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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-13
County School Letter

l u
a few teachers in this county
still fail to realize the Importance
of sending in the monthly reports
regularly. For these folks, we can
only say that the day Of their use.
Ifulness as teachers il past.
The dates for the seventh and
eighth grade examinations have
not yet been announced by the
state superintendent as yet. As
soon RS Mr.. Lugg has made mp the
schedule we will announce it thru.
the school notes.
In the ideal school room The
rays of.light come to The pupils
desk over his left shoulder The
best light for study comes through
north windows School officers
should always keep this in mind
when remodeling or rebuilding
school houses.
Abundant harvests are means to
an end. The measuring standard
OF life though is not fod aain BUSH
els Of grain or vegetables, bnt in
the activity of children in the
school and home. A we'll organic
ed school system is veritible bull
| wark of the nations safety.
The county superintendent fears
that the Red Cross Seal Commits
sion will not think very highly of
the mathematical ability of some
of our Bon Homme county teach
ers. If a school having an enroll
inent OF Is pupils sold 100 seals,
the sale per capita should be 4
seals.
Report has it that the widow of
our late president, Benjamin Har-
rison, is attending school this win
ter. We do not know just what
sort of school work she il taking,
but We do see in this a fine lesson
| for some boys and girls we happen
to know, who think that because
tthey are now in their "teens" that
they are now too old to 90 to school
| The state normal at Springfield,
through it's extension department
is reaching out in it's influence to
the boys aud girls of the state.
Each teacher in the county has
been given information concerning
the plan and scope of this new de-
partment, and it is hoped that
every school in the county will
compete for one or more of the va
rious prizes offered in the events
for February 18th.
The month of January contains
some interesting birthdays that the
boys and girls should note. Here
are the names of few men who
were born in January: Paul Re.
we're, Uric Zwiugle, Charles Sum-
ner, Millard Fillmore, Lowell
Mason. Alexander Hamilton, Ben
jamin Franklin, Daniel Webster,
Robert E. Lee, Robert Burns and
Emanuel Swedenborg.
We note a tendency among tea
chers to disregard the course of
study in the matter of first grade
children. The course OF study pro
vides for but eight grades and the
introduction of additional grades
by teachers is not sanctioned by
this Office. Teachers should OBJ
serve that when pupil comes to
school for the first time he is sup
posed to enter the frat grade If
he ats to be ready Tor the second
grade atsthe end Of hi. first year,
then he must continue IN the frs
grade until he is ready for promo
ton.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-13
From the Parkston Advance

From the Parkston Advance
Mrs. A. F. Grimm and Miss
Pearl Stroup went to Scotland
Wednesday to make a visit at the
j. L. Quinn home.
Miss Louise Tiede returned to
Scotland the first of the week after
making q visit with relatives in the
city.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-13
VI7IIV not give your lad
VIII i the same training? ?

"When I was growing Lad. and cana
upon many words in my reading that
I did not understand. my mother. In.
stead Of giving me the definition whsn
I applied to her. uniformly sent me 10
the dictionary to learn it, and in this
way gradually learned many things
besides the meaning Of the individual
word in question among other things.
how to use dictionary. and the great
pleasure and advantage there might
be in the use Of the dictionary.
Afterwards. when went to the village
school, my chief diversion. after les-
sons were learned and before they
were recited, was in turning over ths
pages Of the Unabridged of those
days. Now the most modern Uns-
bridged-theNEW INTERNATIONAL
gives me pleasure Of the same sort
SO far as my knowledge extends. II is
at present the best of the one-volums
dictionaries, and quite sufficient for
all ordinary uses. Even those who
possess tho splendid dictionaries In
several volumes viii yet find it great
convenience to have this, which is 10
compact, SO full. and 80 trustworthy
as to leave, in most cases, little to bo
desired Albert s. Cook. Ph.D. LID.
Professor of the English Language and
Literature. Yale Univ. April 2s. 1e11.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-09-23

