Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1904-04-14
LOCAL NEWS,
CITY eleetIon today.


Also fresh candles and nuts.
Hugh Murphy left Sunday ior spo'
kane where he expects 10 locate.
Clough's Clydeslale stallion At Dams
livery barn after May 18th. Oils
Regular services Al the Baptist church
next Sunday morning and evening.
The county road machine has been at
work on the streets for lew days,
A. Grelner and &. n. Couture shipped
car Of fat hogs 10 Trontdale last eek.
Sand rats ara out IN large numbers
aud the city spoFts are In their full
glory.
Work ON the race track IL progressing
rapidly under the Supervision Of W. X.
Cooke.
Jay Bpwerman Ia At Portland this
week attending the republican state con-
ventlon.
Harry IIalstea,i. the Beech Creek saw
mlll man WAS In town "Wednesday on
business Long Greek Ragner.
Select your plnws, harrowr AMI '!rl liz
Coz the coming season At w. l.. Barker'p
implement house. Condon, Oregon.
S.A. Pattison was called to La Grande
Tuesday by the illness of Mrs. PattlNon
Who Is visiting relatives ut that place.
Chas. Underw oo,l. ot Papersack broke
one ol the bones IN his forearm while
taking a hay rick ctf n wagon last week
The Infant child OF Mr.. and Mrs, E'tes
OF Ferry Canvon. died ot m"asels died
yesieriay. The faneral takes place here
today.
Rev. Flowars is holding u revival
nseting at Mayville this week. lie is
expecting Rev. Bailey 10 arrive satur.
day and assist him In the work,
John NJ. Brown, NJ Lone Rock. and u.
GuiTney. Of Fossil. have been drawn "a
trial jnrors for the term of U. s district
court which conyenes in Portland April
2jth.
John NJ. Brown, the Lone Rock stock
man. has heen in this vicinity several
days the past week lmnking over stock
~iih view to purchasing Long Creek
Ranger.
Try onr Oregon City brand ot Herd
cr's aud R.urher's Shoes. Hungarian
nailed free. Large assortment oi Gloves
IloServ. Shoe Oils. Dressing. etc. Terms
cash. o. W. Propst
Wagons, Bnygies. Hacks AMI all kinds
al Farming Imp'enen,s At w. l.. Bar
Lsr'a h'g Canhdu implement house. Now
IL the time 10 stuck mp for the busy
Spring farming seasnn.
Appropriate A,bor day exerrlses we're
held at the school hnnse last Friday.
A number ri trees were planted hv the
teachers and pnpils and an excellent
program WAS rendered,
The first important sale of wool for
che season oi 1904 was made last Friday
hy Coffin iSros., oi Nnrth Yakima. TO the
PendIeton Wooden Mills. Tie lot was
$50, 900 pounds and the price was u and
12t cents.
John Jackson and W. N. Brown left
Saturday for Portland at attend the re-
pnhlican state convention to which they
are delegates. Q, A. Danneman, ot
Glen, and W. II. Colwell. .of Arlington.
are the other delegates from this county.
Sunday was an ideal day and the base
hall bows turned out In the afternoon
and played practice game. They are
a little soft yet hut with practice Condor
shonld he able to put ont world heat"
or team a little later-Gnd they will do
it.
Lot,ie, the ten year old daughter oi
Mr.. and Mr.. w. ]. Russell, Of Trail
Fork, had the misfortune to fall and
aud break her leg last Sunday. Dr.Wood
was called ani reduced the fracture and
she is now getting along as we'll as could
be expected.
Ed Dunn received letter from his
brother jim last Friday which stated
that he had arrived safply at Tucson,
Arizona, Mr.. Damn was passenger on
the tram which WAS held mp by bandits
near Bedding, California, recently when
the express messenger WAS killed aud
the car blown to atoms. The passengers
we're not moleoted hut the letter stated
that they we're badly frightened. Since
reaching ARIZONA Mr.. Dunn's health hal
improved very much and he is feeling
pretty well again.
Thomas Morgan while cultivatini
come ground on his lot, in this city
whieh was swept by the food last June
nnearthed grim reminder OF thu
foods terrible work by digging mp q
Chinaman's queue. The pigtail which
had evidently been torn from the heat
OF some unfortunate M0ngol that wa'
drowned in the food, was in good
Atate Of preservation, According to th'
Chinese religion, the queue is not onl,
highly ornamental, but is very useful
They believe that when they pass il
their checks from this earthly carerper
thev are carried to the celestial para
dise by a big iosa. who sails down ant
upes the queue for a handholt to carr,
them away. It Ia To be presumed tia
this queue was jerked off by the crue
Waters and not by the big joss, and thi
l,eing the caee, we'll. the poor Mongu
who lost the queue 10 in a bud predica
tnent according TO Chinese ethics.
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