on the night of may 17, 1917, "bailey gatzert", which had been out of service for some time, returned to the portland-the dalles route. on june 20, 1917, when high water forced the closing of the cascade locks, the "gatzert", under veteran captain archie geer (1859-1919), ran through the rapids with 125 passengers on board. this was the first time that passengers had been carried through the cascades rapids and the first time that the rapids had been run by any steamboat since june 26, 1893, when the "d.s. baker" was brought through. the river was then at 32.1 feet above low water, the highest it had apparently ever been during a steamboat run. the lowest water over the rapids during a steamboat run, 13.2 feet, had been on june 15, 1889, when "wasco" had been taken over by capt. james w. troup.