conscious of the onrushing danger,
stood unconcernedly gazing toward
the east end of the arena. A thou
sand voices yelled forth warnns
to him just as the steer was upon
him without a moments hesitation
he threw himself flat upon the
ground and the steer passed over him
completely. McGrath started to arise
but the steer wheeled sharply ana
started a second charge, McGrath
again flattened himself against the
earth and the steer approached him,
smelled of him and snorted angrily.
But McGrath refused to move a mus
Gle, experience in cowland having
taught him that steer will not at
tack a body apparently lifeless. When
cowboys with whirl;ng lariats impris-
oned the long-horned brute, McGrath
could not have been more perfect il
studied went about his business.
The steers of that year, imported
by the Roundup from Mexico, were
the performances one OF the steers
| charged horse and rider on the far
| side of thetrack and gored the horse
So badly that it was necessary TO
shoot IT, After goring the one horse,
the animal charged Director sam
efforts to run the animal from the
track The director was mounted on
a spirited horse that sensing the
danger wheeled ana dashed madly
around the track pursued by the
steer, The rider could not manage
his fear-stricken mount until it had
left the danger well to the rear
The bulldogging event is always one
fraught with danger and excitement
and there have been thrilling hand
to-hand fights aplenty at the Round
Ups. But of them all none is remem-
bered more vividly or recounted so
often as the furious fight waged in
1912 by Corporal Roy Hunter of
Vancouver Barracks. Hunter is a
reckless cowboy soldier and has Sc
cured furlough several years to at
tend the Roundup. IN 1912 he at
tempted for the frs, time to win the
big money in the bulldogging event
He swung from his saddle to the
head of the fleeing steer just in front
Of the grandstand and while the
strength of the animal was still un-
spent. For a full minute he was
dragged, tossed and shaken but held
on grimly to the murderous horns. It's
first frantic efforts to shake loose its
human foe defeated, the steer finally
ceased its struggles and stood stin.
Then Hunter began mis- offensive. Sc
curing a good leverage upon the
animals horns he began to twist the
steers head. 1t was gruelling work
and he exerted every ounce of his
strength. Finally with a last mighty
effort he threw himself backward and
pulled the animal from its feet. The
latter, however, instantly arose and
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-09-23

, ly one of the most spectacular of any
Roundup was the upset" in one OF
the race of the 1914 Roundup,
--------------- was driving fouc
fine horses and they mad drawn their
coach Well to the lead in the first lap.
As the coach rounded the last turn at
the west end OF the track, careening
and swaying while travelling full
speed ahead, it suddenly tilted too
tar travelled short distance on two
Wheels and turned over, throwing
driver and passengers tn the ground.
pragged a moment ON its side the
coacn suddenly upended, was drawn
Tor a short space in this position, then
turned clear over ana righted itself,
All this time the horses were plung-
mS forward anu, wien the old We
nlcle finally righted itself, they con-
tInued down the track. without dry
er tney tore around the track, max
ing another full lap and completing
me race winner despite the accident
braden Gerking, who was whip-plier
on the stage, AT the upset was thrown
clear over the arena renee and sus-
tanned a broken eoiiar bone
Another stage-coach race that is
.tound-Op. While running down the
back straightaway, one of the lead
horses OF a team suddenly stumbled
and fell. piling up all four horses in
heap, The coacn Was brought to an
aurupl hau ana the three men on
top We're catapulted from their seats
OUT upon the horses as if shot from
Il torpedo tube,
An event that was particularly eX-
citing to me and to many others who
CHANGED to see it, occurred durlns
the lyll or 1912 Roundup. Hank
McGrath, mammoth cowboy from
Onion county, figured conspicuously
IN it. He was in the center of the
arena and had been assisting in the
saddling Of buckers for the cowgirls
bucking contest, A long-horned|
Mexican steer had eiuded the ropers
IN the preceding event and had been
permitted to remain on the track for
short time in order not to interrupt
the contest At the conclusion of the
event cowboys attempted to herd it
into the corrals.
Down the back stretch Of the track
It raced but suddenly swerved from
its course and dashed its horns at a
pair of gaudy orange chaps on the
arena fence. Impaling them the brute
leaped the fence and made for cow
boy standing beside a bucker that
had just been saddled. This cowboy,
believing that discretion is the better
part of valor, dodged around behind
the horse and made his escape
McGrath at the moment was some
rs yards away and with his back to
the steer. He had been watching
other things. He wore a bright red
shirt apd, when the infuriated steer
caught sight Of it, he lowered his
horns and charged. McGrath, all un-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-09-23
THE MOST THRILLING INCIDENTS OF THE ROUNDUP
:.....


