FromEvery Section
The Christian Endeavor Soci
ety of the Congregational church
have Issued unique invitations in
the form of pumpkin-shaped
pot cards for a social evening,
to bo held Saturday in the Armory
Hall, "Where the jack 'o lantern
sheds Us light"
Hunt the Hardware Man la sell
inff a great number of Hoonier
Drills. The farmers recognize
the great qualities of this seeder.
Dan Hildebrand is snortins
one of those new Mitchell buggies
sold by Hunt, the Hardware Man.
Mrs. Wm. Christie of Portland,
formerly of this city, has been
visiting relatives and friends in
this city the past week.
Clyde Moore arrived in town
Tuesday to visit for some time
with his brother, Edgar Moore.
He has recently finished the
study of law in an Illinois law
school and will probably travel
for some time before starting to
practice his profession.
Henry Neel shipped a carload
of cattle to Portland Wednesday.
J. J. Hetzler came in on the
local from Clem Tuesday.
William Shaw moved this week
to his ranch in Kahler's Basin
near Spray. Dan and Amos
Hawesof Spray were over for a
few days this week assisting
htm.
Miss Louise Morrill is clerking
in Dunn Bros'. ' during the ab
sence of Miss Mamie Smith.
Henry Hartman returned home
on Monday from a few days bus
iness trip to Portland.
The Ladies' Aid Society is pre
paring to hold a Bazaar and Fair
on November 20th.
Mrs. S. B. Barker and little
son arrived in Condon Tuesday
from Portland for a short visit
with relatives.
Fred Wilson returned Monday
from Boise, Idaho.
J. William Burns returned to
Condon Monday from the Rose
City and other Valley points as
a knight of the grip. Will is
traveling for a moving picture
firm and has been starting per
sons in the business. He reports
much doing in his line.
The great draw bridge across
the Willamette River, built joint
ly by the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific Railways and
having the largest draw span of
any bridge in the world, is a suc
cess. Work trains testing the
bridge have passed to and fro for
several days.
J. E, Hunt spent the first of
the week In Portland attending
to business matters. He return
ed Wednesday and was joined
at Arlington by Mrs. Hunt who
has been visiting for some time
in the East.
Mr. and Mrs. William Lang
hausen were passengers to Arl
ington last Saturday.
LET AN EXPERT
Do your repnlri on Wntrhat
i 'loom or Jewelry. William,
the Jeweler ntnl Gr.tlH.te
Optician. N. Main Hlreet
EDD0N & HARRISON
MEAT MARKET
Fresh and Cured Meats, Beef.
Pork, Mutton and Veal
A SHARE OF YOUR PATRONAGE IS SOLICITED
Comer Spring and Oreaoa Streeta CONDON, OREGON
of Gilliam County
Miss Emma Anderson was a
passenger Monday morning for
Clem where she will take up her
duties as teacher of the new
school there.
Miss Bessie McCarty spent
Sunday in Arlington.
E. R. Korytkowski, the baker
at A. A. Townley's bakery, left
on Saturday to take a new posi
tion. Fred Sauter from Portland
takes his place.
Clyde Cripe and Jas. Cooke
left Monday morning for a few
days goose shooting on the Col
umbia. Miss Ella Wallace left Satur
day morning for a few days visit
with relatives and friends at
Arlington.
A. J. Shelton has opened a real
estate office in the building for
merly occupied by Wasson's gro
cery on the east side of Main
street
When a splinter has been driv
en deep into the hand, it can be
extracted without pain by steam.
Nearly fill a wide-mouthed bottle
with hot water, place the injured
part over the mouth of the bottle
and press tightly. The suction
will draw the flesh down, and in
a minute or two the steam will
extricate the splinter and the in
flammation will disappear. Wo
man's Home Companion.
Walter C. Winslow, a young
Republican attorney in the office
of District Attorney John Mc-
Nary of Salem, was in Gilliam
county this week addressing the
voters of the smaller towns on
the national issues of the day.
Mr. Winslow arrived in Condon
Monday and was met at the train
by a number of prominent re
publicans of this county. Judge
D. R. Parker accompanied the
Republican speaker to Alville
the same evening where a rally
was held. Mr. Winslow is a
strong logical Bpeaker and en
lightened the voters on the pol
icies of the Republican party and
the issues at stake. He ad
dressed the voters of Lone Rock
on Tuesday and of Olex on Wed
nesday evening.
