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Ore City -4 JQ.AVJL VOL 31. NO. 52. OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY. OCTORER 22, 1897. ESTABLISHED 18G6 NT RISE. MKI.DKUM. WUHVKYOlt AND CIVIL ICN(f INKKIt, JW 1J order r i n 1 1 attended to, l'uoliillliw ililri' Oregon ?ll v. l!tlliica tit M it ! I r 1 1 ii i I'litce, mi Knt dhln Klm-trle Ilim two wllea juirlli ol Oregon CHy, Q I), A H. 0. LATOUhKm, ATTORN KYH AM) COUNKKI.0UH AT LAW MAIN SrilUKT 0IIICCI0K CITY, OHKOOH. riirlllatl Atiatranli of TUIn. Imn Molipy, Koro tilmo Mi.rtuitKf. ami trau.aut Oouvral Law limine... J It, CIIOHH, ' ATTORN KY AT LAW. WlU pRACTIC IN All, ClfllT or Til K STAT Ural Katnu and Imuran. Vfllconn Miiln HlrM l..t. Hlxth and Hovenlh, orkuon i itv. im. J. K. MA It KM, ATTOItNKY AT LAW. CO S" 3 P CO tz u o 5-2.3 3 .2 3 3 PI 3 ssr?.3 5-0 2 sr. B ! It r. till it i-a ri. ?: c 2 B ?r ' r3 ' 't !r-s a 1 er 2 o o?" o-r3c3-r''-; I', .. i'.M COOLi;A'S I'll. LAI.'. Rornntitle Imlliin Legend Connected Willi This Wonderful Hoik. Will .r-tliK III nil llm roiifH of lhi date Olllr (ipolli I'linrt linnae In Oaiiflelil building. c.H- DYK. ATTORNKY ANI ('01'NSKLOR AT LXVjf H I I ff ird',an mn.l ' -p. mm -M'KHl minion. Hi 1 ! ii I l'ui.ii'l Kunom Othav fit. I tlnr .h1...iIh lU ik ol 0 C'Aljr iuiih tit. oiikuok Fresh Fruit-Best Quality Fine Table Groceries I iivhh. l'rict'H as low as to bo had in the city. FREYTAG'S GROCERY, Corner Main aud Fourteenth Sts. da 0. iimiKix. I KOWNKI.I. A CAMIMiKU. . u, tiiriiI.U ATTOUNKY.S AT LAW, Omuox 'it. OkooH. Will .frll. lu ill thr rotirtt ol the (le, 01 flc, In I -nil 1 1 Ui' iliim. j. ii MII.LF.K. IIKNTIHT Kuvuiilli nltfit, iiinr Kuiilliurn I'ai'lllt1, di'wt, On'K'in Cily, Oreiton. . c.n- ISOM. CIVIL KNOINKKH am DEPUTY COUNTY SUKVKYOIl. Will 1m l rotirt Iioiina on cm li Palm-day and on rvnlar fHi(ui duyi o( county court. j j T 8I.AUKS, NOTARY I'UriUl). Inmiraiipa wrlllen In tho lliinloril.ol lUrtfonl, rlUiie. Hamburg of Hri'ain c I.AC'KAM Art AIIHTR ACT TKt'hT CO. VurnUb, Alt rliln of Tll'e, h-crli-tliMf, Ixmiin, luaiir ii rn, l'y Trnu I'rrfevt Tlll. atn., via (Hlii ovi r iimik of Omiion t-T jr. J. K. I LARK, l'ra-.,iiJ M,t. IIIIION CITY, ... - OHKllllH. D. w KINNAIKI) CIVIL F.NIilNl'.KK AND BURVKYOIt. Kollwajr lacimlon mid Piiimlrupllon. trllti. iUiiamnl omliniiiui lur wir supply OraliiK "ixl mri'i'l Improvvmont of towtit BpocUl Uli'iillcm kIvi'H to Criilitliig ami blue liriiitliiK EZZ2ZZ2SZZZSJ wit lefc We re headquarter for Air-TMit llpater lurfftit stork, low t-Ht ir ices. We aro aim) amenta for the celebrated Canton Clipper Plows, Harrows and Cultivators. AIho lor the Simonds Saws. Steel Ranges Cast Ranges Stoves all prices. We carry a full htot'k of everything, in the Hardware line, waon wood, iron, steel, iiiiiiih, jiiiw, etc. Dumbing and all kind of jubhiiiK neatly and promptly done. Kntiinatt'8 furninhed. - POPE St CO. (Corner 4th and Main Streets, - Oregon City. T W. WKI.fi!. (J DENTIST -Willuinutto Hid., oppohito IWofllce. to 12 Olllce hours from 8 a. m. 6::!0 . in. 1 to L. POKTKII, ATTORNEY AT LAW Burn acts or raorKRTY runmaHiP. Ortlce next to OrogAn City bank on Oth street. 0. T. WII.UAM8, KKAL KHTATK aTd LOAH AQKNT. A good Una of biuliipKB, roNldence and auburbau rropuriy. farm I'roperty In traota to ault on eaay tormt. Corroiipondonoe promptly anaworod. Ollloa, ono dour annul of M 'tliillnt oiiiituii. milK COMMERCIAL BANK, OF OltKUON CITY Capital, - . 