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A $10 prize for a Bend medallion
The Bend Bulletin · January 17, 1908
In the story: 1. A city of two thousand, to 1912.
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Four and a half years before the emblem appears, Bend offered ten dollars for a circular mark to print on its stationery.
The Bend Commercial Club’s directors wanted a device of their own. The sketch had to reduce to the size of a 25-cent piece and still read plainly, and it was to be printed on the stationery of every member.
The word “emblem” appears nowhere in the notice, which is why a newspaper sweep that read all of 1908 could not see it: the search was for a word, and the story was told in other words. No winner was ever reported, and the club’s letterheads two years later carried a write-up and a map instead.
From the source
WIN THIS PRIZE.
Sum of $10 Offered for the Best Idea for Medallion for Commercial Club.
The board of directors of the Bend Commercial Club has decided to offer a prize of $10 to the person who will submit the best idea for a medallion or sort of trade mark to be used by the club in its advertising. The idea must be embodied in a sketch and submitted to the committee not later than two weeks from today, or on Jan. 31. A. M. Lara is chairman of the committee and all designs should be left with him.
The design should portray the object of the club, namely, the advertising of Bend and the Bend country. … The sketch should be of such a nature that it can be reduced to about the size of a 25-cent piece and still be distinct and plain. … The medallion is to be printed on the stationary used by the members of the club …