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Homo Happenings.
Horn, Id tha wile, of J. Uria, it
vtt ,
c0. M.Cuwn tit very kUiIv ini-
Mr. Johnaun' condition eoutimte
lu tlowtv improve,
Mr. Will Tot wa x-bitlng tu the
vily flu tt week,
lUyea A Wade have uuied a real
eatate mltce at the oAIm of U. K, Have.
'Chore is i oluip in W. C, John
An' money notice which wiltlm plea
iitit to ihoite needing; money,
llarley Pleven w In t'vrtUiul ev
erl day the that ot the week operating
(or the I'odal relcgiaph Company.
The Htm of Ft ye A Jintith, engl
noor. Ii;t dtswilvd, Mr, Sidney mith
Illicit. t- It) COtllillllll til the Oltll'W Iter.
V. V, Uialey im in itiwn laat Fri
day. Ho thmka that tin- Willamette ha
taken away Hourly three acre uf hi
farm,
Mr V. tt. ll.iMi, formerly of Ore
gun tily.di.d i lr h.ttue hi Sil.'iu.
Feb, HMIt, il cuiMtituptiou, felie Wa Ul
Mrs. Kiiium Klehard, nee lhur,
eatu ij tuu r..Uua im Sunday to
viait Irion. I., mill we tii tWt' U-in;
lwrv.tluti.
0. I1. K 1. 0. l-atottreltelntHI lltoud
their la vitlli-v to tli rear ul tin? Ctiiu
litercitii liaufc, which w til he their er
lliatlctlt uJiiiV.
Aivi!inR, lt week Wtnlnt'wliiy
two yimnjt men from 0vem named
Carter and lavldm rode tip to ee Iii
flood. They jutt their huree In Noli,
lett livery barn and they were fed,
When they came to pay the bill a de
pute aruee about th teed during which
Curler mM any man thnt an id the
horse were ordered fed wa h Uar,
John Nobtott kevl him l( ht mctuit
him nl mvlvtnf ul(Hutllly mi (.
llrtimtiv wly, m1mU ml ulnitk
him, A jury trit of John Nolilcll Im
for Juittlc l-'mitii on Mnily (or mimuII
rptulunl In venlict of not (tuilly,
Fihii I'miTKcrtoN , Chief Knulnccr
Uyn, of I he Urn )cuHmcnt, m In
I'ortlmul to ihh'uw k IihiuI or tcm en
Bine jiMtwilon uuint lire, wlilln th
Ur work r' lnlnu rvHtiiTil. Ho
foiiiul no hml viitiim, uti.t llu cily lira
Ulrtitint thought it conUI not r
u tt Uriim ciiin for few wkn, hut
the chief thought it het to refer the
mutter of nen.Hnx mi engine up here for
four or live week to th roumitimUuirra.
They pruinimHl lo ml vttr Tnelny.
The lire (smintUiiioiier wiiil tlmt In ciiih
of lire hew to telcjrith him an.l he
would hnnoHlintely ilixontch twocutiinvi
lo our re-u with nil htte.
How lr IIaitkmiu. Mr. Jmiie Sliw
whow mtrrow iwh- from ilrownluij we
noted In Ihotlood, Icllnhow ll hn'iiel.
lie Myt tlml neither h nor I'luey hud
the lca,l Ide of diiir, hut when jntrt
way from the factory to the hrldtje lhy
met ctMiij! rtiltirn current at;niiiat
which hf with one oair vt oar could
J.U. Ikutitvtl ati.l witrenij(rotu Uiake nu headway. I In t.d.l (line tlmt
Mtlnsukic, on Mtnday. He Mtya the
flood w a aw ay up tlifiw, and JoitiK'
him in lu mill tome.
taut Sunday wa ctimutunlou day at
the PrtabytvrUn chun h in thit city, and
Kev. ti. V. tiib.my puhlicly aduiilte.1 to
the church nintevu uiembem.
Monday night the cotutruction
train nvt up na far an the north hank of
the Aberuetliy, They expect to run in
to thin place laat uilit or t-day.
CowiiiK A CowiU) have utued their
law ottii'o to the mviu acrott the hall
fruui Tua KsviacaiKt where they may
hereafter v found ready to give legal
ad view.
Tim uicuiU'r of the republican
reutral ouiumitleu for New Kr ptrcinct
liMn rvsigucd. Chairman I.. T. Uariu
haa tilled the vacancy l y apKiiitint: K.
C. Mad.Uk.
frank Buach, of the O. C. Furniture
Company, came up from Tortland Sun
day, having cloeed their warehouse there
while he help to get their factory oe the
Clackamas in diaue.
The Hank of Oregon City ha pur
chased of John Myera the building and
land adjoining the bank, including the
ground and two boueca back, and ri
tendmg through to the alley.
Two veteran ami auccemful mover.
C. X. (ireenumn and Joeeph Hedm' had
charge of moving Mer. ijttourelte'i
and Cow ing'i nafe on Monday, and they
did the job up quick and well.
