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About Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 20, 1918)
if 11F fi Ovcr-subscribo the Fourth Liberty Loan. Bring forth your savings and buy bonds The , Fourth Liberty Loan j drive starts September 28th. j Our zero hour is 9 A. M. j GILLIAM COUNTY'S LEADING HOME PAPER VOL 29 CONDON, OREGON, FRIDAY. SEPT. 21, WIS NO. 27 4b NEWSPAPERS ORDERED TO CONSERVE; GLOBE . PLEDGE IS SENT The War Indunlri. Board hat ImuinI a war onto to all publlahera which ia far reaching In Ita avopa and which con ial tit tht following mandatory pro vlaloni: "Discontinue landing pipers after data of axplratlon of subscription un let subscription is ranawad and PAID FOR. .. , "Dlscontlnus all sample copies. "Discontinue giving copies to any body. Discontinue giving free copies to ad vertisers. "Discontinue all free exchanges with other papera. "Reduce reading matter," ' These rule have haan mule In aava psper and on account of lack of fuel and help In the paper mills, the gov ernment having limited the fuel supply id taken every man possible out of the paper milla to t uaed in munition factories and other government In dustries. No newspaper will be able to get any paper slock until its publisher algns a written agreement to live up to me oruer laid down by the War Indus tries Board. The Globe man has al ready sent in his signed agreement and In the future all the above rules will be followed to the letter. There ia no alternative the order is Imperative. It Is a war necessity and publlahera and readers should not and. we believe, will not complain. Accordingly we are compelled to notify our readers that all subscriptions In arrears, if only for one day, must be paid at once or the paper will stop. We have only a short time In which to get In these back subscrip tions so if you have received a notice, end in your check as soon as possible. WILL WILKINS GOES TO OFFICERySCHOOL The Weekly Flight, the news paper published at Rockwell Field aviation camp, haa the fol lowing to aay of Will Wilkins, Gilliam county boy, who ia now top sergeai.t of tquadron D in that camp: "I'm a gosh-durned-rootir' tootin' lady-killer, 'en I don't care if all the world knows, ao there," says our gallant "top cutter." All thia commotion was caused by the distressing fact that Sergeant Wilkins is being vamped" by three I. W. W.'s all at one and the same time and he's all fussed up. Last night he called Ethel. Alice, and now war is declared. Go to it, Sarg. The comic page of the same paper contains a cartoon of Wil kins which is easily recognizable. He. is making good in various sections of the aviation service and recently was sent from Rock well Field to the' Officers' School at Camp Zachary , Taylor at Louisville, Kentucky. , BROWN-NORCROSS Thomas E. Brown and Anna Laura Norcross were united in marriage Monday evening at the Wheat City Hotel in this city. Judge Parker officiated in the presence of a few witnesses. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are both from Lone Rock and will make their home there. Attention F a rimers a Cash Prices f. o. b. Mikkalo, Ore. .on. UlVMllI 14-Inch 3 bottom adjustable Oliver Gang Plows Cash, $140.00 16 Inoh 3 bottom adjustable Oliver Gang Plows Cash, $140.00 8 ft. Double Discs, 18 Inch Discs Cash, $140.00 I have only a few of the above-named implements so do not delay. They will not last long at these prices AH Prices f. o. b. Mikkalo Mail Orders Promptly Filled Yours for Better Plowing .. FRANK LITTLE " '. - ' i General Merchandise 1 Mikkalo, Oregon EDGAR DUNLAP IS AT CAMP MEADE ' W. L. Dunlap, who Is a cor poral in Co. M of the 63rd In fantry n6w at Camp Meade, writes to the Globe as follows: I am writing to thank you for the Globe which is sent me each week. It surely makes us feel good to get it. When it comes all the boys from uilliam are anxious to read it. There are Ave Condon boys in Co. M, Vern Edwards, George Caldwell, Isaac Cooper, Earl Rickard and my self. Howard Rice is in Co. L of the C3rd. We are all . doing fine and working hard. We have, just come in oil the range and the 63rd has the best record of all the regiments that have gone from Camp Meade. ) was made a corporal today and will have to worK hard now for the three stripes. There are 45,000 men here now. They feed us fine and we get plenty of exercise so we are bound to gain weight. The people here call us the crack 63rd or the huskies from the wooliy west. CONDON HIGH SCHOOL OPENSJHONDAY Condon High School started Monday with thirty pupils in attendance. Ten more are ex pected to enroll later. Professor Shirk, Mips Ohling and Miss Payne were here for duty on the opening day but Miss Mulkey did not return, having secured a position in the Salem schools. Another teacher will be secured to fill the vacancy. . HULL-REED Bruce Hull and Mrs. Velma Reed were married in Portland last week just before Mr. Hull reported for service at the U. S. Radio School in Seattle. - Both are well known here. Mr. Hull taught the Mayville school for three years and Mrs. Hull is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J.. Edwards of Mayville, pioneers of Gilliam county. Both have a large number of friends who wish them much success and hai-piness. ' NEW VULCANIZING PLANT The vulcanizing plant recently installed by L. E. Shelley in his garage is in full operation. George Waka, an expert vulcan izer, is in charge of the plant. Anyone having tires that need repairing 'can get service by sending them to L. E. Shelley's Garage. 