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THE SUNDAY OKEGOXIAX, POKTXA30V JAXUAKT 23, 1916. MAROONED CREW WAITS FOR ICY COLUMBIA TO FREE STEAMER TAHOMA-IT'LL TRY TO RESCUE Passengers Guided to Shore Over Slippery Path and Most of Workers on Boat Are Allowed to Return to Homes Food for Bull Is Taken to Vessel With Difficulty Lifeboats Kept at Hand Should Craft Strike Bock as Floe Breaks. N Resolutions Advocating Doc trines of Grand Old Party i Win Unanimous Vote. PROGRESSIVES TAKE PART REPUBLICANS OPEN CAMPAIGN IN POLK Dallas Sleeting Noted for Harmony and Careful Avoidance of Any thing Indicating Elate or Com binationAll Are Pleased. DALLAS. Or.. Jan. 22. (Special.) With nearly every .one of the 40 pre' cincts of the county represented, the Republican Central Committe of Polk County today opened the political cam palgn of 1916. The meeting was called to order by Chairman D. M. Hampton, of Monmouth, and besides the precinct . committeemen there were nearly 100 ' other Republicans la attendance. Lew A. Cates, secretary of the central com mittee, acted aa secretary of the meet- Ins1. After briefly stating the object of the meeting. Chairman Hampton called . upon Walter L. Tooze, Jr., of Dallas, - state committeeman from Polk County, for an address. Others who spoke were: T. T. Patterson, w. w. Percival of Independence: J. C. Talbot, of Falls - City, and George Hawkins, of Dallas. The meeting iopted a resolution recommending to the County Court the appointment of a Republican as succes sor to H. C. Seymour, County School Superintendent. whose resignation takes effect February 1. The court is composed entirely of men elected upon the Republican ticket. Progressives Are Reconciled. Arrangements were perfected where by the secretary of the committee will endeavor to interest the voters in each of the precincts of the county in the ' election of a precinct committeeman at the May .primaries who is a leader among Republicans in his community, hoping in this manner to have a strong Republican working organization for the Fall campaign. The meeting was entirely harmonious and was attended by a number of former Progressives, who actively participated in the delib erations. Everything that might savor of a slate or combination was done away with and in the adoption of reso lutions care was taken to avoid any thing that might be distasteful to any element of the party. - The chair appointed Walter L. Tooze, Jr, of Dallas: E. E. Paddock, of Inde pendence; D. I Keyt, of Perrydale. as a committee upon resolutions. i no committee reported back with a reso lution expressing faith in the Repub lican party and condemning some of the shortcomings of the present Ad ministration. After a little debate the resolution was unanimously adopted. Resolutions adopted included, among : others, the following declarations: We reaffirm our belief and confidence in the Republican party and the fundamental . principles for which it stands. We reaffirm our belief in a protective tar iff, and call attention to conditions that . bare existed in this country during the past two years, particularly, while we have beea ope ratine under a tariff schedule adopted by the Deraocratlo Administration, as complete proof of the Inability of Democ racy to cope with this great problem so as to assure us a continuation of prosperity. We believe that the precinct is the unit upon which must be built the whole foun- ' dation of a successful party organization, and to that end we believe that a deter mined effort should be made in this stato and. in fact, in all parts of the country to see that a committeeman of recognised standing and a leader in his community should be nominated by petition or other wise and elected as a member of the county Central committe. , We welcome the growing sentiment in fa vor of a return to the principle of our par ty by the electorate of this country, and wel come a return to our ranks of those brothers who in 1012 left us temporarily, owing to an - honest difference existing between us. and believe that united in the election of 1V1S ' the party of which we are proud to be mem bers, and the principles it stands for, must ' prevail over demonstrated Democratic In ; efficiency and extravagance. We condemn the action of the Demo- cratio party la the violation of its platform and campaign pledges made in 1012, and In , Its failure to conduct the affairs of Gov- ernment during the past three years upon an economical, buslness-llke 'basis. We believe the deficit faced by this Gov- ernment during the past year to be due to Inefficiency of administration, to an un- - businesslike view of the tariff situation, and . we