dents They come under two classes,
those which happened in the natural
development and progression of some
scheduled event and those which hap
pened quite outside the scheduled
program or as an interruption to a
scheduled event The one should
properly be called incidents and the
other accidents, Thus a particularly
spectacular ride upon a particularly
spectacular bucking morse may i'm
press itself strongly dpOn the mind
ana be remembered much more dis
tnCtly than any oI the other rides
And then again the horse in being
mounted may rear up and fall over
on the rider and the incident or ac-
cident may So electrify that it cannot
be forgotten The one Is impressive
in degree, the other in character
Both are exciting enough. Those OF
the one class are more or less antici-
rated and come as the fulfillment o.
hopes The others are unexpected
and startling and come as the realiza-
ton of yague fears. OF the two the
latter are the more thrilling and ex-
citing, perhaps because they are un-
expected and because they emphasize
the reality of the dangers which at
tend the reckless sports of the cow
boy.
Thus the cowboy race which l re
member best was the one that inaug-
urated the Roundup 1t was the
frst event of the first exhibition of
the first Roundup, The track was
small then, and not adapted to horse
racing. group OF twenty shouting
cowboys on madly galloping ponies
came dashing down the straightaway
in front of the big grandstand. They
were closely punched, each trying to
gain a lead. Suddenly one of the
ponies in advance stepped in small
depression in the track He Stun
bled and pitched forward. Immedi-
ately the pony behind stumbled over
him and forming an obstacle to 9TH
ers. In much less time than it takes
To write 1t, there were eight or ten
ponies and riders sprawling on the
track in struggling, confused mass
There was a broken collar bone, a
sprained ankle or rwo and many
bruises as result but that was all
The pile-up was the first real thrill
the Roundup furnished and those
who saw it will never forget it.
Perhaps the event OF all events
that has been featured by the hap
pening of the unexpected is the stage
coach ace. These numbering old car,
riers were never built for racing on
quarter mile track and four horse
stage teams. capable of running at top
speed in perfect UNISON. are not de-
veloped these days as in tho days
when upon such a team depended the
safety of driver and passengers. Thus
the accidents which have attended
these races are not 10 be wondered at.
The most spectacular incident of
any stagecoach race, and undoubted-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-09-23

Wha, was the most thrilling thlng
you ever saw at a Roundup?
have often been asked that ques
ton and have often tried to answer
it. Just as often I have failed, for
no sooner have / completed a de-
scr!ption OF the most thrilling thing
than the remembrance Of another Just
as thrilling comes unbidden TO my
mind and I cannot help but speak Of
II. Before I have tired my question
er out 1 have recalled 50 many thrill
ing moments that have practically
shifted 10 him the responsibility OF
designating any one with the char
acterization Of most thrilling"
There have been six Round-UpS in
Pendleton and there have been three
afternoon exhibitions Of each eigh-
teen full exhibitions besides the alb
breaated morning exhibitions held
the past four years on Fridays for
the sake of eliminating contestants.
1 have seen all of them and all OF the
BABY Round Ups" and many OF the
tryouts, If / have missed any part
Of any exhibition il was because my
attention was just then completely
absorbed by some otner incident con-
nected with the exhibition. And
right here l want TO say, by way OF
DEPRESSION, that | have not Yet been
surfehed Of frontier entertainment
and hat I anticipate each succeed
iag ECand-Up with as much eaScr-
Eess and pleasure as / did the first
and enjoy it equally as much
Having qualified from a standpoint
OF experience at least, to write some
thing of the incidents of past Round
Up that stand out in memory vividly
because of the elements of the thrill
ing. the spectacular, the exciting or
sensational 10 an extraordinary de-
gree, would like 10 explain the
great difficulty encountered in essay
ing this task. To anyone who has
seen a Roundup this explanation
will be entirely superfulous but 1 am
assuming that there may be readers
who have never seen anything of the
nature of Pendleton's big cowboy
carnival.
A Roundup program is SO sur.
charged with the essence OF the thrill
ing 50 teeming with exciting events,
SO, replete with moments that test
cre's nerves that many incidents,
which witnessed by themselves, would
stamp themselves indelibly upon the
viewers memory, are lost in the null
t.plicity of similar Incidents. There
Is never anything staid or sedate, pro-
sale or pedantic. coldly entertaining
or quietly impressive about any part
of any Roundup program 1t is
program with a punch and for any
one incident to stand out pre-eminent-
ly above all others IN remembrance
It must be unusual, indeed.
Viewing in retrospect the Round
Ups that have passed into history, I
note a half dozen or more such Incl
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-09-23
Proved Interesting Features nnumea BILE

