East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-04

Decent cement walks around the
court house. the repair. or the remov-
al of the now unsightly fence. the
placing of seats around the lawn and
the erection of a bandstand some
where about the grounds-the above |
improvements at the court house are |
felt to be badly needed this year. |
They have been needed before, but |
there is a special reason for them |
this year, because of the fact that |
during the summer hundreds of Wis |
itors will be here to see the city and
county while the yare in the West to
visit the fair.
While the commissioners are hold
ing their present session is thought
to be an opportune time for agitating
the above improvements to see if
some of them, at least, cannot be Sc
cured. To ascertain the views of
representative citizens as to how the
matter should be handled, and also
to what extent the people of Pendle
ton should cooperate with the coun-
| ty court in the matter. a number of
! them were seen this morning. The
general sentiment found was that if
| the court will build the walks and
repair the fence. local people will
gladly provide the seats and the band
stand.
Leon Cohen, who was first seen,
was found to be enthusiastically in
favor of asking the commissioners to
replace the old and dilapidated walks
and also to move to have seats plac-
ed about the grounds. The latter,
in his opinion, would be a great ac-
commodation to country people while
in town, as well as to the residents
Mr.. Cohen is in favor of the removal
of the fence about the grounds. 81
would like to see that fence taken
I away" said he, "for there is no need
of it if the ordinance i'm regard TO
loose stock is enforced. With that
fence removed and good cement
walks around the court house the
appearance of the building would be
improved 100 per cent"
j. A. Borle, president of the Com
mercial association, is in favor of
calling the attention of the commits
sioners to the court house needs and
believes the improvements should be
made this year. In his opinion the
taxpayers of the entire county would
iudCrse the action of the commission
ers should they vote to have the work
done. Mr.. Borie is i'm favor of hav-
ing the trees around the grounds
transplanted and placed inside the
fence, where they would not be used
as hitching posts, and consequently
would make better growth. AS to
the placing of the seats and band
stand, Mr.. Borie thinks that they
would gladly be provided by the
townspeople.
G f.. Roosevelt does not like the
id a of a fence around the grounds
and believes the appearance would
be greatly improved if the one now
there were removed. "The county
court should make those improve
ments," said Mr.. Roosevelt "for it
is a public matter, and the public at
: large will share in the benefits. OF
course they could not be expected to
build the band-stand, but the people
bore will be glad to do that"
II. c. Willis, of Echo. who is here
/ lOudAs says lllil II II Allt buNg VI AiN
court to keep the court house grounds
in a presentable condition, and that
there is a crying need for new walks.
IN his view, the county that raises
1000, 900 bushels of wheat annually
and has 3O,O0O,0OO worth of proper
ty within it can certainly afford to
keep it's court house grounds in a
better condition than they are in at
present.
The county commissioners are now
In session, and it is not thought they
will complete their work until next
Monday or Tuesday, and between now
and their adjournment those who are
interested in the proposed improve
ments may urge the matter upon the
members of the board. Should the
matter go over until their meeting in
May the work could not be complet-
ed before the summer is half over.