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' *•