Tim Oregon City Kleclric Company
are arranging to put their pbnt in place
again and wilt have light ready junt a
uon aa water can )e obtained from the
baiin, which will, lliey tliink, he inaide
of two wc?k. I
M. K. Willoughby waa in town on
Monday arranging to move liia family
fit next Tuemluy. He any that while
ome thing went low at the ante, yet
the aggrrK'e wa alHiut t"0 more than
he thought it would bring
Mr. A. H. Klaiiaon, aiwiilant editor
of the Oregunian, waa in Oregon City
ycnterdiiy on hi way home from a tour
of the valley t ) investigate the luavt o
the tlood He traveled by all manner of
conveyance, especially afoot.
Wni. Harlow wa in town Tueaday
He i jimt mw buiy getting out a big lot
of piling for the O. A C. K. K.. He ay
that the pile-driver i buxy at I'udding
river bridge. He think it will be a
week la-fore the train n-itche Harlow
rotation.
Pi of li I, Ilantliaui now ha hi
fihotograpli gallery again ri-a-ly and for
few day will make the lt cabinet
photograph, group and Htau-ling fig
ure for 'J M per doien. The I'rof.
give hi own perojnal attention lo thi
work. The gallery will he open ou
HundaT, alao
Services at the !iiti-t church lint
Sun-lay. I'rcai liiiig nt II A M. and at
7 ::ji) I M. Korenooii aubjei t ; "'Man'
Ignoraiicfl of the Future." Evening aub-Jei-t:
"A Trim Friend." Hiindav m hool
atll':15 1' M Young n-oI' Meet
ing at tl;jl) I'. M. A coidUl invitation i
exU-lided to all.
I
lliiihost Known - '01
T 1
Fifty
Feet Above
Water Mrk.
Law
mil Accioit, l!ti Us! of Losses is Far
is OMaimMt.
rttOM I.AHr W .' gMIXai'Hiali, MONDAY,
Monday opened cloudy anddroiir with
a teady down pour of ruin w ith iH-ct-vioiiitl
outluirMl of heavy ahowar and m
vera wind. All day Monday people wore
moving till Ml night not iou wa
left on tiruon 1'olnt, and (iooau Flat wa
luioet ettually demrted, Omar K. A.
FreyUg'a tore lltKir at Hie corner of
Fifteenth and Main at reel wu ten feel
above the witter ul !x o'clock, and at
oen o'cliH-k It wu four Incite under
wuter, mid ul midnight the top of the
counter tood out of the wiiti-r,
F'rom four o'clock 1'. M. on Monday,
at which time the water atood :W feet
alxive low wuter mark, till half paat two
o'chx'k Tuetnhty moiiilng, there wa a
couataut ami atciidy riae id live lnchean
hour, From half paat two till half piial
live the riae wu ten tuchca, and the
ncAt two lumra tliri-e and one-half
Inche. During the (oieuooit Tueadny
the water came to a aUmUtill,
The milla and fuclorie on thia aide of
the river had large gang of men buay
alt night SaliinUy, SumUy, and until
eurly Tuewluy morning trucking nut
good and mi-ing them In higher lloor.
The luiH'rliil mill had a man atutiotied
at the break water lo watch, ami In cane
of breakup to lire hla gun, which wa
to le a igual for the Three Slater to
oiind a warning whlntle, Alnint eleven
o'clock Iwoahot were Hred, followed by
the toot of the lmt. A craahlug and
iKHimlng waa hrard alnive, and Immedi
ately the two or three hundred men In
the treet near the Imperial mill made a
ruah down Main treel and for the Muff.
The break rauw-d a -er-ptib!e riaing in
ttie water of ttie baain, but no apprecla
bio damage waa done outaide of the
breaking of the breakwater, evcral hull
dre.l feet of which went nut.
Nearly all the merchant cleared their
door of good, piling thi-in either on the
rouuterud on boii-a or raiaiug them to
ut-tw-r lloor while a few mined out al
together. The Harlow Itotiae wa va
catl at two u'cha-k Tueaday morning
ahortly after the I'ortland llouar
uhaiiduited. Al-iit three o'chnk
the water ptiabe.1 agailiat Chaa. Kelly'
lumae Willi aullli ii-nt force lo crowd It off
it f.iiiinliitiou, and he baatily Vacated.
The moving o thi hoitae (rightrneil
Tin-. l'oe' tauiilv and they l-egan
moving their thing to Frml Charmau'.
