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About Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 7, 1908)
frasi THE KEEK 1 J. F. Cooke is spending a few weeks in Portland and is having the time of his life. . Arthur Baker who has been at tending the Behnke - Walker business college in Portland came up the first of the week for a few days visit with friends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Perry Warren of Eightmile were Condon visitors n Wednesday. . Walter Seals was a passenger Wednesday morning for Arling ton and other points on the main line. . . Miss Alice Randall of Olex vis ited in this city for several days this week as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. John Randall She returned home on Tuesday to resume her duties as bookkeeper with Wade & Wade. F. T. Hurlburt left Tuesday morning for a few days visit in Arlington, The Dalles and Port- and. He will return the last of the week. Mrs. E. M. Larkin came up from Arlington on Tuesday for a visit Miss Janie Hartshorn enter tained a few friends at: her home west of town on Wednes day evening in honor of her birthday. The evening was spent in music and games.' A dainty lunch was served after which the guests departed to their homes. About twenty were present Poultry raisers of. Morrow county are making arrangements to organize a county association to encourage the industry, which is rapidly becoming very im portant in that county. It is . their intention to make an elab orate display of poultry at the . district fair at Pendleton: this year. - Sandy Campbell was a pas senger last Saturday for points in western Oregon. The local lodge of the Reb ekahsmet on Wednesday eve ning and Mr. and Mrs. McArthur and Miss Mabel Richmond were initiated. After the initiation work those present partook or a bounteous supper. About thirty were present R. R. Butler was a Portland visitor last week. Charlie Setzefant of San Fran cisco arrived in the city last week and is visiting with , the Brunzel family. He was for three years slaughterman for Paul Brunzel when the latter had a meat shop in the earth quake city. Many have been wondering what the visit of a professional slaughterman in this city means? Walter Adlard and wife of Ajax were passengers on Wed nesday's local for Portland. Mrs. John Bartoldi who has been visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kargl of this city, returned to her home in The Dalles on Wednesday morning. Fred Anderson, the foreman in this office, is on the sick list this week with an attack of La Grippe. The farmers of Gilliam county have been enjoying for the past two weeks the best roads that have ever Deen known in this county at this time of the year. These good roads are the result of the recent cold snap and this serves to emphasize the old ad age it is an in wind mat diows nobody good', as the cold weath er; although being rather hard on the grain, brought results that 1 A - I 1 1. - J 11 were a ooon xo mose wno buu had wheat to hauL Conductor Shirey is again oc cupying his old position on the Condon Flyer and several other changes have been made along the line. E. P. Mahaffey. who was here for some time, will hold down a conductorship on the mainline. Sam Boyd who was here during the past month will also be placed on the main line. Everybody was glad to see Con ductor Shirey's beaming count enance return to this city. Rock Creelc News. We are having nice weather without snow and the stock is doing fine Some of the people are mump ing around with the mumps as the disease is quite prevalent in this vicinity. Miss Rena Farr is teaching a very successful term of school at Locust Grove. W. P. West and J. E. Stephens contemplate putting in a con crete dam in the place of the one that went out last winter. Miss Nellie West hast just re turned to Roseburg after paying her parents a three weeks' visit J. A. Miller made a business trip to Moro last week. J. E. Stephens made final proof on his