Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1894-04-27

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Offices, is for persons to have lock boxes
TO try their keys in other PERSONS boxes
to see II it will fit or if the box 10 locked,
very few know that they lay themselves
liable TO prosecution and fine. This act
is a violation OF "Uncle Sans" postal
law, and Is punishable as such. A case
occurred recently where valuable mail
was taken from box in postofice by
parties unknown. A young man was
arrested for the theft, and although the
crime could not be proven, it was shown
that he was in the habit Of opening
boxes without permission, and he was
fined 1900 and given one year in the
penitentiary.
An esteemed contemporary comments
as follows: ''Mogt business men as soon
az they find business Is dull, refuse TO
look for the canse, and simply work
themselves into a frenzy Of depression,
cut expenses in every way, talk hard
times, show bard times in their faces,
give a hard time appearance to their
store, and get exactly what they expect
mo trade. The progressive merchant
arranges his counters more attrac.ively,
piles US his goods higher than usual,
decorates his window, burns more gas,
brushes up everything, puts new coat
OF paint on the outside, looks animated,
ditiuses his enthusiasm in every clerk,
advertises more extensively and gets the
bulk OF the business. There are selling
seasons, and there will always be, but
people wear out clothes and shoes as
much in dull times as in flush, and the
dull-time stomach will have its accus-
toned food anyway"
The initiative and referendum is grad
ually working it's way into recognition,
as is evidenced by the fact that it has
received endorsement by many OF the
county conventions throughout the state.
IL Is making its way in a sort Of negative
manner. 1t is not coming to the front
with whoop, bnt it is coming to the
front just the same, because there are
valid objections urged against it to i'm
pede its progress. Indue course OF time
ii will become fixture, because it is
just and right. All the good that can
be done in the country must come from
the people, and when the whole people
have the right to express themselves
there will be no danger Of verdict that
will be adverse to the whole people.
The principle Of the initiative and refer
endun is in harmony with the spirit OF
true democracy, and it will in the end
become an established feature.
II the number OF ewes that have been
sent TO the Chicago market during the
past month is a fair index, then the sup
ply Of sheep in the future will be mater
tally cut short. From fifty to seventy
five per cent of the sheep marketed for
awhile were ewes, and this means that
the breeding stock was reduced in pro-
portion, and the supply Of lambs win be
much shortened. The utter discourage
ment which prevailed among sheepmen
during the past season is responsible for
this radical move. The next thing there
will be shortage in sheep, prices will
advance and everybody will 60 to raising
them again, and glance at the figures
Of the past year will reveal what that
signifies. Sheep are prolific, and more
prudence and conservatism should be
exercised in raising and marketing them.
This showing operates against the fine
wool men, Of course, but also upon the
mutton sheep men in a minor degree, OF
course. The merino sheep men catch it
every time as of course, in fact, the
breeders OF mutton, and have the advan-
tage, but in no wise fair show in con-
gress just now Prairie Farmer Chicago
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