East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-28

factors that have been surrey and
rapidly circumscribing the Western
range, nothing could be more fitting
than to keep alive in some manner
the activities of the pioneers upon
the range, activities such as are prac-
tised today by small but select body
Of cowboys and cowgirls. True 1t is
that penny fiction and the melodrama
picture the cowboy. but the picture is
too often misleading, and not always
complimentary.
With this feeling, the community
was ripe. and it needed but the sug-
gestion 10 focus a concentrated effort
upon the best manner in which the
matter could be accomplished. In
1910, red letter year for Pendleton,
a small body Of young men planned a
Roundup with these ideas in mind.
Immediately all Pendleton throbbed
with the realization that here was the
thing they had awaited for some time.
Not a man or a woman failed to con-
tribute his or her share in the i'm
mense undertaking. and the exhibit
or in 1910 was a grand compliment
to the energy and enterprise of the
directors and the citizenship OF Pen
dletOn. This was the greatest of all
Round-up's for il made the others
possible, and once launched. the idea
has grown from year to year.
Although the Roundup has been
a success financially and from the
exhibition standpoint, yet its greatest
merit has been and is that 1t fur
nishes a rallying point around which
the energies of the city can be direct
ed. The Roundup is truly civic
enterprise, one in which every citizen
of Pendleton takes pride, and feels
himself an integral part. With true
hospitality. and a realization of its
duty to the city, Pendleton throws
her doors open to its visitors. This
does not mean that merely the hotels
extend themselves, but the homes of
all are given over to the convenience
of the guests of the Roundup, for at
this time Pendleton and the Round
up are synonymous This has ex-
cited the admiration of the entire
country. and yet upon sober thought
IL is just what one would naturally
consider an accompaniment Of the
spirit prompting the enterprise.
With the success Of the Roundup
there has come some material gain
t. Pendleton. a goodly amount of
money has been realized and in the
expenditure of the same the true
Pendleton spirit has again been ex-
emplified Commodious grounds
have been built with comfortable
seating wherein the other healthy
sports of old and young find convent
ent accommodation. Athletic exer-
cises are played herein. The Round
UP Association has employed skilful
and experienced landscape architects
to make plans for the complete park
| ing of the grounds down to the most
minute details of the tree planting.
Artificial lakes swimming pool, ten
mis- courts, groves, and all that go to
make a modern up-to-date park have
been provided for, and the Roundup
will add to the city monument that
will be everlasting. Here the COM
munity will meet upon the various
commemorative holidays Of the nation
and state, where the intercourse of
al! will be mutually advantageous.
Nearly thirty thousand dollars have
been expended upon the present park
and the whole has been presented to
the city of Pendleton by the Round
up.
This Is indeed the stuff of which
true citizenship is made. No better
example of it can be shown in the en-
tire world. Working without salary,
the board of directors, throw their en-
ergy into the Roundup, and labor
faithfully throughout the year for 1t
is a years work, that the glory OF
their city may be kept alive. This is
labor of love for city, and is not
! that Of the hireling.
The spirit can not be but infect
| ious, and already there are evidences
Of the pride that Oregon takes IN
Pendleton From all parts Of the
great state, and from the entire West,
many come to pay tribute yearly
This is the spirit that will make the
West the centre of civilization. All
that is needed Is the rounding up or
the life and energy of Western man
hood. and a citizenship will be found
upon the Pacific stronger and purer
than upon the Atlantic.
This is then what the Roundup
really means And it is to the unset
! fish manhood and womanhood OF
Pendleton that the lesson to the
Northwest is due. Keep 1t alive In Its
purity, foster 1t, and Pendleton viii
ever be "The Biggest City Of its Size
in the World"