27d . . MOORE-RICE Mervin Moore and Eva Irene Rice were united in , marriage Wednesday evening at .the home of Mrs. Mabel Couey in this city. Justice Wheir performed j the ceremony in the presence of the relatives and a .few friends. )A fine wedding supper was served by Mrs. Couey. These young people are well and favorably known here and are the recipients of many good wishes. Clarence Jones wants the Globe and is on the advance list. Miss Hazel Schott left last Sat urday for Joseph to take up her work in the schools of that city. Mr. and Mrs.' Georjje Neale left yesterday for their home at Central Point after spending the summer in and around Condon. Before going Mr. Neale ordered the Globe sent to him. v ' NINE MEN GO SOON TO CAMP LEWIS During the week beginning October 7, Gilliam county has been called upon - for nine more men for military service and the following have been notified to appear in answer to this call: R. H. Ferguson, R. W. Moore, M. B. Hines. Stanley Burres. J. P. O'Rourke, C. W. Anderson, A. B. Theobald. Dell Beesoa. Ellis Fink and W. B. Crenshaw. This quota will go to Camp Lewis. MORE BELGIAN PENNIES ARE ASKED FOR Condon is falling far below the pace she Bet during the first ten days in the penny contributions for the Belgian children and at tention is called to this for never was there a more worthy charity. In the first ten days the bottles around town yielded the sum of $78 and during the next three weeks produced only $48. Give all you can to keep these unfor tunate little ones from iitarving to death. GILLIAM ASKED TO SOW 60,000 ACRES Gilliam county's quota of fall sown wheat this year h to be 60,000 acres or more. That is, the government has asked that this county sow at least that much Ibis fall. In planning for more wheat next year than ever before the government is plan ning out the whole campaign for every farming district. This amount of acreage in fall wheat is not exceptional for this county, in fact there were more than 60,000 acres in fail wheat this year. " ; FIRST BOND BUYER R. W. Caseberg was the first to subscribe for a Fourth Liberty Loan bond. Mr. Caseberg lives in Sherman cqunty but owns real estate in this county, having purchased the Hines ranch in Ferry Canyon.' FRANK SMITH SELLS TO 0. C VEATCH Frank Smith sold his grocery and men's furnishings business last week to O. C. Veatch and the latter will take possession October 1. Mr. Smith expects to be called into his country's service in the near future and is getting ready to go. Mr. Veatch has been in the grocery business here before and his patrons know they will get good service. L. L. Shreve will remain with Mr. Veatch. QUESTIONNAIRES SENT RECENT REGISTRANTS; ADVISORS NAMED j ... : The Local Board has mailed " out the questionnaires to the re-' cently registered men in the county and some of them are al ready filled out and returned. . The first one to be returned was . that of Glen Graves. Registrants have only seven days in which to get these back to the Board. ' The Advisory Board has named . assistants in all parts of the 'f county to assist the registrant! I in filling out questionnaires prop-' erly. The headquarters of the , Board in Condon are in Supt.-, Sturgiil's office in the courtnouse . and a member of the Board will be there during the hours of 9 to 12 A. M. and 1 to 5 and 7 to; 9 P. M. Assistants to the Ad-' visory Board are as follows: D. N. 'V Mackay, J. C. Slurgill and J. D. Weed, Condon; Ttay Lamoreaux, H. W. Lang, H. F. Shanks, J.Wp Donnelly and H.'M. Cox, Arling-J ton; Frank Little. Mikkalo; Harry Long, Blalock; J. B. Goff, Lonfe" Rock; W. G. Keys, Mayville. The Board is composed of M. D.' Shanks, T. A. Weinke and C. H... Horner. " - ?: ', Bert Lear has ordered Globe for another year. the E. A. McCarty renewed subscription this week. ; hie M. D. 'Shanks renewed his subscription this week and paid ; in advance. Clyde Cripe believes in keep ing his subscription paid in ad- i vance. He is paid to 1920. TWO G RE AT PICTURES, THE LIBERTY THEATRE PRESENTS The Film Spectacle A Sensational Seven-Reel Picturization of Herman Whitaker's Famous Novel "The Planter" Mutual Production Starring the Distinguished Actor ; HRONE POWER SPECIAL TOMORROW, SATURDAY Matinee 2 P.M. Evening 8 and 9:45 Price 25c-35c Paul Smith Presents e Finger of Justice v A Scathing Pronouncement Against the Secrecy Surrounding the Most Vital of Humanity's Problems "Th A Motion Picture Produced by the Man Who Smashed the Vicious Barbary Coast. See It! No children admitted except with parents or guardian Coming Saturday, September 28th LIBERTY THEATRE Matinee and Evening Admission 25 and 35 Cents Coming soon: 'A Daughter of Uncle Sam" and Bill Hart in "The Disciple" .1