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Entered as secona-ciass matter Au-'
gust 29th, 1923, at the postoffice atj
Tokotna, Alaska, under the Act of
March 3, 1879.
Takotna, Alaska, Sept. 24, 1932.
PILOT WOODLEY AND AT
TORNEY MORTON RESCUED,
AFTER BEING DOWN 3 DAYS
(Anchorage oTimes.)
The tiny beams of a pocket flash
light directed an Anchorage airplane
last evening to an isolated Chulitna j
river bar where Attorney Harry F.'
Morton and Pilot Arthur Woodley,
missing since Sunday afternoon, lay
huddled inside a soaking-wet sleep
ing bag after three days of strength
exhausting labor picking their way
through dripping underbrush in an
effort to reach Talkeetna, after hav
ing been forced down with their plane'
some distance farther up the river. I
The men were weakened by hungger
and exposure, and it is a question
how much longer they would have
been able to keep going. It is said
of Mr. Morton that he might have
survived another day.
Prevented earlier by unfavorable
flying conditions from making a
search where thevbgk cmfwy rafwy
search of the region where the Wood
ley plane was found on a Chultna
river bar about 20 miles out from
Anchorage, Pilot Alonzo Cope, of the
Pacific International Airways, accom
panied by Charles Ruttan of the
Star Air Service, and Jack Morton,
son of the missing attorney, set out
Anchorage late yesterday afternoon
and began circling the area in which
it was thought the two men might be
found making their way toward Ti^
keetna.
The area was circled many times
without seeing any signs of Woodley
and Morton, and the searchers were
about to abandon the quest for the
day because of darkness when on the
final round of the region Ruttan
caught a glimpse of the flashlight,
almost beneath them. The plane flew
closer, and there, sure enough, were
signal lights coming from what
seemed to be out of the waters of
the river..
It was almost dark then and it re
quired considerable maneuvering to
discern what lay belo wthe plane. Fi
nally Pilot Cope sent his shtp down
between the walls of the canyon into
the river and in doing so barely
squeezed his plane through the men
acing walls of rock. And after reach
ing the water the pontoons encoun
tered numerous rocks in the bottom
of the stream whch punctured several
holes in the metal. The landing was
made close to the spot where the sig
nals were seen and there on a bar the
rescue party found Woodley and Mor
ton, stark naked inside their sleeping
Sag. Their clothing, as wet as it was
possible for almost continuous rain1
to make them, had been discarded as
unfit for sleeping garments. And the 1
sleeping-bag was just about as inhos- 1
pitable, wet through and affording'
little protection against the chill
night air.
The rescuers biilt a fire and pre
pared hot drinks and food aad sup
plied the two men with dry clothing.
But Mr. Morton was not able to hold
anything on his stomach, his condi
tion being considerably worse than
that of his companion. They were
made as comfortable as possible for
the night, and this morning the res
cue plane brought them to Anchorage.
It required considerable ingenuity
to repair the damaged pontoons,,
pieces of wood being used to plug up
the holes which had been made by the
rocks. And it required skillful pilot
ing to get the heavy plane out of the
canyon and off the crooked river two
bends having been rounded before the
plane was safely in the air.
Pilot Woodley explains that motor,
trouble developed in the neighborhood
of Talkeetna on theih projected flight
to Fairbanks. The motor slowed
down and finally stopped altogether
and it was necessary to make a quick
landing in the Chulitna river. One
of the pontoons was damaged consid
erably, but otherwise the plane appar
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ently is uninjured, and Pilot Woodley
and Mr. Morton also escaped njury.
Soon* after setting out from the
stranded plane, believing they could
reach the railroad without difficulty,
their matches became wet and useless
and they therefore were unable to
build a fire.
The companions of Pilot Cope give
him credit for unusual skill in hand
ling the ship in making the landing to
the narrow canyon, and afterwards,
in getting back into the air.
MONTGOMERY WARD & CO.
TO HANDLE REINDEER
OAKLAND, Calif.—R. L. Glass
key, of Montgomery, Ward & Co„
revealed that arrangements have
been completed for the erection at
Moss Landing, Calif., of a slaughter
house where reindeer imported from
Alaska will be butchered for Pacific
coast consumption.
The company plans t ohandle
45,000 reindeer the first year, Glass
ley said, adding that his firm had
made arrangements to send supplies
to the Eskimo Sisters Reindeer Co.
in Alaska.
Live anmals will be shipped to the
Moss Landing yards and kept alive
until needed for the market. '
Axel Gottlund and Alfred Sanden,
of Pacific Grove, are representing
the Alaska owners. Selden is a vet
eran of many years in Alaska. Gott
lund, said Glasskey, is a former com
missioned officer in the impend Rus
sian army.
Patriotic Hatred.
Secretary Call of the American
Peace Society said at a dinner in
Washington!
“Patrioism is all right, only a lot
of it isn’t so .much love of one’s own
country as it is hatred of everybody
else’s country. That kind of patriot
ism is contageous and it is apt to end
in a free fight.
“An Englishman on an Atlanic liner
was making a speech at the captain’s
dinner.
“ ‘1 was born an Englishman,’ he
roared, ‘born in England of English
parents. Imarried an English wife,
I am going to live all my life in Eng
land, and in England 1 shal die.’
“ ‘Say, bo,’ a voice called from an
other table, ‘ain’t _ye got no ambi
tion?’”
“Waiter, two boiled eggs, not too
lightly boiled; bacon, not too much
frizzled; coffee, not too strong.”
“Yes, sir, and then would you have
a beer, not too wet?”—Gruene Post
(Berlin^.
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