Mr, laaac Selling iimveil her lioundmld
effect int.i l'ie' hall Monday after-
w here he had a cup of hot colic and j lumr). Other hoiiaehol-l g-Hxl were
got aome dry clothe after wh ich he wa atirel in the hall, while the artuorv wa
ble to walk up to town. He did not I inadn unite general ue of by all who
he had better hcli with the other oar
Inatead of trying lo ateer the Unit, but
More, any change wa made in their
poaitiona the boat eceuiod to be drawn
with irreaiatible force Into a great hol
low in the water and the nextluataut.he
felt it giving wav and the teru wa
drawn under water. He exclaimed,
"cling to the boat" and grahl-ed the
ide. Immediately the boat wa
drawn under, and he continued to cling
to the boat with all hi might though ll
seemed to remain under the water an
age. At one time he waa going lo re
leaae hi hold and try to get out alone,
then he conaidere-1 that he could not
awimk itrtike o he held on. Al laat
the boat came to the urfiice bottom
i.le up, and he climl-ed to th top, hut
it continued to dip under water. He
oin manage.) to turn the boat over,
but he wa at ill under water a great
part of the time. Jn-t then he ob
served hi hat floating alongside and
concluded to aave it. A he wa taking
it in he found that by handling it at the
water edge ha could balance th boat
perfectly. Derailed tolworuen ou the
hor for help, but they had no boat, i and
While lloating w iftly down directly af- , waa
ter coming to the urf. eh looked for
Chae, but rnuld aee nothing but the
three oar belonging to the boat. . He
tpectcd to is reeked at the Clack a
ma rapid but found them -i mooth
h frit aafe. He then aaw the two bati
coming and felt relieved. He wa over
taken near Magoon' anil taken in there
getaway front home again till Monday
when he got down looking the wore
for wear.
(oi.mi. ntot ff.imm;
Calle-l m-aalon for general purjxaa- :
I'etition ai-king for the oning of
Second tre't from the top of the bluff to
the city limita referred to committee ou
tree! ami public pro rty with Hwer
to act.
Ordinanre vacating alley through
block So. I read llrat time and referred
am aa above.
Ordinance organiiug a lire depart
ment read accond time and paaaed.
Chief engineer of lire department au
thorized to receive a lire engine fnm
Portland to uc during the repairing of the
water work.
The matter of repairing the Ala-rm-thv
winhed, A. F'.. l'atte! being apHiintel to
watch.
Monday at wieuYUk V. M. it atopd
ruining, which gave ome hoe that the
Hood would itibai'ile alter a few hour,
but up tu three o'clock Tueaday, or more
than twenty-four romr after, the river
waa atill riaing. W hat mail the matter
much more uncertain waa the fact that
the linea in every direction were down
and no Word could m aeciircd. The lat
eat a. I v irea on Monday were received by
thi olllce from the Oregouian olhce at
Milk); and the only Information that they
could give wa that the Columbia waa
riaing rapidly, which, if true, would
mean atill higher water for here in the
hae of bark water.
In order to obtain reliable information
of the tlod, Tua F'.s r(Hi-Hiaa wa repre
sented nil night Monday night, the edi
tor Mug in till part of the town, mak-
(he lui'iikwator (Jiive way. I'.vervbouy
ruahed dow n the street and for tint bluff,
The break, however, did not material
ly ttlltict (ho river at thi idw of the lm-
In, W, K. Trail moved hi olllce to the
cement building lit eight o'clock in the
evening and at twelve u'eha-k T, I-.
Charmau moved the l-trl light plant
to the aiune building,
At live o'cliK-k anolher visit wa made
to the West Hide. The alluation at the
exeelalor plant remained about tint same
except that since the laat visit the iMIlca
hud rolled over on It aide, A clrcnlt of
the sulphite mill was uncle and allfound
secure. I went out un the lnui of the
Crown Puper Company. H eiHimed tola
alt svH-ure ami resting easy. Along the
walk of the canal which wm ulloat and
over the lloating timber at the sulphite
mill to that mill which was standing
without u tremor, the window were all
thrown open lo la-rmlt the puaaiige of the
water, and five feet of wuter wft found
on the lloor of the mill,
KKaiiAY.
Tuodav morning hrokecloiidy and all
daylong the water continued to rise.
Pruyiiieu mid truck weai In great de
mand to move the household effect and
atiak of merchandise on Main street.
A the waters continued to rise the mer
chant along the street licglnnlng at the
upHr end of tho aliw-t would move one
by one, MorrU llnalerlck moved the
Itanium at three o'cha k ill the morning.
At an eatlv hour the (idewalka at the
upper end id the atreet la-gan to brek
up and tho hoy ln-gn using them for
rafts.
Hy noon, I. Selling,!), UjrVy,Jo,
Aldrldge, II. It. McCarver and Mr. C.
II. I.. Uurmeialer were moving. I'pand
up crept the water till it It .Tit Wu y
reached the bunk coiner,
At 2:110 III the afternoon the Imm.iii of
lumlier lieloiiging t o tho Crown Paper
Company containing SHJ.IHKl feet ol
drram-d and fiamel lumla-r went out,
An hour later the V. F. P. I". Co, found
their Uhmii of lumber miied w Ith drift and
crowding th building. It waa deter
mined to liuNM-ti UK (Misalble and five men
went out to do th Work, At one lime
it crowded against the office with four-
fill violence, but by chopping, th preaaure
was relieved and the ma swuiigaroiiud
to the other side, when It ws again lux'
eaaary to free it from the building. At
this point the oar to their lat broke
and when the greut maaa swung around
Into the current th men hie I lo run (or
their lives to the building. Unin the rxi(
of w hich they cliiulicd. A bowl from the
shore took them oil ull safe. Al thia
lime a man came running over to thia
side lo say that one of th' men was
drowned. It was, however, one of the
many false rix.rt which have leii
larted and cirrulated during the laat
tew day. The only foundation for the
rejxirt wa thai a man wa jerked oier
Imard from a l-xil at the hore and wa
ipiii kly taken in.
