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., . t.brf THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. 8 w J w Ml U-S ATOM Aflo 4 1 . ' ' V I 111 H I T 1 I I llllli'Bllil j Kv .. 'UULIUMBAl'VBBxT-. -.-i . . JTO;u2U-3&Xm ! &airqwwjc!pJW?m$2ir 1FTEEN hundred feet abovo my creditors hung In space twlxt heaven and earth at peace with Ood and the world, aud yot traveling at the- rato of sixty or mora miles an hour! That's what I felt on my first acroplauo trip, and mighty sor ry was I to have to coino back to earth, writes Irono Vandy In tho Now York Press. Thoro Is nothing In tho world qulto llko Hying. Somo have f'li'iw heaven and earth at peace i j i j i i HMMjMP, iBEISMBP&ffwSMKMi compared It with sailing water sailing; othors Uiavo compared It with autolng on a very smooth road; but it is Incomparable Onco or twlco dur ing my trip I lookod aloft almost expoctlng to find tho big whlto-wlnged mechanical bird hung Wrom "a wlro attached to gigantic telograph poles and operated on a pulley, so easy did It rldo on apace Onco or twlco tho muchlno rookcJ a bit, and tho sensation was delightful. Until tho ma chine rocks, ono can scarcoly believe It Is mov Ing, no matter what tno rato of speed. Onco wo got lost In a Oouil I and my aviator but I novor know It. I could still look down and rcnllzo that tho world Is round, for If thoro is any vautago point from which to p.ovo tho roundness of tho earth It Is In an uoroplano, pro vldod you aro high enough. 1 "Why," I tried to oxplaln, "I novor kno. how umall tho world was boforol" For It scor.ed all stretched below mo llko toy farms?, whero ono could pick up tho houses In ono's hand and play "with thorn; but tho rush of wind caught tho words, and I thought I should never again get my mouth closod, when thoro waB a slight dip on ono wing land tho machine turned in another direction Wo wero now passing over tho Uolmont raco otraclc, aud tho hurdles Bhowod plainly bolow llko .no many matches, or maybo toothpicks, patntod white Tho grandHtand was no bigger than a copy of somo popular novel. I wished thoro had V)con somo activity. It would havo boon Interost 3ng to sea thoso tiny horsos, nut I wns to bo rowarded for my lovo of tho liorse As wo passod over Wostbury thoy wore iiavlng a practlco game on tho polo Held. I lookod down and saw tho midget beasties racing Llther 'und thlthor, with momentary gleams of a mallet 'raised In tho nlr, llko a splinter. I saw n train pull Into tho Ilompstead station a train no big Kor than thoso ono buys for baby on tho street, "ftvq cents tho train;" 1 saw tho Gordon City ho tel, St. Paul's school, tho Salisbury golf links, with men and women moving nbout llko tiny china dolls, tho buildings no bigger than toy blocks that a baby could haudlo. Imaglna tho glory of all this under n perfect nky and a sotting sua reflecting that peculiar ra diance of scintillating lights on a background of greens and browns, with hero and thoro a rod root blending Into tho whole, and trees you want ed to pick for a boutonnlerol Somehow it novor occurred to mo to bo afraid. .An Uttor relaxation cama over me, and I gavo my self up to the thrill of tho beauty all round mo. It Boomed as though upon leaving terra Anna my last worry had vanished. I wished I might spond my summer vacation In tho air. nut then I had absoluto confidence In tho abil ity of my aviator absoluto confldonco In tho sta bility of his aeroplane which, I supposo, Is half the gamo. Tho flight was from the Hempstoad IMalns aviation field, which, by tho way, novor I-ad tho right to tho namo, becauso It lies In Jardon City, and not In Ilompstoud at all. It Is ireally Old Camp Black of Spanish-American war utfaine, and Is as largo as Central park. Tho usual passenger flight Is onco round tho flold, a diBtanco of about four miles, and taltos about as many mln- -k. 11 """""""""""""""""Mr jy iiHar'.auHi.WEBCk)VEmxK':DuMaaM::flamLtKmnobH':iBi jmfaiR&msrsrrqR utes, at a height of 200 feet. Howovor, tho avi ator does not roally caro about Hying so low, and If you show no ulgn of fear you aro liable to go hlghor, and there Is leas danger, for It Is harder to shut off tho cnglno and volplane down from a holght of a fow hundred feet than It is from a height of a thousand foot, and not volplaning down means sometimes landing with n thump. Tho 1,000-foot volplane and easy landing Is ono of tho tests tho Aonrclub requires boforo granting a llccnso. My trip was with Mr. Albert Heinrich of the Ilolnrlch Aeropluno company, who owns ono of tho lightest and prettiest cratt, afloat a mono piano of nbout six hundred and fifty pounds, with a very narrow, graceful fusllago, laced up tho center dainty and attractive to women especial ly. No flnlBhod second last July In tho raco round Now York, and has