The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-10-13
PENDLETON ROUND UP
STRONGLY SCORED


l'endlclon's Round Up 10 receiving
aui,e bit of critical attention from
Oregon hunanitarinns. Inevitably
r>ihe conclusions will be reached BY
thoughtful people that a good Round
Up town 10 not good normal school
town. Ono Of tho strongest articles
In condemnation Of thu Round Up ap.
peared IN q recent Issue Of the Ore.
gonian and Is reprinted below
Portland, Oct s--lTo the Edltor.l
- desire 10 oifcr thanks To MIRA II,
N. Smith and Mr.. John Edwards. who
have. through the Oregonlan. raised
their voices IN protest against the
psndleton Round Up and all other
small town Round Ups tina. may fol-
low In l.a waks, and who have 40 siii-
eisntly performed the task. | have
been 10 burning With indignation for
some time, but bad been prevented
by stress of other affairs from trying
10 start the ball sf protest ruling.
PpoF crAsed ereatpren driven around
Tingl caught BY whlsslng larlat.
rcpsd and thrown In the dust with
bleeding horns and with sides torn BY
sharp piercing spurs. How delight
fasit must be 10 the animal until the
neck IL broken unless tbs animal
yields and falls 10 the groundl But
worse and worse 10 have an inhaman
creature. called man, grasp the
steers I'm with hlH .esth and hans On
while The maddensd beast races ar.
ound the ring amid tho eheers Of
thoughtleaa, surely net Intentionally
.FFuyi people,
This elegant amusement Ia called
bulidoggIng. Refined Bamel Refined
performance 80 slevating Such
higher education 70 the onlooksrsi
Can We any longer censure Spain for
i.s bull fights when we 20 nearly APP
proach them In eharaeteFf
Whore Ii q censor or egnsoTs for the
PandIeson Round upf Let him or
them come forth. DO they not nag
the moving picture manager nearly al
tho tIme9 Are they not sometimes
little over soyerei Do they not
endlcssly talk to him Of the Injury TO
the child II hia pictures show q bur-
lar, q bank robbeF. ditchsd trainf
DO. they not censor until ono would
think the moving pictures were made
only fer the children. and older poo
ple would better stay awayl Nov
let the pcrsecuted movie manager rest
awhile and turn tho full fight Of cen-
sorship on the Pendleton Round Up.
Let II mako known the far greater
evil that win come to the children thru
seeing the brutalisies cf the Round
Up ring than could come 70 them from
the most refined moving picture.
! do not know ~ yet, 10 whom Il
belongs 10 put . stop 20 these incipi-
cut bull hgh.s. But ] do know that
public opinion thoroughly aroused y
powerful weapon, now urge 20
tho utmost every man and woman
who has In his or her breast spark
Of love for animals to do their Ut
most 70 free these creatures from the
domination 81 the human bulldcgglng,
&scoing. spur-digglng. stesr-roping
cruel tyrant. II 10 mot alone the per-
fcrmance that II 20 deadful, but the
many rehearsala 10 bring the poor
non.ccmprehending animals up 70 tho
proficiency axactcd by the human
brute who trains them.
Let the Humane Society, oil tender
hearted men. and animal.pitying wo-
men. give tho Round Up opposition
ball shove and q thrust that shall
cause fun alteration to this huge evil
spreading blot upon our state.