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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 18, 1919)
IMOK 4 nKND nuMiiaiN, uknd, oiiKuorv, Tiiru.siiv, met KMitim in, idiii The Bend Bulletin (Weekly KiliUon) Published Hy THK UICNO RUIXKTIN (Incorporated) KslnMMicil lOOJJ. KKKl) A WOEIiFl.KN, Killtor RORKRT v. SAWYER. Manager An Independent newspaper standing for tlic iiqunro uoai, cicnu ousmess, clenn politics nnd tho boat Interests of Uond nnd Central Oregon. Ono year f2.00 Six month 1.00 Three months - B0 THURSDAY. RKCKM11KR IS, 1910 TOO MUCH ADVERTISING. When legislators pass tho laws that go Into tho statute books they have ho t'dea 'or the strange and un expected results that may flow from thorn. A caso In point is tho national excess profit law designed to bring revenue info tho United States treas ury and doing so with great success and also forcing tho suspension of many small country newspapers, n result wholly unintended. Tho direct reason for tho suspen sion of the small papers Is their ab solute Jualtlllty to buy news print or tho fact that it can bo obtained only for prices that are prohibitive. Never in newspaper history were con ditions so difficult. Prices of tho news print have advanced by leaps nnd bounds. Where a few years ago threo cents per pound was an aver age price tho rate Is now anywhere 'from seven and threo quarters to 13. Contracts are unobtainable. Many papers are living from hand to mouth. Regulations tor paper sav ing more strict than wero enforced during tho war are being adopted nnd still tho shortago continues and tho little fellow Is going down n:ul out. Why Is newsprint scarce'. One reason Is . strong foivi; i demand Another is curtailed production, but tne chief reason is that there Is an unusually, larre amount being used. Tho reason -why so much Is being used is to accomoi'ato the tremend ous quantity of alvotMns now be ing placed. Why so much advertising? Ee cause It is paid for by money that otherwise would go futo excess pro fits. As an expense of tho buslnos It is a deductible Item.' It tlw money wero not spent it would go Into pro lit s and from CO to 80 percent would be paid In taxes. Put Into advertis ing CO to 80 percent of tho expense Is paid by Uncle Sam and tho balance Is the actual cost to the advertiser. The advertisers referred to aro of course, the large corporations that advertise nationally. They have taken so much space In the metro politan newspaper that tho publish ers have found it necessary to In crease the slzo of their papers. In so doing they have created an inordinate demand for newsprint and are crowding the little fellow out. And to think that a nowspaper had to go out of busluoes because of too much advertising. P. S. Tho foregoing Is not a pre liminary hint that Tho Rulletln Is going out of business on account of the newsprint shortage. It has Its supply airanged for. ant to correct It and to state tho ex act facts for the Information ot tho public. Tho Y. M. C. A. as represented by Mr. Trlckey, Mr. Kulls and Mr. Duu can, tho only members o: tho organ ization from tho outside who havo been connected with the local Instit ution, has never taken any position In regard to professional contests In IlllU fij llllliinilllll. W K1UM U. "t.'M men. whnlevor htu personal opinion has been, has made it a condition of the Y. M C. A. taking over tho man agement, that no such contests bo allowed and In no discussion of tho subject has any one of thorn said that tho professional contests must bo eliminated. Tho action which Is now reported came entirely from the local mem bers ot the committee ot manage ment. At a meeting ot this commltteo held last Thursday night there wero present besides Mr. Trlckey and Mr. Kells. T. H. Foley, D. (S. Mcl'hor 8on. Frank Inabnlt. Frank Ilrobert, J. E. Purdy, Gcorgu Gove. Carl A. Johnson, J A. Hastes, II, K. Allen, F. A. Woelflou and Robert W. Saw yer. Mr. Trlckey reported that a request had been made to rent tho building for a smoker nnd asked what the policy ot tho committee was to be toward renting the build Ing for such purposes. Knch mem ber of tho committee 'present was called on for his opinion nnd when the poll was complete, It was found that It