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sIt is impossible to keep in touch
8with the news of this city and
$ county unlets you read the Morn
$ ing Enterprise. From all parts
of the state we receive letters say
ttiis is the newsiest and most at
tractive daily in Oregon represent
ing a town of this size.
WEEKLY ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1866
VOL. V. No. 70.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 25. 1913.
Per Week, 10 Cents
152 KILLED; 400
HURT BY TORNADO
WHERE THE BLOW WILL FALL.
ELEVATOR TO BE
AT 7TH STREET
FOR 7TH STREET
TO BE ENLARGED
MACADAM
ASKED
SUOHS CHURCH
DAMAGE IN OMAHA IS ESTIMAT
ED AT TEN MILLIONS
STORM RAZES 1,200 BUILDINGS
Authorities of Stricken City Bend
Efforts Trying to Care for Thous
ands Made Homeless by
Disaster
OMAHA, Neb., March 24 With
the death list probably aggregating
152 and the list of injured all of 400,
Omaha and the surrounding territory
in Nebraska and Iowa tonight faced
the problem of housing the thousands
rendered homeless by last night's tor
nado. The number of buildings destroy
ed was placed in the neighborhood of
1200 and the property damage at sev
eral million dollars. Belated reports
coming to Omaha tended to increase
the enormity of the havoc wrought
and indicated that much wider ter
ritory had been in the path of the
storm than was at first shown.
The hospitals in Omaha tonight are
full of injured, many of whom- have
not been identified, apparently be
cause their friends are either dead or
among the injured.
Tonight the stricken section of
Omaha is patrolled by government
troops from Fort Omaha and the
State Mlilitia. Governor 'Morehead
himself has taken personal charge of
the state troops. There has been
little or no looting. The business men
are cooperating in every way. The
Omaha hotels have thrown open their
doors for the injured. Every train
into -Omaha today brought scores of
physicians from nearby towns who
have friends and relatives here and
they made up the continual stream
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in garment factory.
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The Lass from County Mayo
EXTRA TO WIGHT
Song, "GOODNIGHT DEAR", Sung by.'MVIR. HARRY CONFER", as
sisted by "THE MISSES HICKS".
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PROPERTY OWNERS OPPOSE
HARD SURFACE FOR GREAT
THOROUGHFARE
OTCILMEN, HOWEVER, MAKE FIGHT
Health Certificates for School Child
ren Cause Discussion Water
Ordinance Read First
Time
The proposed improvement of Sev
enth Street was again discussed by
the council Monday night, when a pe
tition was read from a number of the
property owners on that street ask
ing that the street be repaired with
crushed rock. Reports were handed
into the council several weeks ago
by the city engineer which called tor
either macadam of hard surface im
provement of the street. The peti
tion, which was presented to the
council, stated that the petitioners
considered tiie estimates of the en
gineer exorbitant, and they did not
think it was necessary to improve
the street from Center to High Street
as was called for in the original esti
mate presented by the city engineer,.
Among the petitioners were H. C.
Stevens, C. H. Cauneld, T. L. Char
man, George Reddaway and Fan
Brothers. W. A. Long stated that he was not
in favor of any temporary pavement
and believed that only hard surface
should be laid.
He further stated, "I am not in fa
vor of putting down any temporary
improvement, such as crushed rock,
to wash away in the winter and blow
away fii tue summer."
F. J. Meyer was of the same opin
ion and stated that he wanted a per
manent improvement so that he
would not be constantly be paying
for repairs and resurfacing the street.
He said that if the street were re
paired or macadamized, it would only
be a few years before the property
owners would be called upon to build
a new street.
The sewerage and drainage of the
street were discussed and referred
to the street committee.
The matter of who should furnish
the school children with health certif
icates was discussed by Mr. Tooze,
Dr. Norris and members of the city
council. There are children who
have had contagious diseases whose
parents did not call a physician or
make a report to the health officer.
The children when supposed to be
well returned to school but not hav
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ST. JOHN'S EASIER
E
St. .John's Catholic Church was a
bower of beauty Sunday. The altar
was tastefully decked with flowers in
profusion by the generous minded of
ficers and members of the altar so
ciety. People who have been attend
ing the church for a number of years
rightly asserted that the church itself
and especially the altars had never
before been decorated in such perfect
taste and in such harmony of arrange
ment. The women who were in charge
of the decorations were Mrs. William
MbMillan and her daughters, Ellen
and Anna, and the Misses Meyer.
Masses were given at 6 o'clock and
8 o'clock Sunday morning. These
were both low masses with sermons
and they were both well atended. Five
hundred and seventy people went to
communion during these two masses.
High mass was celebrated at 10:30
A. M., with an appropriate sermon.
There was a large attendance and the
choir sang Loeche's "Mass in F."
