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MAJOR MARTIN, HIS AID ON WORLD FLIGHT, AND MAP SHOWING
WILDERNESS THEY CROSSED AFTER MOUNTAIN CRASH
Wh.r Mjy.l t KJfy ,.r-- ' -"f F, A. i ftSfiJali X
Ten days after hopping off at
IChUnlk, Alaska, for Unalasha, a
Idlstance of 630 miles. Major Fred
erick Martin and Staff Sergeant
Alva L. Harvey, his mechanic, ar
rived safe at Port Moller, Alftoka,
after terrific hardships In making
Telling m tne matter of fact .
style of a veteran army man a
tale of adventure In the atr and
on land amid Arctic conditions
unparalleled In the history of
aviation and an epto In narra
tive, I. N. S. today received the
Jog of the hlstorlo flight of the
plane Seattle of .the American
round -the-world flight, kept by
Major Frederick- J Martin, com
mander of the (light ,
The log was sent by a little
cannery radio station at Port
Moller through sevoral relays to
the United States.: 1 J In story fol
low: :
By MAJ.. FREDKIUCK U MARTIN.
(Commander American Hound-the
World Flight, as Hnlnted Kx
,' cluafvnly lo Ooorffo W. .
Chlnn for 1, N, B.
' (Copyright " 1924, by I. N. S.)
.Port Moller, Alaska, May 17.
(Teluyed) After our arrival at
t'hignlk the l'5th of April, storms.
high winds and snow prevopted our
departure lor unamnka until the
morning . of the thirtieth. Boas
breaking over'tho plane's pontoons
the night of the -27th left a de
posit of 400 pounds of Ice.,
The morning of- the thirtieth was
calm and overcast. The radio re
ported favorable conditions to Un
alaska. Wo left at 11 a, m., ever
so happy to Join the other members
of the flight. , i .
.. Trapped la Fov,
After , one , hour of flying we
truck a fog and, trapped in It at
111:30, crashed against a mountain.
Both SergAajit Harvey and myself
miraculously escaped Injury. The
ship was demolished except the
fusltage. The striking of the pon
toons of the plane against a gentle
slope surfaced with snow and the
sturdy construction; of , the .ship
savod us, r .
In that twisted mass of wreck
ago Hoe all my hopes and ambitions
and the greatest opportunities of
any man In recent years, forever
lost.
No Information ns to our position
Has obtainable An account of( the
Inaccuracy of -x tho hyilrogrilphlc
charts and tho fog, y
V packed our havornacks tnd
ft f tor eating. lunch, provltlod by Mrs.
Osmund itl (Nilgnlk, wo .left at 2
p. m. to go directly south to, tlu
' Pacific count lino. Fog blinded u
comptutely arid In tho mmw wo
could prorend only with difficulty.
It wna difficult to maintain our
balsnre, anil being unable to walk
trafght, changed our course every
hundred fiet Invariably In error, '
Dnaflre ef Ship's Psrtn.
We knew we were climbing con
stantly but not a steep grade. We
realised the hopelessness of con
tinuing on account of the danger
of walking over a cliff. We fol
lowed our track r back to the
wrecked airship and mad a fire
of the broken par of the ship.
We put the metal CCwllng of the
plane under tho fire' prevent
melting a hole In the glacier. for
mation.. ' .
We dragged the, wings of the
plane together on the left side of
the fusllage to break the winds,
chinked the cracks with cakes of
Ire, dug from a pit around the fire,
had a tahleapoonful of liquid con
centrated and wearing our new fly
ing clothes retired In the baggage
compartment of the fusllage.
It was awfully crowded and cold
two six-foot men crowded, Into a
. space Intended for one. The fng
continued until May I. We rn
matned with, the ship and made
ourselves more comfortable..
On May J," we left at ft a. m., fol
lowing the compass due south, the
fog continuing end th-golitg s
difficult as on the 80th.
We came to a full realisation of
the seriousness of our predicament.
Wo finajly struck down grade to
ern
rr
satisfaction to yen and your family.
By nil moans includo equipment for complete flns Kervfee,
you. build, is tho tuno to
easiest and cheapest. , . .
.Talk tho matter over with your architect or with us today. ",' ' " '
Of course, you'll havb n Gas nnpe bnt.in addition, you'll wmrt equipment
for Gas Jleatocf hot. w.ater .nV the- turnVof-.tjtie. faucet,. Uifa 'heating,- including
tho Radiant fire heaiili, 'also .Itfuodry stove for., laundry," , " V
Mounts
an overland trail In four-foot snow.
