Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1899-07-27
An Injustice to Gillian
County.


Last Saturdays Oregonian contained
the following.
ARLINGTON, Or, July 20.--since
coming up here from Albany the past
week l have travelled ell over Gillian
comfy looking after my interests In 5000
acres OF land, aud am very sorry To In.
form you the wheat crop OF Gillian this
year 10 the nearest oil entire failure We
have ever had. do not think bushel
OF No. wheat will be threshed la the
county. The most am afraid will b.,
poor No. 8. Many fields will not be cut.
Stock hare been turned In on them NJ
ready, and the average, | consider, will
l'e two 10 six bushels of what 10 harvest.
ed. Heading 10 nov well started"
L. d. RALSToN.
In sending out euch report m The
above Mr.. Ralston does great Unjust.
Ice to this section Of Gillian county, and
II 10 but right that such glarina mis.
statement Of facts should be refuted.
II II IL true that Mr.. Ralston travelled
all over the county on his tour Of In
speciion why is 1t that not q man can
b. fonnd In central or southern Gillian
county who saw or heard Of him? Il is
hard 10 understand why Mr.. Ralston
With his 6000 acres Of land In Gillian
county should send out sucb nislead-
Ing report OF our prospects, but there
are people here who can make a pretty
shrewd guess on the matter.
The facts In regard to the wheat crop
40 gathered from prominent wheat
growers are, In nutshell, that in the
Condor, Ferry Canyon, Matney Flat and
Mayville sections the crop will he almost
II not quite as good as that OF last year.
w. 3. Myers informed the GLoBE,
Monday, that his crop will be Just as
good as IL was last year as 10 quality and
quantity. Ills last years crop went
little more than 25 bushels Of No.
wheat. Mr.. Myers thinks the Ferry
Canyon and Condor crop generally will
DO - good rs last year. Andrew Grei-
der OF Mayville was seen Monday and
stated that the cool weather Of the past
week had insured him 20 bushels per
acre and II this weather lasts be may
raise his estimate 10 25. X. w. Crane
was also seen Monday, and be isn't kick
Ing bit. Cook Bros, zimh Ebbert and
many others assure us that they have
excellent prospects Tor q good crop cf
No. wheat and every man we have in
terviewed 10 thoroughly indignant that
such malicIously false reports should be
sent out about our county.
The wheat crop Of Gillian Ia excellent
this year when We consider the many
extraordinarily uniayorable condi-
tlons which seem 10 have united against
II. In the first place the dry weather Of
last fall retarded the growth Of fall sown
grain which was in poor condition 10
Withstand the most severe winter OF
years. Next, the extreme cold weather
came on at time when there was bot
little snow 10 protect the tender sad
poorly rooted plants and the result was
much Of II was 80 badly winter killed
that II had to be resown In the spring.
Then the severe winter was followed by
the most unreasonable and backward
spring, and early summer, ever known
In the history Of the county, all Of which
tended 20 keep the crops back just
enough 20 be 10 the tender stage when
the extremely hot weather Of two weeks
ago struck us. Farmers In this section
are not kicking about the prospects and
have more faith In grand old Gillian
as wheat section than thev ever had.