Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1894-07-13

railroad Is completed almost to The
Dalles from the east and 1t will be only
a few days yet until II will be completed
from the west, and the public will have
regular train service again--a change
that will BIO welcome to all Of us.
Constable Dan Rinehart made an Of
fetal trip to the Lost Valley country
Wednesday and to Ferry Canyon next
day, serving papers in civil suits 10 re-
cover money. A good way to avoid be-
ing sued IL TO pay debts promptly when
they become due. A better way still il
to not run in debt. Pay as you go.
Our type last week made II cay that
Harye Higgins won the S0-yd foot race
at Fossil on the ID, which is mistake.
II should have read VIM. Higgins, in
stead. Mr.. Higgins adopted the good
old way, and we believe the surest way
Of winning race--he took the lead from
the first and kept it the whole way
through.
II. B Hendricks took in Fossil, Lost
Valley and Lone Rock the fore part Of
the week on business. He says both
sawnnils are running fall blast and have
doodles of good lumber on their grounds
Mr.. II. reports crops and gardens as
looking better than ever before in the
history Of the country, and thinks the
fall grain will Gil better than the spring
grain.
The Condor country catches the wan
dering immigrants as they travel through
between California and Washington,
either way Within the last month no
less than dozen have settled in this
vicinity, and say that Of oil the country
they have seen in the West, this section
pleases them the best. Come right
along; there is sroom for thousands more
Rev. 4. Curran will preach here next
Sunday, morning and evening. Mr.. Cur
ran has done much good work here dur
ing the last year. When his first year
expired our people very much objected
TO exchanging bim for new man. and
he has been re-appointed TO this circuit
for another year. He has made himself
very popular with all the best people in
his circuit.
Wiley Miller has leased his excellent
ranch just north Of town for term Of
two years TO d. B. Trimble and Pat
skelly. Wiley and family left Thursday
for Looking Glass, Douglas county,
where they will reside for the next two
years. They drove across the country,
and expect to make the trip in II days.
They are good citizens aud their many
friends here regret TO lose them from
our midst.
Our county court has allowed 5000 a
year each to II. n. Frazer, deputy clerk,
and T. u. Johnson, deputy sheriff
This with the clerks salary OF $500
amounts to s2400 a year; and with the
sheriif's salary Of $1,000 will amount to
5000 a year. Besides this the clerk
gets all the income from land and notary
business, and the sheriff the board Of
prisoners, also fees for taking prisoners
and insane persons TO penitentiary and
asylum.
Boband Frank tiemmell, who have
had lease OF T. Il. Barton's ranch in
Lost Valley since Mr.. Barton and family
moved to Elcnsbnrg IS months ago, left
last week, presumably for Texas, where
they formerly lived. There is nothing
singular about this, except that they
leave behind them debts to the amount
Of about $500, which is due Mr.. Barton
for rent, etc. What makes their sudden
disappearance appear all the more sus-
picious is the fact that they neglected to
keep the fences up, and what promised
to he a fine crop Of hay and grain has
been almost ruined by cattle running
/ upon 1t.
First reports Of any accident, disaster
or happening Of any kind that interests
the public are invariably exaggerated.
The first reports OF the damage done by
the high waters Of the Columbia to the
railroad were to the effect that the track
was damaged $5,000.000 and that trains
could not run over II before January
1896 The following from the oregonian
| is reliable: "The water has receded
sufficiently to permit a close estimate OF
the damage to the o. II. 4 N. rail line
along the Columbia river, and men are
now at work at many points. 1t is
known that $4,000 will put the road in
running order from Portland to The
Dalles, and that no greater sum will be
necessary for its restoration from The
Dalles to Umatilla. The water has
fallen so slowly, and still isso high, that
not much could be done hitherto; but
the work will proceed rapidly from this
I time, aud by the end of July the road
4 will be ready for business"
The most eagerly-looked-for freightel
that ever came to town was q. q. Par
man, who arrived here Wednesday even