1100,000 TkA NMACTa A OKNSRAI. RANKING RtlHINKaa. Loaut mado. Ililla dlaooiintud, Mnkoi cnl- Jeotiiina. Iluya and aulln exi'liniiRi) nil all puluta In tho United Btatva, Kiirope and Hong Kong. Dopoalta rclvod aulijuvt to chock. Hank opou from V A. M. to 4 r. M. D. C. LATOURKTTK. Proaidont. F. K DONALDSON, Caahler pANK OF OUE0CN CITY, Oldest Banklne House Is tie City. Paid up Capital, IMJ.OOO. Hurpliu, ju.H.V). raaatnKNT, OHAai.aa H. CAuriai.D. Tlt'l rHKHlDINT, KO. A, HARIIINS. OAaHIKR. CAUFIILD. A general banking bualnoaa traniaeted. iJopoaita received auboot to check. Approved bllla aud notoa dlaoouuted. Count) and oity warranta boiiKht. Loana made on available aeourlty. Exchange bought and Bold. Colleotloiii made promptly. Uraltaaold avntlaole In auy pa of the world Telngraphlo exchanges aolil on Portland, Baa Frauolaoo.f'.UlOHgoaud Now York, nterent pal J on time deposit!. Few of the people of the Northwent in the hurry and fiiuli incident to life In a new country, ever take time to view and admire the many wonder which nature ha no lavinitly henlowed npon (hi sec tion of the United Klatc. Stranger comitiK here cannot Bnveiioiiuli in praiHe of our nnoW'Cttped mounlain, tnnj'tic waterUI), Krand river and the many wonderful and trane work of nature lo he wen in aluiOHt every locality, while to the averse Orejfonian thene grand and "we-lriHpirniK heanlie of nature are of little ink-rent and are pa iced unno ticed, or if observed at all, it 1 to enli inate the number of hornepower in the waterfall, the amount ol limber per acre, or to deplore the inouiitaiii aa a UHelee pile of ruck. Only three rniVa oulh of Oregon City, on a high clitr overl'xAini; the Willam ette river, in, from a geolog'iHt'g point of view, one ol the mont wonderful rock Nono hotter in the city. A (tplcndid Holcction and all , fonimtiomi on ttie ia;ific coast, itiaa pinar oi nana 1 1 rock noine ii ieei uiri. The flmteiitht feet of it from the ground 1m only alnjut 35 i milieu in duuneter, while Hie remaining 12 feet of tlie tjp in over eight fept in diameter and It aland a perfect and erect aa an Egyptian tnonu metit. The iinpiT p.rt in wHtiinaled to weigh at least tW tons and so delii.-ately poiwtd ia thii mounter load upon its slen der bane that it luok a though a strong man mittht push it over and send the max with a crash to the bottom of the cliir, some 200 feet bciow. It rest on the very ediie of the cliff and the rock surface hack of it n quite level, giving no indication that this pillar wan once a part of a dyke, and how it came to tie ! formed is a puzzle, even to a geologist. j The erosive effects of wind, water and i frosts have probably, in the ages pant, cut away the surrounding rock and left this point, which happened to be harder than the balance, to stand out as a sam ple of the wonderful work performed by nature. This cliff juts out boldly toward the Willamette river and from its crest a splendid view of the river for a mile each way up and down can he had. It has a surface of about five acres, back of it risiim the main blufT of this range of hill tome 50 feet higher, so that it top is a plateau as though leveled ofT bv some giant hand. To reach this plateau there is but a single trail up the steep sides of the cliff, which is as rough and hard to climb a the celebrated Chilkoot pas. Traveler passing on the boats on the liver, and on ihetrains of the South ern Pacific railroad which runs along the river bank at this point, have a splendid view of this picturesque cliH and the wonderful pillar which crowns its crest and it hag become one of the scenic attractions of the illametti; valley. Another strange feature in the forma tion of this cliff is that some time in the past there were three other pillars along its crest. They being about equal dis tances apart along the semi-circular front of the bluff, which has about a quarter of a mile frontage. But these pillars long since succumbed to the erro sion of the weather and nothing but a small portion of their bases now remain So far as known this strange freak