Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1911-08-04

nTfr toward the b1sms
III just went OUT be answered tne
eager exclsnafirD~ u the usen E5s
crowded around aim That's al
know Il went out. And The other
bridges. Sare. All bat the Lake shores
Don't know Why that didn'1 20 ouf.
No; the logs didn't Jam there-5ust sd
right underE'
That settles it, said Welfon-
You won't quity' cried Orde
Certainly. You're crazy said Wei
ton. with sonSe asperity- IF they can't
stop a little jam with iron what are
your wooden defenses going 70 amount
to against the whole accumulation,
When those logs hit the tail Of this
Jam she'll 90 out before you can wink.
It's sure death. and I'm not going 70
sacrifice my men
Already the news was spreading
among the workers on the jams. Ordel
saw the government driver below casr1
ing loose from her moorings a mo-
ment later her tug tOwed Der away tol
side bayou q safety out Of the ex
pected rush 70 the lake
But re can bold her. cried Ords
ia desperation
Its 10 use boz" said Old Cariin.
its sure death
Sure DEATH Orde laughed bitterly
-An right. sure death. then Isn'r
there z man il this crowd that will
tackle this sort Of sure death WITH
mez~
I'm with you and ne szI1
North and the Rough Red il q breath
Good cried Orde You. TOO.
Johnny Sins and Purdy and Jimmy
Powerss Bully boys
I reckon you'll need the tug sad
Marsh.
lowing volunteered
We've got to close that opening irsi
thing said he. Marsh. tow the Pile
driver mp there
The opening was TO b. closed By
piles driven IN groups Of sixteen O00nj
together by chains The clHmps were
connected one 70 the other by system
OF boom logs and ropes 70 inte-pose
continuous barrier. The Pile driFei
placed the elumps. while the tug az
tended 70 the connecting defenses-
Vow. boys said Orde as his last
word. IF she starts TO 20 save your
selves the best way you can Never
mind the driver stay on top
slowly the rug and her cons0rt nosed
10 through the boiling water
~Wors FAST O-ie called 70 the
men on the pie driver If We can
close the opening before those Redding
logs bit Is We may be able 70 turn
them into our new channel
He did not add that II the opening
were not closed before the Jam broke,
as break II would il E very few no
ments. the probabilities we're that both
Pile driver and tug would b destroy
ed. Every man knew that already
Tom North ordered a pile placed n
the carriage The hammer descended
The work went forward as rapidly as
possible. -Four times tie Jam shrugged
and settled. but four times it paused
on the brink OF discharge Three d
the cIumps had been placed and bound.
and fifteen piles Of the last clump had
been driven
-One more pile breathed Orde- ~
The hammer ran smoothly 10 the top
and fell 4 half dozen times more =
ripped Then heavy chains were
thrown around the winch and ssae
steam power began 10 draw the clumEss
together
Done cried Ton North
North unmoored. and The driver
dropped hack with the current The
Tug churued forward 10 accomplish the
last duty o. binding the defenses 10
gether BY means OF chains and cables
Two men leaped 70 the floating booms-
Orde and the Rough Red 81 about the
task. They worked from either end 70
ward the middle When they met Orie
ordered Red aboard the tug
III ne this one. Jimmy said BE-
Aboard the tug al was tense preps-
ration. In the engine ro0B Harvey.
his hand on she throttle. stood ready
10 throw her wide open 81 the signal
Armed with sharp axes two men pre-
pared 70 cur tbs mooring lines on a
sign from the Rough Red They watch
I'd his appraised hand When il should
descend their syeS must fsll
Orde folded $ knot Upstream tes
IAN settled deliberately forward. CUT
ting clump Of piles ike straw
She's coming cried the Rough Red
~Give ne every second you czn.
said Orde making the lasr turns.
The mass toppIed slowly. fell into
the swim current and leaped with a
rrsE
Jump the Rough Red cried sDd
his Srm descended
Orde leaped bliudly for the rail.
where liz VS. seized and dragged
aboard by the Rough Red The axes
Eel. Marsh whiried over the wbsel.l
threw open his throttle The
tug spTans from its leash Ike 3 hound
And behind the barrier the logs. los
ing and rumbiias. the white spray IS
ing before their onslaught. beat in