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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1900)
-J". ,- .r- jiff, i?v--im''Ti?'"V'-xffn-f?ti,t'r? -w.e,j?i 22 THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, APRIL' 15, 1900. BIG SALVAGE AWARD An Old Portland Oriental Liner Finds a Fortune. RESCUED A DISABLED STEAMSHIP Twenty Tlionsond Dollar Given to the 3Ianter and Crew Xnjade Reaches Port Xotes. The old Oriental liner Asloun. which was one of the first vessels of the Oregon-Asiatic Steamship Company running between Portland the Orient, made a rich find when she picked up the British tramp steamship Walkato last Fall. The suit for salvage has Just been settled In the Admiralty Court at London. The owners of the old Portland liner receive over $00,000, while the captain and crew are allowed an additional $20,000. The re view of the case by the Judge in announc ing the decision was a most interesting account of the remarkable experience of the two vessels, and reads as follows: "The value of the Asloun was 24,000, her cargo 62.300, and her freight at risk E20. The value of the Walkato was 11. 0CT, and her cargo 90,000. The Asloun was bound from London to Australia, via the Cape of Good Hope, with general cargo, and rounded the Cape September 4. and on the 15th, shortly after noon, the Walkato was observed about nine miles to the northward, flying signals of distress, she having been drifting hopelessly disabled by the breaking of her shaft for 102 days. Provisions were supplied to the disabled vessel, and It was agreed to tow the ves sel to Amsterdam Island, about 620 miles to the eastward, where, If possible, suffi cient coal could bo transferred from the Walkato to the Asloun to enable the lat ter to tow tho former to Fremantlc. At about S P. 1L towage commenced In a south 78 east direction, but the Waikato towed very heavily, owing to her foul bot tom. On the following day the wind, which had been from tho southwest, veered to the northwest, a moderate breeze, and In the evening the bollards on the slarboard.slde of the. poop, round which the tow-rope was pasted, suddenly broke. After half an hour's delay the vessels again proceeded, and tho towage ccntinued till daybreak on tho 20th, when Amsterdam Island was sighted. As it was impossible to anchor, the Walkato was held under the lee of the island until 100 tons of coal were transferred from her to the Asloun, which was deemed sufficient, with what she had. to enable her to tow the Walkato to Fre mantle. then about 1SG0 miles distant. At about 2 P. M. on the 21st the towage was resumed. On tho 2Sth an east-southeast gale was encountered, the vessels being quite unmanageable at times, and the Asloun's funnel gave way Inside the cas ing and was on the point of breaking off, necessitating the. vessels being put head to sea and the funnel secured by chains. At times the Walkato was completely hidden by the mountainous seas, and at arjout :3U p. .ai. the tow-rope carried away. To avoid the danger of fouling the propeller, it "being impossible to stop the Asloun's engines and allow the vessel to fall off Into the trough of the seas, a long stretch of tow-rope had to be slipped. Shortly after midnight the gale began to moderate, and on the following morning the Asloun was turned round, and sighted the Walkato after steaming back about 45 miles, but tho vessels were not connected until dark. Several gales wero subse quently encountered, and on the evening of October 7 Ihe Asloun slowed down to pick up a pilot oil Rottnest Island, when the tow-rope was carried away owing to the bridle to which it was attached sink ing and catching the rocks. The Wal kato anchored, and on the following morning she was taken into Fremantle Harbor by a tug. It was contended that the Walkato, being picked up In latitude 25:30 south, and longitude 61:40 east, was in a locality almost entirely unfrequent ed, and out of the track of vessels; that during the 102 days she had been broken down she had only sighted three small sailing ships, and had drifted about 4500 miles; that her owners had given her up for lost; and that she was saved from almost certain total loss. The Asloun had to ha-o a new tall-end shaft and a new funnel at Fremantle. The service extonded over 24 days. It was maintained In defense that the sen-Ices, the weather etc, were exaggerated, but the defendants desired the court. In considering the award, to make good to plaintiffs at possible loss and expense which thej had Incurred. Hla Lordship (Sir F. Jeune) In giving Judgment, said that the service was rendered under gTeat difficulties in apparently unknown seas, and in latitudes where tempestuous weather was to bo met with, and he awarded lG,50-fl2 50) 5!Lihe owne. "3 to tho master, and f2700 to the crew." JfAJADE REACHES POnT. German Slijp Makes a Good Dan Acroim the Pacific. The German ship Najade arrived in at Astoria at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, after a very good run of 34 days from Shanghai. Under favorable circumstances this would hardly be considered a good run, but the weather on the Pacific has leen far from