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About Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 28, 1910)
III' tutt J- 1 t ii c t t i ri VALUE OF COM- EilERGlAL CLUBS What Other Cities are doing to Advertise their Resources and Opportunities for In vestment. We said last wek that we are informed that the Portland Com mercial Club is expending about $200 per day in telling Eastern people about Oregon. . Now we ask why they do it Since the Lewis and Clarke fair at. Portland in 1905, that city has seen such a remarkable growth and prosperity as to startle the most conservative. The same people who have for years lived in that beautiful city of roses have had their skepti cism removed by proof which is convincing. They have seen their business increase three fold in less than five years; they have seen the dollar that moves men to do things, come to them with practically no effort beyond a little missionary publicity and co-operation. They stand organ ized like a trained battalion ready to take advantage of any opportunity which would be an advantage to their fair city; they are ready to move at a moment's notice to crush a com mon enemy of her large inter ests. You ask what has done it. We say publicity by live and ag gressive men who know how to champion the battle of progress. They called to their aid the com bined strength of brains and money to aid them in a good cause. While the men of the club are of different religious belief and in the open arena of political life battle against one another like giant game of the forest; But when it comes to the upbuilding of their city, and its welfare is at issue, these mighty giants in politics anc relieious adherents stand to getheras one and fight to a com mon end like a trained army of soldiers. 400 miles east of her is anoth er citv which has another such organization. A city, which only a few years ago was noth ing more than an Indian trad ing point, which today boasts of a population of 130,000. She was brought to the fore by a body of young men who knew the game of building up success ful cities. They brought their powers into action and laid her keel with such skill and . ability as could not be overcome by any temporary set back. Today she breaths with clock-like precision and stands as a credit to west ern achievment. That city is Spokane. These two cities are today battling for trade which to each of them appears to be her terri tory. This battle of commercial supremacy is directed by the brainiest men of each organ ization. Each wants more ter ritorv in which to distribute her articles of commerce. And each side will carry its scars of the battle before the territorial trade pie is cut And as long as the organizations stand they will command the utmost respect for each other, but should they dis band on one side and remain the other, the result would be dis astrous to the disbanders. Surrounding those centers of population are various cities of smaller size that are bidding for the retail trade of the people Y-o live in their immediate community. They know the strength of their larger oppon ents. . What are they doing? Nearly every town of any size has a live and wide awake con mercial club which is making her bid for new people to come end take ad vantage of the op- portunitiea that are offered near them.' You cannot go into Spo kane, Portland or Seattle, or any other good live western city and not find literature from each one of these cities, which tells of the opportunities they have to offer to the investor and home seeker. Little back woods towns of small importance are in many cases issuing nne eight to sixteen page pamphlets or booklets with fine views of their scenery and advantages. They are a credit to the cities that issue them, and call many people to them who would have gone elswhere had they not found their advertising on the tables of those chambers of com merce buildings. Nearly all these towns have a slogan in their literature. For illustratra tion. Walla Walla Commercial Club uses on their latter heads, in bold type, "Walla Walla want? you '. This at nrst glance may not mean much but after a lit tle reflection you can not help but see that it means "Welcome Stranger", and as soon as a new jomer realize that his presence is wanted he feels he would like to be one of them. He not only becomes one of that society but he may also bring a friend and this friend causes another tr come and live in that same com munity. A commercial club is an asset that is as valuable as the stock you have in trade. Every one of these small cities fully real ize that if they are to secure their share of the new people must bid for them like a