East Oregonian Rottr.d-Up Souvenir Edition
Pendleton. Oregon, Thursday, Sfptemtef 21, ISIS
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Last Steps in Formation of First Oregon Government
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wnuM nit interfere with the duties!
and nllrumm-p of Hudson' l'ay Oom-j
I';hi'h offirrrs Fritivh subjects, Aj
firth implied rendition seems t. have
tn-en th;it tiie majority of all the offi-
4 es esinl'lihed for Vnnroiivpr's rtist- I
net hiuld le enen t.t KiiKhshmen. j
At le:iM of the first officers n;imed for '
the ilMrl. t. three ju ices ami a sher- I
iff. onh one was an American. One
,f the jiuK'es aMiinted was the chief
factor of thi conipan. James Pons- 1
las
In iharaotir. it will thus appear. 1
the union partakes of the nature of
a trent and not a real incorporation '
ith.r of the company or its officers'
on the busts of entire penality with t
other members of the new state. The ,
officers of the company treat as eo.il- 1
! w ith the duly elected officers of j
internment actinp for the people j
livinc south of the Columbia: they
ilemi-'nl certain terms as the price of j
their inclusion in a union to take in ,
the territory both nofh anil south of
the river, these terms are (tranted
ami upon the basis of these conees
slons. the union is constituted. The
character of the territory north of the
Columbia as the special reservation of
the Hudson's Hay Company Is thus In
larire measure preserved. A second
eharaoteristic of the union is sua:
Bested by the comment of McLoush
lin who describes It as an "associa
tion that does not pretend to exer
cise authority over such' persons as
have not voluntarily joined- It, and do
not contribute to its support; neither
does it extend protection to any but
Its own members. " Or ita descrip
tion bv the two British military offi
cers who visited the Oregon country
Just after the union had been formed.
"an oreanlMtlon formed for the
tiurpos of neutralirtng the prerion
derinir American influence," "a com
pact independent of the United States
Government, one In which emigrants
of all nations, willing to uphold the
law in the country, and for the pro
lection of life and property, are en
rolled as members."
These descriptions seem to indi
cate that the jurisdiction of the gov
ernment extended only to Its own
members. While established by the
majority and its sanction disputed,
according to McLoughlin, only by a
few of the Americans of the very
worst character, there was no pur
pose to coerce the minority who re
fused to Join it. Furthermore it seems
to have been as characterized by
Ware and Vavasour, a "coalition"
Kovernment without distinctive nati
al leanings.
The advantages secured by the uni
on seem to have been just such as
had been anticipated. The Hudson's
hay Company, and a subsidiary or
ganization, the Puget Sound Agrt-1
cultural Company, made contrtbutl-
ns. during 1S45 towards sustaining
the infant state amounting, according
lo statement of Mclxiuehlin. to
WAITING ALL NIGHT FOR ROUND-UP TICKETS
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It has very frequently happened
that big land lotteries have caused
people to camp for days in front of
(he drawing quarters In order to be
the first in lino for the drawing, but
there are few entertainments' In Am
erica the demand for seats at whlcrt
is so great that men will remain In
line For 12 to IS hours in order to
get the pick. Tet this ts what happens
at the Round-Up each year.
The ticket sale for the 11I Round
up opened at 7 o'clock on the morn
ing of September 2. That Is. the sale teen hours before the sale waa ached
oi the sections reserved for local Deo- u led to open. He brought a cot and
pie did. Out-of-town people are glv- deposited it In the street juat In Ront
en the privilege of reserving their
seats at any time of the year. When
the window of the ticket wagon, lo
cated on West Alta street Juat oif of
Main, was shoved up, there were In
line practically one hundred people
and many of them had been there for
hours. Bert Wilson, who had place
number one took up hia station at
4 o'clock Friday afternoon, Just fit-
$226.65. Since the agreement for the
union was not made until August the
cfficials of the company had appar
ently agreed to be taxed on the sales
of merchandise for the whole year.
The amount contributed by the com
pany was about a fourth of the ex
penses of the Provisional Oovernment
during the preceding year and two
thirds as much as that raised from all
sources during 1844. Thus It will be
seen the entrance of the Hudson's
Bay Company and the contributions
it made by way of taxes went far tow
ards assuring the stability of the new
government
Nor was it altogether a one-sided
bargain. To McLoughlin It was a
matter for congratulation to have
"secured the rights of the Hudson's
Bay Company without embroiling our
selves or the British government in
vexatious disputes with a gang of low,
contemptible vagabonds." He fur
ther expresses the opinion that the po
sition of the company has been great
ly strengthened and danger of collis
ion with the American element re-
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moved by joining n this union with
the Provisional Government, The
wisdom of such action is also com
mended by ,the two British military
officers, Warre and Vavasour, who
express the opinion that "a more Judi
cious course could not have been pur
sued by aU parties for the peace and
prosperity of the community at
large."'
