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GILLIAM COUNTY'S LEADING HOME PAPER VOL 29 CONDON, OREGON, FRIDAY. OCT. II, 1918 NO. 39 MACADAM WILL BE SURFACED SOON Highway Coraminion To Par Thoaa portions of the John Day Highway between Ccndon and Fossil which are macadamized are to be given a top surfacing of tufa thia fall. Thla ia the good newa which was given out after a meeting of the Highway Commission in Portland Tuesday at which time Jas. S. Stewart appeared before the Commission with facts to show that thia work is needed. The Highway Com mission is to furnish seventy Ave per cent of the funds for this work and the counties of Gilliam and Wheeler will furnish the rest. It is reported that work will be started as noon as possible and it is expected to fin ish it all this fall before real win ter weather starts. Probably Sidney S'nyth will be in charge A. fl Robertson was In Portland a few days the first of the week. Mike Dukek was over from Fossil Tuesday. John Stewart of Fossil was in Condon Tuesday on business. Sheriff Lillie destroyed the booze Wednesday which was captured recently when the Mil itary Police took a bootlegger into custody. There were two suitcases full of pint bottles, Charles Stoltnou bought a Mitchell Six touringcar this week from Hollen & Sons. Send your tires to us. We pay postage one way. All work guaranteed. Arlington Vulcan izing Works, Arlington, Oregon. 30tf . ELECTRICITY SAVES TIME AND LABOR fiNiiiililiww WE The Country Gentleman The Breeders' Gazette Pacific Rural Press Orange Judd Farmer Oregon Farmer YOD CAN DO MORE - MORE EASILY - WITH ELECTRICITY A. B. Robertson CONDON Three - fourth of Coit ol Toft Top of the work. This tufa which is to be used is a decomposed rock which will be spread evenly over the macadam and rolled dry. It finally works down into a sur face almost as hard and smooth as paving. There is a mountain of this rock near Fossil which will be used for a tart of the road and there ia another deposit in the quarry down in the can- yon south of Condon which will be used on this end. The road down the canyon is a particular ly hard piece, of road to work be cause of the fact that it is al most Impossible to divert the traffic and keep it off the road for the necessary length of time. This-work will make these sec tions of the John Day Highway : as good as tiny road in the state. H. H. Wilburn finished a well ww lor a. u. urn on tne old Danneman ranch near Clem. t . .1. m v i .a ne sirucK anne now oi water at A ft J ft w M M PTrt ft - -ft- mL II l the depth of 476 feet This well ia in a section where it is hard to get plenty of water, there being three dry holes about GOO feet deep in that locality. Mr. Dill is putting in a fine pumping plant and expects to furnish water to his neighbors. Envoy 0. Gunderson, repre senting the Salvation Army, was in Condon a few days this week. .Will Smith went to Portland Sunday. H. R. Saltmarsh, a Portland attorney and the owner of the townsite at Crescent City, Cal ifornia, way in Condon a few days this week on business. When you consider the time and labor that electricity will save on the farm, the greater efficiency that it brings in practically every line of farm work, and the increased production that naturally follows an electric plant for light and power becomes not the luxury which you may have regarded it in th$i past, but a real necessity to a wide awake progressive, .farmer. A full page Lalley Light advertisement will appear in the following papers as well as in 27 other well known publications. I will be glad to show you by actual demonstration what Lalley Light will do on your farm: DEALER LISTEN FOLKS - Barraie Fire Has Sinister Meaoinf That Ii Oiilv Think Veiled Why all this fuss from the Portland Journal concerning ad verusing rates for newspapers and the delinquent tax publics tion? Why these two measures on the ballot at the general elec tion, tearing the bold salutation: "Initiated by C. S. Jackson and R. W. Hagood." Why Messrs. Jackson & Hagood? For weeks Editor Jackson has. been raging over his two pet measures. For weeks the