favoraWe for ships headed In this direction, and for this reason the master of the Najade should consider him self quite fortunate. The arrival of the ajade leaves the Forthbank. from Hono lulu, the only vessel fully due at this port, although the Allerton is out 46 days from Hong Kong, and may be reported at any time. The BrttUh ship John Cooke which arrived Friday, will leave up tomor row. Captain Magee reports a pretty rough passage across, and is quoted by an Artorla paper as follows: "We had an unusually rough trip over. One storm after another was encountered Sails .were blown away, masts sprung and other damage done, too numerous to men tion in detail. Six of my crew were in jured, one seriously, but fortunately none was lost. "Wo were only 28 days out when we reached the bar a week ago, but the storm kept us at sea, standing off. for several long days. The damage to the ship will be easily repaired while we ars loading and I sincerely hope far better weather on our voyage home. "We are chartered for grain at Portland, and will load and get to sea as quickly as we can." PIIIM FREIGHT MARKET. fr Lumber Dnalnna Still Tnltlno- Op Available Tonnaite. But one lone ship was reported for new crop loading during the past week, export ers showing n disinclination to load up with any more tonnage until the crop 1 aomred. The statistical position of phips hardly warrant the belief that rates will be any lower, but exporters do not seem disposed to take any chances, and prefer to pay 45 and even 50 shillings, if neces sary, later on. to placing themselves In a portion to be slaughtered "by the wheat being withheld when ships arrive. Owners are otlll asking 41p to 42s Gd for wheat, and, as there Is plenty of lumber busi ness offering at a rate equivalent to these figures, they are not Inclined to make con cessions. The San Francisco Commercial New quotes the following rates for lum ber for prompt loading from northern ports: Sydney. 53s 9dJ55s; Melbourne or Ade laide. Cls MgC5?; Port Pirle. E7s CdQCOs; Fremantle, 6Ss SdffTOs; Geraldton, 70sS71s 3d; West Coast. C2s Cd(3. Pisagua range; Callao direct. Cls 3d0C2s 6d; Buenos Ayres TOsSTls 3d; Shanghai, 75s: Klao Chou. 70s; Nagasaki, 70s; Port Arthur, 70s; TIen-tsini 75s; New Chwang. 70s; Vladivostock. 70s; South Africa, 7te72s 6d; United Kingdom. S0sS2 Gd. A fornlght ago lumber rates for some Oriental ports and some In Aus tralia, were quoted nominal, due to scarcity of tonnage. For a time nothing more was heard of them, when It became pos sible to secure vessels, and. owners fully appreciating the situation, fixtures were made at a sharp advance over figures pre viously quoted, as the above range of prices for lumber loading show. HIGH WATER IMPRODARLE. Rat Little Inow Reported at Hend- watera of the River. A late resident of Pike County, Missouri, who came In on the overland last evening, ventures the prediction that we will not have very high water this Spring. It may seem strange that publicity should ba given to the views on high water of a man who has not yet 'been In the state 24 hour, but as the public has gone wrong po often following the prophecies of the man who came hrre before you did, dus consideration Fhould be given one who has never made a bad guess on the subject. Reports from the headwaters of the Snake, Columbia and Kootenai all state that there is very little snow In the moun tains, and what Uttle there is has b:en melting earlier than usual. There Is, of course, a chance for heavy rains, quickly followed by extremely hot weather, whl h, occurring simultaneously on the Snake and the Columbia, may bring down a rise of considerable proportions. At present, however, there Is small likelihood of Front-street merchants doing the gondola act this year. Tides at Astoria. (Week beginning April 16.) S 3 5 re ' a DAY. m S n :. ? ; ? ; j High water Monday 1:1C S.6 2:11 7.1 Tuesday 1:47 S.k 2:51 7.0 Wednesday 2:21 8.8 3:32 6.9 Thursday 3:iC 8.7 4:21 6.8 Friday 3:15 8.4 5:18 6.7 Saturday 4:43, 8.0 6:18 6.8 Sunday 5:511 1.1 7:20 7.1 Low water i Monday 8:000.1 7:55 2.8 Tuesday 8:r5-0.f 8:25 2.9 Wednesday 1:13 1.4 9.0j 3.0 Thursday S:i6-0..- 9 54 3.1 Friday k 10:4b 0.1 10:53 3.3 Saturday lltfcj 0 2 Sunday ... 0:15 3.3 J2:42 0.5 Harabnrir Liner Floated. PHILADELPHIA. April 14. The Hamburg-American liner Brlsgavla, which went ashore In the mud below Chester Island. In the Delaware. River, was floated last night, and today proceeded on her voyage. The vessel tnu'talned no damage. Marine Xotrn. The steamer State of California Is due from San Francisco this morning. The Geo. W. Elder, from the same port, will also reach port today. The British phlp Asplce arrived up yes terday afternoon. She will commence dis charging ballast tomorrow, and will "be given quick dispatch. Tne steamship Belgian King arrived up last evening to load flour and wheat for the Orient. She is a faster steamer than the average tramp, and made a good run up the coast and up the river. The German ship Mabel Rlckmers, un der charter to load wheat at Portland, ar rived at Hlogo April 1. She is for August cancellation, and accordingly has plenty of time In which to reach Portland. Domestic and Foreltrn Ports. ASTORIA. April 14. Arrived German ship Najade. 