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.ige .four-, " ThU U ft In atory of Ik anm. who fir the Mhunip" curry -.la pNaavfcurr-. ear ovar . tha . taiga, lllnanlaraa , brtivrrn India and lalnn. f'llota rail It the louirhcat nlrlhia route In (he .vrorldt OUT OF THIS WOr.LD . 7. 7 . XVII CO far ns in known, no. white , man ever before had seen tho ' part of the world where Rosbert . and Hammel crashed in their ice encrusted plane; and surely no two men of any color or creed ever had a closer scrape with ' death. As I got the story during its many retellings at the cottage before Rosbert headed back to the States to recover his health and get a bone-setting Job done on his shattered ankle,: his plane took on a double load of Ice when he tried to get back to Dlnjan. . He kept gathering Ice, and at last, out of the grayness beyond his windshield, a mountain peak virtually leaped at him. 'Instinc tively, Rosbert swung hard on the controls to veer away, bul it was too late. An Instant later there was a terrific crash, and a jolt that snapped his right ankle like a matchstick and broke the neck of poor LI Wong, the Chinese boy who had been my radio operator until that morning. Ridge Ham mer right ankle was badly sprained making It pretty evi dent that no right rudder had ever been kicked harder by pilot and co-pllot together. For three days the two men lived In the shelter of their man gled cabin, Rosbert in an agony of pain from his broken ankle, Hammel of little use to himself or his friend because of his own injury as well as the intense sub zero cold that threatened to freeze ; them to death before the stlll ' raging blizzard had died down. ; They nadn't even the strength to j oury poor La, out couia only Copirlolit, 1345, Crocheted Trim By MRS. ANNE CABOT Simplest thing in the world to turn a plain handkerchief Into a very pretty one If you'll just em ploy a fine crochet hook and u very fine thread. The four hand crocheted edgings and the cross stitch embroidery rose design arc extra pretty. They'll make lovely gift hankies for- very little ex penditure. To obtain complete crocheting Instructions and color chart de sign for the five gift handker chiefs (pattern No. 5870) send 15 U. S. Army Man HORIZONTAL 51 We 1 Pictured 2 Hc lcd ln0 commander of assault on U. S. 79th In fantry Divi sion, MaJ.-Ocn. Germany VERTICAL 1 Mohammedan priest 2 Bachelor of Arts (ab.) 3 Bird 4 Sweet potatoes 7 Symbol for samarium 8 Annoying child 6 Symbol for magnesium 10 Strike with 5 Court (ab.) the open hand ei.i 13 Type measure 7 Laminated 14 Weary rock 16 Censuro jo CrCnk 17 Nova Scolla 11 Slavic (ab.) 12 Hebrew letter 18 Indians 20 Dine 21Wlngllke part 22 Happening 25 Flower 27 Type of moth 28 Either 29 Duplicity 35 Prince 36 Emmet 37 Contend II Mourning Virgin 41 Alleged (aire 43 Employers 45 Horse's gait 46 Railroad k (ab.) 47 Girl's name 48 South Amer ica (ab.) IB Drop of eye fluid spread out his parachute and lay It over his body. On the third day, when their ' emergency ra tions were just about gone, the storm cleared and Hammel dragged himself out of the ship to discover that they were within crawling distance of a. steep, snow-packed decline. Studying the terrain below, Hammel no ticed that the slope continued for several miles before reaching the scrubby black fringe of the tim ber line. He saw a chance for them to Cover that entire distance without using their feet at all. He crawled back to the plane, explained his plan to Rosbort, and between thorn they bandaged their ankles with strips of para chute silk. Then they tore up a couple of ' floorboards from the plane's cabin and set out on prob ably the most colossal sleigh ride in the history of that sport. All day long the two boys worked their . way down the mountain from one lce-cappcd ridge to another. They would crawl on hond and knees from the foot of one decline to the top of another, then mount their in dividual ."sleds," and, pushing over the edge, drop hundreds of yards In a few breathtaking sec onds, T OS BERT had a pocket compass . with him, and after they reached the timber lino they held to a course roughly Bouthwcst, figuring that It would take them if they lived long