Marble Hill press., 1921-01-20


~ night nnks With any usr,Al event
O. attempted HnyNh.r, The bird
men nrS over at least 2"nb miles
~ virgin trtritop, without land
ID marks - landing a-lds They
landed nifty tunes on strange nslds. often alm'-'
impussihlc ~ auilps plarv..
The Huti.h last sprus attempted 10 ~ fr"m
Egypt Co n. eaI@ over "a" ailds of Ari'a 'ns
ruo, rru,h-d the drs'luauu0. hu, ouly after he
had rrrlaord bls machine aHi moiors. aud after
much delay aud iuoou,rui"nc,
tn the trags,outnsuial reliability t~st'iasi su
tumn Lieut. Kelvin Maynard. The Nina"r. broke
his meter near omshs and hsi 'u change ii on
urry before proo-yiIns oEly ou" lIh'f'y motor
sslcrc~si"d u making the j"uruey both vaJs
COMPARED 20 the Hon siup night made hy ihs
EhsIishmsn. John Alcoss. which gained for him
IeypEnition frufn the Hrush government lu the
form - knighfhnui must nisrs will agrr~ that the
Alaskan nisht i gr~ater feet The Alaskan
nigh ~As steady grind of over three m"U'hs
duruuon
Tho r~rxonhcI q the srT~i.'iru AS a. foll'ws
Plane No 1. Csp' y, C1ait S'rvci. tn command
81 eiI--ilucn S.rst Edmund nsurqurs msshani.
cisn: No piiotci In turn by Tir, Lieut. 'uf.
ford e Nult and Se-uud Lieut. Erie e. Nrl-pn.
~usine~r'us c<nc~r No 3 Lieut. u Cumrlns.
pho'nsrupbc oflorr Srrgt A I Nlsru No
Lieut. u e klrtpatrics Information erncrr. 10
s-ph D. EnElish Gap, Howard 7 Douglas went
ahead - the hyrr-, making preliminary arrAnEs-
I1~uts and hlaslns ne trail
tlcrv ~1rns "yiu-r up' Isu pictures secured
frm lt"ufrran' Nuu
We cut ACROSS the International line When
isH1et a; Portal Irp,n Portal 60 Sas4aiuuu VAS
tf~ UUy lrs = the tourney lu wh.yh So hai
tbe wtud With "a Ne mate ft' 3iu miles Ia
t'fvs kgars aAt At Sassato-tp gut our trs' 'u~s
- EHsf taEeHIrt hospitality ,h added 50 tTr1
usa1aas.y q. tl- ,nfe,laya' - the iuuE 'rgrnsy
Aafrst oac 'hlfl q 'hr l-'ra'arloo fhuush Aweri.
car tpru. ar uau Canadians .t sp.ut
N'vut i.u rI~s from SasAa'nr1 Ns len th~
4 prs 80 cvarfrs. end -, into a rrsou ~ forrest.
snd atrs. u.th f..i.ug bills suJar = them dSn
fsxt high A. IIuoa'un, tsptalu Sfrv's ma
eklpr bad tsas 'u ODE sas lark art We verr
hrld rr there fur fhrvr faHs -yf'.ne that PATCHED
or Tho t.orr e., EruHn'a1 are intensely In.
tsrrs,,d ~ a,trfiuu - means - Developing fhr
coarfrs Ties usAr3 20 getting g.au~. Gao survey
the Tearv river country tu ffr aur'h u them .
big strvish q srhIe lard uoU wholly uut"tci
cped VarL wglrs hrug th" au!y means - trans
ror,atsuu The transportation &C. milne. - ~.
rvxiou sl.o offered snc,hrr opportunity for syi.
atou fo sscur'iD i,s us~tllness
our ors, attempt 10 leave EamouJ"a va. un.
sucycssfsI bysagse s.; aN-hansus clouds Taking
or at 90 rre'. had tu drop go .sn and when
about lnu muc. oat. Strcrl metuncd "a
turn The next day. iu spite - a stiT wind Se
made tho jump 60 jasper PARK This Is Cana.
dian national park. tur Wlies lous hy ir slde
abourdlur With game auA hsh. New ~ found
one u the hcs, landing dc,As on the whole route
Colonel Resvrs. Snrirn % the rark. met %. and
extended rourtrs.rs and hospitality Tents we're
provided ror our accommodation With e Chinese
ruak In The mess tent Gas aud oil wcrr un the
n.Id aud nf'rr cissRing W cur "buss.s" and get.
ting everything IN shalT tor the Ussi iay, We felt
drctdcsiy ne II needed hath We st out
expecting go take dlp in the MhahAsca river.
hut we're warned that should mud the water
tno cold ao with guide We vet out for = little
lake about half mile away. which, we we're told
~as good bathing place When We were ready
for IN. dip somebody stuck his foot in the water
20 try the trmperaturr Wet all | can say -,
n the AthahasR river ts colder than that little
lake was then lts q record breaker for temper
azure hut Il was q choice ~ two evils We were
ready foe a bath either had TO get In the
water and take Il. cold as II VAS or b. Uterniiy
eaten up by mosquitoes We chosc the wafer II
~ impossible TO conceive the multiplicity and
ferec,,y OF the mosquitoes In this region and, n.
decd TO the very northerumos; limit OF our flight
They simos, block tra',c.' they aru 50 numerous,
and they certainly block progress preventing work
at sone seasons " the year
"soon after the hop-ofr at Jasper. Captain
Streets machine caught hre, caused by the oil
tanks being too full and overfowing down the
exhnust pipe. Henr,ques who was driving. put
the plsne into n side slip and was going to land
An the river hut as they descended. the change
~ balance stopped the How OF oil and the fire ex
tngui~Aed itself We got into Prince George just
ahead Of a ralnstorm. and without Street We
lighted flares to aid him In finding the landing
neia Outline of the Geld was however, OF course
,naaep,te, 50 when Street alghted he came In
with great speed and oversho, rolling out ef the
0e,d into n cut-over stretch where he struck a
stump that took OF abou, four feet of the end OF
h,s left wing, breaking both main spars and tear
iur all the rms out, also the ef half Of his hort
rcntal stabiiixer and the ailcron To get wins
4 sent 10 us In the quickest possible space OF time
~ would take eight days from Mather held Sacra
nento Cal, the nearest point available. 80 We
xst busy ON the Job ourselves, with the help OF
. big swede carpenter who was yonder and