East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-09-21

should stage a Roundup rather than
a rose show, a cherry fair or a mardi
gras, How many Of her imitators
can claim such natural birth
Spirit Makes IL Endure.
The Roundup is fittest because of
the spirit that gives it life. 1t has an
entire community behind 1t. 1t is
purely a municipal affair. Its direc-
tors serve without pay. It's stockhold-
ers receive no dividends Instead
they have decided their park to the
city and turn their profits into the
making of better show and into the
assisting of other civic enterprises.
1t is forever and always non-commer-
cia and entertainment and accom-
mediation of the spectators is always
put above the gate receipts. Can any
Of its imitators thus boast?
The Roundup lis the fittest because
it has the best organization. Its di-
rectors are men who know the life
they are trying to depict. They are
men who understand the people with
whom they make their show. They
have perfected an orderly system Of
staging the mammoth exhibition, del
egating to various heads various de-
partments of the work and correla
ing them all under capable executive
The result is that prop
er attention is given to every detail of
the show and there are no waits, no
delays, no bitches, no boobies, but
every event following event in rapid
order Can imitators boast Of such
an organization?
PcndletOn Center of west"
Tn Roundup is fittest because Of
the natural location Of Pendeton.
With COW camps and range land all
about her and three tribes of Indians
but a few miles distant, her frontier |
show draws performers who are real |
and who enter for the love of the |
game rather than from the hope of
reward. And they are accorded treat
nent that sends them away satisfied
and brings them back the following
year with their friends.
The Roundup is fittest because It
S fittest Having been first into its
ield Of entertainment II made the
most of its opportunity, developing
tself in every part 50 that there
night be no room for improvement
some other city might steal
What ii had discovered but could not
ieyelop Keeping her motives clear
,f faint taking no selfish advantage
If her growing fame but ever striving
o make each succeeding show better,
he Roundup prospered Publicity
vas given it without the asking and
without a price, The crowds came.
They paid their admission fees and
we're given fair return. The gate re-
,eipts were SO large that the increas-
ng cost of the show was met year by
ear, there was a surplus with which
o build a park and stadium worthy
# the show.
No Profits Allowed.
No profits were allowed to accum-
Ilate. They were turned back into
he show, and from the first Pendle-
on has put on an exhibition the ex-
,ense of which in itself formed for
ndable barrier for successful compe-
ition Nothing succeeds like success
md so It has been that while other
nd smaller frontier shows have pcYN
shed on the desert of bankruptcy
he Roundup, the largest of all, has
,ut Of the strength of its own healthy
,ody. provided meat for its suste-
lance
The Round-Up fears no rivals imi-
ative or otherwise. fine was when
he springing up Of small frontier
hOws made Pendleton anxious lest
Ter jealously guarded fiesta of cow
and would lose some of its popular
ty But that time is past. The SUI
'eriority of the Pendleton show has
een demonstrated SO often and so
that its fame has broaden
d each year while imtators have
aimed nothing more than local rep
Itation,