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THE CONDON GLOBE. 3 4 2- IIITERE5IG B OF WEEK BRIEFLY TOLD Personals about People You Know Gathered by the Wide Awake Newi Reporters oi the Condon Globe S. G. Potter went to Portland Monday. L E. Fowler went to Heppner Wednesday. Mrs. Viola McKinnon went to The Dalles Wednesday. Jake Larcn was up from Clem last Saturday. Fred Dall shipped a carload of horses Monday to Portland. J. A. Richmond went to Port land Monday. David Ilerrold of Mikkalo was a Condon visitor the first of the week. Auditor Longmell of the Am erican Express Co., was in the city Tuesday evening. An Eastern Oregon club has been organized at the Oregon Agricultural College. T. Womeldorf left Wednesday morning for a week's visit in Portland and Vancouver. Geo. McKay passed through this city Saturday on hi9 way from Waterman to Portland. Ed Stewart of r ossu was in this city Monday. He went to Portland Tuesday. Frank Anderson was on the sick list the latter part of last week but is again able to be cut. George Gibbons returned on Saturday to his home at Shel- burn after visiting a few days in this city. Mrs. L. M. Schilling returned Monday evening from a visit at Silverton and other places in western Oregon. Chas. II. Horner and wife re tut ned home Monday from an extended visit with relatives in Turner. Mike Dukek left Monday for Albany to look at a stallion for which he is thinVing of trading his stallion, Emir. C. W. Harris was among the Condon delegates at the Sunday School convention which met in Arlington on Wednesday and Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Weinke went to Spokane Saturday. Mr Weinke expects to return about a week from tomorrow but Mrs W. will remain several weeks longer. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Cantwell went . to Portland Wednesday The latter, whose health has not been good lately, will go on to aeattle to remain until spring Mr. Cantwell will return Monday A. C. Shireman, brother of N. H. who lives northwest of town, arrived in this city Sat urday. He left with his mother Monday morning for Portland and Spokane. F. T. Hurlburt went to Arl ington Tuesdy to attend a ban! meeting. He also attended i meeting of the Mason, lodge at iieppner and will transact busl ness in Portland before he re turns. Erwin Keeney Handsaker of Tacoma, a nephew of J. B. Keen ey of this city, was killed Jan. 30 by the Shasta Limited near Woodland, Washington. He was rodman with a surveying party. 0 The Honor 3ssm& SYNOPSIS tn th far northwest the wit of John Cummin dlta, bavins baby Mtllu. Younf Jaa Thoraau oonwa from I ha Uar rn Land with hla violin. Mukaa. tha Craa, bad onca aplad en an Englishman paaplnn thrown tba Cummlna window. Mud had alaln th Enfllahman. Jan makaa hi bom with Cummin, and tha two raaolva to bring up tha baby In civ Ultfd tnannar. Tba raantlon of a mission ary angara Jan. Jaan da Gravols, hontar, la coming to las Haln with hla Indian brkla, A mis. aonary la coming alao to tha big caribou oit. For coma unnamad wrong of th paal Jan raaolva to kill th mlsalonary. CHAPTER III. Th Caribou Carnival. TUB education of tba llltl Me llsse began at onca, while tba poet was still deserted. It tie imo. Oral of all. wltb Uaballa. alia stured dumbly and wltb stuttered tallti at these two creature who told bur of wonderful things lo tba up- bring or child-things of wblcb aba bad oarar ao mucb aa beard rumor be fore. Uar toother Instincts wr aroua ad, but wltb Crea atotclim aba niada oo betrayal of tbem. Tba leather tanned Immobility of bar face underwent no wblt of change when Cunimlna solemnly declared that tba little Mellsse waa about to begin teetblug. She aat grimly and watched them In alienee when between tbum upon a bearskin atretcbed on tba floor the j tried vainly to persuade Mellsse to use ber feet. Weeka poaaed and Williams came la from tbe eoutbern forests. Mukee fol lowed blm from tba edge of tbe Bar ren. Old Per-ee. partly Eskimo, re turned from tba Eskimo people, three quarter atarred and wltb balf of bla dog atolen. From tbe north. east, weat and eouth tba post's fur ranger trailed back. Ufa waa resumed. There waa aoftneaa In tba air, a growing warmth in tba midday sun. Tbe day of tba big change were near. And when tbey came, Jobn Cummlna and Jan Tboreau, of aU tbe factor'a people, wore patches at tbelr knee. Una afternoon In tba begl- ulng of tbe mush aoow a long team of raktab ninleuiutea, driven by an Aliinbaaca French-Canadian, raced wildly Into tba clenrlng about tbe poat Tbe entire poat rushed out to meet tba newcomer, lie waa Jenu da Gravola, tba moat Im portant man In tbe Fond da Lac coun try, for