Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-01-20

in all.
I 81 began to lag behind pretty much
| and Hinton suggested that l take off
my flying suit. 1 did, and walked in
my Undertaking the rest of the trip.
Hinton wrapped my suit around him
as a sort of blanket. Just before noon
l had a nasty fall over a tree trunk
| into a hole three feet deep. l was
bruised and scratched but 1 got up
alone.
Hunch Fails 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
l said, NO, we'll have plenty of time
| to do that
Hinton could hardly hold his head
up. 1t was very cold and it sure was
our worst night. We slept again with
| Hinton near the fire and me on the
outside. had the flying suit on, but
it 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
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 a fire. We were
careful with the matches. We would
go stiff when it took Hinton two
matches to get the fire going.
Trio in Bad Shape.
"Kloor had lots of pep after his
nights sleep and Hinton was in bad
shape. l was a bit better off than
Hinton, but not much. We started off
without food along the bank of the
creek. / had bunch that night might
have frozen up the creek and l left
them to go down and try it out"
The distance covered that afternoon
was not more than three miles. Next
day (Thursday) almost the same story
was repeated at nightfall their dis
lance from the "hypotheticap' village
being still as undetermined as when
they made their landing.
| I,iJ fn hi q
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
osity getting the better of the native
Indian timidity in the presence Of the
unusual, Marks followed up the tracks
until early in the afternoon he came
upon the three balloonsts.
| KIoor's Story Of Trip.
"The first days out were the worst"
said Lieutenant Kloor, describing their
experiences. 1--WE had practiced walk
ing with snowshoes at Moose Factory
while we were there and thought we
were experts with them, but after go
ing a day on the trail changed our
minds. 1t was quite stormy, too, and
the first week we were out we en-
countered three severe billiards..
"On Sunday a week ago 1t became
so bad we were compelled to retrace
our steps for more than mile. We
also found that the dogs we had with
us we're inadequate for the load we
were carrying and had to send back
for more. The weather, however, was
nor very cold. We had lots Of moose
meat to eat and think we are all
feeling fine."
"What scientific values to be de-
rived from your trip?' was asked.
"Tbe main scientific fact demon
stroted." replied Kloor, SIS that
hol1oon of $4,000 cubic feet capacity
can remain in the air for more than
evolve hours. We were In the air
for twenty-five hours and could nave
remained there longer. Further than
that think nothing ought to be saiu
mill we report to our superiors."
Dogs Hail the Arrival.
Kloor, a blue-eyed, ruddy young fell
low who looked to be in The pink OF
condition, was the first to arrive. lie
came whirling around the bend of the
Missanaibi into the town, riding on
the dog sled, with Sam Salisbury
Toronto explorer, who had gone to
meet him.
II feel fine. We're all all right. ALI
! / ask Is that l get to fire." he said