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GILLIAM COUNTY'S LEADING HOME PAPER
VOL 21
CONDON, OREGON, FRIDAY, DEC. 12 1913. .
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CONDON GUN CLUB HOLDS ANNUAL
MEETING; RE-ELECTSOLD OFFICERS
Club Ii in Good Condition Finer
daily . Will Send Delegate to
Portland Contention China
Pheasants Doing Well.
The annual election of officers
of the Condon Gun Club was held
Monday night in the assessor's
office in the court house. Sills
against the Club were audited
and ordered paid. The report of
tho treasurer was read and ac
cepted. This report shows that,
the Club is in excellent financial
condition, with all debts paid,
$34.80 on hand, two good traps
and a large supply of blue rocks.
There are now forty members in
Rood standing. The officers of
last year were re-elected ar fol
lows; A. B. Searcy president,
Chas. I!. Horner secretary and
Frank Hollcn treasurer. It was
decided that the Club should send
a delegate to the general conven
tion of gun and rod clubs which
is to be held in Portland in the
near future to discuss the situa
tion of the fish and game com
mission and other pertinent
things. Otis Campbell was
selected with A. B. Searcy as
alternate delegate. It was report
ed that the China pheasants
which were liberated in this
county several months ago are
doing very nicely and it was de
cided that the secretary report
this to the state game warden
and get more pheasants in the
spring. It was decided to hold
'another big turkey shoot on
Christmas day. The meeting
then adjourned subject to the
call of the president.
GRAIN SHIPMENTS
FROM WHEAT CITY
r-
The P. C. E. Co. shipped a car
of wheat Tuesday to Portland.
The Farmers Union billed out
a car of wheat Tuesday.
The P. C. E. Co. shipped a car
of wheat Saturday to Portland.
A car of wheat was shipped to
Portland Saturday by the Arl
ington Lumber Co.
A turkey shoot will be held at
Eightmile cn December 20th.
Some of the members of the
local gun club expect to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer of
Wheeler County were guests at
the Hurlburt home Sunday. They
went, to Portland Monday.
A country dance was enjoyed
at Phil Starr's home Monday
night. Dancing started at seven
o'clock in the evening and lasted
until seven Tuesday morning.
Wm. Gross is among those who
renewed their subscriptions last
week. He reports that his wheat
crop is looking very good and ex
pects a big crop next year.
The bazaar given by the Con
gregational Ladies Aid Saturday
was a SDlendid success. Ap
proximately $55 worth of good s
were sold and a small supply is
left on hand for the next sale
Alice Cuendet slipped and
fell on the sidewalk, Tuesday
evening and sustained a fracture
of the left arm. Drs. Miller and
Wilhelm, who were called, report
that the break is not a serious
one and the patient is getting
alopg very nicely.
Mr. and Mrs. W. 0. Echols
eft yesterday, morning for
Newport, Virginia, the former's
old home. They will spend the
winter there and return to Con
don in the early spring.
CONDENSED NEWS
OF LOCAL INTEREST
John Smith went to Portland
Tuesday,
Mrs. Fred May went to Port-J
and Tuesday.
J. A. McMorris was an Arling
ton visitor Tuesday on business.
Ja?. Couture went to Portland
Tuesday.
John Brace of Olex was in this
city Monday on business.
J. VV. Lillie was over Monday
from Mayville on business.
Mrs. W. J. Miller left Tuesday
morning for Silverton to visit
relatives.
The Arlington Lumber Co.
ship ped a car of cattle and hogs
Sunday to Portland.
LESSlMAlLPOX
IN ARLINGTON
The spread of smallpox in Arl
ington has been checked. There
are only a few cases and as these
are under strict quarantine there
is little danger of any more.
Mrs. Minerva Montague left
this week for Halfway, Ore.
where she goes to visit her
daughter, Mrs. Spaulding. Her
husband will join her a little
ater and they will spend Christ
mas there.
Clyde E. Turner and family of
Montana are visiting relatives
and expect to be here the most
of the winter. Mr. Turner is a
grandson of Wm. McKinney.
Mrs. Gray who has been visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. Tubbs,
has returned to her home at
Walla Walla.
Sherman Hamblen and family.
who have been away visiting for
a few days, are back.
F. M. Crews and J. W. Oliver
of Blalock were in Arlington the
first of the week on business.
Jas. Larch of fclem was in Arl
ington the first of the week visit
ing relatives.
Ray Moore was over from
Spray the first of the week.
Bruce Hull, a graduate of the
local high school, has discontin
ued his course at the University
of Pennsylvania and is now in
Canada.
Chester Titus and wife left
Wednesday morning for Port
land. Mrs. Titus will remain
there for some time on account
of her health.