of nature has never been photographed, so recently Photographer Cheney, accom panied by the editor ot the Enterprise, mado the ascent of the cliff with the result that Mr. Cheney secured three fine negatives showing the pillar from three points of view. The pictures of it. he has on exhibition in his show window. being very clear as to detail, showing the rock with its coating of moss and lichens in all its beauty and grandeur. Another freak of nature cennected with the rock is two fir trees not oyer 20 inches high, which are growing on its summit. These little trees are evidently as old as the. surrounding forests, whose trees tower up 200 feet high, for they at the time of the visit were loaded with tinv cones not larger than a baby's anger. It was plain that the little cleft in the rock had fur nished them so little sustenance as to effectully dwarf them, as though grown under the care of a Japanese gardner. A ROMANTIC INDIAN LKGKND. As was the custom with the' Indiana of this Coast when any phenomenon of nature could not bet accounted for, the tribes of the Willamette valley had a legend connected with this pillar that was both romantic and pathetic. It was, in brief,that in the good old timep, many colds ago (the Indian term for winter,) before the coming of the white man, there dwelt at the great tutu-water (the Willamette falls) an old chief by the name of Chelko, who was one of the most renowned chiefs of the Clackamas tribe, the Indians who once possessed the lands in and about where Oregon City now stands. This chiet Chelko had a beautiful daughter by the name of Nawalla. Now Nawalla was just like the pale-face girl of today, whose fathe r is rich and influential, she had suitors owu.lnfltilFimf irp.mtun. 1 on the cliff overlooking the blue waters without number. Among those ardent j the white man's "ins and curses had youth was Coolea, young chief of the come to destroy a once happy nation. Molalla Indian, whxse territory Cooks' pillar, as it stand in its adjoined on the south that of the , loneliness and Clackama tribe and whose land em braced the region drained by the river! of the placid Willamette, is idly gazed now hearing their tribal name, j npon each day by the Dale-face travelers Coolea had met the fair maiden many I who pass upon the train and boats with times in the trips he had made to the ' little thought of the sorrow and heart great turn-water to spear the fat and j aches for which it aland a silent me luscious salmon, whoee numbers were oi mento. great at that time that the Indian ...REPAIRING... Having secured the services of a first dans workman we are pre jmntj to Jo mending and repairing of all kinds at reaBC-nable rates. KRAUSSE BROS. The Shoe dealers. BARGAINS are saiil to have crossed the river on their hacks, as on a hridue ol pontoon, and the more he saw ol her, the more he determined to possess her for his bride, I!ut with the perversenes that so often control her pale-face sister, Nawalla would have nothing to do with the young Molalla chief, and to add to Coolea' dif ficulties in love making, the old man displayed an eqnil aversion to him, in fact so great was his dislike to this in trepid youth that he turned the dogs upon him every time he came near the paternal tepee. Coolea, as became hi position a a rising young chief in hi tribe, was young man not to be balked by so trifling difficulties a these, ho he determined to gain possession of the fair Nawalla, even though he had to resort to kidnapping to secure her. So one dark night while old Chelko and his men were away spearing salmon, Coolea with three trusted companions stole into the Clack amas village and seized Nawalla anil carried her off to his home on the Molalla riyer. In the Molalla village