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MEDFOKP MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON Dream of Bishop Comes True With New A 7 PERFECT FOR ANY TYPE MOM . . . uamonc Church in Town of m. Shasta n i t v?i Is -a- , , v K-1 I.- r. ' i it I v r i i " i I . ' 11 ' y . 4 . ; i; . , , , , - , . A t I ' , " f" '. v . VESTIBULE The vestibule of St. Anthony's Catholic church in Mt. Shasta, Calif., is shown in this picture. The church boasts beautiful mosaic windows. By AILEEN SIMMERS ' Mail Tribune Correspondent Mt. Shasta, Calif On foot, on mule and by stage coach they came. One hundred and ten years ago, the roads were trails and the trails were often un mapped, sometimes obscure and always tough going. In spite of the hardships, how ever, the Catholic priests got to northern California to establish missions, and Into southern Oregon on mission ary visits In 1853. The Bishop of San Francis co Diocese knew the Catho lics in this rugged mining country needed the comforts the practice- of their faith would give them, not to men tion their spiritual salvation. He envisioned churches which eventually came to be, but It was a long hard road to travel. In the meantime the hardy missionaries said Mass in farm houses, hotels, . in mining huts or wherever they were needed, for the hard working, hard drinking min ers in the busy diggings where not only the men but the priests as well had to be tough to survive. Begins to Function The Church began to func tion in the summer of 1853. Father James Croke, working on the Oregon mission, com ing as far south as Yreka to hold services in the camps and surrounding diggings. Father Croke was a man to whom great distances made little difference. In a letter to Archbishop Blanchet of Oregon City, in 1853, he says 'he was at Jesse Applegate's ranch In the Umpqua valley. In a letter from Jacksonville he speaks again cf his mis sionary work in that region, and throughout southern Oregon. Father Croke, who at that time was the missionary to southern Oregon, visited on his missionary rounds up near Patrick Creek and around Myrtle Creek, northeast of Crescent City. Mines had developed in 1854, Redwood Diggings, Big Flat, Growler Gulch, Hurdy Gurdy Creek, Black's Ferry, Altaville and Low Divide to nar.ie but a few. It Is assumed the priest included these dig-, ings on his tours.' Father Croke worked five years in Oregon mission and was named Pastor of Portland be fore his return to San Fran cisco. There was a Father Fierens who was pastor at Jacksonville in 1862 and 1863, and in 1864 Father F. X. Blanchet took over at Jacksonville. Makes Pilgrimage It was probably Father F 1 o r 1 a n Schweninger, a Benedictine Monk, and the pastor of Shasta and Trinity counties who made a pilgri mage to the camps along the North Fork of the Salmon ri ver at this time. There is rec ord of a Father Walrath who rode on his mule to Smith river and Trinidad for serv ices. Father Florian is record ed as having gone by mule to the Smith river mines to the north. , Two young Irish priests, Father James Cassin and Fa ther Thomas Cody in July, 1855, were appointed to Sis kiyou county headquarters at Yreka with Father Cassin made pastor of Yreka with jurisdiction over Crescent City. They first landed, after over 200 miles of hazardous trails, at Callaghan's Ranch in the southern end of Scott Code Program Is Adopted for Letters Complete structure of the Zoning Improvement Plan Code program which will be come available for use by mailers July 1," has been re vealed by Postmaster General T Friwarrl Dav. Al Bradford. acting postmaster at the Med- ford post office, has reported. Five-digit ZIP Code num ber. sr currently being as signed to every post office and city delivery zone in me coun try. "The new system will make it possible for businesses to pre-sort mail by existing auto matic data processing equip ment with little, if any, addi tional effort or cost but with great savings in time and ex nan tn the nost office de partment, resulting In better delivery of an man," uay said. The Postmaster General ex plained that ZIP coded mall will be able to by-pass as mBny as six current hand op erations and will lay the ground work for extensive automatic sorting of mail by optical reading equipment in the future. valley, and held