Official Paper for
Gilliam County...
Condon National
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VOL. XXI
CONDON. OREGON. FRIDAY. MAY 12 . 101 1.
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OF CITY COUNCIL
Many Important Mat
ters Receive Needed
Attention
The special meeting of the city
council held on Monday night op
ened with Councilman Burns in
the chair, Mayor Wood beinn ab
sent. Those present were, Will
iams, Burns, Campbell and Port
wood, Hire and Scott being ab
sent. The minutes of the form
er meeting were rtrul and'after
a suggestion by Williams that a
record be kept of those making
motions and those seconding, it
was moved by Williams and sec
onded by Portwood that they be
approved. The matter of adjust
ing certain claims was passed ov
er to the regular meeting. The
reports of tho Recorder and the
Treasurer were then read and
discussed. A motion was then
made by Williams, seconded by
Campbell, to the effect that the
chair appoint a committee to ex
amine the reports, find the exact
condition of the city and report
in full next Monday night The
motion was carried unanimously
and the chair appointed Will
iams, Portwood add Campbell as
the committee. The full- report
will appear in next week's issue
of the Globe. The matter of the
city farm of 213 acres which the
city contracted to sell some timt
ago to Chas. Gross was brought
up by Campbell and thoroughly
discussed. It-. was moved by
Williams and seconded by Port
wood that the chair appoint a
committee with Campbell as the
chairman, giving them full pow
er to produce a deed and abstract
to said land, put same in escrow,
pay off State Land Board mort
gage and complete said sale be
tween the city and Mr. Gross.
Tho motion was carried unani
mously and the chair appointed
Campbell, Portwood, and Will-
SPECIAL SE55I0
'V3? on the committee. The
i.'iatter of covering the exposed
sewer tue in the southern por
tion of the city was then dis
cussed but no action was taken.
Mayor Wood arrived and took
the chair. It was then moVed
by Burns and seconded by Will
iams that all business houses on
wain street witn open toilets or
cesspools within 100 feet-of the
main sewer bo notified by the
Marshal to connect at once with
said sewer. The motion carried
unanimously. It was then mov
ed ly Campb'4lv - seconded by
Burns, that all property owners
in the city be notified to repair
their sidewalks where needed
and if too bad to prepare to build
a new sidewalk. This motion
" was also carried unanimously.
After some discussion it- was
moved by Burns, seconded by
Williams and carried unanimous
ly that the use of firearms, fire-
crackers or any other explosives
be strictly prohibited within the
city limits at anv time. The
main idea of this motion is to
prohibit the firing of crackers
of any kind on the, Fourth of
. .X-' July. Several , other matters
came up for discussion but no
"further business was transacted. J
The council adjourned to hqld
another special meeting on next
Monday night. . .
The High Schoolplay which
was given on last Friday evening
in the Rink was one of the best
local talent entertainments ever
given ip this city.' The attend
ance was large, the receipts be
ing about fi. anq everyone
present went away satisfied that
that thev had received their
money's worth. The different
roles were rendered In a manner
which was a credit, not only to
those who worked .so hard in
learning their parts, but aluo to
tho teachers who had the play in
charge. The several specialties
were also very good. In men
tioning the play it is Impossible
to specialize on any one part for
the several actors and actresses
were equally strong in their
roles.
'
LOST A silver hatpin, set
with a large blue stone surroun
ded with brilliants.- Was lost on
Sundiy on road east of this city.
A suitable reward is offered for
its return to F. T. Hurlburt's
residence in this city.
Mrs. Grace Lancaster, a form
er resident of this city, who now
runs the Blackstone Hotel in
Portland, was badly hurt and
had a miraculous escape from
death when the new automobile
she was driving ran over a thirty-foot
embankment and almost
into the Willamette river be
tween Oswego and Oregon City
Sunday afternoon. She sustain
ed two broken ribs and other se
vere bruises but is at present
mending nicely.
SELLS WHlSKfiY
TjMHDIAN
Pleads Guilty and is fined $20.00
by Justice Wheir India is n
fined $10 by Recorder.
A young man giving hia name
as John Doe was arrested last
Saturday by Sheriff Montague on
the charge of buying a pint of
whiskey for an Indian. The fel
low, who was only nineteen years
of age being twenty on Sunday,
was brought before.. Justice
Wheir and plead guilty, saying
ing he was ignorant of the , fact
that he was breaking the law.
He was a pitiful sight when told
by the Judgfof the possible con
sequences of his act. Through
the leniency of the court he was
fined $20 and given some good
advice by the Judge. He sold
his saddle and chaps to pay the
fine and immediate! left town.
The Indian was brought before
Recorder Fitzmaurice, fined $10
and costs and not having the
money was turned over to serve
out his fine in the county jail.
