AVIATION CAMPS ARE
PESTERED WITH VISITORS
DALLAS, Texas, April 12.—In view
of the belief that German spies are
active throughout the United States
stricter rules regulating access to
army aviation camps in Texas have
been promulgated, and visitors to the
fields no wfind it difficult to gain ad
mittance.
With the coming of the aviation
schools to Texas there developed the
usual crowd of curious who, not con
tent to witness the flights from their
back yards, made visits to the fields
and invaded, when possible, officers’
Quarters, hangars, flying fields, and
in fact every place that they thought
they might see something new. It
was with great difficulty that ma
chines were able to rise and land
safely, and commanders began to grow
more strict.
Finally all without passes were
ruled off the fields. Then they
blocked the byways leading to the
camps, and when aviators were forced
to descend and repair trucks were
started to the assistance of the dis
abled machines in double quick time,
it was with great difficulty that they
made their way through the jam of
automobiles and farm wagons.
Under the new rules every person
must have a pass to get beyond the
entrances of the camps. Officers, en
listed men and cadets have the privi
lege of asking for passes for their
friends, but they are only granted by
headquarters when the prospective
host is to be off duty. Officers, en
lister men or cadets seeking passes!
are responsible for the visitors while
they are in the camps, and the name
of each visitor must appear on his or
her pass.
Visitors never are allowed within
the hangars, neither are they permit
ted to enter the machine shops at
the fields. Every person passing the
guard is asked if he or she carries a
camera, and if the guard has any
doubt the visitor is searched.
Recently a visitor to Love field here'
made several pictures of airplanes in j
the air. The amateur photographer!
was seated in an automobile outside!
the uying field, but a sentry observed
him, and a few minutes later an of
ficer asked the visitor for his cam
era. It was promptly turned over,
and a few days later it was returned
to the owner—minus the films. He
was cautioned not to attempt to take
any more pictures of flyers.
Another nuisance around aviation
camps is the souvenir hunter. It was
discovered that when the opportunity
presented he removed from airplanes
anything that was loose and which
could conveniently be carried away.
Aside from the monetary loss, the
practice was dangerous to the avia
tors, for it was possible that some
parts essential to the safety of the
flyers might be stolen and not missed
until the machine was thousands of
feet in the air.
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TO USE IIIITI1IIH FMKS |
DENY ER, April 15.—.Recognizing |
that war efficiency demands a certain 1
amount of recuperation, the national F
park service of the department of the |
interior is planning the utmost use of 1
the national parks of the country by
persons jaded with war work. Fa
cilities are being developed for the 1
care of numerous visitors following I
the formal announcement that the fed
eral parks will be opened for the 1918
season May 1.
President Wilson, Secretary of the
Interior Franklin K. Lane and other
government officials have announced
that the people of the nation are to
be afforded opportunity to keep their
strength up to par efficiency, recog
nizing the principle that a tired or
worn-out individual is unconsciously
apt to become a slacker. The rail
roads are co-operating with the an
nouncement of reduced round-trip
summer rates to the western national
parks, effective June 1, with final re
turn limit October 31.
In connection with the request of 1
William G. McAdoo, director of rail- |
roads, that people patronize the scenic 1
or health resort nearest of access, the |
Denver tourist bureau is calling at- f
tention to the fact that the two fed- |
eral parks and two national monu
ments in Colorado and the Denver E
mountain park system are nearer to |
the bulk of population of the country s
than any of the other national parks. f
Under order of the national park §
service the Rocky Mountain National- |
Estes park and Mesa Verde National 1
park, both in Colorado, will be form- |
ally opened to the public May 1. *|
Secretary Lane, after a recent visit, I
said: “Go out over the western hills, |
and you will come back as I have 1
come back, without depression, with a I
heart full of confidence in the robust f
spirit and the manly determination |
of our people, as well as ability to |
put at the service of the world the 1
resources of this continent.”
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J. H. Bazinet, formerly with the |
Kelly drill outfit at Ellamar, is spend- I
ing a few days in town. He is very I
anxious to enter the world war, and 1
being a Canadian, he offered his serv- |
ices to the British vice consul at Se- I
attle, and received a wire to take the 1
next boat for the States and he would j
be enlisted in the Canadian service. |
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As long as lure o’ placer gold
Brings North the best ye breed;
As long as tales of camps and trails
Are planted with your seed;
As long as red blood courses thru
And warms adventure’s sons
They’ll sally forth, bound for the North,
Misfortune’s chosen ones.
As long as snow slides claim their toll
And glaciers split and rend,
And sweepers turn the flimsy raft
And trails come to an end;
As long as flashing Northern lights
Flame in the Arctic sky,
Your bravest sons, your boldest ones
Come North to win or die.
As long as lust of wealth obtains
And gold will buy all things,
And bank accounts but mark the line
Twixt shovel stiffs and kings;
As long as fancy rides free reined
And distant fields seem fair,
They’ll seek the ship and make the trip
To the land of Do and Dare.
As long as birds mate in the spring
And moose run in the Fall,
And widows win the college youth
And hold his heart in thrall;
As long as chance for fortunes smile
Can be centered in one throw,
This is the truth, the Nation’s youth
Will hear the call, and go.
As long as water runs down hill
And smoke goes up from fire;
As long as pleasure precedes pain
And women love for hire;
As long as Klondike widows,
Trail thru Outside cafes,
Some one must stick on the lonesome creek
For there’s ever the “him” that pays.
As long as “Huskies” curse the moon
And creek; remain unnamed;
As long as quicksands mask the bars
And there’s placer ground unclaimed;
As long as “pay” is found and staked
By some deep-sea-going Swede,
That gypsy trace that marks our race
Will out, then we stampede
Seward, Alaska, 1917. —PAT O’COTTER.
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