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GILLIAM COUiiTY
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THE QILLIAM..COUNTY
VOL. XX
CONDON. OREGON, FRIDAY. JUNE. 24. 1910.
NO. 13
"BOOSTER"
16
BOQKS
REGI3TR I
Sixteen Have Already
Registered.
ILL VOTERS MUST REGISTER
In Order to Vote at the) Prima
ry and General Election
Next Fall.
The registration books for the
primary and November elections
were opened on June 6th by
County Clerk Horner. Since
that time 16 local votes have
registered and of this number
12 have registered as republican
while 4 have signed as demo
crats. The registration has
started off slowly but it is ex
rec ted that it will progress rap
idly when it becomes generally
known that the books are open
and that It is necessary for al
voters to register if they care
about voting at the primary and
fall elections. The registration
will be closed on Sept 15. nine
days before the primary election
which will be held on Saturday,
Sent 24. The books will again
be opened after the primaries
for the registration of all voters
who have not registered before
"and will be, closed about 10 days
before Tuesday, November 8th,
the date of the general election
The coming event will lie the
first Oregon state election ever
held in the fall. Heretofore, the
Oregon elections, both state and
county, were held on the first
Monday in June. At the last
election, two years ago, a meas
ure providing for the holding of
the state and county elections at
the same time as the national
event, the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November, was
carried.
Every voter in Gilliam, who
cares for the future interests of
his state and county, should
register while the books are
open. The County Clerk will
probably send registration books
to notaries public or Justices of
the Peace in the different pre
cincts and their names will be
published later.
An important business deal
was closed this week when A. S.
Hollen sold his 860 acre ranch
on Pine Ridge to J. E. Hunt of
this city. The ranch is one of
the best in the county and sold
for 22. 50 per acre. Mr. Hollen
took as part payment the hard
ware stock of the.Hifht Hard
ware Co. " and will move his
family to this city and engage
in the hardware business. Mr.
Hollen was formerly engaged in
business . in this city and has
many friends here who will be
glad to hear of his return. Mr.
and Mrs. Hunt will probably re
n.ain here for some time before
going to Portland.
Mrs. T..A. Weinke entertained
at , her home, Wednesday, in
honor of her sister, Miss Irene
Edna Miller of Spokane. The
afternoon was spent in playing
games. Miss Katherine Clarke
won the prize in a geographical
guessing contest. Delicious re
freshments were served after
which the guests enjoyed a few
instrumental and vocal numbers.
Those present were: the Misses
Fay Price, Katherine Clarke,
Elsie Fitzmaurice, Mary Dunn,
Rose. Smith, Florence Barker,
Nell Donnelly, and Lucile Haw
son. t
Mrs. Ada Bouchet of Portland
errived in this 'city Tuesday Jto
visit for some time with relatives
and friends. She is a sister of the
Hardie brothers of Trail Fork.
Several samples of Ferry Can
yon wheat were brought to town
this week. They show ud very
well, the straw measuring 3 feet
8J inches and the head being
well filled for this time of the
season. It is reported that they
are good samples of the average
stand of that neighborhood.
The Igo Telephone Co. are
putting up the poles for their
new line and expect to have the
phones in servicable order in a
few days.
T.Scroggins of Fossil passed
through this city this morning
on his way to The Dalles.
Wanted 16- inch pine wood
Will pay cash delivered in Con
don.' Arlington Lumber Co.
BIG YIELD FOR
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According to several of the
warehouse managers of the
county and many other reliable
authorities on the subject, the
usual acreage of wheat and bar
ey In Gilliam County is in crop
this year. The same authorities
predict that an average yield of
20 bushels of wheat and barley
to the acre will be harvested.
lacing an average conservative
' at 18 bushels per acre, it
means that Gilliam County will
produce this year 4, 050. 000
bushels of grain. They also
predict an early harvest saying
that unless there should be much
cloudy or rainy weather within
the next ten days, harvest will
be at least a week ahead of the
usual time. Of the 225,000 acres
in grain this year, a much larger
percentage than usual is spring
sown. This is accounted for by
the fact that the early winter
put an end to fall sowing before
it was completed and for the
further reason that the early
spring with occasional showers
made conditions ideal for spring
seeding. According to the
ranches in the irrigated districts
the alfalfa and fruit crops will
be far above the average. In
addition to the fact that there
will be three cutting of alfalfa
in all sections, there is much
new acreage under irrigation.
n many places the second cut
ting is now being stacked.
Conditions throughout the
country in general were never
better.
A big barn dance will be held
in Louis Couture s . big barn
eight miles west of Condon next
Wednesday night Everyone is
cordially invited and ladies are
requested to bring lunch.
gregating 1,475,000 pounds, were
oviu lire Wliauiliu wuui BUies On
Wednesday and Thursday. The
prices ranged from 11J to
17i cents. These are the mini
mum and maximum prices paid
this year. 1,500,000 pounds are
still in the warehouse awaiting
ii rruw:o
uic uuiy oaic. iiio uk vunmng-
ham clip was sold at; the Echo
hrIa fnr 144a. The Hpnnnop ooln
- , , m. r P' v Dt.lt.
is on today. A wire from our
correspondence there states
that prices are ranging from 11
w.ioi cems,
nil MAM
COUNTY
UlLUfll
GRAND CELEBRATION
HELD
Promises to be the Greatest Event of the kind
ever held in
Evert attraction to be given will be absolutely free
Eleven Committees Appointed
uled Three Base Ball Gam.es for Purse of $250 - -Wheat
City Band and Orchestra to give Music.