father's homestead last week. Weather Report for January Mean Maximum 37 degrees " minimum-26.40 ' Mean -31.70 " Highest Temp. 48o on the 19th Lowest " -6o " " 31st Precipitation .31 Snowfall .75 Prevailing winds S. W and N E No. clear .days 9 No. cloudy" -16 No. partly cloudy 6 S. C. Dodson, Local Observer Farmers Buy Stallion. The imported Belgian stallion, Bienvenue d'Erque, No. 2181- 36632, which has been seen on our streets of late, was sold by McLoughlin Bros, through their agents, W. F. Crowder and J. R. Wells, on January 31 to a com pany of farmers in Ferry Can yon. The company will be known as the Belgian Horse Company of Ferry Canyon. It is composed of Jas. A. Kibbey, President; H. L. Johnson, Secre tary and Treasurer; Ed G. Pal mer, Wm. Holmes and C. R. Peugh, directors; G. M. Moore, John Richmond, Jr., J. A. Sim mons, J. A. Scott, Louis Couture, John Couture, A. B. Goodman, Al Collins. The stallion will be kept at the barn of C. R. Peugh and anyone may apply to him for in formation. The animal is with out doubt as fine in his class as any ever seen in this section and the company is satisfied that they have the best Belgian stal lion in Oregon. Chacal, No. 51451, the import ed Percheron stallion recently purchased by Parman Bros. from S. Metz & Sons, whose head quarters are at Homewood, 111., will stand the season at the Par- man Bros, ranch. He is a fine black horse with a white strip in the forehead and one white foot He is four years old' and is probably as fine a Percheron stallion as was ever imported to this country. The Nashville Students The above named company ap peared at the opera house last evening before a fair-sized house. The performance was a credit able one,' as a whole, while the dancing was excellent, in fact, the best seen in Lead for many months.. There are nine people in the company and they keep busy all the time. Those who attended last evening were well satisfied. Black Hills Register April 13. Choice stock of beef, pork, veal and mutton kept on hand at all times at Farr Bros' Meat Market . ; Mlkkalo Item. J. II. Feugh and wife return ed Saturday from a weeks visit with relatives in Hood River. We are 'glad to see Chas. Young at his old stand again as baggage man on the Condon! Flier. Grant Wade returned last Thursday from a business trip to Portland. Miss Hazel Cooper has just completed a three-months term of school at this place. Frank and Fred Murray were in town last Sunday. Harvey Thomas returned Mon day evening from a combined business and pleasure trip to Portland. " f 'Miss Pearl Titus and Miss Hazel Cooper drove over from the ranch last Saturday. . Chas. Lewis will finish hauling his big crop of wheat this week. The farmers of this vicinity would rather see about a foot of snow instead, of the pleasant weather of the last few days. Dr. Gavey of Condon was a passenger on the Wednesday morning train to Arlington. Last Sunday morning about 8:30 o'clock, Jno Mikkahnoticed what he thought was . a badger about 200 yards below the barn. He straightway informed . his son, Nelis, about it and the two, arming themselves with a 22-rifle and a few pebbles about the size of the moon, proceeded to exterminate their prey. - When lo and behold! What was it? Not a badger but the "dear old Thomas" cat that has charge of "mouse department" at one of the warehouses. Be careful N. we can't spare him just yet Mayvllle Happenings. Jay. Wright is still on the sick list - ; Mr. and .Mrs. Geo. Gibbons left Wednesday for an extended visit with their daughter, Mrs. J. W. Miller of Albany, and will also visit with friends in other valley towns before returning. The barometers have ." been registering to zero the past week and everyone is wishing for fine weather. Mrs. Vale, who attended the Dedication exercises of ' the Grange, left for her home at Mt Tabor. ON THE JUMP FOR IT'S LEAP YEAR I A Rousing CLEAN SWEEP SALE During February 1 1 1 Spring is near at hand and we have goods in stock we are going to dispose of, regardless of loss to ourselves, in order to make roomforour NEW SPRING STOCK GREAT VALUES IN SHOES We certainly made a clean sweep in our shoe department. If you are looking for bargains you will find them here. Wash Fabrics and Prints. Winter Dress Ma terials. Laces and Embroideries. z Ladies' Sweaters at 1-2 Price Special in Ribbons. Coats. Waists, Skirts and Under-Carmenta . SUITS OVERCOATS 116.00 Men's Suits now $11.50. 