34 days from Nagasaki. Ar rived In at 7 A. M. and left up at 11:50 A. M. British steamer Belgian King, from San Francisco. Sailed Barge Washougal, In tow of tug Samson, for San Francisco; U. 8. steamer Perry, for Puget Sound. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M., moderate; wind north; weather cloudy. San Francisco. April 14. Sailed Schoon er W. H. Krueger, for Tillamook; schoon er San Pedro, for Gray's Harbor. Ar rivedSteamer Areata, from Coos Bay. San Francisco. April 14 Arrived Steam er Jeanle, from Comox. Sailed Ship Bo hemia, for Bristol Bay; bark Alaska. whaling; ship Tacoma, for Bristol Bay; steamer Robert Dollar, for Seattle. Port Los Angelcr-Salled April 13 Steam er Mlneola, for Nanalmo. Port Gamble Sailed April 13 Bark Fres no, for Melbourne. Seattle Sailed April 13 Steamer City of Seattle, for Skagway. Arrived Steamer AI-KI, from Skagway. Hong Kong Arrived prior to April 14 British steamer Breconshlre, from V.c torla; British steamer Pathen, from Ta coma. Dublin Arrived April 11 British ship Arctic Stream, from Oregon. Fleetwood Arrived April 12 Br tlsh ship Royal Forth, from Oregon. Galway Arrived April 10 British bark Forfarshire, from Oregon. Liverpool Arrived April 12 British ohlp Alice A. Leigh, from Tacoma. A Study of the American Civil War. Contemporary Review. In hardly any Instance throughout the campaign, except where Sir Archibald Hunter. CoL Baden-Powell, Col. Keke wlch. Gen. French, or Col. Pitcher has been concerned, have the Boers been sur prised by us. They have always known precisely what we were going to do, and have met our attacks in full preparation for them, exactly as they took place. That means that their system of Intelli gence, their reticence In regard to what they Intended, telr capacity for obtain ing information of our actions and of concealing their own, have been such as have been habitual with the wise com manders of war In the past, and such as have enabled those commanders through out all history to take advantage of the foolish commanders opposed to them. Notably was this the case, as has been pointed out by others. In a war which, as It has been alleged, the former' lead er of the Boers, General Joubert, him self played a part. I have not been able to follow his biography sufficiently close ly to verify with certainty the assertion but I believe that it is true that Jou bert served throughout tho American Civil War in the army of which General Lee and Stonewall Jackson were tho great leaders. It Is at least certain that nt almost every point, as I have heard It ex pressed, "line upon line" the tactics of the Boers have, with Just such adaptations as the conditions of their country and their own particular faculties as soldiers have made necessary, followed the prin ciples that would have been adopted by any roldlcr who had fought under Jack son nnd profited by that experience. One writer In the prefes went so far a to say I am not quite sure if he was right or wrong, but at all events the sug gestion Is worth considering that the fact that Lord Roberts had appointed ns one of the chief officers on his staff the particular soldier. CoL Henderson, who has devoted himself to tho study of the American Civil War In general, and to the life of Stonewall Jackson in particular. Indicated an opinion on Lord Roberts' part that tho particular study of the American Civil War was the one that was most Immediately applicable to the pres ent Transvaal war. Thackeray at Oxford. "Memories nnd Impressions, 1S31-190X" Hon. G. C Broderick. Cardwell told me himself that soon af ter Thackeray's first visit to Oxford he fell In with him at the Athenaeum Club, when Thackeray remarked: "Well, Card well, you know that I have been down among your damned 'constituents. Of course I did not expect that all of them would have read my novels, but I certain ly did expect that most of them would have heard of me; Instead of which, I found that the question on every one's lips was, 'Who the devil Is Thackerayr " e Vigor and vitality are given to the whole system by Hood's Saxsaparllla. Knabe Plane. Wiley B. Allen Co. BATTLED WITHTHERAPIDS STEAMER SPOKASE ATTEMPTS TO REACH PITTSBURG LANDEVO. Vorced to Abandon the Trip nt "Wild Goose Rapids Removal of a Fevr Rocks Necessary. Captain George Conway, superintendent of the O. R. & N. water lines, returned Friday from a trip up Snake River as far as "Wild Goose Rapids. An effort was made to take the steamer Spokane up to Pittsburg Landlnir. but the water waa too low for the steamer to go through tne "siougn" at the rapids, and she was unable to lne over tho swift water In the main channel. It Is believed' that the removal of a number of the hure boulders from the slough will enable boats to pass the rapids with comparative ease wnen the water Is at the present stage TONNAGE EN ROUTE AND IN PORT. Vessels Chartered or Available for Grain Cargoes From the Northwest. FOR PORTLAXD. p 3 Name, andtfg. Mter- S- From. "i Consignees. : : AtigTjIMarechal Vllllers Fr. bark Rionald J 1705 NanteS 