was unanlmlous against pro fessional contests In tho building. So far as this committee Is tho Y. M. C. A. tho action Is that of tho Y. M. C. A. It Is not. however, tho ac tion of the Y. M. C. A. mcu who have come to Rend to manage the gym nasium. It Is n thing toted hf the loenl men who aro connected with the management nnd represents their opinion ns to what Is proper and fit ting for the building devoted to tho purposes for which tho gymnasium Is devoted. A MISTAKEN IMPRESSION. Tho statement now going about , that the Y. M. C. A. will not allow any more smokers in the gymnas ium Is so Ruble to give the wrong Impression that wo feel it is Import- THE DEATH'S HEAD Several times In the past we have compared the efforts made by the business Interests of Rond and Red mond to attract farmers and farm trade to tho respective towns. To anyone acquainted with the facts It Is clear that the comparison Is whol ly In favor of Redmond. Ry creat ion of n union high school, ostab; llshed of rural free delivery routes, nnd In other ways the town has at tracted business from the farms. In Rend, on tho contrary, condi tions have been created that tend to repef. rather than attract, farmers Thyse conditions Include, for ex- nmple, short banking hours en Sat urday, limited store hours and the procedure under the city charter for tho handling of eat rays. This Is not to say that each of those things Is not desirable from the town point of view. Viewed from the farmer's side, however, they are not so doslr able nnd it Is from his side Hint we are now looking at things. Plainly, tho reason for the differ ence between the towns Is natural. Redmond Is naturally an agricultural center and has been active In Improv ing hnr position as one; Rend has become more of nn Industrial town and as such has an assured prosper ity up to a certain time and point. Recauso of this assured business but fow have bcon Interested to go af ter the farmers as tho merchants of Redmond havo done and there we have lost. When tho Romans feasted they &i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i$nili i n At -i wyjr.---": Y't-iy' - s - iiiiijiiiWiiiiiiiiiiifl Did you ever hear of a squirrel starving? No because the squirrel lays away his food sup ply for the day when he will be unable to ob tain it or work. The squirrel may be an example to you. Put away today for the day when you will need. We Will Help You. OUR SAVINGS DEPARTMENT Pay 4- per cent interest CENTRAL OREGON BANK m BEND ggli!i'.l!illi'.l!i'IH!i'i'J PI nm W If M?rwt f train ' "lir'HEttly It til It! Hi i JilKiJL OREGON sxniiLmnmiimmmji Your Creamery Builds Business for Yourselves The Central Oregon Farmers' Creamery Will Pay One Cent Above the Market Price for Butterfat Paid by Portland Creameries Yearly Market Fair, Honest Tests. The Creamery Should be Your Asset. Bring in Your Cream Central Oregon Farmers' Creamery placed on tlte banquet table a skull as a reminder ot man's mortality. Happy as they might bo at the feast tho skull told them ot tho day to come and to those tfhoso vision Is beyond today the death's head of our forests' end is u very cal thing. Indeed, suppose a mill shut down for any rensou next mouth or next year. I'nless we had other resources to full back on It would mean bad times for Rend. It Is none too soon to begin the development of other resources and the farm trade Is the most (Import ant and most readily av'allablo re sources thorn Is. Will Rend go after It? "THE TWO ROADS." Wo trust that our -eadors are not tired of tho thrift arguments print ed occasionally In this column. I lore Is another taken from Ui Mlehlu Hulk-tin and entitled "The Two Roads." Rend it and decide which one you are travelling. t Spendthrift lto.nl. "This Is on me." "Ono more of the tmme." "Lend mo live." "Just a 11 t lo game o paw the time." "Charge this." "Here, boy." "Where do wo go from hero?" "Lot's have another round." "W live but once." ' "You can go home any time." "Your money's no good." "I can't b bothered with small change." t "Tho sky's the limit." "I'm paying for this. ' "Don't bo n piker." "It's nil In a lifetime." . "We'll be a long tlmo illad." "More where this oamo from," Thrift Road. "What's the price of thin?" "One