Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1896-10-23


l.. W. Darling IL having new drug
store and postotiice, 1924, bnilt just
north Of the old drug store building
which he recently sold to Charley Ear.
hart. lie aims TO have IL ready iol
occupancy by Nov. LIST, at which time
Charley will also be ready TO open his
new saloon.
Mrs. f. B. Stevens received the sad
Intelligence Monday Of the death Of lei
niece, Josie Churchill, aged 10 years
who died at her home at Salem, Of con.
sumption. The deceased was the eldest
daughter Of Mrs. Mary Churchill who
with her family, visited at the Stevens
ranch last summer.
Isaac Rnddock OF UmatilIa county
who has had more free advertising dur
ing the last year than any other man in
Oregon, has just been convicted at Pen.
dleton for the crime ofembezzlipg school
funds while acting In the capacity Of
school clerk, and sentenced TO one year
In the pententiary.
Another libel suit In the airl This
time the Fossil Journal ie TO be sued for
damages by the Home Comfort stove
man, whom that paper pulled over the
Goals" In Its last Issue. At least that is
what the collector, who is in town, says,
and he seemed TO have blood In his eye
when be made the announcement
Saturday frst-class wheat was selling
at Arlington for CSC bilshel, and SOC at
The Dalles. In Consequence Of the rise
in wheat we notice that the farmers
faces are gradually growing shorter
again. Daring the last couple Of years
their faces had grown so long that the
BARRIERS took to charging them by the
yard for shaving.
Bear In mind that every voter who
wishes 10 vote for BRYAN and silver
mnst cast his ballot for n. l.. Butler,
+. Hofer, Harry Watkins and w. II.
Spaugh, the fusion electors. Don't
make mistake and vote for the ina.
tional democrats" No doubt the silver
forces will lose thousands OF votes by
voters making this mistake.
Next Friday is Patriotic Day." and a
very interesting entertainement will he
given In the school house Friday night,
by the pupils Of the school The school
promises 10 make IL so enjoyable and
interesting that no one can afford ia
miss II. All Of the parents in the dis
trict are especially invited to come ont
and thus encourage the children.
X. Spencer, one OF the most extensive
farmers in the Shelby neighborbood
was up TO town Monday on business.
lie feels little sore over having sold
his wheat about ten days ago and then
found that had he held 1t until now he
wonld be couple OF hundred dollars
better fixed" That amount of hard
cash these times is not to be sneezed at,
T. q. Woodland and family and A. j.
Cochran and family Of Rock Creek NOV
ed to Arlington this week TO remain
until spring for school advantages. Miss
Matte Jennings, niece Of Roht. Spen.
Ger, win make her home with Mrs.
Woodland this winter and attend school
also. MIR. Cochran has leased his farm
for term Of three years to son Of AL
Weatherford.
A large crowd was ont 10 the hall last
Wednesday evening to hear the speech
Of j. W. lvcy, republican campaign
orator from Portland. Chas. Hilton OF
The Dalles accompanied him as far rs
Condor. Mr. Ivey was also billed "a
speak at 0lex next day at 2 o'clock, but
as no crowd was on hand TO hear him he
proceeded on to Arlington, where he de-
livered an address in the evening.
A. Anderson, an honest and hard
working young man who came up from
Portland last fall and worked here al
ANYTHING he could get TO do, returned
home Monday from a 3-months' job o.
work he had in Crook county. lie be.
lieves Crook county will give Bryan a
large majority, and says that Of the
hundreds Of people he met over there
he did not meet one Mckinley voter.
The worlds wheat crop is short 1877,
000, 900 bushels, which accounts for the
gradual rise in the price of wheat
There seems TO be no doubt that the
price win reach 75c bushel yet this
fall. First-class wheat is selling at that
now in Portland, Everybody rejoice,
when the farmer is prosperous, for wher
he is prosperous everybody else is, A,
Chicago last Monday wheat took al
upward jump Of 4c, and is still jumping
! One by one the sheepmen and herder
keep dropping in from the mountains
the last arrive being j NJ. Cameron
who summered his sheep near Caleb