The extensive preparations
which are being made for the
three days grand free celebra
tion to be held in this city on
July 2, 3, and 4 give assurance
that this celebration will be the
most successful one ever held in
this section of the state. One
feature of this celebration is
alone enough .to give it prece
dence over all others to be held
in Eastern Oregon this year and
that is the fact that all events
and attractions, ball games,
races, dances, everything in fact
is to be absolutely free to every
one present The following
committees have been appointed
and are now at work: Decora
tion, Lester Wade, Nan Fitz
maurice, and Mesdames John
son, Weinke, and Reisacher;
Dances, Judge Dunn, Judge
Butler, F. T. Hurlburt, and J. F.
Reisacher; Floats, Antone Feh
renbacher; Music, Messrs. Hart
shorn. Laughrige, Blakely, Rob
ertson and Tracy; , Staet
Amusements, Dr. Wood, J. W.
Church, and . H. Fitzmaurice;
Grounds, Gerald Burns, R. C.
Sheldon and Chas. Fitzmaurice;
Sports, Gerald Burns, J. A.
Scott L. Wade, and H. Fitz
maurice; Concession, John Jack
son, A. vvmoughby and J. W.
Burns; Advertising, 1 J. W.
Cochran, M. Fitzmaurice and
IL A. Hartshorn; Reception,
Chas. H. Williams, H. A. Thies
sen, C Kennedy and ' Colby
Clarke; Program, C. H. Williams
Gerald Burns and H. A. Hart
shorn.
The Wheat City Cornet Band
will furnish appropriate ' music
and the Wheat City Orchestra
has been engaged to play for
dances. The first event on the
program for the big celebration
will be the parade which will
take place on Saturday morning
at 10 o'clock by which time the
streets will be crowded with
visitors. A prize of 10.00 is
offered for the best float and
another feature of the parade
will be a ladies horseback drill,
a prize of $5.00 being offered for
the best lady rider and decorated
outfit. This will be followed by
dinner after which there will be
a rush for the ball diamond to
witness the first, game of the
series which will start promptly
DIFFERENT FROM ALL OTHERS
Th World
I ourflald
THE m GLOBE GRI SEPARATOR
No, Power Self-Operating
,The only machine that will absolutely clean
your grain without power to run it. Take9
only one man to run It. Cleans by gravitation
This machine Is being demonstrated at Mt. Hood Saloon
Bldg. by D. GRIMM of The Globe Grain Separator Co. Inc.
TO BE
III IE WHEAT CITY
Eastern Oregon.
- - Street Amusements Sched
at two o'clock. After returning
from the ball game the crowd
will witness and take part in
the street amusements which
start at 4.30. Following are the
events scheduled for Saturday at
4.30:
100 yard dash,
3 legged race, .
Pie race, "
Fat man's race,
Ladies sewing contest
$5.00
$3.00
$2.00
$3.00
1 sack
flour.
Tug of war, Teams to be chos
en from north and south ends of
the county.
A street concert by the band
will start at 7 o'clock and this
will be followed by the, free
dance in the skating rink. Danc
ing will commence at nine o'
clock and stop promptly at
twelve. , There will be no events
on Sunday in order that people
may attend the services in the
different churches. The second
ball game of the series will start
at 2:30. A special concert will
be given after seven o clock 10
the evening. Events will start
early on the morning of the 4th
with a concert by the band at
nine o'clock followed immediate
ly by the exercises in the skating
rink which will consist of appro
priate musical selections and ad
dresses by popular speakers.
The third and last game of the
series will start at 2 o'clock in
the afternoon and will be follow
ed by street amusements at 4:30
at which time the following
events are scheduled:
50 yard dash,
220 yard dash, 1st
2nd
, Dust race,
Potato race,
Sack race,
Men over 50,
$3.00
$7.20
$2.50
$2.00
$2.00
$2.00
$3.00
The returns by rounds of the
Jeffries-Johnson prize-fight will
be announced at the ball game
or on the street as soon as they
come in. - ?
A street concert by the band
will be given at seven o'clock
after supper. The dance will
start at nine and last until a late
hour. A number of other, num
bers will be added to the, pro
gramme as soon as the proper
arrangements can be made. '
The Condon Athletic Club
will throw open the gymnasium
to be used asa rest room for the
public and many other, conven
iences for the visitors will be ar
ranged. Concessions have been
given to Wallace & Co? for a
stand at the ball games- John
Jackson for a stand at the
dance and Claud Jones for a
cane rack and shooting gallery
on Main Street Special officers
will be appointed to insure the
best of order on the streets, at
the dances and ball games. The
different committees are doing
everything in their power to ar
range things for the pleasure
and comfort of those who attend.
