Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1893-03-10

city on Thursday night His smoke
honse caught fire from some unknown
cause, and 1t required the most deter
mined efforts to extihgnish 1t. A large
quantity Of hay was stacked only few
rods away, which was saved by hard
work.
''Uncle jack Caver was over TO the
city Saturday with load Of his fine
apples, also quantity Of the best
fresh cider ever brought to the town.
Some 81 the boys almost broke their
arms in the rush to get some Of it. Jack
has made himself famous by always put
ting the best fruit in the bottom Of the
box and the worst on top.
Heppner Gazette: Messrs. Wenner 4
Snow Of Arlington have sold out to Cof-
fin Bros. and G. M. Green, Of Portland,
combining the two stores under the firln
name Of The Arlington Trading Co. Mr..
Fred Snow IL at present In Heppner and
the Gazette hopes he may find reason TO
locate with us. We understand Coffin
Bros. intend going to North Yakima to
engage in business.
Renewed interest seems TO have been
awakened In our sunday school Of late,
the church being crowded nearly every
Sunday. The following officers we're
elected last Sunday for the ensuing year
L. w. Darling, Snpt., A. Henshaw, Asst
supt., and M. o. Clarke, Treas. An en-
ergetic and fourishing Sunday school
speaks well forthe morality Of any town,
and we are proud Of ours.
The Eugene Guard sensibIy says:
The town council displays commenda-
bic enterprise In publishing ordinances
instead Of posting them mp in conspicu-
Gus places. The citizens should at all
times be kept posted on the best possible
manner as to what the ordinances Of the
town require Of them, and when they
are.placed before them through the me-
diumSf the press, they no ionger can
plead ignorance as cause for violation Of
said ordinances"
No man should deprive his wife Of the
local newspaper. They do not 20 out
from home TO learn the news as does the
husband and father, and the paper serves
10 relieve the otherwise lonely hours Of
bis absence. tits the worst possible
economy 70 deprive the family Of pleas
ure SO easily and cheaply procured. And
yet there are those who say they cannot
afford IL; but are not too poor to spend
the price Of the paper every day for a
booze. Ashland Record.
The regular annual school meeting was
held Monday and resulted in the cleo
tion Of A. Hartman to succeed himself
as director (his term having expired, in
stead Of 4. Hepshaw, as announced last
week by mistake). j. r. Lncas was
elected director TO take the place OF ID. s.
Brown, resigned. Mrs. J. II. Downing
was elected clerk for the ensuing year, to
take the place OF the retiring officer, r.
w. Cooke. This with the hoId-oyer di-
rector, u. B, Trimble, makes strong
school board, OF which the district is
prond.
Gillian county's popular and efficient
assessor, Val Wheeler, was in town this
week on business connected with his Of
flee. He expects TO commence at once
with the assessment OF the county. He
will now have q chance to put into effect
the words Of the little speech he deliy-
cred last summer at the convention,
when he said: "Now boys, II yon run
me in for assessor, I'll make you.dig up
your old harrows, plows, ETC., now mind
what tell youm And no doubt he'll
do il. He is doubtless the most compe-
tent assessor In Eastern Oregon today.
We might add that he also has weak
ness for roast beef,
The supposition entertained by many
that the ground squirrels were killed by
the cold, proves untrue. The miserable
little scamps are out again. A great
many OF them can be seen scampering
about in all directions, and the present
indications are that they will be yery nu-
merous. Now is the time to hegin on
them while feed is yet scarce, and before
they bring forth their numerous progeny
to work destruction on the growing crops.
Our farmers can not afford TO economic
in the way OF dosing" the little var
nints with poison. By expending 81
for poison now, 1t will save the farmer
grain TO the amount of several hundred
dollars. 1t will prove an excellent in
vestnent II attended to promptly.
The Journal and great many others
are mistaken as to who Il. ID. Smith is.
II is not Tom Smith, as the journal in
timated last week, who was formerly in
the employ of Gilman Bros. The follow