254 ov-HArP" llr. ship iHunter 1543 Antwerp 153 T.. T. Co. It?' 2 en2i?r , Sr- h,5J 'N'coH 189 Calcutta 761 J?. F. M. Co. iar' ? f?r,J,bn.I5 Br. bark Paterson liC2 Honolulu 2 1 Dec. Lizzie Bell Br. bark Whelan 10 6 Liverpool 116 ,M.. W. & Co. ian.' H Elfe5i"r?, nr- bi,rl Caddell ESI Antwerp 871. B.. O. & Co. Se- H Penthesllea Br. ship Manson 1663 London 62 .B.. O. & Co. Feb. 14Decpn Br. ship Barrett 1S36 Hamburg 6j.M.. W. &Co. East African Br. bark Decent liSiiHonolulu .... Grenada Br. bark Putt ZlOfilHonoluIu ....I Lydgate Br. bark Jones 235o;ShanghaI .... T.. T. & Co. Pinmore Br. bark Maxwell 2I!Nacflsaki A1ce Ger. ship Kuhlmann 20C2Card!ff Australia Br. bark Jones 20D7Honolulu Genista Br. ship Hearn lTlSIShanghal Leicester Castla Br. ship Crowest 2009!Shanghal ;; - .esala. . er- "hip Plander ICTCIKIao Chou .1 Mar. 5 Rlversdale Br. ship Griffiths 205SHamburg 41 E. Baker onwa7. Br. ship Ward 1776 Shanghai T.nLn1Vn Br.shlD Atkinson 1900 Nagasaki Mabel Rlckmers Ger. ship Bandelln 1833 Hlogn .... T.. Y. & Co. 8rSIIa ,,. ,. 3r- hip Tyers 1708 Shanghai Rckmer Rlckmers Ger. ship Eaake 1S14 Hong Kong JJ'sel , Ger. ship Leopold 1879 Nagasaki Semantha Br. ship Crowe 2211 Shanghai ."".rv JW;.plrrt8 Rr.bark Jenkins rdSShnnghal April 8 St. MIrren Br. ship Wllklns lK55IYokohama 7 ue Lothian Br. ship Curtis lTWHong Kong ...J -' Harlech Castle Br. ship FIndley lKOQIHonolulu yiU8.T,. . ger. ship Behrlnr IWlJapan j?,bert Rlckmers Oer. ship iRubarth 21741Hlogo Galgate Br. bark Grlfflths 2227IShanghaI SarI ,, . Ger. hark .Shoemaker 95SHcno:ulu Can Macpherron Br. ship McDona'd lS'e'Cape Town oHl"1, . t. Nor. bark Elllncsen l'S'Honoulu Suthcrlandshlr Br. ship Nicoll 1549iHor.g Kong ;v : Juplttr Dan. ship Funder K51ITsImau i5n Al!"10,? ,. Sr-snlp Toj'e 19- Mms Kong V April 1 Dovenby Hall Br. ship WIckham UMlshanghal 15 JJ.at!o" LteMDCoy Br. ship Cordlnar 2WNewc.istIe Nlthsdale Br. bark Steven Il5.'5 Sham-hal Bowman B. Law Br. bark GuIUson jirs-. Yckrhama Ardercralg Br. ship Cairns ISO Sta. Rosalia Centurion Br. ship Collins 1701 Nagasaki Dalcamie Br. ship Jones ilT'v Rhanehal 2'5a Oer. bark Engel 1341 Sta. Rosalia Ostcrbek Ger. bark tGleseke JSloiKalo Chou Port Caledonia . Br. bark Anton I2IR'a. Rosalia 2ecnrao,n,. Rr- h'P F.lstsn l'H(rao'u'.u IQueen Victoria Br. ship 'Hayden 15S7 .Total tonnage en route. 90,553. Same t Same time In 1S97, 22.9C9. GRAIIC TOXXAGE a Name. Flag and rig. Master. Mar. 22lnverness-shlre Mar. 22 William Law Mar. 2tlThornllebank Mar. Berwickshire April 9IAspice April 13IJnhn Cooke April 14NaJade Br. bark Br. ship Br. ship Br. bark Br. ship Br. shin Peattle Abbott McBride Blanche Bremner 'Magee Ger. ship Total tonnage In the river. 11.993. Same 189S. 12.122 tons. In 1837, C423 tons. GRAIX TOXXAGE G! ROUTE TO ITCET SOUXdT Name- Flag and Tit- Nov. 15Batt!e Abbey Oct. 20Mount Stuart Mar. SIGIenogll Jan. ftlRhuddlan Castle Dec. 18,'Shandon Jan. 3llmberhorne ICamcdd Llewellyn Jan. 291 Brussels Feb. 24 Chas. Cotesworth Wanderer Mar. 12 Cabul Mar. 31 Glcnard '. Fortevlot Henrietta Mar. 20 Rodenbek Msr. 14 Dunreggan Carl April 4 Linlithgowshire Durham City of Delhi ..' Klllmallle Br. snip Br. ship Br. ship Br. sh:t) Br. ship Br. ship Br. ship Br. bark Br. bark Br. bark Br. bark Br. ship Br. ship McGhie Olsen Stevenson Roberts Beard Lever Harris Tupman Griffith Tonkin Moesch Johnson Turner Ollmour nr. bark Ger. shin Seeman Hansen (Dixon jHashagrn lAnderson Doty Swan Balfour Ger. ship ur. Dark Ger. ship nr. snip Br. ship Br. shin IBr. bark Total tonnage en route. 3S 964. Same time GRAIX TOXXAGE a Name. Flar and rig Master. Mar. 16Achnashle Mar. i, Cumberland Mar. 22 Conway Castle Mar. 19 Holywood Mar. 15 King Arthur Br. bark Br. ship Br. bark Br. hark Br. bark IQuaylo Evans Macauley Robertson April b Elginshire Br. ship Hannah Total tonnage In port. 10,742. Same time or a little higher. The LewlMon Tribune, of the 12th. contains the following Inter esting account of the trip of the Spokane:, "The steamer Spokane returned last night at 7 o'clock, having been unable to pass "Wild Goose Rapids. For hours the stanch steamer battled with the foam ing torrent, and surrendered only when the cause was hopeless. No better fight was ever waged against the unconquer able whirlpools of Snake River. "The Spokane left Lewlston Tuesday morning at 6 o'clock. After stopping countless numbers of times to take on and discharge cargo, she reached the foot of Wild Goose Rapids at 6 o'clock in tho evening. On leaving the mouth of the Grand Ronde River. Captain Baugh man took the wheel. With him In the pilot-house were Captain Harry Baugh man, his eon, and Captain George Con way, superintendent of water transpor tation for the O. R. & N. Half a mile below the rapids the steam gauge showed ISO pounds pressure, and the wheel was making 26 revolutions a minute. Her speed . was Increased to about IS miles an hour, and her nose was pointed for the center of the foaming cataract. The boat was fairly flying through the water, which boiled over her deck. At the very crest of the rapids the steamer paused for an Instant, then trembled violently as the choppy waves struck the sides of her hull. Lurching