FRIDAY, MAY "G. 191 6
RIVER NAV
GATORS
trade, shipping to California and for
ship building-. Robert Kehoe, for years
superintendent of the Porter mill, will
be in charge.
OARING TRIP
COOS BAY CITIES TO ACT
MarsliTicld and North Ben a Will
JMscuss Buying Water Plant.
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Heavy Stampmill Taken Down
Rogue Through Rapids
and Whirlpools.
MARSHFIELD, Or, May 25. (Spe
cial.) Councils of Marshfield and
North Bend next week, in joint ses
sion, will consider the purchase of the
Coos Bay Water Company's system at
a flat price of 180, 00J. The company's
mains supply both Marshfield and
North Bend." and the proposal has been
shaped to negotiate on a basis of pay
ment as follows: North Bend. J50.000;
Marshfield. $54,000; joint payment, 76,
000. The negotiations now being opened
are delayed promises of the administra-
CATAMARAN RIDES SAFELY
RIDE ON THE TWIN LINERS WITH THE SPEED
OF AN EXPRESS TRAIN
EThrec-Mile Passage In Mule Creek
Canyon Is Effected in Few Min-
v ' utes Peril Enconntered
in Jutting Rock.
TR.I M8LC
PILOT ROCK 1VOMIXEE GETS
MORE VOTES THAN HER TWO
OPPONENTS COMBINED.
TRQIS EOGf
THE MORNING- OKEGONIAX,
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tOLD BEACH, Or.. May 19. (Spe
cial.) Completing- a hair-raising voy
age down Rogue River from Grants
Pass in a home-made catamaran, after
ehooting rushing waters, threading nar
row canyons and rapids, dodging rocks
and whirlpools where the current ran
white. Captain John Auberry and his
crew of four arrived here at noon
today.
The object of the trip was to deliver
a stampmill weighing three and one
half tons to the Blossom Bar mine,
three miles below Mule Creek. The
heavy stampmill steadied the vessel in
Tough water, but added to the diffi
culties of steering.
The crew was made up of volunteers
who desired to get to the mouth of
Rogue River, and were willing to save
the time and expense incident to the
conventional trip overland. Thejri were
iot concerned with the danges in
volved. Besides the captain, tfJey in
cluded J. G. Van Horn, FranK' Stone,
Commodore Fleming and C. C. Vonting,
end they took Van Horn's deg along.
Gondola Model I'scd. '
The craft was modeled along- the lines
of a double Venetian gondola, but of
more ample proportions, with a length
of 38 feet and 9Vfe feet beam. Captain
Auberry, who has had years of expe
rience in navigating the Rogue, de
clares the boat was the largest that
ever descended the river.
The expedition was a succession of
thrills and narrow escapes. The party
left Grants Pass Saturday, May 13, and
all day Sunday was spent getting the
boat over Rogue River Falls. At Al
meda it was necessary to weigh down
the boat before it could be gotten under
the bridge.
The country is sparsely settled, but
news of the expedition was telephoned
ahead, and at every accessible point
along the river bank the adventurers
were cheered by the settlers.
At night the party camped out on the
bank, managing usually to catch trout
for supper and breakfast. The dog fell
ooard in one of the numerous rap
ids and swam with the current until
rescued in still water a mile below.
"AVhlte -Water" Traversed.
The most exciting incident occurred
last Wednesday morning, when the voy
agers shot through Mule Creek Canyon.
The canyon is three miles long, and a
mile and one-half of this is "white"
tvater, where the grea-t waves raised by
the current are torn into spray and
whirlpools by rocks Jutting up from
the bottom. The walls impinge so nar
rowly in places that there was not
room enough to put out the oars on
both sides of the boat.
The party reached the head of the
canyon Thursday afternoon and de
cided to wait until morning. Settlers
warned them they would never get
through alive, and came from miles
around to witness the exploit.
Captain Auberry navigated the boat
from his position in the bow, and each
of the crew manned an oar. Entering
the canyon, the roar of the waters
sounded like thunder. It was the cap
tain's job to watch far enough ahead
so as to note the position of rocks in
time to clear them. The craft was
tossed about like a chip.
Rock Is Hit.
When more than half way through,
the boat crashed against a rock direct
ly in the middle of the current. A stan
chion was wrenched loose, the blow
checking the progress of the vessel un
til she shipped a wave. The captain
ordered out two oars to steady her and
they snapped like matches.
By using other oars as paddles the
crew straightened up the vessel in time
to miss the next boulder, and she then
rode through in safety. The three
miles of canyon were traversed in a
very few moments.
Reaching still water, the crew rested
and received the plaudits of the crowds.
