Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1911)
THE CONDON GLOBE HAS THE LARGEST PAID CIRCULATION , OF ANY PAPER IN GILLIAM COUNTY lie Coma to CiUlam County wltrt tin Ui levy b tlx loweit U Um Slate ol Ortfoa. Now tla! Cosdoa ku tp-to-il Scloot, It's work . . kv Pratotut Chrck baMag. THE QILLIAM COUNTY vouxx CONDON. OREGON. FRIDAY. JAN. 27, 191 1. NO. 43 "BOOSTER" IDE SITUATION ill GILLIAM C. C. Clark of Arlington in interview to Portland Telegram tells why we have fewer farmers now than formerly. The following article appeared in the Editorial columns of the Portland Telegram on Wed nsday evening and treats the situation in Gilliam County in a truthful manner. Mr. Clark of Arlington, who is responsible for the article, is one of Gilliam County's successful men and has lived here long"cnough to under stand conditions throughly. "A recent conversation with C. C. Clark of Arlington, a stockman and farmer, developed the statement that the actual number of families now living in Northern Gilliam County is in the ratio of one to five compared with 20 years ago. The cause is the process of elimination. Business men gave their hearti est encouragement to the best qualified farmers and encouraged them to buy out their less prov ident neighbors, so that now they have great holdings and fewer holders. Today the land is not producing anything like it should produce, and there in no way of making it do so. There is no local help and transients must be depended upon. In this way 50 per cent of the earn ings is taken out of .the country, and very often, when the ieis on is over, the landowner has little or nothing to show for the reason's work and investment. The farms are to big and the crop raised is "principly wheat. The remedy for this is smaller holdings and diversified farming, A small farm would embrace one half to three-auarten of a section of land. What is needed there, according to Mr. Clark, is n cliisa of rteoDlo who will do their own work. Good farm land that has been cultivated but is not improved canbe bought for from $15 to $30 an acre. If the settler has enough money to Dut in his first crop and by his needed teams, the rest of the matter will take care of itself and he is sure of a profitable venture. He is only twelve hours by rail to Portland; one of the very best markets. What is the land good for? Mr. Clark has been raising corn for the past ten years. Last season he raised a thousand bushels. His land was aband oned twenty-five years ago be cause it was not believed it could produce anything. The soil is light and there is no ir risration. Mr. Clark fed his corn to hogs and sent to Port land the first $8.10 hogs that came here. The soil is fine for potatoes, pitted fruits and grapes, A. A. Carrothers at Rock Creek, carried away the sweep stakes at Omaha for the best variety of apples from any one orchard. To men looking for farm lands and work under pleasant con dit ions it seems to us that Mr. Clark makes out a strong ctse for Gilliam County." -v.-V Dr. Butler disposed of his hoiue and one half block tf land, in west Condon to R. R. Butler for a consideration of $1750. AT CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH On next Sunday a.tr. we have again the Junior Church. There will be a fine musical program by the children under the lead ership of Miss Katherine Clarke. Dr. Ferris will give an object lesson service on the "White Heart." In the evening there will be an illustrated stereoji tit an service on the "Crying Wall." A study In Biblical Archaeology on the gehuiness of the Bible. You ought to see these pictures. At the request of the Young Men'i Club Dr. Ferris will begin two or three lectures for ti.e young men on pure life. The firrt will be held in the parlors of the parsonage on the subject, Keep Thyself Pure" Feb. 6. Later this will be followed by two'others "The sprouting Mood corpuscles" and "The Body God's Temple." It is expected that all the members of the club will be present and the fathers of the boys together with the phioicians are invited to attend if they so desire. The speaker gave much study to the subject of Biology and Microscopy and they will be worth while. These le-jtures are for young men and grown men only. Robert Fitzmaurice and Clif ford Duncan have been elected captains of the basket ball' team and the grounds will be immed iate laid out in the parsonage yard. Hubet t Magee and Ed win Lin ville were elected , cap tains of the hand ball teams and will Immediately prepare for the same.. During the coming sea son there will be many matshed games arranged. The young men are inquiring about that party that is to be? The parsonage is beinjt put in repair, and will be occupied by the pastor and hid wife on the return of Mrs. . Ferris in about six weeks. Christian Endeavor Subject; Missions in the United States, North and East." Mrs. Balding Leader. Anyone wishing to join the Camera Club and learn the various branches of Photo grapny can do so without ex pense of tuition. This is one of the departments of our Young Men's Club. It is open to the ladies. PUBLIC SCHOOL NOTES By Mervyn Stephenson. . nrv i ' Mid-year examinations in the upper grades began Thursday Noba Sayer was a school vis- itor Tuesday. Miss Seeley was absent from school Wednesday on account of sickness. On the mid-year examinations in the third and fourth grade's the following pupils made the best average in their respective grades; Fourth grade, Mabel Hoskin; Third grade, John Cur ran, j The regular eigth grade ex aminations were held here and were conducted in the same man ner and under the same ruled as all eigth grade examinations; Mervyn Stephensen made a pas sing grade being several points ahead of any one in the class. The eigth grade will begin lessons in water coloring Friday. Read in February Sunset Mag azlrreSan Diego-"The City f Dreams Come True," beautifully illustrated in four colors. 