The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1917-10-04

hOuiu surround almost superhuman
difficulties. Thousands of men today
are employed in the production of
chemicals that are now produced by
Thomas A. Edison in sufficient guam
titles to be of great service CONNER
eially.
For the last few months the United
States has been feeling the effects of
the Edison research work in the re-
lief afforded many plants that are
new securing ingredients necessary
in manufacture which formerly came
from Europe. 1t was characteristic
of Mr.. Edison to withhold the an
nouncement of his wonderful success
until the situation was we'll in hand.
1t was thus when a few months ago
surrounded by five hundred Edison
phonograph dealers who called upon
him at his laboratories in Orange,
New Jersey, he made a simple an
nouncement of his remarkable re-
search work. The cheers that greet
ed his words were echoed in thou
sands of big industrial plants the
following day when the newspaper
accounts of Mr.. Edison's success were
cabled around the world.
Several weeks ago Mr.. Edison's
work for the United States was in
terrupted for few minutes while his
associates reminded him that a hun
dred men from every section of the
country were in his library waiting to
present him with gold medal cele-
brating the fortieth anniversary of
the invention Of the debating ma
chine. Not day goes by that does
not bring to mind half q dozen inven-
tions that came into life upon that
date through the genius Of this in
ventor.
Three years ago, having completed
his work on the storage battery, Mr..
Edison decided that he would try to
develop means of recording and re-
producing sound which would make
the reproduction so true to life that
it could not be told from the orig
inal. It proved to be the longest and
most costly research work ever un-
dertaken by Mr.. Edison. Three mill
ion dollars were spent in experiment
al work alone and these experiments
were not completed until last year.
Not satisfied with his own as we'll
as his associates approval of the lit
eral reproduction of the human voice
on the New, Edison, Mr.. Edison in
sisted that it be given an acid test,
before the American public. 1t was
at Mr. Edison's direct order that the |
artist stood beside the new Edison
and sang in direct comparison with
the Recreation. Then followed that
series of remarkable tone tests which |
still continue in the shrines of music
in all parts of the United States. One
million music lovers have attended,
concerts since then and listened to
the living artist sing in direct COM
parison with the Recreation of his
voice.
The living artist standing beside
the phonograph and singing in direct
comparison with the recreation of his
voice proved that Mr.. Edison had ac-
tually discovered the way of literal
voice reproduction. A new method
OF musical entertainment known as
the tone test concert Is today strong
ly endorsed in all the important
music centers Of the United States.
Metropolitan Opera singers are being
booked for months ahead this coming
season, proud to stand before an au-
dience of music lovers and sing in
direct comparison with Edison's re-
creation of their voices.
For the first time in the history of
music vast audiences have gathered
to listen to noted artists sing in d.
rect comparison with their Re-Crea-
ted voices on the New Edison Phono-
graph. Music critics of more than
five hundred leading newspapers of
The United States have written ac-
counts of these concerts. Because of ,
The unusual interest shown In these !
recitals number OF newspaper criti-
;isms have been collected in book.
One of the events Of Edison Week
will be contest for $4,000 in prizes
which will be awarded to the nom
ad-writers and other
amateurs in this field who have form
lilly entered the contest to try their 1
hand at patchwork ad writing-the
ads being mado up of .
sentences taken from different criti-
lues contained in the collection bear .
ng upon Edison Tone Tests.
Mr.. Oscar Otto, Edison dealer, of !
Heppner few days ago, publicly in
vited music lovers to this city to .
enter this contest, which closes Octo- ,
GER 27. Mr.. Otto last night said that
several hundred contestants have en- .
cred from this city. The prizes will
)e made up as follows: $1,000 cash
or the best patchwork advertise
nent; $500 cash for the second best; !
$3.50 cash for the third best; $1O0
or the fourth best; $50 for the fifth, .
ind SO cash to each of the ten that (
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