Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-10-27
SCOTCH CLANS TO GATHER.
Dancers. Singers, Players and
Orators GO to COndOn.

part in the annual meeting of the Fossil
Caledonian Club, October 81 and 49,
George J. Cameron is to de'iyar the an.
nual address on Scotland" and will be
accompanied by this concert party:
Miss Laulie Stanton, soprano; Mrs. W.
D. Deaver, contrato; Andrew Ruddi-
man, baritone, Pipe Major Moon and
Rob Roy Burt, bagpipe-l layers, and
Miss Rosie Forbes, Miss Mysle J.
Sharp, William Mccormack and Frank
Darcy, dancers. The Pilgrims start
on the trip Wednesday evening.
The Fossil CaJedon:an Club is one of
the strongest and most progressive
Scotch societies along the Pacific Coast,
and has made marked progress in
mem bership and influence under the
Fossil Journal, and other ch,eftains.
The clubs annual meeting, concert and
dance alternately take place at Fossil
and Gordon. It's Condon's turn this
year, and after the Portland tourists ar
rive at Arlington, on the O. r. & n,
there is stagecoach ride Of 40 miles
ahead of them before they reach Con-
don. The new spur railroad line from
Arlington to Condor is now under con-
struction, however, and is expected to
be ready for travel about March /.
There is considerable wheatraising
around this part of the country and
once grain can be hauled by rail to tide
water instead of using the present ex.
pensive mode OF teaming to Arlington,
the farmers will be good deal richer
than they are now.
Up to few years ago Gillian County
was almost exclusively devoted to stock
raising. and not so very long ago it was
dGbatable land between warning sheep
men and cattlemen. But Gillian Coun-
ty is fast changing from the home of
cowboys and cheepmen into land of
peaceful taims. Recent statistics show
that l05 900 acres of ground are titled in
Gillian County, and that the yield Of
wheat on her hills varies from 10 to 40
bushels per acre. Last year there were
in the county about 100000 head of
sheep, 5000 head of cattle and 700 head
| o. horses and mules. Condon's history
o'ly dates back about 20 years The
land on which it is located was Original
ly homesteaded by workingman, who
afterward sold it to business men in
Arlington. A towneite wss laid out and
the name of one of the owners given to
it. Today Condor is busy little place,
with growing population OF about 1900.
The Scotch in Fossil. Wheeler Coun-
ty, are largely agriculturists. They are
interested to great extent in raising
grain and sheep, but sheepraising is not
what it was before the range war began,
and wool sa'es are not now exclusively
depended upon by many. To get to
Fossil you either drive via Condor or
60 by rail by the Columbia Southern to
Shaniko and drive 40 miles from that
point. Fossil gets its name from fos-
sill bed about four miles distant from
the present location of the town, where
over 20 years ago was established a
postoffice. In the year 1883 a man
thought that the basin in which Fossil
is pow located would make an excellent
place for a store, and he built q store
and dwelling sn1 began business.
Trsde grew, the Fossil postoffice was
transferred to the place, and ultimately
Fossil was made the capital of Wheeler
County. Now the town is fourishing
place, with a population of about ZOO or
500, and a cost of SIS, 900 a pipe line
was laid to bring mountain spring water
from distance of about three miles. |
In 1902 tn assessed value of ell proper.
ty in the County was S1,l5S, 1928, or an