The Redmond Spokesman
P u b l i s h e d e v e r y T h u r s d a y by
H. H A C. L. P A L M K R
A dv ertisin g H ares
upon ap p lic atio n
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known
S t'B S C K lP T lO N RATKS
E n t e r e d a* s e c o n d c la s s m a t t e r
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PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRIES ANO HOME MER ♦
♦ CHANTS.
EVERY DOLLAR SENT AWAY TO >1 All.
♦ ORDER HOUSES NEVER COMES BACK \NO IS LOST
t TO I S FOREVER.
RE LOYAL TO YOUR COMMUNITY
♦ ANI) YOl R TOWN BY TRYING TO BUILD IT UP.
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DUTY YOU OWE YOUR TOWN
to take charge of hi» editorial page. make the 1^*1**1 * ^ *!‘
litieally, and practically own the paper without »
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“The country press is the bulwark of tin people, ami i f '* 1
captured by the syndicate as it is already in
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be a calamity to the nation.
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“We enjoy reading the editoi ai pagi
Neither their* nor cura are perhaps alway th«
honest expressions of opinion and tieserving oi rc-i*e» '
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whether we agree with the ideas advanced or not
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province nor desire of editors to do other |*‘opl< •* : 1 >-•
to express their own opinions on live topics, ami ■»< 11 1 '
to thinking From the very nature of thing'
editor
argue all subjects to a finish. All he can do is to * ■> •' •
to them and cause his readers to think the matter eui. am
terested. seek other and fuller sources of information.
“There are editorials furnished by s|iecial writers
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come under this head, and these, the papers using 'l <m. .iaw -
pay for. They are written by specialists and are tw duuo I»
erally better than the most of us could write.
MA few of our exchanges use whole pagi i of edit
furnished them by syndicates, and while these an- stipi»'-*'»!
la» pure and simple editorial matter, a close examination !
will disclose a tugger of comfortable sue hidden away in • 1
well rounded sentences.
In some res|>ects this is a Mirai • '
swindle than the plain, free syndicate stuff, for the editor i» ma* <
to pay for letting the other fellow use his columns for Ins >w
purposes.
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"As we have said, editors d»> not try to *1 the thinking - ’
everybody, though often accused of doing so W <• *1»» not »A|>e* >
all of our readers to agree with all th*1 ideas advanced bv ns. ’ i'
if we can stir them to thinking on the subject whatever it ma\
I h *, even to the p o i n t 0 € di-agiv* \ n g with OUT o p i n i o n s , * • h a VS
done all we expected.”
Duty is a power that rises with us in the morning ami »roes to
rest with us at night. It is coextensive with the action of our in
telligence. It is the shadow which cleaves to us, go when» we will.
Let us do our duty in our shop or kitchen, in the market, the
street, the office, the farm, the school, tjhe home, just as faithfully
as if we stood in the front ranks of some gn»at battle and knew
that victory for mankind dejyndod upon our bravery, strength
•and skill.
When we do that the very humblest of us will be serving ir.
The Bend Common Council has had all its ordinance- and the
that great army which achieves the welfare of the world.
City Charter printed in book form. That i- a move in the right
It should be the slogan of every rural customer never to ssani direction, and something that every incori »orated city should d->
away for goods that he can just as well buy at home. Every time Bend had 49 ordinances, which made t'*0 page» of th* U»»k. Re"
you send a dollar to a mail order house that dollar, as far as you mond has passed in the neighborhood of t" ordinances, and th*--»
and your community are concerned, is practically out of circula should l»e printed.in book form so the councilmen am) others
tion.
could get an intelligent idea of what the city laws nr*- As it
Your own home merchant is*the one who helps you keep up now no one seems to know just what the ordinances arc. with tin-
your schools, your churches and your town. He is the one who exception, possibly, of tin- City Reco nier, and the only way is t
deserves your trade and not some catalogue house in Chicago or hunt through the ordinance l»»*»k. a slow and tedious operation.
elsewhere.
The city charter, of which there are only one or two copies h
When you have nothing to give in exchange, to whom do you book form in existence, should be printed along with th*- orditi
go for accommodations until some uncertain time when you can anees, and both combined in one lx»>k. intelligently indexed
pay?
These books could la* sold to anyone desiring same, for a nomma!
Do you not always find your home merchant ready and willing sum. and would put the citizens conversant with the law - of th
to let his goods go on promises, not guaranteed notes, but verba! citv.
promises, trusting to your honesty and good luck in meeting the
obligation later?