whose goodwill tbe company paid a small bonus. That be bad made a record catcb even tbe children knew by tbe also of tba packa on bla aledge aud by tbe awagger In bla walk. Uravota waa usually one of tba last to appear at tbe annual gathering of tbe wilderness fur gatherers. Be waa a big man In reputation aa be waa small In stature. He waa one of the few or bla kind wbo bad developed persoual vanity along wltb unerring cunnluR In tbe waya of tba wild. Ev erybody liked Uravota, for be bad a big soul to him and waa aa fearless aa a lynx, and be liked everybody, Includ ing himself. lie explained bla early arrival by an nouncing In a nonchalant manner that after be bad given bla oialemutea a day's rest be waa going oo to Fort Churchill to bring back wife, lie hinted wltb a puuctuntlng crack of his whip that be would make a second visit and a more Interesting one at just about the time wben tbe trappers wore there In force. Jun Tboreau listened to blm. bunch ing bis shoulders a little at tbe other's manifest air of Importance, in turn the French Canadian scrutinized Jnn good unturedly. Every hour after the balf breed'a ar rival quickened the pulse of expectan cy at the post. For alx months It bad been a small and solitary unit of life In tbe heart of a big desolation. Tbe first snow bad smothered It tn a lone liness that waa almost the loneliness of desertion. Wltb that first snow be gan the harvest days of tbe trapnere. Now the cbange waa at band. It waa like tbe breath of eprlng to the awakening wilderness. The forest people were moving. Trap lines were being broken, shacks abandoned, aledge dogs put to harness. On- the day that Jean de Uravola left for Hudson bay tbe company's supplies came In from Fort Churchill seven toboggans drawn by Eskimo dogs. Inden wltb flour and clotb. fifty pounds of beads, ammunition and a hundred otber things, to be exchanged for the furs that would Boon be In London and Paris. Fearfully Jan Tboreau ran out to meet tbe sledges. There were aeven Indians aud one white man. Jan thrust himself close to look at the white man. Be wore two revolver bolsters and carried an automatic. Unquestionably be was not a mission ary, but an agent of tbe company, well prepared- bV"carefT;le-"6o'mpa5y,a treasure. Jan burrle" back to the cabin, ilia heart bubbling with a strange Joy. "There eea no mlssloner, Mellssef he cried triumphantly, dropping be side ber, bla face glowing wltb tbe gladness of bla tidings. "Xou shall be good and beautiful. Ink her, but you shall not be baptize by mlsslonert He baa not come!" A few minutes -later Cummlna came In. One of bla bands was tornland Weedinc. ; (Ji iof the Copuriaht. 1011, bu the Bobbs Merrill Co. Those Eskimo doga art demons!" he growled. "If tbey knew bow to stand on tbelr legs they'd eat our nus kles alive. Will you help me wltb tblsr Jan waa at work In an instant ban daging tbe wounded haod. "It eea not deep," be aald, and then, without looking np, be added. "Tbe mlssloner did not come." "No." aald Cummlna shortly. "Nei ther baa tbe mall. Be la wltb that" Be did not notice tbe audden trem ble of Jan'a Oncers, nor did be see tbe startled look that shot into tbe boy's down turned eyes. Jan finished bla bandaging without betraying bla emotion and went back wltb Cummlna to tbe company's store. Tbe next morning twoCblppewayans trailed In wltb a team of mongrel curs from tbe south. Thereafter Comtnlns found but little time to devote to Me- Hsse. Tbe snow waa aoftenlng rapid' ly. and tbe daily Increasing warmth of the son hastened the movement of tbe trappers. Mukee's people tri- the western Barren lands arrived first. bringing wltb them great loads of musk ox and caribou aklns and an army of big footed, long legged Mac kenzie bounda that pulled like bones aud walled like whipped puppies wben tbe buskles and Eskimo dogs set upon them. From east and west and sooth all trails now led to the post By tbe end of tbe third day after the arrival of tbe company's supplies a babel of fighting, yelling, ceaselessly moving discord bad driven forth tbe peace and quiet In which Cummins' wife bad died. The fighting and discord were among tbe dogs, and tbe yelling waa a necessary human accompaniment Half a hundred packs, almost aa wild and aa aavage as the wolves from whom half of them possessed a strong Inheri tance of blood, were thrown suddenly luto warring confusion. There waa no cessation In tbe battle of tbe fangs. Balf a dozen battles were fought to the death each day and night Those that died were chief ly tbe eouth bred curs mixtures of mastiff. Great Dane and sheep dogs and tbe fatally alow Mackenzie bounds. let beyond all this discord