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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 15, 1904)
3S Columbia Southern Railway Co. TIKE TAHE NO. K) He. 2. He.x. Fm. Mm UlMa.Hi Antra. GIUori BlsH Staka 5l:M a. iKlo'djrk' 10: a, 10:21 a. IIr C Jp Hebo'ldi a.m .D4M0M 10:G6jfLJ& :Ua, ErskltiTl 9:3T im 9:X mb Bourbon! S3S G V'r Kent WllCBX 8:M HOB a.m Sbanlko :0O .HttLTO. JxaWB and ottur Information appljr te . JtTxXTLK, Q. JT. A f. X. ' Masik,,vrefes SL J. WILSON, A tent B&aaiko, Oretoa PROFESSIONAL CARDS w. H. WILSON AXTORHEY-AT-UW and NOTARY PUBLIC THE DAXLH6 OREGON ATTORNEY-AT-LAW ad ROTARY PUBLIC Eraetieea in all the Courts of the State, Also in b jeeai ana geBerauuana.umces. MADRAS, OREGON gXDRBEVANT 4 BSSON DENTISTS , Over French fc Co.'s Bank TJlE'PAIXKa OREGON Q K. BANDERS, D.,D. 8. DENTIST Chapman Block THE JDAIXES, OREGON Long Distance Phone Ml ,2. SNOOK PHYSICIAN AND .SURGEON Office In Drug Store MADRAS OREGON A.XONG PHYSICIAN AND .SURGEON Office at Farm, on Falrview Road, 4 Miles Northwest of Madras. rI:Wp.Bi. - :nU, - I:M " .B:12 p. Is. " f:i8p.Bs. " :M p.m. " u.Jf p.ta. .jl4Sp.. ' IsWp.Bo. ,Jir09 p.ra. - ,J3:p.. M Jii:M p.m. J:U p.m. M -B:2lp.tn. AnjYe J:W p.ra. pRANK J. BROOKS JUSTICE THE PEACE ""MADRAS OREGON NOTARY PUBLIC AND JJi S. COMMISSIONER MADRAS OREGON Bote! Shan iko JAUES McHARGUE, Prop. Only One Price. First-Class JMeals & Beds AH WTte Help Shaniko Orflpn Etfern Oregon Banking Co. SHANIKO, OREGON OJRa: J. W. Freack, Free.: H.A.Moore, Vlee Pres.; F. T, liurlburt. Cashier. C4tai Stock, SZ5.0OO Deposits, S25e,eOO Fafafmw Cxmtwnem 0hi amit SmM BmHrn a AH fmtrta aJha WaeM Directors: J.W.French, n. A. Moore, K. T. Uupfcurt, W. Lord, A. B.Jlastmand, J. II. Coe Gnta the Afidy Allen Feed Yard WiMHt ht THE DALLES BEST ATTENTION CHVEN STOCK lMBi Street, jwwr the Diamond Mills Toilers of the Columbia By PZWL DE L.71NRY TLuthw at "Lara" at the Deaert;" "Oregon Sketehea,' mud ether PaeHle demat Storlet CHAPTER Vn. Tollers of the Columbia. 'How ia tho storm?" "Pretty high, father, but not bo high an it wbh a week aaro." "I do not believe I can go today, my child." "Well, father, I will try it alone Dan Lapham fishes a trap alone, and I baliovo I can do bo, too." "Oh, no, my child. Dan is a Btrong young man. Ho has not an equal on the bay, and you are my frail little girl. I Know you are willing and your Btrongth at times seems to be super natural, but you could not fish a trap alone. It ia out of tho question." "But Dan's trap ia near ours. You know ho often helpB me when you aro tired and I would help him this morn lne in leturn for his services. You aro not able to co, my father." "But I will co, said tho old man as ho drew himself feebly from tho bed. "My child, thia work ia getting too severe for you. For more than a year you have had to pull at tho oars and your task haB grown greater until your strength is over-taxed. Day by day I grow moro feeble and day by day the burden is increased npon your Bhould ere. If I could only complete the link that still is missing I would place you where you could continue your studies and the old man that I am would spend hisiew .remaining days in comfort bb your ward. I know, Sankala, that you would not begrudge me ao email an amount if it were yours." "No, father, it should all be yours I have only one desire, and .that is to place you where you Bhall have rest You need rest, father, you need rest No one nearly so old as you toilB on tho Columbia, and yet you go day alter day, and often when you are too ieeble even to Btir. Listen, tho storm ragea this morning I You should not go at all." Thus spoke Sankala to Ringwold Another year had passed in their lives The price of fish had gono down under the hard times and close competition and Ringwold had for many months been unable to make a support for the two alone. In fact, he had struggled beyond his strength to keep Sankala in school and the craan was close at hand. He was now giving out his laBtotiength. Often he would become completely ex hausted and he lor a time in the bow of the fishing boat while the girl work cd on alone. It was on these occasions that good-hearted Dan Lapham had come to their rescue and assisted poor Sankala to do her work. She had become hardened to tho work, however, and frail as she was she could handle a boat and