The stampmill was delivered at the
mine, a short distance below, and the
boat then came on to Gold Beach.
Captain Auberry, Fleming and Stone
will pass the season here fishing for the
Wedderburn cannery. Van Horn and
Ponting are bound for their homesteads
near Port Orford.
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Miss Grace Gilliam.
PENDLETON, Or., May 25.
(Special.) Miss Grace Gilliam, of
Pilot Rock, who was nominated
by the Republicans for the office
of County Treasurer, received
more votes than her two oppon
ents combined. She was at the
bedside of a sister, who is ill in
Los Angeles, at the time of elec
tion. Miss Gilliam is a daughter
of a pioneer family in Umatilla
County and has taught school in
Pendleton and Pilot Rock.
tions which were committed to th
principle of municipal ownership of the
water system.
STOCK SHOW OPENS JUNE 3
Entries for Ridgefield Exhibit Are
. to Close Morning of First Day.
RIDGEFIELD, Wash., May 25. (Spe
cial.) Entries for the third annual
Horse and Cattle Show, which will be
held at Ridgefield on Saturday, June
3, will close the morning of the same
day. The Ridgefield Commercial Club
is sponsor for the horse and cattle ex
hibition and has restricted entries to
Clarke County, that a full representa
tion of this section can be made with
out competition. Special prizes an
silver cups will be awarded.
The Commercial Club urges-all those
who will exhibit horses and cattle to
register with James E. Keith, secretary
of the booster organization. No en
trance fee will be charged exhibitors.
First prizes will be silver cups in most
instances, while the second prizes will
be cash.
CONTRACT SQUABBLE ENDS
Pasco Settles for Iiight Bill That
Had Run Since September, 1915.
PASCO, Wash., May 25. (Special.)
The contract squabble between the
city and the Pacific Power & Light
Company, drawn out since 1915, and
which finally amounted to a bill of
$4425.50, has been settled by the city
bv the payment of the sum, less J828.80
which was due under a recent ruling
of the Public Service Commission re
ducing the rates for Pasco and vicin
ity.
This action reinstates the contract
in its original form. A change in the
system from arc to Incandescent will
be made.
54 IN PENDLETON CLASS
High School Graduation Exercises
Will Be Held Today.
PENDLETON, Or., May 25. (Special.)
lity-rour students will be gradu
ated from Pendleton High School this
week. Graduation week opened Sun
day with the delivery of the bacca
laureate address by Dr. Carl Doney, of
Willamette University. Class day exer
cises were held today and graduation
exercises will be Friday. The gradu
ates are:
Hazel Adams, Angela Bowler. Wilbur
Badley. Claude Baker, Ernest Boylen, Paul
Callison, William Chisholm. Margaret Coles
worthy, Fanchlon Elliott, Pauline Rice, Xed
Fowler, Gladys Flannlgran. Janet Jack. Paul
Kerrick, Henry Latourelle, Arnold Minnls,
Wesley Mims, Sidney Morton, Claudis Mc
Monlea. Marcus May, Clair Myers. Rosa
Monterastelli, Mabel Hampton, Kathleen
McFaul. Joe Nerkaus, Bertha Prultt. Emily
Quant, Edith Richardson. Donald Robinson,
Fred Russell. Jean Reber, Charles Gordon.
Freeman Hendricks. Marguerite Strausrhn.
Esther Shea. Nellie Sloan, Eula Smith. Emit
Seibert, Catherine Thompson. , Pearl Taylor,
Myrtle Tyndall, Catherine Whitehead. Jessie
Wood. Joe Wilcox. Raymond Wilkes. John
Blgsby. Arlouine Clevenger, Mabel McCon
nell, Irma Belles, Z.ela Cole. Everett Daub
Tier. Chester Reed, Jessie CheBtnut and Ben
Gerklng.
Kelso School Census Shows Gain.
KELSO, Wash., May 25. (Special.)-
The school censjus of district No. 36
just completed by W. C. Patterson
shows a slight increase over the cen
sus figures of last year. The increase
was manifest in each precinct. There
are 766 children between the ages of
21 and 5, resident in the district,
divided among the three precincts.
FELT HATS
JOHN B. STETSON $4 AND $5
Trimble and Leyburn at $4 and $5
And the "Multnomah," Unequaled at $3
Straw, Panama, Porto Rico or Bankok
Priced Right Style Right $3, $5 and $6
Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co.
The Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Southeast Cor. Fifth and Alder
GIRL OIES IN WELL
endon, la., besides Mrs. Frentiss. Miss
Inglls had lived in this county nine
years, coming here from Los Angeles.
