East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-11-15
$5O,665.24

At the suggestion of Mr.. Hartman
himself, an auditing committee con-
ssting of \. j. McAllister, j. V. Tall
man and n. d. Swearingen, was ap-
pointed to expert the accounts of the
association and the individual reports
of the committee chairpen, and at the
further suggestion of Treasurer Rit-
ner, this committe ewas empowered
to employ competent accountant.
Figures on Attendance.
Mr.. Hartman's report also showed
that the actual number of paid ad-
missions during the three days show
was 2S,S16, with the estimated num-
Der of employees. performers and 9TH
er persons entering on passes would
bring the attendance up to $1,000. OF
the total number of paid admissions,
1854 were secured on the first day.
11,S75 on the second and 1O,O77 on
the third day. The morning show on
the second day gave that day the lar
gest number, although the greatest
attendance at any one performance
was on the last.
Assets of Roundup.
The list of tangible assets of the
Roundup association includes $S,-
744.S5 in cash, $26SS.50 in chattels,
$490 in unpaid subscriptions and
S2l1.65 in accounts receivable. this
latter being for cots purchased by the
railroad company Besides these the
association has its equity in the lease
on the grounds which run for nine
years more with the option of five ad-
ditiOnal years.
ConSratulatory Letters Read.
Congratulatory letters couched in
glowing terms from William McMur-
ry, general passenger agent of the
O.-W. r. & n. company, Jack O'Neil.
travelling passenger agent, +. w. Rob-
inson, general freight agent. both of
the same company, Guy w. Talbot,
president of the Pacific Power &
Light company. and Paul c. Bates,
prominent real estate and insurance
man of Portland, were read before
the meeting, all of them commend
the Pendleton for its great institution
and the directors for the wonderful
executive ability displayed, and de-
claring the Round-Up the best show
, in the west.
Fine Stage Coach Presented.
In Mr.. Robinsons letter the an
nouncement was made that f.. w. Ar
lington, head of the 1O1 Ranch Wild
West show has offered to make the
Roundup a present of a genuine old
Concord stage coach which he has in
New Jersey. Mr.. Talbot was so en-
thusiastic over the show that he wants
to put up a silver cup as trophy for
one of the events.
Election Exciting.
1t was following the reading Of
these letters that the election of the
new board was made, the stockhod-
ers having already declared for the
new amendment curtailing the board
membership and aboli hing the board
of control Upon a motion the eight
old members who had sgnified their
willingness to serve again, were unan-
imously reelected and nominations
were then made for the three remain
ing positions. SIX candidates were
placed in the field, to-wit: James
Sturgis, Jack Kdefe. Henry w. Col
lins, Sam r. Thompson, Dean Tatom
| and DIR. w. II. Lytle. The first two
ran far in the lead, but the race be-
tween the remaining four was close,
Collins nosing out ahead of Thomp-
son by but two votes with Lytle and
Tatom not far in the rear.
Upon the announcement of the re-
suit, the. presentation of the watch
to the retiring president was made
and the meeting adjourned. The new
board met Immediately following and
elected its officers