Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1902-11-06
LOCAL NEWS,


and Mrs q. W. Wright son.
Gall At Dunn Bros'. new store and ln.
spsct their new stock Of goods.
Read Damn Bros. new nd In this i'm.
preston. twill interest You.
John Jackson and ]. @. Jarvis each
have change Of ed In this lssue. Read
them.
Measels are again prevalent In town
and 4 number Of scholars are absent
from school on that account.
The Grst furry OF snow came Sunday
night and early Monday morning tha
scene was rather wIntry looking one.
The sale Of KIethley 4 Hendrieks' hor.
aes at sprIngston A Rogers corral was
we'll attended and good prices we're real
ised.
Madden & Iiawes have Just received
new line Of fall aud winter hats. Latest
styles In trimmed and street hats. Call
and see them.
Gerald Busns, brother OF Jim and
WIN Burns, arrived here Saturday from
Toledo, Ohio. and has taken q position
10 Damn Bros. store.
Clum jackson was here the ilrst Of the
week looking after his stage line inter
eats. The Jackson Bros. put mp the best
stage service to DO found anywhere In
Eastern Oregon.
There was some excitement In town
Monday due 10 free iiow OF fire.water
among the boys and In the mIxup the
Chamberlain chop house was badly
wrecked. Red sweaters were much In
evidence.
A. Herman and w. T.. stauffer, Of
Spokane, are here this week looking for
investments In Gillian county real es-
tate. II they can be suited as TO prices
etc. they will buy several thousand acres
OF wheat land.
The Condor Furniture and Hardware
Go. have almost completed their big
building on North Main street aud are
already doing considerable business.
They are papering and painting the In
terror this week.
Ed Mckinney and D. X. searcy left
Sunday for the goose country on the
Blalock fats. They expected 20 slaugh.
ter wagon load or 30 and as they are
both old hunters and dead shots they
are likely TO do so.
Boise, Idaho, is suffering from big
mining boom. The discovery is ten !
miles from town, the ledge is seven feet
wide aud the ore is said to be worth $40. |
600 per ton. The Klondlke country is
not in II with Boise for minute.
II. L. Propst, former resident Of this
neighborhood, now OF Spokane, came In
Saturday to spend few days here look. |
ing after his business interests. He was
somewhat surprised TO see the many
improvements bere since his last visit.
Pm. Hanratty, who has been in the
mountains with sheep during the sum-
mer, In the vicinity Of Austin and
Bourne. has returned TO town. He was
with Browns sheep and reports having
had very good summer. The sheep
came out In very good shape.
r. L. Armstrong went to Arlington
Tuesday with his teams to bring out
the new steam well drilling outfit for
the Condor Well Drilling Co. The diff
Guilty with regard to the boiler has been
adjusted by the company that sold the
machine and It will soon be ready for
operation.
A grand shooting match will be held
at 0lex, Tuesday November 25. There
will be shotgun and rifle shooting for
prizes OF FAT turkeys and fine beef. The
management have provided two traps
and plenty Of clay pigeons and the affair
will no doubt be great success. See
bills printed at this Office,
Dan Rinehart, who took his father to
Portland hospitals week or so ago for
medical treatment, returned home Sum
day. The old gentleman does not I'M
prove but continues to grow weaker and
his recovery Is considered doubtful. He
and Mrs. Rinehart returned with Dan
TO Arlington whore they now are.
William Brass6eld, former resident
OF this county, now OF Baker county,
was in town Monday. Mr.. Brassfield
with his father and brother are engaged
in the sheep business on Burnt river
and, he says, are getting along nicely.
1t is better sheep country he says,
than Gillian county, They still have
land here and he may remain here dur
ing the winter to look after 1t.
The Condor public school now has an
average daily attendance OF about l60
pupils. This number OF young ideas
must keep three teachers hustling pretty
lively and take up the available floor
space to the limit. All of which is only
gentle reminder that very early next
spring is the time When we must, by all
means, begin to commence to get ready
to start work on that new school house.
The town cannot afford to ''get along"
with the old shack another year.
Geo Moore returned to Condor Satur.
day after spending about four months
visiting his brother at Medford, in South
ern Oregon. Mr. Moore Is we'll pleased
with that part Of the state and saws 1t s
fine fruit and stock country. Cattle