PIONEERS ARE TO MEET
Miss Emma Inqlis Survives
Fall but Heart Gives Way.
ANXIOUS CALLS ANSWERED
Brotlier-in-Liaw Attcmps Itescue,
tout Also Falls in and Slay Have
Hit Young Woman ' in Water.
Clackamas Coroner Puzzled.
OREGON CITT, Or., May 25. (Spe
cial.) Miss Emma oZe Inglis. aged
29 years, survived a fall down a. E0
foot well into six feet of water, to die,
apparently from heart failure when
her brother-in-law, O. F. Frentiss, fell
on her while trying to save her life.
The accident happened at dusk last
night on the Frentiss farm a mile south
of Canby. Miss Inglis was visiting her
sister and late in the day went out with
her brother-in-law to do the chores.
She was pulling up a bucket of water
when Mr. f rentiss, wno was working
some distance away, heard her scream.
He ran to the well.
Anxlonn (.lurry Answered.
"Are you all right?" he called."
"Yes." she answered from the bot
tom of the shaft.
The well was open and a ladder
reached down one side. Mr. Frentiss
began to climb down the shaft, but be
fore he reached the bottom his hold
on the slippery ladder gave way and
he, too, tumbled into the water. Twice
he went under the surface, before
grabbing the girl in one arm and the
planks on the side of the well with the
other hand. Mrs. Frentiss soon ar
rived with other help and the two were
pulled to the ground.
Miss Inglis was dead when she was
brought to the surface. Coroner W. E.
Hempstead went to the Canby home to
day and examined the body, but did not
consider an inquest necessary, aitnougn
he is puzzled. . , . -
Heart Failure Believed Cause.
"While Mr. Frentiss is not certain
that he struck Miss Inglis when he fell
down the well, it is hardly possible
that he could miss her when the size
of the shaft is considered," said the
Coroner today. "Her skull was not
fractured, and it is evident that she
was alive after she hit the bottom, for
she answered Mr. Frentiss' call. It
must have been that her heart gave
away under the strain.
Miss Inglis' home was with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Inglis, who
lived on the old Sheriff Maddix place,
three miles from Canby. She is sur
vived by a twin brother, T. W. Inglis,
of this county; Charles Inglis, of Des
Moines, la., and Clara Spring, of Clar-
Sui-v Ivors or Original Colonies
Washington to Be at ltcunion.
of
SEATTLE, Wash., May 25. Several
evente are planned for the reunion of
the Washington State Pioneer Associa
tion to be held in Seattle June 6-7.
Among those who will participate in
the reunion will be Christopher C.
Simmons, who, so far as known, is the
only survivor of the first colony: Will
iam Ward, of Alameda. Cal., and New
ton J. Ward, of Chelan, Wash., who
were left for dead after an Indian mas
sacre of all the other members of their
part-, while crossing the plains in 1854;
Charles McKay, of Friday Harbor,
Wash., 86 years old, is the only sur
vivor of 14 Americans who settled on
San Juan Islands in opposition to the
Hudson's Bay Company, and Frederick
Roberts, 77 years old. Fort Angeles,
Wash, who was a member of a British
surveying party in the diepute.
RECALLERS ARE BUSY
BOISE MAYOR IS ACCUSED OF AD
MINISTRATION ABUSES.
Attorney Is Put I'p aa Candidate to
Replace Executive Said to Have
Broken Pledce to Remedy.
BAKERS ELECT OFFICERS
William Matthaei, of Taeoma, Head
of Northwest Association.'
TACOMA, May 25. William Matthael.
of Tacoma, was elected president of the
Pacific Northwest Master Bakers'- As
sociation today. North Yakima will be
the next meeting place. The new vice
presidents are Albert Jones, of Tacoma;
David - Ackerman, -Spokane; Henry Mat
thael. Tacoma: William Shelley, Van
couver, B. C, and A. Davidson, Seattle;
executive committee, Donald McPher
son. Tacoma; H. F. Rittman, Portland;
T. Rasmussen, Seattle; H. C. Davidson,
Seattle; H. W. Lovenstein, North Yak
ima; treasurer, H. F. Berger, Tacoma;
sergeant-at-arms, J. Hauntzer. Seattle.
The secretary will he chosen by the
executive board. Mr. Matthaei held the
office last year.
The sessions close with automobile
tours and a banquet tonight.
BOISE, Idaho, May 25. (Special.)
The administration of Mayor Robinson
is the issue in Boise's first municipal
recall election to be held here June 1.
