The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-09-04
ADVERTISING OREGON.
Colonel Donan Doing Mis-.
sionary Work in the East.

uninfiucnccd by cOntcmporaneolis pr
judiccs, sits calmly down to write
this all too intensely commercial ag,
Of the world W de andicappcd, dis ,ri c
fully crooked race for the coy, though n
mighty, dollar that il ut present al
sorbing the attention of all civilization
Colonel Donan will be judicially pla,
ed ut the head Of the list of Napoleon
II publicity and promotion, the grca,
est advertiser who ever lived.
AZ in no other calling, success in thi
field Of endcavor requires more ncccssar RI
ly u profound knowledge Of men in gen
cral, and the natural ability to appl
this knowledge with ready ease Ia tn
individual-t0 instantly "size up hi
man" OF course, such wisdom, natur
al and acquired, invariably cndows it,
posessor with II mild contempt for hi
pawns, but that phase Of the PROPOSE
tion has nothing 10 do with this stor,
and, perhaps, il in ~ well not to dwell
upon it here.
in giving IN object lesson Of his ability
Ia widely promulgatc information re-.
rarlinp any given subject. A couple oi
weeks since lac boarded the q. u. Il ~
palatial train at Portland and started
east on II missionary tour, to proclaim
To the unfortunate dcnizens oi all the
rest Of the world the beauties of the
Promised Land Of Oregon.
lie made n two or three days stand
first ut Salt Lake and the papers pub
lishcd in the "Ci,y Of the Saints" were
crowded with his acrobatic rhetoric,
his fantastic word weaving, his interest.
ing facts and startling figures, all per.
tanning Ia Oregon, ol course. Then he
turned loose Il revelation ON the
Nature made laws of commerce; that
il sows broadcast it, golden seed only
along water levels. incidentally, he
demonstrated that the q. X. II y. and
it, connections il the only transconti.
mental route that conforms Ia this con.
dition, and that il can't help from doing
the business for this continent and the
lands bcyondthc seas. lie let Salt Lake
in on the play and the newspapers hail
cd him Chief Prophet. The Tribune
published the revelation in its editorial
columns and il has since been copied far
and wide.
Colonel Donan was next, and so far
last, heard from in Denver. Then he
sprung his speciality piece dc resistance,
Oregon weather, which makes Paradise
look like nm unhabitablc, miasmatic
wilderness. His victim il thrown off
his guard with this Introductory jolly:
"Nour mines have taken rank among
the golden wonders ol the world. They
have dwaried all the rlittcring romanccs
oi the Arabian nights to commonplace,
everyday realities, and made the tabled
riches of Midas and Of Crocsus look like
thirty cents. Your mountain and can.
on scenes are unsurpassed on earth in
any region 50 easily accessible, your
climate is magnificent during the great
or portion Of the year, and no finer flaw.
ored fruits and vegetables are produced
anywhere under the turquoise blue heav.
ems than Colorado's soil pours generous.
ly forth wherever irrigation reaches.
You touch the magical water.button,
and God and nature do the rest and
10 il bounteously.'
Then comes the famous weather word
followed closely by the follow.
my hasty summary of our advantages
,ver Colorado and all the world besidse,
m hliahssd in the Denver Hmes