Twenty-Eight Page
Eat Oregonian Round-Up Souvenir Edition
Pendleton, Oregon, Friday, September 21, 1917.
Page Seven
Pendleton Folk Had Grand Time In Old
St. Paul; Trainload Now Comes to Round-Up
When the purly of Pendleton
Kound-Up excursion. sts tu he
1'nul Mid-Winter lee Carnival re
turned home, lust winter from their
memorable trip, they brought hack
I hp word that Louis W. Hill. presidenr
of thp Oreat Northern ami the man
who had been a lavish hoMt to them,
would bring a special train from St
Paul to the 1917 Kounil-I'p. Mow
well he has fulfilled his promise la
testified by the presence of himself
nnd party anrnnit the thousands ut
the show now being staged.
The exchange of excursions be
tween the cities of St. Paul anil Petiole-ton
brings close together the
greatest winter feMtlval in the worM
and the KreateHt of all milunin festi
val If the t. Paul excursionists find
as much entertainment at the Kounel
I'p an th Pendleton people found
at the Mld-Wlnter farnlval, then
there ever wan a delegation from a
small city no lavishly entertained
anywhere. The entertainment did
not end at St. Paul. Half of the Pen
dleton parly went on to New York,
where, at Mr. Hill's direction, repre
sentatives of the Ureal Northern
took them In ohnrne for six days hi
full of sightseeing mirt entertainment
that they were well-nlKh exhausted
by the time of the r departure.
1 1 1 1 u ltillnl-('i Poo-Ut.
Mr. Hill was responsible for the
excursion party that left Pendleti n
on the evening of Juutiarv 'J3 for
Kt. Paul. He came to the Pendleton
Hound-I'p last yenr for the firxl
time, bringing w th him his family
The liound-rp never had a more
and a few friends In a special car.
Intensely enthusiastic spectator thnn
Mr. Hill, for he is n born sportsman
and patron of sp.irts. The exciting
he Invited the Pendleton Kound-Up
to make up a party of boosters to
attend the Ht Paul winter carnival
of which he la the guiding koiiIus. A
little touch of wild west would put
more ''pep" Into his show. he
thought, and subsequent events con
firmed his Judgment.
I The party left here on a special
car across which was a huge banner
announc n;,' to all who saw that the
; car contained bunch of "I,ot 'er
Huck" boosters who were "rarin' to
go." Thi re were 30 in the party. In
cluding a dozen la lies, ami they were
headed by Sheriff Til I). Taylor,
president of the Kound-I!p.
Shoot the IJil oir.
I The mid-winter carnival was not
scheduled to open until January 27,
but with the arrival of the Pendleton
delegation the day before, the "lid
was blown off." as a dispatch froi I
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St. Paul siid When they arrived at
' the I'nion di pot, the first of the out
's de delegations to arrive, they were
; greeted by Iiuis Hill backed by a
full thousand uniformed carnival
celebralora. Among the number
were the Husars. the Ulacler Park
' (Muh. the Newsboys Club and many
odd members of other delegations.
As their train pulled In the bands
nnd two drum corps vied In sonn lin
a musical welcome.
t'lad in cowln.y and Indian cos
tumes the Pendletonians were not
long In exproslng a noisy upprecin
tion of the welcome. They pulled
toe r "smoke wagons'' from their
hols'ers and proceeded to shoot holes
into the crisp atmosphere. Engines
touted, whistles shrieked, bands play
ed and bells rang, but above all the
popping of the pseudo cowboys' guns
was heard.
Mr Hill escorted them to the S.
Francis Hotel where the best rooms
had been reserved for them. They
had hardly time to drop their suit
cues before their entertainment be
gan and it rout limed throughout the
das and nisht-; of the carnival,
har ly with tnterm ssion enough to
permit of sleep nnd rest.
Mill Hide With Them.
Though Mr. Hill, as president of
lhe carnival association, was supposed
to sit in places of si ite to review the
fesl!-. ities. he prefer-ed to turn cow
boy lor the time it. id Join the Pen
dleton hurtVh. He was wvth them
throughout .he cirnlval. He rode
with them In the parades, took them
to his palatial home for dinner, made
it poK-Th!' f..r tbem (o enjoy the hos
nitalitv of exclusive clubs. placed
sleighs at their convenience, furnish
ed them mounts, escorted them to
the skiing grounds and skat.ng
rinks nnd gave his personal attention
to them In such a way that they
missed nothing and were able to
place Pendleton and the Uound-l'p
on the map In illuminated letters
Not only did Mr Hill devote his
entire time to the Tendletonians but
he was ably secon.Ied by Hill Kinney,
vice president of the Great Northern
Kinney also donned a pair of chap1
and sombrero :nd buckled a revolver
i...nt i.in. iind there were none of
the Uoiml l'p cowboys who ha 1 anv- j
thins on him. He entertained them i
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