The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1917-07-19
PENDLET0N IS
GOOD TO EDITORS
Roundup City Hangs Up New Rec
ord for Live Wire Achievement
After Turning Their Town Over
to Newspaper Men, Invasion
Into Union and WallOwa
Counties Is Made.

The newspaper men of the state OF
Oregon have returned home from
their annual editorial convention at
Pendleton singing loudly the praise
of that town for the royal entertain
ment given them. The Roundup
city has hung up new record In
their line of live wire achievements.
In the first place. the spirit of the
convention was the best ever found
in like meeting of the State Edi-
torial Association. This may be be-
cause the members of the press be-
came imbued with the Pendleton
spirit. In the second place, no conven-
ton was ever entertained as was this
convention. Outside of the associa-
ton sessions, which were held In the
beautiful new county library on the
banks of the Umatilla river, so many
things we're taking place that 1t was
hard for some of us country editors
to keep up the pace. Immediately
following the afternoon session on
the first day, all the newspaper men,
their wives, daughters and sweet
hearts, were taken in automobiles
for an inspection tour Of the vast
wheat fields of the Umatilla Indian
reservation. A view of these fields
of waving wheat, wheat that Will
make from 25 to As bushels per acre,
made an impression on the visitors
that will not soon be forgotten, and
gave them some idea Of where much
of Pendleton's substantial wealth
comes from.
That evening DR.. w. D. McNary
and his charming wife were host and
hostess to the visitors at the Eastern
Oregon State hospital. This is an In
stitution that ranks at the head Of
the list for efficiency Of treatment
and in the construction of buildings
1t was plain to the observer that DR.
McNary is doing a great work for thu
state Of Oregon. We learned that i
Is the aim Of the institution to effec
cure for the mentally deficient
wherever possible and to that enc
every scientific method is used,
A eliminating finish to the twt
days entertainment was given by th'
Pendleton Commercial Association IL
big banquet at the Eagle-Woodmal
Hall. 1t was here that We had thu
pleasure of hearing two addresses
that will later go out over the Stat
of Oregon. They were delivered b.
B. F. Irvine, editor of the Oregon
Journal, and Edgar B. Piper, edito
of the Morning Oregonian. Mr.. lr
vine paid tribute to the Old Fla
and his touching words reached tn
heart of every one present. Mr.. Pl
per's address was a masterpiece o
oratorical patriotism.
During the entire convention, tn
Pendleton Commercial Association
was In charge of the entertainment
features. On both days at noon, lun
cheon was served at the library. j
F.. Robinson was chairman Of the en-
tertainment committee.
Saturday evening at 10 o'clock. tn
Pendleton business men put thei
guests on board special train d
luxe for Wallowa Lake. The trip u
the beautiful Wallowa valley wa
made on schedule time and when tn
town of Joseph was reached, the pee
pie of that town met their guests an
took them in automobiles to the lake
where never-to- be-forgotten break
fast was served. And then to attemp
to describe how the day was spen
at this wonderful resort, to pictur
the beautiful mountain scenery TO
which the Wallowa country Is fs
nous, is beyond us; we could not d
1t Justice. Suffice it to say that boat
ing, swimming, mountain climbing
visit to the waterfall near by, pre-
vided new and exquisite entertain
ment for the visiting newspaper me
of Oregon and others who were fol
tunate enough to make the TRIP. Tn
Wallowa county people, and NOR
particularly the people Of Josepl
did everything in their power to CIV
the visitors the proper impression
their country and in this they SUI
ceeded we'll. The big fish dinner
noon was the feature Of the day. Tn
fish had been caught in the lake an
streams nearby and 1t is said that
took only three days to catch su
ficient number to feed all the hungr
editors in Oregon.
On the return trip the party we
entertained at La Grande with
lunch at the city park and In the fe
minutes spent in that city gave us
fair sample of Union county hosp
@tality. The convention was over whe
the special train pulled into Pendl
ton at midnight Sunday
Too much praise cannot be give
Pendleton for the manner In whic
they handled this convention. "