Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1898-02-11
ARLINGTON GEMS.

+ O Hindle, our popular o. r. & N.
agent, and his wife visited Portland sew
eral days this week.
Rev Barnhart 10 still in critical con-
dition. Another minister will be here
soon to take his place, and revival will
be in progress here before long.
Mr. Clarence Shurte has had magnif-
icent monument erected at the grave Of
his family, who met such horrible
death here last August by burning in
their residence.
Our new city council met last week
for the fret time, and, along with other
business, appointed Joel Pound city
marshal, Mr. Carlisle having sent in his
resignation, as he has other business 10
attend to this summer.
Atty Gnrley gets almost as many calls
TO neighboring states and towns, on inn
portant law and criminal cases, as does
Judge Bennett, who is kept on the 60
nearly all the time. Gurley & Dobyns
are building up an immense practice.
The weather for the last month has
been spring-like, but the last two weeks
has been regular May weather. The FIRST
Of the week we had several warm rain
showers, giving the grain and grass a
nice start. Gillian against the world
for fine climate and big fat babies.
Two fire alarms were sounded last
Wednesday. One was the burning out
Of hue in Smytbe's residence, causing
no damage; the other was caused by a
defective brick flue In Ross Beardsley's
barber shop, burning small hole in the
roof. Ii was pnt out with few buckets
OF water. The only damage done, Of any
consequence, was stopping the play at
the bowling alley for about 80 minutes.
The shooting Of James Fitz BY w B
Ewing Of Willow creek last Wednesday
created great sensation here. We hear
that the bullet passed through the lungs
and liver and lodged against the back
bone, and that the wound will prove
fatal. After Fitz was shot he started for
a ranch. a mile distant, but soon fell,
and as no one saw him fall he laid on
the cold ground several hours before as
sistance came. Just why the Leyde boys,
who witnessed the shooting, did not see
him fall and aid him, IL not explained.
Ewing started soon after for Heppner to
give himself up and Was met by the Of
ficers, who had been telephoned to, and
is now in the Heppner jail awaiting the
result Of his desperate deed.
creek in this county at one time, but
now owner Of the Elkhorn Hotel at Gao
yon City, passed through town the first
Of the week. He is surely the happiest,
also luckiest msn in Grant caunty Just
now. lie has been prospecting on a
quartz ledge for the last year but never
got enough out OF it to give him hopes
Of finding something further down.
About two weeks ago he struck the main
ledge about twelve feet below the surface
where II is abont one foot wide and COM
posed of deeayed quartz that is fabnlous-
ly rich. Kloudike isn't in il as to rich
ness. The decayed quartz is nothing
but mass Of wire gold and runs about
$50, 900 10 the ton. He had gripful OF
the quartz with him that was worth $35
pound. Two men washed out 500 in
one day recently and melted snow to
get the water to work with. The mine
is 2R miles from Canyon and just above
whore the mines were first found on the
opposite side Of the creek Oregon has
just as good mines as there is in the
world and all they need is developing
and klondike weather, rs deg. below
zero, 10 attract attention.