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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1912)
THE BEND BULLETIN ' OEOROR PALMKR PUTNAM Publisher. l. N. HOFFMAN Managing Kdltor. r. ' ' i . i !' n m An Independent newspaper stand Ing for ttio square ilo.il, clean busi ness, clean politics and tho boat In terests of Rend nml Central Oregon. Ono year. $1.60 Six months SO Threo months r0 All aubsorlptlona aro duo and PAYAHLU IN ADVANCK. Notice of expiration wilt lie mnllod subscri bers and If renewal Is tuft made with in reasonable tlmo tho paper will bo discontinued. Please notify us promptly of any change of addroM. or of failure to ro- celvo the paper regularly. Make all checks and orders pay nblo to UoHd llulletlu. most crcdltablo homo-print Hero's wishing you success, paper. Tho public library Is being pat rouUcd more now than ever before, Tho now residents of tho town will find there a choice amount of read ing matter, lncludlngt nearly alt tho leading magazines. The room In kept open from 7 to 9 o'clock ovory evening except Sunday and from 2 to B o'clock on Woducsday and Satur day afternoons. WBDNBSIMY. JANUARY 31. 1912. HUM) AM) Till: SOUTH. Judging from what ono often sees In sonio of tho nowapapors of tho towns south of hero, tho Ucnd Com morcll Club nml the Uend people In general get what they go after, what ovcr it may be. In sonio respects this Is decidedly true, but tho mis take that our nclghliors make Is that thcy'go off half-cocked and imagine things that never wcro dreamed of by tho local commercial organization. A fine Illustration of this Is seen In the last laauo of tho Silver Lako Leader. In discussing tho change 1 In mall service from hero to that town, as repotted In last work's Rul letin, the leader says: "Although Silver Lako Is now less than SO miles from tho railroad ter minus at llond, this town is no bet ter off. so far as th'o speed of the mall delivery U concerned than It was when tho railroad terminus was 1SS miles distant. "What's tho reason? lias some commercial organization at tho end of the railroad used its Influence to the cmbarraament of the community that must dopend on Btago tinea for delivery of letters and newspapers? Is it another caso of Dead showing her sisterly lovo for neighbors of tho "Have tho postal officials been de ceived, or are they deliberately plac votcs a ro fow and far between? Ing a hardship on communities where "Stage malts now Icavo Dcnd up on the arrival of trains in the evon . Ing. Why should they bo set' back eight hours? "Olds havo bscn asked by the Post- ofllco Department for carrying mails seven days each week after March 1 . over the ISond-Sllver Lako routo This will ktlp some, but Silver Lako could bo belter served by a prompt six day tchetfuJa than by a slow dally Borvlce." So far ss the Rend Commercial Club la roaRerneddt lclng presumed Drat tat rtuti is the "commercial or ganlrattoc at the end of the railroad" reform! tc It knew nothing about any chant going to bo made until tho whetfula tecclved by the post master here was printed lu this news paper. Yet the Leader Insinuate that It "wsd Ita Influence to th HiJtaiTagmeit of the communities that mast -Impend on stage line for delivery of letter and newspaper." oi)i jo Btm.uo 2U0p JO pCO)U sort, the people of Ucnd leut their I ml u ewe to gt a better mull servloo for the towns to the south by sign lug a' petition asking that tho six day service be Increased to seven days aweetc. This move has been succeeeful. It appears, for the gov ernment Is ealling for bids on a sev en day schedule to go Into effect on March 1. It is btated lu the adver tisement tint the mall stage will leave Bend after the arrival of the train at night, reaching Silver Lake In 28 bonis. Returning, it will leave there at 1:. a. m. and get here be fore ?:(. 3 in the next day. The people here hope a satisfactory bid will be received by the govern ment, for thoy wish to seo the towns to tho Mulli servod from here get as good mail accommodations as pos sible. And, lionef.t, Kdltor Morris, don't you think, you owe Rend an apology for this and other unjust Insinuations? With n rural free delivery routo, postal savings bank, ahlnglo mill, fancy poultry business, new stono hotel and a number of other hand some stone buildings promised, Rend Is certainly going fowfird. And tho best of It Is that the going hns just begun. And some men are sober ouly whon mono)' is tight. So mo peoplo suffer Intensely ovor imaginary Injurios. Jealousy is but another namo for Ingrown self esteem. Anyway, tho font Is apt to be gen erous with his folly. In vfey of the fact that there Is much government land in Crook county vlifcli Is yet open to home stead and desert entry, Tho Bulletin 1b printing much Information of In terest to iindsueUera. Every home steader In Ciook county shoutd be a Bubbcilber and