Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1899-08-10
LOCAL NEWS.

last week.
Take your repair work TO Joo Hlrbin.
Neatness aud dispatch is his style.
DR.. Luna and family have moved In
to DR.. Hogan's residence.
tieo. Neal's baby was dangerously III
last week but Is now better.
John Maddox went 70 Arlington
Saturday on business trip.
The cool weather Of the first OF the
week was all right for harvest work.
Squire Wilkinson White, Of Trail
Fork, was In town the first OF the week.
II, w. Hartman will this week finish
fine new dwelling for Wm. Wehrli
near MayyIle.
II. Is. Barker and Y. M plIter left for
Grant cuunty Tuesday morning on a
sheep buying expedition,
-. DR.. Luna was called to Lone Rock,
Monday, 10 prescribe for Mrs. James
Bennett who was seriously Ill.
The smallpox scare at Hepner seems
~ be abating. Editor Shntt is conval-
esccnt and no new cases are reported.
II. w. Hartman will soon commence
work on new residence for himself on
his ranch lew miles north Of town.
u. A. stnchheld. OF Mayyille. passed
through town Friday with u bunch Of
choice beef cattle for the Portland mar
ket.
Joe Hardin the blacksmith who rented
the Clark shop will remain permanent-
ly In Condor and will move his family
here In few weeks from Yaqulna.
s1ns Of Cpndpn's best singers sere-
naded the town Saturday night, and by
the way, Condor has some Of the best
vocalists in Eastern Oregon.
Louis Couture will run the engine for
McLaughlin's new thresher this season.
The outfit will begin threshing at Red
monds ranch next Monday.
Mrs. g. w. White, Of Trail Fork, who
has boon suffering nearly all summer
with hip joint disease IL still confined to
her bed. She is improving slowly how
ever.
A fishing party consisting Of Mrs. r.
II. Stephenson, Misses Mary and Mag
gio Maddox, Bell Darling aud Rhoda
tiesner, drove out to the Maddox ranch
Sunday.
X. NJ. johnson was In town Sunday
on his way home from Arlington where
he drove band OF cattle which he had
purchased for Mr.. Reynolds the Nebras-
ka buyer.
John Il. Reisacher and Miss Lizzie
Hoover visited friends at Fossil last sun
day. Mrs. Rclsacher who has been
visiting friends there for sometime came
home with them.
An item appeared In this column last
week which stated that ''the frame Of
the new Baptist church Is up" II was
an error. Our intention was to say that
the lumber for the building is on the
ground.
The Wilcox and Van Vactor families
vent down to Thirty mile Saturday To
enjoy the pleasure OF camp life for few
days. Van aud Coxey drive in from
camp each morning and back Ia the
evening.
WI. Wilcox has gone into tho chick :
en- business on a large scale. lie has
lately beon making an effort to get his
big thorough bred rooster "into print"
but has failed to agree with the office
devil as 10 terms.
Jas. King, an old timer Of the Fossil
country and one Of Wheeler county's
best known stockmen was In town Sat
urday night on his way homo from Ar
llngton where he delivered band OF cat
tie to Reynolds.
=. II. Stephenson returned from his
Eastern trip Sunday. having gone as iaT
as Omaha. lie reports having had fine
time and says Nebraska is booming
this year. The corn crop will be the
largest ever grown In the state.
One Of our good looking young bache'
Les rugged himself up in sailor suit
Monday morning and tried to imperson
ate Hobson but It IL wouldnt work
Condor young ladies don't practice
their osculatory performances on the
street In broad daylight, Lew will have
to get an evening snit II he expects tc
make his game work.
II. l.. Propst left sample OF wheat
heads at this Office few dayi
ago that would be hard to beat in an,
country. A sample OF blue-stem meas
ures ak Inches In length and the grain'
are as plump and large as any one could
desire. Mr.. Propst's entire crop of sum
mer iallow will easily average 20 bush
els per acre. lie will harvest about S0I
acres. %
DR.. II. l.. Nicklln, one OF the bes
known dentists OF Portland, will visi
Condor the latter part Of tho month
on professional trip and will guarantee
satisfaction TO all who favor him will
their patronage. The doctor is presI
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