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SHANIKO, OREGON
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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.-
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prefer to be Mayor of Greater New .Yerk
than Governor of the Empire State.
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