Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1903-05-07
THE CONDON GLOBE.
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nal, whose residence 10 removed
from Condor to the exte,sA Of some
kve parasangs, recently oUsrrets
his subscription discontinued, Civ
ing as his reasOa that he coOld not
afford to take the GI.oBE any, more
until after he gets his share OF the
new court house paid for. 1t is not
generally known that the GLoRE
snd not the county court is respon-
aible for this public improvement
hut since the secret has at last leak
out there is no filFther use inoar
denying it. This brother is no
doubt on the right track. The
court house is To be built against
his wishes and he viii be obliged
30 help pay forit and he proposes
10 do Che only sensible thing that
can be done, six:~ Get even at
the expense &c the party who is di-
rectry responsible. Who is that
partEa asa E,laad ssniia,a- te1A Aha
elaring sin Of commission. The
GLOBE sure did it.
Asyear or so ago a certain bust
nesshouse Withdrew its patrona ge
from this great family newspaper
and the only reason that we could
CLEAN. from the complaint of one of
the firm at the time was that a
certain county road had not been
kept in proper condition and, as
one end of the aforementioned road
pointed toward the store Of the
abovsmentioned firm, there seemed
to besmuch perturbation Of spirit
on the part:of the member afore-
said lest some of the trade which
he desired might go astray anc
wander off to Awhile or Ajax. 0
course we: should have kept th'
road in repair. We should hav'
deposed the county court to man
taken hold the reins of county
government With firm hand anC
said to the road boss, ''You fix that
road or we'll fix you-plenty. We
had the power to do all this, o
course. Aren't we the GLoBEP Isn't
the GLOBE IT2 We should rather
think so from the way some thingt
happen. We must again plead
guilty. We failed to do our duty
rs county court, road boss and
general high-cock a-loorum of the
county and we lost an ad. It wa'
sin of omission this time though
The GLOBE did init.
Once upon time a certain wei
known politician desired. most fer
veutly, to succeed himself to {
certain county Office. His party
granted his desire, so far as was III
its power by giving him the lnomi
nation. The campaign opened
progressed and waxed warm, bu
through it all this paper kept Ou
oft neither supporting nor oppos
ing him or his opponent. Whel
the votes we're counted, however
the gentleman aforesaid found t
his deep disgust and chagrin tina
he was "shy" some 80 odd votes
He was not elected, There wa
only one thing any self-respectini
man could do under such distress
ing circumstances and that thin
he did. He took out his "ad" an,
stopped his paper. He cut th
GLoBEsoff at the pockets. He kne'
that this paper kept 'hands OFF, il
the campaign but he must hav
reasoned that in some mysterious
uncanny, supernatural sort of
way, the GLOBE did him up. Tbs
silent, all prevailing, all powerft
''inhuence" of ours must have go
ten in its work. Once more Il
GLOBE did it-sure pop.
Instances might be multiple
but the foregoing is sufficient
show that some people in thei
parts rate that inoalculable "infll
efce" of ours at fully its face Walt
and We may as well plead guilt
here and now, to being responsib
for everything that happens.
fails to happen, on this mundal
sphere. The Lewis and Clark Fa
is our work, we turned Carrie n
tiQn loose, we arc responsible +
the late long Winter and the Ion
late Spring. Mount Pelee won
never have erupted and rails
hades if i: hadn't been for th
direful, destroying, devastatil
Influence" of ours and no dou