East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-04
ROTARY CLUB IS
GUEST OF JOURNAL

Portland, ore, Sept. i.-One hun
dred members of the Rotary club
were guests of the journal at lunch
con in its handsome new plant at
seventh and Yamhill streets yesterday
afternoon. The ideal of sincere deal
ing, value giving, and development
leadership that gives newspaper
place and confidence in a community
and makes 1t respected force for
good throughout the commonwealth,
was discussed by G. S. Jackson, pub
Usher of the Journal, speaking on the
subject Rearing a Newspapser
Mr.. Jackson related his early news
paper experience in publishing the
East Oregonian at Pendleton, and de-
scribed the time when he discovered
that the paper which succeeds, while
al the same time it does good is the
paper that is always determined to
give something of value in its col
umns in return for the subscription
price. This. he said. is responsible
for the growth of the first paper and
for the growth Of the Journal to the
place and standard it has reached in
L IOIlldnu anu OTeSOu.
Policy on Advertising.
Speaking about advertising, Mr..
Jackson said that the columns of the
Journal would always be open to ad-
vertisers that the law recognized as
decent and legitimate. This rule, he
added, applies to advertising physi-
clans, he taking the stand that the
man who practices as the law directs
has as much right to advertise as any
other business or profession.
Il give notice." affirmed the
speaker, that for every one of the
advertising doctors Vho get criticised
there are nine who do not advertise
and who do things that the law for
bids, and l have knowledge of enough
of them so that their deeds shall be
made known one of these days.
Professor H. X. Benson. head of
the department of industrial chemis-
try of the University of Washington,
said that the 100000 acres of log
ged off lands in Oregon and Washing
ton must be multiplied by 5000 to get
the amount that will represent the
cost of development.
There must be. ha said, some way
of utilizing the stunps that stand on
this land and this way, he predicted
would be found in manufacturing the
by-products He has been conducting
series of experiments this summer
and he says he has reached the con-
clusion that the by-products of fir
from logged off lands can be manu-
factured at profit. if practical man
ufacture agrees with laboratory tests.
He exhibited SAMPLES of the mate
rials taken from a stump, including
balsam of fir, balsam of turpentine,
rosin, steam turpentine, fir oil, fir
| pene, refined wood turpentine, tar oil,
/ tar pitch, wood alcohol acetic acid,
all of which are valuable commercial
| ly
After the speaking the Rotarians at
tackled and made great platters of
"Ole Virginia" fried chicken and 9TH
| er things in the line of refreshments
| disappear with great rapidity. A
committee was appointed to organize
a Rotary excursion to the Clarke
county fair a week from next Thurs
day. H. c. Coffin chairman of the
membership committee, reported that
in his opinion the Ad club had
done an unfair thing in attempting
the entire entertainNent of Theodore
Roosevelt, September II, when the
Rotary club had been Gne first to eX-
tend an invitation.