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Jay Bowerman was the first president of the Oregon Senate to become ex-officio governor of this State. When Governor Benson, who was in California because of ill health, resigned his executive duties, June 17, 1910, J. Bowerman by virtue of his office as President of the Senate became Governor of Oregon, a position which he held until his successor was inaugurated January 11, 1911.

The Pendleton Round-Up. The Pendleton Round-Up is the world's greatest frontier exhibition. It is reputed to be a most unique and characteristic, thrilling and exciting reproduction of the sports and pastimes of the pre-civilized days of the West. Its purpose is to represent on the passing frontier—rich in cowboy and Indian tradition—the excitement of frontier life, the barbaric beauty of Indian knighthood, and the romance and rugged grandeur surrounding the American savage, the cowboy and the pioneer. From five hundred to one thousand cowboys, cowgirls, and Indians direct from the ranges and reservations participate in this dramatization of western life, performing many of the most difficult feats of horsemanship; and