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East Oregonian Round-Up Souvenir Edition Pendleton, Oregon, Friday, September 21, 1917. Page Nineteen AMERICA'S STARRY FLAG FIRST SEEN DURING TRYING TIMES OF REVOLUTION Twenty-Eight Page In 1(06, In honor of the union of Knglund and Scotland, the English flutf, which for yearn had been white with the red cross of St. George ex tending to, ItH edttes, was changed to a field of blue, across which waa placed the upright red cross of Ht. (taorge and the diagonal white cross of St. Andrew. This waa the flag that floated over the "Hunan Constant" at Jamestown and the "Mayflower" at Plymouth. Although the colonies frequently used devleoa of their own, the Kngllah tlag waa tho flag of this country for more than one hundred and fifty years. So different were the symbols of the colonies, regiments and ships that Washington, In 1776, wrote. "Please fix on aome flag by which our vessels may know each other. The first striped flag waa rained at Washington's hoadquarters, Cam bridge. Massachusetts, January 2nd, 1776, and saluted with thirteen guns. About tho mine time John Paul Jones, as senior first lieutenant, holated It with his own hnnds over Commodore Hopkins' flagship the "Alfred." then lying In the Dela ware at 1'hlladolphla. In 1777 congress appointed a com mittee constating of General Wash ington, Hubert Morris and Colonel Ftoaa "to designate a suitable flag for the nation." This committee, as all the world knows, conferred with Mistress Betsy Koss and afterward recommended a flag In which the stripes recently Introduced were re tained, but In which the crosses, the symbol of British authority, gave place to the stars which were hence forth to shine for liberty. On June 14th. 1777, In old Inde pendence Hall, Philadelphia, congress adopted the following resolution: "Resolved, that the flag of the thir teen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new con stellation. The stars to be arranged in a circle." Enter here the Star spangled Manner, with thirty-seven years to wait for the song that was to Immortalize the name. The Stars and Stripes was first used In actual military service at tr" Fort Stanwix, re-named Fort Schuy ler, now Uomeo, N. T., on August 6th, 1777, and first carried In battle at a skirmish at Cooch's IJrldge, near Wilmington, Delaware, September Srd, 1777. On February Itm, 177S, Captain John Paul Jones had the great satis faction of seeing the Stars und Stripes "rocognlzed foi the first time and In the fullest manner by the flag of France" by salutes first to the "Hanger" and later to the "In dependence" of Jones' fleet. This was probably 'the first recognition by any foreign power of the colors of the United State of America. John Vaui Jones was also the first to see a regular British mon-of-war strike her flag to that of the United States. Jones received his appoint ment to the command of the 'Han ger" on the very day that our nation al flog was adoped by congress. He said ."That flag and I are twins. We cannot be parted In life or In death. So long as we can float, we shall float together; If we must sink, we shall go down as one." The flag was not changed until i The Picture Theatres alTA TTIEATF3K. Is the home of the Hippodrome and the astern circuit vaudeville Paramount, Fox and World Pictures, making the best vaudeville and pic ture program to be secured In the iHt We are now picking our vau aevllle bookings from the Chicago office and this coming season Pen dleton will see a much Improved class of vaudeville artists. More so than It has ever had the pleasure of before. Starting October 1. we commence our new vaudeville sys tem which will be four acta of well balanced vaudeville and the best ar tists money can buy. These four acts and such photoplay stars as Pauline Frederick, Marguerite Clark, Oeo. M Cohan, oeorae Beban. Mme. Petrova, Jack Plckford, Mae Mur ray. Vivian Martin. Theda Kara. Vir ginia Pearon. June Caprice. William Farnuin, Carlyle Blackwell. Alice Brady and many other noted stars, maklngan evening's enjoyment for every member of the family and of the highest standard. AlfcC.YIK TIIEATKR. Is now prepsrlng for one of tho greatest soasons of Special St at-3 Rights Production Pendleton has ever known. The coming attractions, such as "The Whip." "The Slacker. "Twenty Thousand leagues under the Sea," "Oods Man," "The Public Be Damned." "Within the U. "Womanhood." and all other state right productions that will be placed on the market from time to time. -IT5W5 ... V S ft r II - i WHEN PENDLETON WAS VERY. VERY YOUNG 17 'J 5, when two Htrlpes and two atam were added for Vermont and Ken- tucky. By 1H16 four more utatea, TenneHHee, Ohio, LOUlHlana and Indi ana, were In the family and a com m It tee was appointed to give them a place on the flag. Realizing that there muit be a limit to the t ripen, the committee made a recommenda tion which wan adopted April 14th, 118, that the flag be permanently thirteen at ripen, representing the or iginal thirteen mate and that a new star be added fur each state as ad mitted. The plan of arranging the stars to form one large star wan abandoned at that time and the method of placing them in rows was adopted. Since then a Btar has been added to the flag on the Fourth of July fol lowing the admlfwlon of a state to the