Twenty-eight Pages
East Oregonian RouncUUp Souvenir Edition
Pendleton, Oregon, Saturday, September, 26, 1914
Page Fifteen
IN THE OLD DAYS SOME HARD JOKES WERE PLAYED
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This Shown How The Pendleton Boy Once Jobbed a Newcomer
now. -You'll have .to tell it to tha
court.' lien told Jilm.
"Well, we had a court alright Jim
Turner, a lawyer here then, acted a
a Judge. The fellow .of courae plead
d not guilty asj we picked a jury
mighty quick. Yea, .air, we had
twelve or fifteen witnesses who swore
they saw the fellow give an Indian
a hottle of whiskey In a little clear
ing In a grove of oottonwooda whlcn
mood where Cottonwood street la now.
That fellow waa plumb thunderatruck
when he beard the evidence and he
made the greatest plea of Innocence
I eer heard. lie admitted the evidence
looked damaging but he ralaed his
right hand to God and awore he had
never sold any booze to an Indian.
Of course thla didn't affect the Jury
any and they brought in a verdict
In about three mlnutea.
Ten yeara In the penitentiary for
giving boot to a redakln la a pretty
stiff Jolt even If a man la guilty of
the offense, but to a peaceable cltl
ten with a deep-dyed Innocence of
wrong-doing auch a sentence couM
not be other than a haymaker.
Hut thata just the penalty handed
down to a t tenderfoot In Pendleton
during the early daya, and aald ten
derfoot would no more have thought
of aelllng fire-water to an Indian
than he would have considered mak
ing a apeclal request of the) devil for
quarters In Hade. He never served
hie time, but If he still Uvea, he per
haps atlll thinks of the terrible fate
hanging over him and thanks Provi
dence that he was given an opportu
nity to escape from a land where a
man'a life and liberty' are In constant
Jeopardy.
It waa a job, of course. The per
petrators were a bunch of the old
timers of Pendleton who found time
hanging so heavily on their hands be
tween killings, lynchlngs and Indian
uprisings that they hnd to manufac
ture a little entertainment to keep
from dying of ennui.
Lot Livermore, Pendleton's . oldest
pioneer, tells the yarn when In a
reminiscent mood and It's easy to
get him reminiscent If you happen to
catch him with a good El Bldelo in
his mouth. He tells It too with great
glee, stopping ever and anon as the
memories flooj back, to emit a few
chortlrs and chuckles.
I caught him at a propitious, mo
ment one day In his office and aft
er Setting him started backward over
the road of half a century, it was
easy to get him to throw soma inter
esting side lights on tho pioneer life
of Pendleton.
"VJt used to have lots of fun in
this town In the early days," he said,
"when there were only about ICO peo.
pie here-. There was a bunch always
walling to job someone and, If things
got to being too quiet and peaceable,
they would start something.
"I remember once the scare they; ciunced up and down behind the up
threw Into a stranger who happened ! stream barrier, water swirling about
Turner made the fellow stand up
ie be senutenced and I felt sorry for
him when tie said, 'It Is the Judgment
of this court that you serve ten years
at hard labor In the state peniten
tiary.' The man . nearly sunk
through the floor.
"Beagle took him around to the
Jail but of course he couldn't put him
In for he didn't have any keys. But
the Job wasn't over yet. Beagle
turned to the fellow and said: 'I've
left my keys at home and I'll have
to go after them. Now, listen here.
I heard that case and I heard your
story, and I don't believe you are
guilty. If you'll give me $20 I'll let
you get away." The fellow said be
didn't have any f 20 and when he
showed Belt that he only had about
12.00, Ben said he'd let him escape
if he'd promise to send him the first
$20 he got. You bet the fellow
promised, 'Alright, then,' said Ben,
'when I go to get my keys you shin
up over that fence and beat It
through that point of timber to the
road and then don't you stop.'