The campaign for the recall is now
well under way. S. H. Hays, a promi
nent attorney, has been put up against
Mayor Robinson at the election while
a candidate also has appeared against
Councilman Eichelberger. who has
shared with the Mayor the attacks of
the recallers.
In a statement by the "Committee of
One Hundred" it is charged that the
Mayor has failed to correct abuses in
the city administration of which com
plaints had been made and remedies
for which had been promised and that
he had broken his pledge to a delega
tion of business men. At the same time
he apologized for statements some of
his supporters had made to the effect
that the recall movement was being
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THROUGH SLEEPING CARS to the ships' sides, Flavel,
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Low round-trip excursion fares to San Francisco daily
June 10. Low rates to Los Angeles for Knights Templar
conclave June 12 to 20.
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fostered by the vice and liquor inter
ests of the city.
The statement declared that imme
diately after the pledge to correct the
abuses had been given, the city ad
ministration degenerated into such a
state of incompetency that no remedy
other than the recall seemed available.
In reply, the Mayor demanded specific
instances of broken pledges, where
upon the Committee of One Hundred
again charged that many raids had
been made, John Doe warrants issued
Indiscriminately and petty traffic
prosecutions taken up.
FERRY RATE CUT SOUGHT
Hood Kivcr and While Salmon Com
mercial Clubs Make Request.
HOOD RIVER, Or.. May 25. Spe
cial.) Co-operating with the White
Salmon, Wash., Commercial Club, mem
bers of the Hood River Commercial
Club will endeavor to secure a reduc
tion In charges made by local -ferry
systems for transporting automobiles
across the Columbia.
It is stated by the clubs that the fer
rymen are asking the same rate
charged several years ago, when traf
fic was so light as to justify the heavy
price.
Spokane ex-Official Absolved.
SPOKANE. Wash.. May 25. Arthur A.
Lewis, a member of the State Publio
Service Commission, and ex-City Treas
urer of Spokane, was freed of any lia
bility for the loss of 13232. while he
was in charge of the office. A Jury
in the Superior Court, after hearing
the evidence in the case, returned an
instructed verdict for Mr. Lewis.
More than 100.000 operatives are now em
ployed In American slllc manufacturing
mills. This Is exclusive of thoao employed
In dependent lndujttrir.
GIRL FLEES; WARRANT OUT
Grand ' Mound Man Charged With
Aiding Her Escape.
CENTRALIA. Wash., May 23. (Spe
cial.) A warrant was issued yesterday
by the Thurston County Prosecutor for
the arrest of H. H. Balch, a prominent
mill owner of Grand Mound, on a charge
of assisting Pearl Mann to escape from
the State School for Girls at Grand
Mound. It is alleged that Mr. Balch
purchased the girl a ticket to Seattle.
The warrant was issued following an
investigation by the Prosecuting At
torney, who asserted that several other
residents of the town are implicated in
the affair. The attorney says that it
is the apparent belief of the residents
that the girls are badly treated.
LUMBER COMPANY FORMED
New IMant at Xortli Bend Will Cut
60,000 Feet Dally.
. NORTH BEND. Or.. May 25. (Spe
cial.) The Bay Park Lumber Company
was organized here with a capitaliza
tion of J25.000. and all stockholders are
.local men. The officials of the com
pany are: Henry G. Kern, president;
Jjennis Mccartay. vice-president; Will
iam Vaughan, secretary, and Robert
Hanks, treasurer. Other directors of
the concern are Harry Noble, L. J. Simp
son and K. v. Kruse. .
The company has leased the old
Korth Bend sawmill and front from the
Simpson heirs for a period of 15 years
and will place the mill in shape for
operation within 60 days. Later the
Kruse & Banks shipyard will be en
larged and three ways Installed, where
there is deep water and a straight
away for a mile for launching. The
mill will saw 60,000 feet daily and the
lumber will be used in caring for local
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Children Need A
Warm Table Drink
Many parents understand that tea and coffee
hinder mental development and body growth
in their children, but are puzzled how to gratify
the little folk's desire for a warm drink, without
harming them.
For years now, in a considerable number of American homes, the problem
has been solved by
nstant Postuiinn
This pure food-drink is made of prime wheat, roasted with a bit of pure,
wholesome molasses. It closely resembles the higher grades of mild Java cof
fee in color and flavor, has a delightful aroma, and is so pleasing that the older
folks join the children in this wholesome beverage.
Where the rest of the family stick to coffee, Instant Postum for the chil
dren causes no extra work. A level teaspoonful in a cup with hot water and
cream and sugar to taste, makes a delightful drink instantly.
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The result is worth while and
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A great part of this economy
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mediate packing in vacuum
sealed tins.
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