Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1896-06-26

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The Eugene Register pays Portlapd,l
mayor the following ccmpliment
s'Pennoyer 10 no clever an old rascal al
was ever left outside the Oregon peniten
tiary. He may again cut quite fgur,
in Oregon politics before many moons.'
II 10 said that 90 guilty men had bet
ter 80 pnpunished than to oexecute an In
nocent man. In the United States WI
lot 900 guilty ones 60, then disagree OF
the punishment Of the guilty fellow anc
sometimes yet him free also. - Exchange
Twenty-Five ysars ago the production
Of white paper, such as newspapers are
printed on In this country, yas under
100 tons daily. Two daily newspaper
At present--one In New York and one Ia
Chicago--are using more than 100 toni
daily.
The anti-toxin treatment for diptheria
seems 70 be almost successful. The re.
duction Of the death rate from 90 TO AZ
per cent, indicates complete triumph
over this dread disease in the near ia.
ture when treatment becomes more fully
understood.
The late do-nothing congress did moth
Ing with the bill for the election Of sen,
ators by direct vote but 70 smother 1t,
and the gentlemen who did the smother
Ing act will soon come up for reelection.
Then II will be the peoples turn TO do a
little smotbering.
ITO learn to SWIM" says the state
board Of health Of Pennsylvania, is Of
az much value TO boy or girl, as thir.
teen weeks in French or higher Algebra,
or even term In modern business col
lege." II is one Of the things which
ought not TO be neglected.
Thirty girls in q neighboring town re.
Gently entered contest TO see which
one could make the best biscuit. A To-
cal paper was mean enough TO say that
the judges will all probably recover, but
none Of them will be regarded hereafter
as men OF sound health.
The editor and wife visited Portland
the latter part Of last week, returning
home Monday. Miss Bertha Hiatt, a
bright little girl from the Orphans
Home, or Boys and Girls Aid Society, re-
turned home with them and expects to
make her home with the GLoHE family.
FROM the tone Of many peoyle, many
q band OF outside sheep will return TO
home ranges this fall considerably les
sened in number, and many an innocent
lamb will go 10 its maker. From what
they say, these encroschments on Grant
county's range will soon be forever stop
ped.-Eagle.
Frank A. Palmer Of Ajax Is the happy
father Of a bouncing girl baby, which
come TO their home on the 18th inst.
Mother and child doing well, with good
prospects for Frank 10 pull through
alec. They say he IL 90 tickled over 1t
that he scarcely knows which end he's
walking on.
A gentleman recently returned from
Europe says that man in Germany
bought 1000 cigars short time ago, and
had them insured against fire. Then he
smoked them and demanded the amount
OF his policy from the insurance compa-
ny. The company refusing to pay 1t, he
brought suit and got verdict.
An enterprising Western 6rm Of cat
tlemen, recognizing the demand for wild
animals for circuses and geological gar
dens, is going 10 start farm for the
raising Of the various types oi beasts.
II is proposed 70 secure four or FIVE
square miles Of the most thickly wooded
land In the Cascade mountains in Ore
gon for the purpose.
The full capacity Of the mints Of this
country 10 s40,0O0,000 OF silver coin a
year. II metal was never coined into
money but stored away ss bullion and
certificates or notes were issued instead,
with the metal behind them as security,
the people would receive benefits that
are not possible under free coinage -
Times s-Mountaineer
The timber wealth OF the United
States gives yearly product Of over a
billion dollars, or more than twice the
value Of the entire output Of all the
mines. Yet nowhere on earth Is the
wealth OF the forasts wasted more won
tonly than In this country. Trees and
forests are slashed down not only with
out consideration. but with something
akin 10 contempt.
Hon. I'D. Stillman Of Pendleton de-
livered beautiful and impressive Leo
ture on Woodcrsit to large audience at
Condor Tuesday evening. He pictured
in very beautiful language the impor-
tance Of being Woodman and the duty
Auarv no N nuvaa to HE family IN mako