The benediction followed. The sing
ing was the feature of the service, the
choir being directed by B. T. McBain, I
with Miss Lou Draper at the organ, i
The members of the choir are: 1
Sopranos Cis B. Pratt, Rose Jus
tin, Irene Hanny, Florence Draper, j
Martina Flanigan, Tillie Myers, Char
lotte Baker. j
Altos Anna Michels; Emma Quinn.
Tenors N. C. Michels.
Bassos Frank Rotter, Sr., Frank
Rotter, Jr., Peter Rotter.
Services were held in St. John's
Church through Holy Week, as well
as on Easter Sunday. Thursday
morning there was the celebration of
the Lord's Supper and mass, and in
the evening prayers and chanting of
the Lamentations of the Prophet Jer
emiah. On Friday morning the mass
of the Presanctified was given, the
Passion read and the Exposition of
Christ on the Cross for Veneration,
and in the afternoon Stations of the
Cross and Lamentations. On Satur
day morning the service was the
Blessing of the Fire, Easter Water,
Baptismal Water, and Easter Candle
and "Mass of the Resurrection."
Of the large number of those' who
went to the Communion, there were
nearly 100 members of the Catholic
Knights of America, who went to com
munion in a body. St. John's is prob
ably the most cosmopolitan of all the
churches in Oregon, having six lang
uages among its parishioners. Fath
er Hilebrand was assisted by another
linguist, Rev. Father Urben, O. S. B.
of Mount Angel.
TRAPPER BRINGS BIG
COUGAR TO CITY
Probably the largest cougar hide
ever brought to this city was. one on
which B. C. Palmer, of Molalla, col
lected a bounty of $10 Monday. The
hide was eight feet, nine Inches !
long and the color was especially j
fine. The animal was trapped about I
two weeks ago about 100 yards from : -
a barn belonging to Albert Engle. ' Announcement of the engagement
While collecting the bounty Mr. Palm- t0 marry of Genevieve Kelly to Lloyd
er received several offers for the skin Bernier was made Sunday. The wed
and finallv anld it fnr 5n Thor la ding will take place Wednesday morn-
little doubt that he could have ob-
tained twice that amount for it in ollc Church. Miss Kelly is the youn
Eastern cities. . gest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
Kelly and has lived in this city all
j her life. - Mr. Bernier is the youngest
A small classified ad will rmi that son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bernier,
vacant room. j of this city. "
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attack by the suffragettes, are boarding up their windows. News Iter
COPVRIOHT HARRIS A EWINO- WASH.
William Cox Refield, Secretary of
Commerce in Wilson's Cabinet.
COMMUNION TABLE
GIVEN CHURCH EASTER
The services of Easter at the Con
gregational Church were made doub
ly impressive by the fine work of the
choir under the leadership of H. J.
Robinson and by the orchestra led
by Gustav Flechtner. The mixed
quartet, consisting of Mr. and Mrs.
T. A. Burke and Mr. and Mrs. Robin -
son sang with fine effect. An inter-!
esting feature of the service was the
announcement of the gift of a hand
some oak communion table in mem
ory of Dr. George H. Atkinson, for
eighteen years the pastor of the
church and well remembered by its
older members. It was the gift of
A. C. Warner and Mrs. W. B. Lawton
in the name of the mother - of the
late Mrs. Elizabeth Warner, who was
for nearly fifty years a member of
the church, also of Mrs. Sophia Char
man, a member since 1853, and of
Mrs. H. C. Stevens. A gift to the
same memorial fund was also receiv
ed from Mr. Cyrus T. Lacey, now of
Ironside, Malheeur County, a mem
ber of the Oregon City church from
1854 to 1874, and a friend of Dr. At
i kinson. In a letter Mr. Lacey relat
I ed how he had joined with Dr. At-
kinson and N. K. Perrin in the pur
' chase of the great bell still used in
I the church and of its having been
' brought here around Cape Horn.
The pastor used a shell of the
Chambered Nautilus brought from
i the Philippine Islands by Captain
' Phillips as the text of his talk to
the young people on -the meaning of
Easter.
GENEVIEVE KELLY AND
LLOYD BERNIER TO WED
lnS at 8:30 at the St. John's Cath-
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"S- OREGON CITY WATER S
S FIT TO DRINK, SAYS WHITER
$ According to a letter from Dr. $
Calvin .Sv White, head of the
estate Board of Health, the Ore-S
gon City water is fit to drink. The S
letter, written March 20, was ad
$ dressed- to Livy Stipp, Recorders
S of Oregon City and read at the $
-$ council meeting Monday night. ItS
s follows: S
$ "Replying to your communica-J
Stion received today, analyses ofS
S water from Oregon City made in $
3this laboratory from January 18J
to,' and including March 18, have S
J all been negative for colon bacilli.
