Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1901-01-31
'hfV5 OF this AID NHdHBOlINd STATS
interesting Events and Gossip 81 the Past Week Reported From
Cities and Towns in Washington Oregon
and Idaho.



Canyon City has new fire ball.
Jefferson will levy NO tar for the
-ss 5ssss. 1901. issi
The Tolsdo tax lazy has bean Fixed
1t mills.
The Eugene Military CIub has in
corpOIated.
The Southern Pacific tie plant a.
Latham Is running again.
Baker City school electors have
voted in favor Of 4 lO-miII special tax.
The 9-year-old son Of Il. s. Filton,
of Lost Valley, was killed by = falling
tree.
There we're nearly 500 mining Ioca-
tions recorded in Josephine county Last
year.
The receipts Of the Canyon City post
office last year amounted 10 ST.
1880.
The bridge across Trask river 1t the
StillwslI place vac washed cut By the
freshet.
Lumber il bcizg delivered on the
glound for the new hospital building
at Eugene.
The Standard mill at Baker City.
with capacity Of 40. 900 feet per day.
is nearly finished.
James Yates has sold his farm Of 80
acres. near Irving, 20 Mr. Hurd, late
Of Iowa. for about So, 900.
Local miners are sinking shaft on
the Watt hills east Of Amity on the
site Of supposed gold mine.
Free-milling gold ore has been dis.
covered in the mountains inst west o.
Lostine- Test show the ore literally
filed with black suphuress.
Miss Elizabeth Gissy. an Oregon
pioneer. aged as years. died at hel
home in Aurora. Deceased was sis
ter of DR.. Martin and Jacob Giesy.
A large amount of drift l0dget
against the railroad bridge. north Q
Lebanon. and 10 men have been 81
work all week disl0dging it.
A telephone line ii being built b
the Sunset Company from Jackaonvill 1
10 khe Upper Applegate country, IN.
will probably be connected with th|
Grants Pass Williams line.
]. w. Parker, who has : rich ap
pearing quartz ledge near Leland. m
der bond from Burnett g Hudson, /
making preparations to equip the prop
srty with an electric plant.
@. A. Parker and James Buchanan
have secured contract 20 cus and de
liver poles for the telephone line whicl
is TO be built from Pleasant Hill vii
Jasper and Natron to the raain line q
Springfield.
The long looked for English par
tridges arrived at Independence an
were taken to the O'Brien farm, . fey
miles north Of that city. and tarne,
Loose. The birds appeared very wild
apparently owing to their long journey
Reports from the country surround
ing Albany are general that the fal
wheat is in excellent condition. with
out any indication, at this time. OF al
enemy Of any any kind Not yEssssks<s1dinI
the poor crop Of last year. the acreag,
Is large.
After an illness OF several years
James A. Cauthorn. at one time
prominent grain dealer oi Corvallis
died al his home In that city. Hi
ailment was rheumatism. and unde
its effects the deceased had been a
invalid for several years.
An effort Is being made to have th
mail route changed between Lon
Greek and Pendleton so that the rout
will go over the Yellow Jacket roa,
from Pendleton TO Ukiah and via Oh
lower gulch road from Ukiah to Lon
Greek and supply Ritter Irom Lon
Creek.
A deal Of considerable magnitud
WAS COAnunluutOu 4ASs WUoA - 4A1Aa
NOOK between G. and b. Thayer an
the Beals Land Company Abou
$40. 900 worth Of agricultural land an,
town property was transferred to th
company, and will probably Be pIaaeI
on the market,
Owing to the recert high water q
the Coast Fork whio caused the los
Of many thousand fsdk Of logs. Mesars
Geer and Rouse, the saw mill men a
Amos, are arranging to erect ; tenn
porary saw mill ut Cottage Grove am
will drive the logs tnere. The boiler
and engines OF the new light plant ma.
DO used.
The owners OF the Red, White an
Blue mine, at Malhanr, will push de
velopments as rapidly as possibIe
There are two parallel lodges, on
measuring IL feet ana the other thrs
feet, and the owners believe that de
valopment Will prove that they com
| together. The Minis Is equipped witt
three stamp mill and steam hoist
ing plant. The capacity Of the mil
is TO be increased and pump installel
at once.
WASHINGTON.