to star beard, the boat seemed to rise out of the water, and was hurled by the current in the direction of the Washington shore. In a straight line she slid toward the Jagged rocks like a tobogran. It seemed as though the steamer was doomed to be tossed on shore, but by a master ful handling of the rudder Captain Baughman brought his boat to a sud den standstill within six inches of the rocky ledge that borders the stream. The next Instant the violent waves had raised her bow almost out of the water, and she was carried down stream like a shingle In a brook. "Few people have ever seen WL'd Goose Rapids, and a brief description of this famous cataract may not be out of place. About 35 miles above Lewlston the Snake River widens, and near the center Is a rocky Island. At high water the river flows on both sides of the Island, but at low water the channel on tho Idaho side Is almost dry. The bottom of the channel is covered with large, smooth bowlders, some of which will weigh several tons. Why this channel should be commonly called a slough cannot be ascertained, unless It Is for the sake of brevity. The main stream flows on the Washington side of the island, and has a fall of about nine feet In half a mile. The velocity of the water Is not less than 15 miles an hour. At one place abreast of the head of the island the fall Is four feet In 100 feet, and this Is the stlcklng-polnt for steamboats. , "When the Spokane was' vanquished by the flood, she dropped back below the foot of the Island and steamed slowly Into the other channel. Thero she made her way cautiously, with two sail ors sounding the depth of water at the port and starboard bows. Tho pro cess of sounding was not satisfactory, for tho poles would pass down between the largo bowlders and register five feet of water where there might not be a depth of three feet abovethe tops of the rocks The sailors were singing out the alleged depth of the- water when suddenly the steamer came to a stop and the ominous grinding on the bottom proved that she was fast on a bowlder. The current caught her port bow and she swung clear afloat, balked for the second time. lme In 1859. 15.877. Same time In 1S3S, 59,13. IX THE niYEl. From. Ariints nr Charterers. Berth. 2117Honolulu lKUIsingapore 19C9lSta. Rosalia K.. G. & Co'VIctoria A. Benr Stream P. F. M. Co. Stream P. F. M. Co Stream P. F. M. Co 'Elevator 901 Hono ulu 189-HHonoIulu 175iShanfrhal CI. W. McN. Astoria Hasselman lC77JNagasakt Glrven & Cc Astoria tons. Same time in time In 1SS9. 21,951 Master. From. Consignees. illCSIAntwerp 151IM-. W. & Co 16 J M W Xc Co. uwixnuon 21f2 London 4ii it. i: Kitnet 1333ICard!ff 12971CardIff lSWLlverpool lOOSIHamburg IWT.Llverrool 1W 'Guatemala It. P. Rlthet M..W. & Co. 50 "ltiShnr.ghal JOTS'Hlogo irv. 'Rotterdam SL. W. & Co. ilTVi Antwerp :96? 17t5 Antwerp Cardiff 1C0?I Hamburg 14iLondon M ...IRcbt. Ward nia.G. &Co. 141!T.Ij.mnst1 jl3S7Antwerp iirr? Japan 'n:.i.onr!on In 1SS9, 17.517. OX Pt'GET 90UXD. From. A rents or Charterers. Berth. 2334 Liverpool Hlogo Honolulu Hono ulu Wnnf- Wnni- R. P. Rlthet Vlrlnrl.T 1Ti K.. G. & Co. n.. a. a- en. Seattle Tacoma Tacoma 1591 1177 B., G. Co. 156? K., G. & Co 2038iLlvemool Seattle R, P. Rlthet Victoria in 1829, 15,353. It was then decided to tie up for the night, which was done. Before going to their hunks the. deckhands brought out 2250 feet of four-Inch Mnnlla hawser and coi:ed it on the deck. It was new rope, and tho Spokane was being prepared to shoot tho rapids at al! hazards. "Testerday morning at daylight every body was awake on board the Spokane. Most all the male passengers worked with the crew In getting out the Manila hawsers. One rope was carried ahead for 1500 feet and hitched to a 'dead man.' It might be explained- that a 'dead man' it a loir of wood Imbedded In the rock, to which a rope Is tied. The long lino extended up the river on the Idaho shore. Another line was taken to the head of the Island and securely fastened to a rock. When these lines were drawn taut they formed the letter V." with the point at the bow of the Spo kane. The channel through which the steamer had to pass was worn like a trough, scarcely wider than the hull of tho boat. It was tn Intention of Captain Baughman to steam slowly along and have the hawsers taken In as the steam er made headway. It took from day light until S o'clock to make the lines fast. The flrst pull on the long line dis interred tho 'deadrnan.' and another one was constructed. That occupied the time until 9 o'clock. From then until nearly noon the boat was being pulled from one side of tho channel to tho other. In the vain hope of finding deep water. Finally the steamer rested on a bowlder, and re mained there. With 12 men turning the capstan, the four-Inch hawser parted and the boat drifted off the rocks. When the other line became taut, the strain was too great, and it also broke. This finished the half day, and there was a consulta tion of Captains. "Captain Harry Baughman suggested that all the cargo bo moved astern in order to sink tho wheel further Into the water and obtain moro power. It was decided to make another attempt