At three o'clock the olllce and Ut
factory at do. Ilrotightnii' aw mill
ahowed aigu of moving and .xn went
down at renin. Ij-m than hour later the
aw mill itsi-tf went down, remaining lit
an upright p.ilion till the Clackamaa
rapida were n ached. Ilii left nothing
.1. .1... ,I.U.L ..... ll.a
Mi.u-iri.- li,o,t iitol.litor ihil n in Hdl waa i
. , , , ! wilted thai beggar description. Awn
ing were hanging al every conceivable
bridge waa referred to the committee on ' ing careful personal observations, which
are k-iven in this article. To describe all
the scenes witiicxscd is iinixwsible, as
they are so numerous, The moving of
families' household effect, and livetia-k
' cobliniied all day Tueaday, boat la-ing
employed. Fvt-ry lxat wu a busy u
: it could lx- and a man with a boat could
I readily get two dollar an hour for hi
Woin j4 jo : service. In ami about low u 111 ull ipiar-
j Cd I ter excitement continued, At the grist
4 GO ; mill and wixilen mill the work of remov
ing tx-rixhublo gixals wa prosecuted all
atrcet and public property with inatruc
tion to confer with the county judge
and with authority to act.
nil. I a ai.i.ow iii.
Oregon City Fnterprixe f '.II 00
CO. T. William 10 00
C Pillow 20 00
W II Howell 40 (Ml
Willamette Iron
John Snyder...
t'barli a Welch . .
Oregon City Klectric Co 12U0t)
turned oil' n( Mull) slrci L itt tlio hunk
and tho water I thirty Inches deep,
Thi inuinlng at 0 o'clock (he Kxcclxlor
mill wit carried away mid one hour
later, the maltreas fuctory was deal royed.
I luring the night the south end of the
O, K. A N, Co,' dock wu bcal'-:i In and
the water wu pouring over the initio
Ihxir ill torrent carrying nil' suck of
feed and dealroyllig toll after ton of
Hour,
A visit to the iMiieliouxo showed the
wit'er Nweeplng through amongst the
pile of flour ucka. The building Itself
hud I lie south end entirely kuix-kml out,
and it was wruiichod two luclu- troin
the liiipioliil mill. A visit to tint Im
perial milt ri-vciiUd tho fact that the
water covered all the machinery on the
lower lliwr, WolWl the cioulinued creak
hif caused hy the heuvy preaurn of tint
waters uhovti showed that the mill Itself
waa enduring a terrible alruln. Torrent
of water riialntil In at the hreketi win
dow and door whilst a huge lection of
th west end ol the mill wa entirely
knocked out, The south end of the O,
li, A N. warehouse is a complete wreck,
W. K. Piutl' olllce ami Ike I'lectrlc
Light rixiiii Is uomiilelely demolished
The support lo the warehuuae coiiveyoi
U gone, a Is also the Hie escape lu the
mill. Holes have been buttered lulo the
walls of tun Iiuxii warehouse ami
that hull. ling Is threatened.
Chiirman thus.' house, occupied hy
C II, Pillow, wa almost a wreck, while
I-ogus A Albright' house hack of the
butcher shop was tilled and in imminent
danger.
hiring Tuesday night Oscar A. V,.
Freylug moved hi stia k of merchandise
into the Congregational church,
Logtis A Albright were uhinergud and
moved their imnit market near the Cath
olic church Put few grocery store are
open li, tewn and ll is almost lmtossihle
to get tupplie
t hi illuming one part of the Oregon
City planing mill was detached and
alloat, while the main building gave in
dication of a siedy collspse Th ina
e'.ineiy ws new and th lo will bea
severe one
Ar 2 o'clock I", Al this hour the
brick work uf the (I, C, Mfg, Co.' olllce
itcisiks.l. and fear of it sHedy de
struction are entertained.
acAritMKii iiktaiij.
The Clackamas County bridge I gone,
and the raihoad bridge i oaly held in
place by the utmost exertion, a drift
wood hu several lime accumulated in
vast ipiauthic The County bridge i
broken III two and hxlged near the mouth
of the Clackamas,
It is probable that (he Pudding river
bridge is also gone.
Iloth bridges aciosa Sucker ( reek
at Oswei'oaie washed out.
The saloon were visited by the
Mayor and Council Wednaaday morn
ing and agreed lo remain close. 1 during
the flixsl.
The breakwater on the east side is en
tirely gone a I also the side walk of
Cauemah The county road to Ca
ileum!, is badly washed out a i alao
the railroad.
