TRAIL-BLAZING
MAIL FLIGHTS
BEING MADE
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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 12 (by As
sociated Press).—Just sixty years ago
the pony express which carried letters
from St. Louis to San Francisco in
eight days was inaugurated. Today
plans are being made to establish a
transcontinental airplane mail serv
ice, and trail-blazing flights have been
made as far west as Omaha.
It was a great achievement when
the pony express was started to carry
the mail to the young but bustling
state of California in 1860. Its in
auguration was preceded by the pub
lication in a St L.ouis paper in March
of that year of the following adver
tisement:
“To San Francisco in eight days.
The first carrier of the pony express
will leave the Missouri river on Tues
day, April 3, and will run regularly
weekly thereafter, carrying letter mail
only. Telegraph mail eight days; let
ters ten days to San Francisco.”
The population of San Francisco
and other California towns eagerly
-welcomed the service, bringing them
into touch as it did with the states
from which the gold hunters and other
fortune seekers had migrated.
Ten riders going each way, with
changed horses every twenty-five
miles, brought the pouches of mail
across the thousand-mile wilderness.
The pony express, with its fast riders,
among them "“Buffalo Bill” (Colonel
■William F. Cody), then a young man,
was one of the most romantic features
of the great Western country. Many
were the adventures these daring
riders had. They averaged seventy
flye miles a day, but often covered
double that distance. “Buffalo Bill”
once made a ride of 384 miles when
the messenger who was waiting was
killed. Often chased by Indians or
•'sniped” by outlaws, the pony express
riders were expqsed to death at all
times, and they braved rain and snow
storm as part of an every-day duty.
One of the memorable achievements
of the pony express was the delivery
of Lincoln’s inaugural address in 1861,
when all the Western country was
waiting for the momentous news from
the capital. The address was hurried
to St. Joseph, Mo., the “taking-off
place” of the pony express. Wrapped
in oilskin and put in saddle bags, the
address was started on its way amid
wild cheers. Fresh horses waited at
every ten miles, and the final ten miles
before reaching San Francisco was
made in 31 minutes. The message
was carried by the riders a total of
1,950 miles in 185 hours, an average
of a little more than ten miles an
hour. That was wonderful in those
days.
prince Rupert to
BE HEADQUARTERS OF
CANADIAN NORTHWEST
PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., Feb. 12
(by Associated Press).—Important
changes authorized by the ministry
of marine became effective along the
Canadian Northwest coast this month.
All of the British coast from Queen
Charlotte sound to the Alaska border,
and embracing the Queen Charlotte
islands, has been designated as the
Prince Rupert agency and Prince Ru
pert will be the headquarters.
Relief and life-saving service will
be directed from here.
Advertise in the Dally Times.
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