East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-24
A Story The Roundup is Proud Of
The Fuo in the Worlds Work

When ! swung OF the train at Pen !
dleton. ore IN thetsng Of the sep /
tember morning, a suppressed exub- /
crsboe and expectancy seemed to en-
anste from the quiet stir OF the at f,
tractive little city. Bunting stream
err. and flags bnlged and flapped !
gracefully in the soft lift Of air which |
dropped over the hill from the prairie
into Main street Two tented cities
had sprung up near the city edge ond
hundreds Of single tents white dotted
the yards oi residents The church.
where one turns TO go up the hill.
Hospitality announced both cots AMI
meals within Months previous every
hotel room had been engaged and
every private citizen who could do
80 offered accom- modations.
II you lived within thousand
miles OF eastern Oregon. YOU would
know why. ana # you were a "ten-
Gerfooi." even from as far as the
outer edge of CAPE Cod al low tide,
you ought to. In fact. some journey
across the seas, that for three whole
DAYS they may live the spirit of the
old west and feel themselves a part
OF that epic drama for which PEN
dleton sianGs-The Roundup.
This fourth annual Roundup epi-
tonaized. as never before. the passing
life of the old west. 1t was a grand
carnival OF the forniiersman in COM
memoration Of that fine old life with
its thrills and its dangers. many
phases OF which have passed into
history already. such carnivals are
now held in certain centers OF the
one-time western range country; 10
each Is given its name. Pendleton
has The Roundup" signifying in
the terms OF the range. encircling
and driving in the cattle for brand
ing; Denver has its Festival OF
Mountain and Plain;" Winnipeg has
its "Stampe 5e;" Grangevile, Ida.
has its Border Days" Salinas, Cal.
its "Rodeo:" Cheyenne, its Frontier
Days"
Each. too, has its slogan. as indis-
pensable as that of clan or college.
expressed in terms OF the eow-camp
and range. A few Of the words OF
that terse and expressive phraseology
are arbitrary and carry no special
themselves, but those in common
usage are wonderfully TO the poinl TO
one who knows chaparral and sage
brush and loves the smell OF leather.
At walla Walia the slogan is Let
'er kick" at Grangeville, Hook 'em
cow" a term Of encouragement to a
roped or "bulldogged" steer. At
Pendleten IL is Let er buck" a
phrase which, briefly interpreted,
means "get busy" bu; is primarily ap-
piled TO a cowboy about TO mount the
hurricane deck OF ''bucking'' brOn-
cho; and when you hear that cowboy
yell. whether in the arena at PEN
dleton or on the range. it is a safe
bet that something startling is abou,
10 begin.
Two days in the vanguard of the
influx OF visitors, Pendleton had all
the appearance Of a COW town.
Chapped and booted cowboys, riding
that inimitable close saddle. passed
frequently to the jingle Of chain and
spur or lolled in picturesque groups
at the sidewalk edges. where in char
acteristic, well-omdulated voices, the
relative mrits of "bucker'' Cbucking
horse) and "buckaroo" (cowboy)
were discussed al length. on a cor
ner a big-sombreroed. swarthy Mex
ican puffed silently his cigarilio;
unconstitutional Cmatilla Indians
pigeon-toed along. trailed by heavy
set papoose-bearing squaws and
beautiful daughters. pausing before
the allurements in the shop windows
An occasional cowgirl. in fringed
buckskin or riding costume. strolled
by with that unobtrusiveness which
is a salient Characteristic of these men
and women OF the range. But be-
meath this natural earefree poise any
reader OF men sees In the eyeglint
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