| Show I al ne Se Search Finds I Lost Sheep Herder I George Bethers Bothers 62 62 Park City Sunday was wall recovering from exhaustion and hunger In a a. Delta hospital following hl his rescue Saturday afternoon after atter having I wandered in circles for five days days' and nights in zero weather on tho the White valley desert without food or water I An airplane was used In the tho search for fur him I Bethers a sheep herder last Tuesday I left his campsite to to search for two horses which had strayed away way during the tho night While searching he ho became lost on the treeless expanse of ot White I valley an old lake bed I Ho Ito was rescued at p. p p m m Saturday near Tule Spring 60 miles west of or Delta I by Eddie Coleman pilot and Wesley Sampson Epson S Delta city marshal mat who had Picked up his trail from the rescue I 1 plane Bethers' Bethers tracks tra made on the white white- sands of the valley desert were quito quite obvious from the plane the i I 1 Im I marshal m said Ho had wandered in circles the larg larg- largest largest I est being approximately Iy 10 miles In dia din diameter meter rescuers reported As he continued I trying to locate his camp the circles became smaller they reported I Bethers was without food water and I matches the five days and nights sights he wandered In the desert No snow existed I in the valley area to provide water Ho was so exhausted when found that ho he could not life lite his arms to greet gr et his rescuers they reported He was carried to the plane which they had landed on a highway seven miles mUes away It was his first firs plane ride but rescuers said sald ho ho slept throughout the trip back to Delta N. N A A. Ward pilot and Deputy Sheriff Jack Bennett of or Millard county also aid ald- aldI aided I ed in the plane search sear search Mondays Mondays Monday's Salt Lake L. Tribune I |