there was great rej (icing over the daring achievement of their young chief, but in the Clackamas village the tom-tom of war was sounded and Chelko with all his braves set out to rescue hi daughter from the hold marauder who had dared invade his home and deprive him of the joy and comlort of his declining years, and to punish the tribe who had abetted him in the terri ble outrage upon his family. A long and bloody war followed, during which poor Nawalla pined away and died of home sickness and a broken heart, the closing act of the war being the death ot Coolea at (he bluff, where now stands the pillar bearing his name. Coolea and a band of his braves had set out on an expedi tion against the Clackamas anl reach ing a point on the trail abreast of this cliff, and determining to camp for the night, he and his men ascended the steep bluff to the top of this cliff, where they fancied they would be safe from surprise. But they had not counted on the tireless vengeance of the wily old Clackamas chief, for just at dawn ! Resolutions of Respect. Whereas, It has pleased an all-wise God to remove from our midst our well beloved brother, Nicholas O. Walden, who Las loi.g been a worthy member of our order and by us highly esteemed. Rksolvkd, That while we recognize this Divine dispensation as in accordance with the course of nature and the will of our Heavenly Father, and we bow in submission to bis overt tiling Providence, yet a deep shadow covers our live and our hearts are full of sadness because he is taken from us and we shall see his fac no more, nor hear his voice at onr councils. Resolved, That we extend to bis bereaved wife and daughter our fraternal sympathy and promise to ex tend our brotherly aid in their affliction. Resolved, That we drape the charter of the lodge for thirty days in his memory and that these resolutions be given to the family of our deceased brother and to the local press for publi cation. C. II. Dyb. F. T. Barlow. Geo. R.Caliit. Committee. To the' commander and Comrades of Meade Post No. 2 Q. A. R. Your committee appointed to prepare a tribute of respect to the memory of onr deceased comrade Hiram D. Johnson respectfully submit the following: Hiram D. Johnson was born in Harri son county, Ohio in 1820 and died at Portland, Oregon on Sept. 14, 1897. In Sept. 1840 he enlisted in Co. D. 1st Regiment U. S. Artillery, in which he served honorable during the war with Mexico, receiving hia discharge in Sept. 1848 at the expiration of bis term of en listment. Comrade Johnson enlisted early in the war for the Union being enrolled in Co. H. 14th Ind. voluntera on June 7, 1S01. serving faithfully in that organization until Oct 10th 18C2, when be was trans ferred to Battery C. 4th U. S . Artillery, with which he was connected until the closeof the war. m Summer Goods Fall Goods To niako room for conipleto stock of ' largo and from the East, soon to ho in at Thos. Charman & Son's The Pioneer Store. We his surviving comrades desire to Chelko and his warriors fell npon Coolea i P"t po record our appreciation of our and his followers with such fierceness deceased comrade's loyalty to the cause that the Molallas were driven over the of his country, his unfailing deyotion to face of the cliff and dashed to death on the great principals of the Orand Army- DO YOU NEED ANY Doors, Windows, Moulding, Window Glass, OR OTHER BUILDING MATERIAL? :GOTO: C. H. BESTOW I CO- Low Prices. First-class Goods. Corner Uth and Main Streets, Oregon City, Oregon). the rock below. This tragedy ended the war. The Great Spirit had been deeply grieved at the sad death f the youn Clackamas girl and he determined to meet out a punishment upon Coolea and his three guilty companion, as severe as their crime had been