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About Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 26, 1913)
The Right Kind of Advertising Is Duslnesa Insurance. Insure Yojra oy Gilliam County With Cheap I,andn, An Excellent Climate and Good School System Thli County Often Grvat Op portunlty to All llorncavukera VOL 24 Man Killed in ROY SNYDER MEETS DEATH IN RUNAWAY j "Vhlle hauling water with a ' four-horse team toSmythe Bros.' 'shul'P camps, Hoy Snyder was 4atantly killed Saturday in a runaway. He filled his tanks in Arlington and when about two miles from town up on top of the hill the horses became frighten ed and unmanageable. Mr. Sny dor was thrown from the seat in front of the wheels. His neck was broken and his chest crush ed. The remains were shipped to Tennessee for interment His parents are still living back there. ABOUT CONDON PEOPLE Al Collins went to The Dalles Tuesday. Elgin Myers renewed his sub scription to the Globe this week. II. K. West has moved to town for the winter. 0. II. Marble went to Van couver Wednesday to spend Christmas. Robt. Fitzmnurice came up from Eugene Saturday to spend the holidays at his home. Misses Ruth Twohy and Alta Portwood went .o Portland Tues day to remain during the holidays. C E. G. Selby and family of Pine Itidge went to Vancouver Sunday f A 1 1 A t 10 spena me nouuays witn re latives and friends. LOUIS CASE GOKBEYOND Louis Case passed away at his home in Arlington Sunday and his funeral was held Monday from the Methoditit church. He had been a sufferer from tuber culohis for years and came to Arlington a little over a year ago with the hope of obtaining relief. He was fifty-eight years of age and is survived by sev eral children. Miss Ariel McQueen went to Portland Wednesday. C. L. Ashbaugh of Lost Valley was in Condon Tuesday. Ed Leisi went to Salem Wed nesday to spend the holidays. Miss Miriam Keeney went to Olex Wednesday to spend the holidays at her home. Bill Inglesby is in Portland and writes to have the Globe changed to his address there. Joe Miller is back in his old town, Brooklyn, N. Y., and writes to have the Globe chang ed to his address then. He iays he is anxious to get all the news from Condon. Mrs. R. M. Rogers gave an en joyable dinner to a number of invited guests last Sunday after noon, the occasion being the thirty-second wedding anniver sary of her parents, Mr.and Mrs. H. N. Anderson. Runaway . CONDENSED NEWS OF CONDON AND VICINITY Nathan Nott of Olex 'as in this city for a few days this week. The Farmers Union Bhipped a car of wheat Wednesday to Port land. Quite a number of cutters and sleds were in use this week. Several sleighriding parties have been reported. John E. Crymes, a missionary of the American Sunday School Union, was in Condon a few days this week. Mixtla, Mexico, has a tree, the trunk of which is 145 feet in cir cumference. It mifcht be well for Huerta to hide behind it Misses Gertrude and Lena Shannon and Messrs. John Dunn and Lee Shannon went to Port land Wednesday to remain dur ing the holidays. laniTvalOes inthiscounty showadvance There are 772,010 acres of land in Gilliam county. Every dollar added to the value of this land makes Gilliam county worth $772,040 more. Ten dollars per acre means almost $8,000,000. If every farmer in the county would take steps to increase the value of his farm the advance for the county would be stupen dous. As it is the value of lgnds in uilliam county has advanced in the last year approximately fifty cents per acre according to the assessor's records. J. E. Mulkey of Rock Creek was in Condon the latter part of last week. CHRISTMAS OBSERVED IN THE WHEAT CITY Christmas in Condon was ob served publicly in several places and many gatherings of a private nature are reported. The exercises at the Baptist church on Wednesday night were well attended and highly enjoy ed. The tree and exercises at the Congregational church last even ing were attended by a crowd that packed the building. The program was very good. One of the most enjoyable celebrations held in the city was that at the Summit Hotel. Mrs. Stephenson had a beautifully decorated tree in the parlor for the benefit of her boarders and on this tree were presents for each. The true Christmas spirit is never entirely eradicated in the hearts of men and women and to say that the boarders ap preciated Mrs. Stephenson's effort to make the day a merry one for them is putting it mildly. C. A. Cameron was in from the Buckhorn ranch Saturday. While in town he made a pleasant call at this office and ordered the Globe sent to his brother in