East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-11-03
DOG SAVES FORMER
P[NDl{TON CITIZEN
HORACE STILLMAN, HURT,
SENDS CANINE FOR AID
Animal Runs Miles With Note and
Leads Rescue Party Back TO Spot
Where Master Lay Helpless from
Injuries Received in Runaway.

According to a story in the Kalis-
pell, Montana, Times, Horace Still
man, formerly a gunsmith in this city,
and well remembered as the champion
trap shooter of this section of the
country. owes his life TO the faithful
ness of his dog. The following is n
reproduction of the story as it appear
in that paper:
The faithfulness and intelligence OF
the dog has been the subject of song
and story since the dawn of history.
| Given an opportunity and Carlo seems |
! always to rise to the occasion, exhib-
iting sagacity and even reasoning pow
er above his kind. Horace Stiilman, |
of Pleasant Valley, has such dog
and no doubt owes his life to the fine
| intelligence and understanding of this
| spaniel pup.
Wednesday of last week Mr.. Still
man hitched up a team to light rig,
put in his tripod and other surveying
impedmneta and set out for the a.
ID. Stillman homestead, several miles
distant, where he intended to run
some lines for ditch or other utility.
OF course his spaniel dog tagged along
joyously. About half way to his des-
tination a deer ran across the road
and set the horses going. They lung
, ed forward and caused Mr.. Stillman
to lose his balance as he was occupied
in holding the lines and the tripod.
He nearly fell over the dashboard,
/ and it would have been better, per-
1 haps, if he had. A foot and leg went
5 through the forward wheel under the
2 axle, locking tho wheel with flesh and
1 bone. The horses were running and
it was impossible for the unfortunate
= man to extricate himself. The best
t he could do was hang partly under
Y the bed and wait for the team to
t stop. Finally he was able to get a
: twist on the hind wheel which event
e ually brought the team to a stop, but
not until he was exhausted, bruised
and bleeding. but fortunately with no
bones broken. He tried to rise, but
n was too weak and dropped exhausted
in the brush. After a rest of about
: an hour, as near as he could judge,
Mr. Stillman decided to attempt to
q reach hte HOMESTEAD and set himself
q to the task. The agonies he suffered
: are indescribable; he had been whip
ped and torn by brush and roots as
he swung to the frame ahd wheel I'M
: til he was flayed alive. He could not
stand erect, but painfully crawled
along For five hours he egsayed to
travel along this road of tortcre, fl
nally reaching the clearing near A.
D. Stillman's homestead but he was
so weak and exhausted he could not
make himself heard,
Now appears the brown pup in the
story. He came wagging himself
foolishly into his masters presence,
expressing his sympathy and finally
offering his assistance, for Mr. Still
man bethought him of the eXpedlent
of ending a note back to his home by
the dog. He laboriously wrote of his
situation in his note book, tore out
the .eaf and tearing a strip from his
overGls, tied the note safely and
prominently about the spaniels neck,
then ordered him to go home. Dog
gle capered about and refused until
Mr.. Stillman was in despair, but fl
nally the right idea siezed the pup
and he tore off home at top speed He
wa3 mighty few minutes covering the
miles which separated the ranch from
his master. Reaching home he de-
livered the note to Mrs. Stillnlan,
watiently half an hour while things
were gotten ready to take care of the
injured man. then he started through
the timber and took them direct to the
wounded and faintingN master Mr.
Stillman was given all the homely aid
possible and was doing well when
DR.. O'Neill motored up there Sunday,
accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Christensen, Miss O'Neill and Miss
Peeler, all friends of the family, Mrs
Christensen being daughter of the
Stillmans. The invalid seemed to rank
second in importance to the brown
pup which saved his life and they
surely made much of that dog.