BALES AGENTS WANTED
30.00 per week or 400 per cent
profit. All samples, stationery
and art catalogue free. We want
one permanent agent in this local
ity for the largest picture and
frame house in America. Exper
ience unnecoessary. We instruct
you how to sell our goods and fur
nish the capital. If you want a
permanent, honorable and profit
able position, write us today for
particulars, catalogue and samples.
Frank W. Williams Cotnpany,1214
V. Taylor St., Chicago, 111.
a jeweler's expkriknce
C. R. Kluger, the Jeweler, 10G0
Virginia Ave., Indianapolis Ind.,
writes: "I was so weak from kidney
trouble that I could hardly walk a
hundred . feet. Four bottles of
Foley's Kidney Remedy cleared my
complexion, cured my backnche
and the irregularities disappeared,
and I can now attend to business
every day, and van recommend
Foley's Kidney Remedy to all suff
erers as it cured me after the doc
tors and other remedies had failed.
Condon Drug Company,
k SCIENTIFIC RUBE. '
Kmw Mar Than tha Irt Whea H
Cama ta Leeal Canditlana.
MWa ware sltiiug around tiia store
In tbe bar of tba llttla butel In
Maine town," wrltaa an eleclrkat eales
aua Id tba Elactrtcal Review, "wbea
tba elactrlc llut flickered and want
out
"From tba darkoaaa came a so lama
voice tbat said:
- 'Elactrlc llgbta all out, b'goab, aa4
yet It ain't blowlo' bard, aitbar. Soma
tblu's bappanad to tba dynamo, outf
it.' "I bad baan aeillof electrical sup
plies to tba llttla lighting couipaoWe
fur several montba, but 1 bad never
beard tbls particular Idea e$ pressed
bafur.
"1 laugbad lung and loud and was
all tba mora auiuacd wuen no ona
Juluad ma.
"Attar titer bad lighted a big karo
arna lamp I proceeded to explain to
tba crowd tbat Incandescent lamps
can't be blown out by tbe wlud. Wben
I bad Buiabed tba old Itube wbo bad
couiuieuted on tbe llgbt said:
"'Look here, young man, if 70a
knew a little somelbln' about local con
dltlona and about your own business
you'd know tbat tbe wires in tula
townablp are bung up alack on I be
poles In some places and tbat tbey
get to alattlug In a good stiff breeze.
Wben tbey do there's a abort circuit
tbat puta tba Hue out of business.' "
BALLOONING.
It Is a Safe and Simple Sport, but Nat
a Cheap One.
Tbe only perU la a balloon ascension
In such good weather as careful aer
nauta cbooee for a voyage la In allgbt
lug. and in a well ordered expedition,
where all tbe passengers keep cool and
cling to tbe car, there Is no danger at
all
Even If tbe wind Is blowing bard
(be strong, elastic, woven willow bas
ket takes up tbe danger part of tba
bock. One of tbeaa baskets ought to
yield up Ita passengers unhurt from a
binding In a wind blowing fifty miles
an hour.
Ballooning under moderately favor
able clrcumstsnces la a safe and sim
ple sport It Is not, comparatively
speaking, s cheap amusement An as
cent, Including tba coat of gas. expense
of s pilot snd transportation of passen
gers and balloon borne, coats In tbls
country from 133 to $75 a passenger.
It la less In France. From Psrts yon
can make an ascension for about a
hundred francs.
Tbe fare home la a very variable ex
pense. Nothing la more uncertain than
tbe spot where you will land. Of
course It la eaay to descend whenever
you Ilka. Tou may limit your flight to
a couple of hours. Albert White Vorse
In Success Msgatlne.
A 8a Story.
"Of ait my sea experiences," said
tbe captain, "this waa tbe arranges.'
The ladles at the handsome captain's
table aald "Huabr to one another and
turned to tbe ruddy mariner with lis
tening smiles.
"We were carrying," be aald, "a Jot
of troop horses. A dreadful atorm
overtook us. and for two daya we wal
lowed In tbe trough of a heavy sea.
Finally It waa decided that, to lighten
the ahlp, the horses must go overboard.
"Tbey went overboard In the morn
ing. As soon aa they aaw that tbey
were abandoned tbey turned and be
gan to swim brsvely sfter us. Brave
ly, deaperately, they swam. Tbey fol
lowed us for miles and mllea. I can
still see them, a long tine, their necks
arched, pushing heroically through the
besry sea.
"They sank, poor brutes, one by
one."
