East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-09-22

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center of the business session, equip
ped as club rooms for the use of its
members.
A CHAUTAUQUA Is held annually
in Pendleton. Ideal space for audi
tOrium tents and camping privileges
is provided in ROUNDUP PARK. At
tendance at these gatherings has in
creased steadily since their initiation
and the promoters anticipate greatly
augmented crowds as the popularity
grows.
! A series of lyceum entertainment is
also provided each winter. An ex-
/ cellent auditorium for these enter
tainments and others of similar char
acter is provided in the County Lii
brary building.
| The altitude at Pendleton is 1870
feet. The annual precipitation, av-
eraged over a period of twenty-five
years, Is 14.0S inches. The climate.
In common with all the 1nter-mountain
region of oregon, is nealth promoting
and invigorating. Winters are mild,
with occasional cold snaps" of short
duration but never continuously Sc
we're cold weather. Summers are dry
with occasional short periods of high
day-temperature but nights are near
~ always cool and the degree of hu
midity is so low that the discomfort
plOuuced by the hIga temperatures is
much less than in places where the
degree of humidity is high.
All the streets within the business
district of Pendleton. and many Of
tnOse In the residence parts, are paw
ed with standard hard-surface pave
ment. The paved streets are regular
~ cleaned by the use of modern
street flushers and all other streets
are kept sprlnkled throughout the
summer months, thus reducing the
'du-t nuisance to a minimum. Bus
mess structures and homes are gener-
any substantial and OF grade above
the average for towns Of similar pop
u4atiOn.
The Umatila Indian reservation
lies TO the eastWard-s Just beyond the
city limits Of Pendleton. Much OF
the best grain producing and graz
ing land OF the county is included
wLhln the boundaries Of this reserva>
ton ana most of TINS, which is suit
aDie Tor farming, l. occupied by white
peJpie under lease by the Indian
owners. About 1900 Indians, mem>
Ders OF the three tribes OF Umatlllas,
" ala Wallas and Cayuses; live on
tins reservation. Every individual OF
the indian population owns an allot-
ment of land and practically all OF
this allotted land is leased SO that the
Ind4Ans have incomes Of their own
and are not dependent on the govern
ment Tor support. The department
OF indian Affairs maintains a school
Tor tne education or the Indian chill
dren. This school rs located about
six miles from Pendleton, and Is
equipped with modern and substantial
DuIl0Ings The Roman Catholic
chu.ch also owns and operates a
scnool for instruction of Indian chill
dren, on the reservation Several
hundred Of the Indians participate in
me KOUHD-UP. Almost every fam
ily has a store Of native finery, some
VI which has been handed down for
many generations, and all of this is
brought from its hiding places for
use on the gala occasion of the an
nual ROUNDUP. Tepees are brought
10 town and erected in ROUNDUP
PARK and regular Indian village
is made for the interest Of visitors.
The whole population of this village,
numbering three or four hundred in
dIyiduals, men, women and children,
deck themselves in all their ancient
tnery, and participate in Darades,
uances races, etc. The display Of ma
tive indians, to be seen at the PEN
DLETON ROUNDUP SURPRISES any
thing Of the kind to be seen any
whefe else in the United States. The
enthusiasm which this feature Gre
ates among the visitors who are not
There are 2SO miles Of railway In
Umatilla county. Telephone and tele-
graph lines supply ample means for
htter-communcatipn and these are
constantly being extended.