and bloody strife there waa a great throb- blug human happiness a beating of honest hearts filled to overflowing wltb tbe Joys of tbe moment weld log of new friendships, a renewal of old ones, a closer union of the broth erhood that bolda together all things under tbe cold gray of tbe northern skies. There were no bickerings among the hunters. These were days of unprecedented prosperity and triumph for. tbe baby. aa tbey were for tbe company. Tbe cabin was balf filled wltb strange things, for all went to look upon tbe utile Aieusse aud gave something to her. There were polar bears' teeth, brought down by tbe little black men who In turu bod got them from tbe const people; strange gods carved from wood, bits of fur, bushy foxtails, lynx paws, dried fruits, candy bought at fabulous prices In tbe store and mask always and incessantly musk from Mukee'a people of the West Barrens. Jan bad not played upon bis violin since tbe coming of Jean de Gravols, but one evening be tuned bis strings and said to Mellsse: "U ney nave been good to you, my Mellsse. I will give them ze museefc of se vlolon." It was the big night at the post the night that is known from Athabasca to Budson bay aa tbe nlgbt ot tbe cari bou roast A week had passed, and there were no more furs bo be disposed of. In the company'a ledger each man bad received bis credit, aud tn tbe com pany'! store tbe furs were piled high and safe. Three caribou, bad been kill- ed by Per-ee and bis banters, and on this nlgbt, wben Jan took down bis violin from Its peg on tine wall, a huge Ore blazed In the open, .and on spits six Inches in diameter th caribou-were' roasting, r ; ; j The air was filled with tbesound and odor. .the. cajrnivnJibovsJheflght- Bia Snows Atsntlto IT 6STIh lng 'and 'snarling of dogs" the forest people lifted tbelr voices In wild cele bration, forgetting In this one holiday of tbe year tbe silence that tbey would carry back Into tbe solitudes wltb them. Sbiill voices rose in meaning less cries above tbe roaring of tbe fire Caribou wblps snapped fiercely. Chip pewayana, Crees. Eskimos snd breeds crowded In tbe red glare. Tbe factor1 men ahouted and aaog like mad. for tbla was the company's annual "good time" the abow that would lure many of these same men back again at tbe end of another trapping seaoon. Bugs boxes of white bread were placed near to tbe fire. A tub of real butter, brought 6.000 miles from scross tbe ses for tbe occasion, waa set oo s gun case thrown where tbe beat played upon it lo yellow glory. In a giant cop per kettle, over a smaller fire, bubbled and steamed balf a barrel of coffee. Tbe richness of tbe odors tbat drift ed tn tbe air set tbe dogs gathering upon tbelr haunches beyond tbe wait lng circle of masters, tbelr lips drip ping, tbelr fangs snapping In an eager ness tbat was not for the fieab of bat tle. And above it all tbere gleamed down a billion stars from out of th skies snd tbe aurora flung Its banners through tbe pale olgbt (Seated noon the edge ot one of the bread-Box es." Jan " began "to play7 It waa not tbe low, aweet music of Cum mins and tbe little Mellsse that be play ed now, but a wild, walling aong that he bad found In tbe autumn winds. It burst above tbe crackling fire and tbe tumult of man and dog In a weird snd savage beauty tbat bushed all ound, and Jlfe about blm became like life atruck suddenly dead. After a while bis violin sang a lower song, and sweeter; and still softer it became, and more sweet until be was playing tbat wblcb be loved moat of all tbe music that bad Oiled tbe Uttle cabin wben Cummlna' wife died. As be continued to play there came sn interruption to the silence a low re frain tbat was almost like tbat of the moanln wind. It grew beyond the tense circle of men, until a song of in flulte sadness rose from tbe throats ot a hundred dogs in response to Jan Tboreau'a violin. Cummins saw the surrounding cor don become thinner as man crushed closer to man. and be saw strained faces turned from tbe player to where the dogs sat full throated upon tbelr haunches, with tbelr beads pointed straight to the stars In the sky. "For the love of heaven, play no more of thatl" be cried in tbe boy's ear. "Play something fast" Jan lifted hla bead as It from dream. In an Instant be perceived the strange effect of bla music and bis bow raced across tbe strings of his violin in a rhythm swift and buoyant hla voice rlslns- shrill and clear in words familiar to tbem all: "Ob, carlboo-oo-oo, se cariboo-oo-oo, Ha roar on nign, Jea under la sky, j Z beef white cariboo-oo-ool "Oh, sa carlboo-oo-oo, sa carlboo-oo-eo. Ha brown an' julo" an' awcatl Ze carlboo-oo-oo ha vai polite Ha roar