The Dolores star., 1921-01-21

| 80 my are TlSlt now.
III we had had definite object we
could have gone fifty or hundred
'hieS without so much distress. We
saw SO much of the same sort of
WOODS mat 1t appeared we were not
going anywhere. But we were not
| going in circles because we were
Steered by the compass zigzag.ing
through the wood. That counted
| against us.
began to lag behind pretty much
ana Hinton suggested that / take off
my flying suit. l 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
mo mole three feet deep. | was
bruised and scratched but | got I'D
alone
Hunch Fails to Help Out.
we didnt eat at noon and made
hre and warmed up and started off
again all together. We were pretty
blue when we camped the third night.
Our hunch about the third being the
lucky day fivvered.
Hinton said, Let's write some let
ters 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 I
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.
Trio In Bad Shape.
"Kloor had lots of pep after his
nights sleep and Hinton was in bad
shape. l was bit better off than
Hinton, but not much. We started off
without food along the bank of the
creek. l had bunch that night might
have frozen up the creek and 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
tance 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
tlement 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 balloonists.
kIoor's Story Of Trip.
"The first days out were the worst
said Lieutenant Kloor. describing theiI
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 day on the trail changed ouI
minds. 1t was quite stormy, too, ant
| the first week we We're out we en-
countered three severe billiards..
"On Sunday week ago it became
so bad we We're compelled to retrace
our steps for more than mile. We
us were inadequate for the load We
were carrying and had to send bacl
for more The weather, however, wa:
not very cold. We had lots of moose
meat to eat and think we are al
feeling fine"
what scientific values to be de
rived from your trip" was asked.
"The main scientific fact demon
strated," replied 'Kloor, sis that a
balloon of $4,000 cubic feet capacit!
can remain in the air for more thar
twelve hours. We were in the ali
for twenty-five hours and could have
remained there longer. Further thai
that l think nothing ought to be sait
until we report to our superiors."
Dogs Hail the Arrival.
Kloor, blue-eyed, ruddy young fel
low who looked to be in the pink O.
condition, was the first to arrive. HI
came whirling around the bend of thu
Missanaibi into the town, riding OF
the dog sled. with Sam Sainsbury
Toronto explorer, who had gone tt
meet him.
The bowling of huskies tethered be
fore Indian huts here was the frs
warning of the party's approach.
moment later Kloors sled came owe
the snow. He was bundled to tn
eyes in the garb Of the country
mackinaw, moccasins, wool cap ant