novor had a fall slnco tho days when ho was learning to fly. That Is, per hapB, tho ronson I lost nil sonso of fear. I could readily realize tho fascination of flying to women, and, onco In the air myself, tho deslro to learn to fly an noroplano nil but conquored me. Hut tho monoplano hud tipped its noso ground ward and wo wero volplaning down. Tho tip I scarcoly felt, but when I realized tho onglno had boon shut off and we wero coming down, riding on air nt an angle of more than forty-flvo dogrocs, It sort of caught my breath, but wo landed easy ns a bird, without so much as a bump. And then, for tllo first tlmo slnco tho flight be gan, I felt llko a hero. "How did It feel? Didn't you feel n sort of gononoss all bore?" placing their hands on the spot whero stomachs ought to bo. "Weren't you afraid when you got In tho cloud? Could you see us?" Thcso wore a few of tho questions fired at mo from tho rnpid-flro gun of my bundlo of friends, but tho beauty tho absoluto peaco of It all was upon mo. "How long was I up?" I replied, Ignoring their questions. "Just twenty-throo minutes," thoy nnaworod, and I looked my amazement, for it seomed but live nt tho most. "No," said 1 to all their questions, oxcopt the ono as to how does It fool, and to that I gnvo tho same niiBwor that Colonel Vnnderbllt, Anno Mor gan, Mrs. Charlos Whitman, MrB, W. K. Vnndor hilt, Jr., Mrs. Clifford n. Harmon, and a host of othors who havo flown havo given; "I nover on Joyed anything moro In my llto!" And I wns not Burprlsod, ns I used to bo, that women had gone Into tho game. Hut why, you will ask. if this 1b so, havo the women who flow dropped out ono by ono, till today there Is but ono of tho trio wlu used to appear at International moots loft flying Mile. Holon Dutrlou, a French woman? Thoro nro sovoral reasons. Ono Is thnt tho day of aviation ns an oxhlbltlon Is over unless ono can cator to a morbid public. The aviator who today can fly upside down and luBldo out, who can loop loops, who can tango and hesitate In tho air, balancing first on ono wing, then on tho other, and keeping tho audlonco In momentary oxpectanoy of aeolng him smashed to death amid u wrockuge of engine, wires, wood and canvas, Is JV&$W&!&BB-JkM' JrZfDJIOJS J&Z&POKS JZQnh tho man who draws. From war to aeronautics there Is but one hero In the public eye he or Bho who defies death and comes out alive. Tho days of "Darius Green and His Flying Machine" and "Flying over tho celebration to astonish crea tion" aro over. Down on Long Island, whero tho ground Is Hat, und flying Is comparatively safe, If ono knows how, tho buzz of tho aeroplane is ns familiar as tho buzz of tho mosquito over In Jer sey. Women are naturally more cautious than men. A man may do and daro before ho knows how to do and dare, but if a woman does and dares you may bo pretty sure ho knows what she Is doing and daring, of course, always, with tho exception which proves tho rule. Now that straight flying Is no longer Interesting, becauso It Is compara tively safe, women will not go Into tho trick fly ing. Theroforo, there Is no commercial market for them. Tho only thing loft 1b aerial navigation and, necessarily, passenger-carrying. Few women will cany passengers at the mo ment. Tho only passenger-carrying woman In Amerlcn just at present Is Ruth Law, now in Nowport. who owns and operates a Wright bi plane. Perhaps women ploco a hlghor value on life than men, and will run no risks. But moro probablo is tho effect of the tragic death of Miss Marrlot Qulmby, killed In flight two years ago. Since thon Miss Matilda Molsant, ono of tho trio who was always on hand nt international meets with Miss Qulmby and Mile. Dutrlou, has dropped out. Tho Daronoss do la Roche, tho first woman In tho world to fly, has also dropped out, but pos sibly bocauso bIio broko both legs In a fall. Another reason, ivhy vjomen have dropped out of tho gamo; or. given- up momentarily is that tho expense of buying and maintaining an aeroplane Is too great. Slnco tho circus days of oidlnary stunts havo culled their deatlrr&U nnd are over thoro Is not sufficient thrill in the mere fact of a woman flying to draw, and managers will not put up tho funds for a machine. And still another ronBon Is that men tho aviators themselves do not llko to see women rlBk their lives In tho gnmo. Despite all this, however, there Is today a dear llttlo woman, protty ns a picture, who has entered tho game and Intends to win. Sho Is Mrs. Marlon Sims, a widow, and a pupil of Mr. Hoinrlch. Sho has declared her Intention of being ready next May to fly at tho Fanama-Puclflc oxposltlou In California, and afterward to tako a trip In a fly ing machine round tho world. Sho became in terested In aeronautics about a year ago and could not rest till sho had learned how