Miss Ida Scott of Portland ar
rived in Condon yesterday after
noon for a visit with her sister.
Mrs. John Jackson.
J. a Thrall of The Dalles, who
is representing the National
livestock Insurance Co., is in
town.
Huo-h Strickland came out from
Portland on last evening train I
and went out to his ranch on
Hay Creek. .
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Grider
returned Thursday evening from
a trip down in the valley, where
they have been visiting relatives.
Wayne was tickled to death to
get back on dry ground.
W. H. Snell came up from Ar
lington yesterday afternoon.
James Stephens of Rock Creek
came to Condon on yesterday
afternoon s tram.
We are glad to be able to state
that Carroll McCarty who has
lately been very sick, is improv
ing steadily.
R. H. Robinson was a business
visitor in Portland a few days
this week.
Mrs. J. J. Gross of Walla
Walla arrived in Condon Thurs
day evening to visit for a week
with relatives and friends. She
is a daughter of Mrs. N. C
Cochran.
H. B. Hudson, Field Secretary
for Oregon of the International
Reform Bureau, will speak at
the Congregational church Wed
nesday evening at eight o'clock.
His subject wiil be "The Aris
tocracy of HelL"
S. C. Dodson, the merchant, is
offering some rare bargains dur
ing the remaing weeks of this
month on all of his fine stock of
goods. Prices are given in his
large ad in this issue.
Gus Morris called at the Globe
office the first of the week and
renewed his subscription. He
will stay in Condon during the
winter.
The mumps are going the
rounds in Condon. It was re
ported that on last Friday out of
53 pupils registered in Miss
Smith's room, only fifteen were
present, the rest had the mumps.
Wilbur K. France of Rock
Creek was in the city on Thurs
day for the purpose of buying a
a gasoline engine and some farm
machinery. He found what
pleased him best at Hunt's, The
Hardware Man.
Mrs. L. E. Searcy is teaching
the grade formerly taught by
Miss Simmons, who has lately
resigned.
J. L. Beck who lives in the
Gooseberry country was a busi
ness visitor in Condon Wednes
day. While here he subscribed
for the Globe.
Mrs. A. Schaffer was a caller
at thi3 office this week and re
newed her subscription. She re
ports the roads down the canyon
as being frightful.
L. A. Miller of Lone Rock was
a Condon visitor this week.
While here he ordered the Globe
sent to his address.
We acknowledge the receipt
of a letter and check from one
of our subscribers who has taken
the Globe for many years, R.
H. Galbraith of Mayville.
Mrs. Kate Russell and daught
er, Margaret, transacted busi
ness in Condon this week.
Mrs. G. W. Riggs is on the
sick list this week.
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SPECIAL
Commencing January 20, ending January 26.
Before taking Stock, Feb. 1,
We want to clear the Store
of a FEW LINES OF GOODS
To do this, We make the
Following Special Prices:
THE CELEBRATED PALMER GARMENT
Ladies' $12.50 Cloak, Black - $9.50
10.00 " Brown Mixt. 8.50
Young Ladies 8.50 " Dark Mixture 6.75
Cadies' UooIei Uaists, $3 apd $3.50 values, $2
2.50 " 1.85
Ladies' Dress Skirts at Great Reductions. Three Ladies' Suits
Left at Half Price.
WE ALSO TAKE SPECIAL ORDERS FOR THE PALMER GARMENT
During this Sale We will take Your orders for 25 per
cent. Less than Prices Printed in our Booklet.
S
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Condon
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which is prevalent around Condon
is the rule all over the coast. It
is impossible to secure trained
nurses under any consideration.
F. H. Warner was a business
visitor in The Dalles on Wednes
day.
Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Thomas
visited with friends In Arlington
Sunday. They returned Monday
evening.
Delmar Smith, who is working
for the Interior Warehouse Co.,
was a visitor in Arlington-over
Sunday.
Mrs. W. S. Farr received a
message this week calling her to
the bedside of her mother, Mrs.
McKinney of Blalock, who is
seriously ill with pneumonia.
Miss Lelia Thomas who has
been visiting with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Thomas, re
turned this week to The Dalles
where she is attending school.
D. L. Harris attended to busi
ness matters in The Dalles Wed
nesday. The local train has made a rep
utation for itself during the
past week or ten days, having
arrived every evening on time
with only one exception, which
was the fault of the main line
trains.
A. J. Cook, stock inspector for
Morrow county, has recently
completed his fall inspection of
sheep and finds them in better
condition than for years, especial
ly as far as disease is concerned.
He reports that sheep have done
well during the fall, and they
are now in splendid condition in
the middle of winter, with pract
ically no feeding necessary, the
flocks keeping up well on the
range.
