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.
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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'
. Keeps Hair Thick, Strong,
Beautiful.
Girls 1 Try This! Doubles Beauty
of Your Hair in Few
Moments.
TCltHtn tan minute a'ter an aDDlica-
llOn OX IfHUUDilUB JUU i- . -.
single trace of dandruff or falling hair
. , . a 1 . ...i.i
f.na your scmp win uul huu, mm. .......
will please you most will be after a
few weeks' use. when you see new hair.
fine and downy at first yes but
really new hair growing all over your
scalp.
A little Danderine immediately dou
bles the beauty of your hair. No dif
.nm rfiiii lufteA brittle and
j..-. i ... i . v, viih nun
scraggy, ju&l iuujbicu
derlnc and ccrefully draw it through
your Hair, talcing one smaii nua. -a
time. The effect Is amazing your
hair will be light, fluffy and wavy, and
have an appearance of abundance; an
incomparable luster, softness and lux
uriance. ..
Get a 26-cent bottle of Knowlton a
Danderine from any drug store or toilet
counter, and prove that your hair is as
pretty and soft as any that it has been
neglected or injured by careless treat
mentthat's all you surely can have
v. ,,! V.- . Int. of it if yOU Will
J-jj;t try a litt)s Danderine.--Adv.
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Dr Willard's Home Treatment is what
.- innklnir for. Don't wait. There is
that
ho naln eonnectxd with it. We have receive!
scores of letters from people saying they
you
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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 "
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"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.
GRAY
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