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GILLIAM COUNTY'S LEADING HOME PAPER
VOta CONDON, OREGON, FRIDAY, DEC 6. 1918
- NO. 38
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RED CROSS DRIVE
FOR MEMBERS
DEC. 16-23
"All you need is ft btart and a
dollar" ia the great slogan for
the Red Croas Chriatmaa Roll
Call the memberahlp drive
which will be on during the week
of December 10-23 all over the
nation. The true aignlflcance of
the Red Cross ia now realized by
.
everyone in tne world and a
membership button ia a badge of
honor. Two or three or more
1919 memberships in the Red
Cross are not necessary -one ia
enough, and all that ia expected
or you, but that one ia expected
of every person in Condon and
the county aa well as in all ether
sections of the nation. When
you join you will receive a 1919
membership button, a service
flag and a folder with ten Red
Cross Christmas seals. Wear
.your button on the outaldo of
your coat where it can be seen
and you will not be asked a sec
ond time. Put your flag in the
front window of your home. If
you hsve been a member during
1918, renew your membership
during this drive for this will be
your only opportunity to answer
"present" to the 1919 Red Croas
Christmas Call.
Boyles-Salmons
Clarence Bovles and Miss Mav
Salmons were united in marriage
Monday, December 2 at the
courthouse by Judge Parker. Mr.
and Mrs. Boylea are residents of
the Clem neighborhood and will
continue to make their homa
there.
J. M. Hoag of Blalock trans.
acted business in Condon Wednes
day.
Much Fall Wheat
C. A. Cameron was in from
the Buckhorn country the first of
the week and reported that the
farmers of his vicinitv have in
considerably more fall grain than
usual.
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POPULAR FOSSIL
GIRL DIES
Chaplain Writes Letter
' to Mrs. Barns
Road Work Progresses
Rapidly in Wheeler
The work of putting a tufa top
on the road between Condon and
Fossil is progressing satisfactor
ily in Wheeler county and the
road is being covered rapidly.
Aa soon aa that part of the ma.
cadam is completed tba crewa
will move to the macadam down
the canyon south of Condon and
put a top on that. It is not ex
pected, however, that operation
on this end of the road will com
mence for several weeks.
A. Philippi of Arlington was
in Condon Wednesday. He at
tended the session of the county
court.
Former Resident Here
Chas. F. Kennedy, a former
Condon resident, was down from
Pendleton this week. He is do
ing well at Pendleton , but is al
ways glad to get back to Condon
and has many friends here who
are always glad to Bee him.
Pollowlni la letUr wrlttan to Mrs.
P. W. Burnt by tba chaolaln who
with Frank Burns whan he died.
Franca. October SO. IftiS
Mn, Anns Burni.
Condon, Oregon.
Daar Madame:
Your latter of Inquiry concerning
your son's death reached ma today. 1
m at liberty, I believe, to tell you
the following. Your eon waa wounded
inaction and hurried to the drawing
ttatton. ! attended him while the d..
tor dratted hli wound. He died ihortly
after he had received the Sacrament of
Peoaaca. I waa lmnu wtth k.
aimpp raitb or your ton and know that
. til a . ...
7u arm ce coneoied not a little in
ana wing that good care waa given him
and that he died God'e friend. H.fnr.
burring hire the- next morning 1 re
moved hia peraonal effect and aent
them to the office which handle theee
thing. In due time they will be aent
M yob. Hit grave la marked and the
location reglatered with the rov.
ment Nothing can be done about r.
moving the remalna during the war.
Aiwr me war you can take the matter
up With the government and I am an.
it wtll be handled in a aatlifartnrv
manner. Offering you my aincereat
aympathy in your bereavement and aa-
eunng you that your aon died nn.if.
lahly and nobly, a true cititen of hia
country and a friend of hia God, I remain
Reapectfully your.
John J. Rhanahan.
Mary Barbara Mortimer, the
only daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry R. Mortimer of Fossil and
niece of Mrs. F. T. Hurlburt of
this city, passed away Saturday
evening at her home in Wheeler
county. The cause of her death
was influenza. She was tarn
May 28, 1901, and was in her
junior year at the FmsH high
school and was universally dodu
w r - er
lar among her schoolmates and
had many friends in this city.
