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    CONDON GRAIN MARKETS TODAY: WHEAT; CLUB 73, f ORTY-FOLD 73, BLUESTEM 85; BARLEY $20.00
Six Hundred Subscriber
in Gilliam County.
The Leading Newspaper
of Gilliam County.
VOL 24
CONDON, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1913.
NO. 8
0-W. R. & N. SURVEYORS START SURVEY OF CONDON BRANCH R. R. EXTENSION
' .
ENGINEERS TO
MAKE REPORT
ON COST OF
LINET0F0SS1L
Crew Arrived in Town Yeiterday
and Start Survey in Morning
Headed toward the
Wheeler County
Seat
Surveyors of the Oregon
Washington Railroad & Naviga
tion Co. arrived in Condon yes
terday to begin tl.e survey of
the railroad extension from Con
don to Fossil. The crew in look
ing over the country along the
proposed route and tomorrow
work will start from this city.
This survey is to determine
the cost of the work and upon
the reports of the engineers will
rest the probability of the con
struction of the tone. It is un
derstood, however, that if the
expense will not be too great
the line will be built to Fossil.
The officials of the O-W. R. &
N. Co. consider the proposed
Condon extension ns one of the
most important projects- in the
development o Oregon and if
conditions justify they will au
thorize early construction work.
This survey, however, is the
first step toward actual con
struction. STRUCK FINE FLOW
OF WATER ON THE
HERROLD RANCH
H. II. Wilburn completed a
well on the David Herrold place
below Mikkalo this week. A
strong flow of water was ob
tained at the depth of 110 feet
The well shows the indication of
an artesian flow says Mr. Wil
burn. Follow the crowds
Stephenson sale!
to the
The Globe will print any kind
of posters, for shows, dances and
and sales. The attractive . kind
at lowest prices.
MAYVILLE LOCALS
Mayville, May 15, (Special)
Miss Grace Chandler closed a
very successful four-months'
term of school at Badger on Fri
day and retnrned to her home in
Portland on Tuesday.
The dance given here Satur
day evening was largely attend
ed and all report a splendid time.
Wm. Read and family of Cor-
vallis are visiting the latter's
parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Ed
wards.
Miss Maggie Stockdale visited
at the F. A. Stinchfield home on
Sunday.
Mrs. William Wallace, who has
been very sick, is rapidly recov
ering. Mrs. Laura McConnell
has been taking her place at the
hotel,
Misses Lctha Thomas and
Maggie Stockdale were visitors
at the John McConnel home on
Tuesday. ,
R. E. Graham and wife were
the guests of F. B. Moore the
first of the week.
C. A. Waterhouse preached to
a crowded house Sunday fore
noon and afternoon. ;
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ITEMS
Jos. Kirschner went to Willow
Creek Tuesday.
Alex Hardie went to The
Dalles Tuesday on business.
Mihs Beatrice Snell of Arling
ton visited relatives here the
latter part of last week.
Mrs. J. T. Fagan of Clem and
Miss Florence Prevost attended
the high school play here Sat
urday night
Come and look! No charge.
Stephenson sale May 17. Open
Sunday,
Mrs. J. I. Munden returned on
Saturday from Washington
where she has been for the past
three weeks taking care of her
mother during her fatal illness.
Spokane man has 940,000 mort
gage on property In that city
which he wishes to trade for
wheat land in Gilliam county.
Mortgage stands for 20 years and
bears interest at 6 per cent
making an annuual income of
$2400. tall at the Globe office.
MORE NEEDLESS
EXPENSE FOR
THE TAXPAYERS
The corridor of the county
jail is to be lined with steel
to keep the bold, bad men,
incarcerated therein, from
burrowing through to free
dom. For this the taxpayers
of this county are to pay
950. The county court so
orders. While we are put
ting in improvements why
not put a ferry across Thir
tymile and install a burglar
alarm sytem to prevent any
one stealing the cement
walk at the high school?
There is just as much com
mon sense in these as in
lining the jail corridor.
There are now two cells
in the jail in which to con
fine prisoners and there is
no chance of anyone getting
out of these. .When the
prisoners are allowed the
freedom of the corridor for
their necessary exercise it
is supposed thai the officers
are watching them or at
least .know just what they
are doing.
Taxes were high this year,
next year they will be
higher, too high to have
any of the taxpayer's money
wasted in useless expend
itures. Also there was no
formal call for bids on this
job, another poor business
policy to which the county
court seems to be addicted.
Still there were four bids
entered as follows: Jamie
son & Marshall, 650; W.
B. Kinsley, 781.46; Norris
Safe & Lock Co. of Port
land, $950; and Mosler Safe
Co. of Portland, 1050.
