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The Oregon Daily Journal from Portland, Oregon • Page 12

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VhE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 9.. 1915. ONEFATAL ACCIDENT REPORTEDJN HSfEEKlD CAPITAL STOCK OF NEW COMPANY PUT AT MILLION DOLLARS Head Office 'at Roseburg Extensive Operations Are Planned, -S00SAP" IS LAST OLD AGE PREVENTED TRIP LEBANON VETERAN HAS A BIRTHDAY SAVED HORSES FROM WAR 1 OF ONCE HAUGHTY CLACKAMAS TRIBE In Early Oregon City Days He Was Rated a Fast Baseball Player Welt THE I Revival bf Business Activities -v Throughout State Reflected Report. 4 COMMISSI ONER 'f 111 i h-ri. RAISED WITH THE WHITES I TOTAL WAS SEVENTY-ONE Hi fi II 1 1 JteUxoada ICause Greater Vonlwr and Sawmills Come Seoond; Feppla I -v I I i I i Za Early Days He Excelled mm Ball Player, But Sas Somewhat X.os Prestige a a Cltisea, rv.

Was Victim. 1. Roseburg. May Articles of Incorporation were filed with the county clerk here Friday! by the Kendall Lumber corporation, i The capital stock of the corporation is fixed at fl.OOO.OOo'. I A.

O. Sutherland. Dexter Rice and Miss Leata Rhoads are named as the Incorporators, but as soon as Mr. Kendall arrives here from the east a permanent: organization will be perfected by the election of officers and a board of directors. The principal office of the corporation will be at Roseburg and the object of the company will be to handle and own timber lands, operato saw mills and logging roads.

'1 he articles of incorporation Salem, Mays S. -The revival of business activities throughout Oregon Is reflected In the accident reports, the total for Che week reported to Labor Commissioner Hoff being: 71. Thirteen of those insured were employed by rail roads and 10 by sawmill owners. There was. one fatality, Charles V.

Peppln are made broad enough to include log construction work. The loiiowmg is the list of accidents: ging and lumbering in all its phases. The incorporation has nothing to do with the railroad which Kendall ill v-tjn' Anton Burro, Portland, spina In Richard JJ Stoops Seaside, May 8t Here are two Oregon bred horses. Prince and Barney, that will not be shipped to Europe, to make horse tenderloljj; for the soldiers of the allies, or tp be i blown to pieces by one of Germany's new 17 inch guns. Barney end Prince were born and raised near Oregon City.

They are half brothers, weigh 1600 each, and there is six months' difference in their ages. Barney and Prince are now the property of James PeVty of Seaside. Mr. Petty also owns a farm near Oregon City. "More Power" Jim Petty comes by his love for horses quite naturally.

For many years Petty) was an Oregon May 8. Richard J. Stoops, a Civil war veteran, celebrated his seventy-fourth birthday snntver- 'mirv liftfYijk in Itlila f1 A nrll art By Lloyd niches. Oregon City, Or, May the once powerful tribe of Clackamas Indians, the clan from which Clackamas county and river derived its name, there is only one remaining member. Of the numbers which CO years ago thronged the large village on the banks of the waterway named after them, near where Parkplace is now located, only one dirty, unkempt tribesman dreams of his mighty forefathers.

This Is Joseph Andrews familiarly known as "Soosap," who winders about Clackamas county doing odd Jobs wherever he can get them. i "Soosap" Is quite a character around Oregon City. No one knows his age, but pioneers believe he la nearly 70. Likewise, no one knows his Indian name, and It la doubtful if he knows it himself. He was given the name Joseph Andrews when a boy in Oregon City, i The nearest the young Indian could come to pronouncing Joseph was J'Soosap." and "Soosap" has been hla name ever since.

Soosap's parents were full-blooded Indians, his father a Klickitat and his mother a Clackamas. It Is said he was bom In the Klickitat village overlooking the falls of the He was a bright little chap and the few white people in Oregon City liked him and Soosap was raised more In white homes than in his Indian home. rour Great Village. At that time Oregon City was the center of one of the largest Indian settlements on the Pacific coast. From the banks of the swift Clackamas river and ranging south, to the high prominence above the Willamette falls, were four great villages.

The Clackamas tribe occupied the banks of the Wfltprwflv nameA ifli- fh.in c-v. He was born at Hrookvllle, April 39, 1842. and at the age of 20 enlisted in the United Htates service as a private In company One hundred and first regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry. The regiment was mustered into service August 16, 1862, and after was sent to aid in repelling the invasion of that state by Klrby Smith, Later on they marched with the command of General McCork In pursuit of the retiring forces of General Bragg. Other engagements were at Perryvllle.