15.00 Men's Suits now $10.00 Overcoats at a big reduction. HATS, SHIRTS AND GLOVES $3.00 Hats now $2.00. .. $2.00 Hats now $1.50 PURE G R O C El R I E S We are offering some special bargains in this department, not because we have to, but because we have reduced prices in every department. You can always depend on the quality of our Groceries. Sweet and Sour Pickles, Olives and Apple Butter in Economy Jars. None better. Can Squash 20c, Can Pump kins 20c,JelI-O 3 for 25c,Abalone3 for 25c, Orange Marmalade 25a ItT 6 Bars Soap 25c, ' Mondays' 8 for 25 cents. jgM P. H. STEPHENSON The Nathvtlle Student This popular aggregation gave a very good program last eve ning to a well-filled house. The jig dancing was about the best ever given here, everyone who came on seeming to be better than the one who was on before. The jokes were for the most part new, and some were better than those usually given. The company is a good one for a fun giving entertainment and pleased the people. Rapid City Journal. (75. gasoline engines told by Hunt, The Hardware Man, are better than the pirates are offer- ing for more money. E. Wheir liat been on the sick list for nearly a week, but business has gone on with Hunt, the Hard ware Man on a land office scale. Stoves, buggies, plows and shelf goods galure have gone out. The Judge is back at the old stand and everyone will be taken good care of from now on. We are ready for the aPpring trade with a full stock of Flying Dutchman and Canton plows. W. L. Barker & Co. Get our prices on the Stud baker wagon before buying else where. V, L. Barker A Co. Headquarters for pure rendered lard. Get our wholesale and re tail prices. Farr Bros.' Meat Market. Pasture for Rent. 360 acres, 200 in good stuble and straw, balance bunchgrass. Ap ply to W. J. Case, Condon, Or, Case Gang Plows Mitchell Wagons, Mitchell Buggies, Sanders Disc Plows', Boss Harrows, and a full line of small farming tools of the best quality and at the lowest prices of Hunt, The Hardware Man. Get Farr Bros.' wholesale and retail-prices on borne cured hams and bacon. Washing Machines, washboards, wash boilers, wash lines, wash basins, smoothing irons, ironing boards, brooms, etc., best and cheapest of Hunt, The Hardware Man. Anyone having poultry for sale can dispose of same at Parr Bros,' Meat Market, TH u),rt tawUf. Tbe M called North Carollua poplar, I trr twllered by some to bs a dis tinct form of poplar -and by others te bs merely a stauiluate Cottonwood, has tlie reputation of belui tbe fastest growing tree In America. It Is com mon to Bud trees tbst bsve attained heights of flfty feet In nfteeo years. But even this marvelously rapid growth la both literally and Bgurtuve ty put In the shade by the black or Norway poplar (Populus ultra) of Eu rone. According to Forestry and Irri gation, a tree"tf this species has been known to grow to a belgbt of twenty feet, with a diameter of four Inches at the base, In three years. Tbe tree has been celled the "sudden sawlog" aud cowm pretty nesr deeervtng the name. Grand Jury Wsrk. There la one sure way to get a msn Interested lu the proceedings of tbe criminal courts," said the gray bstred man, "end that Is to put blm on a grand Jury. Just let a msn once serve the nubile In that capacity and thence forward be becomes an tndefstlgsble student of the criminal records. That result of his experience la. In a way, Inevitable, Naturally any man with a siwrk of curiosity about blm Is anx ious to know the outcome 'of tbe .trials of the persons be hss found Indict- meots