The funeral services were held
Tuesday inorning at 10 o'clock in
the church at Fossil and were
conducted by the Rev. Bishop
Pemberton of The Dalles. The
church and grave were beauti
fully decorated by her classmates
and the great masses of flowers
were wonderful. Several from
Condon attended the funeral.
; Posters are out advertising a
big dance at Mikkalo next Fri
day night.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Wehrli
Entertain Friends
DUNN GETS GOOD
POSITION
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Although but 17 year old
Edward Dunn Jr.. aon of Judge
and Mrs. Edward Dunn of 652
Tillamook street, has been named
an instructor in a French radio
school. Word of the honor was
received by Mrs. Dunn in a letter
today. Dunn expressed the
opinion that he would be coming
home in a short time. When 16
years old he passed his examina
tion as a' wireless operator and
was assigned to a suddIv ahis.
In February he was transferred
to the signal corps and since that
time he has been stationed at the
American general headauarters
in France. Edward Dunn was
born in Condon and his father
was formerly county judge of
Gilliam county and a merchant
of this city..
Hines-Adlard
George E. Hines And Misa
Lilian Adlard were married
Wednesday evening. December
4. at 7 o'clock by E. Wheir, Jus-
tice of the Peace, at his home in
northwest Condon. A few
friends were present. Mr. unA
Mrs. Hines will live at Hood
River.
Mrs. Clarence Olson of Port
land, formerly Myrtle Green
field of this city, has been auite
sick with the influenza.
Miss Zelia Shurte. who is
working in Portland, haa been
suffering from an attack of the
flu."
Mr. and Mrs. F.. M. Shannon
and daughter, Miss Lena, -went
to Portland Wednesday.
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mr. ana Mrs. will Wehrli en
tertained a number of friends
Saturday evening at their new
bungalow on their ranch east
of town. Dancing, games and
delicious refreshments were en
joyed until the early hours of the
morning. Mr. and Mrs. Wehrli
are to be congratulated on their
new home which is modern in
every respect
Elmer Lowe of Clem was in
umaon yesterday on business.'
New Road Opened
A new road will be ODeneJ at
once from Clem through Mikkalo
and Barnett to Rock Creek sta
tion. W. T. Solvester of Mikkalo
will have charge of the work in
getting it ready for travel. It is a
road that will be traveled a great
deal.
BUDGET MADE UP; HIGHWAY DAMAGES ASSESSED
At a regular term of tho County
Court of Oregon for Qilliam county held
at Condon, Oregon, Wednesday, Dec.
4, 1918, when were present: G. W.
Parman, County Judge; John W. Maid
ment, Commissioner; Sherman Wade,
Commissioner, thereupon the following
proceedings were had, to-wit:
In the matter of making up budget
for the year, 1919 Budget made up
ana ordered published as required by
law.
In the matter of the Report of Road
Viewers to assess damages, etc., Bla-lock-Arlintrton
section of Columbia
Highway Report ordered filed and
approved, damages assessed as follows:
J F Moody $10.00
Smythe Bros. $210.00
and 2 stock passes
W J Mariner 116.00
Green Investment Co. 17,60
Owners to build fencea if desired.
In the matter of commencing work
on Columbia Highway Ordered that
this matter be continued until next
regular term of Court on account of
rights of way.
In the matter of fixing allowance of
Wm. Vande venter for county aid
Ordered that he be paid (50.00 per
month beginning Deeemtfr 1, 1918. .
In the matter of auditing aid allow
ing claims against Gilliam county, Ore
gon -The following allowed and
paid:
Sidney Smith, salary and
expenses
Geo Van Koten, road work
Jos W Kirschner, surveying .
