by, creating a heavy swell, which caused Mascot to roll over to the right, crushing some of the superstructure against the wharf. Mascot then rolled over to the left, and sank in 15 feet of water. Newspapers of the time noted the inconsistency between the boat's name and its apparent bad luck. The Morning Astorian commented that "this is the forth serious accident that has happened to the vessel and she seems to belie her hame with a consistency that would be admirable under other circumstances." The Morning Oregonian facetiously remarked that "the next boat Mr. Kamm builds will probably be named the Hoodoo." Nor was the Morning Oregonian finished with its remarks, running on April 11, 1901 a story which stated that the boat was still on the boat of the river, and noting that the cabin furniture "has been removed to a dry place, but the wetting it got did not do any particular damage, as it has been there before." By June 18, 1901, Mascot was back in service, carrying that day as one of its passengers former Oregon governor Sylvester Pennoyer from Portland to the Lewis River, where Pennoyer owned a 460-acre ranch. Low water on the rivers The water in the Lewis river was often too shallow for Mascot. The owners of Mascot, and their competitors, adopted various strategies to overcome this problem. These alternatives could involve rowboats, barges, shallow draft accessory steamers, and overland transportation by stage. 1891 low water In August 1891, Lewis River Transportation Co. started building a new light draft boat to work only on the upper forks of the Lewis River, carrying the freight down to deeper water to be shipped out on Mascot on daily runs to Portland. The new steamer was reported to be 120 feet long with a beam of 26 feet. Meanwhile, Woodland Transportation, owners of Toledo, Mascot'''s chief competitor at the time, were building another boat to run on the Lewis River. The new boat, under construction at Woodland in August 1891, would be 80 feet, and would run above tidewater only on the Lewis river, gathering freight and transferring it to Toledo. Toledo was under the command of Capt. W.A. Davis. Toledo was transferred out of the Lewis River service and in 1896 sank on the Yamhill River. 1900 low water In late August 1900, the water on the Columbia River was reported to