East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-12-17

ton for many years saw Pilot Rock
for the first time yesterday. 1t
seemed as though everybody in town
was at the depot when the excursion
train pulled out and had a second
coach been added 1t would have been
filled to overflowlng.
The excursion was a success in
every way. Pendleton did her part
well. Pilot Rock did her part well.
The Umatilla Central's first effort at
handling the public was a shining
and superb success and not a hitch
occurred at any place in the entire
excursion. except when the train was
stopped at Charles McRee's farm on
Birch creek to take on Mr.. and Mrs.
McBee.
There the track was soft and for
a short distance Is not ballasted and
when dad" Moon attempted to
start his train he found he had on !
too many and for a time 1t looked as |
, though It would be necessary to get |
bigger engine for the excursion.
However, by backing up few hun
dred yards and taking a new sstart |
Z the "a was equal to the short raise
in the track and the suspense was
over. -.
A Day OF Enjoyment.
Th excursionists were out for n
! good time and everybody was in the
most happy frame of m.Dd and had
an enormous appetite. However,
Pilot Rock was equal to even an ex-
cursion appetite and although taxed
heavily by the large numbers pres
ent in the little town, everybody Was n
.fed-and well fed, too.
Perhaps Pilot Rock never had such
thorough Investigation as she sub
mitted TO yesterday. The excursion ,
lists in groups, pairs and crowds, todk
In every spot IN the town. They
searched the 6iJeys for new Sights,
they sped at uhe pioneer dwellings,
climbed up the towering peak from
which the town takes name, sampled
the creek water. and booze; talked toll
all the babies; inspected hog pens,
chicken yards and cow corrais; joshed
the hired girls, asked questions of
the gray grandfathers and simply =,
overturned the town in search OF in o.
formation and enjoyment. c
Danced and Ate Pigs Feet. n,
Perhaps the most pleasant hour Of
the afternoon was ,speNt in an in b,
formal dance which wac started by n
a number of Pendletons and Pilot 10
Rocks most dashing young men and al
women. From hut two or III
.hree couples at first the crowd soon r
'illed the hall to overflowlng and a st
most enjoyable dance of an hour was In
had.
Fraak Frazier set up pigs feet y
tand in one of the saloons and
Everybody who could be Induced to w
70 by persuasion or otherwise. was
marched In to Franks counter ano
SOLD" Then a delegation of young
elbows, including Col j. M. Bentley COZ
nd County Treasurer Bradley, as Pc
allied the victims on the streets with toe
IN horns and "blowed" them until
1ey held up their hands and begged rae
or mercy. the
1t was a most hilarious crowd, or the
eriy but enthusiastic, and out for for
enuine good time. tig;
Engine Broke Down. the
CONSERVATION was pictured on and
any faces about noon by the an- !
that the engine had beea. out
-oken down and that II might he por
,cessary to telephone for another to Gre
Ill the excursion back.
In switching in the yards at Pilot
ock the coupling between the en- S
ne and tender was broken as the nou
suit of an old and unknown frac- the
re received in a collision on the be
eel bridge In Portland n few weeks the
., the "a being one OF the engines
a collision In which a swltchman
Is instantly killed.
However, Pilot Rock blacksmiths ple'
paired the coupling and the whistle rep rep
r the return trip blew on time. rh =,
Hilarity Turned Loose.
About four miles from Pendleton "
lile the excurslonists were peaceful P
enjoying the sights along the road the
were congratuating them eral
YES on the successful termination
the excursion, hllarlty was turned
'se in the coaches and a crowd of A
ndleton boys of tender age, headed ing
Leon Cohen, Lee Teutsch, c. e. lily
osevelt, Willard Bond and w. L. ligh
ompson, started through the thar