PRE - INVENTORY SALE
7.50 " Gray
6.50 " Dark
DODSON
National Bank Building
John W. Harrison, whd has
been very sick with pneumonia
at his home over on Thirtymile,
is able to be about '
Headquarters fur pure rendered
lard. Get our wholesale and re
tail prices. Farr Bros.' Meat
Market.
Dr. Madison has left with Hunt,
The Druggist, his wonderful rheu
matic cures, see his notice else
where in this issue.
Get Farr Bros.' wholesale and
retail prices on home cured bams
and bacon.
Remember Dunn Bros.' great
shoe sale starts this week.
Choice stock of beet, pork, veal
and mutton kept on hand at all
times at Farr Bros' Meat Market
The great cbance to get the best
k t, .:,. r
shoes at the lowest prices.
Bros. Dig sale mis week.
Anyone having poultry for sale
can dispose of same at Farr Bros,'
Meat Market,
Have a 'phone put into your
place of business or your res
idence and you will wonder
how you have gotten along
without it before. Apply for
rates and telephone service at
the office.
Gas engine ingiter cells spec
ially made for gasoline engines
and also all kinds of telephone
material always on hand. See
L E. LftURftNGE t
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" 5.75
" 5.25
Mlkkalo Items.
Mr. and Mrs, H. D. Randall of
Olexwent to Condon Tuesday
evening.
E. J. Clough shipped a car
load of coal to this station last
week.
Chas. Lewis is very busy these
days hauling grain; he has four
teams out on the road.
Harvey Thomas and Frank
Richie were in town this week.
Fred Murray who has been vi
siting relatives in Oklahoma, re
turned Tuesday. He says he en
joyed the trip very much but
was glad to get back to Oregon
again.
Nelis Mikkalo has been on the
sick list, but is up and about
again.
Chas. Martin of Qlex is deli
vering barley to the Kerr, Gif
ford warehouse this week.
Mikkalo Bros, will finish
ploughing this week on their
ranch above town,
Frank Lewis was in town
Tuesday evening.
While the stage was on the
way from Olex to Mikkalo last
Monday, one of the horses be
came sick, so the only way the
passengers had to catch the
train was to walk to Mikkalo,
which was about three miles
and they walked. Just what
you need "Grant" to reduce
your weight.
R. A. Titus was in town Mon
day. E. J. Clough was here on busi
ness the first.
Claude Randall made a busi
ness trip to Arlington Monday.
John Weinert.was in town Wed
nesday on business.
Card of Thanks.
We desire to thank our many
friends and neighbors for their
kind assistance, in the accident
and death of our beloved baby. ,
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Townley.
Wm African etrethals.
la mum parts of wat Africa fbe
girls have lout engagements. Oa tbt
duy or tbelr birth tbej art betrothed
to a baby boy a trtot older tban tbea
Mr, and at the ago of -twenty tbef
art married. Tot gtrla know ac no
other way of gvtttug a busband, and
10 tn art quite bapp and aallsOed.
As wlvtt tbtjr art patterns of obtdt
euct, and the marriages usual! tuna
out wwin
WulW Ireny.
"How much money did you have In
tbt purse you lostr tuqulred a callow
barrister of tbt proeecutrli In lar
ceny cast reported lu tbt Loudon Ttlt
fTtpn.
"Four shillings, two sixpence and a
sovereign la fold."
"Ild you ever ate a sovereign In
anything but guldf
-Yet. I onct saw King Edward In a
carriage."
ring Helee In Qlaae.
llrt b tbt plan purautd by an op
tician when bt wlabte to bort boles
In glass. A drill bortr boated to a
white btat la dlpptd Into quicksilver,
whereby It la excellently bardtntd and
sharpened by grinding on a whetstone.
If tbt drill tbut prtpartd la moistened
with a saturated solution of camphor
aud oil of turptntlnt and tht bort bolt
la kept ratbtr utolet, glass may bt drill
td Ukt wood. Kschauge.
flatting ok.
"No, Mr. Wluterbottom," aatd Maud
Daryt coldly, "I can never bring my
self to marry a man who carrlte a
horseshoe for luck."
"And yet" Gtorgt rVlnttrbottom
muttered, "who can doubt tbt Iron's
efficacy after tblar
Chuckling coovulilrtly, tht young
man pasted out Into tbt eold, sad au
tumn nlght-Excbanga.
" Reeemblanee.
At tbt dost of tbtlr usual dinner
tlmt argumtnt Mr. Johnson looktd at
bla wife admiringly. "My dear, bt
said, "your mind rtttmblta very much
tbt wirtleea telegraph apparatus
which tbey use In tbt navy."
