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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1912)
; .- Ik THE BEND BULLETIN George palmer Putnam , Publisher, U. N. Hoffman Managing Editor. An Independent newspaper, standing (or the square ileal, clean biulnens clean politic, anil the beat intertill of Bend am) Central Oregon. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Or yr.... Pli Tnonlh-.. Tart moolh.... -t . .to ..... .ja (tnntUbly In iitranc.) WEDNESDAY, JAN. 24. 1912 FOR (iOOl) SPKLt.INO. Kducatloual methods In the public schools nml tn tho colleges nnil uni versities havo boon, and are being, Improved every year, nnd room knowlcdgo is being Imparted to tho coming generations than It was pos sible (or most o( their ancestors to acquire. Hut In one respect tho now Ideas and' new methods hare (ailed to 'bo an Improvomont over tho old. This Is In tho matter of spelling. That tho once highly honored ability to spell correctly la declining is an UDdcnlabte fact, as thoso who are ac customed to read tho writings o( oth ers can testify. A newspaper copy reader, whoso work brings to him the reading and editing of manu scripts not only of country correspon dents, but also thoso of university and college graduates and professors in higher educational Institutions, will say without hesitation that the spelling of most of these writers, even including the professors them selves, is for tho most part deplor able This is certainly an unfortu nate state of affairs and reflects no credit on present day teaching meth ods. Soma persons are found, of course, who say. "What does tho little mat ter of a misspelled word or two amount to? It you can make out what the writer means, that's enough." Nevertheless, the fact re mains that bad spelling Is not a mark of literacy to bo proud of. No mat ter how excellent the composition, from a grammatical or rhetorical standpoint, it loses Its force and ef fectiveness If the reader detects tho misspelling of common words there in. It is Hike listening to a speaker wboao grammatical expressions aro incorrect. No matter bow eloquent he may bo, or how excellent his ad dress. Its full power Is lost to his aud itors if ho makes mistakes that are in themselves trivial. Much of the xxr spelling today Is no doubt due partly to the attempts which havo been made from time to timo toward phonetic spelling. An other, and perhaps the main, causo Is the decline of the old time system of teaching spelling. Including the spelling bees. All those who re ceived their early education In nn otd fashioned country school remember the spelling bes every Friday after noon, when perhaps fathers and mo thers and other visitors were pres ent: This weekly evont was looked forward to with considerable Interest, and the pupil who could stand up un til every other speller had made a mistake and taken bis seat, was as much a hero among bis fellows as Is th football plover of today who cores a touchdown or the baseball player who knocks a borne run. Webster's old "Illuo Back" had a high placo In the curriculum, and the spelling matches gave Incentive to the pupils to study it with an idea of learning. Oral spelling, and espec ially wbero thero Is competition, Is much mora-diffloull than written, and n studeut who can spell correctly standing up on the floor in a row will hardly forget bow when be at tempts to writs the word. A revlvsl of tho old spelling bee In the pui.lic school would do much toward Improving the orthography of student of the present age. The lJullctln-is this week able to furnish lla readers with a summary of tbo eutire weather record which has been kept hero for ten years un der tbo aiipervUlon ot the United State Weather liureau. Other In formation, lueluding highest, lowest und meau temperatures by months, average depth of annual snowfall, frost data, otc, will be given from week to week. Valuable statistics relating to (be Deschutes river will also bo i luled'. The cUIkoiis ot Dead are to be com mended for the public spirit shown In raising a fund to buy the Mitchell collection of curios. A llttla ouUldo assistance m!glt have (mpiovod somo self made men.' , 1 CRKDIT MKNS lU'LK.H. (Kxchnngo.) Tho following rules as a basis of credit aro given by an experienced credit man whoso views aro worth careful consideration: First. -Put in n cost system that will glvo you full nnd complete Infor mation about tho units ot your busi Second Do no work for which you do not rocelvo an adeijiiato net profit. Third. Keep squarely within tho Umlta ot your capital. Let your busi ness grow out ot Us profits and not out of credit. Fourth. If you have a pleco ot machinery or n department that does not nroduco or cannot at once be made to produce satisfactory results, sell it. Fifth. When you have billed your work see that tho customer pays tho account when It Is duo. Don't be a backer for "anybody. NOT ALLOWKD TO KILL DKKIl To tho Editor of The Rullotln: Will you decide this question: Is a settlor who Uvea out tnt tho wilds allowed to kill a deer (or his own use? Somo say yes, some say no. How Is It? SETTLER. Tho Oregon game law applies to all persons alike and provides n penalty (or hunting or kilting deer between November 1 and August 1 ot each year. X Heard Here and There ADVKUTISING AS A Ot'AltANTKK. (Eugeno Register.) Advertising is a guarantee of good faith. It Is evtdenco of efficiency and success. The advertising of local stores is one of the cleanest phases of modern business. Retail trade attracts a sub stantial class of men who prefer to (ell the truth for Its own sake, and who would not cheat their neighbors If they could. Of courso motives ot self Interest also warn them to take pains to mske advertising accurate, for mis-statements produce disgruntled customers who can make a lot ot trouble for a store which depends for success on Its own townspeople If men of less responsible character sometimes go Into rotatl