'T'et razzina. in the Streets, .of San Francisco-Christmas Eve." Now I on sale all news stands 15 cents. ATHLETIC CLUB TO EHTERTAIH Preparations Now Under Way for Grand Vaude ville to be given next Month-Club Rooms .to Open February 1st. The regular weekly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Condon Athletic Club was held last evening, President C. H. Williams presiding. It was de cided to open tho club on Feb ruary 1st. A janitor will be em- ployed to keep the place in first class shape and henceforth the Club managment will 'see to it that all rules and regulations of the Club will be strictly enforc ed. The Club will give a grand Vaudeville sometime next month consisting of Athletic stunts, vocal and instrumental music. sketches, recitations etc., and Mr, Williams informs us that a surprising array of talent hith erto unknown in the city has been unsarthed during the past week or so. Committees are being appointed to attend to the different sections of the enter tainment and this event promis es to eclipse the first grand vaudeville given -by the Club two years ago when they cleared over $100. A full account of the program and the . commit tees will appear in these columns next week. UGO IGO CLUB MEETS The Ugo Igo Club met at the home of Mrs. George Parman last Thursday afternoon with sixteen members present Two new members, ton. Westfall and Mrs. Shank, were enrolled Each lady responded to roll call with a current event topic. $75 was paid out of the treasury for the current expenses of the church. After all the business had been transacted a very in teresting' paper was read by Mrs. Robertson on the United States "Doings of Congress." Delicious refreshments were served by the hostess. The next regular' meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Rob ertson Febuary 9th. bin farks leu on Monday lor Coyote where he will trap during the winter. ' K. Welshons and wife spent Sunday with relatives in Cleiri Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Brown left on Tuesday for Portland where they will visit for a few days. . . ; J. E. Reynolds' came in on Mon day night and left the next morn ingfor different points in the Valley.. Mrs. P. H. Stephenson under went an abdominal operation at The Dalles Hospital Wednesday, which was performed by Dr. Wood of this city. The opera tion was entirely successful and the patient is doing fine under the care of her sister, Miss Beth Darling, the trained ; nurse. Chas. Wilkins of Clem was also operated on. at The " Dalles this week by Dr. Wood, for appen dicitis.. Mr. Wilkins is also doing very well since . the op eration;' 1 : ' T' PROGRESSIVE RE- ' PUBLICAN LEAGUE New Organization Formed by .Prominent Republi cans of the Nation-Senator Bourne of Oregon, President Organization of the Republican Progressive League by progres sive republican senators, repre sentatives, governors and others an organization which will seek to "fight for the establishment of popular government" has been announced. ' Plans : of the new league, which have been under way since the assembling of Congress were concluded at a meeting Saturday night, when a declaration oi principles was signed, a constitution adopted and the following officers elect ed: , President, Senator Johnathan Bourne, Jr., Oregon; first vice piesident, Representative, G. W. Norris, Nebraska; second vice president, Governor Charles S. Osborne, Michigan; treasurer, Charles R. Crane, Chicago. Executive committee Senator Moses E. Clapp, Minnesota; Sen ator Joseph L. Bristow, Kansas, Representative E. H. Hubbard, Iowa; Representative Irvine L. Lenqpot, .Wisconsin; Representative-elect Wm. Kent, Californ ia; Gifford Pinchot, Pennsylva nia; Q. L Record, New Jersey, and the president, vice president, treasurer, members ex officio. The declaration of principles follows: We, the undersigned, assoc ciate ourselves together as the National Progressive Republican League. 1 he object of the league is the promotion of representative government and progressive legislation. ine popular government in America has been thwarted and progressive legislation ttified by the special interests which con trol delegates, conventions and party organizations and, through control of the machinery of gov ernment, dictate nomination and platforms, elect administrations, legislators, representatives in eongress and United States sen ators and control cabinet officers. "The progressive republican league believes popular govern ment is fundamental to all other questions. To this end it ad' vocates the election of United States senators by direct vote o: the people, direct primaries for the nomination of all elective of' ficers; the direct election of dele gates to national conventions, with opportunity for the voter to express preference for president and vice president: amendment to the constitutions providing for the initiative, referendum and recall. , ' "Whenever requested by any progressive state league