Standing iixiu (be conveyor and hsik-
T II E It E
NOME
IN TIIK
-WORLD-
VOt' HIIOHIJl UK Hf)
PAIllll't I.Alt AIIOl l' A
THE MEDICINE
YOU TAKE.
E. G.CAUFIELD&CO.
M like a .ci lnlly of
PURE DRUGS.
a
E. S. WARREN,
Also canie a full line of
T
Furniture, Window Shades, Mattings, Etc.,
Which he offer at
VERY LOW PRICES,
KitJmr CASH or on the
INSTALLMENT PLAN.
JBT You cannot do butler than to call and examinG.JSrj
Co.
Itiii ('Ai r. C. W. AriiiMlrong, of Can
by, report the largest calf of the eason
of the short horn sba k. When twenty
four hours old he weighed it and found
the D'ulc tipi-d at just l.'.'i pound.
It Kii-i-oiiri). Curey Matlock, of
(,'lackamai, while trying to gat a loaded
hell into a gun the lirst of tho weck.ej
ploded it, the powder burning hi face
severely but not fatully,
Stiamkk I.atona. The ti-iiier I.ato
na will hereafter leave Oregon City at
7:110 A.M. and 1 :.T0 P. M. ; nd Portland
at 10 A. M. and 4 P. M. The Sunday
trip will lie resumed, and the boat will
leave Oregon City at 8:.'t0 and 3; and
J'ortluiid at 10 ami 4 ::i0.
Haw Mill Plans. In II. K. Cms
olhce yesterday might have been seen
the plan for the (ihidalonn Heal Asso
ciation saw mill which is now being
pushed rapidly forward to eoniplelioti.
The mill i tu Im two stories and base
incut, 40 feel by liiO, well and substan
tially built.
Aionk, On Saturday of lust week
II, It, Me.Curvcr made tin assignment of
hi businex to W. W. Myers, in fuvor of
hi craditora. He nay that tho asset
exceed the liabilities. Mr. Myers
LVM lift cunnot state the liabilities till
the claims come in, also Unit he desire
to ell tho busines out a un entirety,
ComN(i.-Mr. (1. K. Smith of the W. K.
V, &. P. Co., telegraphed for hi brother,
J . Smith and for Joluiton the
other two inunaginK partner ol the rum-
. pany to coin up from Han Frs-neinco to
look over their building here with
. view to adopting mich I'ln for repair
ing nd remodeling them a will muke
them proof agalnnt all future flood.
- They are axpeuled up on Wednesday'
Htoumer. Mr, fWiwabuchr,o!tho Crown
Paper Co., I aleo ipe:td on tho ume
Kteamer and will doubtless rearraiige the
plans for the Crown mill In auh man-
, fwt m Ui mko It flood proof,
John Harrctt
C Hold.
Schwab liro.
W C Ward...
(in-en Ilro
W. K. K. Co
Willamette Iron Works Kl
J M liacou 135
U II A T Co 76
C K Hums HO R0
7 20
ft (X)
15 00
M 10
111 70
2 00
Pwllllciil Mrctlng.
A mass meeting of the I'liiou I.uhor
forces is hereby culled to meet 'in l'u't
hall on the 2'.'nd of l-'ehruary lit the hour
of 10 A. M. for the purpose of organizing
for the apring citmpaign oMhiI and for
the consideration of Die ipirslious that
demand the attention of every voter.
Invitation is extruded to the unions of
dillerent tinders and especially to the
farmer than whom none can ho mote in
terested or concei lied .
Our mollo Is "i-(uul justice lo all and
special privilege lo none."
W. W, My km,
12 Chairman of the W, Com,
Letter List.
The following I a list of letter re
maining In the postolllce at Oregon City,
Febuary l.'l, 1HIK)
Abbott, Y K
Hrudford, Co llueae
Hark, Kli.u Mr
Caprito, Kalvalore
Carnahiun, hidya
Dove, John
Krikxon, Tilly Mr
Hack, John 2
Harelt, Mnrg't Mrs
Coining, (iuorgn
Corrlcu, Sarah
liickluman, John
Kldred, Howard
(Irandeur, A Sa
Hughes, Juliette Mr. Hickimbothen Mr
llolmon, Kiimson
Riser, John
MctJorinick, Mary
Nelson. Peler
Hharock, Minnie
Hover. Tom
Tuttle, Duran II
Kelly, I'.liii'th Mr
l.lt.cl, II M
Mc.Ciibl.ln.Tl'
Hosm, Frank
Scheur, V. II
Travis, Ilenr
Wright, John V
enry
Van I-oo, Win
When called for pleam) amy when ad
vertised. 3- M. Hacon, P. M.
KheumtttiHtn U caused by lactic :ld
in the blood, which Hood' 8iirpa
rill neutrall.e,ttnd thu cure rheuina-tism.
night. A largo numls-r of truckmen
were ut work for the wixilen mill carting
gixxls from their warehouse and from the
O, H, A X. wurehoiiau to the cement
building. They itlrendy had their weav
ing room II. xt pack el with gixxls from
their lower risims. Should the water
rise to this Ihxir the iluiusge w ilt ho in
describable. At six o'clis k In the morn
ing the water began to ep through the
lloor of the factory olllce and at night it
wasup lo the door knob, All book and
paM-ri hud been recovered.
