Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1903-03-12


W. 7. Nolan has been appointed reg
lister and Miss Anne NJ. Lang rs re-
ceiyer Of The Dalles land Office.
The Office Of The Linn county sheriff
il . very busy place these days. Taxes
are being paid quite rapidly by citi-
zshs Of Linn county, who are anxious to
take advantage Of the per cent re-
bate for prompt payment.
William Moore, the postmaster at
GreenviIle, and the proprietor Of gem
eral merchandise store, was held up by
two masked men with drawn pistols
and robbed Of $I10, s9l Of which was
funds belonging to the postofice.
Hon. J. NJ. Church, of La Grande,
who IL a member Of the board Of re-
gents Of the agricultural college, has re-
ceiyed notice that farmers institute
will be held in La Grande March 20
and 81. Several members Of the Cor
Wallis faculty will be in attendance.
Final arrangements have been made
for the holding Of street fair and car
nival at Grants Pass from June Is to
81. The Woodmen OF the World of
that city are at tine head OF the UNDER
taking. 1t will be a Southern Oregon
affair and all of the towns in the state
south Of Roseburg will participate.
The efforts TO organize real estate
exchange in Albany have proved sue
cessfuI. The constitution provides
that the executive board ehall have
three members not engaged in the real
estate business, and that there shall be
harmony between the members on all
questions of sales and commissions.
Preparations are peing made for be-
ginning work upon the new buildings
at the state asylum for which appro-
priations were made the past session.
At the farm there will be another closed
cottage similar 10 the one built last
year, at cost Of &1S, 900, and an ex-
tension will be built upon the kitchen
and dining room, for which the sum Of
81, 900 has been provided.
A petition has been prepared in AL
bany to have the appropriation Of
$500 600 for the Lewis and Clark Cen
tennial exposition, which appropria-
tion vas made By the Oregon legiala-
ture, referred to the people under the
referendum law which was voted By
the people last June. An effort will be
made TO secure the requisite number of
signatures (6,000) and have the ques-
tion of the appropriation put to q vote
when the special election is held for a
congressman from the First district.
Hopgrowers of Salem and vicinity
who still have their hops of the crop Of
1902 are still firmly holding in expec-
tation of further advances before the
end of the season. The dullness OF the
last few weeks does not discourage
them, but they insist that in time the
brewers must have the hops and will
pay from 271E to 80 cents.
The Greater Salem commercial club
has almost completed the 81 900 fund
for the printing Of lO0,0 advertising
pamphlets, which are to be distributed
by the Hartman lines.
Of the 2S9 bills introduced in
in the senate. 12l. or just about one
half, got through that branch, and only
| 70 xDoscad hakh hnuoos Cnnnt;nr. Sv,f
the eight vetoes, only 80 per cent of
the total number of senate bills became
laws. OF the 20 now on the statute
books, % are charter bills, leaving As
general laws.
Master Fish Warden Van Dusen re-
ports collections Of fees to the amount
of $3.50 for January. That sum has
been deposited in the state treasury.
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