The Archbold

Expedition

Base On Lake In Interior Of Dutch N. Guinea

Prom Our Own Correspondent.

Honolulu, July 25.

HAROLD C. SMITH, an amateur radio operator of Honolulu, is keeping in close touch with the Richard Archbold expedition in Dutch New Guinea.

In the 250,000 dollar airboat “Guba”, Pilot Russell Rogers has made several successful landings on Lake Habbema, 11,000 feet above sea level, in the little known interior.

The “Guba” landed Dutch soldiers, and some of the expedition’s scientists, who promptly set to work. The soldiers will stand guard over the party.

Pilot Rogers now is being kept busy ferrying men and supplies from the coastal base camp at Hollandia to the lake, 200 miles inland. He reports cold conditions among the peaks of the snow-clad ranges.

Indeed, he wears a fur flying-suit con tinually, once he leaves the coast behind, and sharply climbs with his heavy loads into the mountainous interior.

The party is in the best of spirits and, so far, in the best of health, too.

The Netherlands Indies Government is showering them with generous help. More than 100 native soldiers have been as signed to protect the party.