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About Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919 | View Entire Issue (June 14, 1918)
SHOULD ORGANIZE TO HANDLE CRAM FIRES Another meant of practicing conservation is to be prepared for grain fires, according to a bulletin just issued by the State - Fire Marshal, which suggests that the farmers form co-ope r tive organizations for the purpose or fighting gram fires and organ ize community fire zones. The idea is to have a central station. in such zone with equipment gathered there and ready for use at any time. Such station flhould be convenient to all parts of the zone 30 that no time be lust in getting the equipment to the fire. Another thing recom mended by the Department is that farmers be very careful in hiring men who are strangers. Kvery bushel of grain is needed and preparation to handle fires mny save many bushels to help win the war. ! Many Going to More t Many Gilliam people are pre paring to go to the Moro Experi ment Station tomorrow, June 15, which is Gilliam County Day there. This Experiment Station is doing a wounderf ul work and everyone one who goes' wilf be well paid for taking the day to1 see the results obtained in dry land farming there. It looks now as though Gilliam will send more than 50 auto loads. Every body should take their dinner and plan to be at the Station by eleven o'clock. Good Rain Falls io Gilliam Practically a quarter of an inch of rain fell in Condon Wednesday and early Thursday morning and it was very acceptable to the thirsty grain. The government gauge registered .11 of an Inch Wednesday and .13 yester day morning. The rainfall was much heavier in other parts of the eeunty. NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the an dersigned will take up, advertise and seU in the manner provided by chapter 71 of the General' Laws of Oregon for 1909, any and all livestock found run ning at large or being herded on any lands in our Salmon Fork range. Kate Russell Eo Ross ELL LOST: Black sow weighing about 80 --.pounds. ' Anyone knowing her whereabouts notify L.M. Rine hart, Condon. 13tf PUBLIC SALE TUESDAY, JUNE 25 I will sell at public auction on my place 2 1-2 miles above Olex on Rock Creek, Tuesday, June 25, 1918, Twenty three Head of Horses and Colts, seventeen head 3 years old and over; Six Head of year lings and 2 year olds. Terms of sale: Fouf months time on ap proved notes with 8 per cent interest. Five per cent discount for cash on all sums over 110. Sale to commence at 10 o'clock A M. Refreshments served by the ladies of the Red Cross :: :: :: :: E WHUR, Auctioneer x The- Pleasures of Life They are ot many kinds and derived from many sources. The greatest source of pleasure, and one that is always commendable is Beauty. And there is no object of Beauty that su. passes appropriate ...Jewelry.... Our line is especially choice. You will experience great pleasure in just seeing these splendid articles, and greater still from possessing them. HEAR THE PATHEPHONE E. W. HUTCHINSON South Main Street 5 :: Condon, Oregon PLENTY OF HELP TO HARVEST CROP SAYS COUNTY AGENT The labor situation is not criti cal There is plenty of help available. One reason for this is that many who are working in the shipyards want to get out on the farms for the big wages paid there are not in proportion to the high cost of living in the city. Many men who have families want work on the farm. If Gil liam makes a big crop,- the pres ent indications are that there will be no trouble harvested. in getting it Bay or Pledge Before June 28 The War Stamps drive is doing well. Reports from the outside school dis tricts state that they are meeting with great success in the sale of War Stamps and everyone is buying or pledging themselves to buy during 1918. The drive is to end June 28 and it is desired that Gilliam county should have her entire quota of $ 82,000 pledged by that date. It is not necessary that each in dividual should buy his or her stamps before June 28th but everyone is ex pec ted to pledge the purchase before the first of the yesr. The Government asks this so that the amount of War Stamps to be sold in 1918 may be ac curately known and this amount will have a direct bearing on the next Lib rty Loan. WU1 Teach Grain Grading A grain grading school will be held at Pendleton June 24, 25, 26 and quite a number who wish to learn how to grade grain will attend from this county. Mr. and Mrs. A. Chabot of Crookston, Minnesota," are in Condon this week on a trip in wmcn Business and pleasure are combined. Miss Mabel McMorris is work ing in the First National Bank H. F. Schilling will leave the ; bank for a time at least He will attend to harvesting his I grain crop and expects to be 1 called in the draft in the early fall Mrs. LuellaWaln is up from Portland visiting relatives and friends."" Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Laughrige and children drove to Dayton, Washington, Monday in their car to visit Mr. and Mrs. A. Larsen for a week. Wayne Hull is in the Ordnance Supply School at Hancocic, Geor gia, and writes to have his Globe sent to him there. G. M. FARR, Owner C ! IO o f o n a THE OONOON FARMERS HAVE GOOD MEET AT PENDLETON By JC. Hawkins k . . , An agreement on tne wages to be paid for harvest was reached Monday at Pendleton when the representatives of farmers and farm laborers met to discuss the wage scale. Gilliam county was the only county represented by a committee selected by the farm laborers but eight counties were represented by farmers' commit tees standard wages for the following kinds of labor were agreed upon: Hayersand com mon harvest laborers $3 per day ; stackers and loaders $4 per day; header and harvester drivers S5 per day; sack sewers $5 per day; cooks IS per day. These wages include board. The standard wage does not mean the minimum wage or the maximum wage but an average wage for the average size machine or farm. One far mer from each CvMinty was chosen on a committee to fix the stand ard wage. George Hardie and J. Hetzler of Condon reore- sented the farm laborers and J. A. bmith of Blalock. Robt Chaney of Mikkalo and County Agent Hawkins were in attend ance. Look Good Says County Agent The crops in Gilliam eountv look good when compared with the crops one sees in other wheat producing counties in eastern Oregon. The growing train in other counties, as a whole, does not have the color and life shown by the grain here. W. H. Mefford was ud from Rock Creek Saturday. TEACHERS' EXAMINATIONS Notice is hereby given that the County Superintendent of Gilliam county. Oregon, will hold the regular examination of aDDlicanta for St. Certificates at Condon as follows: tommencing Wednesdsv. June M 1918, at 9.-00 a. m.. and continuing nntll f . -m oaiuraay, June Z9, 1918, at 4.-00 o'clock m. Wednesday Forenoon U. S. History, Writin .PenmaMMn. Music, Drawing. Wednesday Afternoon Physiology, Reading, Manual Train ing, Composition, Domestic Science, Methods in Reading, Course of Study - r. : .. ---winS, oiemcxis m Arithmetic. Thursday Forenoon Arithmetic, History of Education Psychology, Methods in Geogrsphy. Mechanical Drawing. Domestic Art. Iourseof Study for Domestic Art. Ihursday Afternoon Grammar, Geography, Stenography, American Literature, Physics, Type writing, Methods in Language, Thesis for Primary Certificate. Friday Forenoon Theory and Practice, Orthography (Spelling), Physical Geography, Eng lish Literature, Chemistry, Physical Culture. Friday Afternoon 1 School Law, Geology. Algebra, CLVil Government. Saturday Forenoon Geometry, Botany. ( I Saturday Afternoon I General History, Bookkeeping. Very truly yours, J. C. STuaoiLL Superintendent 5 OC3C Strictly Fresh Fruits and Vegetables are to be had at this store. We endeavor to give our customers the best that can be purchased in this line. :: , :: :: Our stock of groceries is complete. Cleanliness and satisfactory goods are our objectives. :: , :: . Men's Clothing Call and see our display of furnish ings for the men. New effects in ties, shirts, sox, hats, caps, ets. FRANK SMITH Cor, Summit and Main OLOOE PAQE i ZIMMERMAN IS SENT TO PENDLETON HOME Ed Zimmerman was brought to Condon the first of the week by Marshal Sweetin of Arlington and was examined here as to his sanity. He was pronounced mentally deranged by the local physicians and committed to the asylum at Pendleton. He seemed to be well balanced along some lines but on others his ideas were weird to say the least although he seems to be harmless. H had a email feo.d-plated star with the work "atuce" across it and when he was questioned regard ing it Haid that it was a long time before he discovered what the word meaot but finally fqund that it was the motto of the goose that laid the golden egg. He said he was born with a star in his heart but finally got it out and thai Taft and Roosevelt got it and that Mrs. McAdoo now has it. He said she needed it because she is Goddess of Liber ty. Local Man Goes to Vale D, W. Hammack, who has been at the head of the Condon high school for several years, has accepted the position of superin tendent of city schools at Vale, Oregon, with a satisfactory in caease in salary. He will attend summer school in Eugene this year and go to Vale later. Mr. Hammack is going to a good town and the people of Vale are getting a good man to head their schools. 1 1 Get Your Tickets Early Chautauqua tickets are selling in good shape and the best plan is to buy early for, considering the number already spoken for, it appears that they will all be sold before the chautauqua opens. Following are some of the places you can buy them J. A. Conley, Graves & Graves, Shanks & Horner, W. A. Darling, Horner, Moore & Co., John Jack- son, A. a. Kobertson, uottmire s Pastime, Condon National Bank, Shelley's Garage, Frank Smith, Dunn Brothers, Lester Wade, Sheriff LiUie, First National Bank, Condon Globe, Arlington Lumber Co., S. B. Barker Co Hotel Summit, Hollen & Sons, Fair's Cash Store, Red Cross Co., and A. M. Ogilvy in Mik kalo. A. Chabot of Crookston, Minn., is here to look after t'.ie property which belonged to his brother, Albert. He has for sale two good business lots on Main street and a good residence with large lot. Anyone interested in this real estate will please call at the office of Chas. H. Horner. 