AS Rice, road viewer
Concrete Pipe CO, tiling
SheHev'a Garter., renaira .to
tlS Pattee, road work
H P Smith, hauling etc
Arlington Lbr Co, supplies
Standard Oil Co, supplies
E B Schomp, labor
A Neel, labor
G L Crum, labor
J G Boyer, labor
A Linden, labor
J Nelson, labor
A Nelson, labor
A Gustafson, labor
A Krohn, labor
V Henning, labor
E A Clarke, labor
Jack Farmer, labor -E
A Clarke, labor
ordered
$250.00
169.60
4100
16 00
249 82
169 62
87 60
24 02
319 73
74 29
35 45
159 0C
82 25
2190
42 84
32 84
82 84
S2 84
32 84
32 84
27 00
70 66
70 66
C..N. Lauqhrioe,
County Clerk.
Elmer Austin, who is just back
from France, arrived in Condon
Wednesday to visit relatives and
friends for a few days.
Mrs. John Knox was able to
leave the hospital Monday after
having had the influenza which
was followed by a bad case of
erysipelas. She is feeling much
better.
Frank Little was uo from Mik.
kalo Wednesday and met with
the county court on road busi-
ness.
Alex Johnson was over from
Fossil the first of the week in
attendance at circuit court
M. R. Matthew, the genial
traveling salesman, was in Con
don yesterday.
W. J. Keeney of Olex tran
sacted busmess in Condon Wed
nesday.
Miss Jessie Hardie returned to
her school in The Dalles Sunday.
Gilliam Boy Wounded
Eph Wilson, one of the Gilliam
county boys in France, was
wounded October 6 by a piece of
shrapnel which hit him in the
left chest. He is recovering
nicely and will soon be able to
leave the hospital. !
Mrs. Elfie Carcrjbell 'went t,
Portland yesterday to attend a
convention of the assessors of
the state.
Barker Company's Sale
. Is Big Success
The big closing out sale at the
Barker store opened Saturday
morning and the store was soon
filled with bargain hunters. The
business which has been done
there this week is only another
illustration of the value of adver
Using. Another advertisement
of this sale will be found on the
third page of this issue.
J. B. Wheir has given un de
livering Journals and Morris
Goodwin has taken up this work.
Pat Laughrige "Gassed"
Word was received Sundav bv
U N. Laughnge that his brother.
"Pat," had been gassed shortly
before the end of the war but
was recovering as rapidly as
could be expected.. "Pat' wrote
that ho was in the same hospital
as Will Hollen and they had good
visits and both were able to get
out and around again.
The Misses Helen E. and
Marian C. Crowe were up from
Portland to spend Thanksgiving
with their father and brother.
They returned to Portland Sunday.
Miss Opal Turney whs taken
to the local hospital Saturday.
She had a severe attack of in
fluenza but is better.
Ford Hendricks, Fossil attor
ney, was in attendance at court
here this week.
Jay Wright of Mayville is able
to be out again after an especial
ly. severe attack of influenza,
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W. T. Solvester waa un from
MikKalo Wednesday on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Neel
were down from Lone Rock yes
terday. Mrsi W. D. Kinsley has been
very ill with the influenza. She
Is improving.
James Cooper was over from
Wheeler county a few days this
week.
T. D. Sweetin of Arlin atin
was in UMidon Tuesday evening.
Sermons Are Good
Rev. Roth of Touchet, Vash
ington, preached mornW ' and
evening Sunday at the Congre
gational church and those who
heard him say that his sermons
were very good.
United in Marriage on
Thanksgiving Day
CITY COUNCIL HAS
MEETING; NEW
MEN THERE
St. Catherine's church was the
scene of a happy wedding at
eight o'clock Thanksgiving Day
when Sylvester Coonev and Grac
Perkins were united in marriage
By rather Wand in the Dresence
of a number o guests. Ed Rus
sell attended Mr. Cooney and
Miss Alice Smith was bridesmaid.
The bride is a Portland girl who
has made many friends here
since coming to Condon and the
man she has chosen is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Cooney,
pioneers of this, county. The
young couple will make their
Hbme near Condon and they have
the lest wishes of a large num
ber of friends with whom the
Globe wishes to join in extend
ing congratulations.
After the wedding fifty guests
gathered at the J. C. Cooney
home to enjoy a delicious wed
ding and thanksgiving dinner
and a delightful afternoon.