I. B Carter of Mayville was in
this city the latter part of last
week and made a call at this
office to renew his subscription.
Mr. Catter who is one of the
good farmers of the Mayville
neighborhood, says he will not
have to haul his wheat to Condon
many more years but will ship
it on the railroad from Mayville.
CLIMATE IN GILLIAM
IS GOOD AS THE BEST
That the climate of Gilliam
county is second to none is shown
by the fact that residents
of Arlington have "been eat
ing grapes from the vines up
until December7th. Nasturtiums
and other flowers have been in
bloom there until within the last
few days. No cold weather has
yet been experienced in any part
of the county. ,
FIRST CORN SHOW
n h n n M n tt
GILLIAM COUNTY
The first corn shew ever held
in Oregon closed at, Pendleton
Saturday night and was pronounc
ed an immense success. Several
of the best prizes were won by
farmers of this section of the
state and three were brought
home to Gilliam county. J. F.
Deos won the prize for the best
ITEMS FROM CONDON PUBLIC SCHOOL
Miss Searcy is now teachn
the seventh grade while Miss
Bouchet is teaching the ' eight
grade for the present.
The champion reader for tuis
week is Kleoh Austin.
Last Friday afternoon the
seventh and eight grades had a
spelling and ai it hmetic match.
Ester Noble of the eighth grade
won in the spelling match.
Herman Bouchet of the eight
grade in the arithmetic match.
The seventh grade has been
writing a little story about old
heirlooms to see who would get
the prize which is a box of home
made candy. Mable Hoskins
won the prize with a very pretty
BRIEF NEWS NOTES ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW
Chas. F. Kennedy went to
Pendleton yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Fagan
re-
turned to Clem Monday.
C. O. Portwood and wife
left yesterday morning for the
springs.
R. W. Cooke went to Portland
Wednesday to attend the stock,
show.
F. T. Hurlburt returned Mon
day night from a business trip
to Portland.
S. B. Couture shipped a car of
hogs to Portland Tuesday. There
were eighty-e'ght in the car and
they averaged 191 pounds each.
F. M. Pliter went to Portland
Wednesday. He drove his auto
to The Dalles and shipped it
from there by boat.
ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT
We Will Give Away Absolutely Free
$40 HOWARD WATCH
.....24-PIECE SILVER SET
Each 50c Purchase Entitles The Buyer to One
Chance on the Watch and Each 50c Purchase
of Ladies' Goods Entitles Buyer to One Chance
on the 24-Piece Silver Set.
Ira Bennet :: 0lex,0reg.
GILLIAM MAN HEAD
OF FARMERS UNION
J. D. Brown of Arlington was
f 'iccp( v.renulfnt nf the Farmers
. r -
Union for Oregon at the recent
convention at La Grande. Mr.
vivnu nao ivi J cat a uiu
study of rural conditions and the
methods of bettering them and
it is safe to Bay that no more
able man could be foucd in the
state to head the Union.
GREAT SUCCESS
, H K M . . . X .
CORN WINS PRIZES
j ear of corn of any variety. It
j scored 04 1 points. The first
'prize for the best acre of corn
Jgrownbyaboy under sixteen
', was won by Lawrence May of
; this city and the second prize in
this contest was won by Nate
Brown also of Condon.
story of a penny.
The Condon Public School is
planning to have Christmas ex
ercises in all classes and all
parents are invited to attend.
Emmett Hoskins is spelling
one hundred words a day to get
a prize and we think he will get
it.
The new scholar is:- 1st
grade Merle McCarty.
Two of our fourth grade pupils
Geraldine Hansen and Lester
Harrison have gone away.
The pupils that have relumed
are: Lola Keizur and Mervyn
Moore.
Annie O'ltourke.
Mr. and Mrs. Ned Howland re
turned t.o Gwendolen Saturday.
Henry
Monday.
Neel went to Portland
J. W. Kirschner went to Gwen
dolen yesterday to do some sur
veying.
- A son was born on Tuesday to
Prof, and Mrs. D. W. Hammack
of this city.
Dr. Miller reports a son born
on Monday afternoon to Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Greiner.
R. W. Tate shipped a carload
of hogs Monday to the Portland
market. There were eighty-one
in the car.
Sheriff Mon'ague went to Salem
Sunday with L. V. Green whom
be delivered to the warden of the
penitentiary.
iPAV YflUR TAXES
a AAA A VV1I AAAAAAHJ XS A KJkJ IlUill
APRIL 1ST; NO REBATE NEXT YEAR
Lester Goff. formerly of Lone
Rock, who was recently convict
ed in Grant county of stealing
cattle was given an' indetermi
nate sentence of from one to ten
years in the peniteniary.