to fly, though to dato alio has uot taken her pilot's license. UP TO DATE. Old Lady Do you' guarantee these eggs to bo strictly fresh? Grocor (diplomatically) Well, mum, wo don't glvo no written certlflcnto with 'em, but wo ns suro you that no hands enmo In contact with 'em In tho process of manufneturo und that slnco tho tlmo of making tho contents of them eggs has been inclosod In sealed alr-ttght coverings." Puck. TWO STATE-AID BRIDGES. Contracts for Structures at Lexing ton and Overton. State Engineer D. D. Price has re turned from Loxlngton whero he met with tho county boards of Phelps and Dawson counties for tho purpose of awarding contracts for n state aid 'brldgo at Overton and nt Lexington. Tho brldgo to bo built nt Loxlngton is to bo wholly within Dawson county, but tho ono at Overton is to bo built Jointly by two counties under tho state aid bridge law, tho state to fur nish half tho money. I. E. Doty of .Columbus was awarded contracts for both bridges. Tho one at Lexington will cost $39,790 nnd the ono at Ovor ton $37,780. Thomas Gass of Elm Creek was awarded th contract for making tho fills at 14 cents per cu bic yard. Adjutant General Hall will soon convono tho Btato military board for tho purpose of planning fall and win tor work for tho Nebraska national guard. At tho meeting tho question ,of closing up a deal for the purchase of tho Ashland camp grounds by the government will bo disposed of. Tho usual fall rifle competition will bo ar ranged for, but whether or not the shooting shall tako place at tho Ash land camp grounds Isnot yet known. Very few of the companies havo ranges at home. The Ashland range is not yot in condition for rifle prac tice Tho competitive shooting usually closes October 1, but tho per iod may bo extended this year. Last year tho officers and men who enter ed tho competition wore ordered to Plattsmouth on tho regular army rango and medals and prizes were awarded. Reorganization of the affairs of tho National Fidelity and Casualty Co. of Omaha Is contemplated in a plan out lined to tho state railway commission. Tho idea, according to tho state offi cials, Is to form a holding company to tako over a portion of tho original company's stock. Tho question Is be tween the company's officers and tho commission, related to tho probablo effect of the blue sky law upon the move If tho bonding company can take over Uio casualty company's Btock without obtaining a permit for stock sale, the work will proceed without Interruption. If the permit Is doomed necessary, then application will have to bo made and certain In formation furnished the commssion beforo tho stop can bo taken. Tho state board of health, compris ing Governor Morehead, Attorney General Martin and State Superin tendent Delzoll, has decided to" in crease the pay of Dr. J. H. Blomen kamp to $1,000 a year for his services ns assistant director of tho board's bacteriological laboratory. Tho secre taries of the board recently decided to recommend $70 a month, and to retain Dr. Wild, director, nt tho same salary ho received tho first year, $2,000. It was understood that both doctors would refuse to serve. The state auditor has received a let ter from II. F. Comer of Union, ask ing for information regarding tho Homo Builders' association, a com pany located at Omaha, and doing bus iness as an investment corporation. Mr. Comer desires to know if the company is reliable' and has a right to do business in this state The rec ords of tho Stato Banking board do not show that tho company has been granted permission to do business In this state. ' A basket full, of acceptances has been received by Secretary of State. Walt from candidates who were nom inated at tho recent primaries. Thus far uo nominee has declined except Garrett Falken of Schuyler, demo cratic candidate for state senator in tho Tenth district Chairman W. H. Thompson of tho stato committee has been notified. Mr. Falken declined to run on account of fulling health. An electrical display caused by de fective wiring in tho old main build ing at tho Lincoln hospital, caused, somo alarm last wock. A wlro burned out but tho building was not ignited. It bo alarmed Superintendent Wil liams nn'd the stato board that a con tract will bo let for tho rewiring of the entire building. . The Harmonic singing society of Lincoln filed articles of Incorporation with tho secretary of stato. Tho sponsors nro; Fritz Schule, Wlllam Krauso, M. J. Wilber, E. E. Boehmer and August Radcbach. The society Is organized to glvo private and public amusements and Is authorized to ope rato parks. The first grade, first offonso men, will bo dressed In dark bluo uniforms with gold trimmings. Second grado men will havo tho plain dark bluo uniform, whllo tho desperate convicts will be given the gray