Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-14
THRILLING CHAPTER ADDED EXPLOITS ALASKAN A|R|NEN ACT OF GOD, REEVE VISITED ISOLATED VILLAGE" SAYS .<
 BEESON

ISOLATED VILLAGE" SAYS
 BEESON
 There have been many stirring sagaS of the North; tales of hard- ships, of suffering and of -heroism enacted in the bleak Wastelands. And the saga of Pilot Bob Reeve and his plane passengers, MT, alld Mrs. Ole Hay and two children, is another such epic; another glo- rious chapter to be enscribed on the pages of history of AlaSka's air men who have charted Northern skies and won the admiration of a world for their record of ach- ievement in frontier whose peo- pie, in few years have become known as the most air-minded in habitants On the globe.
 Pilot Bob Reeve, hero of battle with a blizzard two weeks ago when he carried the Hay family, including a baby, from Seward to Nome, when forced down in 45 be- low zero temperature in the rug ged mountains, won a race with death across Alaska yesterday af- ternoon when he landed at his To- cal base.
 BRIEF SUMMARY
 Leaving Nome for che return hop to the Seward Airport, Reeve flew to Shagtulik on Norton Sound, south of Nome. Frank Beeson, fox farmer, was near death from two serious ailments. Reeve loaded him into his plane and dashed for Mo Grath, thence to Susitna, Anchor age and Seward. The hospital re- port today was that MT: Beeson was brought in for treatment just in time and that many more days without care would have meant the end of the trail.
 "The best way to keep out of trouble is not to get into it." That's the thought constantly in the mind of Pilot Bob and the follow ing of that practical advice has permitted him to fly hundreds of thousands of miles in the Western hemisphere, over the Andes and pampas of South America and snow-locked, slzy-piercing peaks of Alaska.
 So when he saw storm clouds closing in while winging his way to Nome from Seward, he picked out the best available spot in well-protected mountainous gulch, set his plane down and made his passengers as comfortable as cir cumstances permitted, while the elements roared overhead
 Thus begins Pilot Bob Reeves log which contains a record of the possible saving of two lives.
 OFF ON EPIC HOP
 Leaving his Seward base with the Hay family he landed an hour later at Anchorage to pick up his special equipment consisting of 40 pounds of iron rations, sleeping bag, snow shoes, ax, rifle, ammu- milton and other necessary articles.
 The following morning, Monday, the party took off reaching Nc Grath after detouring Rainy Pass thru Simpson Pass. They remain ed at McGrath that night. Per- feet weather reports were received next morning from the Yukon, Boring Sea and Nome countries. So they took off altho some low clouds were visible between the Yukon and McGrath; not anxious to fly with such a low ceiling and having knowledge of better wealth CT a short distance ahead, Reeve detoured the low clouds and hit the Yukon about 50 miles west of Ruby. He then layed a compass course west of Norton Sound.
 EMERGENCY LANDING
 There was about a 5000 foot ceiling and it appeared to be inn proving in the west so Reeve pro ceeded directly on this course un- til about 30 miles from Norton Sound when the ceiling suddenly closed in, a storm coming up with considerable snow and bad winds. Reeve immediately decided to re- trace his steps to Nulato on the Yukon, to land there and wait until the storm subsided.