OREGON NEWS
ROADBUILDING IN CLACKAMAS.
To Make Permanent Path Is Policy
of County Court.
Oregon City "During the last year
Clackamas county haa expended 40,
000 in roadbuilding," eays Judge Ry
an. "The policy of the county court
it to bnild permanently hen any piece
of road ia constructed and where tne
fnnda are available," continued Mr.
Cyan. "Thiayear Clackamas county
baa been especially fortunate in ita
roadbullding, having funds on hand
with whib to meet every warrant that
haa been iesned on thia account. In
our loadbnilding the court has been
disposed very generally to fellow the
plan of reducing the grade of all roads
that are treated, finding that thia
course contribntea much to the perma
nency of the improvements that are
made."
The announcement that Clackamas
county roads will next year be experi
mented with in the nee of oil has
aroused much interest. Judge Ryan
has received numerous inquiries from
California producers, who Lave offered
to deliver the oil here at no greater a
cost than it costs in California. The
court will place this oil on all of the
different kinde of clay soil in the coun
ty and deter m ne its value in road con
struction. -
New Phone Through Polk.
Independence Riley Craven, W. W.
Permal and W. A. Metsner have' or
ganised a stock company to be known
as the Independence Telephone com
pany, the purpose being to bnild a tele
phone line from Independence to Mon
mouth and elsewhere in the connty as
desired. The line will connect with
the Lnckiamute line at Monmouth, and
is to work in connection witn the Cor
vallis, Dallas, Falls City, McMinnville,
Amiy, Perrydale and McCoy Mutual
lines, already established. The- com
pany will circulate papers and secure
stock for promoting tne enterprise.
The privilege is given by the council of
Independence to place the line in this
city. Steps will be taken to obtain the
same in Monmouth. The service v for
Independence and Monmouth will be
through the Independence central office.
Road to Gallce.
Merlin Work haa begun on the new
road to Galice, and it is expected it
will be completed in six w,eeks. Con
siderable freight is here awaiting the
completion of the road, among it a saw
mill for .the Rand mine. The Merlin
Townsite company has material on
hand for the construction 'of a tele
phone line to Galias8oon as the road
ia completed. It wonld be in opera
( ' tion now, but it was desired to have it
' follow the new road. It ia intended to
' carry the line four miles beyond Galice,
' giving service to the Almeda, Rand,
Big lank and other mines. The ex-
penditure of a small amount of money
. will also complete the new road to the
mines named.
Coming Events.
North Pacific Unitarian conference,
Salem, October 25-27.
Annual meeting Oregon Miners' as
sociation, Portland, November 14.
Bute Bar association, Portland, No
vember 15-16.
National Grange. Portland, Novem
ber 16-26.
Convention of County Clerks and
Recorders, Portland. November 25-26.
Poultry Show, Corvallis, December
10-12.
Oregon Good Roads convention,
Salem, December 13-15.
Wheatmen Give Liberally.
Pendleton Leon Cohen, who is di
rectlng the work of raising $5,000 in
this county for the Open River associa-
tion- to build the porage road at Celilo,
is meeting with success and says the
necessary amount of money can easily
be ra ised in another w eek. The large
wheat raisers in the county, who have
been approached, are subscribing quite
liberally and already nearly ha'f of the
amount has been raised. Mr. Cohen
has agents at work in the country, and
they have been instructed to make a
th trough canvass. '
Willamette Still Low.
Albany Water in the Willamette
river is yet two feet too low to permit
steamboat traffic on the Upper Willam
etto. After two or three days of hard
rain, with frequent rains following,
the boats will be able to reach Albany
regularly. The upper traffic will be
conducted by the Oregon City Transpor
tation company agaia this year, and
the boats which will make the Por-land-Corvallis
run will very probably
be the Pomona and the Oregona.
No Insurance on flax.
Salerr Upon examining his insur
ance policies, Eugene Bosse found that
bis insurance on the flax burned expir
ed a month ago. The poilcy was for
$3,000. Mr. Bosse has this years'
crop of flax spread in the fields cr
stored at Bcio, so that he has some raw
material with which to start a linen
mill. The fire, however, will cause
delay in starting the mill.
Delegates to Commercial Congress.