trade, they are too shrewd to make mis-statements In tho cold publicity of adver tising type. The public thus learns from experience that local storo ad vertising Is trustworthy. As It deals with such subjects of surpassing In terest as cost of living nnd tho fash ions of the day, every line of it Is read with the most determinating attention. People like to read and think about shopping boforo visiting a storo. A great many purchases are practically made from reading the newspaper be fore the buyer loaves home. Furthermore, liberal advertising tells tho public that a merchant Is making good. Lack of It is interpre ted as lack of confidence In one's business. The man who has faith enough to discount the future a little, to put his earnings Into his business, and by liberal advertising give the Impress Ion of having a big trade already, Is sure to get It If only his goods are right. ON THE niCIIT ROAD. (Harney County News.) When one of the big auto trucks came sailing Into Burns Monday, loaded with merchandise, notwith standing the heavy coating of snow throughout the entire country, known as eastern and central Oregon, two things became prominently recogniz ed first, that the trucks are all right, rellablo and entitled to confi dence; second, that by way ot Bend Is the only avenue of commerce and nihil communication to which the people ot Duma and Harney valley will look hereafter. While tho Sumpter Valley trains have been stalled on Dixie mountain and the O.-W. R. & N. trains havo been delayed In tho Illuo mountains, preventing the arrival ot outside mall for over 60 hours, passengers and freight have been arriving and de parting by way of Bend every day by automobiles nnd auto trucks, a fact which should cause the national post- office department to get busy at once and establish the dally mall between turns and Rend which has been peti tioned for and strongly urged. The truck came through from Bend without any noticeable delay The deepest snow encountered was about three feet, but a good deal of the way It was eighteen Inches to two : t Pays Cash ri I I I The Second Hand Man I new And second hand goods . G. R. HOPE, Bend, Ore. was mastorod without IiAV OUT XMW TOWNHITK. (La Pino Intor-Mour.taln.) Civil Knglnoor Marshall mid his crow ot six surveyors wore at the Hotel Ln Pino Sunday night. Tho crow finished laying out tho tnwnalto six miles west of Crescent, last Sat urday nnd havo gona to Portland for. tho winter. It has boon given out that tho Hunter Land Company will send two crows Into this locality ttoxt spring Just as soon as the weathor permits nnd t tint they will bo kept In tho field during tho entire summer. CKKAMKUV STATION. (Redmond Sokesman.) S. It. Cooper, manager of tho Pio neer Crcamory nt Prlnovlllo, tins mado arrangements to put In a creamery receiving station In Red mond, lie will nt first put In n plant sumclent for testing cream, and after ward enlarge, as tho business in creases. CLASSIFIED COLUA1N RATKS: Five cents a line (or first In sertion In till column, (our cents a line (or each subsequent luscrtiou. Count six words to a line. scsaaanaamaaMsacsaessuBaaaaK Wanted IF YOr NEED a man drop card to P. U. Johnson, city. Stf Wanted A Rood milk cow that will milk without n calf. A heifer preferred. (Price no object.) Give description in first letter. Address Mrs. Jessie Doughton, Hend, Ore. Wanted Job handlintr stallion during season of 1912, by experi enced man. Also understand handl ing barren mares. Address C. 0. Vinyard, Rend, Oro. 42-4Cp WANTED-iTwo or threo children between tho ages ot 8 and 13, at once. tl.hi't ham in good famllln5 und KooJ schoo' No work; cIotN ,i:J Uord. Address J. A. Ilo'nuc. wire r-river Mall, ilond. S 1 For Rent. FOR RENT Two store rooms, modern plate glass front Good lo cation on Wall street. Enquire F. O. Minor at P. O. 4-tr FOR RENT 6 room houso, with bath, chicken houso, cellar and largo lawn. Enqulro of Mrs. C. M. Red field, Hawthorno Ave. Stf Lost and Found, FOUND Ladles' belt bucklo. In quire Bulletin olflro. Rooms and Uoard. Room and board In prlvnte family. Rates reasonable. Inqulro lltlllet: For Sale. FOR SALE Chatham Fanning Mill with 12 alorcs, price 135. Ad dress A-5, Bulletin. . Gtf WANTED Woman to do washing. Apply at P. O. Window. 6p FOR SALE Lot In Center Add. below tho market. Must bo sold. See Ryan & McQIIlvray. Gp FOR SALE Two lots, lOOxltO feet, corner Hawthorno nnd Foil ft h sts. Make mo an offer. Address C. L. Koenlg, 1701 South D St., To coma. Wash. 3-8p i For Sale Good baled rye hay at $10 a ton. B. C. Cndy, Lnidlaw, Ore. 43tf Foil Sale A bargain in a good typewriter. Royal Standard mnko, a Rood machine. Owner has two machines, with use for only one, hence tho low price of $45 cash., Inquiro at Bulletin oflicc. 32tf FOR SALE Team of work horses, weight about 2100, Pearl Fulker son, Powell Ilutte, Ore. First place west of station. 42-7p To Trade. WANT TO TRADE Four year old mare, weight 1400, on a good team weighing about 1100 each, or will buy a mate. Inquire Bulletin, 4tf Billiards and Pool Fine and Popular Line of CIGARS Silvis & Blackwell Wall street, - - Bend, Oregon V - Sells for Cash (oet, which difficulty. i I i II1IW.IWIIM.W1MI4MMI.IIMMMIII-IMMMM.IWI.IMMI- THE SUBSCRIPTION LIST OF THE BULLETIN Is Growing Rapidly. Why? BECAUSE It gives the news of Bend nnd the Deschutes Valley the big gest and best "new" country on earth and reflects In Its columns the progress which is being made In this country of great potentialities. Mr. Advertiser THE BULLETIN IS READ EVERY WEEK BY MORE THAN 2,500 PEOPLE people who live here in the Bend Country and others who will shortly become residents of this wonderful new country. That it pays to advertise Is shown by the results obtained by a real estate firm who volun tarily stated to The Bulletin last week that they were get ting many inquiries from per sons who said they saw the ad. carried In this paper. Rates are reasonable. 1 1 A