Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1899-08-17
This Is no Kick; Only a Few
Facts.

Facts.
! We have received copy OF the beau
tlfui souvenir, ''The Picturesque
Northwest" issued on account OF the
recent meeting Of the National Editorial
Association, ut Portland, by the Ameri.
can Type Founders Co. and Peaslee
Bros, OF that city. The publication Ii
"a thing OF beauty" being replete with
excellent half tone engravings OF Oregon
scenery, buildings, industries etc., and
alsocontains many will written descrIp-
tive articles Of the different sections OF
the state. tbs TO be regretted that the
persons who compiled the work did not
give more attention to accuracy In their
statements, however, as the admission
Of q single mis-statement into such a
publication only tends 10 weaken the
good effect OF the entire work. II is al.
10 q matter Of regret that the work
should TO made TO appear as discrimi-
mating against any town or section.
Whether or not such an omission
was studied, We do not pretend to say,
but II Is fact that the only mention Of
the town Of Condor IL in the following
paragraph which we Gnd in the write
up" Of Arlington:
when the county OF Wasco was dl.
vided In 1885, Arlington was designated
ns the county scat OF the new county Of
Gillian, and retained IL through two
contested elections, the county seat sub
sequently going TO Condor on account OF
county division"
The "writeup' OF Gillian county also
names Arlington as the present county
seat, which shows either dense ignor-
ance or desire 10 be unfair on the part
OF the writer. These statements have
been used more than once lately In
alleged newspaper "write.ups" and II is
time the slereotyped mis-statement was
consigned 10 the melting pot. The facts
are that county division had nothing to-
do with the removal OF the county
seat to Condor for the reason that
there has been no division OF any part
OF Gillian county since Its segregation
from Wasco until the creation OF Wheel.
or county last winter. Condor became
the county seat because II was the wish
OF the people Of the county as expressed
at the polls, and II so remains, and no
perverted statements made either
through ignorance or malice can change
the facts.
Our neighboring town, Fossil, is given
neat "write-up, pretty half tone
view OF the town and q picture OF our
friend, Jim Stewart. which should be Ia
ken by him ms excellent grounds for a
libel suit. but the write. up" is spoiled
by the foolish mis-statement that "the
town has just finished an excellent wat
or system and the place is lighted with
gas and electricity"
The facts are that Fossil has no water
system and that the citizens are being
poked up nearly every week, by the
Journal, for their fossil-like inaction In
the matter, while their electric and gas
lights are small private institutions in
which the town has not the slightest
interest.
Condor don't need such advertising.
She already has the county seat, and
a fully equipped water system, acetylene
some Of the natural article
an efficient fire department, a brass
band, five church organizations. pretty
girls galore, smart babies by the dozen,
and behind the town is one Of the rich
est agricultural and stock raising sec
tions In the northwest--a section that
produces the wealth and furnishes the
trade for the entire county Of Gillian.