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Tup Arrival of the rxprditlon at
tnr north pole palace of Santa
CUua Just after the plane waa
mahrd in a terrible windstorm.
Nrst below. Irft to rirht, i apUin
and Mrs. Kleinsrhmldt and mrm
bera of the expedition ready to
utart by reindeer team for Santa
land, the photon Imi showing i'ap
tain and Mr. KlelnsrhmMt with a
polar bear they killed with how and
arrow and upcar, a walrus hilled for
food and a (roup of taaimoa la
thrir native coMume, and an Eski
mo mother and her children flvhing
IhroiiRh a holr in the Ire. Next
below, left to right, Mr. Kifin-M-hmidt
and Palunuk. who drove
the reindeer team for the exnrdi
tion, nith a polar bear he had just
killrtl. Next below, Captain and
Mm. Kleiivsehmidt and, at riffht, an
tskimo family having a meal of
fmrn erab? in their snow hut
while Mrs. KlrinMhraidt (with rap)
trlh them of the expedition. Below,
the route followed by the expedition
from New York to the point where
the plane had to be abandoned.
WESTERN CALENDAR
ORDERED IN CHINA
Shanghai IP Documents dated
by Chinas o'.d style lunar calendar
will not be valid after January 1,
1030, according to a mandate Is
sued by the national (tovernment.
It is l.oprd that if the govern
ment ran comppl business houses
to follow the "foreign atyle cilen
dar,'' the general public will do so
like ww. Previous efforts at mod
emtring tlw calendar have met
with scant success, and Chinese
New Year was duly celebrated
throughout the country tl.is year
in spite of official prohibitions.
Nearly half of all the telephones
In Germany are ciamected with
automatic exchanges.
Journal Expedition
Finds Home Of Santa
(Continued from pace 1)
arctic explorer, should fail in his
quest and thereby shatter the faith
of thousands of little children in the
patron saint of Christmas, the fact
that such an expedition was on its
way into the treacherous northland
has been kept a closely guarded se
cret. In fact, since Cnptain Klein
schmidt and his party left New
York by airplane on October 15 the
only word heard from him until
Wednesday were short telegraphic
bulletins telling of the progress of
the flight as far as the outlying
Hudson Bay Trading posts in nor
thenr Canada. From there on, all
was silence and. until Wednesday
evening, grave fears were felt that
the captain and his aides had been
forced to land and had likely per
ished in the frozen wastes beyond
the Arctic circle.
Then, as a bolf out of a clear sky,
came news of tlw success of tlw ex
peditionof the discovery of Santa
in person and of his castle, the elves
who assist him, and of his great toy
shqp and store rooms for the thous
ands of presents he prepares for
good boys and girls each year.
News of the discovery was brcunht
to Salem by "Sourdough Charlie"
Niemeyer, veteran guide and packer
in the Arctic, who accompanied
Captain Kleinschmidt as assistant
to the pilot of the exploring plane
and ftuide to the party on Its Jong
trip by reindeer and dog sled after
it had been forced to abandon the
plane in a remote Eskimo settle
ment. "Sourdough Charlie" like ise
brought news of the near-disaster
to the expedition and of its gallant
battle to carry on into Santa Ci.ius
land.
In attempting to tike off for the
dangerous flight over the treach
erous mountains which circle San
ta's polar home thj expedition plane
crashed and was seriously damaged
at Polaseruk, most northern of the
Eskimo villages, with reali7atlon of
its quest almost at hand, 'Sour
dough Charlie" reported to the edi
tor of the Capital Journal Wednes
day evening.
"In taking o.'f, the carriage of
the p!ane hit a pocket or soft snow
and the big ship veered sharply out
of the runway we had smoothed off
on the hard ice, hurdled off into
the rough ice field, plunged forward
on its nose and smashed the one
remaining propeller we had," he
shidj "Our first spare propeller had
been used to replace one broken in
a forced landing in a blizzard sever
al hundred miles further.
"The accident was particularly
discouraging just at that time. Upon
our arrival at Polasemk a wrinkled
but kindly-faced old Eskimo woman
had given Captain Klcinschmidt the
information we had been -seeking
from the natives all along our route.
' She was told that v.i.en she was
younger and with another tribe she
had often observed at a certain time
of year, corresponding with our
December 24, the great spirit driv
ing a manificnt team of reindeer
htl. above the snow-capped moun
tains on his way south. She also
described these mountains and the
pas through which we wculd have
to travel on our way north.
"There, she told us. such a fierce
wind blows that no Eskimo had ever
been beyond it. Tl.is old Annok
said it was the cave of a fierce
spirit, Layluk, the north wind,
greatly feared b7 the Eskimos, for
i he has often frozen people to death.
' Sure that we were on the nsht
track and confident tl.at we could
penetrate the pass guarding the
home of Santa by flying high over
it. we made ready to set forth on
the last lap of our aerial expedition
in hish hopes. It was tl.en that the
plane crashed and splintered the
prep?! lor.
"But it was too late to turn back,
and to wait until we could send
back by dog team for a new pro
pellor and get the plane repaired we
feared might delay us until we
would be unable to fulfill our con
tract with the Capital Journal to
find Santa Claus and his Lome and
get the news back to Salem before
Christmas. Captain Kleinschmidt
decided that we would push on with
reindeer sleds and leave the plane
at Polaseruk until our return. He
also employed an Eskimo and his
dog team to hasten to Nome. Alas
for a new pron-jllcr. m as U
l.ave the pUne In readiness fcr the
trip home after our return from
the Santaland.
