East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-06-10
WEST AS IT USED
TO Be PARADES IN
STYLE FOR GUESTS
Business is Suspended During Stay
Of Eastern Folks and Roundup is
Given.
COWBOYS, INDIANS ON HAND
Excursion Train Arrives nj 1880 This
Afternoon from WaIla Walla and n
Large Delegation Meets Visitors at
Ssation-Parade Leads Way TO
Roundup Park.

PeudIeton this afternoon suspend
ec business TO play host TO the rep
Eesentatives OF the commercial and
Industrial life OF Milwaukee and. in
order 20 give the visiting merchants
and manufacturers from the east. a
fleeing glimpse OF the old west. the
CITY once again donned the garb and
airs Of frontier capital.
Il was the kind OF a reception the
excurxionists wanted in the Roundup
City and they received one that ex-
ceeded all their expectations. Their
enthusiasm for the taste OF the wild
and woolly west which which the bus
fness men OF Pendleton gave them
was the kind that rises up and foams
over like the beverage for which their
own city is famous. and from among
the many receptions given them on
their 18th annual trade excursion.
that Of Pendleton viii stand out in
their memory vividly. Thus they tes-
titled one and all before their train
left for points east at 230. and more
than one declared that the dates OF
the Roundup this fall would see him
among the cheering thousands.'
The excursion train arrived this aft
ernoon al 1890 from Walla Walla
and when the visitors stepped off 10
the depot platform they were imme-
diafeIy surrounded by group OF SOM
trero- wearing men representing the
Commercial association Of this city.
No time was lost in getting acquaint-
eL Each one OF the reception COM
n.ittee Immediately pounced upoa
three II the excursionists and escort
ed them 10 a waiting automobile.
As soon as all were in autos. the
automobiles proceeded TO Main street
where they formed into a double line.
che proceeding down one side OF the
street and the other down the oppo-
site side and in advance OF all one
bearing Mayor Matlock and Records
Fifz Gerald Arriving at Court the
autos were stopped and from their
seats the visitors viewed -.1- pass
ing 81 the west" a parade OF Indians.
cowboys and stage coaches.
Leading the parade was Jinks Tay-
Tor bearing aloft ''Oid Glory" and be-
hind him the Roundup band playing
inspiring music. Mounted on horses
behiBd the band and with their own
stiff hats abandoned for sombreros
Mayor q. A. Bading Of Milwaukee and
T. " Rogers. president OF the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Associa-
fiOn 81 Milwaukee. rode. escorted by
J. y. Robinson. chairman OF the en-
tertainment committee from the Com
I1ercisl association. r. ID. Taylor. pres.
idsnt - the Roundup. and the whole
enterfslnpent committee In cowDg
Esrb
Indians. painted and featbered. and
cowboys in their bright shirts and be-
cbapped legs. trailed behind yipping
and HbOOplng and az intervals were
IUmbeTiDg old stage coaches behind
siK mule teams. Cracking their
whips over the backs OF the mules
might be- recognized I'D Kirkpatrick
Tom Thompson and George Peringer
three Well known farmers.
Pred Earl acted as marshal OF the
day and led the parade 20 Roundup
Park where q great crowd Of towns
people bad gathered 10 celebrate with
she 8ilwsukeeans the popular pas
times q the range, With a prompt
Eess that sayOred Of a real Roundup
fbe show started and for an hour fbs
millionaire merchants and manufac'
fuTerf ~ WiscoBsin's metropolis be.