East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-12
Cowboys and Indians Depicting Passing Of the Old
West is Clearly Big Feature
HUGE OVATION IS ACCORDED LOCAL DELEGATION
Fasteners Shout "Let er Buck lone Accident Occurs
After Parade in Which Three Riders are Injured---
None Serious.

Hanscom's horse slipped on the pave
lr->vy, - fell. Drake and Brown
= 'idst behind and before
In up their mounts, they
I Z ',-,-4 4ssnSa1, too. The two latter men
were badly bruised but 1t is not ex-
pected that the consequences will be
very serious.
Following the parade and until late
IL the evening the local Elks still in
their wild ives. costumes rode up and
down the streets or circulated among
the crowds and everywhere they were
greeted with echoes of the acclaim
which had been theirs during the pro-
gress of the parade. Some of them
took the evening train for home but
the great majority are spending the
day in Portland.
The Prize Winners.
The prize winners in the competitive
contests were:
Bands in parade-Flrst prize, $500,
Berkeley, Cal; second prize, $500.
Idaho; third prize, 5000, Pendleton,
or.
Best appearance in line-First
prize $500, Aberdeen. Wash: second
prize. 5000, oregon City Or. third
prize, 800, Pendleton, ore.
Greatest number of members in
line (Oregon lodges barred) d)-First
prize. 5000, Tacoma, Wash, with 2S4
members in line; second prize, 5000,
Seattle, Wash. with 226; third prize,
500. Vancouver, Wash. with 10.
Most unique uniform-First prize,
$500, Pendleton. Or: second prize.
5000, Astoria. Or; third prize, 500,
The Dalles. Or.
Most attractive float-First prize
$500. Tacoma, Wash; second prize,
5000, Bremerton, Wash; third prize,
5000, Hoquiam, Wash.
Individual prizes of $25 each were
awarded as follows: Tallest Elk, F.
C. Railt, Roseburg. Or; shortest Elk,
Sidney Smith. Seattle: fattest Elk, S.
S. Rattcliff, Lewiston. Idaho; leanest
Elk. w. II. Moore. The Dalles, Or;
oldest Elk, F. X. Matthew Portland,
Or.
Competitive drill-First prize, $500.
Denver, Colo; second prize, $500,
Oakland. Cal; third prize, 5000, Los
Angeles, Cal.
Greatest number of women in the
parade--First prize, $500. Vancouver,
Wash, with 292; second prize, 5000,
spokane. Wash, with 1885, third prize,
500, Seattle, with 109
Gets Much Publicity.
The Pendleton lodge received much |
more publicity than any one lodge
present. Not only were there numer-
Gus advance notices given in the Port
land papers, but the reporters who
covered the parade devoted consider
able more space to the wild west fea-
ture than to any three others. Thus |
not only did the city and Lodge No.
2SS get much advertisement but the
Roundup received exploitation of in
value.
In its general story of the pageant,
the oregon Journal first mentions the
as spectators had never seen before.
1T was a solemn march of crusad-
ers for a great cause, historical
procession, a circus parade all rolled
together in a great whole. A crusade
because all the thousands in it were
because of their devotion to
the principles of their fraternity. A
historical procession, in that it gave
a picture of the old west OF frontier
days such as most OF those in the line
Pendleton division in the following
wild West Stunts.
"a circus parade because, through
1t all ran the spirit of light hearted
ness, of fun, and of special stunts"
that appealed to the dramatic and
the amusement loving side.
ITO those who had not seen its
like before, visitors from the east es-
pecially, the greatest single feature
aside from the parade as an exempli-
fication of Elkdom and what 1t stands
for, was the division in the parade
given over to the Elks of Pendleton.
They gave remarkable picture of
the old west
Cowboys, painted Indians in blan-
kets who gave shrill warhoops and
joined in the war dance at every halt.
preceded four old stage coaches. The
cowboys swung their lariats and gave
wild hoops. 1t was in vivid contrast
to the civilization OF later days as ex-
emplified in the next division. In
which were automobiles and beauti-
full girls"
'Lct 'cr BuclS' Delegation.
Again the same paper comments as
follows:
"The "let 'er buck" delegation from