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Show STONE - FRAZIER BEGIN COLORADO RIVER EXPEDITION Will Hunt Historic Inscriptions Inscript-ions by Spaniard In Glen Canyon Julius F. Stone of Columbus, Ohio, his son George Stone, Columbus, Col-umbus, Ohio, banker and William Wil-liam Chryst, Dayton, Ohio, manufacturer manu-facturer set out Wednesday morning mor-ning by motor with Dr. R. G. Frazler at Copperton, at whose home the party were guests, on , the first leg of the Journey which will take them down Glen canyon can-yon of the Colorado, a 170-mlle river trip. Frank Swain of Cop-perfleld Cop-perfleld veteran rlverman. Is leading the party. Mr. Stone is an 83-year-old " financier, a manufacturer of fire fighting equipment. In 1909 he rode the Colorado with Nathan T. Galloway. The boat which Stone had built for that trip, wltfc water-tllght compartments at both ends and capable of floating float-ing upside down as well at right side up, has since been used by rivermen who followed him on the Colorado as a model for their crafts. Is Young For Years Mr. Stone, who does not look within 15 years of his age, took 1400 photoghaphs of the swirling swirl-ing river on his trip In 1909. The exactness of his memories of that trip 29 years ago astounds as-tounds those with more recent experiences on the Colorado. Ha is a" llife member of the New York Explorers' club, Royal Geographical Geo-graphical and Royal Astronomical Astronomi-cal societies of London. Tuesday when he spoke to the Pacific Coast Fire Chiefs in Salt Lake';:; City, Mr. Stone was made an--: honorary member. Other members of the party will be Dr. A. L. Inglesby and Charles Kelly of Salt Lake City. The group will go to Sallna by auto and from there to Frulta, to stay at the home of Dr. Inglesby. Ing-lesby. From Fruita they will travel tra-vel 32 miles, partly by truck and partly by horseback to reach the Colorado at Hlte, Utah, where Haldane "Buzz" Holmtrom and Amos Burg are expected to Join their party. From Hlte" they will travel 170 miles down the river to Lee's Ferry. Holmstrom, who is the only man ever to "solo" down the Colorado, has named the boat in which he made the trip "Jul-iius "Jul-iius F." Burg and Holmstrom emharked early in September at the head of the Colorado at Greenriver, Wyoming. The Explorers' club flag, the 87th to be caroled on expeditions, an oblong of red, white and blue with red "E" and "C" and compass insignia, will be carried with the Stone party. Look For Writings One of tin main objectives of the party will be investigation of a story an old Idaho prospector prospec-tor told Frazier last summer of writings on the walls of Glen canyon. The possibility that the inscriptions were written in 1534 by Alvar Munez Cabeza De Ca-daca, Ca-daca, a Spanish explorer who was shipwrecked in Florida and traveled to lower California, wlii be considered by the party. (Continued on page 5) o STONEFRAZIER BEGIN COLORADO RIVER TRIP (Continued from page 1) William Chryst, who has made numerous explorations and traveled trav-eled widely, has hunted lions in Africa and bears in Alaska. He is an expert photographer and matches In appearance the explorers ex-plorers described in fiction or as portrayed on the screen, being extremely erect and well built, with tanned face, dark eyes, and greying hair. Martin Johnson was a friend of Mr. Chryst. George Stone Is the pilot of the private plane In which the Ohio party arrived at the Salt bake airport Monday and Is also a photographer. , A marker will be placed at the point on the Colorado where Father Kscalante crossed for his explorations of the Rocky Mountain Moun-tain region. Step hacked in the stone were discovered last year by Dr. Fnazler. The complete trip will take about two weeks, the party esti-j esti-j mated. vs. |