Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-05-07

ment OF Harold Sewall as minister TO
Hawaii, and Max Pracht has also been
knocked out OF the governorship OF Alas
ka. Verify, the way Of the ofiice-seeker
is hard, also full Of disappointmenis.
The Heppner Gazette says that Mr..
John Harbe and Miss Ina Gorton were
married by the J. =. in that town on
Wednesday Of last week. The bride has
many friends in Condor, where she at
tended school a year ago, who wish her
much happiness. The groom has a
beautiful home one mile from Douglas
station, where he owns 400 acres Of ex-
cellent land, nearly all Of which are in
wheat--besides, be has bank account
OF several thousand dollars.
The annual meeting of the Mid-Col-
umbia Association Of the Congregational
churches is being held at Lexington this
week. Three delegates we're elected
from this place-Mrs. II. B. Hendricks,
Mrs. q. q. Parman and Miss Grace Ftz-
water. The latter being sick this week,
her sister Lulu went in her place, and
all three left Monday morning for Lex
ington. We learn later that Mrs Par
man did not go, for the reason that she
ex poets visitors from the East this week
Several Indians came TO town Tuesday
with race pony, and we're "spoiling"
for race. Randall Palmer was in TOW n
also with little racer and accommoda-
ted the redskins by relieving them Of
what silver they had. amounting to sey-
eral dollars. The Indians remained in
town Tuesday night and got roaring"
drunk. Whoever let them have the
whisky should be severely dealt with, as
they might have burned the town, since
there is no fire protection whatever here
now. The maximum penalty for this Of
tense is life imprisonment.
Vale Advocate. 1t is a common prac-
tice today to rear boy. that at the age
Of IL or IA years his parents as well as
the community feel the need OF sending
him TO the reform school--a paternal in
stitution intended to take the place Of
horse sense and harness-tng. Here
the taxpayers are compelled TO assist in
rearing a criminal that would, with prop
er training and few broken doses of
strap-oil, have become a useful citizen.
Fifty years ago there was little need of
public reform schools, for the parent,
knowing his duty to himself and society,
did the reforming in his own woodshed.
Judge Lowell has filed an opinion in the
expense case Of the Umatilla county sher-
III. He says: II am OF the opinion that
the county court has the power and au-
thority to consider and audit the ex-
pense accounts OF the sheriff Of the coun-
ty, necessarily incurred in the per-
formance of his duties, and that in
this case it erred in disallowing charges
which seemed TO be reasonable and nee
essarily incident to the proper conduct
OF the Office OF such officer. Said claim
is remanded with direction to allow the
same" The case has been carried to
the supreme court, which convened at
Pendleton this week.
Our school board has already received
five applications for the ensuing term of
school, as follows: W. M. Seaman. prin-
cipal OF the school at Geuda Springs,
Kansas Miss Nora F. Thompson, Of
Corwith, Iowa; J. r. Locke, of Merrill
vile, Indiana; C. L. Woodson, of Eu-
gene, and A. W. Balsiger, Of Morrow
county. The latter was in town last
week making personal application.
Splendid recommendation accompany
each letter, those OF Miss Thompson be-
ing unusually good. There being so
many more kinds Of employment open
to gentlemen than to ladies, we believe
the board feels rather inclined to give
the ladies' show and that lady princi-
pal will be employed this time, for a
change. k
A dispatch from Salem says: The do
mestic animal commission has ordered
20 head of horses belonging to G r.,
Hougham, in Gillian county, killed,
In accordance with the order, Hougham
ordered his men to kill the horses when
he left his ranch Monday. His horses
are affected with the mango, which is
very contagious, being transmitted to an
animal that rubs against a tree where a
NANCY horse has been. Mr.. Hougham
does not object to the commissions or
der, but thinks it useless to kin 20 of bis
horses when there are about 80 on same
range similarly affected that have not
been ordered killed IA letter just re-
ceived from Grant Wade states that he
killed and buried the 20 horses and that
he will make another killing in few
days-that is, Of NANCY horses