Carrol Low, one of the princi
pal stockholders of the Buckhorn
Ranch, was in this city and spent
a short time looking over the big
ranch in an automobile.
Frank Hurlburt and Lester
Wade ?ent to Arlington on Mon
day in the latters new car to at
tend the directors meeting of the
Arlington National Bank.
N. E. Austin ; ha3 purchased
the fixtures in the1 Palace Hotel
and has leased the building. , He
will putf the place in first-class
shape and run an up-to-date ho
tel. Mn and Mrs. Austin have
had considerable, experience in
this line and will no doubt receive
a very good patronage. They
expectato ODen the house about
the first of June! '
Mr; and Mrs. G. F. . Sheppard
of Kansas City, Mo., arrived in
this city on last Friday and visit
ed at the- home of Mm. Shep
cards brother. Chas Uricterwood.
They departed ofi Monday for
their home. ' 1
BIG GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORE
SUFFERS LOSS BY FIRE AND WATER
Cause Unknown-Discovered on Second Floor
about 8:30 this morning-Loss Partly
Covered by Insurance.
Early this morning, shortly
after The S. B. Barker Com
pany's big store opened for
business it was discovered that
the second floor, which is the
furniture department, was
ablaze and smoke pouring out of
all of the windows. The alarm
was immediately turned in and
the volunteer fire department
was soon on the scene and had
several streams of water playing
on the names. The nre was
soon brought under control but
not before the furniture depart
ment was in ruins, very little
furniture being saved and this
considerably damaged by fire and
water. The general merchan
dise stock on the first floor was
dampened to a considerable ex
tent by water which ran through
Dr. Reuter of The Dalles was
in this city on Monday evening.
Assessor Otis Campbell went
to Arlington on Tuesday on busi
ness connected with his office.
A. J. McDaniel of Rock Creek
was in this city on Monday eve
ning.
Fred Edwards left on Tuesday
morning to again take up his du
ties as salesman for the South
Portland Furniture Co.
It is reported this morning
that Mrs. Estes i3 severely ill
at her home in this city.
FOR S ALE-A yearling Jersey
bull. He is eligible for registra
MifSWell Dressers
got & new positiop
"JfwII Stressor
THE BETTETt yOUH CLOTHES THE BETTEH
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yOU HAVE A TOSITIOJ OH ffOT.
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WE AH OUH CLOTHES.
WE SELL yOU CUSTOM-TAILOHED CLOTHES
'BUT ffOT A T CUSTOM TAILOHS" VRICES.
LET US FICUHE: $40 BUyS A SUIT FH.OM A
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LEADING : CLOTIIERS and FURNISHERS
r s ' CONDON, OREGON
the ceiling but through the con
certed efforts of the crowd which
had gathered all the perishable
goods under oilcloths , the
damage on the first floor will be
light The cause of the fire is
not known as the flames were
well scattered and burning
fiercely when it was discovered.
Of course there are many con
jectures one of which is that it
started where the stove pipe
runs through a thimble in the
floor but it is impossible to be ab
solutely certain as to this. It is
estimated roughlv that the loss
sustained by The S. B. Barker
Co. will be close to $15,000 and
it may run higher than that
figure. The loss is fairly well
covered by insurance.
tion and is a fine animal in every
way. A good investment for
anyone who wishes to raise Jer
seys. Call on or address the Ar
lington Lumber Co., Condon, Or
egon Henry Blankert, refrigerating
engineer of San Francisco, i3 in
this city installing an ice plant
in Farr Bro's meat market. They
are putting in a three-ton ma
chine which will be run by a six
horsepower gasoline engine and
a coding room which will be
cooled by ammonia pipes. The
plant will be in readiness to start
operation the first of the week.
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N. Austin left on Monday for
Portland and Forest Grove to
pack his household goods prepar
atory to moving them back to
tV city.
Congregational Church Notes
Next Sunday A. M. the pastor
will preach the second in the
series of three sermons on Psy
chology, . "The " Psychology of
Spiritual Healing." In the
evening the subject of service
will be "Curious Girls."
We greatly need a new and
enlarged church. This is not
the time of year when the larg
est congregations are naturally
expected and yet all our seats
are filled and extra space occu
pied with chairs. . " Before these
lines reach you I expect the deed
for the new church lots will
have been made out and deliver
ed to the Trustees. A better or
more central place could not be
found in the City. Let us enter
heartily into paying for them
and in making arrangements in
me near iuture for a new
-tit .
cnurcn Duuamg worthy of our
City. .
