Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-03-25 | Page 20 | Perched on Huge Snowbank, Writer Greets Rescuers

MRS E. E M. M BIDDLE I r. r l a d j. j r Waves Her Mitten 1 Perched on Huge Snowbank Writer Greets Rescuers Rescuers' Social Leader Released From Alaskan Ice Fields Now Worries About Lost By A A. A. A JOHNSON United Press Correspondent Alaska March 25 25 Mrs Edward M. M Biddle prominent society woman of Philadelphia perched on a huge snowdrift t and waved a mitten at us as the skis of our plane bit into the snow near the home lome of ot Fannie Quigley huntress and frontier woman late yesterday The social who has been snowbound here for nearly three months hurried to greet us and establish establish lish ish her first direct con contact tact with the outer world since January 12 As she approached attired in parka parka parka par par- ka mittens and soft boots we saw aw that hat her face had been burned deeply by jy the alternate sun and wind of or an Alaskan winter But she was In excellent spirits She inquired first for the family she left eft In Philadelphia when she embarked embarked em- em barked for Alaska to gather material for or a book on northern folk and to enjoy herself Arduous but pleasant hours spent in ji climbing mountain peaks near this bleak aleak outpost while awaiting her long delayed rescue had hardened her muscles and quickened her eye She had one worry worry the the failure of ot Mike Cooney ruddy faced Irish dog to arrive at with his eight malamutes For more than thana a month Cooney has been battling great drifts and sudden blizzards in inan inan inan an attempt to cover coyer the miles from Nenana Nenana-a Nenana a journey which we made in less than three hours by air He was to have taken Mrs Biddle back to Nenana and the rail line Im worried about him said Mrs Biddle I I would like you to wa wait t three or four days I If he doesn't ar arrive arrive arrive ar- ar rive by then Ill I'll fly back with you We agreed to wait that long We had iad seen nothing of Cooney Coone or his dogs as we soared over the snowfields snowfields snow- snow fields and frozen lakes southward to but the plane did not closely follow the route Cooney must have taken Clearer weather indicated indicated indicated indi indi- he might be nearing by now Mrs Biddle was eager to quit the desolate valley where she has been held a virtual prisoner She wishes to o see the spectacular breakup o of the ice ce fields in late April or early May She immensely enjoyed her long visit with Mrs Quigley and it Is certain certain certain tain that If it she writes a book of her Alaskan experiences the noted big game hunter will have a prominent part in it il