to climb the rapids In the main channel, for the 'slough' did not hold enough water to float the vessel. While Inspect ing the steering-gear. It was found that tho tillers did not work well. It took two hours to make tho repairs, and the boat was ready for a flnal test of strength. Another running start was made, and tho tumbling water swirled and foamed as tho steamer plunged Into the torrent. In a swift stream the cen ter la always higher than the edges. and the water In Wild Goose Rapids It curved like the top of a loaf of bread. Into the very center of the rapids the Spokane leaped. At the crest she again stopped and trembled like a tree in a tempest. For fully 10 minutes the ves sel stood there, with the water boiling over the deck. It was a critical mo ment. Everything was red-hot -In the engine-room, and the flying paddle wheel filled the air with spray. Passen gers and crew held their breath In painful suspense. Slowly the boat be gan to fall back, but minded tho rud der perfectly. Captain Baughman moved her toward the shore by a skillful turn of the wheel without losing much head way. A gang-plank waa thrown out and two lines taken ashore. One was made fast, while the others was carried 10M feet ahead and fastened to a rock. With the aid of tho wheel and the hawser wound upon the capstan, tho steamer moved ahead nearly 100 feet Suddenly tho long hawser parted. The weight broke the Short line, nnd the contes was over. It was then 4 o'clock in the after noon. "A passenger, discussing the trip, said: " Tho praiseworthy performance of the Spokane has the effect of bringing forc ibly to the minds of Lewlston citizens tho necessity for prompt action In open ing a channel through Wild Goose Rapids. To wait for the Government to do the work would be a slow process. The ad verse report of Captain W. W. Harts has chilled all the ardor that Congress might have had. In the face of all this, the best-Informed citizens know that, with the obstruction at Wild Goose Rap ids removed, there Is an open river to Pittsburg Landing. The knowledge that the Spokane has been unable to pass the rapids will havo a depressing 'effect, but a slight expense will remedy the hin drance to navigation.' "Captain Conway was of the opinion that a moderate effbrt, properly applied, will clear nway the obstruction. The In terests of too many men are at stake to aiiow tne matter to remain as It Is." THROUGH ItV DAYLIGmtO Fast Boat Planned for a Popular scenic Route. A Falrhaven capitalist, at present un engaged. Is figuring on a steamboat ven ture that Is Hkelv to erMt nm nntA natloh In transportation circles, says the naicom iteveuie. He has In view a large boat of luxurious nnrx-.lntm.nt. md capable of making IS knots an hour. This ' rnaoie me Doat to make the round trip between Seattle and Belllr.gham Bay by daylight and allow an hour or two In Seattle. When the State started on her run to make the round trip every 24 hour. It was considered an Innovation of doubt ful results, but it has proven a success. Now the round trip Is to be made In from 12 to 14 hours. Dollar fares and a trip by daylight to and from Seattle Is expected to appeal strongly to the 'traveling public, and the appearance of the new boat will be awaited with great Interest. The trans portation business between Belltnghnra Bay and Seattle has been very profitable for some years, and there Is plenty ol room for Improvement In the service. PROBLEMS FOR FARMERS. Dalryintr Promises Relief From Ex ccb1vc WIieat-Grorrlno-. ALBANY. April 13. A prollcm con fronts the farmers of Oregon, and partic ularly of the Willamette Valloy. Does i: pay to raise wheat for export? The prin cipal factors Involved In the answer are: First The low price of this commodity and prospective lower price the coming season, owing to the favorable outicok for good crops the world over. Second The comparatively small area of farming lands, as contrasted with the great wheat-growing sections of our coun try and of the wcrld. and the consequent great value of our Valley "farms for other purposes than raising ccaln. Third The lessening yield per ncre. ow ing to continued cropping without the ap plication of fertilizers, or enriching ma terial of any kind. The price at which wheat can be profit ably raised differs among farmers all the way from 49 to 52 cents per bushel. The following table, on the basis of an acre, gives a fair estimate along this line, based upon the experiences of our farmrs; showing the least possible outlay of labor wm rApcnv: 1 lowing ..... .........................Jl 23 llnrrmrlnff .... ..& .. """"""ft " - ....... ...a. ............ 1 Seed. xvcA claned nnd vltrled i w nfi. u triage Dcmixn Drooacosi and dril Inp re Twine .................. .............. 25 Shocking is Tl-reshlng on a basis of 100 acres per clay..... ... ......... .................... i oo Feeding of teams same bis'. 05 MtinK id hiothci, average yie.u of 15 bushels so Interest on land, 330 average price, at 8 per cent 2 n loiai -..