HOW PLANES
DISGUISE TO
ESCAPE HUNS
WITH THE AMERICAN AVIAT
TORS IN FRANCE, Oct. In (by mail).
Picture a dozen huge airplanes
standing in rows of three and four,
their engines roaring and propellers
whirling like mad. Imagine the rat
tat-tat of a dozen machine guns being
tented at targets and shouts of avi
ators and mechanic::, and you have an
accurate first impression of tin- scene
on the, field of an American bombing
squadron about to start for Herman
territory.
Over the broad sloping field bor
dered by low trees half a dozen other
airplanes are wheeling in the sunny
sky. The Run's rays are glinting from
their wings and the. colors of their
insignia flash brightly as they turn
and twist.
A score of more of aviators per
spiring in their Arctic furs, fur-lined
helmets and beots hasten here and
there while men in soiled and greasy
khaki cling to the wings of the air
planes, tugging to he free
Nestling in the border of trees are
tiny bungalow huts covered with
branches or canvas to conceal them
from prying enemy aviators. Half a
dozen grotesquely camouflaged han
gars arc scattered about the field.
The airplanes of this squadron arc
not quite the fantastically painted ma
chines used by most of the pursuit
pilots, but they are still rather kaleld
escoptc. and each boars the humor
nus! v-eoneejved insignia of a red
colored devil wilhin a white triangle
who with one hand holds a white
bomb and with the other thumbs his
nose sarcastically downward toward
the Roche underneath.
With one of the observers the A.
sociated Press correspondent in
sported the machines, now laden with
hr mbs. The oh-erver explained lie
intrlenoato system of releasing eael
bomb in turn b> means of trips, and
at sueli instants a bis de dred goa
appeared beneath him through nr
opening in the floor of his little i uhh>
hole in the rear of the plane.
Ilf called attention with pride to
the tiny iron crosses on the wires and
fuselage of each airplane- marking
the spots where shrapnel and ma
chine gun bullets have torn perilously
near to pilot or observer or both, and
where the repairs have been made by
mechanics who are jealously proud
of the little Insignia of narrow es
capes
One ot the machines bore more than
twenty such crosses in one small part
of the fuselage between pilot and ob
[ server alone, and the conductor said
with a laugh that it was great good
luck that no vital part of the machine
had been hit.
He told nonchalantly and with mod
| eslv of narrow escapes he and his fel
; low observers and pilots had had. One
\ man had been fairly raised off his
| seat by a piece of shell that had pone- j
j trated the airplane from beneath. An
other had been wounded In feet and
legs by shrapnel that entered the fu
I selage. He could have told such an
j ecdotes for hours, but a signal from
' the commander of the squadron an
I nonneed that it was nearly time to
| start.
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BOYS IN KHAKI GIVE
TOWN A HOUSECLEANING
PARIS, Oct. 31.- American soldiers
billeted in a French village behind the
j firing lines recently surprsed and won
the gratitude of the women of that
vllage by giving it a regular house
cleaning. Telling of the incident in a
Red Cross hosptal, an American sol
dier said:
“The women and girls were in the
fields working. At night they were
too tired to do housework, yet the
whole village needed it One day
when they wore all in the fields wo
boys turned to and cleaned up that
burg. We washed every window in
the place and swept and scrubbed
everything that would stall 1 it When
the women came that night they were
so pleased they cried. After that they
! couldn't do enough for us. and wore
! proud when we would let them have
a shirt to wash "
♦
The American Red Cross has estab
lished nurseries in many parts of Italy
where mothers can leave their babies
; while they are harvesting the crops.
♦
Read the Times. Keep posted
I
New Mexico Has
Plenty of Gasoline
ARI1UQUKRQUK, N. M.. Oct. 30.—
The report of the federal fuel admin
istration for New Mexico on the gas
oline situation in the state holds little
encouragement for the pinto cow pony
who has failed to hold his own against
the automobile on the ranges. The
report says there is no shortage of
gasoline In New Mexico at present.
The Investigation was conducted on
telegraphic orders from the national
fuel administration. In view of the
finding automobilists do not expect
extension of the prohibition against
Sunday use of motor cars in this state.
♦
Many famous and historic buildings
have been turned over to the Amer
ican Red Cross in France. One of the
most recent to be converted into a
hospital Is the Region of Honor school
at St. Denis. From the windows of
the school the cathedral of St. Denis,
where the kings of France are buried,
is visible.
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FORFEITURE NOTICE
To 11 list Carlstrom:
You are hereby notified that 1 have
expended during the years 1914 andj
1916 $200 in labor aud improvements
upon the "Deep Gulch" placer mining j
claim, situate on right limit of (’hitltu
creek, adjoining No 8 creek claim and
on first tier of benches, in Nizina
mining district, McCarthy recording
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cate of which is found of record In
Book 9, Page 41, in the office of the
recorder of said recording precinct,
in order to hold said claim under the
provisions of Section 2324 of the lie
vised Statutes of the United States
and the amendments thereto approved
January 22, 1880, concerning annual
labor upon mining claims, being the
amount required to hold said claim
for the period ending on the 31st day
of December, 1914, and the 31st day
of December, 1916; and if within
ninety days after the publication of
this notice, you fail or refuse to con
tribute your proportion of such ex
penditure as a co-owner, which
amounts to $100, your interest in the
claim will become the property of the
subscriber, your co-owner, who has
made the required expenditure, bv
the terms of said section
P. PETER MILLER.
First publication, Aug. 10. 1918.
I-ast publication, Nov. 16. 1918.
Mr. Business
Man
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