Immediately "full advantage of the
laws of the association, in regard to
land claims" was taken and the
country around Vancouver surveyed
and platted Into nine lots, each of one
square mile. These were registered
In the office of the recorder of the
territory under the names of officers
and employees of the company to be
held for It. The requirements of the
law as to survey, markings, and
building of a hut on each plot were
complied with. Thus the company
was assured of means of ejecting an
intruder upon its lands by thorouij.v
ly legal methods. All other lands
used by the company could be cover
ed by registered title In the same
way.
The life of he Provisional Govern
ment after its extension to Include tho
whole of the Oregon territory was to
be ton brief to determine whether all
the benefits to the Hudson's Bay
Company anticipated by McLoughlin
were to be fulfilled. In the next vear
the boundary dispute between Great
Pritaln and the United States was set
tled. The Provisional Government
had. a'ter th's settlement, onlv to
rvoiru time until the Coneress of the
I'n'ted States provided a territorial
gnvrnment. However it will ever be
one of the bright place in Oreeon
history to find that in suite of antago
nism, tealousies and mutual distrust,
a snlrlt of conciliation and compro
mise prevailed to bring together all
he residents of Oregon territory,
PHtih and American citizens with the
"Vonch Canadians people of diverse
relielons and unlived temOeraments,
ino a neoreful union for the purpose
of maintaining a government "having
for it obteet the protection of . life
end property."
of the ticket wagon. , Soon others
were following hia lead. By 6 o'clock
there were seven cots and by 10 o'
clock there were 23 men trying to
eleep in cots and automobiles. 'Barly
in the morning hours those who fan
cied, they vtjere early blrda began to
put in an. appearance only to find the
"sleepera" in- the commanding -positions.
By 4:J0 there were 41 waiters
A special officer waa on hand aU
night to .preserve orcer, give out num
bers and see that the holders remain
ed at their posts. 'Every hour the roll
waa called and, If anyone was so un
fortunate as to be absent, his place
was declared vacant.
No Scalping AllowM.
In order to tateguard the Round
Up against scalpers. Business Man
ager R. W. Ritner has year after year
placed a limit upon the number of
tickets any one person may purchase.
One box or twelye grandstand seat
for one perron Is the limit, and this
limit la absolute.
One half of the grandstand, or the
ontlre east end. Is reserved for out
of town people. Pendleton people get
the pick of the west end during the
first three or four cays of the sale,
but after that the directors begin fill
ing mail orders from these sections,
too, as by this time nearly all of tho
other half has been taken. 1
Round-Up has ever striven to give the
visitor an even break with or an ad
vantage over the home 'people, be
cause the person coming from a dis
tance is enttlled to be treated with
the greatest consldoratton.
The Round-Up grandstand has
never been large enough to accommo-!
date the half of the people who would
like to find seats In rt, but, beyond
having backs and being covered, the1
grandstand seats are Very little bet-,'
ter than bleacher seats. The bleach-'
era circle the ends of, the quarter,
nine iracK and every event
plainly seen from them.
can e
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It was predicted by many that the
1916 Round-Up would not be the same
eood old wild west show that previous
crowds has witnessed. The reason
given was that John Barleycorn had
teen buried in Oregon and much of
the spirit at the show waa prompted
by the presence of friend John.
This, however, has been dispelled
by reason of the enthusiasm at the
show this year. True In former years
the saloons did fuch a !,ind
office business that mixed drlnk.i
were not served Bartenders by
the dozens were busy from early
morning until night passing out
whiskey and beer to the line of four
or five deep. Many even predicted
that these rooms then occupied by
the saloon would be vacant when the
crowd arrlvel this year.
The Round-Up visitor todav finds
rot a vacant place and office room at
an of the places formerly occupied
bv the palonn. Office room Is at a
pnm'um. The brewery flooded to bf
U"h!indd. is running at full blast and
it i rumored thnt Its owner Is mak
lM7 more money than he ever did dur
inc tb wet reeime.
At these same places where last
vi ar the folks were singing "How
Irv i Am" thev are drinking soft
'r.nl-s which taste surprising like
leer rnd have everv oualltv of that
b"ver, except the "kick." In
f iber former saloon" we find attrac-
tlv t" rooms. confe1i"nerv stores.
f(,fry stores and even an into sales-r,i-,m.
r"f-"fnp was nope thn ,iennlv
,. , ...(-n't fi'fth b r"nr,r to wh'h
"'rt',n ariantP'1 U-l' to th new
flv rnnlttnn. Pe'n- tSa t 1
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w ,- ere rented. 'Vlth one or two
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