Editor’s note: These historical editorials originally appeared in the Aug. 4, 1909 edition of what was then called The Bend Bulletin.

Did you ever consider how much more pleasant your town would be if, instead of the streets being full of weeds and loose rock, they were kept scrupulously clean and had a ditch of clear water running down each side through a strip of green sod? This could be easily done in Bend. It would increase the property valuations more than it would cost.

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Wonder whether within a year travelers at Union Station will hear the train master call out, “All aboard for Bend and Prineville” — The Oregonian.