The captain amlled aadly.
"And I atlll seem to bare." be said,
"all those deaths on my conscience."
New Orlesns Times-Democrat.
The Alleghany Mountains.
Not more than live of our presidents
down to Lincoln's time ever crossed
tbe Allegheny mountains, and four of
these were western men who bsd to
cross the mountains to reach Washing
ton Preeldcnts Jackson, Tolk, Gen
eral W. II. Harrison and Taylor. Pres
ident Monroe crossed tbe mountains on
his return trip from west to esst in
1817. Van Burcn came west In 1842,
two years after 'the expiration of bla
presidential term, and saw the moun
tains then for the first time. It was
on this trip that he got upset and
dumped In the mud near Plnlnfleld,
Hendrlcka county. Exchange.
Tha Original Almack'e.
The original A I mack's club In Lon
don, afterward known aa Willis'
rooms, bsd a curious origin. It began
aa a tavern, started by Lord Bute's
butler, McCall, who proposed to give
it his own name, McCall's, but Judi
cious friends warned him that tbe tre
mendous unpopularity of Scots In Lon
don at that time, for which McCall's
master was largely responsible, would
spell ruin to an establishment so call
ed. "Very well." said McCall. "I wilt
call It Almack's." Tbe present Al
mack'a club Is a more fashionable or
ganisation which chose to adopt the
old name.
Literal Thlrat For Work.
The lawyer who made a bluff at a
big practice turned tastily to part
from Ills companions. '
"I am sorry, but 1 must go," be said
hurriedly. "I have a case at borne
which I must absorb to the last de
tail." "I guess," said one of the party, 'It's
a case of beer." Baltimore American,
Nowhere with more quiet or with
more freedom does s man retire than
Into bis own soul. Marcus Aurellus.
STheBest
J. F. Delph, the expert um
brella mender, is now ready to
make your old umbrellas as good
as new. Leave all your work in
this line at the B. K. Searcy
residence.
Fashionable outfits fur smart
dressers. There is a touch of per
fection in our goods that foils cri
ticism. The 8. B. Barker Co.
To raise good crops they must
be properly planted. To be
properly planted, you must use a
good, reliable instrument For
a good, reliable implement, use
the Superior Drill.
Foley's Honey and Tar cures
coughs quickly, strengthens the
lungs and expels colds. Get the
genuine in a yellow package. Con
don Drug Company.
An array of bargains, sterling
qualities and lowest prices. The
S. B, Barker Co.
SAVED HIS BOY'S LIFE
"My three year old boy was
badly constipated, had a high fever
and was in an awful condition. I
gave him two doses of Foley's Orino
Laxative and the next morning the
fever was gone, he was entirely well.
Foley's Orino Laxative paved his
life." A. Wulkush, Casiiuer, Wis.
Condon Drug Company.
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proof. Call at our office and
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r will appear in this paper
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KIDtlEY CUR
WILL CURE YOU
of any case of Kidney or
Bladder disease that is not
beyond the reach of medi
cine. Take it at once. Do
not risk having Bright's Dis
ease or Diabetes'. There is
nothing gained by delay.
FOLEY'S
50c. and $1.00 Bottles.
RIFUSI SUBSTITUTKS.
Condon Drug Co.
in Clothes for All! J
The o. K.
Shop
FRANK GOLDEN, rroprleser
Shaving, Shampooing, Hair Cutting
Hot and Cold Baths in Connection.
One door north Uiiliain Co. Bank Blilg.
I Confectionery
J Soft Drinks
ICaudiee, Nut and Fruila in
Sraion. Cigare and Tobacco
Cozyclobroom in connection
J L. T. PRICE. Condon
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:: Capital $25,000 Profits $5,000
D06s a General Banking Business
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V personal interests warrant. Your patronage solicited.
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GILLIAM COUNTY BANK
Capital $50,000
Transacts a General Banking Business. De
mestic and Foreign Exchange bought and solt.
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UCISACHKB, a. T. cox.
CONDON,
THE PALACE HOTEL
MILLER BROS. Proprietors.
MOST comodious Hotel in the city. Table supplied
with the best the market affords. Special atten
ton lion given to the comfort of guests. , :: ;:
Headquarters for Farmers and Stockmen.
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Skirts and Coats.
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Livery and
Feed Stable
Oar Livery Ftock Is First-Claas.
Best attention to boarding Stuck.
Your Patronage ia Solicited.
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