the steer gave lunge, broke the hold
and dashed away, leavlng his van
1uished lying face downward in the
dust Other cowboys quickly picked
him up and the audience waited with
bated breath. Dirty and bloody the
game soldier turned to the grand
stand, smiled as he shook his head in
his disappointment and waved his
hand in acknowledgements of the tre-
mendouS tribute Of applause paid him
Tor his gritty battle
or the hucking horse rides l re-
member none better tnan those made
in the finals of the 1911 Roundup
when members Of the Caucasion,
Ethiopian and Indian races fought for
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-09-23

renewed the battle, putting the cow
boy on the defensive again. At this
time the man was directly in front OF
the steers horns ana, to save himself
from being gored threw both arms
and legs about the steers head and
literally bound his body 70 it. With
head held low by the weight Of the
clinging body, the steer dashed him
into the ground and then into the
arena fence, with such force that the
board broke. still hunter held on
and, taking advantage OF the Ster'S
temporary exhaustion. secured an
other hold on the nornS aud began
to twist its sinewy neck. lie had all
most succeeded in ,nrowug il when
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-09-23

supremacy. John Spain, white,
George Fletcher, black. and Jackson
Shutdown, red, were chosen to ride
for the championship and for them
the three hardest buckerH of the
Roundup string weer chosen, Long
Tom, Hotfoot and Llghtfoot.
Spain drew Long Tom ana that big
brute pounded across the arena and
crashed through the fence. It was
not the most spectacular ride Of the
day but 1t was a good one, Then
Sundown mounted Lightfoot to stay
with him through all his pitching and
plunging until the little animal DASH
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-09-23

Continued on page seven.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-09-23
When
rom the oden Ou Products
Pendleton Cash Market

3O3 East Court Street Telephone 1O1
l. B. RamSdell, Pres. H. R Richardson, Vice-Pres
Mrs. Nellie Horton Sec. and Treas. H. p WhAmAn Mgr
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-01-07
HORROR OF AMERICA
Shame and Disgrace Of the Ma =
tion--Sirty-Nine Lynchings
During the Year 1915.

Montgomery. Ala. Jan i-MDnr ..
y Work. neal Of fiie department of 70
cords anil RESEARCH 90 tii. Tn-kegrs o.
-titute, in hI- annual report shovel that
during the year lYij there bal l,sen -ix-
ty-bine lsnrhing-. Df tilss-s. lyn, ll,,i
ffty-nin~ were Negror- anil iourts.n
~hiie-. This - sis more neyrf s-- arii
eleven more white than IN l'il o.
eiuis-.i in the record are thfes vpfnei,
in ~ iear -Four in-tanr,-- 10 s'@r ,ietri
oIs-d that the per-on- PIT o. i~sth we're
innorent. Eighteen. or fnDre than Dne-
fonrth II 49, totsl lynching- pccnrei in
the state of '.eorgis
only eleven ten negroe- AMI one
Whit. ~ fifteen r-r cent ~ tho t0ta
we're charged ~ith Tho crim, IT a--ault.
Lynching- occurred in the foiloeing
states Alahams. nine Arkansas. five
Florids. five ''eorgis. eighteen Illinoi-
ono. kentncky. hv~. louisiana. two
Mi--i--ipTa. nine Missouri. tao OHIO.
one Okisbona. thr~e ~onth Csroiins
one Tenne--e~. t~o. Texa-. i've Nr-
ginis. One
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-01-07
BUSINESS
CONDITIONS
1916 Begins With Plen-
ty Work and Good
Wages

