Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1903-04-02


A creamery will be In operation Il
Medfoid in about 30 days. The plant
will be capable Of handling the milk Of
300 cows.
| Contracts for hope. for the crop 81
1908 are being made in the Willamette
valley At from Is 10 IS cents, the for
mer price being generally recognized al
the prevailing figure.
/ Almonds are now in full bloom In
the orchards Of Josephine county, and
II not nIpped by frost the crop Of these
nuts will be large here this year.
Peaches are also beginning to bloom.
A postoffice has been established at
Lost Valley, Wheeler county. 10 Be
supplied by special service from Lone
Rock. The postoffice at Thurston,
Lane county, has been re-established.
Seventeen canneries and 10 cold
storage plants at Astoria are making
ready for the fishing season, which
opens April Is. A heavier run than
that Of last year is anticipated on ac-
count Of the returns from artificial
propagation.
Architect w. HI. Knighton has been
appointed by the state board Of asylum
trustees to draw up plans and speciica-
tions for modern horse and COW barn
to replace the present diiapidated and
unsanitary building, the cost Of the
new structure not to exceed so, 600.
Governor Chamberlain has pardoned
John Gates, who two years ago forged
the name Of II. w. Corbett to check
at Eugene. Gates had served half his
three years. sentence. The pardon was
granted upon the petition Of a. large
number of prominent citizens of Marion |
county.
Hundreds of sheep are dying on the
ranges in Grant and Harney counties |
for want OF feed. The long, cold win
ter, together with the deep snow and
scarcity of hay, is responsible for the
heavy loss among the herds. Sheen
owners are trying to move their focks
to better ranges, but the sheep are too
weak to be moved.
Linn county real estate agents com. |
plain that most Of the pa, ties frO1a the
East who are seeking homes are accom- /!
panied by an Eastern "agent," (" Who
demands at least so per cent of the |
local agents commission before the
homeeeekers are allowed TO locate. III
the Linn county people refuse to be
bled the agent moves his party on,
looking for greener pastures.
Seven thousand dollars in cash has
lust been paid as part of the bond price
'f the ochoco mines, near Prinevills.
Friday, April 10, at 1890 p. M. at
independence, is set for the sale Of the
pool of the Polk county mohair associa-
'ion.,
An enjoyable two days farHers' in
Ititute was held at La Grande last week
inder the auspices Of the agricultural
,ollege.
FIRE at Portland Sunday morning J
destroyed the Parelius, pulley manu-
acturing plant and badly wrecked the
Enterprise planning mill. The loss is
'laced at SIS, GOO. A number Of other
had close calls. Il
Water bailiffs at Astoria and Oregon
Sity are leading q strenuous life afl 9
'reeent trying to capture men who are
atching salmon during the closed sea- !
on. e
The Rogue River Packing & Nayiga- '
ion company, Of Grants Pass, is spend /
ng large amount Of money in the de- I
elopment of the Lower Rogue country, i
rom the mouth of the Illinois down. t
be company is now at work building lie
wo steamers to take the place Of the I
Eo lost last year. 49,. 1T