Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1902-11-27
NEWS OF OREGON
TFNs OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTs
or THE STATE.
Commercial and Financial Happenings Of
the Past wsek-Brief Review Of the
Growth and Development Of Various
industries Throughout Our Common
wealth-Latest Market Report.

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i A light snow has fallen In parts Of
Southern Oregon.
| Albany will hold its regular city
electioM Monday, December i. Con-
siderable local interest il manifested.
| The Methodist church ID Oregon Citv
is being raised high enongh to permit
of store room being built on the
ground floor. This arrangement will
bring the church people about $3.50 per
month.
The heavy rains have washed out a
large portion of the dam OF the Condor
water and power company, at Yolo.
Eighty men OF the crew have been laid
on and work is practically abandoned
for the winter.
Ihe farmers OF Linn county will hold
farmers institute November 2s and
~, under the auspices of the experi-
ment department Of the Oregon agri-
cultural coIlge. The meeting will be
held ct Grange Hall No. 10, near AL
bany.
The tides Of the past few DAYS have
done many thousand dollars worth of
damage to the diked lands on Young's
river and the Lewis and Clark. How
much cannot yet be estimated, but II is
believed that it will reach at least
$40, 900.
Three weeks ago ]. J. Jackson,
Negro charged with breaking open a
freight car at Huntington in August.
sawed through the bars in the county
Jail and escaped The fact was only
made public few days ago. Jack
sons trial. was scheduled for next week.
The best sale Of apples in the Rogue
river valley during the present season
vas made by W. Ii. Norcross, a we'll
known orchardist OF Centr i Point.
.wLo disposed of 10 carloads at the
fancy price Of $50 per box /. 3. b. at
!entral Point. The apples go to New
York City.
Ii the government finally decides to
create forest reserve in Northeastern
Oregon, as indicated by the withdrawal
from entry, Oregon will be the gamer
by over 500 600. The tracts mem
TONED contain at least 20, 600 ares Of
unsurveyed school lands, and these are
practically yaluelesa at present.
The board of directors Of the viii
lamette Valley Chautauqua association.
at meeting held in Oregon CITY last
week, decided TO take some steps toward
reorganization and appointed a acommit-
tee for that purpose.
Operations at the TilIamook fab
hatchery have been suspended on ac-
count of the recent heavy rains
Two different companies are endeav-
oring to secure franchises for oneratino
street car systems in the city of Rose
burg. One company is composed
largely of local capitalists and the
other is made up of Eastern men.
II is expected that the lumbermen
on the lower Columbia will advance
the price of yellow fir logs from $3.50
to IS per thousand. Yellow fir logs
bring much higher price than ordin-
ary FIR, and are in great demand.
The freshet on the Siusla river caused
by the recent heavy rains did consider
able damage TO the fish hatchery on
that river.
A postoftice has been established at
lnglis, Columbia county. An Office
has also been established at Tiller.
Douglas county.
The safe in the depot at Newberg was
opened Friday night and 81, 1870 Sc
cured by burglar. The crook evil
IDENTIFY knew his business, as he worked
the combination of the lock.