"As quick as Ben left the fellow
went over that fence like a grey
hound. We knew the move though
and had a dozen men with rifles sta
tioned around jthe corner. As soon
as he hit the ground, they began fir
ing, not at him, but pretty close to
his heels. If you ever saw a man
run you should have seen that fel
low. Stop, I should say not He ran
like an army of devils was after him
and when he disappeared in the trees
that was the last we ever saw of him.
I'll bet he hasn't stopped running
yet But he never sent that $20
back."
Dan Summer and the 'Ace of Spades'
(Continued from page 14)
wind brought a drenching sheet. The
noise of Its fall rose Higher and
higher. But as It rose, so strength
ened the rushing, roaring, approach
ing sound. It was not wind. H was
something elite. It might be
It was water!
With a throb at the realization,
Sumner ran to the bank's edge, peer
ing upstream Into the curtain of rain.
On and on it came, changing to a
crashing and swirling. He could al
most hear the greedy gurgle of the
flood as it eddied into recesses of
the banks. He forgot the downpour
that drenched him, forgot, for the
moment, the stallion. Merely leaned
lorward and strained to catch sight
of the first rush.
The creek was rising. Already It
had sumbetged the 'bottom wire of
the fence. The. Ace, sniffing loudly,
into town. He was a mediocre, inof
fensive chap and he didn't do any
thing out of the way. But he was
a stranger and all strangers were le
gitimate .prey. The boys were kind
of feeling their oats and wanted to
uin a lime tun so incjr irauieu upjn
a aangnroo court witn mis icnow as
the victim.
"IVen Beagle was commissioned to
act aa sheriff and he arrested the
his kneea, waiting for this new force,
this terrible thing that was coming
down to find him trapped and help
leas! In a surge the torrent rounded s
bend. A huge section of bank caved
and was swallowed. Vp and up
limbed the stream until It reach,
the stallion's belly. .Lightning shat
tered a cedar on the point above and
by Its glare Sumner saw the horse
fellow. He was mighty surprised j commence to swim, keeping close In
and asked what - the charge was
against him. 'SelluV liquor to In
dtam,' Beagla answered and the fel
low swore by the sun, moon and stars
that he had never done auch a thing
He hadn't either, but Beagle brought
him tothe court house which stood
about where Alexander's store stands
to the bank, struggling, against the
(wishing, roaring rip of the waters
The fences were being submerged be
fore the rising flood.
Strurgllng, swimming gamely, paw.
Ing at the hank for a hold, now los
ing, pow for an Instant holding his
cwn..t)e Ace of Ppnei was sucked
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OREGON
caekward. The top wire of the
fences went under. A moment later
the posts too were submerged.
With a squeal of fear the horse
tave way to the superior force. His
head swung out into the tumbling
torrent. He was snatched from the
bank, swirled away. The lower har
rier sagged for an instant when his
body caught on the top, but it did
not break. Helpless the great horse
continued to struggle, crushed by the
waters on one side, held fast by the
firm fence on the other. He fought
superbly, the whites of his eyes glis
tening In the lightning. Slowly, bat
tling against every fraction of an
Inch, his back against the fence, he
was rolled upward to his side, leg
threshing the thick downcomlng cur
rent. Then came adued force. From the
draws and washes of the far hills
water poured into Blue creek. The
cloudburst had done its work; grav
ity waa finishing the event. Inch by
Inch the surface of the stream crept
toward the bank level as rill and
wnth and gulch emptied themselves.
The crest of the flood came, in vi
cious grandeur, tearing away points
of land, cupttlng a bend here, mak
ing one longer there, altering with
cne mighty swoop the Course of the
stream. It struck the Ace of Spades
smothering him for an instant. Then
he was twlBted. rolled, lifted lifted
clear of the fence top; it hurled him
over, let him right and, into the
gloom of down stream, swept him,
swimming and turning, fast In the
flood, but strong unharmed and
free!
And as Dan Sumner shivered In
his wet clotht he heard, borne back
against the wind, the shrill triumph
ant cry of the stallion; a cry carrying
a note of wlldneas as untamed as the
screaming of the storm!