Ohio. GILLIAM COUNTY'S- LEADING HOME PAPER CONDON, OREGON, Other Accidents . General News of the Past Week What The Pupils Are Doing at The Condon Public School On January fifth "the Condon Public School is going to have a new teacher for the eight grade. Mrs. Everett has had years of experience In both the East and the West. The teachers are working under a severe strain which will be relived by the help of the ad ditional teacher. Mrs. Searcy deserves particular praise for her work. She has handled a very large fifth and sixth grade in a wonderful way. The first and second grades had their closing exercises Fri day afternoon. They had their room decorated beautifully aid NEW MANAGER IN ., i PRODUCE BUSINESS W. C. Hayworth has takan over the business formerly con ducted by Richmond & Welling in the building immediately north of the Condon National Bank building. He will have all kinds of produce to sell. Call and see him. Mr. and Mrs. Fred May's little baby which was taken to Port land a week or so t-go for a surgical-operation passed away there while under the influence of the anesthetic. The funeral was held Tuesday from the Christian church in this city and interment was given in the local cemetery. Happenings of The Week In Arlington and Vicinity J. H. Wood of Shutler flat was in town the first of the week. Harry Walther of The Dalles visited in Arlington over Sunday. O. L. Lundall of Willows was in town the first of the week. Orren Beaty of Clem left this week for the valley to spend the holidays with relatives. John Morris of Cecil transact ed business in Arlington this week. Harry Wheelhouse of Richland Wash, was in Arlington Friday visiting his brother and sister. P, T. Balsiger and wife made a business trip to The Dalles the middle of the week. Mat Chambers of Rock Creek left the first of the week for the valley to spend Christmas with his mother. , L. C. Montague shipped his household goods last week over to Roosevelt where he expects to live this winter. G. A. Henkel proprietor of the Grand Hotel left this week for Walla Walla to attend to seme business matters. Miss Esther Cox, who has been attending the State University, returned home last Saturday to spend the holidays with her parents. Miss Hazel Seeley, one of the teachers, left Wednesday morn ing for the valley to spend the holidays with relatives and friends. Advortising Parsfstantly, FRIDAY, DEC. 2', 1913. had a real Santa Clam. Santa Claus gave all the child ren in the first and second grades a bag of nuts and candy. Delia Guild won a box of candy for standing up the longest in the spelling match in the 8th grade. John O'Rourke is the champion in arithmetic. The champion talkers are Or vineTierney and Kenneth Noble. One is going to be a lawyer and the other one a politican, so it is all right ' The higher grades held their exercists Wednesday afternoon. Annie O'Rourke FOOT BADLY BRUISED BY DRILLING MACHINE J. F. Harrison got his foot badly bruised Sunday afternoon while working with well drilling apparatus on J. S. Burres' ranch in Ferry Canyon. The spool on which the cable is wound fell and one end struck Mr. Harrison's foot. Dr. Cathey was called and reports that the injury, although not serious, is very painful and Will keep Mr. Harrison from work for some time. Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Laughrige went to Portland Sunday to spend Christmas wiih the latter's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Larson, former residents of Condon. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Allbright went to The Dalles Wednesday. M. V. Logan of Cecil was in Arlington the last of the week. J. C. McFarland of Blalock was in town the first of the week. A. Crawford, wife and son left this week for Portland to spend the holidays." C. E. VanWinkle of Shutler flat shipped several fine turkeys to the Portland market this week. Jas. Luginbuhl and sister of Roosevelt were in town the first of the week. E. 0. Farr of Olex passed through Arlington the last of the on his way to the valley. Miss May Smith of the Inde pendent office left Wednesday for Wasco to spend the holidays with her parents. Earl Snell is down from Condon ihis week doing a little goose hunting and spending Christmas with his mother and sister. J. A. Ries and wife of Toppen ish Washington came over to spend Christmas with relatives and friends. J. A. Bunch, who is working on one of the government scows on the river, spent Christmas with his parents at Rock Creek. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Weather ford of Olex who have been on an extended visit in southern Oregon and in California return ed the first of the week. Consistently, and Insistently In The Globe FINISHES WELL ON FERRYCANYONFARM H. H. Wilburn has finished a well for Barker and Pliter in the Ajax neighborhood. It is 242 feet deep and he pumped 4000 gallons of water from it in one day. The machine is now drill ing on J. S. Burres' ranch. J. E. Schroeder returned Sat urday from The Dalles. Miss Rose Smith returned Sat urday from The Dalles. John Dysart shipped a carload of hogs to Portland Sunday. A car of hogs was shipped Sunday from Gwendolen by J. B. Smith. The Arlington Lbr. Co. shipD- ed a car of hogs Monday to the Portland market. C. L. Lillie came up from Port land last week to attend to busi ness interests for a few days. DEALS IN DIRT AS RECORDED THEPASTWEE E. A. Stinchfield of Mayville to Sarah J. Edward3 of Mayville, block in Mayvilie. Lousia Stringer, Admx., of Fossil to W. H. Stephens of Mayville. 360 acres. ! Frederick Nolf & Co. of.Seattle to Edward M. Saboda of Iowa, 320 acres. S. N. Montague et ux of Arl ington to H. L. Chandler of Arl ington, 80 acres. W. V. Aahburn et ux of Lone Rock to Sarah A. Davis of Lone Rock, 2 lot in Arlington. Alice Galbraith of Condon to Mary Anna Galbraith of Condon, 1 lot in Condon. SUNDAY SERVICES AT CONDON CHURCHES Congregational Church Sunday School at 10 a. m. Di vine service at 11 a. nr. and 7:30 p. m. Pastor R. M. Jones will preach both morning and evening Junior Endeavor at 3:00 p. m. All are welcome to the services. Miss Jessie Wimpey went to Gwendolen Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Will Smith went to Portland Tuesday. L. W. Childs went to Olex Tuesday to spend Christmas. The high school basketball team will give a dance in the rink tonight. Everyone is in yited to attend. "Smoke" McCuen was called to Portland Sunday and his place on the Inland Limited was filled by "Nick" Carter. : To The Democratic Voters Op Gil liam County. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the nomination at the primary elec tion for the office of Sheriff of Gilliam County. If nominated and elected I will at all times earnestly endeavor to perform the duties of said office in a thorough and business like manner. J. W. Lillie. S Condon Glob It Always Ready and Willing to Anawer Any Communication in Regard to Gilliam County and Will Furnish Information Gratia NO.40 FAMES LOSES FINGERS WHILE PULLING WELL While pulling the pipe from his deep well Saturday afternoon, L A. Hoskin had the misfortune of getting his left hand badly injured. The rope which held the pipe slipped and Mr. Hoskin's hand was caught between the pipe and the edge of the well casing. A part of one finger and part of the thumb were severed and the other fingers severely biuised. Dr. Donnelly was called and Mr. Hoskin is getting along nicely at present Mike Dukek was over from Fossil Tuesday. PATRONS TAKE NOTICE To the patrons of the Condon postoffice. The weight limit of parcel post will be increased January 1, 1914 from 20 pounds to 50 pounds in the first and second zones and from 11 pounds to 20 pounds in all other zones. Any parcel up to $25 in value may be insured for 5 cents; from $25 to $50 insurance 10 cents. The rate of postage for the first and second zones is 5 cents for the first pound and 1 cent for each ad ditional pound. The local rate is 5 cents for the first pound and 1 cent for each additional 2 pounds. Wrap your" packages securely so that there will be no danger of their being injured in the mails and we will do our best to see that you get your money's worth. J. A. McMorris, Postmaster. AIM OF COUNTY SHOULD BE HIGH Gilliam county will have to do a great deal better than at pre sent if it ever reaches the agti cultural standard of Belgium. There it is calculated that each acre of tilled ground will support one person, a five acre farm be ing sufficient for five in a family. They have brought intensive farming to such perfection that they raise three crops a year without impairing the fertility of the soil. Emmet Smith went to Arling ton Saturday. Miss Boring went to ' The Dalles Saturday. O. B. Robertson went to Port land Saturday. Ned llow-and was ud from Gwendolen Saturday. Otis Campbell returned Sun day from Salem. J. A. Scott of Walla Walla was in Condon the first of the week. He still has property ..interests here. One more use for paper. A chimney has been built of paper which is fifty feet in height and is perfectly fire proof. What. next? s One of the most enjoyable . sleighrides of the past week was ; that one of the Catholic choir on Wednesday night ""'.