uniform such ns all prisoners wear at tho present tlmo. Tho Kearney Water and Electric Power company has applied to the stato railway commission for leave to Issue $35,000 of second mortgago bonds for the purpose of paying $15,000 of bills outstanding nnd pur chasing new plant equipment. Tho company nllogcs its business is grow ing to such an extent thnt tho plant cannot supply tho domand. It was Incorporated In 190S and has capital stock outstanding amounting to $303,900. It claims that the present appraised value of tho plant Is $425,000. RATES ARE 100 LOW EXPRESS COMPANIES SAY THEY CANT LIVE UNLESS CHANGED. PARCEL POST GUTS BUSINESS Nebraska Railway Commission Sees No Reason for an Advanco at Present. Lincoln. Sovero reductions In ox press company revenues raise a ques tion that may demand answers from people of this and other states through their railway commissions. Tho matter Is rocclvlng tho attention of several big men of tho country, somo of whom havo endeavored to in terest the Nebraska railway commis sion. Tho chief problem according to communications to the state commis sion horo Is whether the companies Bhall live Tho parcel post does not offer all tho various special services that tho express companies do, but' unless tho rates aro increased thero will be nothing but ruin In sight for tho carriers. That Is tho burden of the plea sent here Tho end sought for is either an advanco in express rates, enabling the companies to llve.1 or a modification of the parcel post law limiting tho transportation of goods to somo extent. In tho Nebraska commission's ex perience express companies of this Btate are not suffering much at tho present timo, although their rovenues havo unquestionably been decreased. However they cau live if no further Inroads arc made on their business. Tho chief sourco of Nebraska revenuo is from "general special" business, something which tho parcel post does not touch. That, accordng to Rato Export Powell, precludes the failuro argument and prevents the com pany from asking for Increases on lt3 Intrastate business. Nebraska Apples for Nebraskans. For tho first timo for many years Nebraska people aro going to havo tho opportunity of buying Nebraska grown apples, according to a state ment made by E. M. Pollard, presi dent of tho Eastern Nebraska Fruit Growers' association at the fair last week. In years gone by eastern buyers have com to this state and have pur chased all the fruit grown in tho best orchards of tho state and shipped to Chicago, Now York and other points In tho east, where, on nccount of its flavor, it has brought the topx prices. According to Mr. Pollard, tho asso ciation this year will refuse to sell Its stock to the eastern buyers and will glvo Nebraska dealers tho chanco to lay In a supply of the Nebraska grown applos. Election Proclamation Issued. Governor Morehead has Issued a proclamation to the voters Informing them that there will be an election this year and that on November 3, 1914, the people may select a govern or, lieutenant governor, secretary of stato, auditor, treasurer, superintend ent, land commissioner, railway com missioner, two regents of tho univer sity, ono member of congress from each of tho six congressional districts. Thirty-three members of tho stato senate, 100 representatives, one judgo from tho Fourth Judicial district, a chief Justice of tho stato supremo court and three constitutional amend ments muBt bo voted for. Shippers Satisfied. The state railway commission Is still receiving prnlse from shippers and 'traffic managers of wholcsalo houses on account of the class rates which tho commission has embodied in order No. 19, Tho railroads are preparing to appeal from these rates to the supromo court of Nobraska. Shippers appear to be well satisfied with the rates. Asked to Remove Commissioner. Tho Nobraska Stato Federation of Labor" has passed resolutions asking Governor Morehead to remove Labor Commissioner Charles W. Pool, and favoring tho passago of tho woman suffrage amendment to tho Nobraska constitution. State Fair Totals $55,000. Tho total receipts for tho stato fair this year, about $G5,000, was not qulto enough to pay out. But tho associa tion finds It will have $2,013 left in tho treasury after paying this year's debts. Convict Vanishes After Paroled. Georgo A. St. Cluir, tho convict at tho stato penltontlary, who received notorloty last wlntor by rofusal to obey the rules of the prison, providing that prisoners should attend church and whose case was taken beforo tho Stato Board of Control by Charles Woostcr, tho Silver Creek statesman, has decamped. St Clair becamo suddenly good after tho board decided ho had to oboy tho rules and for his conversion ho was given a parole. After being placed on train ho has not boen soon.