SThis would prove that the filters
$ plant was working perfectly when
$ the samples for- these analyses
Swere taken and no danger could $
S arise from drinking' the water $
therefrom."
$ The letter was read by Record- S
Ser Stipp. Mayor Jones said that$
the health officer had, in a way, $
$ evaded the question at issue. 3
3 Health Officer Norris, who was$
S present, made no comment. The S
$ letter was filed. S
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$473,076 TAXES
COLLECTED TO DATE
Sheriff Mass announced Monday
that $473,076.47 of the 1912 taxroll
$658,760 had been collected. This
i is a remarkable record, considering
that several of the largest taxpayers
I have held back to await a decision
as to the legality of the new law re
; garding the special road taxes. The
j Southern Pacific Company and other
! corporations are among those that
j have refused to pay the special road
! tax. They tendered checks for all
1 taxes but the special road taxes, and
the sheriff, upon advice of counsel,
declined them. Sheriff Mass turned
over to Treasurer Tufts prior to
March 18, $251,531.17 and Monday
turned over $162,101.90. He will turn
over today $59,443.40. The col
lection of taxes was begun February
3. At this time last year $495,759.87,
which included payment by corpora
tions which are holding back on ac
count of the special road tax pay
ments, had been collected. Had they
paid this year the collection would
have been $30,000 of $40,000 larger.
WOMAN'S CLUB TO
RECITE RILEY POEMS
The Woman's -Club will talk about
a real poet at its meeting Thursday
afternoon in the parlors of the Com
mercial Club. The poet is James Whit-
comb Riley. Mrs. E. W. Scott will
have charge of the program, and each
member will recite something writ
ten by Mr. Riley. - Mrs. Allen Todd,
President of the Portland Shakes-
perean Ben Greet Club, will expain
the advantage of outdoor theatricals.
Mrs. David Caufield, president of the
club, urges all members to be in at
tendance. NEPHEWS WANT TO
BE SCOTT ADMINISTRATORS
County Judge Beatie Monday took
under advisement an application for
letters of administration in the es
tate of William Scott for Harry TJp
ham and W. B. Scott, nephews. Other
heirs have asked that T. F, Ryan be
named administrator. Mr. Scott, who
lived at. Pleasant Hill, left an estate
valued at $17,000.
IS
EDIFICE WAS ERECTED IN 1845
Graves of Dr. McLoughlin and Wife
to be Under New Structure
in Memorial Cha
pel The constant and rapid growth of
St. John's Catholic Church parish of
Oregon City and vicinity has neces
sitated the erection of an addition -to
the edifice that has been used as a
house of worship since 1845, and Rev.
A. Hillebrand, the pastor, announced
Monday that plans were being made
for an enlargement to the church
that will practically double its seat
ing capacity. It is expected that the
addition will be ready for occupancy
beore the end of the summer, and
that construction will commence 'be
fore June. ,
St. John's Catholic Church was
erected in 1845 at a cost of $30,000.
The original building was in the form
of a cross, and was only 30x60 feet,
but the cost of labor and material
was so high in the pioneer days that
the expense of building a church was
an item of no little importance.
The" foundation stones are six feet
high, and three feet thick, all of vol
canic rock.
In 1902 the church was enlarged
to coyer a space 30x95, and was ade
quate for a short time, but in recent
years its capacity has been overtax
ed frequently and on Easter Sunday
it became apparent that an enlarge
ment of the church was absolutely
necessary, and so it has been decided
by Father Hillebrand, who will ob
serve the 25th year of his pastorate
next July, to put into effect a plan
that will nearly double the .seating
capacity of the church. It is propos
ed to remove the walls on the North
and South sides of the structure from
the West end of the church to the
cross, making a total width of about.
55 feet. Both the interior and exter
ior will be completely remodeled, and
a new steeple placed on the histor
ic church.
Perhaps the most interesting fea
ture in connection with the construc
tion of the addition will be that af
fecting the graves of John John Mc
Loughlin, the founder of Oregon City,
and his wife. These graves are lo
cated in the churchyard, just at the
Northwest corner of the building.
where they are an object of interest
to hundreds of visitors to Oregon
City. When the new church is fin
ished these graves will be under the
roof, in a memorial chapel. The
monuments now on the graves will
be placed within the chapel walls,
but the remains will be undisturbed.
Embraced in the plans of -Father
Hillebrand is the building of a Bap
tismal Font in the memorial chapel.
The entrance to the chapel will be
from the interior of the church, to the
left of the entrance.
St. John's Catholic Church is the
oldest Catholic Church on the Pacif
ic Coast, North of the California line.
and is probably the only Catholic
Church of pioneer days, except some
of the old mission churches, that is
still preserved and in use. Were it
not for the fact that a large addition
to McLoughlin Institute will have to
be erected within a year or two, to
accomodate the increasing attendance
at the parish school, the plan of Fath
er Hillebrand would have been to
erect a new church entire.