There were two bids below
the price at which the con
tract was given. Still the
contract was given to a
Portland firm, which has
never paid a cent of taxes
in thi3 county, in prefer
ence to the local , bidders.
It is anything but good busi
ness. .
LOCAL S
MISS TIME DAMS
GILLIAM COUNTY POPULARITY
CONTEST, MISS DOROTHY
ROGERS SECOND
Glooe's Subscribers Number Over 1103 at Remit of Great Contest
Miu Dams Receives Grand Prize 'of $100.09 in Gold, Miss
Rogers $40.00 in Gold-Beautiful Gold Rinf Presented
Miss Marie Summers, Third in. Contest, as an
Appreciation of Her Splendid Work
Miss Tillie Dams, Condon -- 306,550
Miss Dorothy Rogers, ;,,, - 245,100
Miss Marie Summers, " - -239,500
Judges
das. D. Burns, A. S. Hollen, Geo. O. Dukek
This was the standing of the
contestants when the Globe's
Popularity Contest was brought
to a close this morning and the
judges, after going over the sub
set iptions and counting the votes
awarded the first prize to Miss
Tillie Dams, and the second to
OLEX NEWS OF
THE PAST WEEK
Olex, May 15, (Special Corres
pondence to the Condon Globe)
James Boyce was a Condon
visitor on Monday.
Carl Gregory left for Wheeler
county the first of the week. .
Miss Lulah Mobley spent Sat
urday and Sunday at her . home
on Rock Creek.
W. S. Wade left Tuesday for a
few days visit to Portland.
Ralph Strode and wife were
Arlington visitors on Friday last.
Gertrude Martin returned on
Monday from Portland,
J. B. Wiseman of Rock Creek
waa a business visitor Saturday.
J. H. Wood of Arlington was
an Olex visitor on Saturday.
G. W. Marvel returned last
week from a visit to his daugh
ter, Mrs. Atkinson of Ashland.
Fred McKinney of Rock Creek
was in town on Friday last.
Lester Wade and F. T. Hurl
burt passed through town on
Tuesday.
S. M. Wood was a business
visitor Monday and Tuesday. .
S. C. Dodson of Clem wa3 in
town Monday,
Prince Lucai left Wednesday
morning for Spokane.
Mrs. J. A. Randall of Condon
came down Monday and is visit
ing at the home of H. D. Randall.
DEEDS FILED
THE LAST WEEK
Flora C. Joy and others to
Edward Dunn 150 acres, $2500.
Joe Blosser to T. E. Edwards
160 acres.
Homer B. McDaniel to J. G.
Lawler 160 acres.
W. Lord and others to Fanny
McEachern lot in Condon $150.
NOTICE The Sunday School
of Mikkalo will give an ice cream
social at the school house Satur
day night, May 24th. A good
program will be presented by
the school. Everyone invited.
WINS FIRST IN
Miss Dorothy Rogers. Although
no third prize was offered it was
decided, in view of the good
work accomplished by Miss
Marie Summers, to give her 'a
prize also. As a result of the
contest the Globe now has over
1100 subscribers on the list
GOOSEBERRY
PEOPLE BUSY
Gooseberry, May 14, (Special)
Most of the farmers are busy
plowing these days. The wheat
is very backward owing to the
cold weather this spring.
The home of Mr. and Mrs.
Vern Jackson was gladdened by
the arrival of a boy born on Sat
urday evening; mother and baby
doing fine.
After being under the careful
treatment of Dr. Twitchell of
Portland for several weeks, Mrs.
(J. f , Warner of Gooseberry re
turned home this week. She
made many friends while there
who hated to lose her but Port
land's loss is our gain.
Henry Moore of Rock Creek
visited at the home of C. F.
Warner Sunday.
Everybody is in the chicken
business in this section and Con
don will soon be overrun with
frys.
WILL ATTEND 1.0. O F.
GRAND LODGE AT
MEDFORD
J as. Cooke went to Portland
Saturday to remain a week be
fore going on to Medford to at
tend Grand Lodge of the I. O.O.
F. W. A. Darling will also
attend as a delegate from the
local lodge.
ROCK
LOSES
TO ARLINGTON CUBS
Arlington, May 15, (Special) -The
ball game last Sunday be
tween the Rock Creek juniors
and the Arlington cubs on the
Arlington diamond was won by
the cubs by the score of 9 and 31.
Are you coming to the P. H.
Stephenson sale? if you need
anything, you can get it cheap.
The Globe gives all the news.
F. E. EDWARDS & CO.'
REAL ESTATE FIRM
READY FOR BUSINESS
"We wish to announce that
the Real Estate firm of F. E.
Edwards & Co. is now ready for
businea. The office on the
ground floor of the First National
Bank building is jiot completly
furnished, but enough so that
business can be transacted with
out further delay, and in the
meantime "fitting up" for a
complete Real Estate. Insurance
and Grain buying office will pro
ceed with alacrity.