condemn the Imposition of a war tax - during times of peace. Peace With Ilonor Advocated. We believe In the maintensnce of peace ; consistent with National honor and dignity. : but we do not believe in peace at any ' price. We believe that an American citizen ' is entitled tn the protection of this Gov ernment wtierever he mar be. provided he la engaged In lawful endeavor, and that the very purpose of government in its lsst analysis is the protection of Ha citizens in divlduaily and collectively and their prop . erty rights. We condemn the action of the party In power In repealing the free tolls act with . reference to American vessels engaged In ' roast-wise traffic using the Panama Canal. and call attention to the fact that this action waa and is In direct violation of the - pledge contained in the Democratic plat . form of 1913. and we believe that this action hss resulted In permanent injury to the Pacific Coast states particularly. We believe in the principle of "prepar- edness." and call attention to the fact that our party has always favored It: but we condemn the effort being made to make this a political Issue. We urge the permanent organisation of a county central committee, aided by a ' woman's auxiliary, in every county of this - state during the coming campaign, and urge - that all party members -interested In party . success do their utmost by personal en deavor to accompli-h our ultimate success in the election In the Fall. 6 STOCK THIEVES TO SERVE William Ridings, Famous Backaroo, Is One Sent to Penitentiary. ONTARIO. Or, Jan. 23. (Special.) TVIlllam Ridings, a buckaroo. famous throughout Eastern Oregon as the oom-boy Proctoro used as a model for his statue. "Let r Buck." left last night in custody of the Sheriff for the penitentiary for horsestealing. He has eerved two previous terms in the Ore gon penitentiary for 'similar crimes. Ralph Huff and Ray Motley, bis ac complices, pleaded guhty and will serve one to 10 years. Willises Kooser, James Morrison and George F. Mover, convicted of eheepstealtng, were also in the Sheriffs party. Moyer only re cently finished a term for burning a livery stable at Jordan Valley. Three other prisoners completed the company. Wert Stafford for forgery: Paul Klaus, attempted larceny, and George Ilick nanv assault with a dangerous weapon. ! Kelso Ministers Organized. KELSO. Wash, Jan. 1! (Special.) The ministers of the Kelso churches rave organized a ministerial associa tion. Officers were elected as follows: Rev. J. T. McQueen, president; Rev. S. McMlnis. vice-president, and Rev. F. L. Fraser. secretary-treasurer, The month of February will be observed in the Kelso churches aa a "go-to-church month." and all the churches will co operate In .the movement. III : , . ' il " f 1 X - 7 I " - . ,-f-L-.' ,.i t . .4'' ' 1 x I'- -rwFr.! I ti ill. LIVLVa in an icebound steamer. The Tahoma, with the constant fear that she will be crushed like a peanut when the Columbia River breaks up, but hoping against hope that she may be saved and piloted again to the usually placid waters, Cap tain Charles Nelson and a loyal crew of three men since January 6 have been marooned in their craft a Short distance above Cape Horn, Wash. The steamer is about 400 feet from the Washington shore, and the ice is solid around her and possibly 20 feet deep in places. The Tahoma, with Captain Kelson at the wheel, had for three days battled the floating ice in the Columbia River. She had reached a point half a mile from The Dalles, where she tied up for the night. Early on January 4 the Tahoma start ed downstream bound for Portland and picking up passengers and freight along the way. Other river steamers had reached Portland, and Matt Saunders, agent for the People's Navigation Com pany, which owns the Tahoma, learned from their captains that the ice was unusually bad. At once he tried to get in touch with Captain Nelson by tele phone, leaving calls at McGowan's and Hood River, but In vain. Heavy Ice Met Past Prindle. Captain Nelson, exhausted with a three nights' vigil and hard work dodg ing ice, went to his cabin for a little sleep, leaving the first pilot at the wheel. After passing Prindle the pilot encountered heavy ice. but he thought he would be able to battle it success fully for two or three miles to the open river below Cape Horn.. But an unusually heavy field of ice surround ed the Tahoma and she "died" there. As her wheel was upstream, she could not back out. which she might have done had she been headed upstream. To make matters worse, in a few hours a terrific blizzard swooped down upon the imprisoned steamer with her crew of ten and passenger list of 20, includ ing two