The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1922-03-23
MISS FAlRf0WL LOST -
FOR THREE DAYS

Miss Hannah Fairfowl, whom {
searching party found almost lifeless
late Friday in snow-flled forests bach
of Dee, where she had wandered los
and without food for II hours. has re
covered at the Cottage hospital. Hel
hands and feet were badly swoller
from frost bite and the exertion OF
trudging through deep snow drifts anc
pulling herself up canyonsides by un
derbrush. None of her injuries or ills
are now considered serious, although
friends were alarmed about her Friday
night.
MISS Fairfowl, aged about so years
and her brother, Thomas Fairfowl, al
invalid, reside on a homestead about
four miles from Dee. The former Wis
tied the postofTice Tuesday for the mai
and supplies. She returned, she says
over the mountain trail, to which she
was unaccustomed in order to get the
view from an eminence. A snowstorn
prevailed and she became lost.
81 started on an adventure of less
than an hour, and it lasted three
days," said Miss Fairfowl Saturday.
Indeed. cit lacked but little of being
the great adventure. My last night in
the forests | was possessed almost con.
stantly by the peculiar hallucinatior
that | was in the old Lone Fir Gene
terry in Portland. | grew almost dis.
tracted the first night, realizing that
was lost, but | thought surely that
they would miss me and lind me.
remember my chief aim seemed to be
to prevent the letters and papers that
| was carrying from getting wet. The
next night | seemed 20 wander thou
sands of miles, seeking food. | think
called at the home of every friend
ever knew and begged for just crust.
That was a peculiar hallucination.
They seemed to ignore me entirely,
and | had about decided that the end
had come for me.
Miss Fairfowl says at times she had
the feeling that she bad passed on end
was wandering spirit, but that the
return of the thought that spirits are
not bothered by hunger dispelled this
conclusion.
]. II. Van Wicklen. of the office
force of the Oregon Lumber Com
pany's Dee plant, who found Miss
Fairfowl, says he thought her body
was lifeless. She was prostrate IN the
snow. When he called to companions
and the search party started to remove
her, they saw her eyes open.
Although he had grown alarmed by
the absence of his sister, the brother,
who has suffered a paralytic stroke,
thought she might have stopped at the
home of a neighbor, Nj. K. Gather
wood.
Friday be determined to Investigate
and began, for him in his intirm condi-
tion, the tremendous task of walking
down the canyon to the CatherwoOd
home. He was met en- route by man
working for the lumber company TO
whom he spread the alarm. The eXer-
tion and excitement left the brother in
state Of collapse, but Saturday he
was brought to Dee, and is reported to
have recovered.
j. W. West stated Saturday night
that Dee folk believe both Mks Fair
fowl and the invalid brother owe their
lives to a letter received Thursday
evening from another brother, J. g.
fairfOwl engaged at Gateway on q
contract Of The Dalles-California high
way. The latter had written to Alva
West, son Of tue rail manager, enclos-
ing a letter 10 bis sister, and asking
that it be delivered o. Son as possible.
A man was sent to the homestead
place with it Friday morning. when he
met the Invalid brother. The latter, il
is believed, would have been exhausted