Salem Governor Chamberlain has
appointed J. E. Aitcheson, of Portland,
and F. B. Holbrook, of Irrigon, as del
egates to the trans-Mississippi Com
mercial congress, to be held at St.
Louis. :
OF INTEREST
INCREASE IN IMPLEMENT TRADE.
Wheatjj rowers Have Money Vita
Which to Buy Tools.
Pendleton A tiaveling man for a
leading implement company says the
Implement trade in the wheat districts
of Oregon and Washington ia better
thia season than ever before in the his
tory of the two states. More money is
evident among the growers and more
cash ia paid for implements than usual.
Trade in the communities in the in
terior of Oregon, where nothing bat
stock is raised ia alow, as the growers
have not sold any beef during the past
two years at a profit, consequently ready
money is at a premium. All are confi
dent the coming season will prove
profitable. Much stock has been un
loaded at the low prices, aa'it has not
paid to hold and feed, and at a result
next year will find fewer head of stock
in the country and prices will necessar
ily have to advance.
Ores rrom Blue River Mines.
Eugene- At a special meeting of the
Engene Commercial club the committee
wppointed to iJok after an exhibit of
minerals from Blue River mining dis
trict reported promises of ores tor the
Lewis and Clark exhibit amounting to
33,000 pounds, and that this amount
will be saelled by mine owners who
have not yet been seen to at least 45,-
000 pounds. The miners are reported
as taking the matter in hand with en
ergy and they are desirous of doing atl
in their power to further the matter.
rThe ores will be hauled to Eugene yet
this fall, in order to be ready for in
stallation at the beginning of the Lewis
and Clark exposition-
Sowing raU Wheat.
Albany Linn county farmers are
Bowing a great deal of fall wheat now,
and from present prospects the acreage
of wheat sown in thia county will be
three or four times as large as that
sown last year. There are several reas
ons for this. Last fall was not auspic
ious for sowing grain, and the acreage
was small, while this fall has been a
good one for seeding purposee. The
spring grain this year was a complete
failure, and the spring yield for several
years haa been light, so farmers in this
part of the state are beginning to
abandon the pratice of sowing at that
time.
Logging Road to Be Built.
La Grande The surveys are about
completed for a narrow-gauge logging
railroad from Hilgard, eight miles west
of La Grande, up the Grand Ronde
tiver about 30 miles, to a' heavy body
of timber owned by the Grand Ronde
Lumber company, of Perry, on the
slopes of the Blue mountains. The
company has been driving its logs down
the river for the past 12 years, but it is
now becoming almost impossible to get
a sufficient' amount . of logs by this
method for tha season's run, and the
company has determined to build a
road to the timber. These mills em
ploy about 200 men during the busy
season.
Mine Promoters' Improvements.
La Grande The promoters of the
Camp Carson mines, southwest of this
city, which were recently purchased by
a company of California capitalists
with James R. Elmendorf as manager,
have made arrangements with the
Grand Ronde Lumber company, at Per
ry, five miles west, to' build a good
wagon road up the Grand Ronde river
from Starkey to Prospect ranch. This
road will shorten the distance to the
mines several miles and will cut out
several steep and bad grades, which
will be a great advantage to the tim
bermen in getting the pine over better
roads, as also to the mining company.
. 1 Coal on Butter Creek.
Pendleton A coal deposit has been
discovered at the head of Butter creek,
in the southern part of Umatilla coun
ty. Joseph McLaughlin made the dis
cpvery a short time ago while engaged
at work' on bis stock ranch. Samples
have been sent to experts, and favora
ble tests have been made. tThe coal is
similar to deposits near Heppner. ' Mr.
McLaughlin plans to develop the mines,
and already preliminary work has been
started. The deposits are said to ex
tend a long distance into the mountains
trom the head of Butter creek; ,
Ready Sale of Coins.
Grants Pass If the Lewis and Clark
souvenir gold dollars sell everywhere
over the state as they are selling at
Grants Pass, the number . allotted by
c ingress will soon te exhausted. The
first installment sent to the First Na
tional bank of Grants Pass has . been
sold out, and second lot is now going
zi fast as the first lot went. Mining
men are the principal buyers, and not
a few are being purchased to send
East.
Northwest Wheat Markets.
Portland Walla Walla, 83c;
bluestem, 86c j valley, 85c. .
