Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1895-12-27
Arlington Items.

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s. D. Smith Of Olex WAS in town this
week
Miss Carrie Danneman Is visiting
friends in town.
wm. S. Phillips Of Olex visited The
Dalles last week.
Horse breaking at Thomas's barn IS
the order of day.
r.. T. Cox left Tuesday night for
Portland TO visit few days.
Chas. Bressler and family of Portland
are here visiting relatives and friends.
Miss i. NJ. Young, our popular pri-
mary teacher visited Portland last week.
r. r. Hurburt, s. q. Hawson and O..
w. Shure all visited The Dalles within
the last week.
Rev. Bramblet closed bic revival meet
ings here Friday night, having delivered
80 sermons here.
The M. Il. church closed lite meetings
Sunday night and Rev. Warner has de-
parted for home.
u. NJ. Leslie, ex-sherif Of Sherman
county, but now Of Castle Rock, was
here on business this week.
They say that J. H. Frck, Of the de-
iunct First National Bank Of Arlington,
is running a chicken ranch near Oak
land, California.
Mrs. Kicks is employed in the tele-
graph office at The Dalles, during the abb
sence Of the day operator, w. X. Harri-
son, who IL visiting in Portland.
James Edwards, the insurance agent
who claimed to have hailed from Burns,
and who had his office in the Union
block, recently skipped out, leaving
quite healthy hotel bill unpaid, as
well as leaving the company in the
lurch for several hundred dollars, 50 we
are informed. The insurance company
sent man here from Portland to 'look
mp" the derelct agent, but when he ar
rived here his man had already depart
ed for pastures new.
Rev. Bramblet left for Lone Rock last
Saturday morning.
Both revivals here closed the last Of
the week, with seven or eight conver-
sions.
Harry Clay was in town Monday. He
says his 3400 head Of mutton are doing
nicely.
J. w. Smiths fine piano was shipped
to California this week 70 be used in
his new home there.
Snow fell to the debth Of 3 inches here
last week but on Monday the chinook
and rain "played smash" with it.
A. J. Sweeney, formerly Of this coun.
ty, is now living in Tucson, Arizona,
wnere he went for the benefit OF his
health.
Wm, Smell has taken contract to
break lot Of WIN. MeKay's horses to
work. lie has given up his position at
Wenner's store.
Rev. Warner Of Ellenshurg tells Us
that I. +. Barton, formerly Of Lost VAL
ley, has been converted in the NJ. Il.
faith and Joined the church in that city,
The snow fell TO the debth Of is inches
ut The Dailes and 3 fl at Hood river
last week, causing the Ry, Co. to get
out their rotary snow plow for the first
time this winter.
Miss Minnie Ward, schoolteacher
from across the river, became sick while
on her way home last Monday and near
! ly died OF heart disease. She was
brought back to Arlington by her broth,
er-in-law, Mr.. Fin Thomas.
| w. II. Colwell built set OF very fine
targets for the Christmas shooting match
and put them up ON the site OF the old
brick yard, They kept them busy Tues
day and Wednesday shooting for turk
eys, pigs and prizes, one prize of which
amounted TO $40 Some very line shoot
ing was done.
The ladies Of Arlington Monday NOR
ming took a notion to have Christmas
tree. At first people said it WAS too late
but the ladies would not have it that
way. They telegraphed to Hood River
for tree and by Tuesday evening the!
had the tree up aud loaded with fine
presents, and an audience Of about
800 people to listen to the following