Murfreesboro, Crab Orchard and In pursuit of John Morgan, the "Raider." Mr. Storpa was promoted to corporal Brothers contemplate constructing from Roseburg; to the boundary of the forestry reserve east or here, but was organized merely for the purpose of merging into one corporation all of their interests inthe' state of Oregon. R. S. Jobson, an engineer in the employ of.

Kendall brothers, has arrived to draw the plans for the mills to be erected here In the event the 8300.000 bond Issue carries. It is Mr. Jobson' opinion that in case the mill la built as intended it will be as large or larger than the Smith mill at Marsh-field. It is also planned to have the mill electrically operated throughout. In conjunction with the sawmill plans will be plans for several auxiiary plants such as a shingle mill, lath mill, etc i A.

owner of the local water and light systems, says that if the sawmill isbuilt he will erect a power plant near the mill site five times the capacity of the present plant -at Winchester. This plant will be by steam and will furnish electricity for the operation of the mill. i Jackson County Will Build Roads iKaMi 111 Liza Indian. jured sawmill. Steve Adams, Portland, eye cut; lumber yard.

Antone fiokslcb. Portland, 3 flnsrers cut; construction. M. lledtr, Joseph Branch, knee and shoulder railroad section. J.

O. Pippert. Portland, i fingers electrical. Walter Iwagner. Brownsville, hand cut; railroad section.

A. 11. Knight, Tolo, knee sprained; railroad train. Joseph JO. Uebrick, Beaverton, eye lnjxired; machinist.

Axel Anderson, Marshfleld, foot bruised; blacksmith. i Mike Koaho. Portland, foot bruised; sawmill. W. It.

Pettegren, Portland, leg ln-Jured; sawimilL William I Rennlnger, Palmer, arm broken; logging. R. J. Brooks Aldrlch Point, body bruised; railroad train. Loyd Massey, Milwaukle, leg bruised; paper mill.r James Dallas, Harrisburg, leg fractured; railroad section.

George Cool, Marshfleld, ankle sprained; logging. Levi Daiigle. Marshfleld, foot cut; shingle mini. Andy Krickson, Marshfleld, finger part lost; sawmill. William Richards, Clatskanie, eye injured: logging.

1 M. Siielton, Oregon City, hand torn; paper mill. M. A. Graham, North Bend, finger crusbed; docks.

Lorence Marquise, North Bend thumb John Laslch, Portland, foot bruised: construction. George W. Osgood. Astoria, foot cut; lor urine. It Albany, Mar 6.

The sole sur She doesn't remember just how old she is, but according to conservative estimates of old. timers, she vivor of the Calapoola Indian tribe, for which Calapoola river is named, and one of the last Indians of any of the valley tribes, would have been sent is close to the century mark. Lize Indian remembers when she and the to Big Eddy by the Albany Commer other members of her tribe roamed the fertile greens of the valley in this buckeroo. For "years he rode the range. He was ever a character and the old time buckeroos who iare.

still riding the fan go tell of the many stunts that Jim Petty used to do, long before the coming of the railroad. From buckerooing, Petty became a stage driver. Several' years ago a brother, a well known circus man, leaving "Jim Petty fortune that is estimated at $100,000. With a part of this money Petty bought a farm and now is otherwise enjoying' a life of ease arid luxury, At one tlne Mr. Petty lived in Astoria-It is not on record that "More Power" Jim Petty is a member of any humane society, yet his purchase of Barney and Prince entitles him to a humane medal.

The day that Petty bought the team he was returning from a fishing trip. A youth driving along the road Thappened to pass and Jim, never bashful, for a lift. He was told to "hop in." Barney and Prince was hitched to the end gate of the wagon. Petty wanted to know where the lad was taking the horses "To Oregon City," was the reply. "English and French horse buyers axe buying horses for the war an' dad is selling them." That Information was enough tor "More Power" Jim Petty.

Ho inquired of the lad where his father could be cial club to be present at the Celllo celebration, had not Father Time pre vicinity. She also remembers when and later detailed as captain's clerk. In January, 1863, he was taken sick, from which resulted permanent Injury to his hearing. He received an honorable discharge at NashvillS, March 31, 1863, by reason of surgeon's certificate of vented. she was strickejr' blind.