At the brick mill during Monday af
ternoon the Iimiho muclilliery Was re
moved and the rolls painted to protect
them from the waters, l-ong bclorc
noon the rolls were completely ml
merged mid the wilier well ill) to tho
ceiling of the mill. Nearly all Monday
night Hour w a being carried to tho up
per floors of the mill and to the ware
house when it was stored on the upjHr
lloor, The rolls were hero treated to
cunt of pulut us in the other mill und
Mr. Jiiivia removed to the wiirehotixe,
und afterw ards established an olllce In a
freight car upon the side truck ut the
mill. During the night a lot of (ieo.
Hroughlon' lumber went out, together
with the road und bridge lending to thu
.mill. The old wurehoiiso at the brick
mill Is ulso supposed to have paised out
about midnight. It was under wider o
we could not bo' certain.
At one o'clock Monday night a circuit,
of (loose Flat wa made In a bout und
house were found to hu Just beginning
to tip over and to move from their foun
dation". Thu West Hide mill were next
visited and everything wa found safe
except the excelsior company' ware
house, which wu moving on it founda
tion und the woodshed on tha bank of
the ennui belonging to tho aume com
pany, It contained eighty cords of wood.
Tim fliimo belonging to the same com
pany hud also broken loose und, wing
ing around, had knocked down and
wracked Peter Medruth't house,
A panic wa cuused on Main Rtreotund
in the mill ut the upper end of town by
the whistling of the Three Sinters, when
kmx'ked from under ll. Agmiat tin
building the water lxt will) terrible
violence. The water along th- shore to
Cancntah were running 111 tc "ct high
and the breakwater wa( l ruW to
tal wreck, ithi,- ,
Al an o ch-k the wrchV of the
KxceUior Company awiing .nd Into
the current, ll going being wiiieamxl by
a large number of aople. It aioped in
an eddy jul llow the work wher tt
irrled till some time in the night, when
It went out.
Tuctity night at eight o'chsk the wa
ter were up on the brick Wall at the
factory with a large laxly of water held
back by the baain and drill. I Miring the
evening the lower side of the baain
broke and huge l.-gx striking the Iiiix-- j
rial mill warehoiiae broke in thu aoiith I
wall. All day without atop the water i
row till they were at nine o'clock on the S
Hut one fix it alxive the greut lhxal of
ld. On Main atreet lliey lacked twen-1
ty-aeven incite of Mug high; but
the oMructioii iixin thi id doubt-!
lea had (oiiiethlng to do with this.
w lis a xi.at.
Worse ami worae. Sllll the water
riw and atill (hey continue to wreak
their vengeance ou the inhabitant of
thi community. All night long they
have crept ateadily up. Indication
thi morning ixilut lo a rapid riae in
the Columbia with buck wuter hem in
abundance.
Ial night the wuter of the baain at
the head of Main street gave way and
almost Immediately drift lgun lo ac
cumulate and to pile up arms from the
factory to the lmiwrial mill warehouse.
Thia held the water In check till along
In the night when It broke louse with
a crash and the drift log and water
ruihed down Main street with greut
force, und this morning a regulur rusti
ng current Is racing along the treet,
A large pile of drift I piled up bo
tween the luisrlal mill nd the factorv
A gap of two inche between tho run
way and the mill Indicate that the
ware house I loosing and liable to go
at any moment.
Tho W. Y, K. L. Co', building atill
tund, but i enduring a terrible pre-
lire. Tho Cuptulli of the Three Sisters
which Is lying In thu hssement reported
no duniror vet Incurrud; he stated that
no attempt would be made to get be
low tho full as thu terrible cur
rent would make It Impossible
to stop above the bridge. Tho dipt
further stated that ho apprehended no
duugtir to tho boat.
Tho water him reunited the floor
of tho weaving room and line
wrought tad haviw with the machinery
and good stored thereon. Thu second
lloor of thu boiler house wa lillod with
hired good from the Hour of tho fac.
tory. Its overflew ha damaged im
mensfl mtuntlllc of valuable material
Thu picker house at the wisihm mill
wont out Tuesday night. A perfect tor.
runt of water bout ugalnst thu south
end of thu fuctory and along the atreet
at this point.
At the lumd of Muln - street, great
wave are rolling and a heavy current I
driving down tho atreet Awning are
wrecked, and window broken in, Do-
hrli of all description I plied up along
the atreet, und men are saving the side
walk to relay In anticipation of ucar
cltv of lumber. A trong current I
angle, w indow art- broken in whilst aide
walk are piled In ruin and saw log,
drift-lxit and all aorta of dehria are
carried by the Irrextiblo current aa fur
downaa the corner, (tauti if men are
buay ttt". ut the bank Corner1 removing
dehria so a lo maintain a clear channel
and prevent a gorge, the danger of
which 1 great.