The paper for the class in Ap
plied Christianity is under the
charge of Mr. Laughridge,
. Come Brothers ! Let us get
into the game and do our part,
FIRST GAMES
. OF THE 5EA50II
Condon Team Takes First Game
and lone Captures Second -.
Goldendale Next.
The Baseball boys departed
for lone last Saturday morning
where they met the Morrow
County team in the first, game
of the season. The wether was
fine and the trip each way was
enjoyed immensely by the play
era. ihe Saturday game was
never m doubt . although very
interesting and the score at the
end read Condon 8, lone 7. The
Condon line-up was. as follows:
Wilson c, Harlan p, C Fitzmau
rice lb, Bill Hollen 2b, Jerry
Burns short. H. Fitzmaurice 3b,
Sheldon, R. Fitzmaurice, and
Shaw, outfielders. Ione's catch
er, Mays, played the best game
for the home team but his batt
ery partner, Reitman, fared bad
at the hands of the Condon
batters and was touched up for
more than a dozen hits while
Harlan for the visitors had less
than half that number garnered
off him by. the home-batters.
In the evening the ball boys
were entertained by the lone
management at a show and lat
er at a dance. Every possible
courtesy was- shown the visitors
by the lone people and the boys
were made to feel perfectly at
home during thfi time between
the Saturday game and Sunday!
afternoon.
The second game opened with Husky
Knight in the box for lone and several
other players had been' imported from
various other places and in their first
time at bat they ran five tallies across
the plate partly off Harlan's delivery
and partly off errors by the rest of the
the team. Condon made no scores un
til the fifth inning when with two men
down H. Fitzmaurice made a clean hit
and Sheldon reached first on an error,
Harlan drove a liner between first and
second which brought both men in,
The score stood 10 to 5 at the end of
the game which was closer . than the -
figures would lead one to believe. The
umpire gave entire satisfaction to both
sides. The local beys returned home
that evening well ..pleased , with their
trip of the season and feeling confident
of adding another victory in their next
engagement with the lone team. The
boys wish -to thank the hotel proprietor
and his wife for their courteous treat
ment and fine meals served them during
their two days stay. . " ,:
The team feaves in the morn
ing for Goldendale Wash., where
GILLIAM COUNTY
SOILjS GOOD
Will Produce Wonder
; fully if given a Fair
Opportunity
That Gilliam County soil has
wonderful producing qualities if
given a fair trial is Bhown by the
following facts gleaned from all .
sections of the county" by. Globe
reporters: i .
J. R. Huff on Willow Creek.
has one-quarter of an acre plant
ed to asparagus which brings in
cash, the sum of $20 rer week.
and the output lasts a period of
eight weeks, making the total of
$160 which he gets from only
one-quarter of an acre of Gilliam
(ounty land, figuring his ex-:
penses of raising this at $60,
which is a conservative estimate,
he has left a profit of $100. Fig
uring his profit as a ten per cent
investment as do many of the
fruit growers in different sec
tions of the state would place the
value of his land at $4000 per
acre. In addition to this his as
paragus is as good as is raised
anywhere. His market is Arl
ington and vicinity but-a market
for asparagus can be found any- ,
where.
5 One-eighth of an acre of straw-
t . i i i
turns of $98 per acre. The ber
ies are of the finest flavor and
are two weeks earlier than the
Hood River berries,
f On the Interior - Warehouse
Company's farm are fifty acres
of field peas which are by far the
finest on the farm. ' The Com
pany figures that even though
the Deas . are never harvested
they are a good invstment as
turning them under will enrich
the soil to a wonderful extent.
They also have in about seven
acres or vetch which is doing
well and has during the spring
furnished feed for fifteen head
of hogs. .
TESTIMONIAL
To my friends in Condon :
I have called on DrS. ray at
the Oregon Hotel and took the
vitalized air and had several very
badly decayed and broken off
teeth extracted and can truth
fully say that I felt no pain at
all and no bad effects whatever
from the operation. I would ad
vise my friends to call on the
Doctors as they do exactly, as
they claim.
J. M. Carnine.
Program for Sainrday night
concert: :
March, selected.
"In the City Where Nobody
, Cares." medley waltz.
"Chief Bungaboo," novelty.
Lion & Mouse waltzes.
"If You Won't be good to "
, Me,"medley.
March, selected.
The American
again open its
Theatre
doors to
will
the
public on Saturday and Sunday
nights. Un Saturday mgnt tne
show will start immediately
after the band concert but on
both nights a complete program
will be given.
Roy Keizur, who has been ill
for the past few weeks with ty
phoid fever, is at last reports
getting along nicely;.
they will meet the horsehide
jugglers mere ior two games.
H. Fitzmaurice will start the
first game in the first game in
the box for Condon while
Harlan's arm will be saved for
the Sunday game. f;i -
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