Mrs. Esther J. Turner, who
teaches at Pilot Rock, snent her
Thanksgiving holidays on her
homestead. She has lust recov
ered from a severe attack of the
The city council met Monday
night in regular session with the
following roH eall: Fitzmaurlce,
Farr. Snyder. Jackson. ' Sturaill
and Graves, present; Bock, ab
sent This was the first meeting
for the newly elected councilmen
and Jackson s and Snyder were
qualified. Snyder was appointed
a member of the water commit
tee and Jackson was put on the
street committee. Bills amount
ing to $61445 were ordered naid.
Sturgill was elected as president
of the council, the position for
merly held by A. S. Hollen. Thi
matter of buying and installing
more fire hydrants for additional
fire protection was fully dis
cussed. It seems that the city
needs more hydrants but their
present cost is very high. The
street committee was ordered to
investigate the matter and re
port. jJore water meters were
ordered through Jamieson &
Marshall. The budget was for
mally approved and the amount
to be raised by the tax levy is
$9570.;...'.,,
Homer D. Angel!, a Portland
attorney, waa here a few days
this week.
"flu."
W. H. Wilson of The Dalles
was in Condon this week. He
was one of the attorneys in the
case which was brought i to this
ounty from Wheeler.
Mrs. Abbie Riddell csrme ud
from Portland Sunday to attend
the funeral of tier niece, Mary
Mortimer, at Fossil.
Mrs. Rose D.Nelly went to
'ortland Wednesday to meet her
husband. - .. ' 1
Herb Walton Sentenced
and Paroled
Herbert Walton was indicted
by the grand jury Tuesday on,
the charge of securing money ;
under false pretenses to which
be pleaded guilty. He was
sentenced to serve a prison term
of two to five years and paroled -
by the court with the under
standing that he pay back the
money within a specified timer
that his conduct be upright in all
ways, that he cannot leave the
county without permission from
the sheriff and must not leave
the state at all. .
A. M. Ogilvy was up from
Clem yesterday.
Orva Dyer Is Better
Orva l)yer of Mayville, who
has been., very low for several
weeks with influenza followed by
pneumonia, is improving slightly
and now htis a fairly good chance
for recovery.
NTERESTING ITEMS FROM THE PUBLIC SCHOOL
Road to be Fixed
County Roadmaster Smyth is
putting in a bridge across Trail
Fork just bslow the grade. He
reports that the bad hill between
Condon and Gwendolen will be
fixed this fall if possible.
D. N. Mackay is in Portland.
His health is still poor and he is
not improving very rapidly.
G. E. 'Hamaker of Portland
was in Condon this week on legal
business
Frank Louy of Arlington was
in Condon several days this
week.
A dramatization of "Old Mother
Hubbard" will be given next
week by the First grade. This
comes in connection with their
regular language work. v-
The geography subject iu the
Second Grade at the present i-
the "Children of Other Lands."
The children of the Third Grade
are going to have an old fashioned
spelling contest Friday on the
words gone over this year.
Owen Owens of Dundee, Ore
gon, . has entered the Fifth
Grade.
Frank May, Wallace Townsend
and Hilda Turner have returned
to school after several days' ab
sence. ;' ; . , :
The Seventh Grade regrets the
loss of Clinton Hambleton. who.
with his parents has moved to
Pendleton.
Leonard and Clifford Crawford
from Lone Rook entered school
last Monday. Leonard is an
Eighth Grader and Clifford is in
the Seventh Gnvde.
Harold Johnson' and Jack Erwin
are performing faithful service
as flag boys for the school by
raising "Old Glor" whenever
the weather permit. -
Robert Walker hau left Condon
to reside at St. Helens. Robert
is an excellent student and we
regret to lose him. He leaves
with our best wishes. '
A new football has been or
dered and it3 arrival will make
all the "kickers" happy.
At Assembly last ' Tuesday
morning some new songs were
learned and poems were recited
in concert by pupils of the Fourth
and Sixth Grades.
The pupils of the Public School
made a very creditable showing
at the Thanksgiving Song Service
at the rink. V .
The attendance is almost nor
mal after our enforced vacation.
We re slowly making up lost
time and expect to eover all lost
ground before the close of school.