thereby get Infor mation tttarl la of value to him. Crook county's tenth newspaper has mado Ita appearance, being the Terrebonne Orogonlan. It is a four page 'bU column publication and start off with a liberal patronage by the business men of the town, W E.'Johnron la the editor and for his flrut luiuo lias gotten out a THK COUNTRY NKW8PAPKR. (Now York Evening Journal.) Tho Hearst newspapers havo moro than onco called tho attention of. busi ness men and citizens lu gcnoral to tho Important work that Is douo by tho editors of tho smaller newspapers and to tho groat vatuo of thoso news tiapers as advertising mediums. It would bo Impossible to keep this government going, Impossible at toast to kc-cp .rpproseutattvo and demo cratic government allvo In this country, if It were not for the thous ands of nowspapcr editors scattorod throughout tho land, every ono of them a watcher and an observer, a vigilant policeman in politics and public affairs. Wherever two railroads cross In the United States and there Is a town or village, there Is, fortunatoly for tho country, a local editor. Tho editor watches the two rail roads; he watches the affairs of his township, county, stato and nation. Ho talks dally or weekly to his fellow citizens concerning affairs that moat vitally Interest them. Ho Is for them an eye that does not sleep, a man alert and devoted to thoso that iro his constituent If the railroad crowing kilts t-o ti'jfjy. If tho rallroaJi combine to (iiaipt- too much or sc,"0 too poorlv If tht Judge, nowr-nr or mjor scvin more of a rallro. .1 official than n 1ti1o's official, the editor Is thoro In till nlmiif It. Big tnctroi-olltan nc-vitpapers wl'h work. circulations runulng Into many hun dred thousands dallr ravi a pecu liar power of their own. But If you took all the metropoli tan newspapers of the United States and weighed them In the balance against the prose of U.e 6air.ll c'llcn and towns of America It would be as though ou weigh.! .1 iP.y onto building against I'lkH Peitt. und the local pleas would ie PIkw a Peak. The local odltoi ink to his readers as one friend aiieukit to Kn ottier. They know him y 4jitt. They know b's lecord. rii; kfow for how sm-il reward he ren ien if Helen!, unselfish wtIch. And a word from him mean more than many eolumns from some avmyMous and unknown "editor of die bit? ity " The imlltlcians of thW jountry know well the power j( (ho local piII tor. They respect it and fenr it, and It Is a good thing for the country that they do. A man writing fearlessly In soma cougremmian's or sonio senator's home town can do more to keep that public official straight than all tho metropolitan newspapois put to gether. Public mon know the power of the local editor and of the local newspa per. It Is a pity that tho business nen of the country ure Ignorant of tlmt -power. The man who has something roally worth while to advertise. If he would use the loeal newspapers intelligently would multiply his sales, mako him self known to millions that do not ifow know him and put himself at tho head of his line of competition. if tho automobllo manufacturers who attract attention Just nt this mo ment would put their advertising In telligently In the local newspapers. paying a good, fair rate and offering good valuo, they could very soon change tho output of automobiles In America from H0.000 In one yar, v-hlch was the record of 1910. to 500,000 or 1,000,000 in one year, and thla Is no exaggeration. The smallest of tho country news papers has among Ita readers ono or Ave or ten or a hundred men that could bo made to buy a car now and will buy one sooner or later. So mo intelligent automobile manufacturer with the right kind of product will reallzo this and sell tens of thous ands of cars through tho local news papers before his competitors know what has happened. The average of prosperity and of wealth among the readers of a coun try newspaper is far greater than among tho readers of a metropolitan dally, and, In proportion to the cost of advertising, Intelligent publicity gives by far tho best results. What we hare said about auto mobile advertising refers to adver tising In othor lines. Very fow poopln rcnllzo what It moans whon n man mtdurtnkoa tho publication of u dally or weekly newspaper In n small ptneo. Tho editor risks everything, pov erty, bankruptcy, tndltforouco of the public, and tit best his rownrd can bo very biuivII. It Is said that Mr, Rryun la going to opposotho election to tho preal dency of Oovornor Wilson of Now Joraoy because tho latter before ho started out toward tho Wlilto House asked Mr. Cnrneglo of tho steel trust tti glvo him u life pension. Many of us, of course, would fuel hnpplur If wo could buglu our work with n life pension that would free ua from nil rare ovor afterward. Tho country t'dltor ospoclnlly would bo mnde comfortable and tree from worry