union. The flag of the United State at the time of the Revolution had thir teen stars; in the war of J 81 2, fif teen; In the Mexican war, twenty- nine: in the Civil War, thirty-five and In the ftpanlBh-American War, forty- five the number today is forty eight, arranged on the blue field In six rowH of eight stars each. The flag-making plant of the navy Is at the Brooklyn navy yard. The bunting comes from Massachusetts. Every case cost the government 5fl0 or 111.26 a roll. Every piece must weigh five pounds forty yards and stand a test of seventy pounds to two square inches The bunting la steeped In salt water for six hours and then exposed to the sun for another six. If It pass these tests It fc pronounced fit for our country's service. i-uAMto ami it vn in Colors" axe observed on board all our naval ev- sels and at naval stations, ine cere mony attending the raising and low ering of the nag is very "The Btar Spangled wanner has i - JLW Innr been nlyed at the raising, but In 1904 Secretary Moody ordered that It be played at the evening cere mony also, Instead of "Hail Colum bia," which had previously been use when the colors were owered. In many schools In this country, and also In the Philippines. Hawaii and Porto Rico, there are frequent salutes to the flair. When It te brought forward every pupil rises and glvesa military salute, then alt together th-y slowly and distinctly repeat: "I pledgi- alleslance to my flan and to the Republic for which It stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and Justice for all" l Ml 1 . SM Tl A 4Pjaw a ejSMpa StMl ammmmeammmmmmmmummmmm' sasBMaMaBMMCT " ' ' ")"rr'M'"r"iM"T'"'Tr'",Tj IN 3 t i THE MAN THAT Y---'--- .. nl -.-.-i-J I LAUGHS and LIVES I YOU CAN LAUGH AND LIVE A i If yoa Jwya tttm V I t -: ARTCRAFT PICTURES I J f'r Pastime Theatre . I t I ASK THE MANAGER OF YOUR BEST THEATER WHEN HE TA wiii c wnw I m II I a If TUK COSV TUKATKIl. For all lovers of sensation ond hearty laughs will find It In plenty at the cosy. Penry White and Helen Holmes are creating many thrills and sensations Our Keystones. Al loa Howell. Hoyts and b'Ko Com edy are thebest that Is produced. These and our famous Fntty Ar buckle comedies are the Punniest comedies on the market today and will be seen from time to time at the cosy. Klelne. Bdlenn. Pelig and Rssanay. oar Sunday-Monday change. are some of the best productions of Fllm dom. Butterfly Pictures need nut little mentioning, as they are of the highest standard Kalcm sensation al western and railroad pictures are the best of their lino and are shown each Saturday. The Cosy Is the house of thrills, sensation and good comedy. j PAHTIMH THKATF.lt. Is the horn, of the Heflned Fea ture Picture.. such as Triangle. Oreater Vltagraph. Arteraft and oth er leading productions, which are In a class by themselves, starring such stars as Vary Plckford. Fairbanks, w. H Hurt. Dorothy Ps.1 tn Bessie Love Louise olnum. Mae Marsh Horry Morey. Kdlth Storey and Alice Joyce. These stars to gether with Charlie Chnplln and all of hl latest comedies and the Fox comedies make a program of the hlehest standard and pictures that . L .wawnna uhn wishes Will ne I1KCU UJ c. J-r J all thnt is esT in m in..i.,i,...j. The plays at the Pastime the cum. ., . Frawn will rank amonc the MirhcKt rf productions and you can 1.,. tH-oiTil "f he h-t Ihnt is to be sum. in motion pictures. Douglas Fairbanks in "Down to Earth." Mary Pickford in "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm." Elsie Ferguson in "Barbary Sleep." Gerald ine Farrar in "The Woman God Forgot." George M. Cohen in "Seven Keys to Baldpate." William S. Hart in "The Narrow Trail." 40 Others Just as Great. Arteraft Pictures Corporation Ninth and Burnaide Sts. Portland, Oregon. 1 f WINNERS Kfi . K fit 4 r I In the great contest for X 1 Supremacy I PARAMOUNT . 1 has captured all sweepstakes. I I J They have the Stars, the Direc- tors, and the Authors. They A ' J have the entertainment for you V- - "u your friends. (Jj Paramount SENNETT COMEDIES ARBUCKLE COMEDIES Pauline Frederick Madame Petrova George Bebon Enid Bennett Billie Burke Jack Pickford Ann Pennington Charles Ray Julian Eltinge Vivian Martin Wallace Reid Dorothy Dal ton J. Stuart Blackton Line Cavalieri K...--9 Go to the Alta Theatre and See Paramount Pictures Progressive Motion Picture Company, Portland, Oregon. THEATRE HIPPODROME VAUDEVILLE PARAMOUNT PICTURES FOX EXCLUSIVE FEATURES WORLD SPECIAL FEATURES And SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS PENDLETON'S FAMILY THEATRE Pasime THEATRE Refined Pictures Exhibiting Only the Best BLUE BIRD PHOTOPLAYS TRIANGLE FEATURES ARTCRAFT PICTURES FEATURING SUCH NOTED STARS AS Douglas Fairbanks Mary Pickford Elsie Ferguson Dorothy Phillipps W. H. Hart Dorothy Dalton Your Favorite Star at the Pastime. de Area THEATRE SPECIAL STATE RIGHT ATTRACTIONS COMING "THE WHIP" "THE FLAME OFTHE YUKON "THE SLACKER" 'WITHIN THE LAW" We Show Only the Biggest and Best. IF IT'S GOOD YOU WILL SEE IT AT THE COSY PRESENTING Each Week SUNDAY MONDAY K. E. S. E. Special Features. TUESDAY WEDNESDAY PEARL WHITE In the Serial of Thrills "THE FATAL RING." HELEN HOLMES In the Sensation of the Iron Trail "THE RAILROAD RAIDERS" Keystone Comedies. THURSDAY FRIDAY Butterfly Picture Features. SATURDAY L-KO COMEDIES, WESTERN AND OUT DOOR PICTURES