"Wc push on against what odds
and encountering what adventures
I will tell you later and after sev
eral davs and nights of hardship
and battle against the cruel ele
ments and ferocious wolves reacned
Santas castle and were greeted
warmly by the old fellow hmisolf.
'T am still too tired to tell vou o
all of cur adventures and of tne
wonderful things we saw cn the
wav, of our warm reception bv
Santa Claus, and the things we
found in his great castle.
"All of that you will read about
in a series of dispatches to the Cap-
nai Journal written uy Captain
Klcinschmidt, which I brought back
with me and which will be printed
every day in the Capital Journal.
Here is tne big secretl
"Santa Claus not only gave us a
hearty greeting, showed and ex
plained to us everything about him
self and hid work, but also prom
ised to come back with us to Salem
for a visit before Christmas.
"Y'ou cannot imagine how elated
we were when on the day before
tha intended for our departure on
the slow sled trip back to Polaseruk
we heard the hum of motors outside
the castle and rushed to the win
dows to see our plane settle down
gently on Santa's icy landing field.
"Our pilot climbed out of the cab
in and explained that on the af
ternoon before .while they were
awaiting the return of the Eskimo
messenger sent to Nome for a new
propellor a relief plane sent out in
search of our expedition after we
sent out a distress call upon the
occasion of our first plane mishap
that was before our radio broad
casting set had gone dead swooped
down upon Polarcruk in search of
by the relief plane the broken pro
pellor was replaced and the ship
started out after us at once. j
"Now, all was in readiness for our
return, bringing Santa back to
Salem with us. We had secured all i
of the Information we had set out j
to get and. also. Santa p:rmitlrd us
to take a let of moving picture1? of:
himself, his castle, his helpers.'
reindeer and the like. We were to I
start early the following day. al- j
though it would still be dark and
wc would have only the li?ht of the '
moon to guide us. I
"But during the nUht a terrible!
wind storm arose. Our plane was '
torn from its moorina-, hurled
across the Ice and smashed aiainst
a small mountain of ice and snow, j
We were stftnded. 1
"Except that he d:d not went to
tire th?m out before their strenu
ous Chrstmas Eve drive over the
eniire world. Santa raid :e could
have used his reindeer to r.ake the I
trip home but that was lmDasi'e.
'Captain Klelnschmidt de-inm-cd
me ta start cn ahead with the
pictures and stories he he.d pre
pared, and bring to Salem the news'
of the discovery ant that of the
flight of the expedition filer the
plane had been completely wreeked.
He sr.id the rest of the party with
Santa Claus would follow as fast
as possible.
"I tcok a dog team ar.U pushed on
ark-ad to Nrme nnrt on down the
Alaskan peninsula until I finally
found a litt.c fithms schooner lay
ing in a sheuercd bay awcitm? the
passing of a .storm before setting
sail for Seattle. The schooner
brought mc and my do-js and
equipment cn to Seattle, where I
purencsed an automobile, loaded
the doas end the rest of 'he stuff;
into it and hurried on to Salem " '
Thuiiuay tne Capital Journal was
makmj preparations to organize a
relief party to return to the north
by airplane and meet Santa Claus.
Captain Kleimchmidt and his par
ty and ru;-.i back to Salem with
Santa, r.t lea:, .so that he may be
here in picnty of time to nv:t the
kiddies and pet back to the north
pole in time for his regular Christ-
mas Eve ride.
Friday the Capital Journal will
p-jblish more about the discovery
of Santn Claus and its plans to
bring hi rUo Salem.
0 SET $73,000
FOR NEXT YEAR
Washington The importance
of the na:ic:i's parks as recreation
centers was pointed out by the
house appropriating committee
when it reported to the house
Thuralay the. annual supply bill ot
the interior department and pro
vided an increase for nation.il park
sen-ire ever the last fiscal year and
the budget estimates. The $8,070,
933 allotted cxeced:d the appropri
ations for the current vear bv S474,
S95 and the budget by $318,420.
A part of the increase is to be
used to permit the pirk sTvire to
study ere;.-, proposed for lutisnal
park.-; mid monument-! and prrp-vsed
ch:.naes in boundaries of estab
lished parss.
A reduction v.-a, mad- to allot
SiO.000 fcr tar c:m;ruc:ion of the
Sinnot- minirvial rest at Crater
lake national park. Oregon, in hon
or of the memory of the late Nicho
las J. Sinnott of Orezcn. who waft
re; manv years chairman of the
hc.is? lanir, cr-mmittee.
The crmmitteo also set aside
200.000 for the purchase ot pri
vately c.vn--l lani in the miional
park, artd p"i;ued cut that the fis
cal year 1931 wculd see for th first
time in eifceUve operation the pro
gram c.' five million dollar- a year
for ccnstrue.xn of reads Jid t:ails
in the nai.cr.U pr.-k.s.
Allotment irr national p-irks lo
c!ij2 tl.? fjllcw.n:
Cra'rr Lake. Oregon. $73 0C0
Heinitr, Washington.
COO.
t:vc:it;:-five ih:ucand doKe.rs was
?e. aside to care for national monu
n-.en;s.
E'.ipiir Three men were bunt
ed srveie.y by th? backfire from A
firebox tf a southbound Southern
Pacific train at Cruzattr. They
W. L. flutter, fireman; F. J. Jost,
fneinw, and C. C. Brctin, nil of
Eugene