Port Moller Is 199 miles from their
starting point. Their plana crash
ed Into a mountain In a fog and
was completely .wracked but neith
er flyer was Injured. The other
a small creek after three hours'
hiking and crossed the creek.
Climbing a mountain on the other
side of the creek, we narrowly
aw-' 'oil walking over the declevlty
of the top, . , . .
We returned to the creek and
decided to follow Jt to the north
west as It must eventually loud
to the sea, although causing a long
er hike, but easier to travol and
below the fog.
View IioncNome ISxpnnsp,
At 4 p, m. we panned through a
gorge In tho mountain with a level
marshy expanse ahead. Visibility
was possible for about four miles.
We made camp in an alder -thtckot
by the rreok on brush laid on the
snow. Wo gathered a bed of al
ders for flro through tho night. Wo
had little rot and no sloop as wo
wero shivering with cold, bolng clnd
only In an ordinary uniform with
iinionulltt over It. I had difficulty
In drying my feet and wa afraid
to continue to the northwest on
account of no fuol and no Informa
tion of Inhabitants In the locality.
We loft early on the morning of
the third to return to the ship for
tho night and then make offorte
to reach the Pacific coast line on
the south. We could not camp ex
cept at the ship on account of no
fuel,
Our only food was three tenspoons
full of liquid condensed food per
meal. Sergeant Harvey was suf
fering terribly with snow blindness.
I treated his eyes with borlo acid
from my first aid kit. at the ship. ,
The fog lifted at 7 a. m, on the
morning of the fourth and we de
parted from the wrecked ship never
to roturn, determined to reach the
coast,
Find Alder Thicket.
We left for the top of the moun
tain southoast from where we saw
the hopelessness of trying to go
du south on account of a line of
Jagged mountain peaks. We' saw
a lake to the southwest and struck
for It,, hoping to find some one.
We were forced to camp In -an aider
thicket about throe-miles from tba
lake on account: of exhaustion and
daylight Jading. ,
Wo saw many boar tracks In the
flmow. Wu-' struggled ''or hours In
tho brush nnd snow getting a wood
supply dry enough to burn. We
shlvorod throughout the night,
otnriially vigilant to keep the fire
going. v I
Fortunately each of us killed a
ptarmigan, one for supper and the
other for breakfast. We arrived at
the Inko about noon on the fifth
day but saw no signs of life.
We struggled on, Sergeant Har
vey loading, over a swamp. It was
rough going for myself as I was
partly snow blind. We mads camp
at 8 p. m. In a small dry canyon at
the base of a mountain. There was
no grass for bunks but plenty of
dry wood. We each slept about
four hours during the night our
first real rest.
We were now following a wide
valley near a stream entorlng the
lake from the south.
I'ved One Kindled Hopes,
We had always believed we would
survive I because of my wife and
son and llnrvoy hecause of his
mother so we struggled on all tho
harder.
I was still snow blind, hut wear
ing goggles made It possible for
me to sue slightly. Sergeant Har
vey .was physically weak but de
termined, and displayed great
strength of . oharacter and determi
nation. The valley ended In the moun
tains close In on the stream. The
snow became deeper about four
ffiet In depth with the crust giv
ing often now. Wo cllmhud the
side of the mountain to obtain a
view of the topography hut were
pmvonted from reaching 41ie top by
Your New Home
Pipe It For Gas
You want your now homo to bo mod
to hnvo nil thoso many littlo con-
vonionccs that will mnke it n, ronl homo
nnd a sourco of constant plensuro and
nrrnngo for it :bccmi80 now
three planes of the globe-glrdllng
squadron, which left Chtsrnlk with
Major Martin's flagship, made that
leg In safety and had proceeded
before news of Martin and Harvey
had been received
the steepness and a snowsllde.
Hlreara Heath Revives Rope.
- We . returned to, the valley and
walked about three miles when we
found a new stream flowing south
ward. Great hopes sprang up with
this discovery.
We were nearlng exhaustion. I
could scarcely see. We decided to
make camp. Sergeant Harvey in
vestigating a umall canyon half a
mile distant, for a prospective camp
dite, returned with tho Information
that It afforded no facilities but
that be saw a lake or bay three
miles to the south.
We decided we would gather
strength that night for our great
est ordeal. It was neressary for
us to grasp alders for support. A
light north breczo sprang up. We
had seen benr tracks one foot In
diameter all through the vsllcy and
many caribou tracks In the swamp.
In thj morning after throe tea
spoons full of our rations, we de
parted at 4 a. m. with renewed
hope. We had to. travol on the
rocks at the edge of a stream to
nutko any progress.
The valley broadened. Sergeant
Harvey yelled:
"Major! I see seagulls."