The new year opens up with excellent
ern West Virginia. Business is good and
labor is I'm great demand. Most Of the
coal companies are working at full ca
pscity with increased numbers of men.
Several companies are ssill in need OF
men The United States Coal I'D Coke
Company Of Gary, W Va ars firing up
their coke ovens and have duf.cx the
past month hired $50 sdd;sinnai m~.,
and are still on the market for labor
This company IL one OF the most modern
and improved in the county and offers
many advantages 10 the m-n
The Tidewate, and King coal and coke
companies Of Fast Vivian are still in need
Of miners. Isbosers and coke men and
ofiers splendid opportunities and excel
lent Inducements To those who want
work. Uonring conditions are good,
treatment absolutely fair. pricss at the
stores reasonable with no restriction a.
u where you make purchases Even
thu gh real estate values IN McDowell
c Junty decrea-ed more than a million
dollars from 1913 to 1914 and there were
conditions bordering on q panic mp 70
the summer Of 1915. the year 1916 opens
ny with bright prospects ior plenty OF
work At good wages. Teace t%twe~n em-
ployer and employee. business men max
ing good profit and hank deposits in
er...,,v Tla cot "a I...,.< a. b..h a.
fact ont os proportion to the wages paid
but upon the operations OF the coal CON-
psnies rsat l. reasonable.
The year OF presidential campaign
usually CAUSES a stump in business sbont
June or July. hut IL the European war
keeps on IL - thought that business con
diti"n- will not he seriously effected in
the coal fields Of southern West Virginia
Now j. the time for the lzlorer, miner.
mechanic and all vbo work for wages IN
deposit in the savings banks all money
not absolutely needed for living expences.
save - much Money a. possible ny re-
dncing living expences and cutting ont
exusvigsncr-, buy . home and prepare
for any bushes depression that may
come. No human being can tell when
the EUROPEAN war will end. This war
. the csu-e Of tire prosperity we now IN
10Y and Il the war should suddenly end
conditions may revert O. tho-e of 1918
~ and thousands OF mrn nov At work
may again ~ in idIene--- Nov - the
time to prepare for future emergencies
by ssvine ss much Of your esrnins- ss
possible.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-01-07
HOSPITAL MOVED
TO NEW LOCATION
Crichlow Institution Has Larger
and Better Quarters.

Charleston. W. Va Jan . g-Crchlow
hospital Wa moved this ws.k from tie
FORMER quarters on Court -trert o. it,
new locrfioD at tie corner of Morris street
AMI Piedmont road. where u - nov 49,
tat,li-he'i in the b'il,iing formerly o--eI
Piesi l'y tho day nur~ry r-~'es;iy pur-
chased by Dr. u a. Cricblo~ TOR the
purIo-~. This 10 the only hospital for
exclusive treatment Of coloresi people in
thI- part Of fhe state. snd sin~e IL 49,
tsbiishment by Dr. Cnchl"~ several
months aso "a hs- enjoyed lit~rai T,at
ronase and has teen the mean ol a.
conPl'-hing much zood ior the rArr.
Tie newly acquired buildiDg - ADM
fably adapted for ho-pitsi PURPOSES IA -
e.luipped with H. iei- AMI has . capable
stall ~ trained nur-e- and experienced
Pny-icisn- and surgeons ~ell qualified
o. care ior tho most complicated cs-e-
Dr. ~ A CriehloW. the pr"pri~tor. -
the ciiiei II staff
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-01-07
CHRISTMAS
''''''""' HOLIDAYS.

The Christmas holidays in and around
keystone were quie<iyand saDely epjoved
There wss 90 disorder. very little drunk
enpess, and only few -eriou- ofenr~-
committed against the law
The people IN oil walks Of lie .en ioy~i
Themselves in tb~ir o~n wsy--om~ With
entertainments. dsnre-. dinners and re-
ceptions ~ visiting friends. The luls-
tide season IN tins city ~ss the mo-f
quiet ever witpe-s~d and yet everybody
-~emed u have q god time Ia kim
hall peace and quiet reigned. The Isss
night ~ tire Old y~sr sss celebrated ~ith
watch me>tnrg.. dances snd lev OF the
local male leaders gave . stag and had -
guesss Editor " hittico. pr. W. T.. Col
Manseer T. Ed~srd Hill. of Keystone.
and Atsy n q. Carter. ~ho resides in
that city 90 present
Several n the youns ladies of flkborn.
including Miss Memphis r Garter. Mi--
Laura N"~lin and Miss Erms and
Haze Mosley entertained friends az t~s-.
Throughout u,~ field the holidays ~err
pleasantly and orderly spent.