The Federal Forest Service did good work in Oregon in 19LI
How many farms have been paid for by your merchants ad Only $.'1067 was the total loss of timls-r from fires in th*- state
vancing both the goods necessary to keep life in the body and last year. The greatest number of fires were of Incendiary origii
cash to meet that dreaded interest on the mortgage?
and occurred in Central and Southern Oregon. In th*- Deschute-
Under the same conditions would the farmer trust the merch and Faulina forests alone, during the summer and fall, four <>r
ant for months and months with the produce of his farm, or five individuals are known by the forest service officials to hav-
would he ask for cash or its equivalent upon delivery of th started DO blazes, all of which, with the exception of one. wen-
goods?
checked in their incipiency.
We know that the average consumer does not feel that his lo
cal merchant is a robber or a cheat; but, like all humankind, the
This section of Oregon is getting returns on the ground hog
catalogues ar.d prices of mail order houses appeal to him. and he
On
February 2, “Ground Hog Day," the h»>g -taw his shadow her*
forwards his order and cash without considering the injustice he
and
went back into his hole to stay during the cold weather th;".
is doing himself, his merchant and his home town.
is
predicted
to follow a sunshiny February 2 and Mr Hog'-* pr*-
The catalogues of the mail order houses are illuminated with
dictions
so
far
are coming true, for since February 2 the weather
pictures to catch the eye of the unwary. They range in complex
in
this
section
has
been the coldest of the winter.
ion from a brunette banana to a blond canary bird. They offer
to sell you anything from a philosopher’s stone to a cypress shin
Hood River county recently had a recall election and omt-d
gle sawed out of a sunbeam .
the
County Court. Now another recall is to Is- started becau-*
It seems unbelievable, but it is nevertheless a fact, showing
the
new County Court discharged a road supervisor. Hiss)
the entire lack of any sense of justice, that many people regard
River
seems to be working the recall as hard as Seattle.
their local stores as merely institutions <5f accommodation. When
these people have cash to spend it goes to the faraway mail order
Already there are 12 aspirants in the field for Governor and
houses, but when times are dull, when they are sick or out of work
this
number may be increased by four more before the time for
or during the season when farmers are not turning their produce
into cash, what do they do? Do they write to the catalogue house filing declarations closes. Six of the 12 candidates reside in For*
land.
and ask for credit?
If they did do yoji think they would get it? Not on your life!
Some people as soon as they see another person evidently pros
Those concerns must have cash, must have it in advance, must
have it even before you see the goods you buy. The consumer pering to some extent, begin to "knock“ that person <»r his busi-
sends his money and then sits down and waits until the mail or ness. Pretty low down work, that.
der house gets good and ready to fill his order.
But when home people want credit or favors of any kind they
hustle off to their home merchant, very obligingly order what
they want and tell him to charge it, expecting him to wait at leas*
from one to six months for his pay.
In buying from your home merchants you deal w’ith neighbors.
Buy with goods before you. Fay when you get the goods if you
so elect. Have goods delivered free. Return goods if not satis
factory. Build up your home store.
T h e f a r s i g h t e d m e r c h a n t la n o t »<> m u c h c o n c e r n e d In gi-tting
Help build up your own home town and make of yourself a
big profit* o n I n d i v i d u a l sa le* a* In g e t t i n g a big v o l u m e o f built»» *
man worthy of your day and time. Every man should take pride
a t a r e a a o » a b l e n e t profit
H e reallC M t h a t If he Is to re ac h out ami
in being a good American citizen, and we believe most men do
g e t a n d h o l d b u s i n e s s h e m u s t g e t t h e v o l u m e of b u s i n e s s so he »an
and that most men are, or at least desire to be, but what kind of
**•11 o n a s m a l l e r m a r g i n .
citizen is the man who supports an octopus? Should he not be
T h e l a r g e r t h e v o l u m e o f b u s i n e s s t h e m o r e t h e se lling coat u
placed in a class with the man that knocks his own business?
r e d u c e d , b e c a u s e e v e r y c o n c e r n c o u ld d o f a r m o r e b u s i n e s s t h a n they
That sort of man is invariably neither a good neighbor nor a good
d o w i t h t h e s a m e s e l l i n g force .
S a l e s m e n 's s a l a r i e s a n d o t h e r e*
citizen.
