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Show FAMOUS PAIR TO EMBARK ON FIVE MONTH JOURNEY Dr. Frazier and Party Will Join Two On River Haldane "Buzz" Holmstrom at Coqullle, Oregon, nd Amos Berg of Now York City visited with Dr. Russell G. Frazier last Saturday Sat-urday prior to leaving for the headwaters of the Green River, Wyoming, where they embarked Thursday morning on a five-month trip down the Green and Colorado Colo-rado rivers, into Lake Meuda and further on the Colorado into in-to the Gulf of California. If this trip is completed It will be the first time on record that such a fete has been accomplished. ac-complished. A feature writer 'for the National Na-tional Geographic magazine, Mr. Berg is a member of the world famous Explorer's club. Recently Recent-ly his article, "A Trip Around Cape Horn", written on expert, ences of a Journey taken last summer In a 21 foot boat, was published in the Geographic. Mr. Holmstrom won praise of river-men river-men by running the Green and Colorado rivers last fall In hla 450 pound cedar boat. Have Unique Bouts Traveling in two boats, Holmstrom Holm-strom in his beautifully constructed construc-ted boat he made for the trip last fall and Berg making the run in a forty pound 16 foot 21 Inch rubber boat, the party is carrying the Explorer's iflag. This Is the 84th time the club flag has been taken on expeditions, two of these trips being occasions occas-ions when the flag traveled over the north and south poles. The rubber boat has 21 air compartments, a double bottom, and is carrying a load of 4,000 pounds. The boat was especially designed for the trip by the Goodrich Rubber company. On this trip the party is carrying carry-ing $4,000 In photographic supplies, sup-plies, Including several cameras and 250 five-Inch and seven-inch seven-inch colored plate films. A pet racoon presented the men by Dr. Frazier will give thm hours of amusement. To MM-t Frazier Joining the two adventurers September 21 will be a party headed by Dr. Frazier and Including In-cluding Frank Swain of Wng-ham, Wng-ham, Charles Kelly and Dr. A. L. Inglesby of Salt Lake City in company with Julius F. Stone and son George of Columbus, Ohio, and William Christ of Cleveland, Cle-veland, Ohio, the latter three will arrive by plane September 20 in Salt Lake City, ifrom where they will travel by auto to Hank- svllle, Utah. Arriving at Kite via buckboard they .will meet Berg and Holmstrom and make a trip through Glen Canyon of the Colorado. Mr. Stone ran the Colorado river in 1909. Dr. Frazier will take colored pictures of all pioneer Mormon crossings of the Colorado. Both Berg and Holmstrom are very interestlrug men to meet. The Saturday Evening Post described de-scribed Holmstrom as "Five feet eight inches of physical dynamite." dyna-mite." He Is a river man and Is very enthusiastic and energetic when talking of his first love. He is an expert craftsman whether wheth-er he is guiding a boat or fashioning fash-ioning it. Mr. Berg Is cultured and polished, po-lished, with the unshakable poise achieved by wide travel and a diversity of intellectual Interests, an adventurer who is also a r-porter r-porter and journalist. |