East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-31
GOV. H0CH PAYS A
TRIBUTE TO ROUNDUP

Pendleton people made a lasting
friend of Governor Hoch Of Kansas
while he was here and has had some
very favorable advertising as a con-
sequence This is shown by a letter
| and newspaper clipping President j.
F. Robinson of the Commercial club
| has just received from Arthur r.
| Priest of the Redpath-Priest Lyceum
| Bureau, under whose auspices the
| Kansan lectures. The lecture man
ager took occasion to thank Pendleton
business men for the reception ac-
| corded Governor Hoch and inclosed
| the following extract from the Marion
record, of Marion, Kansas, Governor
-2ch's paper:
I Praise for Roundup.
| In the vast and varied collection OF
! Supe latives which l have been ex-
hibiting to my readers in these Wan
derer's Notes for several years, the
most unique, perhaps, Is to be mere
and now displayed. 1t Is the annual
Roundup at Pendleton, Oregon. IL
Is the biggest show out-of-d doors. Fen
dleton invented it, but forgot to pat
| ent it. so that it now has many cheap,
permanent and peripatetic imitators'
but Pendleton generously and COM
placently smiles at them all In self
satisfied way, for Pendleton knows
that limitation is the sincerest nat
terry" Pendleton Is no longer IRON
tier town. but modern, up-to-date In
every way. but this annual Roundup
perpetuates memories of the frontier
pioneer days and brings the typical
cowboy back to life. The Umatilla
Indians. whose reservation is close to
town. help to make real these Round
ups An amphitheater seating twen-
ty thousand people Is taxed TO its iui
capacity every year. Train loaus
come from Portland. Spokane ano
other points to this enterprising little
citv of five or six thousand people
and spend several days witnessing
wonderful feats of horseback riding
broncho busting. bull-wrestling ane
other gladiator performances. ina
PendIeton's Roundup is famous al
over the west, and Is worth going
thousand miles to see. nave Ilh'
collection of pictures of 1t. But zen
dleton nv no means depends upon lt'
Round-up for distinction. 1t has ths
finest school house l ever saw in
,o,yn of its size. a magnificent new
structure that cost one hundred thou
| sand dollars, and corps OF teacher'
/ and a student body worthy OF th'
1 outlay. The Roundup may some ia!
\ hecome a reminlscence but this schoo
like Tennyson's brook, will go oi
forever" | spoke to the high schoo
\ the morning after my lecture An
| other point of erninence in Pen
II dleton is its wooden mill, where tn
H finest Of indian fabrics are tasniohtS'
II 'I went through this great establish
H ment chaperoned by one of the en-
terprising proprietors, one OF IN
Bishop brothers, accompanied by MI
John F. Robinson, president OF IN
Commercial club who also snowe'
me the town behind fine horse
s and accompanied also by Mr.. Leo
y Cohen. a leading merchant. If yo'
want something really nice and i'm
:, and genuine in Indian designs, roDes
bath robes, lap ropes, blankets, rugs
r etc. and at reasonable rates, get int
!. touch with the Bishop Brothers zen
dIeton. Oregon, Y. s. A. l spoke II
the fine Christian church, of whici
!, Rev Mr.. Weaver is the able pastor
and was introduced by Lawyer j. 2
, Winter OF course. l found the ON
/ nipresent Kansan in Pendleton' sew
, eral of him, including the presbyteri
an pastor. Rev. Mr.. Grigsby. and son
Mr.. Grigsby was once pastor of
church in Emporia, and told the Com
mercial club, a fine body of gentle
men who held a reception in my hon
or, that the first speech he ever hearo
in Kansas was made by their guest
meaning yours truly. Pendleton is II
the midst of a great wheat field,
county, Umatilla, which produces one
per cent of all the wheat grown II
the United States. 1t is the flower OF
the flock, so to speak. To Mr.. Rob
inson. and superintendent Landers
and Principal A. C. Hampton and
J Banker George A. Hartman Jr., l am
indebted for especial courteSieS.