East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-09-11
Former Secretary of Treasury,
Director of Railroads, and
Now Movie Magnet Wires
He Will be on Hand.
WESTERN SPIRIT TEENS
WITH SHOW 7 DAYS OFF
WeStWard-Ho Procession to be
Strictly Replica of Early
Day; Carload of New Horses
Trying Out New Twists.

William Gibbs McAdoo. former sec
retary of the treasury. director gem
eral of railroads. at present a movie
magnate and son-in-law of President
Woodrow Wilson, has wired the
Roundup Association that he and
Mrs, McAdoo will be here for the
Roundup next week without fail.
They will be guests at the Hotel PEN
dieton and will be among the honor
guests at the show.
Mr.. McAdoo promised several
months ago that he would attempt to
be here for the Roundup and now
that he is enjoying life as a private
vitizen. he Is enabled to come. Consl-
derabIe interests attached to Mr.. Nc
Adoo, inasmuch as his retirement
from government offices at the close
OF the war led to the belief that he
would organize a campaign to run for
president on the democratic party
ticket. Up to the present. little has
been heard of his plans. Mrs McAdoo
was before her marriage Miss Jessie
Wilson.
Every Man Working Hard
Every member of the big Round
Up family is working night and day
to perfect his particular part of the
show. Every man realizes that one
week from today marks the opening
of the tenth, and the greatest, Round
Up OF them all. So far progress Is
ahead of the schedule and indications
for the complete success Of their
greater plans were never more rosy.
Estana o.sas1ass.s a,~1nm repaired
for the parade and races at the To-
cal blacksmith shops and the races
will h.. ha he rA
goes out. All the parade equipment
Ia being put in shipshape and the dec
orations will be all strung by Satur-
day. 1t was promised today.
Farmers who have been asked for
horses and mules for the great West
ward Ho parade on SatuEday have
responded in every instance: From
four to 10 animals have been loaned |
by all who have been asked and hun.
dreds Of fine animals will take part
in the miie-iong procession which |
teens with the spirit OF the west
which the Roundup seeks to revive /
with each year
Spirit of West In Parade
The parade this year will. as al
ways, typify the pioneer days of the
west the days before the coming of
the railroads, the automobiles and the
airplanes. Plainsmen, cowboys and
cowgirls, pioneers. stage coaches, In
dians and the animals Of the plains
will wend their way through the
streets of Pendieton. a faithful re- I
plica of the scenes that greeted the 4
early settlers In the Orgon country. +
Contrary to the report which was
enormously spread In "A Portland pa
per, no Industrial exhibits of any ma
ture will appear In this parade. not
even the request OF the navy recruit.
ing officers 10 have a float being /
granted. The parade committee de-
slres the procession to be truly and I
absolutely western and western 1t will |
be.
New Attraction Added
Numerous attractions have been
added to the parade which are intend
ed to make II bigger and better than
its predecessors. ]. II. Estes. chairman /
of the committee, said today There /
will be five first class bands in the big .
parade, featuring the Pendleton
Roundup band on their horses and
attired in boots chaps, sombreros
and the regulation cowboy outfits
Campbell's 35 piece concert band.
from Portland. has been obtained to
furnish music during the entire three
days, while bands from Milton, Wes1
ton, Baker and other nearby towns
will he here for one or more days.
Another carload of buciing horses I
arrived from pasture this morning
and they were unloaded and taken to
Round Up park where they were given
a chance to timber up. Tryouts have
been held almost daily for week and
the bucking horses are showing all
kinds of new twists. They are doins
well in tryouts but when they are out
to perform before $4,000 wildly howl !
ing spectators they are expected to
outdo themselves.
Listing of rooms for the throng OF
visitors expected here are continuing
to come into the accommodation bur-
eau but the word is again sent out /
that more and more rooms are going
to be needed. Persons are reminded |
that there is but one week remaining |
until the opening davs and that if,the
quota is to be filled at least 100 rooms
must be offered each day now.
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