East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-04-23
FRED LOCKLEY WRITES SOME
INTERESTING FACTS REGARDING
PENDL LETON IN PIONEER PERIOD

| in 1910, was member of the city
| council.
Hiram F'lickinger, a native of Penn
| sylvania, and pioneer resident of
Corvallis, was also a member of the
city council. Other members of the
city council were:
Theodore F. Howard, contractor and
builder and a former resident of Iowa,
who came west in 1864, settling in the
Walla Wala valley. He moved to Pen
dleton in 1875.
Thomas c. Taylor, who was born in
1852 in Massachusetts and went to-
| Waitsburg, Wash, in 1879, coming TO
Pendleton in 1887. Mr.. Taylor for
many years was prominent in the po-
litical and business life of Pendleton,
later moving to Portland. where he
died
Lewis Reith was an Alsatian, hav-
ing been born in France in 1916. He
came to Umatilla county from Mon
\ tana in 1865 and was one of Umatilla
county's prosperous stockmen.
r. Alexander, born in Germany in
1850. coming to Pendleton in 1873, was
/ the remaining councilman.
/ One of the institutions of Pendleton
OF which the citizens were very proud
was the volunteer fire department,
which was organized in 1879. ]. F.
I Dunn was the first chief, W. B. Mays
! foreman, Lot Livermore president, d.
I w. Baily secretary and S. Rothchild
I treasurer.
Shortly after the organization Mr..
| Rothchild came down to Portland and
bought for the Pcndleton fire depart
ment a discarded hand engine. This
Nhad been purchased in the early days
by the Portland fire Department from
Sacramento. which in turn had bought
it from San Francisco. This historic
old engine was the first fire engine
used in san Francisco, Sacramento
and Portland and became Pendletoni
first fire engine. 1t was shipped b!
boat to Umatilla Landing and from
there it was taken to Pendleton with
out charge by Whispering Thonip
son.
In 1891 the Pendlcton fire depart
company, Rescue Company and tn
Alerts. T. F. Howard was chief of tn
department. Felix r. Mitchell. veter
an employe of the East Oregonian an
a member of The oregon Journal
staff since its beginning, was first az
sistant. J. L. Sharon was secrctaT
and Frank Duprat treasurer.
The officers of Prot oction compan
at that time ware Lol G. Frazier, fore
man: J.cI4 Sharon, first assistant
Frank Neagle. second assist@nt; B. Hf
gan. president; |. f.. Earle, sec-9tar
and A. Wurzwofer treasurer.
Rescue hook and ladder compan
No. l was differed as follows: Josep
Ell, foreman; Walter Wells, first al
sistant; August Bauer, second assis
ant: w. H Jones, president: Horace
Stillman, secretary, and Frank Dupr
treasurer.
Alert hose company had the follo'
ing officers: Erred w. Steusloff, for
man, Mark Johns, first assistant; A.
Despair, second assistant: e. j. Mu
ply, president: c., o. White. secrctar
and w. s. Bowman, treasurer.
One of the Institutions of whi
Pendleton has always been proud al
which has done much to put Pendlet
on the map and give it is reputation
being the largest city of its size IN t
West is the East Oregonian. The Ef
Oregonian was first issued on Octoh
tsz5 Even at that early date Pc
dIeton huginess men were live win
and natronized the newly establish
naner generously Among the mere
an,s VIM advertised in the first iss
m The E,ast Oregonian were Lot Live
moro 7 n. Ralcy. William switzl
q w yahh & Rothchild, ID. NJ. Ia