sgslnst. In following these esses through the vsrlous courts be se- qulres an Interest In Judicial proceed ings that really never dies." New Turk Bun. Dreams. Little Vlrgtuia. three years old, brought her mother to her nursery a few nights ago with heartbroken walls. "Whit Is the matter, dearie f Why are you screaming sof "Mamma, am I all beret" "Cerutuly yoq are all here, right In your bed." "But, nismms, feel of me; see if I'm sll here. Are my feet here and the top of my bead botbT" "Certainly, Virginia, every bit of you Is here, tucked in your little trundle bed. Why do you think you are notr "l dreamed," this with another great soli, "I dreamed.. I was a chocolats stick sud t bad eated myeelf."-Ez change. The Power of the Rothschilds. It has been calculated that at tbe present rate of accumulation tbe Rothschilds will own by tbe middle of tbe present century some 2.000,000, 000, or nearly enough to pay off the na tional debt three times over. Tbe lot sglnstlon'ls stsggored snd fails to realise tbe power which Is represented by such Bgures. It could finance or It could atop a war: It could delay the Industrial development of s couutry for a generation, or It could, on tbe otu er hind, enable a country which It fa vored to beat all Its industrial rivals. A power like this must bsve its lingers on sll the arteries through which flows tbe Ufeblood of commerce, tbe ebb and flow of which It can regulate un controlled. Grand Magaslne. , Improvement In Bread. Judged by Its appearance, digests blllty, flavor and food value, modern bread la much superior to that which was In common use fifty or sixty yesrs ,sgo. Fifty years ago tbe very best was very good, tbe sverage was poor, ths bod very bad. Improved wheat clean ing wheat "conditioning," whereby tbe wbest Is put in the best condition for tbe separation of the busk from the kernel, diminution In tbe amount and intensity of the friction used In grind ing snd improvements In tbe methods of separating the products of grinding hss In the sggregnte wrought a revo lution In the art of milling, so that tbe flour of today Is so article very supe rior to old fashioned flour. Science Progress. .- Ever Notice Itf Tbe tall, sandy haired man looked a good deal like his collie. "Ever notice It?" said an observer. Teople nearly always resemble tbeli dogs. Tbst Is. why you, for Instance short, bull necked snd stubborn ss you are that Is wby you go In for bull dogs. "Silly men. with curly hair snd eyes staring snd stupid snd sentimental, go In for Blenheim spaniels. "Lean chaps runners and Jumpers they're always melancholy, by tbe way like greyhounds. "Your little, quarrelsome, slert msn boosts the fox terrier trade. "I, a stately and august person, own a St. BernardV'-Brooklyn Citizen. D'caf Cllanta Not Popular. A man In the Tombs for theft con sulted three different lawyers, each of whom seemed unwilling to undertake bis defense.. Tbe fourth man inter viewed was also on ths point of de clining tbe cose. "Look herel" the accused broke out angrily. "What's the matter with you fellows, snybowT Tbls Isn't a difficult case. You ought to be able to get me off easily, snd I'm wllllug to pay." "The trouble is tbls," said tbe fourth man frankly. "You are very deaf. No lawyer likes to defend a deaf man un less he Is hard pushed for clients or Is going to receive a tremendously big fee. A deaf man is so very likely to queer bis own esse. If be would only trust Implicitly tetbe lawyer be would be all right, but that Is something he sel dom does. He cannot hear what Is go ing on about blm, so be flics Into a panic and fancies bis lawyer Is neglect ing bis Interests, and tbe first thing anybody knows he blurts out some thing that ruins tbe case. I really can't blame those other men -for turning yon down. I shall do the same thing unless you will promise upon your honor not to speak only when I 'tell you ts." New York Press. When you have ppont your money and have re ceived nothing fur It and