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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 ""'.