Tacoma 'Bluestem, ' 89)ic;' club,
85Kc
Colfax Club, 73c; bluestem, 75c.
JOY IN RUSSIA.
Army Is Said to Have Assumed
the Offensive.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 20. There is
Jubilation throughout the city over the
news that General Koropatkia has re
sumed the offensive, and the holiday
which began with little heart closed
brighter. The crowds In the streets
and the illuminations in honor of the
ctarevitch's nameday gave a tinge of
brilliancy to an evening otherwise de
pressing, through a constant diiule of
rain. Newsboys up to midnight raced
through the thoroughfares with evening
extras, shouting "Great Russian vic
tory," and the crowds bought the pa
pers greedily. Groups ot men in bril
liant uniforms, or in evening dress at
the hotels and restaurants, discussed
the change in the fortunes of war, but,
as a whole, the population was alow to
take fire. News of the earlier reverses
had been received stolidly, and the re
ports of Russian successes and the cap
ture of guns were quietly accepted with
satisfaction, but with considerable re
serve. . The emperor marked the day by ap
pointing his youthful heir chiet of the
cadet corps, and by a ukaae pensioning
the survivors, widows and orphans of
the Turkish-Russian war and promoting
all the retired captains of the Turkish.
Russian war to the tank ot lieutenants
colonel.
Japanese Retreat Cut Off.
Mukden, Oct. 20. It is reported
that the Russian army ia advancing.
Rain is hindering everything. The
rivers are bankfull and the fords are
impassable. There are no bridges.
Supplies ot all aorta aie delayed.
News has just been recieved that the
Japanese left flank has been driven
back with heavy loss and ita retreat
cut off. A Russian regiment is now
being hurried to the scene in tne hope
of completing the rout. There was
fighting today on both sides ot the great
Mandarin road.
THOUSANDS MAY BE LOST.
Emigrant Ship With 2,200 People
Reported to Have Gone Down.
London, Oct. 20. The Standard
prints a dispatch from Vienna in this
morning's issue, stating a rumor is
prevalent at Fiume, on the Adriatic
coast, that a Cunard liner "with 2,200
emigrants on board, which left that
city last week, has sunk off the Span
ish coast in a storm.
Considerable excitement has been
created here by the report, although it
is believed if such a calamity had oc
curred, London or Liverpool would
have received news of it from a point
nearer the alleged scene ot the disaster
than Fiume.
Telegraphic inquiry made at Liver
pool, where the Cunard line has its
British offices, elicited no further. news.
One of the officials declared he had re
ceived no such report, and as far as he
knew, none of his colleagues was in
possession of more information than
was given to the world by the Stand
ard. The Standard is a reliable paper.
It prints tbe rumor without comment
ing on it, simply giving it for what it
is worth.
MINERS' STRIKE ENDED.
Colorado Men Looking for Situations
Wherever They Can Get Them.
Denver, Oct. 20. The strike of coal
miners of district Ne. 15, United
Mineworkers of America, which hat
been on for a year, has been pi act 1
cally closed up, according to a dis
patch to the Newt from Trinidad,
Colo.
The commissaries are closed, most
of the tents have been taken down and
the men are looking for situations
wherever they can get them. All' the
men who were on strike up to October
12 are given union clearance cards.
It is understood that those of tbe
strikers who decire transportation to
other fields will be so provided. .
William Howe! Is and John Simp
son, ptesident and secretary, respec
tively, of district 15, will not be can
didates for re-election for their respec
tive offices at the Mineworkers' - elec
tion, which occurs by referendum vote
during this month. Robert Smith
seems to be in the lead for president
and Harry Douthwaite for secretary.
Transfer of Alaska Commemorated.
St. Louis, Oct. 20. In commemora
tion of the 37th anniversary of the
transfer of the territory of Alaska to
the United States. Alaska day at the
world's fair was observed today. One
of the features of the ceremony was
the unveiling in the Alaska pavilion of
a bust of William Henry Seward,, sec
retary of Wate, when the purchase was
made. The presentation speech was
made by Francis Lemoine Loring, of
New York city, to which Governor
John G. Brady, of Alaska, responded.
Addresses were made by several .
Withdrawn Prom Entry
Buttt, Oct. 20. A Miner special
from Great Falls says: The local land
office today received instruction to
withdraw from all forms of entry 276,
480 acres of land, in conneciton with
the Milk riyer irrigation project. Fart
of the tract withdrawn lies northwest
of Havre, extending irregularly from
the line of the Great Northern to the
international boundary, comprising
part of the chain of lakes, reservoir
sites and lands along Mjlk river.
'
Coal Mine to Close. "
Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 20. The direct
ors of the Allegheny Coal company
have decided to suspend opeiations in
definitely at their Haiwick mines next
Saturday. This will almost depoplate a
village of 1,000 people. .
Toilers o! the Columbia
By PnUL DBLHXBY
JI(J ( Dri?' "Orvtfea Saefeaea,'
m4 ( Pscltle CJ Slertee
c & -a Ki -if
CHAriKU VII.
Toilers ot the Columbia.
t
"How is the storm?"
"Pretty high, father, but not so high
as it was a week ago."
"I do not believe I can go today, my
child."
"Well, father, I will try it alona.
Dan Laphain fishes a trap alone, and I
believe I can do so. too."
"Oh, no, my child. Dan it a strong
young man. lie hat not an equal on
the bay, and yon are my frail little
girl. I know yon are willing and your
strength at timet seems to bo super
natural, but you could not fish a trap
alone. It is out ot thejjueetlon."
"But Dan'a trap ia near ours. You
know ha often helpa ma when you are
tired and I would help him this morn
ing In leturn for hit services. Yon
am not able to go, my father."
"But I will go,'' said tha old man
at ha drew himself feebly trom the
bed.
"My child, this work la getting too
severe for you. For mora than a year
you have had to pull at the oara and
your task hat grown greater nntll your,
strength is over-taxed. Day by day I
grow more feeble and day by day the
burden is increased upon your should
ers. If I could only complete the link
that stilt it missing I would place you
where yon could continue your studies
and the old man that I am would spend
his few remaining days in comfort as
your ward. I know, Saukala, that you
would not begrudge me to small an
amount if it were yours." I
"Xo, lather, it should all be yours.
( have only one desire, and that is to
place you where you shall have rest.
i ou need rest, father, you need rest.
No one nearly so old as you toila on the
Columbia, and yet you go day after
day, and often when you are too feeble
even to stir. Listen, the storm rages
thia morning! You should not go at
all."
Thus spoke Sankala to Rlngwold.
Another year had passed in their lives.
The price of fish had gone down under
tbe hard times and close competition
and Ringwold had for many' months
been unable to make a support for the
two alone. In fart, he. had struggled
beyond his strength to keep Sankala in
school and the craan was close at hand.
He waa now giving out his last stiength.
Often he would become completely ex
hausted and He for a time in the bow
of the fishing boat while the girl work
ed on alone. It was on these occasions
that good-hearted Dan Lapham had
come to their rescue and assisted poor
Sankala to do ber work.
She had become hardened to the
work, however, and frail as she waa
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 meo.
Twice this morning had Rinwgold
fainted while Sankala was assisting him
to dress and the bad revived him and
carried on the work. The child was
accustomed to this and did not realise
how serious waa the condition of the
old man.
When the fishermen reached the
beach the waves were coming in with a
rush. They threw the drift wood fur
ther back with each pulsation. Out in
the darkness through the mist and tbe
rain the white caps could be seen leap
ing about like the salmon they were
pursuing. The stiongest fisherman
paused this morning. They were often
compelled to remain ashore until late
and even over-day. But this was
always a disappointment. The fish
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 water and
while Ringwold steered Sankala threw
her oars against the seething current.
They gradually mingled with the dark
phantoms which danced upon the sea
until they were lost from view.
The fishermen had become so accus
tomed to tbe 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
struction, warned the fishermen to be
CaUtioUS. ' . : ''';
But when Sankala braved the waters
with her aged companion the most dar
ingof the fishermen followed. Dan
Lapham,' smarting under his former
timidity, was first seen to shoot out in
his boat in 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 Dia
appointment to McGowan's Point, a
distance of a dozen miles or more.
The middle of the river was the divid
ing line. The river is the dividing line
between the two states and the fisher
men from the two states clajm their
rights, even to a hair's breadth.
The fishermen on the north had traps
while those On the south had nets.