for himself and for hla family If thoro wore some ateot trust or oil trust bllllountro ready to of- 'for a pension to those beginning hard work. But tho country editor goes to work with no pension and no guar anty, He nsks no pension, no cash In advance, only fntr play nmt n chance to work. To tho mnu who has started his own smalt pa nor and Is lighting his way uphill with a little typo nml a small press, paying tho highest price for everything and getting the low est prlco for his advertising nnd his hard work, there seems something vory comical In tho sight of n man like Oovornor Wilson giving up a position as university president that paid him nearly $10,000 n year, tak ing a large salary aa governor of New Jersey, publicly bidding for tho Unttod States prosldoucy with Its $75,000 salary and nt tho same time asking Mr, Cnrnogto of tho steel trust to put him on hla pension list nnd make It easy and safe for htm to bo honest ever after. The country odltor la tho man who ought to havo a pension for tho work Hint ho does, If any man ought to hnvo It. Ho la also tho man, as It happens, who would not take a pen sion from tho steel trust, or from tho railroad that runs through his town, or from any Other agency of public exploitation. That Is why wo havo lu tho past and today and shall In tho fu- turo try to Impress on our readers and on big advertisers the fact that they should do their sharo toward supporting tho local press of this country. Thoro would bo and could bo no philanthropy about It. Sim ply wlso self Interest should mako every citizen buy his local paper and according to his means glvo to the support of tho local press. Tho citizen that buys his local pa per gota hla monoy back ninny times over In protection of his Intorests. And tho man who advertises wide ly and wlsoly In tho local press gets hts money back many times ovor In cash roturns. Tho pcopto should not bo niggard ly In support of thoso thnt do good Business men nnd tho public generally should bo especially broad minded and liberal In their suport of tho local nowspapora that repre sent nnd tenslfy public opinion throughout the country. POSTOFFICi: RILL FRAMIR). WASHINGTON, D. C A ten year term for the Postmastor General, the elimination of the entire Pnstofllco DetMirtmont from itolltles and the appointment of all ixistmastera ly the head of the department Instead of by the President, was presented In a bill Introduced In the Mouse by Representative Norrls of Nebraska. Tho measure Is a revision of n pre vious bill by Mr. Norrls. HAWLKV AWAITS NOTK'K. WASHINGTON. I). C. As boon ns Representative Hawley receives noti fication that his registration appli cation has boon filed by the clerk of Marlon county nnd his nnnie entered u)on tho io book, he will Issue n formal statement announcing his candidacy for ronomlnntlon nnd ro clcctlon to tho Houso of Representa tives. Coupled wlth'thls announce ment will bo a declaration of princi ples and an outline of the platform on which he will run. Tho railway agent tomttlmtt stlls a tick- t In a strip Bo generous In Itnith that It l lonxer than our lrlt. Dallas Ntws. "Mr. Subbuba, your bouse Is on fire, nurry homo aud save your belong. IngH." "Nothing In the house worth saving. Everything we bad Is loaned out" Louisville Courier-Journal. Adown tha stream of Ufa, they said, Tostthrr peacefully they'd float, But lust as soon aa I hey were wed They both txten to rock tha twit. -Ufa. Lady Visitor ito temperamental look. Ing prisoner) Did you ever go In for poetry? T. I P. No, tnn'nmi thla In me first offense, and the chargo was larceny. Brooklyn Life. To lynch a negro with a rope, soma say, la no dlisTSca. It simply Is an effort made to elevate the race. Dallas News. Ilcr Father I told you that you ould marry ray daughter when you could write n check for $50,000. Have you written It? Iler Suitor Yea. sir; It only nwalls your signature-Philadelphia Evening Telegraph, Tha whlppoorwlll beneath tha moon, Llka some wa fain would part with. Keeps taking- encores on a tuna That wasn't much to start with. -Washing-ton 8ttr. THE SUBSCRIPTION LIST OF THE BULLETIN BBBBBBBBBBBtTsaTsaaTBTaa Is Growing Rapidly. Why? BECAUSE It Rives the news of Bend nnd the Deschutes Valley the bltf jjest and best "new" country on earth and reflects In Its columns the progress which is being made in this country of great potentialities. Mr. Advertisre THE BULLETIN IS READ EVERY WEEK BY AJORE THAN 2,500 PEOPLE people who live here in the Bend Country and others who will shortly become residents of this wonderful new country. That it pays to advertise is shown by the results obtained by a real estate firm who volun tarily stated to The Bulletin last week that they were get ting many Inquiries from per sons who said they saw tho ad. carried in this paper. Rates arc reasonable. I H ft I I J &i'&M$r"'&mM-:ae-z