I replied: "Thank Clod, that means
salt water."
A few hours previous we had no
ticed the stump of a sapling out by
an axe. It was the first sign of
living man and tho greatest pos
stblo tonic for exhaustion. Then
we saw the tracks of a man and a
dog In the snow. We knew we were
nearlng human habitation. Then
wo saw the ocean.
This was too much for us. The
best we could do to celebrate was
to sit on a tuft of grass and smoke
cigarettes. Our cheeks were Bunk
en, our eyes, inflamed, our hands
and faces were stained walnut col
or from smoke and contact with
the snow. We had eight days of
hard stubble beard.
Fh d Shelter and Food.
Wbon wo bad walked along the
beach around a little point wo saw
a trapper's cabin and our Joy was
unrestrained. The walking was
much eunlor and wo quickly reach
ed tho cabin. It had very recently
beert deserted as we found batter
fur Johnny cakes In a pltchor
I started around the room of tho
cabin In quest of food and saw a
plouo of hardtack and some dried
pnacheti, I foifnri flour and salted.
pickled salmon bellies. !
1 made flour nou-axes lor uf
first time In my life and how good
they tastedl
We each ate two and slept In
bedding for the first time.
I made more botcakos when we
awoke and each of us at four with
syrup. Food never tasted so good
before. ' I put the fish to soak and
we slept till morning, when we
had creamed salmon and hotcakes
for breakfast.
We were still very weak.
It had been snowing since In the
night. How lucky In all this time
there had been no rain, very light
snow and practically no wind. Now
were safe. A divine providence had
protected us.
Wo secured more sleep. It turned
colder and snowed nil day. On the
morning of the ninth It was rain
ing and then ol eared, ' At 9 o'clock
we stnrtod to take a short walk to
detennlno our location which we be
lieved to he Ivanbof f hay.
Harvey Makes Itemnneltrr.
Whllo preparing lunch a brace
of mallards alighted on the bay a
hundred yards from the door. 1
killed both with tho trapper's rifle.
With real fond In sight Harvey
made a reconnaissance trip five
miles up the beach in the afternoon
whllo 1 prepared the ducks.
Sergeant Jlarvoy returned with
snow white Alaska hares and defi
nite Information that wo wore near
Port Moller at last. Wo had duck
Now, when
tho
work cau bo dono
TELLING
PHONB
Secret Societies of -era
Being a column edited by Ole
Neighbors of Woodcraft held a
division entertainment last Thurs
day evening A. special, program
was given which all of the mem
bers of this lodge enjoyed. . One
of the featuros of the evening was
the initiation which was held for
a large class, which was Instructed
Into the mysteries of the .order.
This lodge has been very active
during the winter months and early
spring months In securing mem
bers, and now have one of the larg
est memberships of any chapter In
the state for a town the size of
Eugene,
The United Artisans Held a so
cial hour last night In the Knights
of Pythias hall. At thia time a
short business session was held, and
the rest of the evening was given
over to an entertainment In the,
near future delegates will be named
to trie big conclave of this order
which will me)t at Oakland. , This
convention at Oakland will be one
of the largest of its kind ever held
by the-rder. It is said that thou
sands of 'Artisans will be In at
tendance at he Oakland gathering,
and many jiew matters relative to
the organization's future constitu
tional policies will be discussed.
Local members of this order are
boosting for - the general meeting,
and will send a luj-ge number .of
delegates tp attend It.
The Security Benefit association
held the last meeting which they
will hold this' month last Monday
evening. A large crowd was In at-,
tendance. After a short business
meeting the evening was given over
to a social hour. Curds and dancing
compteted the evening. At the first
meeting in June special business re
garding the lodge's activity for over
the summer months will be dis
cussed, and thoso in charge have
sked all members to be sure and
be pr&Bent at the next meeting in
June.
Members are bolng onrolled ovory
Jay In the Degree of Honor mem
bership drive, and those In charge
are very woll pleased with the ca'm
palgu which has been going on for
Lhe'past few weeks. Several class
es have boen Initiated and Instruct
ed l-n the myoterlcs of this order,
and officers of the local lodgo say
that this chapter will soon bo one
of the largest In the state, outside
of Portland.
All eyes of the members of the
United Spanish War Veterans are
turnod toward the time when their
big annual encampment will take
place at the Oregon caves, 45 mites
from Orants Pass. This encamp
ment will be held from July 14 to
16. Members of the local order here
are planning to take 'their families
with them and have a regular out
ing at that tlmo. Thore will bo a
regular camp, a big tent "will be
pitched for the regular business
sessions, and numerous small tents
will bo. set up for the members
and thelf families who attond the
affair. It Is at those conclaves that
the boys of '98 nnd '99 swap e
pertenccs of tho Spanish encounter,
which they, went through on tho
Isle of Cuba, and their hearts beat
a little faster as they live through1
tho old days.
