Deseret Evening News | 1909-12-20 | Page 9 | Mail Carriers Who Have to be Heroes

MAIL CARRIERS WHO HAVE TO BE HEROES d Portland Or Dec 20 Mail carriers In the Oregon coast country must be b made of ot heroic erol stuff for they meet with adventures that thal tes tc tit t the hardiest t dur during durIng during ing the stormy winter season se on when roads road are arc rough and streams are arc swollen swollen I len Tho The carrier catTier from Siletz to Kern villa villo had a narrow escape this week After Artor heavy storms the roads road were Im Impassible Impassible Impassible for his team and he ho set Jet out on foot with his mall sack While cros cross crossing crosIng ing In tho the river In an nn Indian dug dUI dugout dugout out his frail craft cratt was capsized by b the tho th swift current and his mall maU sack wept swept away He swam swain ashore and climbed over a mountain striking the river again six miles farther tarther down There ho he sat and anil waited for Cor an hour when ho spied his mall sack floating down the tho th stream He rescued it and brought the tho mall malt In almost on time but the tho letters were hero well soaked