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i THE OONDON QLQDE PAGE 3 -I i - ' . .. 71 1 Wheat The following U th Food Administration Grain Corporation buying b&s!g for wheat harvested In 1919 for No. 1 grade in accord ance with the federal Grain Standards de livered in itora at approved elevators and warehouses at Portland and Astoria; Dark Hard Winter $2.22 Hard Winter 2.20 Yellow Hard Winter 2.18 Dark Northern Spring 2.22 Northern Spring 2.20 Red Spring 2.15 Red Winter 2.20 Red Walla 2.13 Hard White 2.20 Soft White 2.18 White Club 2.16 No. 2 wheat will be bought by the Grain Corporation at Se under No. 1; No. 3 wheat at 7c under No. 1. Mixed wheat and wheat grading lower than No. 3 will be bought by sample at its value. The above prices are for bulk wheat. A premium of 9c per bushel will be paid for sacked wheat basis good order sacks. A. B. ROBERTSON Condon, Oregon Consignments solicited. I am prepared to grade wheat according; to the new Federal standards. Bring in your samples and have them tested. Will be glad to furnish any Information as to above grades and prices at any time. Correspondence invited-and will be promptly attended to. HttMH tMvt( I Fossil, Phone 8 Condon, MSI CONE LUMBER COMPANY Lone Rock, Oregon Manufacturer of all kinds af reush aad dressed lumber and mouldings An up-to-date mill. Newly improved V i Good Grades Right Price 1 1 f M M M t e M 7 A man may get tired of ordi nary tobacco but never of Real Gravely Chewing Plug, with its pure, clean taste and lasting quality. 1 rs P. - Price t M H MM M' i Mayrille,3 Peyton Brand Real Gravely Chewing Plug 10c a pouch and worth it Cravlylatfomachlorritcoiti no more to cAew titan ordinary pfaf B. Grafaly Tobaoco Company Danville, Virginia "Outwitting the Hun" By Pat O'Brien ' From pag 2 chloci craalied to eurth almost simul taneously. It was on even break two of their and two of our. The others apparently returned to their rexpectlve line. The wound In my mouth made It Im possible for lue to speak, but by means of a pencil and paper I requested one of the German officers to And out for ma who the English officers were who bad been shot down. A little later he returned and handed me a photograph taken from the body of one of ttie victims. It was a picture of Paul Raney of Toronto, and myself, taken together I Poor Raney I Be was the best friend I bad and one of the best and gamest men who ever fought In France. It was be, I learned long after, who. when I was reported missing, bad checked over all my belongings and aent thorn back to England with a signed memorandum -which Is now In my possesion. Poor fellow, be little realised then that bnt a day or two later be would be engaged In bis last heroic battle with me a helpless on looker I The same German officer who brought me the photograph also drew a map for me of the exact spot where Kaney waa burled In Flanders. I guarded It carefully all through my subsequent adventures and finally turned It over to bis father and mother when I visited them In Toronto to per form the hardest and aaddest duty I baVe ever been called upon to execute to confirm to them In person the tidings of poor Paul'a death. The other British pilot who fell was also from my squadron and a man 1 knew well Lieutenant Keith of Aus tralia. I bad given him a picture of myself only a few hours before I start ed on my own disastrous flight He waa one of the star pilots of our squad ron and had been In many a desperate battle before, but this time the odds were too great for him. He put up a wonderful fight and he gave as much aa be took. The next two days passed without Incident and I waa then taken to the Intelligence department of the German flying corps, which waa located about an hour from the hospital. There I waa kept two days, during which time they put a thousand and one questions to me. While I waa there I turned over to them the message I hud written In the hospital and asked them to have one of their flyers drop It on our aide of the line. They asked me where I would like to have It dropped, thinking perhaps I would give my airdrome away, but when I smiled and shook my head, they did not Insist upon an answer. . Til drop It over , declared one of them, naming my airdrome, which revealed to me that their flying corps Is as efficient as other branches of the service In the matter of obtaining valu- uble Information. And right here I want to any that the more I came to know of the enemy, the more keenly I realised what a difficult task we're going to have to lick him. In all my subsequent experiences, the fact that there Is a heap of fight left In the Huns still was thoroughly brought borne to me. We shall win the wor eventually, If we don't alow op too soon. In the mistaken idea that the Huns are ready to He down. The flying officers who questioned me were extremely anxtons to And out all they could about the part America la going to play in the war, but they evidently came to the conclusion that America hadn't taken me very deeply Into