women, Mrs. Smith, of Under wood..and Mrs. Brock, of Cooks. That night was passed aboard the steamer, but next morning several of the crew attempted to make shore to find a way for the passengers to get off. It was then realized that the Ta homa was in for a long stay in the Ice. This party was unsuccessful, but about noon Captain Nelson and a deck hand, with long sticks with which to feel their way and throw across the opening In case they fell in a hole, stared for shore. When they got with in 100 feet the ice was not strong enough to hold them up, but by going half a mile up the river they found a landing place, and slowly picked their way back to the steamer. They guided a dozen of the passen gers to shore and returned for the oth ers, among them the women. AH made shore safely, though several had wet feet, and they walked down the rail road back to Cape Horn and boarded the train about 4 o'clock in the after noon. ' Heavy Wind Obscures Boat. The wind was blowing so hard and the snow waa falling so fast when these landings were made that the boat could not be seen after the party was 150 feet away from it. With the passengers safely ashore. Captain Nelson decided he must re main with the boat to be there when the ice begins to break up. So he per mitted all except three of the crew to go to their homes. Those who re mained were Charles Kern, engineer; John Featherstone, steward, and Tom Shepherd. mate Wood there was aboard, and this waa used, the oil heins saved for the re turn trip to Tortland. The wood supply was soon gone, and wood It was necessary to have. The wind blew night and day as hlgn aa 0 miles an hour, carrying snow and sand so thick that for hours at a tim it waa Impossible to see the moun- Top (Left). View of Tahoma Taken Cape Horn. Table Mountain in Blizzard (January 19). Below tains or the shore a few hundred feet away. The Tahoma is about 400 feet from the Washington shore, and there is a steam capstan on the front end of the boat. There is about 1800 feet of strong wire cable. The captain and crew managed to get to the river hank and cut down several trees and trim the limbs off. The steam capstan then pulled the logs to the side of the steamer, where they were cut up and 6plit for use in keeping-1 up steam. The wind was so strong and it was so cold that the men could not work very long without going in to the boiler-room to get thawed out. Food Needed for Bull. To add to their trouble, worry and work, a bull, consigned to Joseph Mc Goldrlck, at Vancouver, Wash., was aboard, and he had to be fed. It would be impossible to get him ashore, and he could not climb the enow drifts on the bank if he did. So the crew had to carry hay across the ice on their backs! When Mr. McGoldrick was in formed that the hull was being fed hay he complained that he was ac customed to eating grain and that he had sent some for him to eat. But the bull waa contented to be in a warm place near the boiler and chew' hay while the storm outside raged. There are enough berths for. all of the men to sleep in, and the forward cabin is kept fairly warm with a steam radiator attached to the boiler. But the warmest and most Interesting place on board the Tahoma is the galley, where the men prepare their meals, eat, wash the dishes, smoke andkeep warm. Fair Food Supply In Store. The steward had a fairly good sup ply of food on board the boat, but there were many things that were needed after they had been there 10 days. A path was made over the ice to the bank, and it was less than a mile's walk to a general store, where eggs, ham and salt pork could be had. In the cargo were included five cases of condensed milk and 100 boxes of Hood River apples. It is hard to get fresh meat, .though. Sometimes the captain telephones and has beef shipped to Stevenson. Behind the boiler le a "well" cut through the bottow of the boat. Here water ispumped for the boiler and for use on the boat. Though six feet be low the surface, there la more or less ice in the water, and there is no tell ing how thick the ice Is. The Tahoma is 120 feet long, has a draft of three feet, and a beam of 28 feet. She is owned by the People's Navigation" Company of Portland, and ties up at the Oak-street dock, when Ice does not bold her prisoner on the majestic Columbia. She was built in 1910 in Portland, and her capacity is 192 gross tons. She is allowed to carry! 