FRONTIERSPIECE 



some parts of the interior country the last vestige of 

 pioneer and range life, and the art of its calling is still 

 carried on. Times are changing, the march of progress 

 is fast obliterating the dashing cowboy and those other 

 picturesque characters of the passing of the old West. 

 The Old West is dying out ; but if one thinks the spirit 

 of the Old West is dying, a certain three days of any 

 September spent at the time of the gathering of the 

 clans in the little city of Pendleton in Eastern Oregon, 

 will soon change one's mind and will convince one that 

 here is seen the metamorphosis of the Old West into 

 that of the New. 



Man ever seeks to perpetuate himself and his his- 

 tory. In almost all lands there are certain feasts and 

 carnivals. Sometimes they take the form of pageants 

 to commemorate certain anniversaries, the founding of 

 the nation, the founding of cities, to honor saints' days, 

 or in commemoration of historic individuals, events 

 or episodes. This idea is simply a symbolism of the 

 spirit of the people, the most precious, concrete, prac- 

 tical and ideal asset that a people may have. 



The oldest national carnival, the Olympiad which im- 

 mortalized the art and athletic powers of classic 

 Greece, still calls to its Olympic Games in the stadia 

 of the western world the youthful contestants of all 

 nations. Perhaps the greatest and most famous of 

 community symbols is the Passion Play in the little 

 hamlet of Oberammergau, symbolizing a great relig- 

 ious idea; while the Mission Play at San Gabriel out 

 of Los Angeles has both a religious and historical 

 incentive. 



Each year at Pendleton, Oregon, there occurs in the 

 fall a great carnival which epitomizes the most dra- 

 matic phases of the pioneer days of the West — and its 



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