East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-07-13
Thrung Estimated From 5000 TO
5000 Gathers Here Yesterday as
Historic Relic Arrives.
DEMONSTRATION PATRIOTIC
Bells Are Rung and Band plays STIR
ring Airs As Special Train from
Philadelphia Rolls Into Local
Yards-Everybody Is Given Ample
Opportunity to View the Bell.

Pendleton and Umatilla county saw
the Liberty Bell yesterday A crowd
estimated from 6000 to 5000, gather
ed in the O.-w. II. & N. Co, yards
last evening to view the relic of Rev
olutionary times which Is making its
longest pilgrimage, from Philadelphia
TO San Francisco. Members OF the
party accompanying the bell declared
the Pendleton crowd one Of the larg-
est that has greeted the bell in a
small city on the entire trip.
The special train was late In ar
rlvlng In Pendleton, pulling In from
the east at $50. just one hour be-
hind the schedule time. Despite this
delay, the crowd waited patiently and,
when the train. decorated in the ma
tional colors and with the picture OF
Washington on the front Of the en-
gine, rolled in, broke into enthusias-
tic cheering Bells rang over the
city and the band played patriotic
airs
No time was lost In spotting the
gondola car bearing the bell between
the two platforms which had been
constructed At once the crowd began
streaming up the steps and half
hundred special police kept them in
= line and moving In orderly process
sion. To escape the congestion, hun
dreds mounted TO the tops Of the
boxcars nearby and thus received an
unobstructed view.
Everyone was able to see the bell
and see 1t closely. Some saw 1t from
both sides and a few, waiting until
the crowd had gone. inspected It
from underneath. Nearly all We're
surprised to find so large bell ana
to see Il in such a good state of pres
eryation. The inscription upon II
could be plainly read by all and the
historic crack, which silenced the bell
when II was being tolled for the death
of Chief Justice Marshall was easily
seen from a distance.
Members OF the common and se-
lect councils Of Philadelphia stood
upon the gondola car and passed out
cards. booklets. badges and other
souvenirs to the crowd The Quaker
City's four largest policemen stood
at hand as guard for the proclaimer
OF liberty
Though an hour late in Pendleton
and scheduled for a 10 minute stop
only. the special train remained in
the local yards for nearly an hour and
a half in anpreciation Of the reception
given the bell. It was 1850 when the
train pulled out for Walla Walla.
Indians See Bell.
The delay in reaching Pendleton
was caused partly by stops made up
on the Umatilla reservation to per-
nit the Indians to view the bell A
stop was made at Cayuse where the
Indian celebration is being held, and
it is doubtful whether the red people
were half as interested In the bell
as the Philadelphians were In them
The Indians put on a war dance while
the moving picture machine ABOARD
the train recorded the scene. Al
Mission another stop was made to
permit the Indian children OF the
agency school TO see the bell NOV
ing pictures were taken there also
and the crowd in Pendleton was
caught by the official camera as
well. Hundreds Of cameras and ko-
daks in the hands of local people
were focused upon the Liberty Bell
and snapped.
The crowd that came in from over
the county fully justified the predlc-
tions made of the interest in the visit
of the bell From Athena, Weston,
pilot Rock. Adams, Hermiston, Echo,
stanfield, Umatilla and other points
came many and almost the entire pop
ulation of Pendleton turned out. The
crowd was most orderly one and
no difficulty was encountered In
handling 1t.