East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-11-03

party the livery man will say
Then put them in the stable, that is
what we are in business for" That Is
alright. we certainly do when we are
going TO be in for any length OF time,
But when We drive in for little bus
mess of an hour or so. or church
service OF a show or whatnot We GER
tainly don't feel like paying out the
regulation price for tie up. which Is
liable TO be more than the price OF
the item we want Now the meTch-
ants are not to blame for this, yet
they are the ones that are going to
suffer. l have lived near Pendleton
for a good many years, and God will
ling, expect to be here good many
more; and I have always traded
there, and want TO continue to do so.
But unless l can have some place to
tie up my Dobbins now and then
where they and things will be fairly
safe and at smaller cost, | surely will
find myself doing what a friend did
only recently in my company on a
recent trip TO Portland. And he said
II was not the first time. and he
didn't have to pay livery hire to do
IT, He and his good wife had made
out list OF all staple articles. cann-
ed goods, beans. rice. coffee. sugar.
crax, etc, and the Portland house
paid the freight And his old Dob
bin didn't have to look about for
some place where he didn't have to
read with tear dimmed eyes-"Don't
hitch here" or feel like a criminal
even wherever he was tied. and look
accusingly at his master to say. You
ought y be ashamed OF yourself and
put uiOthe price and take me to a
stable lest the chief of police gets me"
Then the other critic says. I'VE have
a public hitching ground" Yes we
have. But it is pretty far out and We
can't always expect to find our whip
and lab-robe there when We return.
When we can tie closer in we can
do our own police duty relative TO
this. Now comparisons are odious, so
they say. yet l have seen in Walla
Walla, actually in Walla Walla which
never does anything but initiate. sew
era blocks of good strong cable hitch
racks, and not far out. but right near |
the post office, and on a paved street
and 1t ought 10 be on a paved street 1
so as 10 be flushed clean every night.
These We're always filled with ranch
teams who hauled home the merch-
ants goods. II the residents object 10
such hitch racks on residence street
because Of flies and filth, then for
business sake, or the lands sake,
or goodness sake let us have a good
cable with strong neat iron posts on a
business street. For instance on the
west side of Cottonwood street say
for four blocks. That will be handy
It can be flushed and kept clean. And
you will find any day a line Of autos
on that or any other street, and no
kick coming. Or an auto will be AL
lowed to remain on the street in front
Of a residence over night and no light
on either end, But let farm wagon
40 'his time or two then see what
..appen. But an auto for most
of US is far in the future, il ever, then
why not-Ye City Dads-take us in
10 consideration. We want to trade
in your town, attend church services,
end your shows, and enjoy other ad-
Gantages in your midst at as small a
cost as possible. This is a so-called
acknowledgement we form no
small part of the community. and
am trying in this humble way to ex-
press our side of the question.
Very truly yours,
]. VI. CORNELISON,