That was 10 Lize Indian, squaw of the late Jim years ago, but she is happy and contented In her little home at Browns Indian, who was one of the prominent braves of the tribe. Is between 90 and ville and the people of that place have 100 years of age. Because of her shown her much attention. He is now living a retired life wltA -shone, Klamath and Klickitat abodes nis wife in this city. feeble condition, it was thought best that she shouldn't attempt the trip, although an attendant would haye been provided.

The bottle taken to the celebration by Miss Beulah Hinckley, who represented Albany, contained Calapoola river water. This river flows out of the Cascades, across the valley into of Oregon City; Harvey E. Cross and Lize Indian, the name she has gone Top Prince and Barney, with their new owner. Bottom -An Intimate view of '-'More Power" James- Petty. found and the price of the team.

There was no bickering or haggling over prices. lie ordered the boy to turn around and drive to Pettys farm. There he gave the boy a check for the team. Later, Petty had" them taken to Portland and sent by boat to Astoria and to Seaside. by for years, lives at Brownsville, Linn the Willamette at Albany.

E. P. Carter. One team they played was the "Portland Athletics. Judge A.

H. Tanner. George Parsons and Thornton Williams played on this team. Does Odd Jobs. MULE HAD NO USE were epreaa aiong tne mgn bluff and extended back into the wooded hills east of the Willamette.

Clustered at the foot of the high bluff formed by the ancient gorge of the Willamette and within a. bow-shot of all the Indian villages, nestled the home of "The Father of Oregon," Dr. John Mclaughlin, and the principal trading. post of the great Oregon territory, Oregon City. When Soosap; was a young man he was one of the best baseball players In the whole northwest.

He. played upon the old Clackamas county baseball team for years and was one of the victorious nine that won the chamnionshln of the- utata in 1B79 Soosap rather degenerated -In later years and for a long time served as Perry Parker, near Astoria, band bruised; lagging. John Carlton, Portland, thumb and finger crushed; box factory. Bam Erickson. Portland, shoulder dislocated teaming Albln Sandstrom, near Clatskanie, toe cut; lagging.

Christ GJertsen, Portland, hand cut; cabinet maker. A. McQUlivray, Portland, finger cut; machine shop. Medford, May 8. Following a conference with State Highway Engineer- E.

I. Cantine, the county court announces that the state will take charge of the Pacific highway over the Siskiyous, putting the present dirt grade in repair at once and paving the road from the Klamath turnpike south as far as the funds of the special appropriation This means that the new road from Oregon into California will be in excellent condition for travel in a week or 10 days and will be well maintained throughout the year. F. I. Kittredge, resident engineer in charge of the Pacific highway con- "swamper" In Orewon City saloons.

Since this city went dry Jn 1914. the last Clackamas has' lived as best he FOR. INDIANS, WHICH WAS LUCKY FOR BOY engineer so that the Pacific highway from one end of the county to the other will be completed before the end of he summer. Free 8400 New Plane. See Schwan Piano Co.

section 2, page 16. (Adv.) struction undet Major Bpwlby has been retained to look after the road work. The county court also announces the road from Central Point to Gold Hill will be" graded this summer undei- the direction state can at odd Jobs about town. The old Indian's wife, Martha, was also quite a character In Oregon City. She acted as nurse about many Oregon City homes in the early days.

She has been dead a number of years. M. J. Rick. Portland, finger cut; store.

Dan Williams. Perrydale, band Other players i on the team were hand bruised: railroad section. Charles Babcock, street commissioner, J. w. Gaines, Whlteson, arm bruised; railroad yara.

vy.i A.h Hughes, Hiusboro, eye bruised; boiler shop. Charles ji E. i Fluke. Miami, ankle Rev. John Hardin Cornwall of Dallas Had Experience That Clings Him.

sprainea; railroad train. James fC. Garber, near Hlllsboro, toe bruised; railroad construction. Jarvis. near Hlllsboro, hand bruised; carpenter.

Manuel Xiexer, Latham, foot bruised; railroad yard. John TL Jones, Springfield, ankle sprainea; rwarenouse. Charles V. Peppin, Blodgett, fatal; "bridge construction. M.

M. Barron, Rockton, ankle sprained; carpenter. J. I Clements, Clatskanie, toe bruised; railroad train. I L.

Klrkendall, Linn ton, leg and knee Injured; railroad train. U. Yonashlto, Portland, eye Injured; saw Dr. Marcus Whitman, for the first and only time. One afternoon he, with his sisters, was playing in front of the home of a Mr.