her confidence, Judging from the Information they got, or failed to get, from me. At any rate, they gave me tip as a bad Job, and I was ordered to the offi cers' prison at tVurtral, Belgium. CHAPTER V. The Prison Camp at Courtral. From the intelligence department I was conveyed to the officers' prison camp at Courtral In an automobile. It was about an hour's ride1. My escort was one of the most famous flyers in the world, barring none. He was later killed In action, but I was told by an English airman who witnessed his last combat, that he fought a game battle and died a hero's death. The prison, which had evidently been a civil prison of some kind before the war, was located right in the heart of Courtral. The first building we ap proached wasv large and In front of the archway, Which formed the main entrance, was a sentry box. Here we were challenged by the sentry, who knocked on the door ; the guard turned the key in the lock and I was admit ted. We passed through the archway and directly Into a courtyard, on which faced all of the prison buildings, the windows, of course, being heavily barred. After I had given my pedigree my name, age, address, etc. I was shown to a cell with bars on the win dows overlooking this courtyard. I was promptly told that at night we were to occupy these rooms, but I had already surveyed the surroundings, taken account of the number of guards and the locked door outside, and con cluded that my chances of getting away from some other place could be no worse than In that particular cell. As I had no hat, my helmet being the only thing I had worn over the lines, I was compelled either to go bare headed or wear the red cap of the Bavarian whom I had shot down on that memorable day. It can be im agined how I looked attired in a Brit ish uniform and a bright red cap. Wherever I was taken my outfit aroused .considerable curiosity among the Belgians and 4telBa. Soldiers, When I arrived at prison that day 1 till wore tills cap, and aa I was taken Into ths courtyard, my overcoat cover ing my uniform, all thst the British officers, who happened to be sunning themselves In the courtysrd, could see wss the red csp. They afterwards told me they wondered who the "bug nun" waa with the bandage on his mouth. This csp I managed to keep with me, but was never allowed to wear It on the walks we took. I either went bare beaded or borrowed a cap from some other prisoner. At certain hours each day the pris oners were allowed to mingle In the courtyard, and on the first occasion of this kind I found tbst there were 11 officers Imprisoned there besides my self. They had here Interpreters who could speak all languages. One of them waa a mere boy who had been born in Jersey City, K. J and had pent all his life in America until the beginning of 1914. Then he moved with bis folks to Germany, and when be became of military age the Huns forced him Into the army. I think if the truth were known he would mnch rather have been fighting for America than against her. I found thst most of the prisoners remained at Courtral only two or three days. From there they were In variably taken to prisons la the Inte rior of Germany. Whether It was because I was-an American or because I was a flyer, I don't know, but this rule was not fol lowed in my case. I remained there two weeks. During this period Courtral was con stantly bombed by our airmen. Not a single day or night passed without one or more air raids. In the two weeks X was there I counted 21 of them. The town suffered a great deal of damage. Evidently our people were aware that the Germans had a lot of troops con centrated in this town and besides the headquarters staff was stationed there. The kaiser himself visited Courtral while I was In the prison, I wtis told by one of the Interpreters, but be didn't cau on me, and for obvious reasons 1 couldn't call on him. The courtyard was not a very popu lar place during air raids. Several times when our airmen raided that section In the day time I went out and watched the machines and the shrap nel bursting all around; but the Ger mans did not crowd out there, for their own antiaircraft guns were hammer ing away to keep our planes as high in the sky as possible, and sheila were likely to fall In the prison yard any moment Of course I watched these battles at my own risk. Many nights from my prison window I watched with peculiar Interest the air raids carried on, and It was a wonderful sight with the German searchlights playing on the aky, the "flaming on ions" fired high and the burst of the antiaircraft guns, but rather an un comfortable sensation when I realised that perhaps the very next minute a bomb might be dropped on the building In which I was a prisoner. Bnt per haps all of this was better than tib excitement at all, for prison life soon became very monotonous. One of the hardest things I had to endure throughout the two weeks I spent there was the sight of the Hub machines flying over Courtral, know Ing that perhaps I never would