- ...... ...... ...S7 0 Divide J7 70 by IS bushels and you have 42 cents, nearly, as the cost per bushel. No account Is taken of the wear and tear of machinery, the Insurance that many farmers carry on their grain, nt about 32 15 per 1100. for warehouse storage, or 33 50 when stored In mills: and that to secure a good crop of Winter wheat the lar.d usually lies idle one season. In order to Summer fallow, and has extra cultiva tion; hence. 50 rents per bushel is none too much to give a fair profit. The thresh ing bill includes the board of hands. In this connection the fact Is noted that Linn County farmers were surprised last harvest io find that Fall wheat sown on stubble ground outylelded that sown on Summer fallow. This Is perhaps best ex plained by giving as a reason that th very late and heavy ra'ns last Spring packed the soli, and the dry and hot weather Immediately following caused It to bake much more than that with th stubble turned under, which tended to keep the land from "running together"; hence. It retained the moisture much lon ger. This running together was unknown when these lands were flrst cultlx-ated. owing to the presence of humus or vegeta ble mold. Another thing that had a detrimental ef fect and will have more and more if per sisted In. Is the leaving of Summer fal low bare and exposed to the hot Summer sun. Better to plant to corn or potatoes, sow peas or vetches, something to shad; the ground. Dr. James Wlthycnmbe. cf the State Agricultural College, has xound ed the note of warning aloiur this line to our farmers. Acccrding to the reports of the TTnted States Department of Agriculture, the nvcrage of Oregon wheat crops for the past six years Is a little over IS bushe's per acre, the highest helne 20.5. the low est 17. The latter figure is also pearly the average for the United States last year, and Is the highest for a number ct years past. Taking one year with another. It does not pay to hold grain for a higher price, for at least for the last 10 or 12 years farm ers have lost by holding their whent. Our country papers have uniformly advised farmers to sell Immediately after harvest. Last August, wheat was 52 cent In Al bany, a living rate; now It Is below cost of production. To show how our wheat fa usually han dled, let us take what I understand Is the plan followed by the Albany Farmers' Company, than which there Is tot a moro economical or better managed concern. It has warehouses at Albany. Tangent and Tallman. with a total storage capa-lty of about 500.000 bushels. Sacks are Jent to farmers storing with them. When the wrleat Is brought In. It Is cleaned to make It merchantable, and the screenings are chopped at a nominal rate. A charge for storage is made of 3 cents per bushel up to about January 1; after that, until tho next crop1 comes In. 4 cents Is charged, or as long as the wheat is held, nnd then 3 cents pr year. When the wheat ts sold they receive about 7 cents per bushel above what the farmers are paid, which Includes storage, sacking and delivering on board the cars. Sacking Is at the rate of about; 3H cents per bushel. Tho wear and tear of the sacks loaned io farmers Is practically a dead loss. Of thsse, about 1.0,000 have to be patched each season, and are then only fit for holding chop or mill feed. This company recently had aboat 700,000 bushels of wheat not sold. There Is a loss of 326,000 on the same, by reason cf cot selling last August, and to this can be added that sold after the price went down and the Interest, especially on that now unsold. It is possible for a farmer to get about 1 cents more, as net, above what the warehouses pay, the latter bolng the actual price in market quotations. In order to get this advance, he has to haul his wheat to the granary, and If kept any length of time, must empty the sacks or the mice will damage them. After clean ing: his wheat to a merchantable degree, he has to resack. reload and deliver at depot In carload lots, as to ship otherwise would entail a loss. By doing an above he can receive the same price as ts paid to the warehouses, unless, aa sometimes happens, a pool Is made or a sudden call for a cargo of wheat, when a premium is paid above market price. It is under stood among farmers that wheat would now bring about 8 cents mere per bushel were tonnage rates or charters as low as they were some yeara ago. Another factor that they understand has some bearing Is a combination that con trols the output of a number of Oregon flouring mills, and whose Interest natural ly prompts them to keep down the price of grain. On the other hand. It Is to the Interest of the warehousemen to keep the price as high as possible. Some mills not In the combine are allowing farmers 1V4 cents more per bushel than market rates. In that they charge them but VA cents storage In place of 4 cents. The mills have to figure very closeiy, and then sometimes not come out more than even, when the best brands of flour bring hut 32 55 per barrel in San Fran cisco, and out of that has to come 45 cents per barrel for transportation. Al lowing five bushels to a barrel of flour, at 40 cents would bo 32. The mills get S2 10 net for the flour and about 50 cents for the 100 pounds of mill feed, making b wj. Out of this comes the