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About East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1916)
Twenty-Four Pag Forecasts for Stockmen Save Sheep in Time of Storm In order to m.iMp the owner ot imc ? K 0,0o j;hv . 'in.t Uiorr !:imNs in Oil- iiTt);vpt 'i ;''";o' ! ,!,f' 5l"'.' ml ..m .,i'(! sh"' fr.m the t '.frets oi isB.f iiiis !,.nii.- the weather 1'U jimii, dunn: the .-prm,: of ISMS :n rtahe.l a s; iv Lnl lni-ttirivi!i: 5-er-nf t r i t Kon. sh':ir'n. nt;d lilnhti Mierp ranter. Thi. servAe jirovc'l to be -f Mien vih.e '. o heei' apn during the recent lami-iivc and hearing s.a-nn that It wl Hie on tinned aiwl piM;.H somewhat ev'ind- ieii by rail and cold rums. Kill lurco, number of lamb anil recently !ie ireii sheep unless they cm bo pro-; JiHtiil In time. This Is especially true, bcoiiuse eirl- lambing to meet liigh market prices ts extensively practiced In this section and because winter feeding is expensive, and sheep are usually nhom and put on the. Hinges as early as possible, Even be- fore, shearing, under especially' Utnnv. and muddy conditions, a ewe will readily succumb to fatigue and tarvntinn. and her lamb may perish with her. 1 There have been instances where the kwses reached a-n much as 50 per cent of fine kit. in which the animals were valued at about J8 each. As a re- :lt of these losses the owners make a practice where possible of shelter -mg their shorn sheep in canyons and keeping them near shelter during- un Mitie.i weather in ear'y spring. Later the sheep are allowed to graze- more widely, and the herders mart have w.iin.ns of storms sufficiently In ad-miti.- to enable them to drive tii sheep to the nearest shelter. During' the springs of ISH and 19ir thou sands of sheep beyond the reach of shelter perished in severe storms that swept over these states. The service during the spring was operated through 25 distributing cen ters through which weather reporu and special warnings covering tem-i perature. ra4n. snow, winds, clouds, and clear sky. all . of which have a bearing on the safety of sheep, were distributed to nearly inn other com munities The word was passed along by telephone to several hundred ad ditional stockmen. In this way the warnings reached the owners of most of the sheep In the states by noon. or earner, o: the day of issue. In sec tions In or around the nnlii.nil forest the forest supervisors cooperated wun me weather bureau in di trilmt ing those forecasts and warnings. PLUCKY AMATEUR "STAYED" THOUGH HE PULLED LEATHER H. v Xieter is no cowboy but he wants to be. His desire plus a nerve not easily daunted may qualify him some day to ride in the Round-t'p finals, but just at present he is pay ing the price of the new beginner. I Nieter is of German extraction and the lure of the west got him. Dur ing the summer he hired out as a sack sewer to John Adams, who farms near Adams, but that was a means to an end. He had his eye on the Hound-l'p and wanted a chance to ride in the bucking contest. To get the chance ha must first have an outfit and then he must have prac tice. With a goodly portion of his sum mer wages he purchased a cowboy outfit from saddle to chaps, and he showed up at the first tryout of bucket. He was the first to volun teer to ride. He was thrown three times that afternoon, a strange horse. Bugs and Hotfoot each getting a fall from him. At the very next tryout he was back on the job. He was thrown three times more, the last tie by Sharkey, the bucking bull. He struck on his head and was stunned for five or ten - . minutes, but he recovered with his nerve unshaken. At the third tryout he asked to ride asara mjh thy was given him and emuny mane htm bite the dust. Sev en times up and seven times thrown all within three days, Is an experience catcuiaied to take the desire to be a buckaroo out of the ordinary man But not so with "Dutchy" as the cow. boys call him. He had hardlv got i ureain until he asked to ride Mc Kay, the wicked little calico Indian nurse. Perseverance was ronni-,i.,.i xr- Kay had to be thrown to be saddled and when he rot im th. v.,,,., - orown-sweatered fellow who had be come a joke to the spectators was as tride him. McKay unwound himsell and went through a varied assort men of twists. But Nieter, ignoring the imiier rope, seized the horn of the saddle in both hands and hung on with a bulldog grip. Two or three ties he almost went but he righted himself and stayed until picked up. His eighth trial had not resulted in a fall, athough he had pulled leather. Vhen he was helped down the crow gave him' as much of a cheer as if he had ridden in the most approved form. They could not help but ad mire his herve and his detorminnti,... to become a broncho buster at what ever cost. On the very next day he was thrown by "Grandma"1 after he had made the best ride of his short career and he struck so hard that his shoulder was broken. "ALL ROADS LEAD TO PENDLETON" Buy Your Hardware, Where QUALITY AMD ASSORTMENT are always to be found LOR IIAilDUA SHELF AND HEAVY HARDWARE THE WW Jfe I AY RE GO. , s- - - - We are exclusive agent for: AERMOTOR WINDMILLS. MYERS PUMPS. FULLER & JOHNSON GASOLINE ENGINES. MALLEABLE IRON RANGES. COLE'S AIR TIGHT HEATERS. SHARPLES CREAM SEPARATORS O. V. B. CUTLERY. A complete line of Builders Hardware; Harvest Supplies; Chain, Rubber and Leather Eelting; and Kitchen Fur nishings. LN FACT "If it's made in Hard ware, we have it." In connection we operate one of the largest and most complete TIN SHOPS to he found in eastern Oregon, where furnace Heating and Sheet Metal Work of all kinds is done in the guaranteed .ati.sfactory way. See u for estimates on contracts. The Tailor Hardware Company The Store of Quality, Service and Price. ! 