editor ial page of the Journal has run red with murderous attacks on two Oregon statutes that seem to be a great source of worry to Messrs. Jackson & Hagood. One is the delinquent tax publication law and the other is the existing law fixing the rates for legal ad vertising in the state. Both laws were regularly passed and have stood the test of time. They were devised for public service and both are patterned after sim- Har.statutes in adjoining states. . . wm The rates of publication in both laws are as Jow, if not lower, than charges fixed in nearly all the states of the union. No one questions the statement that so long as we have courts and laws, there must be legal publication; no one for a moment will contend that a delinquent taxpayer should not be notified of delinquency. Then why the editorial barrage each day in the Journal? Listen folks it's a secret Once Upon a time Editor Jack son boosted for single tax in Or egon. Once he wailed much in the fashion of his present sobbing but the voters of the state gave no heed. And the country papers I October 12 Octaber 17 October 26 October 19 October 17 OREGON HERE'S A SECRET poked considerable fun at Mr. Jackson, which riled him exceed ingly. And again once upon a time Editor Jackson awoke to find that the Multnomah county delinquent tax list publication had been legally awarded to his esteemed contemporaries, the Or egonian and Telegram. Where upon Millionaire Jackson again gnashed his teeth and hissed "revenge!" And now comes the revenge. It's to be a double barrelled buck-shot revenge, too, if Brother Jackson's well-laid scheme doesn't come to the same inglorious end that his beloved single tax schemes came to at the hands of the intelligent folks of Oregon. It's to be, according to Messrs. Jackson & Hagood, a mighty drive on the newspapers of the state. It's advertised al most as much as some other re cent drives and has just about as muchfairnegs and sincerity of purpose behind it v The voters of the state are open to argument but they refuse to be coerced at Mr Jackson's bid ding, knowing the petty spite behind his plans. Indications are that they will vote a most emphatic "NO" to each of the Jackson-Hagood measures. They believe the newspapers have a right to live; they know of the splendid work of the Oregon press in supporting tho war act-1 ivities and ; loan drives without recompense; they know that pub lication costs have gone sky ward, and that rates should be raised, rather than lowered, if the news papers of the state are to survive. So much for the legal rate bill. They naturally suspect the attorney's part in the delinquent tax bill. They know that the scheme Jackson & Hagood, the lawyer, propose would throw the delinquent taxpayer entirely upon the mercies . of the title grabber. Jackson would provide delinquency notice by mail. The existing law provides, the very same thing, but goes a 'step fur ther, in the interest of the unfor tunate owner whose property has become delinquent and pro vides that only upon failure of the mail notice, shall publication be made. The voters know that Jackson has forgotten to mention this fact in his argument. They know, too, that the present law is fashioned to protect the unfor tunate delinquent from the tax title grabber and ' otheVs of hid type, and they will refuse point blank to support such a scheme. A message to the boys of America and their parents is con tained in the new serial "Eoy Scouts to the Rescue or Aids of the Nation," produced under the supervision of Sir Robert Baden Powell, founder of the Boy Scout movement of the world, and introducing Sir Robert and his British Boy Scouts supporting clever juvenile and adult pro fessional English actors in a story of intense general interest and constant thrills for everybody old and young and even those not interested in the Boy Scou t movement The Spanish influenza must be pro-German if one can judge by the way it is holding up the October draft contingents. F. L Ballard of the Extension Service of the Oregon Agricul tural College was in Condon a few days this week. The services at the Congrega tional church last Sunday were COUNTY COURT TRANSACTS BUSINESS Is Quiet Session Except for Multitude of Bills PaUubed Eelow. At a special meeting- of the Count' Court' of Oregon for Gilliam County, held it Condon, Oregon October 8rd, 1918., when were present: Hon. G. W. Parraan, County Judge Sherman Wade, Commissioner, the following proceeding were had, to wit: In the matter of the road petition of Frank Little et al for a county road, ordered continued for the term accord ing to viewers reports. In the matter of the application of John Harder for refund of taxes: re fund granted in the sum of 652.34. In the matter of the approval of bond of L. L. Taylor, Deputy State Vet, approved. ' In the matter of the approval of bond of E. Wbeur, Justice of the Peace for N. W. Condon Precinct Bond approved In the matter of the transfer of funds. Ordered that $20,000.00 be transferred from County General Fund to Road fund. In the matter of setting aside funds for County Institute, as provided by law, Ordered that 1200.00 be set aside for such purpose. In the matter of Auditing and allow ing claims against Gilliam County, The following allowed and ordered paid: General Fund '' J W Lillie, Sheriff, traveling and office expenses $ 186 06 J W Lillie, Sheriff, board bill for prisoner M) 90 Elfie Campbell, help in sheriff's office 55 Jos W Kirschner, surveying for assessor 12 W G Keys, assessing 101 25 Clifford E Neal assessing 52 50 Clifford E Neal assessing 147 50 Arlington Independent, printing 4 80 J H Wilson, semi-annual audit 100 J C Sturgill, office supplies 38 05 St Mry' Hospital care of H Tabor , 90 J F Thomas, care of H Tabor to Salem 46 95 Myrtle Ferguson board for Levi Johnson ' 60 00 E P Giles, board forTownsend 2 80 John W Maidment cash adv 7 05 Madden' cash store, Mary Jane Robson N 63 85 Mike Foley work on C H lawn 56 Horner Moore Co supplies . 9 65 S B Barker Co supplies , 11 85 Dunn Bros, supplies 40 75 Robert Williams, putting in wood C H exp 4 Arlington Lumber Co, coal ATTENTION! Your opportunity to See in Eight Reels that Wonderful Picture "Boy Scouts to the Rescue" Tuesday, October 15 This picture was supervised in production hy GENERAL SIR ROBERT BADEN-POWELL foundei of the Scouts organization 25c and 35c, Reserved Seats 50c Liberty Theatre WEDNESDAY NIGHT VAUDEVILLE HIPPODROME CIRCUIT Jack Burdette, the Soap Salesman " -: and 1 : Host & Rome, Comedy Novelty Gymnasts I draying 161 '. Condon Globe, printing etc 63 22 Condon Globe, supplies for local board 7 60 Irwin Hodson Co, supplies 16 16. Pacific Stat and Print Co, ' supplies 2 05 Buihong and Co, supplies 1 65 Glass and Prod bom mt Co, pre board index guide 90 C N Laughrige cash adv 28 42 . T A Weinke, expense 80 10 Home Tel Co, phones 1(16 L L Taylor, County Vet, services milage 94 06 Dr J V Wilhelm, reg vital stats ; Mrs Alcy Madden reg vital stats 1 25 C R Nicholson, district sealer 16 91 Aubrey E Perry, watermaster 27 03 Council of Defense, appropriation for stamp etc 60 . - Road Fund Sidney Smyth, ' alary and expense $250 , Sidney Smyth, salary 250 Sidney Smyth, salary and exp 250 Jo W Kirschner,' viewing road 5 16 60 i jT H Shannon road work 111 ; Arlington Lumber Co, supplies 137 IS i Geo Van Koten. labor 10 ( jGeo W Purdy, repairs for Ford 14 25 I Shelley ' Garage, supplies ' 118 64 I Harry Roland auto hire 18 75 Horner Moore Co, supplies - 39 60 Geo W Biggs supplies 8 85 Henry Greenfield work on Maddock bridge 67 , S B Barker Co, supplies -"- Maddock bridge 27 60 Josh Harder, road work 49 50- W E Smith road work 20 Graves A Grave supplies 2 " Howard Cooper Corp, supplies 4 48 ' Standard Oil Co, oil ate 100 Warren Com true tion Co, 'claims on MayviU Macadam contract ' 289 63 J G Boyer, road work 19 26 J G Boyer, road work 127 85 Condon National Bank, pay roll Geo Crura 65 -G L Crura, road work ' 85 ; v F W White, road work 23 ,' E B Shorap, road work 63 '-y A NeeL road work . 24 60 High School Fund v J C Sturgill, painting and cleaning building . 60 Chas Horner, insurance 32 J P Hess, insurance 32 continued on last page wiHMSB698 enjoyable and well attended. - it