"All rlghtj folks, step right this
way and see .the Inrgest .woman in
the world She weighed 200 pounds,
whon three years old, and ifow at
steak for dinner such wonderful
entst i-
After fried hare, hotcakes and
gravy a true southern breakfast--wo
placod tho cabin In order and
at 7:4fi a. m. departed for. Port Mol
ler, 20 miles distant.
Our strength hsd returned but we
tired out quickly. It was easy
walking on the beach except In
passing over clIfYs and huge rocks
which blocked the way. At 2 p. m.
we lunched on roast duck, hare and
hardtack great motive power for
weary travelers.
We sighted the cannery at 4 p.
m with smoke Issuing from the
stack.
It was tho end of the trail.
Taken to Settlement.
Reaching the beach south of the
cannery, we were m.et by Joko
Ornluf fin In a svdall launch and
taken acrefss the beacjv to the can
nery, where all hwids turned out
to meet us.
Superintendent Amundsen, a man
of action, without delay, ordered
mountains of food prepared tor us.
Mow del HI mis and wonderful It was
to have complete relaxation, plenty
of food and warm, comfortable
sleeping quarters ngu,ln. ;
SECRETS
OR J200 '
gene and Lane County.
Lrseo, in behalf of Fraternal and
the age of 16, weighs over &QQ
pounds. See the wild unn of, Bor
neo, he eats raw meet like you out
pie.. Tickets are good here before
the big show starts." Tlmt is what
is 'liuble to 'greet the ears of all
Kug;ncans, w1k atieml tho Ameri
can Legion sii-ow and circus wljlch
V -luting given under mo auspice!
of the local post. This ctrVus la
scheduled to be, hero from ,Muy 20
to Z. Uwill fte camped on the cor- j
ner of Olive and. Eleventh streets.)
P-ooks of tickets are being sld by
the nfc-mber of the local post at
50 cents each, a ltd hundreds ha-va
been sold, and those in cliarg-e ad
vise that if you are planning to
take In the circus and ahows' to get
your tickets now. Everytlilig-per-talning
to the real . circus'ek xu
have seen will be her for your
enjoyment. Conio often and stay
late Is the word passed to u
geneans. 1
Eugene will be tha acerve of the.
district Pythian Sisters convention i
which wilt hold its annual district,
gathering here on Tuesday, May 27.
Committees h$.ve been working hard
on a program which will be given
during the day in connection- with
the regular business session. Scores
of delegates are being expected to
be in attendance to this affair from
the surrounding chapters' In the
district. Mrs. D. E. Yorgi, district
deputy of the Pythian Sisters.' heads
the committees' preparing for the
event. Several of the- high offlcns
of the organization in this 'state'
have sent word that they will be
present for the -convention. Reports
have heen received here that the
now home which .this .organization
recently opened in Vancouver, la
rated as being one pf the best fra
ternal homes on the const.
Scottish Rite members hold a re
union In Eugene on Thursduy..aml'
Friday of this weekr"Th'o fourth
to thirty-second degrees, inclusive,
were conferred on a class of candi
dates. Hiilah temple of Ashland Will be
here today, and will confer tho
.Shrine decree on a number of can
didates Mrs. P. L. Beard attended the
grand lodge of the 'Rebeknhs which
met In Hqod River this week. She
Is gtand marshal of the order.
Members of . the local lodge of
Elks are looking forward to a big
time on Wednesday, May 28. At
this time there vlll bo a short busi
ness session, and the mysteries of
the order will be givon to a class
of candidates, who are (o be Initi
ated on that night. -' Afterwards' a
special program has been arranged
by the entertainment committee.
One pf the features of the evening
will be the boxing card .which will
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DAILY ERRANDS
Don't' mnkei your wife steer that
big .heavy carmrotind through" traffic
when she runs up town for something
sha needs in a hurry.
(5c- her one of" these nifty little
models. ' She'll like it lots better for
many .occasions. "
Aad yortlll save a neat sum out of
the monthly operating cost on. the big
car." . . '
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be given on this nifc-ht. Members
are promised a fast card of boxing
by the entertainment committee.
This will be one of thelargest en
tertainments that the local lodgo
has held this year.