have another chance to fly, and I used to sit by the hour watching the German ma chines maneuvering over the prison, as they had an airdrome not far away and every afternoon the students or I took them for students because their flying waa very poor appeared overi the town. One certain Hun seemed to And particular satisfaction In flying right down over the prison nightly, far my special discomfort and benefit. It seemed, as if he knew an airman Im prisoned there was vainly longing to try his wings again over their lines. But I used to console myself by say ing: "Never mind, old boy, there was never a bird whose wings could not be clipped it they get him Just right, and your turn will come some day." One night there was an exception ally heavy air raid going on. A num ber of German officers came Into my room, and they all aeemed very mach frightened. I Jokingly remarked that It would be fine it our airmen hit the old prison the percentage would be very satisfactory one English officer and about ten German ones. They didn't seem to appreciate the Joke, however, and, indeed, they were ap parently too much alarmed at what was going on overhead to laugh even at their own Jokes. Although these night raids seem to take all the starch out of the Germans while they are going on, the officers were usually as brave as lions the next day and spoke contemptuously of the raid of the night before. I saw thousands of soldiers In Cour tral, and although they did not Im press me as having very good or abun dant food,' they were fairly well clothed. I do not mean to Imply that conditions pointed to an early end of the war. - On the contrary, from what I was able to observe on that point, unless the Huns have an absolute crop failure they can, in my opinion, go on for years I The idea of our being able to win the war by starving them out strikes me as ridiculous. This is a war that must be won by fighting, and the sooner we realise that fact the sooner It will be over. Rising hour in the prison was seven o'clock. Breakfast came at eight This consisted of a cud of coffee ml noth ing else. If th'e prisoner had the fore Bight to save some bread from the pre vious day, he had bread for breakfast also, but that never happened In my case. Sometimes we had two cups of coffee, that is, near-coffee. It . was really chicory or some cereal prepara tion, we had no milk or sugar. For lunch they gave us boiled sugar beets or some other veKetabte. and once in a w hile some kind of pickled meat but tbst happened very seldom. We also received a third of a loaf of bread war bread. Tills war bread was as heavy as a brick, black and sour. It wss supposed to last us from noon one dsy to noon the next Ex Opt for some soup, this wss the whole lunch menu. Dinner came at 6 :30 p. m, when we sometimes had a little Jam made out of sugar beets, and preparation called tea, which yon bed to shaki vig orously or It settled In the bottom of the cup, and then about all yon had was hot water. This "tea" was a sad blow to the Englishmen. If It hadn't been called tea they wouldn't have felt so badly about it perhaps, but it was adding Insult to Injury to call that stuff "tea," which with them la almost a national Institution. Sometimes with this meal they gave us butter Instead of Jam, and once la a while we bad some kind of canned meat. This comprised the usual run of eat ables for the dsy I can eat more than that for breakfast I In the days that were to come I learned that I was to fare considerably worse. We were allowed to send out and buy a few things, but as most of the nnsoners were without funds this was bat an empty privilege. Once I took advantage of the privilege to send my shoes to a Belgian shoemaker to be half -soled. They charged me 20 marks 5 1 Once In a while a Belgian Ladles Relief society visited the prison and brought us handkerchiefs, American soap which sells at about I UO a bar in Belgium toothbrushes and other little articles, all of which were American made, but whether they were supplied by the American re lief committee or not I dont know. At any rate, these gifts were mighty useful and were very much appre ciated. One day I offered a button off my uniform to one of these Belgian ladle as a souvenir, but a German guard saw me and I waa never allowed to go near the visitors afterwards. The sanitary' conditions In this prison camp were excellent as a gen eral proposition. Oo .PLent however. Continued on next page If you are in the market for an auto or a truck you had better get your order in now for both are going up. Trucks have al ready raised but I have a number of Federal trucks on band and am selling these at the same price as formerly. Order right away if you want one at the same old price. L. E. Shelley. Taken Up Under the Gilliam Connly Herd Uw Notice is hereby given that I did, on Saturday, April 20, 1918, in Gilliam county. Oregon, take op the following described property, to-wit: One black yearling colt with white strip in face, no brand. Said animal will be sold at my ranch 12 miles southeast of Condon in amid coanty and state on Monday, the 29th day ef July, 1918, at the hour of 2 o'clock P. M. of said day, to the high est bidder for cash in hand unlesa re deemed by the owner or the agent of the owner or person claiming same ac cording to law prior to aaid date of sale. First publication July 12, 1918. Second publication July 19, 1918 Gbokqb Whytb v . ' tSty Treasurer's Notice An outstanding city warrants up to andinciudingNo. 