The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-06-01
PILOTS ARE GIVEN
MEDICAL ATTENTION
ON ARRIVAL IN CITY
Land on Apple Creek Ranch
North Of M'Kenzie Is
Hours After Start
U. S. ARMY BALLOON WINNER
Pilot Wilfred J. Paul Lands at
Hattor, Saskatchewan,
After ooo.Mile Hop
U. S. ARMY BALLOON WINNER

Two veterans i'll Tie udtlOOdl Odl.
loon race who grounded their bag,
The City of Omaha. in Burleigh
county Tuesday forenoon. left Bis
marck by train Wednesday morning
for their homes.
They were Eddie Hill, Detroit, who
suffered minor but painful injuries
to his right eye, and Roscoe Conklin.
Omaha, who received undetermined
injuries to his right, ankle during
the storm tossed flight.
They received medical attention In
Bismarck Tuesday afternoon but
Conklin postponed an X-ray exam
nation of his swollen ankle until he
reaches home.
When the pair got out of their bas-
ket at the Apple Greek Ranch at
1910 a. m. Tuesday, they had been
In the air Is hours and Is minutes
and had progressed approximately
$50 miles from their starting point,
Omaha, where the annual race start
ed late Monday.
Northeast of Mckenzie
Apple Greek Ranch is in Sibley
Butte township. 10 miles north and
four miles east of Mckenzie. Just
before reaching the ranch the two
balloonists we're nearly dumped into
Apple Creek. near where Albert
Donald maitland. ll-year-old boy,
had drowned less than 48 hours be-
fore.
Army Balloon No. 2, last to land OF
six entries in the national race We'd
nesday appeared an easy winner.
Lieut.. Wilfred ]. Paul, pilot report
ed the army bag had COME to eAfCf
at II a. m. (mountain time) Wednesr
day Is miles north Of Hatton, Sas-
katchewan, Canada.
The flight set new unofficial rec
ord for balloons Of 35,000-cubic feet
capacity. lettering by several hun
dred miles the previous mark of. ST.
miles. set in 1927 by S. A. U. Ras.
musSen.
The winners distance was placed at
approximately 900 miles.
The victory gave Paul and his aide.
Lieut. j. H. Bishop. possession OF the
Litchfield trophy for one year. ana
earned them place on the interna-
tional race starting at Basel, Switzer-
land, next September.
Two Others in N. d.
The Goodyear bag Travelled about
$50 miles. TWO others landed In
North Dakota for the first time in
the history Of the event. Capt. w.
]. Flood, U. S. Army No. 1, grounded
at Sherwood, near the Canadian bor-
der, after a 60o-mile hop, and Tracy
Southworth, Chevrolet Motor COM
pany pilot, got as far as Jamestown
40 miles.
Pete Larsen, Omaha junior cham
Der of commerce entry, made only IL
miles.
The army No. 2 was sighted late
Tuesday about $50 miles southwest o.
Regina, and later reports indicated II
had crossed into Alberta.
TWO Gull Lake residents reported
the bag dropped low enough as Il
passed over the town early Tuesday
so they could grasp its ropes ane
stop it.
"Are we near Regina?" asked ont
of the bags occupants. Informed i
lay 1853 miles to the west. the army
balloonists shot back up into the ali
and passed from view into the west
At 400 in the afternoon, Farmer
Wilbert Sampson sighted 1t as i
passed 200 feet above his place, neal
Limerick, Sask. The balloonist'
shouted they would "stay up tw,
more days." he said, before getting
out of hearing.
One Balloon Shot Ut
The pilots of the Goodyear VII up
on landing told residents that sew
eral shots were fired at them in tn
province Of Manitoba, APPARENT.
from q high-powered rifle. Thei
flight was made difficult, they said
by high windstorms that set dust fly
ing and impaired visibility and morn
ing miStS that made instruments o
little use.
I'VE make balloon flights for tn
love of the sport" Hill said fl Bis
marck upon arriving here Tuesday
And 1t never fails to rain whel
there Is q balloon race. You cal
plan almost anything else and &c
favorable weather-but not q balloon
race"
Upon landing at Apple Creel
Ranch, the two men Immediately pre-
pared their bag shipment, loaded
on a truck, and came to Bismarck.
They expected to Join southwurt,
at jamestown Wednesday and con
tinue their homeward trip from tina
point.
Injured About / A. M.
Hill and Conklin received their in
juries about / q. m. when their has
ket hit the ground. The shock threy
Hill into his instruments ana HI
struck his eye against one Of them
A bag Of sand, used as ballast. Eel
on Conklin's right foot at about tn
same time.
Despite their injuries. they ascende,
Immediately and remained aloft TO
nine more hours. 4.
Hill said he could see no reason TO
staying aloft since It was apparen
!. they would not get any greater dis
lance from Omaha, and distance !
Continued on page threa