R . C . I ni m ele
I »caler in
Building Materi
OF ALL KINDS
Lumber
Shingles
Lath
Brick
Lime
Cement
Ivoolinu and ituildin^ Paper
Door and Window Screens
Sash, Doors
GIVE I S A ( ALL
PRICES RIGHI
Mothers Say That
S n o w fla k e Flour
Is lilt 1 BUST on (he .Market
KOK SAI.K II Y AU. (¡KO( KItS
A. (i. ALLIMillAM
W’ines and Liquore
Imported and
Domestic Cigars
N othing hut the B E ST is m*rw<I at our pUf*
( Ireg o n
ADVERTISER SELLS CHEAPER
pen se a d o n o t m a t e r i a l l y I n c r e a s e a s t h e s a l e s I n c re a s e
EDITOR FRANK DAVEY'S GOOD SUGGESTION
It Is re ally
a s t o n i s h i n g t o k n o w ho w t h e s e l li n g cost d i m i n i s h e s a s th e s a l e s i n
crease
O n e b u s i n e s s m a n w h o h a d w a t c h e d t h e effect of his a d v e r
t i s i n g u p o n h i s b u s i n e s s f o r a n u m b e r o f ye ar* sa id hi* advertising
Editor Frank Davey of the Harney County News, has repeat
edly called the attention of newspaper men to the manner in
which they are worked by expositions, educational institutions,
manufacturing firms and others for free advertising. He again
calls attention to the matter in a recent issue.
"The warning should be heeded and the whole lot of free stuff
.sent to the waste basket as soon as received. It is a pretty safe
bet that when some fellow down east opens his heart and offers
to give you something for nothing that he has an axe to grind.
He is not working for nothing, and the fellow who is paying him
is not doing so for your benefit, but for his own. We see daily
in our exchanges column after column of free advertising, faintly
disguised as “news,” but news the persons sending it should pay
for having printed. These “news” stories are artfully written
and the very best kind of an advertisement, too, for it is free
from the earmarks thereof. One of the worst kinds of this stuff
is the syndicate editorial. In the case of this stuff the editor is
worked to a hard boiled finish, for some syndicate back east nol
only gets its stuff, calculated to influence public opinion, printed
free, but gets it printed as the editorial opinion of the paper or
editor using it. It, in a way, makes the paper indorse what it
does not believe, and so the eastern syndicate has its “news’
printed free as the personal opinion of the local editor. The edi
tor from pure laziness allows his paper to be used not only to his
own injury but to that of his readers. He allows some easterner
I n c r e a s e d t h e s a l e s t o s u r h a n e x t e n t h is s e llin g cost was r*-.fe. ,| t„
Eats
When you want the BEST MEAL IN REDMOND
for the MONEY, you can get it by calling on W-
- h. Ì OI Ni*, the well known veteran restauran»
man nt the
o n e - f o u r t h o f w h a t It w a s b e f o r e , a n d a f t e r a d d i n g t h e cost of a d i. - r
t l a l n g h is s e l l i n g c o st w a s s till less t h a n o n e h a lf t h e p r e v io u s sell
i n g c o s t . T h i s is t h e e x p e r i e n c e o f e v e r y m e r c h a n t w h o ha* a d v e r t is e d
h i s b u s i n e s s a s It a h o u , d be a d v e r t i s e d
T h e m e r c h a n t w h o I n c re a s e * h is sa le * a n d t h e v o l u m e of hi* husl
nes* b u y * m o r e g o o d s a n d In b i g g e r q u a n t i t i e s t h a n t h e s m a l l e r titer
c h a n t a n d t h u s g e ts a b ig g er d iscount.
T h e p r o d u c e r ran m an u f a r
t u r e c h e a p e r If h e m a n u f a c t u r e s In b i g g e r q u a n t i t i e s
H e Is t h u s
Redmond Grill
Dpen Day and Night
n a t u r a l l y g o i n g t o g iv e a b e t t e r d i s c o u n t t o t h e b i g g e r merchant who
b u y s In b i g g e r q u a n t i t i e s , t h u s e n s b l l n g t h e m a n u f a c t u r e r to m a n u
f a c t u r e In b i g g e r q u a n t i t i e s .
N ow d o e s n 't It s t a n d t o r e a s o n t h a t t h e m a n w h o t h r o u g h Judlc
l o u s a d v e r t i s i n g s e l ls m o r e g o o d s , buy* h i s g o o d s at a b i g g e r d is c o u n t
a n d r e d u c e * h i s r e l l l n g c o st o n e - h a i r c o u ld sell c h e a p e r t h a n th e m an
w ho never ad v ertises
H e c a n a n d h e does.
T H E S P O K E S M A N C A N H E L P Y O U W I T H Y O U R AD VKHTI8-
INCI T O O K T R E S U L T S .
L E T US D E M O N S T R A T E .
Anderson Bros.’ Saw
.M AM I A( I l RERS OF ROUGH AND PRESSED
', '^ L U M B E R . OUR MILL IS THE NEAREST
" INI IIIAT YOU c a n GET HIGH-GRADE
•MUER, our PRICES are right .
I 'l Miles Southwest of l.aidlaw.