The copper era and Morenci leader., 1919-07-11
BOY SAVES PARENTS FACING DEATH
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| Yuma, July 4.-Walking for more than A hours over the hot summer deserts without water and without food, lost most of the time, knowing not in which direction he look for aid barefooted, tortured by heat and hot sands and stones which blistered his feet, the 14 year old son of Anderson i Cypert, prosperous San Pasqual far mer, proved himself hero and was the means of saving the lives of his father and mother, his younger sis ters and his baby brother.
 The Cyperts started on a vacation trip Saturday night which well-nigh ended in the destruction of the entire, family. MT. Cypert was farmer on the California side of the river, hav- ing held about 70 acres of Indian leas- es. Last week he sold out his hold ing to E.. IF. Sanguinetti and decided on long vacation after his years of l hard toll.
 Saturday night after the sun had gone down, the Cypert family started to Portland, Ore, in their Maxwell car. Everything went well until they started to cross the desert proper. They took the Ogilly road to the Im- perial Valley. but two miles on this side of Ogilly they took the wrong road and started cross country to Blythe. After travelling the Blythe road for only few miles the car went dead and the father started out for help, saying that he was going to Ogilly. When Sunday morning came the father had not returned from his search for help. Sunday morning pas sed slowly for the party stranded out on the desert and before the noon hour had passed all the water had been consumed and water was being drawn from the radiator to stop the to rack the bodies of the stranded trav- elers.
 Boy Strikes Out
 Sunday noon young Cypert started across the desert without water or food He was barefooted and the hot rocks and sharp thorns tortured his feet with every step, but he kept
 
 of the most God forsaken countries" on the face of the earth-the desert in the middle of summer Soon young Cypert lost the road and then he found himself out in the desert alone without knowledge of direction and knowing not the way to turn for help of succor He travelled until he was exhausted that he fell in a swoon. When he awoke it was daylight Monday morning and he had been away from his mother and her small children nearly "A hours. Cypert wandered on almost without hope, and then he saw something in the dis tance. A flag. Yes fiag-a rail- road f1ag-a flag that meant help and water and yet the relief of the dying passengers out in the Maxwell car. He staggered to the railroad and then sat down to wait patiently for train. One came along after long wait and the engineer, seeing a little lonely boy out on the desert miles and miles from water stopped and took him on board.
 He was brought to town, given wat CT in small quantities and then fed. While eating he poured out his story into sympathizing ears. He told about his father who had gone off for help and not returned, of his moth CT and her three small children away out on the desert drinking water from the radiator to fight off the awful dem- on thirst.
 Rescurers Out.
 A resouing party composed of Sher- if Greenleaf and Clarence Dunbar took to the field to rescue the party out on the desert When they ar rived at the car the occupants were in a horrible plight. The father had not returned. the mother had made the radiator water go as far as pos sible, but that had given out Sunday night and for hours the three small children and she had to suffer the bangs of thirst and pray that soon some one would come to relieve them of their suffering.
 The mother and her three children were given water and then search was made for the father He was found six miles beyond the machine lost in the desert, exhausted so that he could hardly move. If help had not arrived within a few hours he would have been past all earthly help. He was given what relief possible and carried to the waiting car, which immediately started for the cooling shades of Yuma.
 The party arrived last night at 10 o'clock in Yuma. The father was in bad shape but will recover. The mo- ther and the three children were sui fering from exposure but will be around with a few days rest. Young Cypert the hero was tired and bruis- ed but happy. He proved himself