Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1903-01-29
NEWS OF OREGON
nEMs or INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS
or THE STATE
fiarney County After 0Overnment IrrI-
gatIcs-A Rabbit determination socl-
ety-A Trusty SkIps 0ut-New State
Lard Agents. p. Makes 4 Low Rate
on Stock for Breeding.

Master Fish Warden H. @. Van
Dusen has remitted the aggregate sum
OF t4OS.50 to the state treasury, S353.5O
OF which represents the amount Of
money collected on fiah LICENSES during
pecember, 1902. and 500 represents )
fine imposed.
The Masonic temple Of Grants Pass,
which was to have been completed the
last Of December, 1902, is still in
course Of construction, and will be for
several months yet. The new temple
will be the largest Of it's kind in the
state south Of Portland.
Ed White, q tfusty convict in the
penitentiary, has run away. He was
serving term for burglary in Coos
county. He was received about FIVE
years ago, and had about four yesra yet
to serve. BY bic good conduct be had
earned the privileges Of a trusty, and
was employed as assistant druggist.
Harvey county residents have cleared
the way for government irrigation. In
q report sent to Secretary Moore. Of the
Oregon irrigation association, to be sent
to the government, facts are given about
the feasibility Of Silvies valley for a
reservoir site. A matter of 274,24O
acres Jf land could be irrigated or re-
claimed and instead OF the present pop
ulation could be mSde to support So
600 population.
The Grand Ronde lumber company,
OF La Grande, is getting an unusually
large number of logs in the river for the
seasons drive. Plenty of snow has
facilitated the work and soon the com.
pany will have 20, ,OOO, COO feet, about
the usual seasons cut.
The Polk county telephone company
has flied articles OF incorporation with
County Clerk Roland. The company
has capital stock Of 1900. its pur-
pose is to operate suburban telephone
line that will serve patrons residing in
Polk county and connect them with
Salem.
The Southern Pacific has published
its new tariff offering reduced rates on
pure-bred livestock for breeding pur-
/ posess Tnls applles 70 cattle. sheep,
goats and hogs in less than carload lots.
The reduction is not horizontal, but
applies in varying degrees to the differ
ent weights. The o. r. & N, the
Northern Pacific. the Great Northern
and the Oregon Short Line will put in
the same rate in a few days, applying
to all points in Oregon, Washington,
Idaho and Montana.
Senator Pierce has introduced a bill
in the senate for the purpose of chang
ing the time of paying taxes from
spring until fall. Under the terms of
this bill assessments will be made ear
ly in the year and the taxes are to be
paid in November and December OF the
same year. This is one Of number of
bills that will be introduced at this ses-
sion of the Legislature for the purpose
of changing the time Of paying taxes.
Reports from Echo say that a COM
pany from Seattle, under the direction
of local engineers, is nov surveying the
line for proposed irrigation canal
from point on the Umatilla river
about one mile above Nolan station,
to extend to body of vacant land ly-
ing north of Echo. The company will
apply for $4,000 inches of water, and
will begin operations early in the
spring. The body Of land is sandy
sagebrush tract, comprising something
near $4,000 acres, and is OF such .
character that many of the most con-
servative and experienced irrigationists
believe that one good soaking during
the winter season will produce two
good crops of alfalfa without further
| irrigation.