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About East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1917)
Twenty-Eight Page Eat Oregonian Round-Up Souvenir Edition Pendleton, Oregon, Friday, September 21, 1917. Page Seven Pendleton Folk Had Grand Time In Old St. Paul; Trainload Now Comes to Round-Up When the purly of Pendleton Kound-Up excursion. sts tu he 1'nul Mid-Winter lee Carnival re turned home, lust winter from their memorable trip, they brought hack I hp word that Louis W. Hill. presidenr of thp Oreat Northern ami the man who had been a lavish hoMt to them, would bring a special train from St Paul to the 1917 Kounil-I'p. Mow well he has fulfilled his promise la testified by the presence of himself nnd party anrnnit the thousands ut the show now being staged. The exchange of excursions be tween the cities of St. Paul anil Petiole-ton brings close together the greatest winter feMtlval in the worM and the KreateHt of all milunin festi val If the t. Paul excursionists find as much entertainment at the Kounel I'p an th Pendleton people found at the Mld-Wlnter farnlval, then there ever wan a delegation from a small city no lavishly entertained anywhere. The entertainment did not end at St. Paul. Half of the Pen dleton parly went on to New York, where, at Mr. Hill's direction, repre sentatives of the Ureal Northern took them In ohnrne for six days hi full of sightseeing mirt entertainment that they were well-nlKh exhausted by the time of the r departure. 1 1 1 1 u ltillnl-('i Poo-Ut. Mr. Hill was responsible for the excursion party that left Pendleti n on the evening of Juutiarv 'J3 for Kt. Paul. He came to the Pendleton Hound-I'p last yenr for the firxl time, bringing w th him his family The liound-rp never had a more and a few friends In a special car. Intensely enthusiastic spectator thnn Mr. Hill, for he is n born sportsman and patron of sp.irts. The exciting he Invited the Pendleton Kound-Up to make up a party of boosters to attend the Ht Paul winter carnival of which he la the guiding koiiIus. A little touch of wild west would put more ''pep" Into his show. he thought, and subsequent events con firmed his Judgment. I The party left here on a special car across which was a huge banner announc n;,' to all who saw that the ; car contained bunch of "I,ot 'er Huck" boosters who were "rarin' to go." Thi re were 30 in the party. In cluding a dozen la lies, ami they were headed by Sheriff Til I). Taylor, president of the Kound-I!p. Shoot the IJil oir. I The mid-winter carnival was not scheduled to open until January 27, but with the arrival of the Pendleton delegation the day before, the "lid was blown off." as a dispatch froi I 6 4 ti .a tS, 1 , ., Ill MMIIMI Mil ' "'" """"" 1 Quality Counts I and is what has built for us THE BEST BUSINESS of its kind in the Northwest. Made to order specialties SADDLES CHAPS BITS SPURS The Best and Most Complete Line of STETSON COWBOY HATS 4h Mufflers BOOTS dL P LARIAT ETC. - ,. i r- ! For I ho pleasure of mir .Mall OrtkT customers we are seiidinif, U each name on our CuMomer 1. 1st, a copy m of the Saturday Hoi:nd-l"i Kdilion of this f.opcr and alsi a oipj of the fc-Mic of St-pt. 2J ulv Inst tin- final In the Knund-t'p -vcnts. CATALOG FREE HA MI FY & CO. pstr "LET 'ER BUCK" alllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIII HIIIIIII llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll'''llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Snapshots Showing Pendleton Pa Show. they will have memories of It tht will not fa.le with the passing years. Such a trip us the 32 Pendleton inns made to St. Paul has never be fore been taken by a Pendleton ex cursion party and it Is doubtful if and daring pastimes of the cowboys filled htm with admiration and inci dentally he drank of the Pendleton spirit while here and found It good. Therefore, to express his apprecia tion of the entertainment given him. THE LARGEST AND FINEST LINE OF Electric Fixtures IN ALL EASTERN OREGON DON'T think that you have to send to the larger cities for your electric fixtures. Just come and see us. We will surpriee you with our variety of selection and prices. Electric and Gat Supplies. Electric Light Wiring. Motor and Dynamo Repairing. IF ITS FOR ELECTRICITY ITS HERE J. L. Vaughan St. Paul siid When they arrived at ' the I'nion di pot, the first of the out 's de delegations to arrive, they were ; greeted by Iiuis Hill backed by a full thousand uniformed carnival celebralora. Among the number were the Husars. the Ulacler Park ' (Muh. the Newsboys Club and many odd members of other delegations. As their train pulled In the bands nnd two drum corps vied In sonn lin a musical welcome. t'lad in cowln.y and Indian cos tumes the Pendletonians were not long In exproslng a noisy upprecin tion of the welcome. They pulled toe r "smoke wagons'' from their hols'ers and proceeded to shoot holes into the crisp atmosphere. Engines touted, whistles shrieked, bands play ed and bells rang, but above all the popping of the pseudo cowboys' guns was heard. Mr Hill escorted them to the S. Francis Hotel where the best rooms had been reserved for them. They had hardly time to drop their suit cues before their entertainment be gan and it rout limed throughout the das and nisht-; of the carnival, har ly with tnterm ssion enough to permit of sleep nnd rest. Mill Hide With Them. Though Mr. Hill, as president of lhe carnival association, was supposed to sit in places of si ite to review the fesl!-. ities. he prefer-ed to turn cow boy lor the time it. id Join the Pen dleton hurtVh. He was wvth them throughout .he cirnlval. He rode with them In the parades, took them to his palatial home for dinner, made it poK-Th!' f..r tbem (o enjoy the hos nitalitv of exclusive clubs. placed sleighs at their convenience, furnish ed them mounts, escorted them to the skiing grounds and skat.ng rinks nnd gave his personal attention to them In such a way that they missed nothing and were able to place Pendleton and the Uound-l'p on the map In illuminated letters Not only did Mr Hill devote his entire time to the Tendletonians but he was ably secon.Ied by Hill Kinney, vice president of the Great Northern Kinney also donned a pair of chap1 and sombrero :nd buckled a revolver i...nt i.in. iind there were none of the Uoiml l'p cowboys who ha 1 anv- j thins on him. 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