will do." "Tho walk will do me good." "No, thank you." ' "I onn't afford that." "Give me your host price." "I'll carry this." "I promised iny wife." "I need the money." "Let mu pay my share.'' "I can get ulong without this." I'll got It ns I need it." "Is It worth seolng?" "A penny In as good In my pocket." "This is what I got for niy money." In vlow of tho plans under con sideration for tho establishment of n county library the following from tho Medford Mall-Trlbuno la of Inter est. Says tho Tribune: "Our entire system of political eco nomy doponds for Its success upon the Intelligence and enlightenment of tho rank and fllo. Wo tulk a grout deal about Rolshevlks, but tho super Rolshevlk of all Is Ignorance Any plan that will reduce Ignorance I& worthy tho support of afl good citi zens, here and elHowhore, Such u A Few Christmas Facts in Black and White- If you have been undecided about what . to get for-Christmas do this i a Estimate what your family will spend. b Find from each one what he wants. c Find what each expects to give. d Gather them altogether. e Find out from each what he or she enjoys the most. f Then you suggest getting something for the home which every 'one will enjoy for a long, long time. g And when you've done this, the conclus clusion will be a phonograph. 9 And that phonograph will be SONORA. from r : L K. Shepherd ' plan Is the extension of tho city library system to the rountry dis tricts. If tho small financial assist ance necessary Is available, tho coun ty court will have the united support of tho peoplo In extending It to the organizers of tho county library plan. Working under conditions more dltllcult than any It has evur known here tho Rend Water. Light & Power Co. hatf maintained lis city service this .week In a most creditable iimu nor. All of us are dependent on tho company for water, most of us for light, many of us for power and heat. Kullure of service In any of them) would have been a real calamity. That It has not failed has been duo to constant vigilance and real hard work and great credit Is due for the results obtained. The Department ot Agriculture's "Rettar Klres-Ilutter Stock" cam palgn referred to hero yesterday Is already under way in this section through tho campaign Inaugurated by tho I'lrst National Rank, Its al lltoratlvo slogan, "Metier Rucks, Mulls anil Roars Riilld Rigger Rank Ralauces" Is u statement of what the Department Is trying to do and also describes the goal set by tho bnuk for the liiiproromout of cen tral Oregon livestock. It has taken tho destruction of tho Konwood foot bridge to show how Important It Is In tho life of most of tho residents of the west side of tho river. Tho bridge that Is gouo was built by The Rend Company. The city should lose no tlmo In re placing It with a now ono to tako all kinds of travel, Now that two senators have call ed on President Wilson and found that there Is no Impairment of his faculties they aro limited to saying that ho Is suffering from puraylsls below the waist. They aro bound to havo him paralyzed Homewhero, The Inlted ritntes llNllrniid Ad-j ministration has Jiimi published a booklet on Oregon with matter do- ' ftcrlptlvo of most sections of t lit stale, and even going Into detail I concerning the counties. DitnoliutoM county, however. Is prominently1 missing. Wo wonder why. Did It ever occur lo you that 'in only place In Oregon where nilM grow Is weal of tho Cascades? It's about tlmo for someone toj come forward and tell us that the winters in o getting moie severe. This one Is, anyway. One trouble with our school , seems to be too much boat In one building and not enough In others The fceunlor from Arizona Ih un able to iNiikit Wilson I'hII for his (Ii-sIkiim on Mexico. i First Item on your shopping list for tomorrow. Ruy Red Cross seals. " In a nook 6tore. Ciitomor lluto you a book of syno. nyius? (Ireen Clerk I'll mt, iimilnme, (To department head:) Do wo carry Mr, Synonym' -vorlis? SHEEPMEN! ATTENTION! We linve. stocks of COTTONSEED CAKE SOYA BEAN CAKE Koth NUT SIZE and MEAL for immediate and future de livery. We purchased early. GET OUR PRICES BEFORE UUYINfi Write or Wire Swift & Company Animal Food Dopt. NORTH l'ORTI,AXR, ORKtJO.V A 4 " A .