"Year ahe asked, nattered. "Too
mtau because tt catches subtle flaahte
from tbt surrounding etberr
"No, my dear. Because it la often
completely at sea." Exchange,
Hit llluetrleue Aneeater.
Mrs, "Pimnu (patronising!) Ware
any of your ancestors: men of note!
Mr. Flippant Tea, madam, I should
say sot Ont of them was tbt most fa
mous admiral of his day and com
manded tht allied forces of tbt world.'
Mrs. Parrtna (with altered tone of
deep respect) la It possible, Mr. Flip
pant And what waa bla name) Mr.
Flippant Noah, madam.
" - Timing tht Chauffeurs.
"You will never break up automobile
speeding by timing tbt automobiles,"
bantered tbt ttrauger tn tbt goggles.
"Maybe not;' neighbor," drawled tht
rural constable with tbt butt star,
"but wt bavt broken up a lot of speed
log by timing tbt chauffeurs."
"Timing tbt ensuffeursr
"Yes, giving them sixty days' tlmt In
tbt county jail" Kansas City Inde
pendent ' - ' ' .
A Tough Game,
Jack-Say, BUI, we've been In hard
luck lately, ain't war
Bill Wt have, old man.
Jack-I'll toil you what we'll do.
You Insure your life in my favor for
$10,000, and I'll do the same for you.
Bill-Well, what good'll that do us)
Jack-Why, ws'll Just load op our
guns and atep off thirty paces some
where and set wbo gets tbt moneys
Life. Working His Passage.
It was when there were packet boats
on the Erie canaL An Irishman of
fered to work bis passage to Buffalo,
and they set him leading the horses
tbat towed the boat He worked faith
fully for two days, doing a great deal
of thinking. On the third day he
thought It out "By the powers," he
said, "I molght as well walk as work
my passage." And walk bt did, with
out tven thanking his employers.
Assembly of Wise Men,
The wltenagemot or assembly of
wise men, out of which the British
parliament grew, waa brought over to
England by the Anglo-Saxons from
their old borne in Germany. Such
council waa originally held in each of
the kingdoms of the heptarchy, but
after the union of the kingdoms in a
single nation under Edgar about 900
the wltenagemot became the delibera
tive and legislative body of the nation.
Ways of William Penn.
Simeon Ford recently said at a ban
quet In the course of a eulogy on W11-.
liana Penn: ,
"Penn waa a man of peace and al
ways got the biggest one. He believed
In doing right by the Indians, and
wbeu be did them be did them right
"The Puritans extinguished the In
dian title by the simple expedient of
extinguishing the Indian, but the pious
Penn, Instead of shooting them, got
them half shot and accomplished the
same result; hence the saying, 'Penn Is
mightier than the sword.' "New York
Press.
A Costly Hat.
Women's hats are both common and
costly, aa a rule, but a woman tn
Brunswick who made no great preten
tions to fashion holds the record for
tbt highest price paid for an article
of millinery. She bought a hat With
a lottery ticket which the merchant
accepted in place of the money. A
few weeks later the ticket drew the
great prize of 15,000, and, though the
woman's husband tried to Induce the
merchant to share the results, be only
received 25. Tbat bat cost 14,97&
London Standard.
CONVINCING 1
A very novel Idea to prove to the
doubtful the enormou business
done during the holiday by
WILLI AM3 the JEWELER
EXPKBT OPTICIAN
Mr. Williams will have on exhibit
in hie window for one week the
cards, Ugt,trtde-nigrke from which
the article wa JelatoheJ after salt,
OPTIOAU
One tag with patient' name and
optician' nam will also be on ex
hibition showing the number of cas
ts Mr. Williams has refracted since
he returned from Chicago, many of
them coming from Portland and ,
other Urge surrounding town.
Should your eyes trouble you it
will pay you to call and tee
WILLIAMS the JEWELER
Expert OptlftUn
Professional Direotom
Q( R. PARKIN
ATTORKEY-AUAW
Office la Condon National Bauk Block.
G.
W. PAHMAN
ATTORKEY-AT-LAW
U. S. COKMtSSIOMEl
Cartful attention glvea to all business
entrusted la my cart.
Cmtrtk Blk t Condon, Oregon.
yOOD OAVIY.
Physician and Surgeon
Per an Hlfbt Calls prowptlT innml,
Office, awoad Flow kf MulMInf, eunwt
MMa ud Mertnf Sineu.
Condon, Oregon
JW. DONNELLY, M. D.
, Phyelclan and 8urgon.
Distant of 1 Women a Spteialty.
Condon, Or.
Q P. SUTLER
DENTIST
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llMn In UIUIM Co. Bank BulMlug.
Condon, Oregon
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Arlington ! : Oregon
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