East Oregonian Round -Up Souvenir Edition
Pendleton, Oregon, Thursday, September 20, 1917
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FLOYD IRWIN AND HUGH CLARK WILL
RIDE NO MORE AT THE ROUND-UP
Two familiar f injure at tho ld
Huund-Up arc miming from the gal
axy of picturesque cowboys who are
daubing about In trie arena and nn
the track thi year. Floyd Irwin and
Hugh Clark, both of Cheyenne and
both cowboys of renown, have cross
ed the great divide during the year,
the one a victim of the dangerous
9 port if of the cowboy and the other
a victim of pneumonia.
Floyd Irwin wll: be remembered
by the 1916 Ilound-lTp audience at)
th trick rider who won muh an ova
tion by daring feata performed ..
he daubed paHt the grandHtand. IUh
death occurred last July juHt a few
daya before the artmiut frontier
idiow of Cheyenne and while he was
practicing for the steer-roping event.
The accident which oot him hi
life was a most peculiar one and It
Beams almost a trek of fate that, aft
er the daring life he led, he should
have been victim to such a simple
mlBhap. i
He had been roping steers one aft
ernoon at Cheyenne In order to be
In good trip for the show events He
had thrown his loop over a number of
Hteers and was about to quit for the
day. "Oueas I'll Just tie down one
more before I quit." he said to his
companions. Previously he had not
been tying the anlmaln down after
throwing them.
He started In pursuit or a steer
and threw his rope as he drew along
side The loop circled over the head
of the racing steer but, before It was
drawn, the steer went on through It.
Irwin thought the steer had paasei
clear through and tiad checked hit
horse as he began gathering In the
rope. Instead one of the hind feet of
the animal caught In the loop. Irwin
had turned his horse away from the
steer and. when the rope was sud
denly drawn taut with a sharp Jerk,
his horse, surprised and nearly
thrown off its balance, threw its head
sharply and struck Irwin on the tem
p e. The rider had been leaning for
ward and his head and that of his
mount came together with terrific
force.
Irwin was knocked unconscious and
was taken to the hospital. There it
was found that a serious concussion
of the brain had resulted from the
blow and he died the following day.
Irwin, who was 21 years old. was
the son of Charley Irwin, once direc
tor of the Cheyenne show and dill
one of the uiost prominent of
west showmen. The father was grief
stricken at the death of his son, but
with characteristic mrtltude, put
sHide his suffering and went on next
w-ek with hU part in the annual
Kloyd Irwin was unquestionably
n of the best all-around cowboys
the west has produced. There was no
tr.ck or skill in cowboy sport in
which he was not adept In trick rid
ink he had f'W peers, as a rider of
bucking horses and a roper of steers
he had championship form, he waa
a rearlem bulMugger and a fast man
in the relay and pony express races.
Though defeated in ttoe relay race
here last year by Allen Drumheller,
he succeeded in wresting the title
from Drumheller In the pony express
by his wonderful mounting with his
horse going at full speed.
The young cowboy had hardly been
buried before a move had been start
ed in Cheyenne to erect a monument
to his memory. Though he will nev
er thrill crowds more with his dar
ing feats, the name of Irwin will
still be familitr In the wld west
world for ho has a younger brother
who Is followlg in his foot-steps.
Hugh Clark made his first appear
ance at the Kound-Cp last year
though he had been riding and rop
ing for years. He was a brother of
1 nn Clark, livestock agent of the
O-W. H. N., who is always a con
testant in the Il"und-t:p roping con
tests. The rivalry between thee
two brothers In the roping contest
last year was one of the features of
t hat event. Though powerful of
Physique, he contracted a bad cold
trick rider who ver won the popular
ity that Irwin tfjd last year at the
Hound -I' p. Kline met his death a
year ago last winter while doing trick
riding In New York at the Madison
Square Carden.
PKItMANKNT IlKiHWAY AN
IS VHSTSfKNT TO NTATK
(Continued from pake 6.)
practice many mistakes were made.
