East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-29

Shown I'm Booth.
A booth which probably has more
interest to the old residents of Pen
dleton than any other at the district
fair is the fire booth of Joe ELL the
c!ty's only exempt fire chief. There
IS a crowd about this booth at all
times of the afternoon and evening.
A very enjoyable meeting Of exempt
firemen was held there yesterday
morning for the purpose of having
their pictures taken I'm group with
their exempt certificates which are
there on exhibit. To secure an ex-
empt certificate 1t is necessary to
serve seven years in the department.
Those present were Joe Ell, exempt
chief, who occupies the center OF the
group. on his right are John
Vaughan, present chief; Charles
Greulich, ex-chief; Jesse Failing. Ed
Money, Tom Swearingen, Frank Du-
pratt Frank O'Gara and Arthur Glib
sen.
on his left are T. E. Howard, ex-
chief; w. r. Wlthee, ex-chief; and L,
G. Frazier, ex-chlef, and Darr Phelps,
Peter Anderson, c. c. Hendrix, Doss
Swearingen, John Russell and e. ].
Murphy.
Others who have exempt certlfi-
Gates are Sam Christensen, James
Lehman, Ed Thompson, Tom Mlar-
key. ST., Peter De Young, w. S. Wells,
Peter Medernach, L. Larone, J. H.
Itennng, John Greulich, Derwood
Waffle, Max Baer, Joseph Basler. J
L. Sharon, Walter Bowman, w. n.
Wells, Henry Schwartz Frank Light,
II. o. Mossu. John Russell, L. d.
Drake. Al Despair, Ralph Folsom,
Leo Eggerth.
Among the most notable views in
the exhibit are two large colored
panoramic views of the Chicago fire
Of 1871, and the San Francisco fire
Of 1906. Others are the Weston fire
of 1888, Seattle conflagration of
1889 and one of Spokane in the same
year.
There is also picture of the
burning of the Robbins House on
Garden street in 1888, and in which
William Roper last an eye.
In the center of the views is
large photograph, 1Sx72 inches of
the great Baltimore fire of 1904.
while above this hangs a banner en-
tirely covered with badges of the diff
ferent firemens tournaments. and
programs of firemen's balls. collected
by Mr.. Ell during a period extending
over a number of years.
In the exhibit are also two views of
fire drills taken in 1885 and in which |
appear the old steam fire engine. now
on exhibition beside the booth.
Among the Pendleton early dav
views is a picture of the little red
school house block. taken in 1872. |
Theo Howard and Gus Burgy in their
boat mob HILL" in January. 1883.
cutting their way through the ice as
they were crossing the river.
There is also picture of the great
flood of December II and l6, 1888. |
The view is looking north at the in /
tersecti9n of Alta and Garden street !
and a picture Of the boy band. This
was taken July 4. 1885, when w. D /
Fletcher was leader Still other views
is one looking south on Main street
from the bridge, taken in 1882: one
OF Main and Alta, taken on presiden-
tal election day when Cleveland and
Harrison We're running in 1888: one
looking east from the intersection of
Main and Court streets and showing
the Fourth of July parade of 1889
There is also picture of the base
bah team of 1883. At that time the
interest in baseball ran so high that
Captain Martin and John Bentley
hugged each other in the grand stand
at Baker City, when the game was
won.
Panoramic views OF Pendleton as
it appeared in 1864, 1869 and 1884
are also on display.
There are also two large colored
pictures representing the western
spirit of the two counties holding their
fair together, The suit displayed on
the figure is one which was used in
Pendleton July 4, and Walla Walla
July 5, 1888, 1t was worn by the
Clipper hose team of which Joe Ell
was a member.
The large red bell hanging in the
center of the booth represents a fire
bell, while fire hose decorates the
front of the booth. A toy fire engine
drawn by three horses. and a chiefs
lantern used by Mr. Ell during the
time he was in the service, are also
to be seen on display.
The space in the middle of the booth
and separated by a railing represents
m insurance office, the business in
which Mr. Ell is now engaged.
The collection comprises photos of I
nearly all the fires which have oc- I
cured in Pendleton and the princi- I
pal fires of the United States, besides {
some views of fires in other coun- '
tries. Mr., Ell has printed a brief ac- q
count which appears below each pic
ure so that everyone may fully un-
ierstand the scene represented. He
also has scrap book containing {
newspaper clippings of the Pendleton I
fires
The booth represents an immense {
amount of work, but Mr.. Ell feels am !