Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-04-02

II began TO lag behind pretty much
and Hinton suggested that take off
my flying suit. did, and walked In
my underclothing the rest of the trip.
Hinton wrapped my suit around him
as sort of blanket. Just before noon
| had nasty fall over tree trunk
into hole three feet deep. was
bruised and scratched but I got up
| alone.
Hunch Falls to Help Out.
1--WE didn't eat at noon and made
fire and warmed up and started off
again all together. We were pretty
blue when we camped the third night.
Our bunch about the third being the
lucky day flivvered.
Hinton said, Let's write some let
tiers and put them In our pockets but
I said, No, Wen have plenty of time
to do that
Hinton could hardly hold his head
up. 1t was very cold and 1t sure was
our worst night. We slept again with
Hinton near the fire and me on the
outside. had the flying suit on, but
1t was too cold to lie still, and
would get up often.
when l did Hinton did too, and
we would both sit-near the fire for a
while. kloor slept fine, almost In the
fire. He kept getting his feet in the
fire and we would have to pull them
out.
Next morning we kidded the kid
that's what we called Kloor-and told
him he had been hogging the fire.
Hinton had the matches. because he
knows how to light fire. We were
careful with the matches. We would
go stiff when It took Hinton two
matches to get The fire going.
T:Io In Bad Shape.
"kloor had lots of pep after his
nights sleep and Hinton was N bad
shape. i was bit better Off than
linton, but not much. We started off
without food along the bank of the
creek. had bunch that night might
nave frozen up the creek and I left
them to go down and try 1t out"
The distance covered that afternoon
was not more than three miles. Next
day CThursday) almost the same story
was repeated at nightfall, their dis
lance from the Hypothetical" village
being still as undetermined as when
they made their landing.
Friday proved TO be the lucky day.
In the morning Tom Marks, Cree
indian trapper. who was inspecting
his traps on the outskirts Of the set
Element of Moose Factory, an island
IN the bottom OF James bay, noticed
tracks which he judged to have been
made by three white men. His curl.
osify getting the better of the native
Indian tlmidity in the presence of the
unusual, Marks followed up the tracks
until early In the afternoon he came
upon the three balloonlsts.
kIoor's Story Of Trip.
"The first days out were the worst" \
said Lieutenant Kloor, describing their
experiences. 1--WE had practlced walk
Ing with snowshoes at Moose Factory |
while we were there and thought we ]
we're experts with them, but after go
Ing a day on the trail changed our J
minds. 1t was quite stormy too, and
the first week we were out we en- e
cOuntered three severe billiards.. a
"on Sunday week ago II became U
so bad we were compelled to retrace r
our steps for more than mile. We a
also found that the dogs we had with b
us were inadequate for the load we a
were carrying and had to send back t.
Tor more. The weather. however, was d.
not very cold. We had lots of moose
meat to eat and think we are all
feeling fine"
what scientific values TO be de-
lived from your trip?" was asked. l.;
The main scientific fact demon. M
'trated," replied KloOr us that a
balloon OF $4,000 cubic feet capacity ].
an remain In the air for more than wi
welve hours. We were In the air en-
or twenty-five hours and could have Sc
there longer. Further than adj
hat l think nothing ought to be said OF,
ntii we report to our superIors." r.
Dogs Hail the Arrival. not
hloor' blue-eyed, rudy young fel. sbS
w who looked TO be In the pink OF IT
'ndition. was the first 10 arrive. He =,
line whirling around the bend OF the r
issanalbi into the iowa, riding ON 7
e dog sled, with Sum Salisbury. roh
Dronto explorer. who Ind gone TO 20 ,
eet him.
i feel fine. We're all all right. Ali fES,
ask Is that get TO IRE" he said.