13tf J. F, Hurt was up from Wednesday and while Olex here ordered the Globe for another year. D. W. Hammack renewed his subscription to the Globe , this week. O O :: Condon, Oregon CHAUTAUQUA OFFICERS ARE SELECTED AND ARE AT WORK A meeting of the chautauqua guarantors was held in the county clerk's office last week and offi cers elected and committeemen appointed for the 1918 Rossion in this city. O. N. Laughrige was elected president; H. A. Hart horn, secretary-treasurer and chairman of the advertising com mittee; H. Y. Schilling, chairman of the ticket nates committee; M. R. Weidman, chairman of the grounds committee. L L. Cald well of the Ellison-White Chau tauqua System was present and told eome interesting facts about the chautauqua which is to open here two weeks from tomorrow. Summer Courses Good The summer courses offered at the University of Oregon are various and practical. Altogether there will be 33 instructors. Particular interest is manifested in the military courses and Red Cross instructions ai well as in the French courses. War co operation will play an important part in the summer school pro gram and in handling its courses to build sentiment the University is doing a great work. Gilliam Raises Quota Gillism eounty went over the tap in the Red Cross and American Relief drives. In the Condon district 735 people out of 800 subscribed to the Red Cross and this Is an excellent record. Why Flour Must Be Saved By J. C Sturgill The grain situation is very simple. It should be understood clearly and taken seriously. Here are the facts: On June 1 there was not more then &6,000,0(K3 bushels of wheat left in the United States. The government, is ?oing to ship 30.000,000 bushels of this to Europe in the next few weeks be- csuse our allies need it more than we do. That leaves only 26,000,000 bushels for us. Not all of that will be avail able. Ordinarily we eat 40,000.000 bush els per month. It will be about two months before the winter wheat from the summer crop wilt be .available for the American consumer. It is plain enough therefore that for the next few weeks we must conserve wheat and wheat products, (hir armies snd those of our allies must be fed. For the reasons as stated people in this country are asked to conserve and go on a wheatleas basis until harvest. Two ear loads pf flour hsve been as sembled at (London and will be shipped to the government soon. This surplus flour is paid for at once by the govern ment and the price paid is what it ac tually cost the consumer. H. H. Wilburn completed a well this week for S. B. Barker on his ranch a mile and a half north of Condon. The well is 167 feet deep and furnishes 20 gallons per minute without lowering the water. Mis3 Annie Hardie left Satur day tor White Salmon, Washing ton, where she will vipit Mr. and Mrs. Tom Stewart. She will be away about a month. A. Chabotof Crookston, Minn. who is here settling up the estate of his brother, Albert, wa3 in Olex Tuesday and while there sold a piece of land to Chas. 0. Conner. ' Compare We invite you to compare our Ed. V. Price suit values with any in town. We,are not afraid of any compari- -son you can give these offerings as we know if you give them a rigid test it will only bring out their merits more clearly. .. The spring samples and styles look good to us. They will to you. Come and see. Open Sundays Lester Wade's Exclusive Store for Men. Condon, Oregon FRANK BURNS WRITES THAT HEUKES HIS JOB A letter from Frank Burnt mailed Jn France May 5 says in part: "I am in the 'doughboys' or infantry and like it fine. Have been in England and a number of places in France. I am now unsigned premanently with Co. E. 128 Inf. They are mostly Wisconsin and Michigan boys although there are also boys from other states. I am a Run ner in this outfit. It's all the same as Courier or Orderly, in other words an agent of com munication. We are used when other means of communication is destroyed. A fellow has to understand signaling and trench layouts. It's some job. They plow here with old-fashioned foot burners and these are most ly run by women. All the far mers here live in tow'ns or settle ments and go back and forth morning and evening. We had a smoker here the ojher night and, believe me, it was some show. The villagers treat us Tine and I am' sorry I can't lingo French. We get along pretty good though." Frank's address is Co. E, 128 Inf., American Ex peditionary Forces, France, and he will appreciate hearing from Condon folks. Nineteen Will Go Soon Forty Gilliam county men have been notified by the Local Board to bold themselves In resdiness to entrain for service during the week stsrtlng June 24 and nineteen of these will be Anally selected. Mrs. E. 0. F. Eggers and daughter, Miss Margaret, of Pendleton visited J. C. Hawkins in this city this week. FARMERS SET NO WAGES At Pendleton on June 10 the farmers agreed to fix a scale of wages and have it noised around that it was to be the standard woye for the effect it would have but it was agreed that no farmer was in any way bound to stay by that scale of wage and he would have to hire and pa the best he could. One farmer stated that header box drivers were paid at $5 per day with board last year and the farmer expected to pay $5 or better this year. Another farmer stated that in his county separator men were being hired at $15 up to $25 per day. George Hardie Chairman Labor Delegation of Gilliam county, Oregon. WEDNESDAY Is Ironing Day in Condon On that day we will run the electric plant from 8 A. M. to 12 M. for the con venience of the ladiet of Condon. .. see CONDON ELECTRIC CO. Values 3 G