con tractor would in open competi tion for a job. A city which in this day and age fails to adver tise, when all others do, will not ind cannot get that which just ly belongs to her. She is left at the roadside to struggle for her self with no new blood and new methods to keep abreast with modern ideas. The citizens of Gilliam County ire calling for more people but we do not yell loud enough, and when we do call, we call at home and we cannot be heard outside if the county. What we dt want is to send out all over the ast our call for the people tc :ome out here and aid . us in worthy cause and at the same time aid themselves. They want to come but they do not know old Gilliam, the home of plenty, wants them. The neighboring cities are calling louder than we are and the people are respond ing to their call. They are saw ing wood with a modern machine and we with a , buck saw, the good old-fashioned way. But we are getting old and the saw is getting dull and we are out of files. Don't you think a little new blood, more money and new ways would make us feel better and makq us more prosperous people? We can have these if we will only put our shoulder to the wheel and go forward. Hill and Harriman have turned the eyes of the people to Eastern Oregon by opening up the : coun try along the Deschutes and its tributaries. Never before has Oregon had such opportunities to make herself a power in the Un ited States by acquiring more people to develope her natural resources. All we need to do is to turn their attention to Con don Prairie, which includes all that country up to Mayville on the south, Lost Valley on the east, the John Day River on the west and the Columbia River on the north. Once this beautiful farm land is shown to the good old eastern fanner, with our western prices, and wo will no longer hear the words "Can't sell", but to the contrary, "I am going to hold," for the reas- . L- i . 1 ' Lnn J on viibi vr.c bv.v vij tw uuue wonders. You will never go back to the' old , buck ,saw " but will get into the new wagon, which is now in course of con struction, and which at last re ports was getting along fine. Yours for a greater Condon and Gilliam County.,. ;..,., THE EAGLE'S EYE. , 8crr That Protect! It Agalnt a Tea Brilliant Light. The enitle tlinl utiirvs proudly at ttv till hits uw irru fuuud tu b no flf. mi-nt of triulitltiti. M. d CtiitrtUiiiHt. In paper coin- aiunloatrd tu thf Krem-fc rttyulral to rloty, bus shown tbnt lb eagle's eyt ha a hk'ImI i, ratus mlnplml to tills fpnt, though It awiiia probable that n I not tht ouly bird with this useful possession. The apparatus la not, howerer, the nU'tltatlnit membrane" which all of us have perceived In looking even at the barnyard fowl. That la a mechan ism designed merely to wipe the eye and to keep it clear of dust. M. de Cbardonnet'a discovery was made while he was studying the trans parency of the central part of the eyes of aulmats. lie had already noticed that the eyes of night birds, such as owls, were more transparent than any other for ultra violet rays, and be had tried to push the experiments further by ascertaining whether they would be affected by ultra violet rays alone. These experiments fulled because of the absence of reoponslveuesa on the part of the birds, which did not ap pear to manifest any aensatlon In pass ing from darkness to light, whether this list was visible to buuinn eyes or not. M. de Chanlonnet's failure led him to Inquire whether there was any organ of which he wss Ignorant In the bird's eye, such as would Intervene lu such circumstances. While dissecting a bird's eye he was struck to find an organ to which French naturalists have given provi sionally the natue of the pelgna or comb. A better Idea of Its function would be obtained by calling It a para sol. This organ la formed of a very thin membrane, black-opaque and situated in the eye where the optic nerve pene trates It. The structure of this mem braue Is such that the retina If com pletely masked when the "parasol" Is open. It Is reasonable to suppose that the parasol is therefore a screen to protect the eye against a too brilliant light, whether the light Is visible in the ordinary sense or. whether It con sists of ultra violet rays. FINLAND SUMMERS. Effect of the Famous "White Nights" Upon Vegetation. The famous "white nights" of the north are a most surprising phenome non to the visitor from southern climes. it is a weird experience, declares A. M. Scott In "Through Finland." to sit for the first time upon a veranda at midnight and read a newspaper or to walk home from a restaurant at 1 o'clock In the morning and to see peo ple still gosslplug at the street corners