Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-10-11
cost on 5UoU1yT MOOD.
Thrilling Es,pcricace at Three !o"ng La
dies GU a Grect MoM'atni,a.

Thrilling Experience at Ihtee io"'ag La
dies Gu a GREAT MoMmtaim.
The thrilling experience of three la
dies who were lost on Mount Hood, and
could neither reach the top nor the
bottom, is reported by q rarity who have
lust returned from there Mount Hood,
in fact, is getting to be Inite summer
resort, and this year more than ever
before, tents dotted the various streams
along the different trail; I'D the noun
tain, and every house and settlers cabin
along the route was filed to overflow
ing with mountain climbers and sum
mer tourists. Among the many fami-
lies who went into the mountains to
spend the heated term was that of Mr.
G. w. Wilburg, OF Mount Tabor, Who
had with him several friends. The last
two weeks were spent in the shadow of
Mount Hood. AS IS the custom With
most campers, each days program, ibe
it fishing or riding, was faithfully chr
ried out. The most exciting featurs of
the program was that Of climbing MOI int
Hood The younger members of ahe
party started out to gain the sunni
The party consisted Of three men nd
six ladies. Crater Rock was reached
by five of the party, the others Sic
cumbing at different points along NE
mountain side. The party reaching4he
summit of Crater Rock did not get lack
to the teams at the foot of the mom tain
until Z o'clock at night, although the
ascent was begun at 10 o'clock il the
morning. When noses were counted
on arrival at the bottom Of the noun
tain three were missing-Miss Sallie
Wilberg, Mrs. George Bonan, and Mrs.
Frank Morgan, of East Portland. lThey
were lost somewhere along the noun
tain. Without delay the naming
ones were driven back to the emp,
leaving behind on the mountain two
young men, Garry and Ketchun, to
build bonfires and fire signal guns.
Volunteer help soon arrived from camps,
and by 10 o'clock, it is said, twenty men,
with lanterns, dogs, guns, and hoses,
were securing every nook and crevIe of
Mount Hood for the three lost oles.
Large signal fires were built at inteEals
OF every quarter of mile about the
southeast and west base of the nj oun-
tain, and squads of searchers had al
ready encompassed the vast lava fields
above the timber line without respnse
to either halloo or gunshot. SMrtly
before midnight, away on the ca tern
slope Of the mountain, near White 3iver
Canon, the three women were i'd md,
perched upon a large stone, hudilcd
together, with one long pole with an
iron pike at the end, which they had
used as an alpenstock and as weapdl
of defense against the panthers anil
wolves that infest the mountain sidt.
They We're weeping with JOY when tley
were found, and gladly rccited thE Sad-
venture of the night. They had aiken
the wrong ravine ridge leading froa off
the mountain, and had wandered loft.
At various times they had heard scre} ms
Of the panther and wolf, but wisely lbpt
| quiet. They were returned to camp by
the searching party. They had leer
on the barren rock, 10000 feet above
the level OF the sea, with a fierce, colo
wind blowing against them, until the,
were almost frozen to death.-Portlo71o
! (Ore.) Special.