Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-06-28
Cow Boys and Girls
Arrive by Scores

; Lee Caldwell, champion bucking
horse rider of the world, who won
the Pendleton championship twice
!. and the worlds contest at New York,
! will give exhibition rides only at the
, Rogue River Roundup in Ashland on
! July 3, A and 5, being unable to COM
|, pete owing to the fact that he is a
} caption of United States cavalry and
: is forbidden to do so by army regula-
!. tions. He will daily ride one of the
|. worst buckers on the ground, how-
, ever. During the roundup here Cald-
) we'll will undoubtedly gain a number
{ of recruits for the famous cowboy
Z cavalry troop which he will head, as
: number of the star performers are
!. considering enlistment as soon as
) they have fulfilled their contracts
: here.
!. The "Let I'm Buck" hotel, which
5 furnished free board and lodging to
: all cowboys, has been opened here,
, and already fifty of the vests best
: : riders, ropers and bulldoggers are in
!, the city and scores are pouring in
; every day to compete in the Rogue
: River Roundup. Two hundred head
, of the worst buckers, fastest racing
= stock and "fightngest" steers that
!. could be gathered in Oregon and CAL
: ifornia are quartered at the roundup
J. grounds Among the early arrivals
4 are number Of cowboys from Klam-
|. ath who are determined to carry off
8 the biggest part of the $500 prize
Z money. An aggregation of thirty
men and women riders, ropers and
= bulldoggers arrived from Pendleton,
!. bringing 65 head of stock.
5 Among those who have already
!: registered at Hotel Let I'm Buck"
, are Buffalo Vernon, who holds the
= worlds record for bulldogging and
!. who won the bulldogging and roping
\ contests at Pendleton; Dell Blan-
4 chett. Pendleton all-around cowboy;
Darrell Canon, who won the bucking
! contest here last year; Yakima
!. Canutt, bulldogger, rider and winner
Of ha DhtInp,ath h,,a In
/ Frank Smith, one of Klamath coun-
, ty's crack riders, and wife; Frank
: Cable, bulldogger who has a blood
!. feud on with Buffalo Vernon and who
\ Is determined to reverse the result
, of last years buldogging contest
) here when Vernon beat him by a few
, seconds: Miss Katherine Wilkes, PEN
} dleton lady winner; Ella Mayfield;l
Mrs. Wilkln Williams; Tex White:
John Spain; Hank Bolts; Frank Tai
bott; Jack Terrell Rube Fischer. re-
, lay rider and Pendleton star; Frank
, Rogers, Barney Sherry and several
, others. Jackson Sundown, Indian
} winner of the Pendleton champion
ship last year, Is on the way, as are
numerous other stars, An aggrega-
tion of Texas and California riders is
! due some time this week and the
southern Oregon and northern Cali
fornia boys are coming by the dozens.
Six relay strings will be entered in
the relay race.
A boxing tournament featuring
Red Watson Of Denver and Fighting
Eddie Burns of Oakland on the 4th
and Johnny Mccarthy of Oakland
and frankie Burns Of Seattle on the
3rd In ten-round bouts is one of the
latest features which has been added,
and one which will attract fight fans
from all over the coast. Invitations
to tennis tournament are being sent
to leading players throughout Ore
gon and California and other fea-
lures are being added daily to the
already stupendous program which
includes the unfurling of the largest
flag in Oregon, gigantic patriotic pa
rade, continuous concerts by six
bands, including the Portland Police
Band, fireworks day and night and
many other features.