Devoted to the Interests ot Eastern Clackamas County V olum e 16, N umber 43 PROFESSIONAL CARDS. E s t a c a d a , O r e g o n . T h ursday , A ugust 2, 1923. 1THE OCTAGON ROOM HOT WEATHRR STORY W. W. RHODES At a clerical gatherin g while enjoy­ O STE O PA T H IC ing the after dinner Interim, the co n­ versation turn ed on the subject of P H Y S IC IA N AND SURGEON Office in l.ichthorn Bl'ig., Estacada, spirit manifestations. One of the clergy who had recently return ed from a su m m er spent in England told r . g . f . m id f o r d the following story: P H Y SIC IA N AND S U R G E O N . "T he city of Riseholme is one of the X R a v E q u ip m e n t — G l a s s e s f i t t e d most ancie nt in England, and has a O FFICE and R«3tdence Second and Main Strsets. most glorious m inster, which crow ns the sum mit of a steep hill, rising a b ­ Estacada. Oregon—Telephone Connection* ruptly in the midst of fen country. I recall my first visit to the place, as T ) K CHAS. P. JO HN SON th e train ra n aro und the base of the hill, ju s t before entering the station, DENTIST I happened to look up, and was most EVENING WORK BY APPOINTMENT E staca d a, Oregon. im pressed by the sigh t of the c a th e ­ dral tow ering over my head. I said to myself, ‘1 will lift up mine eyes T A R . W. W A LL E N S unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the S U R G E O N D E N T IS T Lord.' For over 20 years a t Springvvater, Ore. "T he city itself is most in teresting and in the Close su rrou nding the Min­ ster are the official residences of the BERT T. ELOTT C athedral clergy. Some of these are A T T O R N E Y A T LAW alm ost ancient. The Bishop's palace RESIDENT LAWYER though modern, stan ds in the sam e ESTACADA. - - OREGON grounds, as the ru in s of its predeces­ sor, which dates back alm ost as far as the Cathedral. The Chancery is W M . G. DUNLAP perhaps the oldest of these houses, for A T T O R N E Y A T LAW though modernized and rebuilt, much A t E stacada. in the office of Woodle of th e original s tru c tu r e lias been r e ­ R ealty Co., on Saturdays -P ortlan d of­ tained. It is a long, ra t h e r low build­ fice 1521 Yeon Building. ing, flush with the pavement in front, but having a spacious garden, a t the Q D. EBY, back, enclosed with a high stone wall, A T T O R N E Y A T LA W . in which are rem ains of Roman origin, Riseholme at one time was a Ro­ G eneral Practice. Confidential Ad­ for man camp. viser. Oregon City. Oregon. “The front of the house is plain, but possessing a most exquisite example IU T c G U IR K & S C H N E ID E R of an oriel window, which im mediate­ 1VA A T T O R N E Y S A T LA W . ly a ttra c ts the attention. This is in A t G resham office —Tuesdays. T h u rs­ the drawing-room, a long room p a n ­ elled in ancient oak. It opens into a d ay s ana Saturdays, 203-5, Withrow building. Portland office, 721 C orbett corridor, which ru n s the whole length of th e house, on th e opposite building. side of which are bedrooms. Adjoin­ ing the draw ing room is the music MONEY TO LOAN room, which is sep arated from th e for­ mer by sliding doors, so th a t the two P A U L C. F IS C H E R rooms can be th ro w n into one. The A T T O R N E Y A T LAW co rrido r at its north end, opens into a B E A V E R Bldg. OREGON CITY very peculiar room, being octagonal In shape and beautifully panelled in oak, both on its w alls and ceiling. T here is a story in connection with it, which is most in teresting, for until a few years ago, no one knew th a t there was such a room. "Many queer rep orts were c u rr e n t London Lancashire Fire Ins. Co. about the house, which gave it re p u ­ tation of being haunted. Bells were rung at night, footfalls sounded along Keep your policy in our Fire the passages, s tartlin g the occupants Proof Vault, free of charge. of the bedrooms, A person m ounting I the winding stairw ay from the base­ H. C. S TE P H E N S ment to the floor above, would often h ear the ru stle as of a silk dress ahead. The wife of the former c h a n ­ A gent . cellor used to relate the following in ­ cidents : “ ‘I was laid up one Sunday with a * : very severe cold, so did not go to church. I was lying on the sofa in the draw ing room dressed in a silk wrapper, when, about noon, the cook, ! who with a maid, w ere th e pnly others in the h°Use, rushed in exclaiming, "Why, mistress, how could you be so foolish as to go down those drafty stairs to th e kitchen hall? You will surely catch your death of co ld!” I replied, ''Why, w hat do you m ean? I have not left the room since eleven o'clock.” “Why ma'am , Anne and I both heard you coming down the steps as we w ere in th e kitchen, then you turn ed back, and I followed you up, and could h ear distinctly the ru stle of your dress.” “ 'A nother time, my husband was taken ill during the service, and so came home; as he opened the front door he heard the ru stle of silk.1 "So the ghost was supposed to be th at of a lady, but, while heard, had never been seen. Who she was, no one knew. But the footfalls along the passages were too heavy for those of a woman. The Store * "Various explanations were su gg est­ ed; the ru stle was said to be the wind whistling along the passages; ra ts in the w alls might be the cause of other noises and so on. But not everything could th us be accounted for, as for instance, a person alone in the library I would often become conscious of a | presence in the room, though there j was no one visible. “The chancellor being the legal ad ­ visor to the Bishop, dean and Cathed­ PLACE Y O U R IN­ ral ch ap ter, looked after the diocesan SURANCE THROUGH 1 properties, a few years ago, im portant YOUR HOME AGENT WHO j litigation was being carried on, ln- WI LL P R OT E CT i volving lands and endowments of the I Cathedral. Certain papers and deeds YOUR INTEREST | were missing, which it was highly | necessary to produce. During the | comm onwealth period, the Cathedral j archives had been looted, and many old title deeds and records, destroyed j or lost. It was hoped th a t those w an t­ ed m ight be found. The Chancellor | instituted a vigorous search but to no | avail. “One night he was sitting up late in the library, looking th rou gh some old | volumes and records, to see If he j could discover a clue. It m ust have , been nearly midnight, when he hap- WHITE LEGHORNS pened to look up, for the feeling came Bred for Vigor and High | over him. th a t he was not alone. As Ess t reduction. he did so, he perceived a m an standing O ar primary aim is to produce I by a bookcase at the corner of the vigorous, husky chicks; healthy, { room a t his back, w here some old rugged breeding stncK and first folios were stored. The man or flg- class hatching eggs. Hence, in ; tire was evidently an ecclesiastic, be­ many cases, our customers roll ing dressed in a silk cassock and doc­ up b ig g er egg records than we do. tor's gown, and w earing a C anterbury But we hold our mature st»cK ! cap. The Chancellor recognized a r e ­ buck as long as possible a fte r the semblance to the p o rtra it of a prede­ m oult and bring them into laying cessor. who had held office during the as n ear the hatching season as latter part of the reign of C harles I. possible. Thus are