draw in the web of the fish trap with, the skill of the average man. It waa not her strength that did it, however. It was her will power and a nimble, quick motion of an expert nature that women possess over man. Twice this morning uiad Rinwgold fainted while Sankala waa assistingJiim to dress and she had revived him and carried on the work. The child was accustomed to this and did not realize how serious waa the condition of the old man. When the fishermen reached the beach the waves were coming in-with a rash. They threw the drift wood fur ther back with each pulsation. Out in the darkness tiirough the mist and the rain the white caps could be seen leap- ng about like the salmon they were pursuing. The sttongest fisherman paused this morning. They were often compelled to remain ashore until late and even over-day. But this was always a disappointment. The flab ran better when there was a storm and the hard times now urged the toilers on their duty. While the men were thus pausing from indecision Ringwold and Sankala appeared. Without seeming to notice the disturbed condition of the bay they shoved their boat into the watei and while Ringwold steered Sankala threw her oars against the seething current. They gradually mingled with the dark phantoms which danced npon the sea until they were lost from view. The fishermen had become so accus tomed to the dangers of their life that they thought but little about it. What to the stranger would have appeared foolhardy was to them duty and choice. But the storm this morning was unusu ally high and that intuition akin to the instinct that protects animals from de al ruction, warned the fishermen to be eautious. Rut when Sankala braved the waters with her aged companion the moat dar ns of the fishermen loll owed. Dan Lapham, amarting under hie former timidity, waa first seen to shoot out in is boat is pursuit of the two who worked a trap near his own. Then one by one the others followed. The .fish traps weie constructed along the entire north shore of the river, which is Baker's bay, from Cape Dis appointment to McGowan'a Point, a distance of a doses miles or more. The middle of the river waa the dlvld- nsr line. The river .iaihs. dividing Jine between the two states and the fisher men from the two states claim their righto, even to a hair'j breadth. The fishermen on tueBortnjiaairapi while those on the south had nets. The oannerymea on the aostb aide of the river owned moat of the Beta and aU. Beadog owned most of the traps on the north. The fishermen were em ployed by the day on the nets aad gives so much for eacn fish captured. The trappers were employed by the day or worked the traps on shares. All tho fishermen used row boats peculiar for their work. Save with rare excep tiona the boats were .manned .by two both at tho nets and the traps. One was called tho puller and the .other tho fisherman. While tho latter tended hia nets or traps tho puller guided tho boat to suit tho work. Tho nets woro known aa gill nets Theso were Btretchcd out their ful lengtn in tho water, which waB many feet and even yarda. floaters were placed along tho top of tho not at proper distances to hold it in position while sinkors cairied tho bottom of tho not deep into tho water. The mesh es of tho not wore of such sire as would permit the entrance of tho averge fishes head. When once it entered tho mesh es tho gills wero "fastened and the fiBh held prisoner until removed by tho fishermen. The traps, one of which Rmgwolcfand Sankala tended, were constructed diff erently. A large figure whb formed in tho shallow water by the driving of piles. It represented a heart and on either Bide extended long wings. Tho wings enclosed a semi-circle facing tho ocean and immediately in the rear of where they come together was the large heart. A netting, called web, was stretched along tho piles from tho sur face of the water to the bottom ot the bay. By this mcanB a perfect heart with wings waa perfected. The valve of the heart opened im mediately at the conjunction of tho wings. This was at the sharp point of the "V" which is formed at tho top of the heart. As a trap for fish It ia a success The talmon come up from .the ocean and enter the mouth of tho river fresh and strong. They run in great schools and follow the ehallow channels laying their spawn