on high, Jea under sa aky. H ready now to coma en' eat!" Wltb yells that rose above the last words of the song Mukee and his Crees tugged at tbelr poles, and the roasted caribou fell upon tbe snow. Jan drew back and, wltb bis violin bugged un der one arm, watched tbe wild revelers as, wltb bared knives flashing in tbe firelight they crowded to the feast Williams, the factor, joined blm. "Looks like a fight doesn't It Jan? Once 1 saw a fight at a caribou roast1 "So did I." said Jan, wbo bad not taken bis eyes from tbe Jostling crowd. "It was far to the west and north," continued Williams, "beyond the Great Slave country." "Far beyond." said Jan, lifting his eyes quietly. "It was ver near to re Great Bear. For wbo you fight at se Great Bearr Tbe factor was silent and tbe mus cles of his arms grew like steel as he saw the madness in Jan's face. Sud denly be reached oat and gripped tbe boy's wrists, Jan made .no effort to evade tbe clutch. "For who you figbtr be cried again, "For who you fight at se Great Bear?" "We tried to kill a man, but he got away," said Williams, speaking so low that only Jan beard. "He was" The factor stopped. "Ze mlsslonert" panted Jan. . Tbe wild light went out of bis eyes as be stared up at Williams, and tbe softer glow wblcb came Into tbem loosened at once the factor's grip on tbe boy's wrlsjs. "Tea, the mlssloner." Jan drew back. He evaded meeting the eyes of Cummins aa be made bis way among the men. There was a new burst ot aong as Mukee and his Crees pulled down a second caribou, but tbe boy paid no attention to the fresh excitement He thrust his knife Into Its sheath and ran ran swiftly through the packs of dogs fighting and snarling over the scraps that had been thrown to tbem, past Uaballa, who was watching the savage banquet around the big fire, and Into the little cabin to Mellsse. Here he flung himself ,upon his knees, and for the first time: be caught the baby in bis arms, holding her close to blm and.rocklng her .to and fro as be. JOKE ADVISES SHEEP OWNERS TO HOLD WOOL Secretary of Oregon Woolgroweri Aiiociation Issues Statement Ttll'rg Sheepmen to Wait (or Higher Prices Baker, Feb. 12.-John G. Hoke, wool- secretary of the Oregon growers' association has a statement to the local growers advising them not to contract their crops at the pref er) t time, predicting better prices a little later in the season. Mr. Hoke states that he is in receipt of advices constantly from the Condon Dray & Transfer Line F. E. BEN'NET, Proprietor Light and Heavy Hauling Hauling Trunks and all Job work CONDON, Phone "One of the greatest mechanical gen iuses of all times" a world .famed maker of a. high priced car so refers to Henry Ford whose great accom plishment is the Ford car. You'll want the mechanically perfect Ford this season and to avoid disappoint ment you should get it now. "Everybody isdriving a Ford. "-Over 200,000 in service. New prices runabout SS25 tour ing car $600-delivery car $625town car $800 with all equipment, f.o.b. Detroit Getpar ticulars from Dr. L. L. Taylor, local agent W. 8. Farr- G. FARRBROS. Meat Market : , : The Finest of Fresh and Cured Meats Ol ail H1HU3 airrajo in Stock Right Prices :: GOO O pCREAT slauchtersale? EVERYTHING NOW IN STOCK TO BE SOLD , or ni7T rrilT LO rLI IE.11 1 From December 7th I will have in my show window a daily bargain at less than cost. It will be replaced bv another as soon as it is sold Watch My Window and Save Money. Open Until 9 in The Evening .:. WILLIAMS THE JEWELER .:. o o -: coo OEsIOISi!ni010iIIIlIS13ISI3iOIi.vIIftaIitr m-m mm m " .T T ! 213 L SL ju mz t,-! mm bia mM mt mmi i fcH Lai K-lI 3 U i iiiM mm win F ii. J I In J fl Si M ilnS In j ill in POOL KL1NICS LUNCHES AT CONFECTIONERY wool markets of the country that indicate a good price if the growers do not get in too big a hurry to ell. BROTHERS MEET HERE AFTER 28 10NG YEARS Jas. Ogilvy of Seattle arrived in this city Saturday evening to visit his brother, Alex. This was th first time in twenty-eight years that the brothers had seen ea?h other. ATTEND SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION Mesdames M. 0. Clarke and M. C. Clarke attended the Sun day School convention in Arling ton Wednesday and Thursday. a specialty. No. 10X OREGON M. Farr E. C. Farr Grocery : : Bakery pIW The Famous RED RIBBON Canned Goods Finest of Lunch Goods sxasn , Bread and Pastries Prompt Delivery aaza COO Al i At?l7 Except on Diamonds Urr and Sterling Goods ooo I I I 3.1 O ii ii l P i sin III W II PHI B ill I I II Mil II III il III li il 1 " " nil i t nl BTi Mi it Tr T mif t - nr t BILLIARDS PASTIME ALL HOURS OIGARS . : - -j 11 t f 1 (Continued on next page.)
