Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1902-10-30
NEWS OF OREGON
nFMs or INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS
or THE STATE.
Commercial and Financial Happenings Of
the Past week-Brlef Review Of tho
Growth and Development Of Various
Industries Throughout Our Common
weaIth-Latsst Market Report.

Printers Of Oregon City have formed
a union.
Hops have reached % cents at Salem
and q good many sales are now looked
for.
Three hundred goats were shipped to
Montana from Monmouth a few days
ago.
Two new steamers, one for the
Columbia river and one Tor Puget sound
are being built in Portland.
The Necanicum spruce lumber COM
pany, OF Seaside, Is making some ex-
tensive improvements TO Its plant.
A movement Is on foot In Linn coun-
ty 10 have a closed year for pheasants.
II Is claimed that at present there are
not more than third as many birds as
at one time.
The Eugene school board IL making
an effort TO have all school children
vaeninated as preeantien against
smallpox, which prevails in that city
and vicinity 70 some extent.
Thomas II. Lowell, who wae convict
cd OF manslaughter for killing II. l..
Roadman near Wilbur last July, was
sentenced TO seven years. imprison-
ment. Lowell is now go years Of age.
Work Is progressing rapidly on the
new Booth-Kelly sawmill at Spring.
field. The company hopes 70 have the
mill in operation by the first OF the
year. IL will have a capacity Of ESQ.,
600 feet Of lumber per day.
Oregon has most promising copper
district In q section little known
This is the Imnaha, on the Snake river,
not far from where the Seven Devils u
located on the opposite side. As yet
little development has been done.
A majority of the Lewis and CLARK
fair directors favor special session Of
the legislature to make an appropria-
tion for the exposition. They believe
this ahould be done at once in order to
let the other states have an opportunity
70 see what we have done in the matter
and allow them 70 oct accordingly.
Arthur Scofeld, confined in the coun.
ty jail at Albany for larceny, made his
escape few days ago. He was cap
tured at Eugene.
J. F. Markley, who murdered John
d. Fain at Champoeg last June, has
been sentenced to spend the remainder
OF his life in the penitentiary. He is
81 years old.
Construction work on the terminal
yards, at Grants Pass, OF the Oregon &
Pacific railroad will begin January l.
Marion county physicians have
formed county medical society. @. s.
White, of Gervais, was elected presi.
dent and @. II. Robertson, OF Salem,
secretary.
The recent rains throughout the Will
lamette valley have enabled ssthe farm
ers to push the work OF fall seeding.
All fruit is picked and other fall work
over and a few days more of good
weather will enable the farmers to fin.
ish seeding.
The first carload of Oregon's dried
prunes of this years crop left Albany
last Saturday for New York. Four and
one-half cents was received.
Superintendent OF Public instruction
Ackerman recently asked several county
superintendent to offer suggestions for
the betterment of the school system.
The ideas he has rlceived are many and
varied, and include higher qualifica-
tions Of teachers, consolidation OF dis
tricts and an increase OF the compulsory
attendance period.