your eyes still trouble ' you, see WILLIAMS the JEWELER Expert Optician ' And get 'your money's worth. We guarantee a fit In all cases. ' Notice for Publication. Department ol tbe Interior, Un4 Omc al Tn Dallee, Orison. January suOi, I nut. Kotloe la hereby lnu Uuti Oarer H.llawley of IkieKOragoo.haanlad aoUr ol bit lulanuu to make Sail eoaautaUo prool la npportul au Mala via: Hoaeatead Kntry-fia. lava, a4 A. 14. HW. tor the H w4 and V.tl 91 ,T U., a. tla., w. a., and tint Mid proof will be atxta baton tb ketiatat en Raetrl Tha Dallaa, Own, oa February Sih. M. H eaae Um loUowInt wllacea to prove hla auaUno4 ralilantx poa, andcwlUraUon ol, the laat, via: J.O.Uwtaot Mlkkalo, Oraeua. W. A. Wool of Clam. Oraf on, J. R.Uallaena ftaia Leooaa ol Cray, Oratoa. C. W. Mooas. Rastawr. Sheriff Bale. KoUce la haraby si Uial an eiamUon and orSar ol aala was Iwvad ral ol tba Clicull Court ol U! sum of Unon, muiia County, on tha ?ta Say ol Jaooary, Mae, epos a Sacra Uwrtla rtnoarad oa UM tat day ol Aartl, Uu, la tarur ol C. t. Stubllnt 4ainU and aialntt rrank Wllaoa. ajataodaul wblah said aiacaUoo and erdor ol amla la lo aa dlrMtad and ooaaaadliig a to sail Ik oruoany fcaralnaftat daaarlbail, tor IB aarpoM ol aUatyhif lb Jwbraaul ol In ialaUS la aald oauaa lor Uwaaa ol Tkra II a, dnd, rtlty-aln aud 4-toe IW MI Dollar with Inlaraata Umiwmi al lb rata ol all bar oani. par annua Iroa In ink day ol Jaly, Mil, and In com aad dUbureamanu ol aaid alt taiad al Twenty and ao-IOS-SS.M-Dullafa. Tharalor. la Manila no vlik aald itllon and ordarol aaa, I will oa Monday, lb stb day ol Mareb, tsuS, al in bourol IS o'clock a. a at to Court liana door In Condon, (lllllam Coanly, Orafon. aall at aaulic auction lo wo b It-boat bidder lor rub In bald, tor Its nurtma ol aaliafylns lb J4anl snd dacra abut acaUonad. lb lolow I na drarlbad pro party ol Udludnt, rrank Wllaon, lo-wll: Tba South ball (S) ol U four () lo Block our, (4) la lb Orlilnai Towudt ol Condon, Ullllaa Ooanty, Oraton. tatod this IMh day ol Jaauary, IMS. a. M. Soosae, Bbarigol Ollllaa Coonty, Orafiia Dal of But aubllcaUoo, rbruanr ?th. isn. DaUol laal publloaUon, Mart ath, MM. Sheriff Sal. Notlr t hertby (Iran that an itrnllon and order ol l wm laauad out of tha Circuit Coi rl of tba Slat of Oraton, Ullllaa County, on Uw 7lb day of January, I WIN. upon a dacra tbarcln randarod an lh Mb day ol April lou In faror ol C. J. Stabling, plaintiff and asalntt Jan" Nl and Frank Wllann, defendant which aald MrUun and orrtar ol aal I to a directed and eoamainllnf a to ell lb prop erty hereinafter daarrlbed, fur tb purpoaa ol aaUafylnf tb Judaemeut ol tbe plaintiff In aald rente lor the turn of sliteen Hundred Ninety on A 70-100 1MSI 701 Dollar!, with liiuml thereon al tb rate ol ill par cant, per annum from lh Mb day ol April 1906. and fifle.00 attorney to, and tb coat and dUburwacnU ol aald nit taxed at 114,00. Therefore, In compliance with (aid execution and order of aal, I will on Monday, tb sih day ol March, I SOS, at lh bourol to o'clock a. M., al the Court Hona door In Condon, (lllllam County, Oteffon, aall at publlo auction lo tb hlchoel bidder foreeah In band, for tbe pnrpoa ol aatlafjlns lb Judgment and decree above mentioned, In following daarrlbed, property ol the defendant, Frank Wllaon to-wlt: Tb South ball i ol Lot four (4) In Blank Four (4) In tb Original Towmlte ol Condon, Gilliam County, Oregon. Dated thU 1Mb day ol January, IMS. , a. M. Rofisaa, Sheriff of Gilliam Connty, Orrcon, Date of tint publication, February 7th, IMS. Data of lait publication. March $tb, 190S. Grand Ball on the evening of February 14 St. Valentine Day At the Skating Rink WITH THE BEST OP MUSIC I now have charge of the CONDON STEAM LAUNDRY and wish to say to my pa trons and the publio that the work turned oat here is guaranteed to be up-to-date in every respect. Next week we expect to have an ExrERiKNcitD Taiwb in connection with the laun dry and respectfully solioit your patronage in this line.. O.T.MoARTHUR