DAVID OLDS DIES
AFTER LONG ILLNESS
The death of David Olds, age 89,
occurred at the home on Falls View
Monday morning at 2 o'clock. He had
been feeble for some time and on ac
count of his advanced age, death
was expected. Mr. Olds had lived in
Oregon City 23 years, coming to this
city from Kansas, his former home.
He is survived by his widow and
four children. The children are Mrs.
Coza Brownsin, of Lincoln, Nebras
ka; Mrs. Georgia Ketcham, of this
city; Grant Olds, of Gladstone, and
Charles Olds, of Goldfield, Nev. Mr.
Olds was a member of the Odd Fel
lows and had a host of friends in
Oregon City. The funeral services
will be held tomorrow in the Metho
dist Church, Dr. T. B. Ford officiat
ing. The services will be at 1:30
and the interment will be in Moun
tain View Cemetery.
CATHOLIC . CONGREGATION
GROWING AT RAPID
PACE
We have 5 and 10 acre tracts close in that will make
you pretty honjes. Get in ahead of the Railroad as prices are
sure to rise when the trains get here in June.
W. A. Beck: Sc Co.
MOLALLA
Exclusive Agents for Gregory Addition, Kayler Addi
tion and Harless Addition to Molalla.
COUNCIL ACCEPTS RECOMMEN
DATION OF HURLEY-MASON
COMPANY
BRIDGE TO CONNECT WITH CHASE LOT
Hydraulic Lift Is Favored by Board
Because it Will be Safer and
the Most Econd
y mical
The location of the public elevator
will be at Seventh Street and hydraul
ic pawer will be used if the resolu
tion which was adopted by the coun
cil Monday night is not changed. The
elevator committee had the report
read, before the council. It was pre
pared and submitted by the Hurley
Mason Company of Portland, which
recommended that the elevator be lo
cated at the foot of lower Seventh
Street in a steel shaft from the West
side of the Southern Pacific tracks.
A tower will be connected with the
bluff at the Chase property by a
bridge. It will then be necessary to
buy or condemn a portion of this
property along the edge of the bluff
and connecting with both Seventh and
Sixth Streets. Mrs. Chase will be
consulted about the proposition of
vacating the alley which rims through
her house, or in giving in exchange
for the right to keep the alley, a
strip of land along the bluff. Bids for
the proposed structure will soon be
advertised.
The Hurley-Mason Company did
not report favorably upon the location
of the structure at Sixth Street be
cause its management said the street
was too narrow .and would become
congested. They also stated that
Seventh Street was directly at the
end of the bridge and would there
fore be more convenient.
The company favored a hydraulic
elevator because it is safer than an
electric machine, more rapid and can
be operated at less cost. An inclined
railroad and any- type of an escalator
were not considered by the commit
tee on accotnt of the excessive cost.
. E. 0. MAYER .
HAS SERIOUS FALL
Mrs. Edward O. Mayer, formerly
ftits. Annie Marshall, of Canemah, is
in a serious condition as a result of
a fall at her home in Portland. Mrs.
Mayer, who is a sister of Mrs. Peter
Smith, of Canemah, was tripped by a
wire in the rear yard at her home.
It -,was thought at first that she was
not seriously hurt, but a physician
after making an examination said
that she must remain in bed for sev
eral days. He later announced that
she had sustained internal injuries.
CANBY YOUTH HELD
ON CHARGE OF GIRL
PORTLAND, Or., March 24. (Spec
ial.) Arthur Knight, awell known
young man of Canby, was arrested
Tuesday night by Patrolman Coulter
upon a charge of assault and battery,
on complaint of Miss Ruby Caldwell,
a registered nurse. The complaint
recites that Knight attacked her Tues
day evening at 514 East Market
Street Knight says he became in
volved in an argument with Miss
Caldwell, and was compelled to hold
her to keep from being struck by the
woman. "
In the scuffle the young woman
seized his necktie, drawing it so
tightly around his throat that com
panions had to go to his assistance.
After learning of the warrant, Knight
went to Canby. His relatives there
sought to protect him from arrest.
M. J. Lee, brotiaer-in-law and Mrs.
M. V. Brondtl, sister, signed bonds
of $1000 upon his arrival in Portland.
TORNADO KILLS. 18.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind., March 24.
Eighteen persons are known to have
been killed, 250 are seriously injur
ed, 275 homes are destroyed and oth
er property damage, estimated at
nearly $1,000,000, was the toll of the
tornaido that devastated Terre Haute
and vicinity last night. Tonight the
officials in charge of the rescue work
say the list of dead will be increased
as the searchers clear away the de
bris of wrecked buildings.