1310 Class "C'will be paid upon presenta tion at my office. Interest ceases May 20. 1918. Myrtle Ferguson, City Treasurer. STRAYED: One grey mare, brands NT (connected) on right shoulder Has roached mane. Suitable reward offers d for information leading to her recovery. Notify Ned Howlarsd, Olex, Oregon. 6tf BLACK ICSSES SURLY PSETESTES tf CSm I S BLACKlEt NILS Lowrlq4. LUdi 4.1 r.lwi.d br tnhm MradMr Wit. hAHil. . Ll tjt IB Son tkm aiMfci km si aa IHhi Ms. NaaUas Nla. 1HM V Wr Uw, brt Cuttar-i Ha fUmL ud Una tat ThuMrioritr 01 CtM pm&itm ta du. to over IS fm oi ajMcWaiteg fe. vaccinas and mrat ONLY. 1HUST OH COTTU'S. II aafar'tttlK TIM Cattar latwaton. lriWv. Cl.arala miMiiiiinn mi mi n mini ii uni.w GORDON DRAY & TRANSFER UNE P. E. BENNET, Proprietor Light and Heavy Hauling Hauling Trunks and all Job work a specialty 1 CONDON Phone Na lOX OREQO $ i 1 1 1 1 1 n ii Home Cooked Meals ' Everything Clean THE OREGON RESTAURANT , - ' . Mrs. B. B. Sbadley, Prop. ABk about meal ticket , Best in Condon IN THE COUNTY COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR GILLIAM COUNTY In the Matter of Estate of John Berthold. deceased. NOTICE OF HEARING FIRST AND FINAL ACCOUNT AND PETITION -FOR DEOkEE OF FINAL DISTRIBUTION Notice U hereby given that Martha Berthold, ss administratrix of the estste of John Berthold, deceased, at ' fited wilh th above ntitled court her first and final account for settlement and allowance as the administratrix et the said estate, and filed therewith hat petition for the distribution of the residue ol the said estate to the per sons entitled thereto, and the County Judge has appointed Monday, the (ta day of August, 1918, at the hoar of 10, o'clock A. M. of said day at the court room of said court in the Itarthoasa st Condon, Oregon, as the time and plseeof bearing said matters. Afl persons interested in the said estate are hereby notified then and there to appear and show cause, if any they have, why said first and final account should not be allowed and settled, and why said petition for final distribution should not be granted aa prayed for. First publication July 6th, 1918. USBTHA BttTBOUI. Administratrix. IN THE COUNTY COURT OF THE STATF OF OREGON FOR GILLIAM COUNTY, In the Matter of Eatate of Charlotte A. Couture, Deceased. NOTICE OF HEARING FIRST AND FINAL ACCOUNT AND PETITION FUR DISTRIBUTION i Notice is hereby given that S. ' Couture, as administrator of the ettaie of Charlotte A. Couture, deceased, has filed with this court his first and final account for settlement aa administra tor of the said eatate and filed there with his petition for the distribution of the residue of the ssid estate to the persona entitled thereto, and the County Judge haa appointed Monday, the 6th day of Augnst, 1918, at the boor of IV o'clock A. M. of said day at the court room of said court, in the City of CosW don, Gilliam County, Oregon, aa the time and place for the hearing said matter by the court; that all persona interested in ssid estate are hereby notified then and there to appear te show cause, if any they have, why said first and final account sht.uki not be allowed ana settled, and ,id petition for final distribution not granted as prayed for. First publication July 6th, 1918. S. B. CotrroBK, . Adminiatrator. Notice for Publication 013307 ; Department of the Interior - U. S. Land Office at The Dallee. Ore. July 18. 1918. Notice is hereby given tiiat Oscar C Veatch, of Gwendolen, Oregon, who, est June 1st, 1914, msde Homestead Entry, No. 0)3307, for Sl-2, 8W1-4, SWM SB 1-1, Section 5, W 1-2, NW 1-4, W 1-1 NE 1-2, NW 1-4 SE 1-4, Section ft. Township S, South, Range 23, Eut. Willamette Meridian, haa filed notioe of intention to make Final Three Year Proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before C N. Laagh rige, Clerk of the Circuit Court, at Con don, Oregon, on the 16th' day of Sept, 1918. : Claimant names as witnesses; Herbert G. Brown, Frank E. Key nolda, Bert D. Eeitur, Silas S. Brown, all of Gwendolen, Oregon. H. Frank Woodcock Regiatar WANTED: Experienced lady cook wants j'ob through harvest Apply at Globe office. . 17dl8 i Endyation Lodge No, 66 KNIGHTS of PYTHIAS .fa. Meets Tuesday Evening la Castle HaU CONDON, OREGON Rok of Esquire next J. C. Sturglll, Tuesday night JC. K. and 8. CoVinty Treasurer's Notice All outstanding warrants drawi on the jSeueral Road" Fui d of r.nii'.m sTA'intv. Oregon! uu to and includingNo. A 1091, will be paid upon, preset " est ceases March 15, , W. A. Graves. " . County Treasurer,. ' J-