Inspectors praise Gilliam threshers after county tour
Government inspectors B Bennifield and C Porter toured Gilliam county with O B Robertson and J C Sturgill. They found threshers Clyde Willaby and Jim Engberg machines saving grain while some combines wasted grain. In Sherman and Wasco counties enforcement stopped several machines and one more in this county. Wheat value underscored as the motive for careful inspections.
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B. Bennifield
C. Porter
Government Grain Corporation
Gilliam County
Mr. Bennifield
United States
Clyde Willaby
Jim Engberg
Uncle Sam
Sherman
Wasco
O. B. Robertson
J. (. Sturgill
Gilliam County Banner in War Savings Drive
War Savings Stamp campaign names Gilliam County as banner county in Washington. August pledges should be redeemed at any post office to support the troops in France. Notices mention Miss Annie Hardie and Mrs NeVill with local cross references to Lone Rock and Cripple Creek Colorado.
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Gilliam County
Washington
Banner County
France
Annie Hardie
Lone Rock
Machines Wasting Grain Draw Inspections In Sherman County
Government threshing machine inspectors report a Sherman county unit wasted 12 pounds per 2.5 bushels, about one bushel in twelve threshed. The stopped machine underscored the waste when noting each saved wheat could feed Belgian children. Al Downer visits Marshfield with former Condon residents Frank and Mrs Downer.
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Sherman County
Sherman
Red Cross Makes Dresses for French and Belgian Children
The Red Cross work room opens on Tuesday and Friday with volunteers sewing dresses for French and Belgian children. All who can sew are urged to participate as aid is urgently needed. Mrs Glen Forwood, formerly Miss Pearl Schott, visits the old Rock Creek home.
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Red Cross
Glen Forwood
Miss Pearl Schott
Rock Creek
Alice Shadley Burned Saving Breakfast at Fenton Hotel
Alice Shadley suffered severe burns when her dress caught fire while cooking a breakfast order at the Fenton Hotel. Evan Anderson, dining room patron, aided her but burned his hands. Dr. Cathey treated Shadley at the hospital. In other notes, W. E. McClure acquired a Holt 75 tractor for Ferry Canyon, and local travel and schooling updates are listed.
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Alice Shadley
Fenton Hotel
Evan Anderson
Miss Shadley
Dr. Cathey
Deer Season Opens September 1 in Eastern Oregon
Deer hunting will start September 1 in eastern Oregon and run to October 1, except Malheur Harney and Klamath counties where it opened August 15 and ends October 15. Blue or sooty grouse season runs from August 15 to October 31. Prairie chicken hunting is unlawful in eastern Oregon except in Union Wasco and Sherman counties. Community notes include Randall and O’Reilly visiting Condon and P J Mulkey named principal for the coming year.
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Oregon
Malhuer
Harney
Klamath
Union
Wasco
Sherman
Government finds much grain wasted in threshing
Government estimates 40,000,000 bushels of wheat wasted annually in the United States by threshing crews. Inspectors visit threshing machines in Gilliam County and other grain regions to curb waste, with threshers cooperating to save grain. The report notes additional local updates and personal visits across Condon, Mayville, and surrounding towns.
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United States
Gilliam
Delightful Party at Blakely Home
Mrs G M Blakely entertained many young people Saturday evening at an informal dancing party. Japanese lanterns lit the porches for the dancing. The event honored Katherine Blakely who will leave for Portland later this month to attend school. Fred Wade was up from Olex Tuesday.
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G. M. Blakely
Katherine Blakely
Portland
Honor List to Be Published Next Week
The Globe reports 218 names received for the honor list with more expected. Early enlistees and those from the war start are hardest to obtain. readers are urged to submit names so they can be entered next week.
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Globe
Mrs Glover Heads Home From Con Don Visit
Mrs. Jesse Glover departed Tuesday morning for her home in Folsom California after visiting relatives and friends in and around Condön.
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Jesse Glover
Folsom
California
Condon
Gilliam County to Lead Donation to Salvation Army War Service
Gilliam county prepares to contribute to the Salvation Army War Service with Oregon's $50,000 share and a statewide drive to raise the remaining $25,000. The plan assigns 86 county chairmen under the Council of Defense to collect funds for wartime relief in Europe and in U S camps. Local sales and business notes include A B Robertson selling three complete lighting plants to Wheeler county residents.
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Gilliam County
Salvation Army
Europe
United States
Oregon
Portland
Army
Council of National Defense
Council of Defense
D. R. Parker
A.B. Robertson
Salley Light
Wheeler County
Harry Reed
Fossil
P. R. Barnhouse
Antone
W. E . Reed
Mitchell
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W.S.5
Mra
W. G. NeVill
Cripple Creek
Colorado
al Downer
Marshfield
Mrs
Frank Downer
Condonites
Taleo
J. A. Conley, the Tailor Condon
W. E. McClure
Ferry Canyon
C. W. Harris
Ted Palmer
Monmouth
Mrs. E. H. Randall
Mr. O'Reilly
Boys and Girls
J. ©. Sturgill
Condon Public School
P. J. Mulkey
Mulkey
Arlington
Frances Lane
Tom Lane
Mayville
Geo. B Dukek
Fresno
Neel
Pendleton
E. W. Hutchinson
James Hardie
John 8. Moyer
E. J. Bishop
Abe Moyer
Lowell
Arkansas
J. H. Bishop
Globe Office
Artillery
L. L. Mattingly
J. T. Glover
Dayville
Blakely
Fred Wade
Olex
Condon Globe
Frank Smith
Condon, Oregon
Lester Wade
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