The water continued to rise rapidly
Is-twccn vvn ami ten o'clock. At the
Pins-nix building at thai hour the
water loin bed the mirk of 1NC1. The
rie In the lower part of town wa even
greater and it is maintained ihtit the
lhxal excecdathat of 1 Hall by several feet.
All night Tuca-liiy the upper and lower
river continued to rise; alxive at the rule
of one-half Inch un hour, and below
three times a fl. The elevatoi nxim
ut the luiH-rll mill was lixiseulng at 11
o'ebx k. Water wtu stttn.ling two feet
deep on the Ihxir of the Clitf house, ami
but one hotel in town remained unob
structed hy the Ihsxl.
The I Jitotin warehouse I gone. A x-r-(otial
in-ctlon of the house (long the
riverfront ahowed that nine had gone
out at 12 o'chsk.
The flihid of IMU0 will go down In the
history of Oregon City aa the worst
known a the river stood at noon Feb,
tlth at lllly feet above low water muik.
The hoitvy full of mow ilepoiited since
January 1st over all parts of the Willam
ette valley hegan to go oil' ten day pre
vious, and bcloie it was fairly melted in
(lie valley hem y ruin act lu and the
river begun lo riae quite rapidly, yet not
a feat a hu been known on several oc
casion before. Hot on Sunday morn
ing February 2nd, a itirprisu awaited the
itir.cn of this community. From a
streum conllneil almost wholly within
it tianks thu Willamette hud extended
over the flut below town covering rail
and wugon roiid and surrounding a
number of houses. All day Monday,
Tuesday and until Wednesday noon the
rlvur alluded hy the rain, the melting
niiow and tho tremendous flood away
tin tha valley, continued to rise Foot
by foot and inch by inch It encroached
upon thu domain of man, fulling not In
every iuatuiice to drive him forth, to
gether with such of hi belonging
as ho had time to gather ubout him
Itut in many case It wa impossible to
escupo the Hood and remove the house
hold ell'ecl and those were left to the
morcy of tho wave, Thu there might
have been soon on Uoosu Flut organs
flouting around amidst the other article
of household furniture, Hitch a table
chairs, lounges, sewing machine and
dislum. Hy Thursday tho people hud In
a measure becotno tiaud to these sight
and were hurdonod to them. With
thi preliminary we are brought to the
ditto of the hiHt Isauo of Tim Kntkuphihr
and wo continue on with
TUCHMIIAY.
In tho lust Ihsuu It was noted Unit the
w-utoin had begun slowly to rucodo,
During tha night they had fallen ubout
una foot, hut wi still running through
Main Htteet In a torrunt to ho turned
buck at tho corner of Sixth atroet.
When at thulr highest they weru just
una Inch over the lloor of tho bank of
Oregon City. F.urly Tlmrmltiy morning
tho work, bringing order out of chuoa,
Continued on hocodJ page,
All kinds of yrus seed fot sale at i
lilll.KS I'.KoS,
Men' hetvy hiH- for (1.2') ut (freen
Itio.
Ladlea fine ixtbblu goat hoct at (ircen
Pros for 11.60 a pair.
Koyal Puking Powder, ltlo cans, 50c,
l2o, 4."mj at tlreen Hro.
It doe not lake ell you have got to get
all you w ant at the storo of
(Ihkkn Hro.
Ilest Portland roller flour at Har
low' at 11,00 ier sack delivered in the
cily free.
Ladie French Kid Shoe only 3.40
per pair for one week only at The Ureal
Fastern Slore.
For dressed poultry go to the Oregon
Cily Market-, alao fiesli oyster and
llah always on hand.
Farmer, if you want money, bring
your K)iillry and egg to the OiegonCity
Market and get vour cash.
Walche, Clock and Jewelry re
paired al Mr Hurtnelster' Jewelry
Store. All work warranted.
You can gel a can of Itoval Puking
Powder weighing a full pound for x
cents for a 12 o. can for 4.'i cents, at
(iMKliN Hao.
For your levih use Caufleld's Antisep
tic Tooth Waah. Nothing will Insure
whiter teeth, healthier guru or purer
areata.
Everything maikud In plain figure
you can ave 20 to f0 sr cent, hy trad
ing with Hamilton A Allen at Clacka
maa Station.
Chickama is taking utridc to the
front and Hamilton A Allen al the New
ltrii-k Slore there are telling giajd for
lets than Portland prices.
- If you want to see the lineal at.x-k
of Watchc. Clock, Jewelry and Silver
ware in town go to Mr. Hurmeister,
Jewelry Sloie. Price reasonable,
It 1 now certain that thi year will be
th brightest in the history of Oregon
Citv, If you want to catch onto (he
boom you w ill get your meala at the Vi
enna chop house
l:l', wund of dry granulated xugar,
or 17 pound tiolden C ugr for $1 Wh
Heavy blue overall U0 cnt. Notice
ad in Tua I'jitlhi-hisx for other bar
gain, i Ha Wilton A Ail. is,
Clackamaa, Ore.