as they go farther up the stream. When the noses cf tho fish strike the web forming tho wings of the heart, they follow the winga to the center. Here they find their way through the opening into the heart. When ;once into the heart their capture da com plete. Thoy circle about the place passing tho same apex of tho heart through which they entered without ever discovering it aa a jneana of escape, and are thus held as captives until the fishermen take them into their boata. Thoy sometimes enter these traps by the hundreds within 24 hours. They range in weight from five to 20 pounds and larger. It was such a trap as this that San kala and Ringwold tended for old Sea dog at wages baiely Bufficiont to sus tain them at best. CHAPTER VIII. A Morning of Disaster. "Hello, Captain!" "Hello, lookout I" "The sea ia high and the ilaheimcn are venturing out." "All right, I will send out the men." Cape Disappointment life saving station nestled beneath the rocks jof the cliffs that extended far out over the sea. Many a mariner had met disappoint ment here. For from the sea the spot looked like a place of refuge from the storm. But he who dared to trust it had often been dashed to death against its walls. Bbaken and addled, aa it were, while crossing the river bar, the mightiest rovers of the deep bad been broken up here like glass upon the rocks. It was the treachery of its appearance that gave namo to the place. It was the great loss of life that had caused the government to establish a life sav ing station at the foot of the cliffs. But the life savers had a double duty to perform. The purpose for which' they were originally placed there was insignificant to the duty that later de veloped. They were provided by the government to watch incoming vessels and save the lives of ship wrecked sea men and travelers on the deep, but ater it was found that a hundred calls came fro.? those whose lives wero spent on the river to whore one came from those who lived on the Bea. Like guardians of children the life eaverB stood upon watch and as 'the fishermen came and so were they on duty. From the early houis of morning .un til nearly noon, and from early .after noon until late in the evening the 'fish ermen dotted the river in their tiny boats and struggled with their nets verging on the very danger line where ocean and river met. Once across ibis ine and the frail craft of the .fisherman was at the mercy of the undertow and many toiler was dragged to his death ero the government protectors of life could reach the spot in boats prepared for tho purpose. The lighthouse stood upon the, high est point of the cape overlooking, the sea. Beneath its shadow stood a small structure barely large enough inside for ono man to stand, turn about and sit down.. It .was built of glao save that itt framework and roof waa made of iron. Tho glass waa thick and al most as strong as iron for it required, strength to withstand the terrible storms that beat upon it from the acq. Its furnishings were a small stove, a stool, a pair of strong glares and a j telephoM. It waa occupied nlgVtf and day by one man at a time, One was on watch from noon, until midnight and the other from midnight until nooa. Not even a light waa allowed for it was not needed by day aad by night It would blind the waieh so that he could not look out upon the oceas and river. Throughout the day he peered out through his glatsea over the sea and river and bay. At night he follower the sreat rovolving light in the light houB above his head and watched for objects on the water while he looked further out for the smaller lights of vessels. It was on the morning that Sankala and Ringwold had put forth into the storm that tho conversation took place over the telephone between the look out and the captain of the life saving crew recorded at the beginning of this chapter. The lookout had seen tho small craft battling with-' the surf on the bosom of tho bay in the dim light shot out from overhead . Ho could fool the storm blowing against the structure which enclosed him: be sides the register showed a high ve locity of wind. It foreboded a day of hard work. Fishermen would venture forth in dangerous storms and this compelled .the life savers to stand en constant guard. Thoy would ontor their boata and beat along the danger line like