East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-12

Accorded tremendous ovation
from one end of the long line ol
march to the other, and winning more
prizes and greater recognition thar
any other lodge In the United States
Pendleton lodge of Elks. No. 2SS, Ii
today known throughout the length
and breadth of the land. as 1t has
long been famed here in its home
bailiwick, as a bunch of live wires
who know how to do things right, In
consequence of the huge success OF
its part in the grand Elks' parade In
Portland yesterday. When the pa
geant passed and the judges had pre-
pared their awards, 1t was found that
the local lodge had carried off three
prizes, one first and two thirds, aggre-
eating 5000. For having the most
unique costumes, 1t was awarded a
first prize of 5000, for having the
third best band $500 and for making
the third best appearance in line
800.
The triumph of the Pendleton Elks
was supreme and exceeded the wild
est hopes OF the city and lodge which
they represented. According to Port
land papers and testimony of local
citizens who were in Portland, the
applause which greeted "the passing
of the old west" from the point of
beginning to the point of ending Of
the pageant was such as is seldom
heard. 1t was a Wild cheer after
cheer and hilarious yelling incessant,
a tumultuous, uproarous demonstra-
ton Of a people wild beyond all re-
straint" in their approval.
Fasteners Delighted.
As the mounted cowboy band, the
long string of Indian" braves be-
decked in feathers and paint, the
$50 yelling cowboys and the old
rocking stage coaches filed past, the
band voicing its enthsuiasm through
its brazen throats, the redskins IN
shrill warwhoops and the buckarooes
in wild yells, the whole noisy, vari-
colored, picturesque and novel pa
geant; the tens of thousands OF peo-
pie, many of them fasteners &c
whom the sight was as strange as 1t
was inspiring, responded In thunder
out manifestations of their delight.
And when the redskins would dis
mount and execute the wierd steps oil
the wardance or when some cowboy
would suddenly thirl his lariat' cast the
moose over the head or an unsuspect-
ing policeman and drag him for n
couple of blocks, the ovation would
almost assume the proportions of
frenzy. No feature of the whole five
mile parade approached that of Pen
dleton in its ability to uncork the
vials of noise within the vast con-
course which had assembled to see
one of the most spectacular pageants
ever produced in the United States.
Ev,dencing the effect 1t produced
is a telegram received this morning
by Joe Ell, local insurance agent,
from w. M. Patterson, Portland man
ager of the Union Fire Insurance as
soclation of London: you have got
to 20 some to beat Pendleton. Her
aggregatin here has all the eastern
erns locoed," is the way 1t reads. Ac-
cording to returned Elks, these same
easterners were the most "crazy" in
their approval. The Roundup slo-
gan, "Let 'er buck" was new to them
and they caught 1t up and shouted 1t
madly in every section of the city.
One Accident.
Just after the parade, an accident
occurred in which three OF the Pen
dleton Elks, w. J. Brown, Lee d.
Drake and VIII Hanscom, sustained
injuries more or less serious. A
bunch of the "cowboys' were riding