Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1902-07-03
LOCAL NEWS,


But the neaales they caught me.D
Charles Noel Douglas.
WIN Stewart, Of Lone Rock, WAS In
town Monday.
MIss Elsie Brown Is III at her home on
Rock creek.
Roy Prlce's family are undergoing q
sieee Of measles.
Mrs. Lillian stevens was In from Pop
lar Farm Monday.
John slIit'p baby has been seriously
III during tbs week.
Alburn Moore's family are down with
an attack OF measles.
DR.. Coreyell was over from Fossil on
business during the week.
Mrs, Len searcy, OF I3eecher Flat, left
Monday for visit With friends In the
Valley.
Work was commenced Monday on the
excavation for Dunn Bros. new brick
building,
The sale Of property advertised IN the
delinquent tax list took place At thec court
house Monday,
The Misses Bowerman, sisters of Jay
Bowerman, are here from Salem the
guesta OF Mrs. J. r. ReisacheF.
Guant 4 Co.'s new mail slages went
on the route Tuesday morning and Com
don now has two frst-class stage lines.
Ed Temple has rented a three.room
house and Ia keeping his weather eve
peeled for u housekeeper. Fossil Jour.
nal.
Mrs. @. W. White sold her wool In
IIeppner last week At II cents a ponnd.
This ls, 20 lar, the best sale reported In
this section.
@. o. Portw0od is here from ArlIng-
ton 10 get settled down In Oondon pre-
paratory To taking charge Of the clerks
office next Monday.
The entertainment and festival given
by the lailes Of the Saints church last
week was very successful. Between s25
and $50 was cleared.
Meetings are being beld at the Saints
church by Elders Allen and Goodwin.
Mr.. Allen is lately ont from the east and
10 an able and polished speaker.
The GLoHR office tnrned out Mid
summer Clearance Sale catalogue for 7.
II. Stephenson during the week which
contains some rare bargains In summer
dreaa gooda and ladies' wear.
The weather has been cool aud cloudy
for the past week and the wheat crop is
coming out In hne shape. The indIca.
tons now are that Gillian county will
harvest the largest crop Of wheat In her
history.
John McMorris and L. B. Townsend
are pushing the carpenter work onJ. ].
Portwood's residence right along. II is
commonIous two story structure and
when completed will be one OF the best
uWellnks w toWh'
Work on the new fiouring mill ia pro-
crossing satisfactorially. Some delay is
being caused by the failure OF the floor
ing to arrive but II is hoped that will
soon be obviated, The company expects
20 be ready TO run by about August 10Th.
]. w. jackson 4 Go. will continue to
operate their stage line after July let
handling passenger and express traffic
exclusively. Messrs. Jackson have sus-
tained an excellent service in the past
and will no doubt continue to do 90 In
the future. See their nd In another col |
umn.
Miss Minerva NJ. Neel has been en-
gagged as the fiith teacher OF Fossil pnb-
lic school, In place of Miss Hershner,
who failed to complete her contract with
the board. Miss Neal comes highly re-
commended from Condor, where she
taught In the public school last year
Fossil Journal,
All vi btlN ucW INulltN wiz eNhN
charge Of their respective offices next
Monday morning except Assessor-elect
Shelton who will not take charge Of his
office until July lst. The change
will be complete one ex.
cept In the cases Of Commissioner Dyer
aud Treasurer Stephenson who were re-
elected.
The International Sunshine Society,
of Condor. senda In n supplementary re.
port which states that the Society has
settled the hospital bill and funeral ex-
penses OF the Overlander baby amount
Ing to 1920. There.still remains In the
treasury $l1.52 Of the fund raised at the
entertainment, given by the society,
which will be devoted to other sunshine
work.
A letter from Gillian county to the
writer on Monday says there is very
good prospect for large crop Of wheat
in the Mayyille country. Twenty years
ago We remember Mayville fat, an un-
broken plain Of waving bnnchgras. It
is all fenced up today, and Is as fine
body of wheat land as can be found the
world over, sadly in need of railroad.
Mneo nrIlafin