services in the ranch house. Leaving Callaghan, they passed through Rough and Ready, now known as Etna, and through Ft. Jones, where the military was statitoned because of the Indian upris ing going on at that time. Yreka had 8.000 Inhabi tants in 1855 and had a pro portionate complement of saloons and gambling honsei as well as a few lynching. Framt Church Erected A frame church was imme diately erected in Yreka. In 1866 a new brick church took its place and was burned in 1871. In the rugged town of Humbug, two miles from Eureka, of 2,000 miners, many were Catholic French Canadians, who had come down from the trading posts of Oregon. South of Yreka the priests visited Greenhorn, Dead wood, Ft. Jones, Greenview, Etna Mills and Callaghan. Other places included on their tours were Scott Bar, Sommcs Bar, Forks of the Salmon River, Sawyers Bar, Orleans, and Happy Camp. All these communities were reach on foot or by mule. In 1857, Father Florian was appointed pastor at Yreka. According to burial records of the priest's pastorate in Paradise Flat one young miner met his death from a pistol ball. Another was the victim of a savage brawl, having been fatally stabbed by his antagonist. Still others lost their lives In cave-Ins and drownings and burning. Even some of the tough ones could not survive the harrowing existance. Without Resident Priest In 1858, the parish of Yre ka was without a resident priest. In 1859 a Father L. Shnyder took over and held regular services at Hawklns ville, French Bar and Scott Bar. In 1860 arrangements were concluded to transfer Siskiyou county into the new ly formed Vicariate of Marys- ville. By 1863, after a succes sion ; of priests, Yreka was again without a pastor. In 1864 a new priest arrived and over a period of years many advances were made in the building of mission churches in Siskiyou county. In 1903, the town of Mc- Cloud was added to the list of missions and an independ ent parish was created at Dunsmuir. The parish of Dunsmulr then took on the missions of Edgewood, Mott, Sisson, (now Mt. Shasta), Squaw Valley and Upton. In 1912 McCloud and Sisson re mained as Dunsmulr missions, but Edgewood, Mott and Up ton became attached once more to Yreka. Until 1919 Father Carr was pastor of Dunsmuir, succeed ed by Father Patrick Cronan, who stayed until 1922. In July of that year, a young priest fresh from the sheep camp missions of Nevada, named Father Michael Myles, assumed the duties of the parish for a few months. In those days the priest walked the eight miles between Duns mulr end Mt. Shasta as they had no roads, nor a car if there had been a road. One could take- the train occa sionally. Weed is mentioned as a mission of Dunsmuir during this period, and was made a separate parish in 1937. No Longer In Parish Many years passed until 1947 when Mt. Shasta was no longer a part of Dunsmuir parish. The Rev. Edward Christen of Sacramento was named pastor of the newly formed St. Anthony'i parish, saying his first Mass in Mt. Shasta Nov. 9. 1947. He re mained until 1B55 when the Rev. Machael Myles, who had been here many years ago, was sent from Yreka to take his place and who has re mained in Mt. Shasta since. Father Christen is now In Sacramento. Grateful hearts and willing hands pitched in to build a small hall, rectory and a new church. The old church was then turned Into a hall. The new church was dedicated In 1954 by Bishop Robert Arm strong of the Sacramento Dio cese, of which St. Anthony's nas long been a part. The dream of the Bishop of San Francisco Diocese 110 years ago has now come true. Mt. Shasta has a beautiful modern brick church, all through the efforts of dedi cated missionary labors, the hard work of ranchers and mines, the rugged living and preaching conditions and the faith that someday the church would be constructed in Mt. Shasta. Today it boasts beautiful mosaic windows, with a large mosaic in the vestibule, in stalled In 1962. It has a "quiet" room, and an air of peaceful dignity. St. Anthony's Altar Society can not be overlooked In the chain of events which make St. Anthony's church the up to date joy to the parishioners It has turned out to be. Many thousands of dollars were raised by the society over the years to attain the goal now reached. 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