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About East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 25, 1915)
Pace E'gSren East Ore gonian Round-Up Souvenir Edition jVnrlleton, Oregon, Saturday September 25, 1915 Spanish Influence on Language of the West t Tt t inned from paKe twelve.) fact Ihxt Nrw Orleans as formerlx nrrtiiOrd In both the Spanish and the Vtvnrh. The Orein Mmmtnins are insepar ably KN'i:iif ,1 mitta I'lhan Allen and other distinctively American patriots and yet the extent of French influ nce in that wctton is indicated by the fad that ihiifte mountains have rlv.T, their name to Vermont under a IVarh form. VHtpburg although of peculiarly! Vtaftluth derivation, reminds us of its I original name Fort Pukuesne and of Knuidock's defeat, while Nova Scotia recalls its ancient French name Arca dia and the tragedy of Evangeline. The French-Canadian trappers roamed extensively over the great west and French words peculiarly characteristic of this renion haw become Incorporated into our langu. ace, such as prairie, butte. coulee, cascade and alkali, which have a dis tinct local flavor, while the habits of those couriers are suggested by such words as trail, portase and cache. The original names of many Indi an tribes have been superseded by such French designations as Coeur cause one of the first carties of Am ericans In this section were drowned at those falls In the Snake river. The advent of Americans into this region was the result of the great tide of Anglo Saxon civilization which has spread over the area once occupied by the French and these names and w ords of French origin so widely scat tered over the country are but flot sam and jetsam of the tide which Preceded It. Reproduced from the Oregon Historical Society Quarterly. Mut lo larm Work. The O. A. f. School of Agriculture announces that In order to receive desrees in agriculture all students will be required to have had exper ience in the work In which they are majoring. This experience may have been secured either before entering upon the course or during its progress by working during college vacations. in conformity with this ruling a large number of students of agricul ture nave spent the present summer In working on farms, either in horti culture, field crops, animal husband ry or dairying. Twenty Paget The oat yield of the weston moun tain farm country is reported to have been heavy this season, most of the land averaging from 50 to 60 bushels to the acre. 1 The Finest Equipped Amusement Parlors in Eastern Oregon lio Charles Oonpny CHARLES J. GREULICH, Prop. I " ' 1 " - i I 1 t . :tti r. - .... : . . v - - , t '. 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N'r-z Perce and Pend d'Rrlelle 1 while the French spelling for .Spo kane and Willamette is the cause of amusing blunders by many a tender foot from the effete East. Jt sometimes happens that a bor rowed umbrella is not returned until the original owner Is able to recog nize its identity with difficulty, and the same appears to be the case with our English word "free-booter," so associated with the ancient bucca neers of the Spanish main, because as the result of French spelling and French pronunciation has returned to us under the form of filibuster so (altered that even Its mother tongue ! can scarcely recognize It, This however has been doubly re venged by the Indians who have com mitted similar atrocities upon two French words, their attempt to pro nounce the French word for English to designate the first white settlers in Massachusetts having resulted In Yankee, which would appear to In dicate that the red men are not ad ept in regard to correct French pro unuciatlon. which li also Illustrated bjr their having adopted Riwash as the Indian-French for savage, which they doubtless regarded as a very honorable designation. American Falls In Idaho might ap pear so distinctively patriotic as to preclude any possibility of French in. fluence, and yet It originated In the early days when practically the only white men In this region were French Canadian trappers and was given be- By one of the Ironies of fate a cowgirl, none other than Bertha Blan cett, champion woman rider of buck ing horses in the world, almost won the gold belt offered for the cham pion all-around cowboy last year by the Police Gazette. After leading her in sight of the trophy which Is cov eted by all cowboys, this Ironical fate in a single moment put It out of her reach. On the last lap of the last day of the three day cowgirls' relay race, she lost her chance. Her horse bolt ed over the track fence and, before she could put him back In the race, she had been relegated from second to third place, thereby losing seven polnta. As It was, Sammy Garrett won the belt by a margin of only three point. Mrs. Blancett had won the cowgirl bucking contest and took point In the standing cowgirl race, beside In the relay race. When the belt was put up as a trophy, no one ever thought that a woman would be a formidable rival for Jt But the cowboys forget that this is a suffragette age and that a woman 1 a factor to be figured In any race. Unless the cowboys look to their honor this year. Bertha will be wearing the still more handsome all-around championship belt which ha been put up this year. Nii'HiHimimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiMiiiim THE AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK OF PENDLETON- CAPITAL $300,000 SURPLUS SI 00,000 TOTAL RESOURCES $2,000,000 Strongest Bank in Eastern Oregon MEREST PAID OX TIME DEPOSITS W. L. THOMPSON, Pres. F.E.JUDD, Vice-Pres. KEtt ACC0U1TS IIYITE0 J. B. McCOOK, Cashier W. S. BADLEY, Ass't. Cashier riiiiiiMiiiiimiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniMMHimtiiiiiiMU -3
