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Tillamook Headlight, March 20, IÖI3 TESTED HIS NERVE , HIS SELF CONTROL WELCOMED A KICKING. I Me Provad It to Hi, Own but Nel Mie Family • Satisfaction. A Blind Struggle For Life In the Depths of the Earth. f Tillarnoolc City LOST IN THE DARK IN A MINE. Thrilling Exp«ri*nc* of a Workman Who Found Himsolf After an Expie- • ion Alone and Without a Light In the Suffocating Coal Holo. Tv be lost In the woods or on the plains Is s fearful experience, but there the victim has the heavens above him and c(iu at least see his way about The terrors of a similar adventure in On Thursday C. P. Bandin, insurance the utter blackuess of a gas Ailed coal An up-to-date Fire Insurance Map of surveyor of the Pacific Department of the mine are thus described by a corre Tillamook City has been received at this spondent of the Youth's Companion: Sanborn Map Co. arrived in the city for the I was working alone til a "room” on office. The purpose of this map is to locate purpose of making a complete revised map the second south entry of the mine of Tillamook City, which will be the fore correctly all risks that Fire Insurance Com It was 5 o’clock, the time for firing the runner of a reduction in the insurance rates afternoon blasts The man who was panies assume. The map of this city con for Tillamook County, and will save thou "driving” the entry lighted his fuse tains io full page sections, shows all build and came back through the entry call sands of dollars annually to our citizens. ings, giving data in each instance covering tug out "Eire!” One after another the Mr. Qandon, who will be here about three other miners set off their blasts and class of construction, location, height and weeks, will make his headquarters at the i nine along the entry until they reach office of Rollie W. Watson. Mr. Watson outside plans, construction of flues and ed my room I lighted my fuse, watch his been endeavoring for some time past to ed It sputter for a moment and went chimneys, exposures of buildings and dis out Into the entry to wait for the blast have the fire map of Tillamook City revised tance between each. There is also complete Several seconds passed, and there and it has been through the earnest solici information covering the water pipe lines, was no explosion My fellow miners tation of Mr. Watson that Mr. Bandin was passed out of the entry and left me hydrants, stand-pipes, connected hose in sent to our relief. alone I went back Into the room and buildings, location of Fire Apparatus, con found that the blast opening was clog ged so that the tire could not reach th.- dition and character of the paratus. The (Editorial from TILLAMOOK HERALD, powder I had to remove the tamping source of water supply and etc. . and recharge the drill hole By this October 18th. time the mine was filled with dense gas laden |s>wder smoke from the other blasts We be to show new map any other In the stilling smoke I recharged the hole, tmnpod It. inserted the fuse in regard lighted it from my tioad lamp and hur rled to the mouth of the room. The work was hastily done When the powder exploded the rush of air extln gnlshed my lamp. The darkness was absolute, and ther« Is no darkness so dense as that of it mine To my consternation 1 found the matches tn my “Jockey box” so damp that they would not Ignite Then I became really alarmed. I was two miles under ground without a light In an. atmosphere so heavy with gas Both Phones Phones that ft would not sustain life for any .length of time I dashed Into the entry, ran against a pillar and was knocked nearly aem-e less. OHN LELAND HENDERSON, R BEALS, Beware of Ointments for I staggered to my feet and groped Catarrh That Contain down the tunnel. In a coat mine great ATTORNEY Mercury REAI. ESTATE, oaken valves or doors close the en As mercury will surely (festroy the sense AND Tin of smell and completely derange the whole trances to the various tunnels. FINANCIAL AGENT, system when entering it through the air cuter* through the main entry and COUNSELLOR AT-LAW. mucous surfaces. Such articles should be used except on prescriptions from Is sucked out of the mine by great Tillamook Oreiron. never T illamook B lock , reputable physicians, as the damage they fans at the\p|M>slte eud of the mine will do is ten fold to the good you can pos Mlatnook ... Oregon sibly derive from them. Hall’s Catarrh after It Ims been distributed through Cure manufactured by F J. Cheney & Co., the workings by menus of these valves Room No. 261 Teiedo, O., contains no mercury and is taken internally acting directly upon the and crosscuts situated near them. H. GOYNE, blood and mucous surfaces of the system | I reached a door, pulled it often and In buying Hall’s Catarrh Cure be sure you Beyond It two tun get the genuine. It is taken internally and paused through T. BOTTS, made in Teiedo. Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. nets came together nt a right angle ATTORNEY-AT LAW Testimonials free. Sold by Druggists. Priee. 75c. per bottle. One led toward the open air. the other ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Take Hall’s Family Pilis for constipation. Into the depths of the mlns. My Office : O pposite C ourt H ouse , sense of direction was ent'rely gone mplete Set of Abstract Books in apd I could not tell which to take. It Tillamook - Oregon. The Forty Year Te«t. Office. was all chance. I went ahead and aft An article must have exceptional 'axes Paid for Non Residents. merit to survive for a period of ei a time reached another valve. forty years. Chamberlain's Cough I If I only had a light! One glimpse T illamook B lock , Remedy was first offered to the of the numtier painted on the door R P J. SHARP, lamook .... Oregon, public in 1872. From a small be i would tell me where I was I tried to Both Phones. ginning it has grown in favor and feel the number with my fingers, but RESIDENT DENTIST, popularity until it has attained a world wide reputation. You will In vain I flushed through the door Office : Commercial Block, find nothing better for a cough or mid entered another tunnel, down ARI. HABERLACH, cold Try it and you will under- which I walked for hours, as It seem Tillamook - Oregon. [ st ind why it is a favorite after a t-d .Mv head was bursting with pain ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. period of more tino forty wears. I from the gas It no‘ only gives relief-it cu'es. Then I heard the sound of running T illamook B eock , For sale by all dealers. water I knelt down, dlpfied in my J. CLAUSSEN, timid mid found that I was going up LAWYER, Oregon. Ilamook SYNOPSIS or THE ANNUAL STATE- -tri-mii and <<>rise<|uently deeper anil KENT OF THE DEUTSCHER ADVOKAT. deefier Into the mine So I turned bin k. reached the valve and felt along 213 T illamook B lock Hie pillar until I found the other tun EORGE WILLETT, i j l l nel ofienlng The gas had by this Uni. Tillamook Oregon u.erpool, England, on the 81st day of la-gun to affect my hrnln. and I roeled . mber, 1912, made to the Insurance ATTORNEY AT-LAW. mid staggered as I walked. I left the uiarnissioner of the State rf Oregon, pursu triu-k and walked In the "sump" water ant to iae. . lamook C ommercial B uilding , J E. REEDY, D.V M„ Capital. up to my knees, keeping one hand on Amount of capital stock paid up .I 200.OVO «V the wall to steady myself. Oregon. Ilamook VETERINARY. Income. I I f»ixs<*d through valve after valri- Premiums received during the mid tried to keep count, but my brain »ear in cash..................................... 720.IMÖ.II Both Phones. Interest, dividends and rents re refused to perform that simple task .4.080 2« ceived during the year Received from home office dur T. BO ALS, M.D. At last I pushed through a valve and Tillamook Oregon. ing the year..................................... 470.40« M felt a blast of fresh, cold air. With Total income .. . *1.224.312 *2 that breath of oxygen my reason re HYSICIAN AND SURGEON Ila. Dtflbi i turned. With renewed courage I push Losses paid during the year 418.300 .M ed forward. Many times In following i. ornrnii»»i»ns and salaries paid T illamook B lock , that life giving current of air I plunaed 110.841 V« during the year Taxes. licenses, "Z and - fees paid through narrow cross cuts, stumbled Oregon. lamook 2S.29O ,» during the year......... xpendl- of ail other over masses of slate, fell Into «rater PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Amount tures ................................ hole« and bruised myself by striking Remitted to and paid out for account home office agnlns' the sharp corners of the ma Office : One Block East of M. KERRON, vein, but I was steadily errnpfg near Total expenditures 4 2 •1. er to the surface. Aseet«. Post Office Suddenly I stumbled against a leadarl bond* 1 Value of stocks and HYSICIAN AND SURGEON. ow ned ............. ...................... 1 &*3,&ae.oo os I car. That meant that I was ta the 12.514 Cash in bsnks and on hand premiums .n course of collection main entry, but how far from the en T illamook B lock . 254.1.1*0* and in transmission..................... trance I could not tell. I worked my Interest and rents due and ac a.31*. "i crued .............................................. Oregon. way along the string of loaded car« lamook and began to ascend an Hx-ltae T1 Total assets ................................ I *63.522 •»» To.al assets admitted In Oregon i 1 *.’» < J22 "* fresb air swept down the tunnel ta a UaMMttee. ga(» I kept peering ahead, ta the bet-- Gross «..aHns for l«>e»«-s unpaid • 1*2 157 W of seeing daylight, but none apnaaned On your front porch can be lit Amou*. t of unearned premiums 1 a HAWK, on ail outstanding rfafc* 1«* 2*2 «3 every night until midnight I wondered why I broke tabs a run Due for commission and broker and register not over W*7 Ml and In another minute I bad SMerg«~l ••• ......................... fifty cent» per month • 11>.t72 * All other liabilities from the mine and stood gazing at the on the meter HYSICIAN AND SURGEON, «tars It was almost midnight and I 474». "(S' ¿h had left my room shortly afbev 5 illamook E lectric L ight AND Oregon y City F uel C ompany . o clock. W ill S palding , Manager. Th* Greedy O«S 4 4* *• -' «• THE DETAILS OF THIS FIRE MAP. NSURANCE SURVEYOR VISITS OUR TOWN. will you this and explain to Insurance. pleased detail Fire Insurance Rates on Application. ROLLIE W. WATSON, “The Insurance Man." TODD HOTEL BUILDING. Both E HAMES & MERdEY MARINE N URAN E CO., LIMII D mcgee > m d A 15 Watt Mazda Lamp SARCHET, The Fashionable Tailor uing. PreMin g and Repairing a Specialty. Store in Hein* P*ioto'-mp‘’ic Gallery. 17» II 1 >1 17 14 rf* Baker’s Bread St THE Sold nil at Mi UCUI 3. TMAWE-a A VIMl WAKJXfc •LIUMK CO.. I.1WITK.II IM- B> LOllS ROfKXTHAk (¿••ers; Ag»M. Rts tttory general agent «4 attorney for •er» r*. George Ttylet Pori ard, • »r Tay lor Young a Co agents a her >ck POftiOE-d. Oregon I FREAKS OF NATURE A Tr«« That Throws Som«r«aults and a WaUrfall R«v«rsad. A tree gone tuad and a waterfall that I The «inestion every monda* U hoi ».« to do the gainful tMag bat h»*» tv du ths Just tblag.-Juda BeakM -n "My AutobiogrupUy Mule. Ju dith. the gresi Ereucb Metres», write« ut Alexander Duma* the elder: "’This glaul of » mulatto, with hla big. black, jnockiiig eyes, bls wide num trils, thick lips, heavy ehlu. bi» crisply < urllng hair a tai bls forehead with It» strange bumps, like that of »oiue un ruly child who is always fightiug wp'i Ills cumrade». was truly a represeu t- tbe peraoiutge. a ty|>e reflecting all the passion of the romautk-ist» Tht o would have tieen souiethlug wanting -o his time If this grandson of a negr. < bud not been seen striding along tl - Parisian boulevards. If his laugh hail not Iteen heard on the terrace* ot (ho cafes or If he had not appeared playing his part with naive aelf satisfaction tn offli-lal ceremonies and at the Tutlerlew ball, or walking about behind the scenes at the theater with hla nrm around tbe waist of some actress, or eutlng and drinking enough for four tn the merry supt>era at which authors and artists used to meet "His popularity was simply tinequal- ed There was a story current In my time of a singular wager made by Mery of Marseilles. Walking one day iu some public garden with a friend, he suddenly said to him: 'Do you seo that big. ridiculous looking fellow? ( bet you 100 sous that ff 1 kick him. no matter where. Instead of flying into i. rage he will make me a polite bow ' "The bet was taken, anti Me.-v. «•rcep- Ing stealthily up hehlnd 5« Prttd- liomme gave him a tremendous kick In the small of bls hack The man ‘limed t-d -vf indignation, but Mery crlist: •O'l I la— votir pardon, str: I took you foi Alexander Pumas, with whom I have i'n Hccount to settle' "III« rtf-tlm only too proud to be taken 'or «m b a great man. nt once re- lei ted --nd taking off hla hat In •'e most nmfalile manner, he said, with n l-nn There Is no harm done, mon- sieur' Tile hundred sous were won” A-'SON SCORED LAST. The Old Chicago Captain Made Two Play* to Dahlen'* One. Tim IhirMt, (be veteran umpire, told this one on Bill Itablen when Hill wraa a youth toiling under Cap Ansou In Chienuo Said he: “Anxon < nlled l>nhlen good and hard In a game I wiih umpiring in Chicago. Ihihlen took It without «Hying a word, but ii few minute* later Bill remarked to me. ’Watch me bark thnt old fel- low’s Mhlna ’ ‘Ans’ wa* not a* agile then hk he waa In hla younger days, and he stooped with much effort. All through that gnmr Bill made great stupa, only to throw tbe hall a few feet in front of the bag, and It wan up to A iimoii to stop It with his shins. ••However, thnt was not the eud of it A few days later the White Htoc* ngs hud to make a tritft to St [xuiia. ind Alison told Dahlen he would no; t»e taken on the trip Kill had been fi.hi Hull several times and tie thought *' n«’ was foollnt! The train left ('imago about inidnlcht mid Ihihleu was with the rest of the team ••When the train was atxiiit tw* ity- live miles om of Chicago the conductor fold 'isoii there were sixteen men In I lie pm tx mid he hud received only tltteio» tiekets Anson sHld there avis onl.x hftevn men and named the be.ths lhv> oeeliplvti •• ’The mail In t»erlh No 17 says he 1s a rnembei of the Chlengo team’ said the • oiidmtor who whs referring to Ihihlen ’lies Mtrineing von.’ n*pllel Anson I’ooi Bill was asked to cough up mid • otildn'l The t.’»’|n was stop- (I'd *i»d l»'h i,n was pm oft the train ihoin ihlrt* mites from (’htca.'X«» flow he mt iro k to (’hlengn only Kill Him- • eli know* hm he would not talk V mi.v bod5 tot h * »*ek ” falls up Instead of down are among the strange things to be seen in Ha wall, as described by John Burroughs la the Century Magazine: "Nature In the tropics, left to her self. is harsh, aggressive, savage; looks as though she wanted to hang you with her dangling ropes or impale yon on her thorns or engulf you In her ranks of gigantic ferns. Her mood Is never as plucid and sane as In the north. There is a tree In the Hawaiian woods that suggests a tree gone mud. It is called the hau tree. It Iles down, squirms and wriggles all over the ground like a wounded snake. It gets up and then takes to earth again. Now It wants to be u vine; now It wants to tie a tree. It throws somersaults. It makes Itself Into loops mid ring», it rolls. It reaches. It doubles upon Itself Altogether It Is the craziest vegetable growth I ever saw "It was near Pall thnt I saw what I had never seen or heard of before—a ' waterfull reversed, going up Insteud of down It suggested Stockton's story • of negative gravity A small brook comes down off the mountain and at tempts to make th«* leap down u high precipice, but the winds catch It mid carry It straight up In the air like smoke. It Is translated: it becomes a mere wraith hovering above the bee tllng crag. Night and day this goes Nothing to Worry Over. on. the wind snatching from the moan ••| heti»*(l somethin^ the other day talus In this summary wuy the water that ifr<Ht’\ snipris4*d me and I oav# Iwen worries I ¡ i I hiii I It evvi slllue ” it baa brought them.” ••What wiim It?” ••| don’t know whether I might to Lucky Thirtsanth. tint hut I was A woman who sets particular store mention It to you by the thirteenth superstition surprised told that your daughter’« hnsband was She's such a lovelj her friends by accepting in Invitation a frt*e t(linker • h«a»e It Isn t true ” to a luncheon where there were to he girl or << .H>«• it isn t. or if it I* It won’t thirteen guest» litYiTviire l/inra t»*kes a fl ”1 will be late.” »be said, "for I »bail it < tiitsband was n iree make it a |mlut to be the thlrteenih ii * » . »•. (Alien I murrh*d him Now person to enter the room That 1» a Chi< ago Recurd- funny thing about thirteen .Many ac- lie never thinks” ekleuts have hap|>ened to partie» thir I leni id teen In number, but InvestlgaUon luia inspiration and Sitting Tight ■bown that while the other twelve |«r- (l.oiLe Elh»t l»elh*vvd that her u< da aous suffered more or leas the thir teenth persou who Joined the company a er»* th«* |»risim t of Inspiration or a n always eacaped unharmed.”— Philadel in- A nt bony Trollope thought Ids v as the result of •«obblrr's wsi. madain.** phia I .olger or the facility of nlttlng tight In Ills - Imlr mid turning out 2»*W> word* t very Twentieth C«ntury D»fin<tiana. ftven iidnnt«*u for two or three Lour* A witty judge of the municipal court I vfore breakfast 'I lie method tic- of Boston stoutly declarwl that "a pat r* «'ed 44» fm as tn bring him a .♦•turn riot was a man who refused Io button of and file reading put»ll< r set Ms wife'» lingerie waist ” "A martyr." he went on. "1» one who of iioteie which are tiring more nf-pre •ttempts and falls, while a hero trt«w • hilefl ever) diiy.- I’sll Mall Giirette ami »ticceeds “ Nat So Vary Much. "Then what I* a coward?" axkol n 'on ir got iiotlilng on ms,' •« I the mrlmi« bystander “Oh. s coward replied the judge "I* • fs»l( The iiilMtm*« io"kwl her over care a man who renia'ii* single so he won't fully bate to try " Youth's Cont|innl<m •itnii mw tint, one *tlrt e*id (wo iiiiiK ii«-- of puff»».” -»hr retorted, ”siid Me* Unlikely, "Well, mt hoy,” sakl the visitor to I <n ll take »-in all off before you !<«(* t«M> Pittsburgh Post. *nl»tiy. "I sllISH-ee some flay you ex Traveling through South Afrtr*. Mr Im-tiev Kldil tire author «rf *^he F« pe< t to step Into your fattier'« «la-4M>T' “fill. I suppon* an" «aid BoMiy u- n «tni Kaffir," once ■ mmd a anti «- of l«-tng grwejy The neUve fififBe.1 ptoomltv "I Isi-ii wealin' om every th Im- nine he seer« -luce mother e< *•« nf reproa« h iif«>n him learntsl tmu to mt 'em dfiwn for me “ "Me greedy baaaf he aeM "Utok- two Kaffir« to eat a sheep M a day bo’ —Hartwr’s Weekly omy one Hottentot. ll<xto«M OMerf? not Kaffir." . Information Wanted 20 <»*' 4* Til lamook Mr Brow n wax excitable by nature, twit be often prided tiimself midihly Upuu ilia self i-outrul One night while the family were gathered at the lea table the cliluiue.v liegau to roar The furnace draft hud been o|>eiied nod for gotten Straightway a paulc ensued "Dou't lose your heuds-keep caul!” 1 cried Mr. Browu. "It'» nothing seri ous He dashed up the stair», discovered that the metal cap over the only uu- used stovepipe hole was already red hot. and dashed down again faster than be went up. “Keep cool!" he gasped as he passed through the room where the family bad gathered tn nervous apprehension. “I’ll be back in a minute.” He was back in less than that time, having observed that the flames were spouting several feet high from the chimney and that a shower of sparks was falling upon the roof. “Wh-where's the stepladder?” he panted. He was gone before any one could answer the question and presently was beard bellowing from the roof of the wood shed. He presented a heroic figure iu the glare of the blazing chim ney. ‘T've got one end of the hose,” he called. "Some one attach the other •nd and turn on the water—quick!” Two long minutes passed. "Why doesn't some one do as I or- ' dered?” he thundered “Do you want I the place to burn up?” “We can’t. Henry.” called Mrs. Brown tremblingly. "You haven’t got the hose. You've got the cow rope. It i was hanging next to the hose tn the shed, and anyway the roof Is covered i with Ice. and 1 don't think there’s any great danger outside. You’d better go and watch the chimuey from the In side.” A half hour later the family were again at the tea table. “If this had happened tn some ! homes.” remarked Mr. Browu. "the i family would hnve lost their beads < completely and sent In an alarm. Self i control Is an excellent thing and far from common.” "Indeed, It Is.” agreed Mrs. Brown emphatically.— Youth's Companion. Odd Incident That Provod th* Popu larity of Owm««. 'Pop I want ask yon something “ “Whm I« It. my child?” “(I» they make alraMp* go with fly *■■••?“— BaKlueuco Amorkaa. A Tairet Two Citi«*. "I thought yiair inhdster a . is kto have s • all i « i Mlnnef(|M>llfl ” •fie dal »»xifir. t It hot he went up there pfr:i< 1» :• trial srFMMHI *iui to*»g hi* test fr«utt s< P nh I. » m » It’s all off < hl« ago l<e« *»nl Herald lake fire of mar thmigM« an’ y<nr vrnrvt« «nd dtssls alii lake csrw uf the mar i' *•