Number 1
ANNUAL RACE MEET EDITION CILUAM COUNTTS OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
Monday, May 27, 1918
5c on the Street
Big German Drive Starts Toward Paris
All I. I 1 1 n m aa.t wi . .
miacK wuncnea on m mile tront 5outh of Picardy; Allies Are Ready and Holding Fast
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United Prwt
London, May 27 The German
war machine is again in motion
afier having been definitely stop
ped in Picardy and Flanders and
this time it is h.aded toward the
Marne and Paris The recent
quiet which hH retried along
the fronts where t hi' Allies stem
nieil the tide of Iljruiih hordes
PRESIDENT TELLS
SOLONS TO DRAFT
A REVENUE BILL
Unilml I'nm
Washington, May 27. Presi
dent Wilson appeared before
Congress this afternoon and is
sued an ultimatum to the effect
that the lawmakers of the nation
must draft and pass a revenue
bill before they adjourn. This
practically means an all summor
session and will probably prevent
the members of the Senate and
House from getting home to do
any campaigning before the fall
election. At first the members
were inclined to feel slightly sore
but la: er agreed that the Presi
dent's decree is the best thing to
do. The President's program ia
,to raise 40 per cent of the war
budget by taxation and the other
GO per cent by the issuance of
bonds. The President also asked
Congress to place a further tax
on war profits, incomes and luxuries.
has (riven the Germans tim tn
repair their shattered divisions
and these are being hurled into
the slaughter pen on a 35 mile
front south of Picardv. The
London Standard says: "It is
understood that we have been
pushed back slightly at one point
near Rheirns. " It is too earlv to
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tell anything of the possible ef-
FREIGHT AND PASSENG'R
RATES WILL BE RAISED
IN JUNE SAYS M'ADOO
tiniud Pnu
Washington. May 27. Secre
tary McAdoo has announced that,
beginning on June 25, the pres
ent freight rtes will be increas
ed 25 per cent and higher. June
10 the passenger rates will be in
creased to three cents a mile.
This will not affect those portions
where the three-cent rate now
holds.
feet of this drive but just now
the(Huns are going up against
a stone wall defense. That the
Allies expected this drive and
had information as to its direc-
tiod is indicated by the fact,
hitherto kept secret, that the
British troops are co-operating
with the h rench at the very point
where the German war gods de
cided to launch this smash. It ia
known that American troops
have been holding parts of the
line in this sector and it is re
ported as probable that they are
composing a part of the stone
wall defense. The drive was
preceded by an intense artillery
action.
GRADUATING EXERCISES
FRIDAY ARE ENJOYABLE
HONOR CAP! FULLARI)
United Proa
London, May 27, Champion Scout
Pilot and Patrol Leader is the official
title England has handed Oapt. Philip
F. Fullard of the royal air foree
Capt. Fullard has accounted for four
teen machines destroyed and eighteen
driven down out of control in a little
over four months.
"The moral effect of his presence in
a patrol is most marked," according to
the official comment.
He has been awarded the Distin
quished Service Order.
The commencement exercises
of St. Thomas Academy were
held at the Liberty Theatre tast
Friday night before a large audi
ence. The program consisted of
songs, dances, recitations and
instrumental selections. The
address of welcome was given by
Miss Frances Summers, the only
graduate at this time. After the
play, "Golden Hair," Father
Wand presented the diploma and
awards of merit. The evening's
entertainment, which was con
cluded by an address by Father
O'Kourke of Heppner, was very
enjoyable and reflects great credit
on those -responsible for its success
WOULD CURBFIRE LOSS
United I'cvsi
Columbus, O., May 27. The impor-!
tance of fire prevention as a war mea-1
sure was emphasized at the ooeninir
of a week's fire prevention congress,
attended by 1,500 Ohio business men,
here today.
GERMANS WANT YPRES
United Prau
London. May 27. At the same
time the present drive started
south -of Picardy the Germans
launched another attempt to take
Ypres. No reports have been
received from that sector.
Six race horses from Walla
, Walla arrived at the local track
Sunday.
Read the ads in this issue.
Miss Georgia Smith of May
ville is visiting her friends in
Condon -this week.
OLD MILL IS TO HUM
WHEN NEW CROP COMES
The Condon Milling Co. is re
building the old mill on upper
Main street and will have it
ready for operation as soon as the
new crop is harvested. The ex
terior will be partly refinished
and a coat of paint will cover up
all traces of the fire. The inter
ior will be almost entirely refin
ished. The machinery all needs
overhauling and fixing. The
flour ground last year by this
mill was as good as any ever
brought to Condon and under the
management of W. G. NeVill
the same quality will be produced
when the mill starts grinding
again.
E. J. Clough of Portland is in
Condon looking after his business
interests.
Franklin Hurlburt returned
from Portland Saturday. He
has been attending school there.
GOOD LECTURERS
will come mi
Condon folks will remember
with a great deal of interest Dr.
Boyl and his fcreat lecture at the
1916 chautauqua. He will be here
again this year. And he is only
one of the truly great lecturers
the chautauqua is bringing to
Condon. Some of the others
who will be here are Henry War
ren Poor, the noted illustrated
war lecturer; Mrs. A. C. Zehner.
accredited Government represent
ative; Minosoku T. Yamamoto,
Japanese educator and diplomat;
Dr. A. D. Carpenter, celebrated
astromomer and lecturer; Arthur
Walwyn Evans, of the Lloyd
George family, whose great lec
ture What America Means to
Me" is a stirring patriotic appeal,
and Beatrice E. Heskett, with a
splendid message on physical
training. It will be a great week
from the lecture standpoint. And
it will be an interesting week
for the children for "Mother
Goose" is to be here to worlivith
them.
MEMORIAL SERVICES MAY 30
Next Thursday morning at 11
o'clock a memorial and prayer
service will be held in the Con
gregational church and every
body is cordially invited to be
present. This is in observance
of Memorial Day and of the Dro-S
clamation recently issued by
President Wilson that the day be
one of prayer.
Miss Eunice Ebbert was a
passenger to Portland on Sun
day's train.