Clark at Forest Grove, when Dr. Whitman and another man rode up to the Clark house on horseback and dismounted. They spent about an hour at the Clark home, then remounting their horses, continued their Journey toward Hlllsboro. This was about six weeks before Dr. Whitman and his associates were massa-ered by Indians.

In 1856, Mr. Cornwall, following In the footsteps of his father, himself entered the ministry, in -which profession he. engaged until 1896, when he was retired on a pension by the General Presbytery of the United States. Pendleton Profits By Water Surplus Pendleton, May 8. By a plan inaugurated last evening by the Pendleton water commission, water users of Pendleton are to have the benefit of the surplus from the gravity system without Increase In cost.

The records show that during last summer only about three-fourths of the" supply was used, and that the revenue was quite sufficient for maintaining and operating the plant and providing for the taking up of the bonds. By the plan put Into effect the maximum amount of water which may be used at the minimum rate of one dollar was raised frorn 4000 to 5000 gallons a month. However, the water user may have another alternative." If he signs a contract to use as much water as he did last year, he wilt be permitted to use an additional "one-fourth without additional cost," Cispus Fire Is Still Burning Morton. May 8. The fire in the Cispus Is now being fought bv 20 men.

rsnnrti tiava Jess A. Keck, Milwaukle, toe bruised; paper milt I I 8am Nelson, Portland, 2 fingers cut and bruised: can manufacturing. Christ Nlckas, Portland, bead cut; lain M. J. Mkralton, Marshfleld, leg broken; sawmill.

i Tony Aiknis, Marshfleld, leg bruised; sawmill. i C. S. Tucker, Llnnton. wrist bruised ana ringer torn; sawmill.

i Fred Person, near Clatskarfle, side and back Injured: logging. John Redmond, Portland, hand torn; pipe manufacturing. J. M. I Hooton, Portland, back sprained: iBawmill.

R. L. Stpear, Portland, nail in foot; construction. i Charles T. Gates, Portland, hand bruised; construction.

Charles Asher. Dee. foot bruised; logging. N. Benson, Portland, arm and wrist bruised: sawmill.

Joe Kofacs, Portland, foot bruised; sawmill, Kenneth Portland, eye cut; is the woman who has been cured of some; dreadful ailment peculiar to her sex who after long suffering has finally foifnd relief and been restored to health and usefulness bv Lvdia E. Pinkham IJipo Rev. John Hardin Cornwall. Dallas, May 8. One of the mo-t been received here, some to the effect iin.i' ti a.

v.w.iS tuaiiwierj or tne vvmam-L ette valley is Rev. John Hardin Cornn that the men cannot possibly put the fire out thin tlikr nnlpaa th la Vegetable Compound. These are the women who ICNOW that .1 mm4 a ssbsssjssssissss wan. or this city: Mr.Cornwall. who heavy ruin at once, and others -that I.

Ml 1 1 railroad yard. Charles D. Wallace, near Black Stock, shoulder Injured; logging. T. M.

Thresher, inear Black Rock, limbs injured; engineer. a. DaVenlsh. Oregon City, finger bruised: paper mill, W. C.

Crawford, "Oregon City, finger cut; paper mill. Jack Miller. Oregon City, hand cut; paper mill. Council and Grange nas passed his eighty-second birthday anniversary, waa one of th fW ma lire win ue out wiuun a snort It is fairly well established, however, that the men cannot hope to put it out entirely without the aid of a heavy rain. i ministers of the Pacific coast, having tnis great remedy tor women ills is all it is claimed to be there are many thousarids of such women they dwell in all parts of the country.

Every day of every year, some woman, somewhere, miBBiQns ana pastorates in Ore- sun ana janrornla Tor 40 years, and enjoyed an extensive anniiAintanK. nui. r7 many of the early pioneers of the i i Seattle Teachers Must Be "Fit is writing, us grateful letters for restoration to health. Mr. was born October 8.

1832. In Indebendenca canntv irirai-. Meet at Tangent AlbanyJ Resolutions fa-yoring laws giving the right to' to fitx the rtt rrt ft sas, and crossed the plains with' hla 9 CUL.1 in 1K4K 1 1 a To AH T3 ioHiaum nav, JOSePhUS Adammn Pnrnmoll Lyd Vegetable la .9 WHO or the first ministers of the "Wlllam- VUlev- The famUy. with several others, came to Oregon via this southern trail and srunt th nri rat, niuin; in Douglas county, where they built mo ursi cawn the county on the site of what la nnvr K. land.