The partnership is composed
of P. H. Stephenson and F. E.
Edwards, and they respectfully
invite your patronage. Any
business that comes under the
head of Buying, Selling or Trad
ing of Real Estate or Business
chances or, Investments, Fire
Insurance or Loans, will te done
for you on a strictly legitimate
commission basis.
The company is going to work
for Condon and Gilliam County,
and in addition all the district of
which Condon is the metropolis.
For the upbuilding of the towns
and for the increasa in values of
town property and land which is
so evidently deserved.
You can assist us in this by
dropping into the office when in
town or, by mailing us the name
of some one back east or in Ca
nada who you think would be in
terested in this country. We
will send them dependable liter
ature about Gilliam county and.
in addition, will write them a
good descriptive letter at your
dictation if you wish and will
include any personal remarks you
may care to send.
We wish to call your attention
to the fact that we still have
those good lots to sell at Warren1
ton-Astoria, the mouth of the
Columbia river. It is assured
as a seaport and no better spe
culation exists on Earth today
than this. We all know how
easy it is to look backward
then. why .not look ahead Ten
years or Fifteen years even?
That's the way those before us
made their wealth. , A few dol
lars down and an easy monthly
payment will do the work.. You
cannot lose and you have every
possible chance of making "Big
Money. Both members of this
firm own property there and it
is not for sale. Call at the office
and let us tell you about it.
We have the "Phoenix" and
the "German Americaa" Fire
Insurance accounts. They paid
$6,000,000.00 loses in the San
Francisco fire without a murmur.
We will write your insurance in
these companies and, you will
know that you are insured. We
have growing grain Insurance
that takes care of your grain in
sacks and in the warehouse, also
Automobile insurance and, we
hope to have HAIL insurance
all in the same two companies.
Get in touch with us by letter
or phone. We are on the' ground
floor of the First National Bank
building and -our phone number
is 33. Respectfully yours,
F. E. EDWARDS & CO.
NORTH END GETS
; PLENTY OF MOISTURE
'
Arlington, .May 15, Special
The rains of the past week has
been making everyone in this
end of the county- smile as it
looks like a big crop this year.
LISTOF JURORS
FOR JUNE TERM
CIRCUIT COURT
Following is the list of jurors
chosen for the June term of the
circuit court: David Cantwell,,
E. B. Schomp, J. B. Lester, J no.
Dysart, B. F. Greiner, James
Larch, F. A. Bennett Louis E.
Fowler, H. Greenfield, P. J.
Mulkey, William Gross, H.C.
Ochse, J. N. Pointdexter, F. C.
Greiner, Jay Crenshaw, S. B.
Couture, Chas. R. I wan, A. L.
Huff.IL F. Ellis, L L.Montague,
B. A. Hollen, F. E. Bennett. J.
C. Holebos, EmmettCooney.Bert
Cooner, J. D. Burns, EarJ Myers,
Polk McPhersori.Sam McGilvray,
George Parsons, and G. M.
Blakely.
MAYVILLE FAIR PEOPLE
TO MEET MONDAY ON
FAIR BUSINESS
The directors of the Mayville
Fair will meet on Monday, May
19th, at 10 o'clock to decide on
discontinuing the fair and to
dispose of ah business in a legal
manner, .They will also decide
at that time whether or not they
will join with the Tri-Connty
Fair. :: ,
STORK PAYS SEVERAL
VISITS TO THIS COUNTY
Dr. Donnelly reports that : the
stork called on May 10th at the
home of John Hetzler and left a
fine baby girl.
Dr. Miller reports a ; boy born
yesterday to the wife of Jas.
Knight.
LADIES AID SHOW
THURSDAY NETS $42
' The Ladies Aid of the Cong,
church cleared $42 at the enter
tainment last night. The Aid
wishes to thank Mr. Johnson,,
who donated his services and the
use of his picture machfne, and .
also to thank all of those who
took part in the program. "
LATEST HAPPENINGS
FROM ARLINGTON
Arlington, May 14, Special
John Zwald of the Blalock
country left Monday for his old
home in Pennsylvania to visit his
parents. This is his first visit
home in seven years and he ex
pects to return in about a month.
Edgar Irby, Theo Christensen,
Miss Esther Cox and Miss Lulah
Mobley made a trip out to Olex
Sunday to visit at the Mobley
ranch and returned the same
evening.
Mrs. C. J. Ames left for Col
fax, Wn., the last week to be at
the bedside of her mother who
is quite ill. As this issue goes to
press her mother is improving.
Jesse Dms of Willow Creek
made a couple of trips to Arling
ton this week and hauled out
some lumber to improve
house.
Walter Pope was in the
from Cecil Morday.
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