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East Oregonian Round -Up Souvenir Edition Pendleton, Oregon, Thursday, September 20, 1917. Page Seventeen Twenty-Eight Page Why Pendleton is the "Biggest Town of Its Size in the World J. V. TALISMAN, 1 have been asked to tell why It lit that Pendluton callH herself and Is called 'Th Hlggcst Utile City in the World." I can make answer In three words that will satisfy those who wnow Pen dleton aa I know it. To them I would Bay, "The Pendleton Spirit." and they would nod assent. Hut to give such an explanation outside, the pale where the "Pendleton Hpirit" Ik att well known und aft well understood as though It wort on of the seven won ders of the. ages would only load to the further attention, "What in the Pendleton Spirit?" I Intend to suae as briefly as pos sible what constitutes that spirit and what It has constituted. To analyze It one must analyze the citizenship from which It Issues, and any such analysis would find that one essential Ingredi ent. There would be found civic pride, civic loyulty, civic love, energy and optimism, hut most of all there would be found a civic co-operation without which those, other elements would have no potency. If is the loyal and Active co-operation of all elements of her citizenship that has made Pen dleton blRKer though smaller than many of her neighbors. Has Natural Advantage. I do not mean to say that Pendleton has not some natural advantages that some other small cities of 6,000 to 10. 000 have not. Situated on the main line of the 1Tnlon Pacific system and In the heart of a vaet country of won derful productivity, she has always been a community very much alive from her earliest townhood. Rut It has only been within the dast decade that she has really been giving seri- ; niu attention to self-development. I do not know Just when dr Just how the "Pendleton Spirit" had Its birth, but I do know that long ago we discovered that "a long pull and a j strong pull and a pull altogether" was the only kind that brought real re- j suits. I do not know of any commu- , nlty that can enlist so many of its I busy business men and so many fac- ! tors of Its life In an enterprise that i has for its purpose the advancement , of the whole city. The merchants have their rivalries, the banks bid sharply against each other, the news paper have opposite views on nation- ' al policies, tho professional men crowd each other. there are two strong political groupings, and local controversies arouse factions that of ten grow bitter toward each other, but let some big undertaking come up that means another asset for the city, and merchants, bankers, editors, lawyers, doctors, politicians and fncttonallsts drop their private and personal mat ters and Join themselves together un der the banner of Pendleton. I have known men who have fought each other bitterly in a buHlness way and In politics work for weeks and months together on the same committee and with the utmost harmony. rkimmercial Club Big Factor. Pendleton, like every other live community, has her Commercial Club and It Is the agency through which practically all of the community up building work Is accomplished. I can think of but few movements that have advanced the interests of Pendleton during the lost decade that have not their development. If not their in ception. In the Commereinl Club or its corollary organisation, the Women's Civic Club. I had the privilege of eervlng for three years as president of the Commercial Club and It is from my experience as such that I pre sume to speak for Pendleton. Right here let mo rhv that Pendle ton hn never made of her fommer clnl association what so rnnnv cities of the west have done, a mere boost ers organisation to n ttraet eastern settlers by glowing promises thnt un fortunately too often have had too little foundation In fact. We have never hired a high-salaried press afcent, have never raised a promotion fund und have never been guilty of flooding the east with literature ex tolling our city as the Capital of Para dise and the K) dorado of Opportunity. We have never enjoyed a boom era of artificial prosperity and, consequently,, we have never suffered the inevitable reactionary slump. And on our con sciences rests no burden of unre deemed promiHes. We may not have stopped our share of the lrnigrunts to the west, but those who have stop ped with us have never had occasion to reproach us but have Imbibed of the Pendleton spirit and become loyal citizens. Hound-Up llltfgest Vartor. Undoubtedly the greatest single manifestation of the Pendleton spirit oi co-operation has been the Pendle ton Hound-Up, the so-callud epic dra ma of the west which presents each September to muny thousands of vis itors the romance, the beauty, the duMh and the danger of the west of the cowboy and Indian. The Hound L'p was born during tho summer of 1910 out of the desire of the live citi zenship to atuge an annual festival that would be distinctive, significant and commemorative. As the capital of one of the last great stock centers and as a city rich In the traditions of Indian and cowboy life, Pendleton could not have chosen anything more appropriate than a frontier festival. From the first inception of the idea, the Round-Up was a huge success and nothing has contributed more than the loyal and unselfish co-operation of the whole community. In the be ginning some 600 citizens subscribed S10 each for shnres of stock and, in order that no one could ever make a direct profit out of it. It was decreed thai no one person could secure more than one share and that none of the shares would be dividend-bearing. After the first show, $12,000 was raised by popular subscription for the purchase of suitable grounds and the building of grand-stand, bleachers, track and barns. When this was done the entire park was deeded free from encumbrance to the City of Pendle ton. All profits of the show, and they have sometimes been large, have been put back into the show or have gone to assist In other worthy public en terprises. The Round-Up Is managed by a directorate of eleven men, no one of whom receives a cent In salary or dividends. To safeguard the institu tion of which the city Is so Jealous, the directors even pay for their own tick ets to the show. Whole CtUwmshlp Co-operate-. It took more than Just the co-operation of tho citizens who subscribed the original money and who did the actual work, of staging the show to make the Round-Up the continued and ever-growing success that it hss become. Pendleton has a population of approximately 7500 and each year the city has been called upon to ab sorb three times Its population during the three days of the Round-Up. It goes without saving that the ordinary eating and sleeping accommodations