atrocious, and at the same time make of them a warning to other youths who might be tempted to commit so dastardly a deed. So the Great Spirit turned the spirits of the four Molalla warriors into pillars ot stone to endure the col 1 rains of winter and the burning suns ot summer until such time as he decided that they had been punished sufficiently. The pillars he placed upon the brow of the cliff, from whence Coolea and his companions had laken their fatal leap, so they were in plain view from the river as well as the trail along its bank. And for ages after that fateful day, when the Indians of the Willamette valley passed thatgrewsome spot ana saw those pillars of stone, they hurried past with averted faces, thinking of the awful punishment which the Great Spirit had placed upon these transgres sors of his law. But the Great Spirit is a forgiving being and as time rolled on his heart melted in compassion for the three unfortunate Molalla braves, who had been led by the rashness of their chief, into the trouble which cost them their lives, so he released their spirits and allowed them to go to the happy hunting grounds to join their re latives gone before, and the three pillars were tumbled to the bottom of the cliff and are a part of the broken rocks now found there. With all the mercy continually shown by the Great Spirit, yet so great was the crime of Coolea that his spirit will yet have to endure ages of torture before he is forgiven and his spirit released and this last pillar be broken and thrown to the bottom of the cliff to mingle its fragments with those sent before. Of the two mighty Indian tribes con cerned in this sad legend, the Molallas have faded from the face of the earth not one being left, and Chief George, who now wanders about the Btreets ol Oregon City begging a crust of bread or a cast off garment, so aged and infirm as to scarcely be able to walk, is the one last person left of the people over whom the great Chelko ruled in the time before and his faithfulness to all the duties of citizenship. Let it to be onr andeavor to emulate his virtues and hi fidelity to duty nntil we meet again "at the reassembling of the Grand Army above." O. A. Cheney. J. A. Stuart. C. A. Williams. Committee. Congregational Church. The services at the Congregational church last Sabbath was of special inter est and were largely attended, special interest will also characterize next Sab bath's services. At the evening service i the pastor will preach the lirst sermon of the following series especially to young people ; Oct. 24 "Your Pedigree, or Starting in Life." Oct. 31 "How to Win; Elements of Success." Nov.7 "The choice of an Occupation, Your Calling in Life." Noy. 14-" Habits." Nov. 21 "Character Building." Nov.2S "Young People and Amuse ments." Dec. 5 "Courtship and the Choice of a Wife." Dec. 12 "Courtshipand the Choice of a Husband." Dec. 19 "Marriage and Matrimony; or what Marriage means." You are cordially invited to listen to the series service at 7:30 sharp. Y. P. S. C. E. meeting at 6:30. Come. Lock ii art, TexAa, Oct. 15, 1889. Messrs. Paris Medicine Co., Paris, Tenn. Dear Sirs : Ship us as soon as possi ble 2 gross Grove' Tasteless Chill Tonic and will not have any other. In our experience of over 20 yerrs in the drug business, we have never sold any medi cine which gives such universal satis facsion. Yours respectfully, J. S. Buownb & Co. For sale by C. G. Huntley, druggist. Books Cheap. Everything required in the school room, books, slates, tablets, sponges, ink, pens, pencils, etc. at Daniel Wil liams, cornet Seventh and Center streets. Full stock of nuts, candies, notions etc., fresh and of good quality. Sold at reas onable prices. Dr. Miles' Nerve Flastera&c. at all druggist.