or by progressive leaders in state leg islatures, the National Prog ressive Republican League will aid in the preparation of bills, resolutions and provide speakers and literature in support of leg islative action on the proposit ions, enumerated :A the five numbered paragraphs set forth in the foregoing declaration of principles." United States senators: John athon Bourne " Jr., Oregon; Al bert J. Bevetidge, Indiana; Joseph L. Bristow, Kansas; Nor ris Brown, Nebraska; Albert B Cummings, Iowa; Moses E. Clapp Minnesota; Joseph M. Dixon, Montana; A. J. Gronna,. North, Dakota; Robert P. LaFollette, Wisconsin. Governors Lester H. Aldrich, Nebraska; Joseph M. Carey, Wyoming: Hiram W. Jthnsor, California; Francis E. McGovem Michigan; W. R. Stubbs, Kan sas. Congressmen Henry Allen Cooper. Wisconsin; - Wm. J. Carey, Wisconsin; C. R. Davis, Minnesota; E. II. Hubbard, Iowa; C. N. Haugen, Iowa: Irvine L. Lenroot, Wisconsin; C. A. Lin- bergh, Minnesota; Victor Mur- dock, Kansas; H. Madison, Kan sas; E, H. Morse, Wisconsin; John M. Nelson, Wisconsin; Miles Poindexter. Washington. Miss Nan Fitzmaurice return ed Tuesday evening from an ex tended visit' at Bend, A Greiner and wife departed on Wednesday for Portland where they will visit for a few dajs. C. A. Barr left on Monday for Portland where he will assist in the painting of a large apart ment house. He expects to be gone about six weeks. ! sieve l nomas returned on Tuesday from different points in the Valley. i , - O. Guild returned to his home at Gwendolen Wednesday after spending a iew aays in mis city. James and Emmett Smith de parted on Thursday for Heppner where they will visit for a few days. W. B. Smith and wife left on Thursday for Portland where the latter will undergo an oper ation at St Vincent's Hospital. A. H. Gattis of Portland was in the city this week. .. Mr. Gattis owns a ranch in the Pine Ridge district. ... ." Earl Smith of Mikkalo was in town Wednesday. Geo. Knox and Son of Fossil were registered at the . Oregon Hotel on Tuesday. ' - - Wilbur France came up from Rock Creek last evening for the transaction of business. ' The Interior Warehouse Co, have been remodeling their yards this week and under the skillful management of Sandy Kobertson they present a very respectable appearance. Lester tteeson and wite were in the Wheat City yesterday from May ville. Travelling Passenger Agent J. H. O'Neill of the O-W. R. & N. Co., made this office a pleas ant business Chll . Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Burroughs were passengers on the local yesterday morning for Portland. Jack Fehrenbacher who i? ranching in the Ajax country was in the Wheat City this week for the transaction of business. C. W. Martin of Olex was in town during the week looking for cattle for shipping purpose1". Geo. Angel of Fossil left on Tuesday for a few days business visit in Portland. RAILROAD LAND THROWN OPE Northern Pacific opens land around Shcttler Station and in Eight-mile country to 6ettIers.Means much to Gilliam County. J Sheriff Montague informed the editor of the Globe this morning that the Northern Pacific Rail road Co. was throwing open the'r land around Shuttler station and over toward the Eight-mile dif- trictto settlement, - and in the past few days many settlers have located there. This meats that Gilliam County will have an increase of population in tie next few weeks that will settto up the hitherto vacant land in the north end of the county and. when the Rock Creek irrigation project is put through theso lands will increase many timet in value and prove one of the garden spots of the Inland Em pire. ' WILL RESIDE IN THE VALLEY . Monday morning witnessed the departure from Condon of Dr. and Mrs. B. F. Butler, who will henceforth reside in Dalla?. Ore. An exceptionally good op portunity was open for Mr. But ler and as Dallas is the heme of a large- unmber of .relatives of theirs, they decided to remove to the valley town. In the sever! years thy have lived here they have won innumerable friends who regret their departure but wish them unbounded prosperity and happiness in their new horn and extend them an invitation to pay us a visit in the near future. FRACTURES COLLAR BONE Rivalry having existed several . months between Harold Hunt and Carl Anderson as to who was the champion lightweight of Pine Ridge, these two yousf men met at the latter's home Tuesday night and with Traey Lyons as referee proceeded to test each others powers. In the third round they clinched and before the referee could part them they fell to the floor. Ly ons called the affair a draw. Yesterday when Anderson cams to town, he was examined by Dr. Wood and found to have a broken collar bone, as a result cf his fall When he is sufficiently recovered an effort will be made by the Athletic Club to have the pair put on a ten-round bout ' t the Clubhouse. ' ; AJAX NOTES Igo Grange will meet Satur day and install their officers far the coming year, v Mr. H. 8. Edwards, Past Master of the Mayville Grange is .expected to be present to act as installing officer. .1 Mr. and Mrs. Ed Palmer and Misses Lizzie and Jessie Palmer visited at Mayville Saturday Ed Jones and Chas. Adlard were Sherman County visiter the first of the week. ' ' , '. Wm. Holmes ' of Igo was In town on Wednesday. . ' L. L. Turney .wasin the Weat City on Wednesiajl. 1 A. Sanders spent Sunday ba Condon. : . Ed. Palmer miide a business trip to Wasco this week. J. Ik