With awe the man watched the.or
ry of the elements. Suddenly he felt
small and Inconsequential. He shiv
ered again. By Harold Titus in The
Sunset
A TENDERFOOT CitTIDE TO THE
. . JtOfXU-t'P VOCABULARY
(Continued from Page 10.)
down with his teeth alone. Another
form of bulldogging consists In trip
ping the steer or pushing his horns
into the earth while he is running,
thus causing him to be somersaulted
with great force to the ground. This Is
more dangerous to both man and
beast and being cruel Is forbidden .by
the Itound-up management. .
Rubber Cinch An elastic cinch
used in relay races to save time in
changing saddles.
Qulrtr A short heavy leather rid
ing whip used by cowboys.
CORRAL DUST
HOW 1IOW-LISII WAMPO WON
HIS GREAT RACE
(Continued from psge 11.)
Away they sped, like flying birds.
The crowd Joined In shouts and hur
rahs, hundrede of all colors falling
In behind and following up.
Away go the fly.ing horses, and sev
eral thousand eyes following the yel
low rider, still ahead, as they grow
smaller and smaller In the distance,
until the Indian horse turns the stake
at the farther end In .r.nee. Now
they come. Increasing In slse to thq
eye as they approach, the yellow rid
er still In advance. Crabh gasps for
breath, and declares that his horse
will win yet. ,
The eagle eye of the old chief
lights up as they come nearer, his
rider still leading. Excitement Is
naw beyond all words to tell. . Look
again, the Indian boy comes alone,
rattling his dry willows over a horse
that was making the fastest time on
record, connlderlng the nature of the
turf.
The Indians all along the line fell
In, and ran beside the victorious ra
cer, encouraging him with wild, un
earthly shouts, while he comes to
the starting point, running the five
and one quarter miles and eighty
three yards In the unprecedented time
of nine minutes and fifty-one sec
onds; winning the race and money,
for their friends. Crabb, without
waiting to hear from the Judges, ran
down the track nearly a mile, and,
rushing up to the- gay jockey, with
silver spurs, white pants, blue cap
and crimson jacket, who had dis
mounted the now docile, fine blooded
English racer by his ailver mountings
Inquired, "What's the matter, Jim
my?" "Matter ? Why, thla boss can't
run ablt. That's what's the matter."
Before leaving this subject, it Is
proper to state that Uow-llsh-wam-
Po gave back to crabb me saaaie
horse he had won from him, and al
so money to get bacg home on; with
a word of caution about stealing out
Ms competitor's horse, and having a
race oil alone, remarking dryly. "Me-sl-ka-wake
cumtux, lo-ta mammock
nl-ka cullah klnt-js-wa." (You did
not' know how to make my horse
rdn). Klahoy-um Klabb." (.Good
bye. Crabb). '
, I will further state thai Watty years
ago those Indians had traded horses
with the emigrants gomf Into western
Oregon, across tho plains, and this
celebrated Indian race horso Is a
half breed.
The old chief refused to sell him.
saying: "I don't need money.
have plenty. I am chief. I have got
tho fastest horse In the world. I bet
I ono thousand horses I con bet any
A good Round-up story comes from
Portland. A typical scion of an Eng
lish family, monocle, top-coat and all,
came into a fashionable restaurant
and was soon followed by a Pendleton
cowboy, whose style of talk and dress
was much in contrast to that of the
Britisher. By chance they sat at the
same table. The waiter appeared to
take their orders. "Aw, waiter,
Jrawlcd the subject of King George,
"bring me a steak and bring it to me
raw." The cowboy looked at his ta-
blemate in amazement and gaping
mouth until the waiter touched him
gently. "And yours," he said. "Saw,
just cripple a steer and draw him In
and I'll cut my own steak," was the
answer.
A buckaroo had just been propell
ed through the air from the back of
a bucker, despite his best efforts to
keep In the saddle by grabbing the
horn. "Say," yelled one of his com
rades, "you sure had both hands full
of leather." ' "Tou bet I did," was
the answer, "and I'd a had both arms
full, too. if I could."
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