storage, grinding; sacking and delivering on board the car. Until a lantcr market opens In the Ori ent or the Nicaragua canal Is conru.:red. the shipment of flour, ns well as wheat, gives no encouragement to the Ore;nn farmer. Ills hope Is In diversified farm ing, and In the Intensive form: that is. the highest degree of cultivation. However. Western Oregon even then can never be at Its best until there is a system of thor ourh drainage, by tiling nnd otherwise. With a leesened wheat production In proportion to population and farms culti vated, there will not be the risks taken as was the case last Summer, from unusual rainfall during harvest. More help would be available In securing the crop by stack ing, etc A leading Linn County farmer, being asked how the farmers came out with laat season's crop, emphatically re Dl!ed: "Every farmer that -raised wheat 1.-st money." The loss was made greater from the fact that the unthreshed grain had. In many cases, to be rcshocked, and In some fields the grain was slightly dam aged, though there was very little of our grain that did not come up to the stand ard of 60 pounds to the bushel, and so little going below 58. the lowest for mer chantable wheat, that the farmers practic ally sustained no loss on that account. Owing to our early harvest, and having plenty of threshing ovtfit. our Winter wheat waa largely threshed, and much of It In the warehouses before the rains commenced. Even under "diversified farming." that is. so to speak, a war cry. and one that should be shouted in the ears of every farmer, and. as The Oregonlan aptly put It not long ago, "will be worth more to the farmers than IS to 1," we will always ral?e more or less of wheat, and as its quality and that of our flour Is not ex celled anywhere In this wide world, there Is here that It and the flour will com mand a premium in the world's markets Even now there is money In wheat along some lines of home consumption. One bvvhel Is presumed to make 13 pounds of pork, and that, at 5 cent per pound, would bring 63 cents per bushel. It Is ridiculous, to say tho least, tho way we have brought In to us from the Middle West such large quantities of hams and bacon. Let our farmers go Into the pork buaness en a scale that will Justify the erection of pacUIng-houies at different points, thus supplying our home marker, and rlenty to spare for other markets, with the bert of hame. bacon, and profit ably getting rid of much of our surplus whet as well. No branch cf farming at the present time looma up mere prominently than does dairying. The phenomenal success of the Albany Co-operative Creamery Associa tion hns eet many of our formers to scratching their heaOs and pondering the problem whether butter fat. at 27 cents per pound. Is not better than wheat at 4J rents a buhL The outcome will probably be that In addition to the one at Shedd. creamlns stations contributory to the Albany crcarr.erv will soon be started at Tangent. Oakvllle, LeDanon and. pernaps. other pclrts. The fruit Industry Is Increasing In mag nitude, and the more widely our fruits are known the more ccrta'n will be a mar ket at paying prices. More hay should be rated, especially clover. It will pay better than wheat. It Is said that th farmers of Southern Oregon realize more from their alfalfa hay crop than from their fruit, than which there is none bet ter. Eastern Oregon farmers can also raise alfalfa, and with the present and prospective high prices for cattle, sheep and hogs, will And It profitable to use their grain In raising and preparing them for market, as well as marketing their prod ucts. Not many more yeirs and our magnifi oer.t and unlimited water powers will be utilized, our plains and valleys will re sound to the hum of manufacturing In dustries, and teem'ng with populatl n. we will find a home market for all of our products. The anxious lock now upon thr faces of our fanners will yet give way to the smile of contentment, Linn County farmers are- wheeling Into line to meet thtse new conditions. It U heped there Is the same awakening all over our per!cse Oregon, my native et-.te. CYRUS H. WALKER. The Primitive Man. International Monthly. The life of primitive man is certainly beset with countless perils. Experience has taught but Uttle upon these earlier ctages. and almot all phenomena are con sequently referred to supernatural agen cies. The savage Hves In awe of the outer world; witchcraft and sorcery are about the only means at hand to cope with the adverse forces of Nature. Religion has. Its roots in this original feeling of fear: medicine men and mys.tery men are the earliest priests. But exorcism Is in many cases, not enough. Against foes whose methodn of attack are Intelligible, primi tive men soon learns to proceed more di rectly by natural means. There are wild beasts to be slain, noxious creatures to be exterminated and sometimes human rivals to be laid low. In contents such as these, physical force counts for more than pre ternatural power, and. In- the ordinary struggle for existence, success usually at- tends the efforts of the strons. 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