'Seattle. May 8. Teachers seeking employment in the Seattle public schools will hereafter be required to pass a physical examination that will establish their fitness for service, according to a decision of the school board announced today. The order la made to apply to teachers now employed as well as those who shall be engaged In the future. Trains From Beach Held in Tunnel i GarlhaldL Uiv 1 1 m.

atad Thriinag Tim. That wintnr JftHn frVm lii.I1 1 DOv of 14. had in tnu.n.. This from AMrs. Richmond, Providence, R.

I. Providence, R. ij For the benefit of women, who suffer as I have done I wish to state what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound' has done for me. I did some heavy lifting and the doctor said it caused a displacement I I have always toeen weak and I overworked after my baby was born and inflammation set in, then nervous prostration, from which I did not recover until I had taken Lydia E.

Pinkham's i Vegetable Compound, i The Compound is my best friend and when I hear of a woman wiui J. II- dians that- he has never forgotten. He vi buub in searcn or a cow that had wandered awav. whi Read this Letter from Mrs. Waters.

Camdet, N. J. was sick for two years with nervous spells, and; my kidneys were affected. I had a doctor all the time and used a galvanic battery, but nothing did me any 1 was not able to go to bed, but spent my time on a pouch or in a sleeping-chair, and soon became almost a skeleton. Finally my doctor went away for his health, and my husbahd heard of Lydia E.

Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and got me some. In two months I got relief and now I like a new woman and am at my usual I recommend your medicine to i every one and so does my-! Jsband.w-Mrsj Tiixie Waters, No. 550 -Mechanic Street, Camden, New Jersey. of Jour Indians, who attempted to capture him. Young Cornwall was rldinar a mule that; hut clals, rurareredits whereby the farmer may borrow money from the government at 4 per cent, requiring all wool goods to be labeled with the percentage of wool, and one favoring the changing pof the law so registration of land under the Torrens system would be all that Is necessary, thus saving abstract expense, were passed at the Joint meeting of the Linn county council and Pomona Grange, the first Joint session of those two bodies ever held, at Tangent, Thursday.

The resolutions will be sent to the state grange, which meets at Tillamook next week. The. proposition of the postmaster general have the- rural malls deliv. ered by contract Instead of by carriers as at present was opposed. A resolution against oiling the roads In this county, after considerable discussion, was laid ton the table.

Three women were appointed on a committee to Interview the Albany Commercial club and city council relative to sedurlng hitching racks and other accommodations for the farmers In this city (following ithe adoption of a resolution! condemning a. city ordinance concerning the hitching of teams In local streets. The. ladles appointed are Mra. V.

G. Smith. Mrs. E. Allen and Mls9 Bertha Beck.

It was cited that under the present circumstances the fanners are compelled to go to feed antlpatby to Indians. The anima whirled around and ran back to camp bridge, gang; of the P. A N. R. R.

company was repairing the Hobsonville tunnel yesterday, a cave-In resulted which has kept trains from passing thrmic-h J1 dav. Manv naasna-oi-a low ina reasams were unable to overtake him. i with troubles like mine I try to induce her to take vour that this Tar-Hfnila. h.xj A Street, Prov- lousuag naa been committing numerous depre- medicine." Mrs. S.

T. Richmond, 199 Waldo idence, Rhode Island, a bound for, Portland were held here. The tunnel Is about 18 miles from Tillamook. uauiug oit uve stock or emigrants and setUers. In the spring of 1847 the- Cornwall family resumed their Journey, locating that VPAr nAni TTnt-aa Every sick woman owes it 5 to herself to Vive Lvdia TL Pinldiam'n VyAfnMs cXmnnnnA M.

a. Cameron Burled. Alhinv. fir. Mav li Th fimml trial, for it cannot harm her.

and there are hundred chances to one tlmf" if will lrnmTiIflv vnvvok in county, where they resided for of M. J. Cameron, who died Friday aiternoon, was neia tms arternoon at lo eiaer Cornwall his profession as a traveling Of tha rnmh.loJ i-'-r'ww m. ui oj.acu auviw; wine xiic ivuia lm uuviiaui ivxeu JLynn' IVlasSe ciucK uie ueiauuwi cnurcn, irtev. Church, i V-euywiM Interment took place In Riverside minitrT.

Th Knlrhtu Pvthlsia rci uWa durln their first year In Wasblngton1 county that Mr. Cornwall conducted a service af the grave..

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