The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-04-07


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weaker spots. and on top of al ton
after ton of railroad iron held The
whole Immovably. Nolan had all the
help he required. Every device known
was employed to strengthen the lam
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! THE floods are gong down said
North
''Gond Lord. l hope so.'' said Orde.
Newark sent word that IA sudden
At of sickness had confined him to the
house,
Now Orde decided to break out a
channel through the jam itself. This
was necessary preliminary To getting
the logs in shape for distribution An
opening was made in the piles and the
rivermen. with pike poles and peavies,
began cautiously to dig their way
through the tangled timbers. The gov
eminent pile driver, which had finally
been sent up from below, began plac
ing five extra booms at intervals down
stream to capture the drift as fast as
1t was turned loose. The troubles ap-
peared to be quite over when word
came from Redding that the waters
Leopold Lincoln Bum. the local re-
porter. came tapping in on RandaIrs
old white horse, like a second Paul Re-
we're, crying that the iron bridge had
gone and the logs were racing down
river toward the booms.
1T just went out!' he answered the
eager ordinations of the men who
crowded around him. That's all |
know. 1t went out! And the other
bridges. Sure: All but the Lake Shore
Don't know why that didn't go out.
No; the logs didn't jam there-just slid
right under!!'
! THAT settles it," said Welton.
"You won't quit?' cried Orde.
Certainly. You're crazy" said Wei
ton. with some asperity. IF they can't
stop little jam with iron. what are
your wooden defenses going to amount
to against the whole accumulation
When those logs hit the tail of this
jam she'll go out before you can wink.
It's sure death. and I'm not going to
sacrifice my men,"
Already the news was spreading
among the workers on the jams. Orde
saw the government driver below cast
ing loose from her mornings. A mo-
ment later her tug towed her away to
q side bayou Of safety out of the ex-
pected rush to the lake.
"But we can hold herr cried Orde
In desperation.
Its no use. boy" said old Carlin;
"it's sure DEATH"
"Sure death" Orde laughed bitterly
"All right: sure death. then. Isn't
there man in this crowd that will
tackle this sort of sure death with
mew
I'm with you" And me-" said
q :
"Goodv' cried Orde. You. too.
Johnny Sims and Purdy and Jimmy
Powers? Bully boys"'
Il reckon you'll need the tug" said
Marsh.
r A dozen more of Orde's personal fol-
lowing volunteered.
We've got to close that opening first
kho I'll,
driver up there"
The opening was to be closed by
piles driven in groups of sixteen bound
together by chains. The cIumps were
connected one to the other by q system
Of boom logs and ropes to interpose a
continuous barrier. The pile driver
placed the clumps. while the tug at.
tended to the connecting defenses
Nov. boys" said Orde as his last
word. IF she starts to 60 save your.
selves the best way you can. Never
mind the driver. Stay on top
Slowly the tug and her consort nosed
up through the boiling water.
Work fastv' Orde called to the
men on the pile driver. If we car
close the opening before those Redding
logs hit US we may be able to turn
them into our new channel"
!; He did not add that If the opening
were not closed before the jam broke,
as break it would In very few mo-
ments. the probabilities were that both
pile driver and tug would be destroy
ed. Every man knew that already.
Tom North ordered pile placed in
the carriage. The hammer descended
The work went forward as rapidly rs
J possible. Four times the jam shrugged
and settled. but four times it paused
on the brink of discharge. Three OF
the clumps had been placed and bound,
and fifteen piles of the last ciump had
been driven.
Zone more piler breathed Orde
The hammer ran smoothly to the top
and fell A half dozen times more il
ripped. Then heavy chains were
/ thrown around the winch. and the
! steam power began to draw the clumps
I together.
"Donew cried Tom North.
North unmoored. and the driver
dropped back with the current. The
tug churned forward to accomplish the
last duty OF binding the defenses to