of the city are entirely inadequate. And here Is whore the co-operation of the whole citizenship come in. Resi dents are asked to throw open their homes to take cure of the surplus and the response has been so unanimous that there have been beds and meals for nil and at nominnl prices reculnt ed hv the directors of the Round-Up. Pendleton. In fact, make of herself one hie hotel for the three days of her rowhiiv carnival. Woolen III! FthlNhcl. While Pendleton's nrttionM reputa tion is based bircely upon her Round Up. thnt big festival dees not stand as the lone monument to the Pendle ton spirit. When a proposal wa made for the establishment of a woolen mill here, the promotion and trade exten sion committee of the Commercial As sociation saw that Pendleton was the logical location for such a mill and placed Its O. K. on the proposition. As a result $30,000 in stock was sub scribed locally, tho mills were estab lished and thus Pendleton beacme the home of the famous Pendleton Indian Robe, known the world over. LAst year a pro posh 1 was made to move a combined harvester factory to Pen dleton, which Is the capital of a county that produces one per cent of all the heat grown in the United States. Ktork to the amount of $25,000 was subscribed through the activity of the Commercial Association, the factory was built and Is now selling machines faster than Its plant can turn them out. 910,000 Natntorlum Built. Pendleton is a warm, dry place In summertime and the nearest moun tain resort is 25 miles distant. Some diversion for the stay-at-homes was needed. Three yeurs ago the Com mercial Club took hold of a campaign for a public nntatoiium. As a result, 1 1 1 ,000 was raised In subscriptions varying from 2& cents to $100 and the finest concrete nutatoritim In the west was built at Round-Up Park. This, too. was deeded to the city free of encumbrance. Rig Federal Ball ding. Pendleton was In sad need of a post office building. The Commercial Club took the matter up with the Ore pon members of Congress. An appro priation adequate for a building to house the post office was secured but meantime the association had secured for Pendleton the headquarters of the Umatilla National Forest and the C S. district court for eastern Oregon, The new building should be large enough to house these branches of the feder al work. too. and eventually a $130. 000 appropriation was made and Pen dleton last year saw the handsome new building completed. The Commercial Association has been active In securing the paving of eight or nine miles of street, and. when a main avenue of entrance, the property owners along which were of the poorer class, was ordered paved, the association raised money to light en the burden. Co-operating with the county court, we have secured six new steel bridges over the county in the past few years, and have secured from the government appropriations for the building of two bridges across the Umatilla river on the Umatilla Indian reservation. Working with the Civic Club, the association has within a few years removed three eyesores from the landscape and converted them into green parks. Holidays Are Cdobraterf. Each Fourth of July finds Pendle ton host to the entire county with everything. entertainment. amuse ment and- a big barbeque. free to all. (Continued on Page 20 ) Trials of Pioneer Life Told in Verse m MADAM These Wonderful Corsets onTbn CORSETS arc n FOR YOU Our stock is complete with an extensive array of the newest style of Fall Corset. Scientific construction of the most flexible boning and Superior material make a corset that is a fit ting foundation for your Fall ap parel. The assortment of models is a varied a many type of 'figures to be fitted. Our Corsetiere and the facilities of a perfectly appointed fitting room are available for furnishing you with the beet looking and most comfortable corset you ever wore. Royal Worcester Corsets $1.00 to $2.50 Bon Ton Corsets $3.50 to $8.50 N IIS Pendleton's Greatest Department Store The Peoples Warehouse Where It Pays to Trade HI i ll I Continued from Page IS.) Ve raced with death; we hunted no- hle game. All nlcht we drained the woods without avnll; The gniitnd pot drenched we could not keep the trail. Three time apnln my cabin door I found. Half honlnjf she micht he there safe and sound; THE IDELTA THE CANDY AND ICE CREAM FACTORY OF PENDLETON. The Place You Buy the Famous BRITTON CHOCOLATES Originated by its maker E. J. Morris; packed by experienced packers, and, mailed for you to any address. OUR DELMORKE CHOCOLATES Are appreciated every where. We will take care of your mail order for box candies. Buy a box of Pendleton made sweets for your soldier friends or relatives and be assured they are getting the best. A confection made to eat. OUR LUNCHES Prepared by white lady cooks are first in the city. AT OUR FOUNTAIN You have the largest as sortment of special drinks and frozen dishes in the State to select from. Every thing we sell is made in our own factory. It makes good with you because it is made good by us. It's The Delta - E. J. Morris, Mgr. M. W. Lake, Sec'y. TO i T1 But each time 'twas an unavailing care; My house had lost Its soul, she wan not there; When, climbing the wet trees, next morning sun Laughed at the ruin that the night had done, Bleeding- and drenched, by toll and sorrow bent. Back to what used to be my home I went. But. as I neared our little clearing ground Listen! I heard the cowbell's tink ling sound. The cabin door was just a little bit ajar. It gleamed upon my glad eyes like j a star. !'Prave heart," I s. id, "forsuch a fra j die form? 'Shu made them guide her homeward j through the storm. Such panes of joy I never felt be fore; i "You've come!" I shouted, and rush j ed thro" the door. Yes. she had come, and gone again. She lay With all her young life crushed and wrenched away. Lay, the heart ruins of our home among. Not far from where I killed her with my tongue. The raindrops glittered mld her hair's long strands. The forest thorns had torn her feet and hands; And midst the tears brave tears that we could trace (Upon the pale, but sweetly resolute face, I once again, the mournful words could read, "I've tried to do my best I have. In deed.' And now I'm mostly done; my story's oer; Part of it never breathed the air be fore. Tiin't over usual, it must be allowed. J To volunteer heart history to a crowd. And scatter 'mongst them confiden tial tears. But you'll protect an old man with his years. Anrt wheresoe'er this story's voice j can reach. preach; Boys, flying kites, haul In their white winged birds You can't do that way when you're fly In words; "Careful with fire," Is good advice. we know, "Csreful with words." Is 10 times doubly so. 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