Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1899-01-26
Il EEH QUESTIONS.

The last Issue of fhe Fossil jour
nal devotes two columns or more
If its space 10 the proposed new
county Of Wheeler, giving IN full
the boundaries Of said county, and
setting forth at some length alleged
why thenew county should
be organized, closing with the self
eonmendatory remark that win
or lose, we have the satisfaction Of
knowing that we have fought a
god fight in an honest and up
right way"
Had the Journal, as the repre-
sentative and advocate Of this
measure, made the fact public
few weeks earlier that scheme
was on foot among a few citizens
Of its town to divide Gillian county
with view to forming the propos-
ed county Of Wheeler so as to in
sure Fossil the county seat, and
then proceeded to make straight
up fight, open and above boards for
what it considered to be for the
best interests Of its own town, it
could reasonably have claimed for
the people whom it represents,
that they were making an ''honest
and upright fight"
The GLOBE holds no Ill feeling
whatever towards the Journal, save
rs that paper is the representative
and advocate Of a measure which,
if enacted into law, would prove
sorely detrimental, if not fatal, to
the best interests of Gillian coun-
~, and from that standpoint we
desire to ask the Journal a few
questions:
Why was this measure kept a
carefully guarded secret from the
people Of that portion Of Gillian
county which it is proposed TO cut
of, and even from the mass Of the
people Of Fossil, if those who are
behind the measure really believed
shat the people of that section are
practically unanimous" for the
changer
How does the Journal arrive at
the conclusion that the people Of
Mayville and Lost Valley precincts
who signed the remonstrance would
have signed the petition had it
been presented first? Is not such
an assumption an insult to the
intelligent people of those sections2
Why did 40 or 50citizens of Fos-
ell and ofthe territory lying south
of that town sign the remonstrance
against any change in the present
lines of Gillian county, Was the
mistake in the editorial mention
in the Oregonian, TO which ths
Journal refers, in which the word
Morrow" appeared in the place Of
Gillian" intentional or otherwise
and did that mention" appear al
the solicitation Of some resident Of
residents Of Fossil, or was il really
3 spontaneous outburst Of feeling
on the part Of the Oregonian2
While explaining mistakes
made by. the Oregonian in regard
to this matter, why does the Jour
nal not explain the big mistake
made in the alleged map Of this
proposed new county, as shown in
the Oregonian few weeks ago, in
which it was made to appear that
the proposed county would no
take one inch Of Gillian county
Was this map published with thu
intention Of misleading the peopl,
Of Gillian county, and in the hop'
shat the bill would be passed anC
the county divided before the peo
pie could help themselves?
If the theory of the Journal il
correct, that Wheeler county
should, and will if organized, com
prise strictly stock growing inter
ests, and that Gillian count,
should be altogether an agricultur
al and wheat growing community
why did the trainers Of this bill il