or strolling along the promenades un der a bright, clear sky. A spirit of rest and peace is over all the earth. The sky Is bright, not with the fiery brilliancy of noon, but with a tender, gentle radiance. The colors of the landscape have become softeued, but not bleuded. There are no shad ows save for a week or two in June, when the bright northern sky at mid night projects faiut. ghostlike shadows toward the south. The sun Just dips below the horizon and no more. There is no division between the sunset and the dawn. The same rosy flush serves for both. Summer In Finland Is, In fact, one long day. Never a star Is to be seen, and when the first faint star glimmers in the south It is a sign that the sum nier la past and that the autumn frosts have arrived. The long light has a marvelous effect upon vegetation, forcing Us growth at hothouse pace. The "white nights" ac- count both for the suddenness of the burgeoning and for the Intensity of the heat. Land and water have no time to cool. Oue cannot fall to be struck with the enormous size of the foliage upon the oak and hawthorn trees as compared to that to which we are accustomed. Botanists have ex plained this as being due to the larger supply of light. It has sometimes been suggested that we may hasten the bar rests by the use of artificial lights. Nature herself does this for the Fin nish farmer.. 60 'YEARS' EXPERIENCE r A V Dcsiqns Anyone Mndlnf s sketch and deeortptlnn ma onlcklr ascertain our opinion fret whether ad Invention le probably patentable. Communis. Uonnelrlctlrcniifldentlol. HANDBOOK on Patents sent free. Oldest aitennf for securing patenta. Patents taken through Muuu Co. raoelTt fpulat notiw, witnoui cnitrge. in Scientific Jimcricasi. A tianrtsirrmlT tlltmtd wwllf. I.nrvmt rtf CQlatlmi of any AleniirJo Journal. Termi, 8 a ! toot moni.ua, at bviuhjiii ntwiuwivn, &Co.88iBred-'NewiorK Omoe, S6 F Bt, Wublsstoo, D. 0. Sree adrloe. bow to obtain patenta, trade mack I eoDrrUcbta. eta. in ill coumtriiS. I'Buelnea direct vUk Washington lava thuA money ana ojten tne patent. Patent im Infringement (Tactics uaumeiy. Write or eome to us at 8U Slat Stress, ers. Oattee Mates Mart 09h, WASHINGTON, fa MmmImmwUiI i I I i m m mm U going to hav a January CUaranoa Sal on Everything In tha Storr Ladt Centlman this Is your opportunity to gat Juat what you naad vtry cnaap. Wa glva a CASH DISCOUNT on avarythlng. Fancy & Staple Groceriw Hardware and Dishes Overcoats Mackinac's Coats rants Hats and Caps Blanket Lined Coats Slickers " Hats Woolen Blankets Cotton Lined Gloves Underwear Heavy & Light Shirts The Best Line RUBBER GOODS IM THE TOWN Agents for LAMM & CO.'S CLOTHES DUNN BROS., INC. CONDON All Kinds of SHOE REPAIRING GUY D. SIMMONS Main Street, Condon. The O.K. Shop PRANK COUDEN, Proprietor Shaving, Shampooing, Hair Cutting Hot and Cold Baths in Connection. Ooo door north Uilliam Oo. Bank Bids. 66 PACIFIC MONTHLY rORTLAND I OREGON The Leading Magaxme a ni m ot the West Rnttfunv Itlu.tratiKl Timely I ArtlcUs RsaJabU SlorUs. i Rm1 Jack London's Vivid and InUraating Story Now Running i ... .... . . i. Ssrially. Article ecn monm describing tho rosourcw ura spa srtuni ties U b found Ma th WOtl. leal Be SeerWOaUftej Oft m tak krae. a ree waai . ie wkal Maatae i BaeMeraia Mttae THE PACIFIC MONTHLY Portland, Oreeoa CeatinMni Encloeed ISc for wfclck stay send sm three lata waeaben el jam AeUrmu BIG STORE GET OUR PRICES BEFORE BUYING &MatHattsaWa&K Don't Forget Our Cash Discount. It Means Moneu For You : Some Prices on Fuel! : 16 INCH WOOD PINE WOOD FIR FIR& ALDER ? OAK SLABS ROCK SPRINGS COAL ROCKY MOUNTAIN COAL A charge of 50c per cord or within the city limits. Arlington rwunrvjvinrunrunruxr Mnri-vi i 5 Premier and Delivered to any I $o.iu I Mall or phone uour c duvdiibduo oi mi ouvtJiJiuvuuuirLrinrturuu WHITE CORNER AMUSEMENT HALL vuniccuuHcrjf, cigars, boh 5 LEGHORN 6c tkrumnn aruuuinnuxrinuuuiriri THE PALACE HOTEL U. 3. CARNINE Proprietor. MOST comodious Hotel in the city. Table supplied iU with the best the market affords. Special atten tontion given to the comfort of guests. :: :: :: Headquarters for Farmers and St ckmen. CONDON, OREGON Furs Hosiery Shawls Coats and Jackets Sweaters Dress Skirts Under M Waists Night Gowns Laces Embroideries Appliques and Ribbons Ready-made- Suits Childrens School Shoes oui:gon , Per Cord.. $8.G0 . 8.50 . 8.00 . 9.50 ' " .., " " ... " " .. " " 6.50 Per Ton 11.00 44 44 9.00 ton will be made on all deliveries Lumber Co. Olympic Flour part of the City at per DDI. orders at once and take iioerai oner. MiuaiNovO. jj annK8. uud room in connection, y BRIAN, PROPS. 5 , 4 law. is a xm discredited being.'; j League will coach the 6. A. C.V