The cannerymen on tbe south .side of
the riyer owned most of the nets .and
old Seadog' owned most of the traps on
a a t Jj
the north. The fishermen ware em
ployed by the day on the nets and given
to much for eacu fish raptured. The
trappers were employed by the day or
worked the traps on aharet. All the
fishermen used row boats peculiar for
their work. Save with rare excep
tions the boats were manned by two,
both at the nets and the traps. One
was called the puller and the other the
fisherman. While tbe latter tended
hit nets or traps the puller guided the
boat to tult the work.
The neta were known at gill nets.
These were stretched out their . full
lengtn in the water, which waa many
feet and even yards. , Floaters wire
placed along the top . ot the set at
proper distance! to hold it In position
while sinkers carried the bottom of
the net deep into the water. The mesh
es of the net were of such sise at would
permit the entrance of the s verge fishes
head. When once it entered the mesh-
ee the gills were fastened and the fish
held prisoner until removed by the
fishermen.
JThe traps, one of which Ringwold and
Sankala tended, were constructed diff
erently. A large figure was formed in
tbe shallow water by the driving of
piles. It represented a heart and on
either aide extended long wings. The
wings enclosed a semi-circle facing the
ocean and immediately in the tear of
where they come together was the large
heart. A netting, railed web, was
stretched along the piles from the sur
face o( tbe water to the bottom ot the
bay. By this means a perfect heart
with wings was perfected.
The valve of the heart opened im
mediately at the conjunction of the
wings. This waa at the sharp point of
the "V" which it formed at the top
of the heart.
As a trap for fish It is a success.
The almon come up from the ocean
and enter tbe mouth of tbe river fresh
and strong. Tbey run In great schools
and follow the shallow channels laying
their spawn as they go farther up the
stream.
When the noses cf the fish strike the
web forming the wings of the heart,
they follow the wings to the center.
Here they find their way through the
opening into the heart. When once
into the heart their capture is com
plete. They circle about the place
passing the same apex of the heart
through which they entered without
ever discovering it as a meant of escape,
and are thus held at captivet until the
fishermen take them into their boats.
They sometimes enter these traps by
the hundreds within 24 hours. Ihey
range in weight from five to 20 pounds
and larger.
It was such a trap at thit that San
kala and Ringwold tended for old Sea-
dog at wagea baiely sufficient to tuf
tsin them at best.
CHAPTER VIII.
A Morning of Disaster.
"nello, Captain!" ,
"Hello, lookoutl"
"The sea is high and the fishermen
are venturing out."
"All right, I will send out the men.".
Cape Disappbintroent life saving
station nestled beneath the rocks of the
cliffs that extended far out over the BOA
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
ita walls,
Shaken and addled, at it were, while
crossing the river bar, the mightiest
rovers of the deep had been broken up
here like glass upon the rocks.
It was the treachery of itp appearance
that gave name to the place. It was
tbe 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 purpw for which
they were originally placed there was
insignificant to tbe 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
later It was found that a hundred calls
came fro.r those whose lives were spent
on the river to where one came from
thote who lived on the sea. ,
Like guardians of children the life
savers stood upon watch and as the
fishermen came and so were they on
duty.
From the early hours.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 act oss this
line and the frail craft of the fisherman
was at the mercy of tbe undertow and
many a toiler was dragged to his death
ere Ihe government protectors of life
could reach the spot in boats prepared
for the purpose.
The lighthouse stood upon tbe high
est point of the cape overlooking the
sea. Beneath its shadow stood a small
structure barely large enough inside
for one man to stand, turn bout and
sit down. It was built of glass save
that ita framework and rnof was made
of iron. The glass was thitk and al
most as strong as iron for it required
strength to withstand the: terrible
storms that beat upon it from the sea.
Its furnishings were a small Btnve, a
tool, a pair of strong glasses and ' a
telephone. It wu occupied a lghl ani
day by one man at a- time. One waa
oo watch from nooa until midnight
and the other trom midnight nntll
nooa. Not even a light was allowed
for it vu net ccried by dy and by
night it would blind the watch to that
he could not look oat upon the ocean
aaJ river.
Throui hoot the day he peered out
through his gtaiset ovsr the sea and
river and bay. At night he followed
the great revolving light In the light
house 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 Rlnswold had put forth Into the '
storm that the conversation took place
over the telephone between the look
outi and the captain of the life saving
crew recorded at the beginning '" ot thia '
chapter.