This celebration is given by the
business men of Condon for the
benefit of the residents of the
county. The largest crowd ever
seen in Condon is expected.
Miss Roman who has been
teaching the Butte Creek School
near Fossil passed 'through 'this
city this morning on her way to
her home in Portland. "
M" PitimftiimrA left tlua
morniriar for different nninfa in
the Valley where he will do some
nsnme. tie expects to be cone
about a wees. , .
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DEATH OF
!!
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Seldom has it been the duty of
this paper to record so. sad an
occurrence as the death of Mark
Portwood which happened on
Thursday of last week in, a .hos
pital in Chehalis, Wn. "' V-
Marcus Henry Portwood' was
born in this county' on Novem
ber .16, 1888 and passed away on
June 16, 1910 at the age of '21
years and 8 months. He lived
in this vicinity all his ; life until
March 30 when he went to" Port-
and and took a position with
the railroad company as a time
keeper on at. .construction
train and it was while irr the
performance of his. duties that
death came to him. He was the
oldest of a family of three, : leav
ing a father,, mother, sister, and
brother to mourn his loss beside
other relatives and a host': of
sorrowing friends. V It wasHhe
writers good fortune' to have
known him well and only, to-, es
teem him more highly as the
years passed by. , His ' was a
heart of gold. He .was one of
nature's noblemen in its 'truest
sense- brave, generous, manly-
and his friends and friendship
were sacred to him. ' . . '','.
Much has been taken from' his
parents,; sister, brother and
arge circle of mends land al
though it is sad to give' up one
whose influence among men
would have been for (good, yet
He whodoeth all things well,
makes no mistakes. 1 i
The funeral was incharce of
the I. O. O. F. Lodge, of -which
he was a member, and was one
of the largest ever seen in this
city. The floral, offerings iyere
many and beautiful The acci
dent which caused Ms death was
taken cheerfully a: id with the
philosophy of his favorite poet
Omar Kayyam, whJ. wrote: c:
"The Ball no question makes" of
Ayes and Noes,'! ' k
But Here or There Sak strikes the
r Player goes; .
And He who toss'd you down in
to the Field, , "i
He knows about it all-He knows
-He knows.
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Header ExtrasA " Doti't, delav
your; order. Arlington .Lumber
Co.' -
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P TIOD
FAIR DIRECTORS
HOLD MEETING
' - - ;.
Several Committees
Appointed. '
SELECT JUDGES FOB STOCK
Are making great preparations
for a Successful Fair next
October. '
The Board of Directors of the
Seventh Eastern Oreiron'Dis-
trict Agricultural Society are al
ready making extensive nrenar-
ations for the Mayville Fair next
October 12- Z-14, which prom
ises to be the best fair- of the
kind ever seen in this sectionfof
the state. The coulter sheds
which have been erected contain
72 coops and more can easihbe
arranged if necessary. Wafer
has been piped in front of the
horse barns with faucets at suit
able places and watering troughs
have been placed in all of the
cattle, sheep and hog -pens:
There will be 'no trouble in wa
tering the stock this year. ; The
Directors have secured the ser
vices of Mr. Yancey for iude-
ing the horses and cattle. - Mr.
Yancey has served as judge, at
the Portland Horse Show, Salem,
and several other big .shows va.
the Pacific Coast He is con
sidered to be: one of the 'best
judges of horses and cattle west
of It h e Rockies. . Comnetent
judges of poultry and fruit ' will
be present from Corvallis. . In
tending exhibitors may feel . as
sured of experienced judges in
all lines. The- services of some
of the best speak eis - in the
state .have been secured. The
horses and cattle which will - be
shown at this fair are second to
none.1 The specimens of fruit
can : be beaten by none and
equaled by few. If the efforts
of the Directors account for any
thing, October 'will bring": the
finest exhibition of Agricultural
products evet seen in Eastern
Oregon, v y: " . ?r
J. E. Hunt and wife returned
Wednesday evening from a few
days' visit in Portland. . ;
JLewis BrorC'of Mikkalo came
up Wednesday evening. V; '
James Edleman of Mayville
passed through this city. Thurs
day on his way to Huntington.
Chas. Simpson has rented the
restaurant formerly known as
the Model and is papering and
remodeling the game. He expects
to be able to open apout June 27.
He will still 'run the Summit
Hotel but will also serve retrufar
meals in the hew stand. A lunch
counter ' will; be installed and
short orders served. The "name
of the new place will be the
Monogram, and Mr. Simpson
will appreciate a share of your
patronage. , .
P. H. Stephenson made a trip
to his ' Ferry Canyon ranch on
Thursday. ,
v The Condon Amusement Com
pany will give another social
dance . tonight at their new
theatre. The; Orchestra will
play and everyone is invited to
come and enjoy a good dance.
Refreshments in hall. v'
Two lots inNondon to trade
for young horsed or young cat
tle, heifers preferred.
Craves & Weinke Co.