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Show HIKERS REACH I DENVER CAMP Australian Couple Have Another Child Since Leaving Ogden Mr and Mrs R. M. C Searby, Australians, Aus-tralians, who with their three children, chil-dren, are hiking across the country with a push-cart, have reached Denver Den-ver on the route of their long tramp. The couple, With two of the children were In Ogden several weeks ago. The third child waa horn at Glenwood Springs. Colo , a month ago. A Denver paper has the following to say of them Across the country In a push-cart! That will be. tho cxporlence of the three small children of Mr. and Mrs. R, M C. Searby, when a hike from Seattle. Wash, to Davenport, Iowa. Is completed early In November. Searby nnd his wife reached Denver Den-ver this week on the route of the long tramp. The three kiddles tho joungest, less than a month old are making the trip In the push-cart, pushed over the mountains and across the plains by the parents. While In Denver the family Is camping camp-ing at the Overland park tourist camp Thv will resume their walk to Iowa early next ck Searby and his wife expect to enter a chiropractic school when they reach Davenport. Thoy are making the hike in stretches of ten to twenty miles a day. Mrs Searby began the long walk from Seattle, despite the fact that she was soon to become a mother Her i.hlld was born less than a month ago when the family stopped at Glenwood Springs, Colo. 'My Baby a husky 8V4 pound boy was born In Colorado," Mrs Searby said. The day before the baby came we hiked fourteen miles. I swam three lengths of the open air swimming swim-ming pool at Glenwood just eight hours before the birth " Despite th long walk and strenuous stren-uous swim Mrs. Searby declared she was sound asleep until an hour before the child was born She uttrlbutes her robust health and her recent experience ex-perience to the rough, open life she has Itved, sensible food, no corsets shoes without high heels that r It her feet and reg-ulor hours of sleep. The tiny Michael, and the older brother, Richard, and sister. Bluebell, Blue-bell, aro riding across tho country In the push-cart The mother and father fath-er take turns at pushing the carriage "We have stopped so often to get the full benefit of Colorado scenery and climate, that we are making only-ten only-ten miles a day In this state." Searby said. The rest of the way from Seattle, Se-attle, we easily Walked sixteen to twenty miles a day " The family expects to reach Davenport Daven-port In Novembes They are making their expenses by selling postcards of the family group, and Intend writing a book In which they will outline their ! experiences "on the open rond." Mr and Mrs. Searby declared they determined to make the hike, after , thoy came to Seattle two years ago. from Australia. "We bought a motor truck in which to cross the country, and invested all of our money in It." Searby said. ' The truck was wrockod and we sold tho remains for enough money to reach Seattle. Then w decided to walk. Both the parents and tho children appear In excellont health and seem to bo enjoying tho first "push and pull" hike ever attempted by an entire en-tire family bo far as Is known |