enough to the neighborhood of Dinjun. There was a ' hundred miles between them and tho field, however, the unexplored,, unmapped territory of ' the Mlshmi Hills, which are inhabited by aboriginal tribes of Mlshml-lttis. It was almost two weeks after Rosbert and Hammel crashed on the mountain peak that they J. C. Winston Co.; Distributed NEA City News - In Brief- Harvey. Carter, principal of Central school .and lifeguard at Cove swimming pool, is expected to return today or tomorrow from Dcnbow lake, near T a c o m a, where he attended a two weeks refresher course in swmming and life saving. Lester Taal,, 2706 N. .Second street, 1b' at his homo recovering from injuries received some time ago while working in the woods near Pilot Rock. Circuit Judge H. J. Green will conduct motion day in Enterprise tomorrow. He will be accom panied by John H. Newman, court reporter. F. E. Russell, Quincy, Calif., flew to- La Grande yesterday in his Ercoupc, to attend to business matters hero. He loft for ills re turn trip tliis morning. Merlin Johnson flew to John Day this morning .to bring Mrs. -Johnson, who has been visiting there, to her home in La Grande. Keith Province Is in Pendle ton today on business connected with the dusting of peas by air piano, This venture has met with success and plans are to buid two more clusters during the winter. cents in coin, plus 1 cent postage, your name, address and the pat tern number to Anne Cabot, La Grande Evening Observer, 70l) Mission street, San Francisco, Calif. AnMtvrr to Prrvlona I'usrle 14 Toward 34 Ireland 15 Lampreys 35 Legal point 16 Honey maker 39 Lcoplng 19 Speak amphibian 23 Nothing 24 Pedal digit 25 American writer 26 Upper limb 2!) Chasm 30 Distinct part 40 Near 41 Mineral rocki 42 Dull I 43 Underwriting account (ab.) 44 Comfortable 49 Palm lily 31 Roman roads 50 Symbol for 33 Levels ruthenium I 1 1 """ i ttltTNWFTU rid r " i I 12. 13 S 5 t r rir" ImJ 1'.-' 5" "7 " tp; sT ' "T ! " 50-5! I""1 Hr"" ""r1 crawled Into a clemlng and -saw I small mud hut wi:h. a wisp of smoke curling out through a hois In the thatched -oof. Phe Mishmi-ltes, whenever we had heard them mentioned before, . had always been referred to as head-hunters, but they showed ho inclination to decapitate Rosbert and Hammel. In fact they grew . to like their guests, and were much impressed by the white men's watches, . cigaret lighters and the zippers on their tattered flying Jackets. When Rosbert pro duced a mechanical pencil and started drawing pictures on a piece of bark, showing an air plane flying through the air and crashing into a mountain, his fame spread through the hills like wildflre. Men, wonton and chll-' dren from other tribes came to. see these wonderr;. Finally, one day, a young boy came, an un usually bright-looking youngster. and after watching Joe draw pic tures for a while he tried to. ex plain that he wasn't satisfied with that; he wanted something dlf-' ferent, something better. He pointed to Joe and then to the bark. Then he' said the Mlshmi word for "name" which was one of the ZOO words Joe and Ridge picked up during .their month with' the tribe and Ridge laughed and said: "Hell, Joe, he wants your autograph." Joe wrote his name on the bark and the boy got all- excited. , He , was Impatient to get his hands on it, Joe was Just about to-give it to him when it dawned on him what this bright youngster had in mind, In a fever of excitement he tore off the' corner of a map ho had brought with htm ' and wrote more . words, - explaining who he and Hammel were and telling what had happened to them. The boy grabbed the paper and ran from tho hut. Four days later he returned with a letter from the officer In- command of a British scouting force saying that supplies were on their way and a medical ofttcer would soon follow. (To Be Continued) :0 SERVICE, INC Jumper Blouse By SUE BURNETT i To wear brightly through Sum mer days, a smart, figure-slimming jumper and simply tailored blouse. It will be ideal fo rcooler weather too in plaid or striped- woolens. :'''' " ' Pattern No. 8754 is designed (01' sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20; 40 and 42. 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