East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-05
DON'T Be A dead
ONE" SAYS KEEFE

Nineteen hundred and twelve is al
most upon the city of PendletOn, and
the time draws near when Pendleton
thinks back over the wear just passed
and takes stock Of what she has done,
and what has been left undone The
individual citizen if ne is at all pro-
gressive does the same thing in his
own case. We all profit by our mis-
takes as well as by the successful
outcom IS of our ventures.
Pendleton has come before the eyes
OF the northwest and the country for
the first time in a conspicuous man
ner through the great and phenom-
email showing she made with her
"Round-Up." For that showing every
citizen of this city is responsible and
every citizen of Pendleton has right
to his or her pride in the matter. The
spirit manifest in that enterprise was
a flash light of what Pendleton real
ly has 1t Is up tC Pendleton to main
tain the same spirit in all the enter
prises that are good for the city. 1t
means a live city, live people, and
an enjoyable apd attractive place in
which to live.
Every man will rise TO the emer-
gency, even the common place as well
as the exceptional The "Round.Up"
was indeed an emergency and well
did rendleton rise to meet it, and all
credit TO them. Emergencies awake
the ,atent strength of peoples and in
dividuals, and for the rest of the
time these peoples and individuals lie
dormant, so Dormant sometimes that
the wag says they are dead ones"
However that is harsh term to apply
TO this class. and probably 1T might
be stated better that they had lapsed
into a state Of innocuous destetude, or
were alternating The "ginger" is
there, the potentiality is there, all it
needs is to be awakened and diverted
to fruitful end.
The awakening of a large number
of Pendleton's people can not come
by having a Roundup" every day,
that would be but a flash in the pan.
What we need is the awakening of
each individual through himself his
own realization of hfs responsibilities.
and that awakening will react for the
betterment of things, and will count.
Every man in this city should come
to realize that if he is a man he
should do a mans work and enjoy
a mans prerogatives. The satisfac-
ton of being of service to the COM
munty wherein the man resides, OF
shouldering together with his neigh
bors the work and responsibilities that
/ will always go with real manhood is
| a reward greater than mere monetary
| return.
Be a live man, real man, Pen
dleton man. That's the slogan thai
should ever recur to the people OF
! Pendleton. We were not created tC
live the hermit existence. The fur
! in life must be shared by us well a!
the serious problems If We are not t'
1 be lop-sided. Every man owes t.
| himself relaxation, legitimate relaxa
ton from the worries and cares o
his routine business.
The Pendleton Commercial club i
the place for every man in Pendletol
to tie to It is his club, the Legitimate
| sphere of his relaxation as we'll as hi
! civic duties. Its end is the promotion
of the material welfare of the city o
Pendleton, the making of more en-
joyable and happier community, ant
the rounding out of the whole natur'
| of the individual member. 1t is ;
clean place, a place where the hea'
of family can take his son, withou
fear of contamination. The mother
of Pendleton should see to it tina
! their sons and husbands afford them
selves of the opportunities that tn
Pendleton Commercial club offers
Every side of the nature of the mai
is provided for now. The bushes
matters seve as a splendid school 70
the young man, and he should par
ticipate in them. The social feature
are clean and legitimate, the mem
Der should relax in them at times.
We in Pendleton have the reputa
ton of life and vigor among ou
friends outside the city. Let us shov
the northwest that here is a city tina
has a live Commercial club of thre
hundred members. The city SHOULD
have and support a club of that siz
at least Then can the Commercia
club of Pendleton make the outsid
world "sit, up and take notice" lie
every live man in the city sign his ap
pl'cation for membership in thi
clean. live. Pendleton club. Let ever
wife and mother of the city urge up
on the fathers and husbands of tn
city the support and interest tha
they owe to the city's club. The
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