741 Main Street Pendleton, Oregon REAL HELL TO SKELTER Here is what a recent numoer of Sunnet-The Pacific Monthly has tj say about the Pendleton Round-Up The real, wooly, hell-to-skelter rid Ing of the Wild West is not done for the movies, nor do the itinerant shows of Buffalo Bill and his imitators give even a faint idea or the real article. To see riding that ui riding one must take a week off and visit the frontier shows at Cheyenne, Wyoming, or Pen- Idleton, Oregon provided one has a heart strong enough to tand three 1 daya of excitement pitched in high C I Pendleton Is a town of 6000 In cen tral Oregon, In the country where rea cowboys still survive. During the September festivities the 5000 Pendle ton iana entertain between 30,000 and 40,000 visitors. Even the churches during the Round-Up week are trans formed into dormitories and the hoa 1 pital U always filled to capacity with 't grinning victims of hoof, horn or stage coach wheel. Every event is j guaranteed to bring the grandstand ; capacity 25,000 to its feet, howling and gawping. Genuine wild horses, : animals that have never felt the touch i of saddle or spur, are brought to the Kound-Cp In droves directly from the ' ranges. Several hundred L'matilla ; Indians from the nearby reaervation i compete for the sutjBtantlal prizes and the best riders of the Northwestern ! ranchers, male and female, white, red and Mack, wave their hats, rkk life and limb to make three Roman hfilirtavja frtr tha rr,n.fi'0ri nrnivila Since Its beginning the Pendleton I Round-Up has been a community en ; terprlse, it profits being used for the acquisition and development of a it park. This laudable purpose, though jdiejs not detract from the quality ot the entertainment Next to the Eu I ropean trenches, Pendleton will be the most exciting spot on the map In September. 'cause it's got the "pep" THE DRINK that's 1 the talk of the town in Pendleton. Brewed, bottled and sold by N Ifm. ta Bott PENDLETON, OREGON Camas Prairie Fight 1878 wjaessss LET 'ER BUCK Slogans may come and slogans may go, but this slogan goes on forever. It has been the official slogan of the Round-Up since the first year. "Let 'er Buck!" There's something about It that compels utterance. Once heard, never forgotten and frequent ly repeated. That's It You can't get away from It, no matter how utaid, how sedate, or how taciturn you are Fathers may reprimand their buys for mouthing It, but they might an well try to dam the waters of Niagara Mothers may admonish their daugh ters In tones of holy horror u;anvi unlng the unrefined cry of the Kound L'p, but they cannot suppress It. They themselves cannot refrain at time? from making It the expression of their exuberance. Since the origin of the Round-Up this unparalleled slogan has spread, until It no lunger has a mere local ut terance. Its popularity has led the management of other frontier shows to adopt it, or weakly to Imitate It; but never can they steal It away. It poewsses all of the qualifications neceo-ary for a really good slogan namely, brevity, originality and nap Furthermore, It is typical of the fron tier and charged with the very spirit of the Jlound-Up, Who originated the slogan, do you ask? There are several who claim the credit, but the community has never cared sufficiently to try out the claims. They have the slogan; It has become fumous, and they Intend to hold on to It until It dies of senile de cay. Until then, "Let 'er Duck!" (Prom the Weekly East Oregonlan, July , U78.) Report of fight between Captain Wilson's company of volunteers and Snakes. We camped at Captain Mar tin's ranch on Camas Prairie. There were 25 men In the company. Six or feven more were with us who did not belong to the company. At half past six we started from camp for Alble ranch on the other side of Camas Prairie. After going about three miles we saw one hostile Indian spy. We run him down and killed him. Took a good American, four year old horse from him and his outfit and scalped him. We then rode down to the Alble ranch five miles from our camp last night Halted an hour and concluded to scout Camas Prair ie. We then started and went around to where we had killed the Indian. Made a slight halt and while we were there we heard them firing on two herders we left at AlWe ranch, which we suppose are killed. We started for that point to see what was done and found the Snakes leaving the Alble ranch and coming In the direction of Pendleton. At the sight of the In- WW dians all the men except Dud Ptrsglt and Henry Willis started for the cam of the night ibefore where we Intend ed to fort. Beagle and Willis started In the direction of the Indiana and as soon asthey struck open prairie firing commenced between them and the Indians. After firing five or six rounds apiece Willis, while aiming to shoot, was shot In the hand, the ball passing so close to his head that he was stunned, so that he fell from bis horse and could not get up for about two minutes. After rising and falling the second time Beagle seeing that he was able to ride, rode back to the company which was halted about it yards dLstant but he could not get them to go to th assistance of Willis. After this he tried to catch Willis' horse, but was unable to do so. All this time he was exchanging occasion al shots with the Indians. Finding be could not catch the horse he rode back to where Willis was, got him up behind him and brought him to the company, which was retreating. WW GJ HELP BUILD UP PEW'S INDUSTRIES When you want the highest quality butter the same uniform qual ity, always and want your dollars to remain at home to develop home Institutions who will spent the money here that It may eventu ally come back to you. always ak your grocer for Ill'TTER with this labJ w '' -'mil m -mtemmmwm. 1 -r' 1 MADE IN PENDLETON AM) SOLD EVKItYW HKItK. Made as good as the best biitterinakers can make. Nothing goes Into It but what Is necessary to mako It bent. Nothing Is left out of It hut what, should1 lie left out. Made from rich pasteurized cream, always kept up to the same high standard test and watched carefully through its entire process of making. FA KM EltS No matter where you live, bring or ship us your cream. We pay the market price In cash and guarantee you correct test and weight. W ATCH FOR THE LA BEL AND BE KllUJ YOU GET IT. PENDLETON CREAMERY Office Main Strcrt. It ASSWSSEN & HANSEN, Vm$m. Telephone 4 11