Jiy consulting the valuation the am
ount to Issue was guessed at. The
length of road desired was then fixed
by argument and Its location fre
quently was conditioned by the resi
dence of influential citizens. The type
of bond waa decided by the bankera.
the type of road by an unskilled com
mittee A low salaried civil engineer
was then called In to make the mon
ey fit the location length and iyp-
Is It any wonder some failures have
requited ?
A thoroughly competent report
should have shown the needed coun
ty road system from an economic
standpoint, the available muter al, the
existing traffic, the desirable type in
view of aval able material, soil, topo
graphy, and probable service, the best
type of bond issue t Issue, the order
of construction of individual roads.
and the probable ma'ntenance cost.
Cnder such conditions there is hif-'h
probability that the eommuntty mon
ey could profitably be Invested in
highways. In most such cases it
would appear desirable to extend pub
lic credit to create an Improved road
system. The principle of public bor
rowing for highways Is not defective,
it Is usually the procedure that needs
correction.
There are three types of bonds that
are used, the straigfit sinking-fund
bond, the annuity bond and the serial
bond. The older Issues were long-term
Sinking-fund bonds No road will
last thirty years without mainten
ance. Frequently gravel roads wre
built and no maintenance funds pro
vided. The sinking fund was often
neglectf d. No sinking fund will ac
cumulate for thirty years without
careful m:tna gement. Many sets of
county officials pass by in t hirty
years. The bonded Indebtedness of
some counties Is today unknown by
own officers. The sinking-fund bond
is the leant desirable and most ex
pensive type
Most desirab'e but least frequently
ild used Is the annuity bond. Its name. ,
conies from the f art that it is dis
charged or amortized, both principal
and Interest, by equal annual install-
ments. It is less expensive th:m the i
sinking-fund bond. j
The best type of all 's the short j
term serial bond, Th's is the cheapen !
form of a hlgbw.iy loan and is liccnm-
thereby constantly reduced. This type
of twenty-year bond at five per cent
saves $18,222 over the usual sinking
fund bond on every (100,000 Issued.
It accomplishes all the needed finan
cial operation at one stroke, and
leaves the minimnm duty on subse
quent county officers, it never re
quires refinancing. It should ordinar
ily pay for the hi g way faster than
the highway wears out.
. fjootf Investment.
The discussion naturally leads,
then, to the question : Are highways
a good investment for a community
Disregarding the usual arguments for
social, educational, and religious ben
efits from good roa-is, what is the
business answer to th- question. Sup
pose the reduction In the cost of haul
ing Is five cents per ton mile because
of the Investment Kuppose th ben s
fit to automobile travrl. Including the
increased errand value of the high
way, the saving in gasoline, tir m le-
age, wear and tear or appreciation, is
ha'f as much, or two and one-half
cents per mile. How much such
travel justifies an Investment of $10.
000 per mile? A twenty-year $10 00')
serlol bond will cost an average of
$710 annually. If the reduced oper
ating cost of the above items of trav
el for twenty years only it to meet this
entire cost there must be a ma vim; of
2 daily. Twenty tons of commercial
hauling is below the average as de
termined by the office of pub it
roads in a careful census of hcvmi
county roads in seven slates, Including i
one road In Jackson county, Oregon I
This travel with forty motor vehicle-; j
In addition, saves at the above rutr f
$2.00 dally. j
These figures are conservative Te.i j
cents per ton mile saved would not t
be high. Ask any automobile owner j
concerning the second Item. We sen '
clearly why our highway expenses !
are mounting. The money can be i
profitxibly invested. It will in the fu
ture be so invested and at an incre-s- ,
Ing profit to the community if good j
organization is established and ab'c
highway engineers wili spend a billion j
dollars for highways In the next three
years, approximately one million dol
lars daily. The project is fundament
al- sound. In spite of past mistakes
we have been able to safely carry
our highway costs How much gre;tt
er service will result from our future
expenditures depends upon our capac
ity for thought fill, nselfish, coopera
tive action.
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Floyd Irwin Watching Event at 1916 Round-Up
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ing more and more frequent. Vet
last winter, developed pneumonia
and pawed on. Hi death occurred In
Arizona and was a pad blow to his
brother and hlfl many friends of the
rangeland.
The death of Irwin recalls the
death of Otto Kline, tho only other
Virginia reports the ivlng of a quar
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