In, the Fraternal Order of Eagles
they are looking forward to the In
stallation of c;icers. which will oc
, nr nn Jnn 3. in or"of the biggest
meetings of the year. Officers of
th local lodge and members of me
drill' te.xm will V-av Eugene on
Wednesday? May 2 for Rosebsrg,.
whre they, villj put op the initia
tion work f ir alarge class of oan
'tidatM hi 'ibe Uos-burg aerie. A
delf-aalloii besides Hie fflcera and
members ti the Olll tim are con
templating on maWng the trip wth
them. Tl.e contingent win lfive
here at 3 nviocn ana. are Bcuvinnn
tonrslve- In iWeb'urg at "'o'clock.
A Jiano.net Will 1 glen to'the.Eu
geae Eagles nnd afterwards the
initiatory rites wlilbe gien. . .
'ramiri 'of tlie Moose I,es?bi
"from Various cities .atiout the WH-
lamiftfce vtlley will met nere n
morrow for a speMaJ meeting. At
this time there will be a-shorty busi
n fif-ailon "and afterwards im
.Initiation will be beld for. several
candidates. The uaaie-s. o me
Moosoheart, Legion of this city will
pYovtde an entertainment f.or the
visiting members. Several ladies of
the Mooseheart Legln from Al
bar., CoVvallls and surrounding
cltlM will accompany their hus
bands here for. the event. A large
crowfl Is expected and the naemfcepa
of the loral ortlpr are preparing a
good "program for them after the
initiation' and business sesit.
Knights of Columbus - have or
ganjVed a baseball team ahd from
Indications it looks'to be a fast and
snappy team; In -tho ' nexV few
weeks games tvlH be scheduled wlfh
out of town teajna. Jack PMllips
has been named to rpojiage the lo
cal, knights, aod several .local
giis.es will 'be scheduled, . Accor'd
!? t present plans all games 'wtH
be" played on the new St. Mary's
field, which- la Kcated at Fifteenth
and Chamber stroets..j ,
iCan.ten Hovey o,f the I. O. O. F.
rfid their stuff In the state crnven
tlon wKich convened in Hood. River,
by willing the lnylng cud Tor the
third time for having the best drill
team In the state. This entitles the"
local .drill -toam to keup the c.up
permanently. ' The team was com
posed of Captain Olson of Spring
field, Lleutenuat John Starr of Eu
gene and Ensign Ullderback of thjs
ckv. and regular members of tlw
drill team. The ovvnt at Hood River
was well .attended and all- -fleie-gates
report a very good- time. Nu
merous trips were taken over the
Mount. Hood loop and the journeys
proved tp be very attractive.
TO GUARD SUBSC-RIBERS
If yvjr paper itt not delivered
bv -6 o'clock every night please
telephone 1200 before T:60 P.
M. Deliveries will be made from
the office up to that time.
' Mtitnal Life Insurance Co. G.'M.
Sprague. U. S. Rational Bank bid?.
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tread firmly there s posi
tively no- s'rfp and jwur
feet stay dry. " - -
Youf. repairman has thim.
Suggest Paneo to yourshee
'dealer. Bat 'gct tkwe.
' And get "PAX COED"
' heels ateo tiwy'r o.uaBy
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'CHELSEA, MASS .
Su-ggests. Uniform .
MotorRegulations
. "Throughout U.. &
Detrott, May 24. With tbe' tra
Ttfendous -Increase In the nunibflr
of aiKomobiles on the Vofyl this
spring, the multitude of divergent
state urtd municipal ordlnwes rof?
ulntlnfv. traffic will cause a extent
deal of unhbessary confusion to
motorists migrating from state to
state and coast to eoast;
C. j.Ncphler, general sales man
ager of the Oakland ftfcotor Cf&r
company, thirfks that sorae uniform
ly of state ami munlcipaj laws and
regulations applying to motor traf
fic should be adopted, either
thrbufth conference or. otherwise,, to
help the mo tor Is fS In their sincere
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Its KllM . . T C . 0 X A I
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rubber bunk.. "Paneo" soles are scienM"
ioally made to wear, wellto-mist hJi
t gtce flexible, satisfactory Jere(
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'Arid when- rainy days come .
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desire lo comply "Mm all I
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Ists.aro not willful violator, otE I
laws, he nnlnt. n. nu... .
conforii to all local 'rtsiniHowl
soon become befuddled,. TOiit-l
another. .yet Ignorant, of Ua U,
about, Mr. Ncphler atVgnt, ltl. I
autorjioblfo clubs and usocMA I
do all In thfilr-nnwoF I
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good Maxwell, a4 that, is .
why the Maxwelr is so un
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It gives economical. "cjilPe.
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pth-and Peafl .
E.ugene, Ore,
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