150 passengers. She is propelled by two horizontal son-condensing engines and burns oil on her regular run. but can burn wood in an emergency. This is the first time in history that the ice has been Jammed so thick at Cape Horn. There is ice, solid ice, made by chunks of ice being forced up endv, Ise and then frozen together by zero 'weather, for more than a mile be low the Tahoma and as far above. One little pool of water, a few hundred feet above the steamer, is the only open water in all of this ice jam. Captain Kelson think that he mlsat From Middle of Colombia River. (Right) View of Ice-Boon d Columbia Above Background. Middle (Left), Side View of Tahoma. (Klgbt) -The Tahoma la a (Left), Captain Charles Nelson. (Right) The Tahoma From a Point Astern. catch some fish in this open water if he took the trouble to try. II a thaw comes on quickly, followed by warm rains, the Columbia River will rise suddenly and in time will break this big Jam. How the Tahoma will fare when the Ice breaks up is a ques tion of great concern to Captain Nel son, who hopes for the best, but who knows the grave danger in which his boat now is. The Tahoma will he In shipshape when the thaw strikes, and the stern wheel, rudder, and hull will be chopped free from the ice, where possible. If the river rises suddenly and breaks up the ice it might crush. -the little Ta homa like an egg. , If the ice starts down the river the Tahoma will be carried with It until the ice is broken up, but if the steamer Is carried against a rock it would surely tear the bottom right out. As the Tahoma is now in deep water in the center of the main channel, there Is hope "that no rocks will be en countered until she is able to free her self. If the sudden rise of the river pushes the Ice from upstream down against the boat it may do eerious damage. But come what may. Captain Nelson FACTORY. AT PENITENTIARY PROPOSED BY MR. KAY. Plan in Vogue at Minnesota Institution Held as Example of Possible Profits. SALEM, Or., Jan. 22. (Special.) Establishment of a plant to manufac ture binder twine at the Oregon peni tentiary is advocated by State Treas urer Kay as a result of his inspection of a twine plant operated at the Minne sota penitentiary. The State Treasurer on his recent trip East visited the Minnesota prison and declares it is probably, the best conducted and most profitable prison in the United States. "Last year the Minnesota prison twine plant manufactured 19.000,000 pounds of binder twine, which was sold to farmers of the surrounding country at 2 cents a pound less than the market price and yet netted the Institution several thousands of dol lars' profit. This plant is run to its capacity the year around. "The prison also has a manufactur ing department where farm imple ments, such as harvesters, binders, mowers and rakes are made. Last year 11.000 machines bearing the "Minne sota" brand were made for Bale to farmers. During the last two years the insti tution paid all expenses of maintenance and operation and during the last two years paid to the state a net profit of J54T.000. Last year the net profit was more than J300.000. Convicts are paid from 25 cents to 11.25 a day in accord ance with their services. The payroll is more than ,8000 a month, and many of the convicts earn from ,30 to 35 month." Mills Will Kesnme. CENTRALIA, Wash., Jan. 22. (Spe eiaX) -fjjUowics a ghutdowa ea.uedy PRISON MAY MAKE Tk'i I NE is and his loyal three assistants will re main with the boat as long as possible. They have lifeboats with them and can make shore easily enough, if they are compelled to. H. J. Hendricks, superintendent of the Pacific Bridge Company, which has the contract for building the piers for the Columbia River interstate bridge at Vancouver, Wash., went with the writer to Cape Horn, January 19. and these two were the first visitors to the Tahoma. Mr. Hendricks went up to learn the extent of the ice, and what It may do when the jam is broken. He fears that the ice may come down in such large bodies that they will Injure the cofferdams on Vco or tnree pi ere, now in process of construction. If the cofferdams are knocked up this would permit water to enter the piers below the waterline, and tne con tractors are not ready for this. The piling in one or two of the piers has not been cut off below the surface and it would be necessary to keep them dry inside until this work is done and the concrete poured in and set. One crib, 48 feet deep, has been pushed downstream by the ice. It was anchored by cables to piling, which were broken off or pulled out. the deep snow and resulting lack of logs, the H. H. Martin Lumber Com pany's mill in this city resumed oper ations yesterday morning. The Eastern Railway & Lumber Company's plant will start up again Monday. Both mills report plenty of orders. Indian, Bitten by Coyote, Cured. KLAMATH FALLS. Or., Jan. 22. (Special.) According to Dr. E. C. Ben nett, the Indian Service physician at Yainax sub-agency, 50 