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Show BALL00NIST8 STAGGER INTO RANQER'8 CAMP ' Donaldson and Henderson,. Given up For Lost, Fall at the Door of Forest Ranger's Cabin Portland, Juno 17. Roy Donaldson' and Wilbur Henderson, pilot and aide of the balloon Springfield, are safe. Tho men, for whom rangers and searching parties have been combing tho woods for dnys, staggered Into tho forest rangers' camp at Walker's Pralrlo today. Homer Williams and A. Mitchell, the forest guards stationed at Walker's Walk-er's Pralrlo, wore astonished when tho two lost aeronauts stumbled Into their camp, their clothing hanging In shreds. The men staggered up one of the paths leading from a nearby creek and fell exhausted at tho cabin dio'. "Who In thunder are you?" asked Mitchell, springing to' his feet. Donaldson nnd Henderson told him. Tho rangers had been Instructed by C. Ij. Henson, chief ranger of ho Bull run district to look for tho bal-loonies. bal-loonies. They immediately set out a, meat nnd mndo tho aeronauts com-fortnble com-fortnble in ovory way possible. Heaped Up Hardships TMilIko tho threo other crews In the raco which wns started from Portland last Thursday, Donaldson and Henderson Hen-derson did not have to dodgo tho spikes of pine trees In coming down . But thoy had tholr heaped up share of hardships when they started to como In. One of tho most discouraging discourag-ing discoveries came when they searched through their kits nnd found no matches. They struck out at onco for the nearest stream and started start-ed following It westward. At night tho cold mountain air cut them to tho marrow of their bones. They could not build a fire and had tor eat what canned food they hod raw. Tho 18 mile walk to Walker's Pralr-rle Pralr-rle was ono of extreme hardships. A network of thick undergrowth and fallen trees disputed every foot of tho way. No nttem'pt was made to save the balloon. Tho Springfield was forced to descend de-scend at S o'clock-last Friday morning morn-ing on a rocky slopo of Table mountain, moun-tain, about 18 miles on a direct lino from Walker's Pralrlo ranger station. Tho aoronauts had wandered until this morning, living on half rations of uncooked food. Donaldson said the balloon was wrecked. Finding Thelr-Way After theballoonlsts landed Friday thoy started'' to find their way to a settlement. All day Friday, Saturday Sunday and Monday tho wandered through the trackless forest. Yester-ar Yester-ar momln they struck ,creek which they decided to follow and in .the evening they came across a path constructed by United, States forest rangers. They camped on, the trail and early today arrived at the ranger rang-er station. Neither Is in ;a sorlous condition.- ' They wero forced to land on the slopo of Table mountain on account of being unablo to pass over Its poak. They hit a clearing but the balloon dragged along tho Jagged rocks and was badly torn. Members of tho Portland Roso festival fes-tival aero comraltteo which conducted conduct-ed the raco under the auspices of the Aero Club of America wero elated over tho escape from death of Donaldson Don-aldson and Hendorson. Everyono of tho four balloons In tho race Uncle Sam, Million Population club, Kansas City III, and Springfield mot with disaster nnd tholr pilots and aides narrowly escaped with their lives. |