sentinels to keep the fishermen from rowing to their death. And in spite of this precaution ecores find' watery graves at tho mcuth ot the Columbia eyory year. As the fishermen fought theli way cut on this stormy morning tho life Baveis shot out from under the cliffa toward tho bar. Here bordoi ing on tho danger lino themselves thoy pa trolled tho river to rcscuo those less capable than themsolvoa to withstand tho receding tido. "Hollo, captain I" "Hello, lookoutl" "Signal distress off west end of Jetty Sand Bpit. A boat is heading for the breakers!" "Bing, bing, bing!" went three guns. "Hollo, captain!" "Hello, lookoutl" .."Signal distress off Pacific rocks. Boat seems to bo capsized and men clinging to upturned hull!" "Bing, bing!" went two guns. After a few minuutcs pause the cap tain's 'phone rang again "Hello, captain!" "Hello, lookout!" "Signal distress off Disappontmeni rocks! Boat shoving for breakers like a rocKotl Girl at the oars; is poweileBS think it is Sankala, the old chemist's daughter." "Bing, bing, bing, bing, bing!" rang out five shotB from the cliffs be low. This was tho most dangerous point at tho mouth of the river and was called the hell gap, for it was here that so many fishermen had lost their lives. Tno swift receding current for nod a sort of maelstrom at tho point of the rockB and when onco fairly in its clutches boats were swept like chaff Into the breakers and disappeared like- shot thrown into the water. The life savers knew tho signals as woll as their alphabet and rushed to the rescuo like firemen to the call of fire. And when the signal came for Disappointment rocks the sturdy beys lying oil that point bent to their oars with all their might. Tho life savers were divided up into crews and each of theso divisions cov eted given points. Tho .men .selected for the most dangerous places were the most experienced and dared the ele ments as veteran soldiers face the death line in battle. While tho rescuers wero hurrying to the calls of distress ithe captain had as cended to the lcokout'a station. Day was already dawning and while signals wore given .at night by the discharged firearms, they were given in day time with fiags from lookout point. With tho advancing day the river and bay presented a busy appearance. A speck here to the natural eye was: revealed through the Btrong glasses to-be a fisherman's boat struggling with the nets or waves. Some were going, eoae were coming. Each was oblivious of the other. One was daeblng to its ruin at another point and life savers were going to its rescue, while the mea n danger were often unconscious of the fact. But in tho work which was so com mon astfo bring no excitement. to ithe veteran captain of the crew he sur veyed the waters as a general does his battlefield. This morning, however, a change came over his face. He saw a frail fisherman's boat being swept toward Disappointment rocks. Standing up woiking hei useless oara with all her strength was Sankala. The glasses re vealed her firm features and while she ooked into the jaws of death she was ae calm as the rocks which awaited hex approach. Ringwold lay motionless n the boat, vyuetner dead or asleep the classes did sot disclose. It was evident that they had never rea.ched the' fish trap for the boat was aa empty aa it had been when they had first started out. The captain raised the signal nag high above his head and waved it five times in succession, uut here the lire boat which was giving Sankala's boat a stern chase, passed behind some locks that had just hidden her and several seconds must pass before they would appear again. (To be continued) Ah Angry Landlady. Boarder No. 1 .Whtt'i that loud tkumnlnir noise In tha bltnhen? Boarder No, 2 It's the landlady ham mering the steak and wishing It waa the beet trustChicago Tribune.- JXaror MoCIellan assertn.thai h vouii prefer to be Mayor of Greater New .Yerk than Governor of the Empire State. MUMMIM JEM film- Z; MOODY FORW Law and. .Commodious warehouse Cdsslgnments jWIclted. Propt attention paid,tphe w&a lavar ; wna'vtMir HALL'S SAFES BOLD ONLY BY IkK Norris Safe and Lock Co, AgMto fe ike Pacific Ceast Tk oaly UtmihtA caa sell a Safe under HaftVBnna'. Ettdwlvc tate kt iht erfy MANGANIM SANK SAFE. Agents for the OLIVER TYMtWRTTERS. 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