The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-08-15
RODEO STAGED IN
CATTLE COUNTRY
IS HUGE SUCCESS
Cowgirls and Cowboys
Entertain With All
the Sports Known
on the Range
BIG ATTENDANCE

1Assemblage Has Grea
Fun Camping on
Lake Shore
! The celebration held at Henr
Friday and Saturday was offlciall
called the stampede and stockmen'
reunion. It opened on Friday q
noon with about 800 automobile
and 1000 people present. Larg
numbers went on horseback, an
there were about sixty cowboys an
cowgirls performing. They. put o.
all the stunts known to the rode
and entertained their audience fron
noon till nearly sunset. A wind an
rain storm broke over the scene a
about 5 o'clock, but scarcely any
body left. People merely put on tn
curtains of their cars and sat it out
the storm abating in half an hou
and then the sun came out and i
only emphasized the realistic effec
Of the whole affair, for who evel
witnessed a roundup withou
showers!
In the evening. there was an oper
air dance held on the greensward
with a piece of waxed canvas for a
dancing floor. The canvas was forty.
six feet in size with the orchestra
in the center. There was not room
for more than a fraction of the peo-
p1o ubo uyonfod fo dopoa Tho y1o M
was illuminated by electric lights
from a Delco plant on truck.
The celebration was held in a
great piece Of meadow land lying two
miles west of town on the shores of
the lake made by impounding the
waters above the Blackfoot dam.
The lake is twenty miles long, nestl-
ing among the mountains, varying
in width from mile to several
miles. The race track and grand
stand were situated short distance
from a great mineral mound ofabout
forty acres, formed by soda springs
that rise at the center and flow down
in different directions in crystal
streams. Beautiful groves have
grown on the broad low mound and
it was the camping place for the
that went prepared to
camp during the event. AS the sun
went down in balze Of glory upon
the lake and mountains, the camp
fires cleaned in myriads, and the
night was ushered in with shouting
and song and the chatter of a thou
sand voices. Fruits, melons, hot
dogs weenies and the like were on
sale, light trucks were operating be-
tween the celebration and the source
Of supply to keep up the stocks Of
goods, and the celebration lasted far
into the night. The dancing ceased
soon after midnight and gentle,
downpour of rain disturbed the
slumbers of hundreds of people who
we're sleeping in the open OF with
only the protection Of the canvas or
laid over the beds. Some
sought the shelter Of nearby tents
and huddled together telling stories
and singing songs and hallooing and
listening to the responses of other
jewelers. scattered about the great
mound and the shores of the lake.
When the shower subsided the
song "Tenting Tonight" died, away
rs people again unrolled their bed
ling or wrapped in single blankets
md settled in slumber under a clear,
'tarlit sky. At the break of day peo-
lie began to cook and visit, stock
vas rounded up on the great
meadows, bedding was thrown out
IN bushes to dry in the morning sun,
Ind things went merrily thru an
,ther day that was like the first ex-
;epting for the afternoon storm.
People assembled from a radius
II about fifty miles for the main
'art, but there were scattering part
es from as far away as Lost river,
Montpelier, Logan and far out in
Wyoming. Many people went from
he snake river valley and If 1t had
,een well advertised so that people
lad known something Of the fine
Dads, there would undoubtedly have
'een much larger numbers of
'isitors.
Those who went expressed regret
hat their friends had missed the
rip, and hope that there may be a
etter understanding of it next year.
Ienry lies in the heart of the great
took country and splendid mountain
cenery, and there is a strong de-
land that the people of that country
hall make the stampede" an an
ual event that shall furnish an op-
ortunity for people to get together,
taking 1t possible for the older peo-
lie to review the activities that built
p great industry, and to give the
lsing generation the chance to see
le real drama of the generation or
vo that lived ahead of them.
This brief sketch does not in any
tanner do justice to the event, nor
, the scenery everywhere, and an
xtended description of it will be
ublished later.
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