East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-03-07

Indian song. Mrs. Margaret Failing.
Recitation, Mrs. Mary J. Lane.
Song and recitation, Mrs, Abbie
Mays.
Reading items from f. o. OF 1879
relative to school closing exercises,
Mrs. Mary Il. johnson.
Story and recitation. Mrs. Marjorie
Blakeley.. vice-Jresident. -.
Address, Mrs. Ann Matlock. Presi- !
dent.
Mrs. Matlock's talk follows;
| have the honor of addressing You
and / shall endeavor to relate n few
facts of the pioneer DAYS and settles
ment of this grand section of Eastern
Oregon. In the past thirty years. it |
has been my fortune as many az you
know To settle here in this country !!
over fifty years ago, therefore l have
seen the pioneer settlement and de-
velopment of this. Gods favored coun- |
try. second to no other in the United
States. When | settled on Wild Horse
Creek some twenty miles above PEN
tlleton, at that time there were hut
few people or settlers. those settlers
lived only on the river and streams for
the purpose of raising stock. This
west was then only a bunchgrass prai-
rie. not one single fence nor furrow
was ploughed at that time except on
the river bottoms. Pendleton at that
time was not laid off, Weston started
before Pendleton. Our amusements
in these days We're dances. and we or
ten rode ON horseback for miles to at
tend a ball. The music was furnished
by a violin and banjo, We had no
buggies, much less autos in those DAYS,
/ recall that on Christmas there was
TO be a grand ball at Weston Durins
the night a row started in the dance
hall and wound up on the porch with
the shooting of Stark. who was
killed by Scott Clark. The dance Went
on till morning, Scott Clark danced
the balance of the night. In these
times settlers had but little law or or
der, the vigilantes handled the GRIM
inal cases. A large number of men
were run down, shot and hanged by
said vfgilant committees. Also the
Bannock Indians committed many
murders The early settlers, those
who are still with US will enjoy the
benefits derived from the pioneers that
settled and developed the greatest sec
tion of the United States, eastern Ore
gon.
An extremely happy social hour fol-
lowed. when real old time hospitali-
t. was dispensed by the hostesses Mrs
NStlock and Mrs. Blakeley who gra
ciausly presided over the tea-table
" hich was attractively deoked with ex-
auisite carnations and ferns and from
which was served a host of delicacies
Before good-byes were said, some OLD
songs We're sung and a rising vote of
thanks given to the organizer, Mrs.
Vert who was presented with beauti-
full boquet of lowers by the vice-presi-
dent Mrs. Blakeley.
For Madam Maud Powell's violin
recital in Pendleton saturday evening
the artist has chosen the following
program.
l. Mozart .. Allegro Aperto
From Concerto in A Major
! 2. I.ekeu Senate in G. Major
For Piano and Violin
Two Movements
l. Lento. .. Con Spirito
I MADAM Powell and Mr.. Skjerne)
/ 9. Grasse :. Scherzo. To Marguerite
! Palmgren Powell -. "Maynight"
- Sarasate Spanish Dance No.
| 4. Cyril Scott ........ Danse Negre
/ William Mason ...-. Crystal Spring
Ravchmaninoff ..... Ppnchinello
(Mr. Skjerne)
5. Rimsky- -Korsakoff Song of India
ARRANGED by Powell
/ Brizzini . Dance of Imps
Mrs T r Robinson left Yesterday