We keep all kinda of feed and make
a se'ially of our own chop, graham and
corn meal, (train of all kinds wauled .
I.IVkSAY A SlItTK,
Clackamas, Oregon
Catarrh Can't be Cured
with LOCAL APPLICATION, a they
cannot reach the sent of (lie disease,
CulAirh i a IiIikmI or constitutional dis
ease, and In order to cure It Voti have to
takalnli-rn.il rruicdic. ll.ill'i Catarrh
Cure i taken internally, and ad di
rectly on the blood and mucus surface.
Hull s Catarrh Cure is no ipiuck meill
ciun. It wu preftciihed by one of the
heat plivsiciansin thi country for year,
and ia a regular preicription , It i com
poecd of the beat tunic known, com
bined with the beat blood puritlers, act
ing directly un the luiicus aurlace. The
nertcct combination of the two ingredi
ent la what produce such wonderful
result in curing catarrh. Send for tea
timouial free.
V. J. CIIF.NF.Y A Co.,Proi,
Toledo, O.
Sold by DrnggUt, Price 75 cents.
(UOI'YIIIOUTKtl.)
JC LOCKS,
JEWELRY,
SPECTACLES,
SILVERWARE,
WATCHES,
ETC.
All repairing done
ami warranted.
eg?
(aji-vmuuTKD.)
Mrs. C.H. L BURMEISTER.
LOOK OUT FOR
Tho OREGON CITY SHOE STOKE.
IMMENSE STOCK OF
BOOTS AND SHOES,
LOOK OUT FOR US!
Lowest Prices in Oregon.
HAM I LT0X k ALIjEX, CLACKAMAS
Dry (JikkIh and (IroccrieH, Boots and Shoes.
"Wo Undersell Them Lll
some: f ibices-
sits
i lit 1 ksU M is li
iju iciSr. Ml Iff
S?LsS-I ..B ? o- 1 - llia! 53 1
tt$' "siiS iitat" -."1 frussa s' sss''S6ifT
?? 1 3 e I! s B"isa2 "a"
? 5Si5-"t l---"5-N--aiWSS-ia,;
'"ir . :-'; eai s -y-as 5iSsJ5 J
I'WT l
Tlniae wliu are nuleliteil tu me are re
iiieateil In call at mice aiul pay tip 01
Hie bill will Im plaveil in Hie lunula of a
collector a I neeil money.
J. V. Nukhi, M. 1.
Money to l.cnil.
My money lendiiiK luineai will bo
carried on a natial. 1'artiea ileairuua of
lieinK accuuiinoilateil will plcaae call at
my olllce. I have $100,000 available.
Iltllf W. Carkv Juiinnun.
J( nt Ice uf Appointment of AUnilui
tnitor.
Notice I hereby lveii 11 ml I, tbn un.
ilerNi(noil, Itave been, by tlie lluuoruble
County Court ul Claekilinii county, htute
e( Oregon, duly apointeil ailininiHtiator
of lite tatulo of Coltunail liuckner, do-
ceed. Tberefore all perHon liavinx
vliiini aitiiiimt a'd entuti) are nutitted to
preaent tbo aauie, properly verilled, to
nio, nt tbo olllce of my attorney, 11. K
Cioh ut Orcnon City, Oreuon within alx
niontliH front the ditto of tbi notice,
llKllKI-CA lll'l-KNKH,
AdiniiiiHtriitor uf tbo KhUUi of Colo.
man liuckner, deceased.
U. K. Croa. I
Attorney for KHtiite. (
Jiuuiiity liltb. 1SIK). .
Notice of Final Netllcimiiit.
Notice i lieroby nlvon Unit I lutve
II led in tbo County Court of Clacktuna
Co,, ()i-0iin, my Html report in the mat
torof tho OHtiitu ol J. I.. Thornton, d.
ceaaud, and the court baa appointed
March 3, 18lK),a a day and time fixed
for tbo examination and fur the bearing
of objoctiaiiH to the Rnnie and lor the aot
tlementof Hiild entuto, K. II.Tiioknton
AdmlniHtralor of the etttuto of J,
Thornton, doommed.
H.E.CroH!
Att'y for EHtuto.)
January Oth, 1800,
Stoves.
Stoves.
Stoves.
Stoves.
Stoves.
Stoves.
Heaters
For 'urlorn, diniiiK or Hitting room and
olhce im we have the 11 neat aaaortmenl
ever brought to the city which we otter
at Ih'iI ro-k price. You will luee money
if you don't ee n lielore btiyins.
Cook.
We can junt suit you in vook stove
and ranuoH, luH-auae we have the very
beat made in Htylo and HiuhIi to auit pur
cluiaera. We carry the llneat line m tha
city and can unit our customer every
time.
POPE & CO.
FLOODED BUT FLOATING.
NOW IS THE TIME
TO BUY
Damaged Goods.
CALL AND SEE.
CHARMAN & SON.
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