vanise
Beeson
Morgan
Anderson
Miller
Rudolph
eVoi'V
iTV j
6:liijHf'
0 i 0 l
1Ul
11
The second game of the series
between Mayville and Clem was
the next event The Mayville
team won by a score of 13 to 8. 1
The Clem boys went to pieces in
the nrst two innings which ac- j
counts for Mayville's, big. score I
but after the second inning both j "
sides played fine ball and the After the game a matched race
game was interesting. Mayville was run between Billy and Pay
has quite a few heavy batters. Day .and was won by Billy by
and it was their stick work that about two feet J I
won the game. One of the spe
cial features was M. Welshons'
long throw from right field to
the home plate. Following is
is the lineup and score:
lin 'na. 1 1 j 2 8 ; 4 I '' i II j 7 i
Cto : 10 O i ffl n ; O i
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James Campbell, John Graham
and Allen Kennedy departed
Saturday morning for Blairgow
rie, Scotland, their old home.
They will go via New York, Lon
don and Liverpool and will re
main in Scotland all summer.
F. T. Hurlburt returned Satur
day from his trip to his ranch on
the Des Chutes. He has lately
installed a fine irrigating plant
which handles 425 squaie inches
of water per minute and he has
400 acres under irrigation.
Chas. Peugh and wife left Sat
urday for Hood River where they
celebrated the 4th and also visit
ed with friends for a few days.
H. K. West made a business
trip to Clem Monday. ;
The foot races were held after
supper and the crowd was so
large that standing room was
above par.
100-yard dash was won by Les
ter Beeson of Mayville.
50-yard dash was won by Ar
thur Beeson of Mayville.
50.yard old man's race was
won by Frank Beeson of May
ville. Three-legged race was won by
Chester Titus and Jack Ashen
felter of Clem with Ed Merrifield
and Hallie Rice a close second.
The Beesons are evidently a
family of foot racers. , ,
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After the races the crowds
amused themselves by shooting
off fireworks and talking of past
celebrations. A large number
attended the dance at , the skat
ing rink. i
July 4th, Forenoon.
The first event of the day was
the music on Main street by the
band which did very well consid
ering that it was the first time
the boys ever played together.
At 10 o'clock the parade started
from the pavilion and went north
to Frazer street then down Main
street and around to the pavilion
again. The parade was not as
large as it should have been ow
ing to a lack of time to prepare
the floats. The prize for the best
float was awarded to the Gilliam
Co. Bank. The exercises started
Mayville
Vanise
Stinchfield
Graham
Griffith
Beeson
Morgan
Anderson
Miller
Rudolph
Clem
p K. Welshons
c Cram
lb Chandler
2b Ashenfelter
8S r Keeney
3b - Titus
If F. Welshons
cf ! Bates
rf M. Welshons ; Mrs. Parks.
6:30 P. M.
The nrst event or the evening
was the men's potato race.
Fred Baker won first Charles
Hein of Mayville second and
John Anderson of Mayville,
third.
A married ladies' race was ar
ranged and the first prize, , three
sacks of flour, was won by Mrs.
Harrison and the second prize,
one sack of flour was won by
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The broncho riding contest
took place immediately after the
game. Alex Ruhyon, Sidney
Seals, Ralph Gage and Walter
Seals took part, and Alex Runyon
won first prize and Walter Seals
won second. The horses bucked
hard and the contest was excit-
ii
ing.
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After supper the Condon Hose
Team ran against time. and made
a good showing, i ; This was the
last event of the day and after
several-selections by. the band
the crowds amused themselves
by dancing, etc. ; . ,,:( .,
,Ju)y 5th, Forenoon, j
The first event was the boy's
potato race which was won by
Robert Fitzmaurice rwith Lester
Thouvenel a close second.
The shoe and stocking race
was won by Johnny Palmer.
Lester Thouvenel proved him
self a master hand at eating pie
and took first prize in the pie
race. This was one of the most
comical events of the celebration.
The sack race was won by
Frank Maddock with Fred Ed
wards second;
The dust race was won by
Frankie Kargl. When the dust
cleared away and the boys got
untangled he had eight nickels
which was several more than
any other contestant had. .
Leonard Gibbons and Robert
Wehrli of Mayville gave an? in
teresting exhibition of catch-as-catch-can
wrestling. Gibbons
won, throwing Wehrli two, falls
out of three. ' f :
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The tug-of-war between; Con
don and the pick of the county
was won by the County team.
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Tbis was the last event of the
celebration and after a selection
by the band the people separat
ed to their homes to recuperate.
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- NOTES. . i
, Horace McBride umpired the
ball games and gave complete
satisfaction in every way. I .
No trouble of any kind occur
red during the three days fand
as far as can be learned no. ac
cidents. I i
their
last
The base ball team had !
pictures taken after the
game and it is supposed that, ev
erybody will want one. i !
if
Tracy Lyons left Saturday
morning for Vancouver where
he will probably remain all sum
mer.
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Lightning struck and totally
destroyed the house of W.J.Hil
debrand in Ferry Canyon Thurs
day of last week. :