miles northeast of here on the reservation, who was in the city today, Julia Jefferson, the Indian woman who was bitten some time ago by a rabid ' coyote, has been cured of the threatened attack of hy drophobia. Mrs. Jefferson was bitten on the hand. A rabid coyote had en tered the yard at her home and at tacked a dog belonging at the house. She attempted to part the fighting animals and was herself attacked and bitten. The coyote later was killed. A Sure Way to End Dandruff There is one sure way that has never failed to remove dandruff at once, and that is to dissolve It, then you destroy it entirely. To do this, just get about four ounces of plain, common liquid arvon from any drug store (this is all you will need), apply it at night when retiring; use enough to moisten the scalp and rub it in gently with the fin ger tips. . By morning, most, if not all, of your dandruff win be gone, and three or four more applications will completely dissolve and entirely destroy every sin gle sign and trace of it, no matter how much dandruff you may have. You will find all itching alnd digging of the scalp will stop instantly, and. your hair will be fluffy, lustrous, glos sy, silky and soft, and look and feel a hundred times, feettsr, lAdr, s January Sale H Our sale continues to attract discriminat- H ing buyers in Furniture, Carpets and HI draperies. Our prices are commensurate ln l- with our low-rent location. fl J. G. Mack & Co. H 68-70 Fifth Street, Between Oak and Pine H Weinhard Building - U On account of enlarging our place we will close Sunday and Monday. REOPEN 11 A. M. TUESDAY Anything you can wish for at all times Highest quality foods at low prices. COZY DAIRY LUNCH Sixth and Washington Sts. Ladies Especially Invited DANDRUFF IKES HAIR FALL OUT 25-Cent Bottle of "Danderine' . 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Chicago, . APPLY SAGE TEA IF HAIR IS Grandma Used Sage Tea and Sulphur to Darken Her Hair and Nobody Knew. The use of Saga and Sulphur for re storing faded, gray hair to Its natural color dates back to grandmother's time. She used it to keep her hair beautifully dark, glossy and abundant. Whenever her hair fell out or took on that dull, faded or streaked appearance; this sim ple mixture was applied with wonder ful effect. But brewing at heme is mussy and out-of-date. Nowadays, by asking at any drug store for a 60-cent bottle of "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com pound," you will get this famous old recipe which can be depended upon to restore natural color and beauty to the hair and is splendid for dandruff, dry, feverish, itchy scalp and falling hair. A well-known downtown druggist says it darkens the hair so naturally and evenly that nobody can tell It has been applied. You simply dampen a sponge or soft brush with it and draw this thaough your hair, taking one strand at a time. By morning the gray hair disappears, and after another application or two it becomes beauti fully dark, glossy, soft and abundant. Adv. STOP CATARRH! OPEN NOSTRILS AND HEAD Says Cream Applied In Nostrils Relieves Head-Colds at Once. Tf vour nostrils are clogged and your head is stuffed and you can't breathe rrAlv because of a cold or catarrh, ust get a small bottle of Ely's Cream Balm at any drug store. 'Apply a little of this fragrant, antiseptic cream into vour nostrils and let is penetrate thrniTtrh ,vnrv air nassage of your head. soothing and healing the inflamed. swollen mucous membrane ana you get Instant relief. Ah! how eood It feels. Your nos trils are open, your head is clear, no more hawking, snuffling, blowing; no more headaches, dryness or struggling for breath. Ely's Cream Balm Is Just what sufferers from head colds and catarrh need- It's a dengnu " E "Acid" stomachs are dangerous be cause acid irritates and inflames the delicate lining- of the stomach, thus hindering and preventing proper action of the stomach and leading to probably nine-tenths or tne cae owmui . ......Vila fmm whinh oeoDle suffer. Or dinary medicines that act merely upon the stomach itself are useless In such cases, for they leave the source of the trouble, the acid in the stomach, as .nri.,niiB n ver. The acid must be neutralized, and its accumulation pre vented, ana tne oesi uuoa ivr min purpose is a teaspoonful of Bisurated Mo,rn.iu n Rimnle antacid, taken in at little warm or cold water after eat- inff wnlch also prevents uic inincii- l.'nnris which ordinarily cause distress may be eaten with impunity if the meal is iouui;y wii.ii a. unio Bisurated Masnesla. which can be ob i.inoH from f.r.v druirsrist. aid should always lie tept hand. Adv. 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