DEEDS RECORDED
DURING THE WEEK
Colby Clarke et ux to Wm.
Pratt, 3 lots in Condon.
John W. Phillips et ux
Fred Phillips, 160 acres.
State of Oregon to Jobe
Lewis, 80 acres.
State of Oregon to Cleva
B.
to
Chamberlain, 40 acres.
Balfour, Guthrie Trust Co.
to
S. B. Barker. 1200 acres.
Mrs. M. Fitzmaurice returned
Tuesday evening from The
Dalles.
Geo. Crum has moved to Olex
and has ordered the Globe sent
him there.
A letter from Leo Shelley who
is at Phoeniz, Arizona contains
the information that Mrs Shelley
is improving slowly.
NEWSY NOTES
OF LONE ROCK
Fog and wind are the order of
the day in this vicinity.
John Madden Sr. was in town
Monday.
A son was born on Tuesday to
Mr. and Mrs. Memphis Johnson.
Dixie McCraw, Lone Rock's
new marshal. is doing a land
office business these days. On
Monday afternoon three local
men were in the cooler.
' Mrs. W. C. Conroy is visiting
her ' parents, Mr. and Mrs
Morgan Ward.
W. H. Harrison has moved his
family to town for school pur
poses.
Owing to the sudden change
of the weather, almost everyone
is suffering from a cold.
G. T. Millen of Missouri is visit
ing his aunt, Mrs. D. C. Andrews.
Willis Robinson has , made
proof on his homestead near
Fossil and is again living in Lone
Rock.
Grange met as usual on Satur
day. In addition to the usual
business election of officers was
held.
Mrs. Lee Byers arrived this
week from Haven, Kansas and
expects to remain through the
winter.
Mrs. J. M. Willians spent Sun
day at the Murphy home.
W. R. Roberts ha3 been feeling
quite poorly for some time past, j
Mrs. Emmet Moore and Mrs.
J. J. Kelly were guests of Mrs.
M. J. Yarbrough Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Lillie of
Mayville are visiting the latter's
parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Goff.
George Perry was in from
Rock Creek Monday.
Jack Burke returned from
Heppner the latter part of last
week.
Messrs. E. R. and E. H. Car
Denter of Heppner were here
Friday.
George Crawford left Tuesday
for Arlington where he will
spend the winter.
REFflRE NEXT
Penalty Start on April First and
Increases With Each Month
Will Become Delinquent After
September First.
Taxes must be paid next year
before the first day of April, in
stead of the first Monday, if the
taxpayer does r.ot want to be
penalized. Also there will be no
rebate on taxes no matter how
early they be paid. On all taxes
not paid before Apr I first a
penalty of one per cent will be
added, if not paid before May
first two per cent, June three
per cent, July four and August
five. If the taxpayer pays only
one half before April first, he
will be penalized on the ether
half in the above raito. All tax
es unpaid on September first
become delinquent and on these
a penalty of ten pen cent will be
charged as well as twelve per
cent interest until paid. The
county treasurer will collect the
taxes up to September first
and all delinquent taxes will then
be turned ever to the sheriff for
collection.
The minimum temperature re
gistered by the government
thermometer so far this fall has
been 21 degrees above zero and
thi3 only - one night. For tie
majority of the days for the past
two weeks the temperature has
been close to the freezing point.
J. D. Estes, formerly a re
sident of Condon, came up from
Portland Monday to attend to
some property interests which he
still holds here.
SUNDAY SERVICES '
AT CONDON CHURCHES
Congregations! ChurcB.
Sunday School at 10 a..m. Di
vine service at 11 a. m. and 7:30
p. m. Pastor R. M. Jones will
preach both morning and evening
Themes The Translation of
Enoch.
Junior Endeavor at 3:00 p. m.
All are welcome to the services.
Fremont Ward went to Port
land Wednesday.
Geo. McKay was
Waterman yesterday.
over frcm
Francis V. Galloway, an at
torney of The Dalles, was in
Condon Tuesday evenirg.
H. I. Sawyer is back in Con
don again after an absence of
almost exactly seven years. .
D. R. Parker, G. W. Parman,
L. G. Parman and Otis Campbell
went goose hunting Saturday.
It is reported they got four geese.
District Attorney Weinke is
using a new Koyai typewriter.
It is the latest model and is the
best typewriter ever put on the
market.
Dr. Cathev of Portland arrived
in Condon Tuesday evening to
look over this field with a view
of locating. He has definitely
decided to locate here and has
engaged offices in the Condon
National Bank buildirg. After
leaving college he practiced for
some time before jioiiig post
graduate work in New York and.
then practiced with his brother
in Portland. He comes well recommended.