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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1889
Page
3
A mixed Pendleton dispatch covers tax figures, new street lighting plans, rail and electric projects, and legal notices. It notes taxable wealth and city taxes, upcoming council actions, and the anticipated Pendleton Electric Company system launch next week alongside discussions on fireman exemptions and public works.
A reader, identified as Lae, critiques exemption debates in taxation and argues notes and accounts should be taxed. cites rail against personal property deductions and discusses proposed changes for the coming session. The letter engages J. Irvine and J. Raley, questioning why credits or notes go untaxed and urging revenue reforms for county funding.
The Fort Worth case shows how railroads and local enterprise revived a near‑dead village. Citizens formed a committee, lured lines like Gulf, Colombo & Santa Fe, and built feeders to the city. By 1880 Fort Worth grew to about 10,000 with banks, wholesalers, and factories, driven by rail access and investment.
A conference with Mr. Hunt at Walla Walla yielded optimism on a railroad route. Hunt will send surveyors in about ten days to examine Pendleton options, with a 9,000 bonus funds goal to secure the line. Meanwhile readers are urged to return borrowed books or risk future lending restrictions.
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