The lookout had teen the small
craft battling with the surf on the
bosom of the bay in the dim light
shot out from overhead. He could.
feel the storm , blowing against tha
structure which enclosed him; be
sides tbe register ahowed a high ve
locity of wind.
It foreboded a day of hard work.
Fishermen would venture forth in
dangerous atormt and thit compelled
the life savers to stand en constant
guard. They would enter their boats
and beat along the danger line like
sentinels to keep tbe fishermen from
rowing to their drath. And ia spite
ot this precaution scores find watery
graves at Ihe mcuth of the Columbia '
every year.
As tbe fishermen fought theli way
cut on this stormy morning tbe life
savers shot out from under the cliffs
toward the bar. Here bordeilng on
the danger line themselves they pa
trolled the river to rescue those lest
capable than themselves to withstand
the receding tide.
"Hello, captain!"
"Hello, lookoutl"
"Signal dlstresi off west end of Jetty
Sand etplt. A boat ia heading tor the
breakers!"
"Bing, blng, bing!" Went three
guns.
"Hello, captain!"
"Hello, lookoutl"
"Signal distress off Paclflo rocks.
Boat seems to be capslsed and men
clinging to upturned bull!"
"Bing, bingl" went two guns.
After a few minuutes pauie the cap
Iain's 'phone rang again
Hello, captain I"
"Hello, lookout!'
"Signal distress off .Disappontment
rocks I Boat shoving for breakers
like a rocket Girl at tbe oars; ia
powei less think it is Sankala, the
old chemist's daughter."
"Bing, bing, blng, blng, blng!"
rang out five shots from the cliffs be
low. This was the most dangerous
point at the month of tbe river and
was called the hell gap, for it was here
tbst so many fishermen had lost their "
lives.
The swift receding curren Worried a
sort of maelstrom at the point of the
rocks and when once fairly in its
clutchea'boats were swept like chaff
into the breakers and disappeared like
shot thrown into the water.
The life savers-knew the signals at
well as their alphabet and rushed to
the rescue like firemen to tbe call of
fire. And when the signal came for
Disappointment rocks the sturdy bcyi
lying off that point bent to their oart
with all their might.
. The life savers were divided up Into .
crewe-and each of theae divisions cov
eted given points. . The men selected
(or the most dangerous placet were tha
most experienced and dared the ele
ments at veteran aoldiert face the death
line in battle.
While the rescuers were hurrying to
the calls of distress the captain had as -cended
to the Icokout't station. Day
wat already dawning and while signals
were given at night by the discharge of
firearms, they were given in day time .
with flags from lookout point.
With the advancing day the river
and bay presented a busy appearance.
A speck here to the natural eye waa
revealed through the strong glasses to be
a fisherman's boat struggling with the
nets or waves. Some were going, some
were coming. Each was oblivious of
the other. One wat dashing to its
ruin at another point and life ssvert
were going to itt rescue, while the men
in danger were often unconscious of the
fact.
But in the work which wat so com
mon at to bring no excitement to the
veteran captain of the crew he sur
veyed the waters at a general does hit
battlefield.
Thit morning, however, a change
came over his face. He saw a frail'
fisherman's boat .being swept toward 1
Disappointment rocks. Standing up
working hei useless oars with all her
strength was Sankala. The glasses re
vealed her firm features and while she
looked into the jaws of death she was
as calm as the rocks which awaited her
approach. Ringwold lay motionless
in the boat. Whether dead or asleep
the glasses did not disclose. It was
evident that they had never reached
the fish trap for the boat was as empty .
as it had been when they had firBt .
started but.
The captain raised .the signal flag
high above his head and 'waved it five
times in succession. But here the life
boat which was giving Sankala't boat a
Btern chase, passed behind some locks
that had just hidden her and several "
seconds must pass before they would
appear again. v-
(To be continued)
. An Angry Landlady, t
Boarder No. 1 What's that loud
thumping noise In the kitchen? . '
Boarder No. 2 It's tho landlady ham
merino the stenk aud wishing It was tbe
beef truBt. Chicago Tribune.
Mayor McClollan asserts that he would
prefer to he Mayor of Greater New York
than Governor of the KmDirs State.