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SAN FRANCISCO.—Typical of
the experiences of United States
army aviators, whose field to field
flights in the central and eastern
part of the country are expected j
to make up an interesting chapter in
the history of American aviation.'
is that of Captain F. M. Bartlett,:
who flew from Fort Scott, 111., to
Kelly Field Texas, 1700 miles, thru
sunshine and storm
This story of Captain Bartlett's
dificult flight is given by the United
States committee on public informa
tion.
He covered the 341 miles between
Bellvillo and Clark field, Memphis,
Tennessee, in 3 hours and 5 min
utes at an average speed of 110
miles an hour, favored by a stiff
wind from the Great Lakes and at
an altitude of between 7000 and ■
900 feet. On the second leg of the
| trip between Memphis, Tennessee,
land F'ayne Field, West Point. Miss
issippi. wishing to stop for lunch,
; he descended and was close to the
jground over an abandoned race
track when he suddenly found the
air so thin he knew he could not
get off thfl ground once he landed,
i He had difficulty in getting back
to the upper currents again but by
j following a flock of birds which
flew in ascending circles, he secured
enough altitude to continue. Ap
proaching West Point fine air was
again encountered but over this town
| he ran into an electrical storm
I and was forced to descend.
! With clear weather the next day
jhe made 230 miles between West
Point and Lonoke, Arkansas, with
out a stop though his gasoline gave
out pust as he arrived over Eberts
i Field, near this point, and Little
| Rock. Arkansas. Here bad weather
i held him up four days.
I Four hundred and fifty miles of
| the next leg between Eberts Field
iand Post Field, Fort Sill, Oklahoma,
| which had not been covered before
■ in an airplane up to this time, prov
ed the hardest task in his whole trip.
He made the distance in nine hours
of difficult flying over the Ozark
'mountains and came down at Hugo
Oklahoma, for gasoline.
He had made his course straight
| from Little Rock over the Ozarks
| in an airline for Fort Sill, but with
j nothing but a rough carpet of high
j hills and thick timber under him
i as tar as he could see, and on ac
j count of the bad weather making
1 he abandoned the air line to the
j west and veered to the south. Sixty
| miles in this direction from Hugo
j he encountered a gale of such force
i as to fell trees below him. He at
tempted to rise over it, but was
caught in a wedge of black clouds
held in the grip of the storm foi
35 minutes hung over Arkadelphia
Arkansas. His plane settled fronr
an altitude of 6000 feet to 300(
feet, and drifted about two mile;
side-wise when he finally brokt
through the storm and came ou1
miles off his course but into dry
weather. By compass calculation:
■ he picked up his direction agait
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and landed at Fort Sill without fur
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ther incident.
Between Fort Sill and WichiU
Falls, Texas, he again met bat
) j weather and had to be satisfiet
' | with a short mileage. From th<
j Falls Captain Bartlett again failec
t j to make Fort Worth on the da\
1 | following, running into a stiff gait
which held his ground speed dowr
to 25 miles an hour, and he landec
in the dust at Bridgeport, jusl
short of his destination.
The next day he made Fori
Worth without trouble but, leavinj
this post at 6:30 a. m., he en
countered a heavy storm and wa;
again forced to land at Waco. Wait
ing here for the storm to pass ht
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took off again under black clouds!
which hung as low as 600 feet and
with a strong south wind along the
ground. He climbed to 3000 feet
and there found clear aid and a brisk
north wind. Corn husks blown from
the ground below followed him and )
birds carried by this wind flew
above him at 5000 feet, an unusual 1
altitude for them. He finished his -
1700 mile flight at 3:30 in the
afternoon, it having taken him since
6:30 in the morning to fly from
Forth Worth, a distance of some
295 miles.
CARD OF THANKS
The girls of the Nenana telephone
exchange desire to extend hearty
thanks to the donors of the most j
acceptable gifts sent them for Christ
mas and in doing so desire to »p ess
their appreciation of the kindness
that prompted the sending of the
gifts.
The News also takes the oppor
tunity to thank Mr. E. R. Brown,
of the X. C. Co., for the generous '
box of smokes presented to the staff.
Youth will have its fling, but that
is no reason why it should throw
its chances away.
NOTICE
The management of the Coliseum
announce that all soldiers of the
Commission guards as well as the
men of the Signal Corps, who have
hitherto been admitted -to the pic
ture shows on payment of the war,
tax only, will, in future, be given
a special rate to all picture shows.
The rate charged the men in the
service will be tweenty-five cents
for all shows and'will include war
tax, with the exception of special
shows where more than fifty cents
is charged for admission
For these shows they will be ad
mitted for one-half of the price
charged for general admission, with
twenty-five cents extra for reserved
seats.
These new rates of admission will
go into effect on and after Janu
ary first.
Dawson celebrated the receipt of
peace news with an impromptu par
ade and meeting. The band started
and then the people and all wheeled
vehicles in town simply joined in
behind. At the A. B. hall Sheriff
Brimston took the chair and Col.
Knight, Judge Black, Dr. G. M.
Faulkner and others made speeches.
COONEY HOTEL
Not Better Than the Best,
But Better than the Rest
NENANA . ALASKA
WHAT SHALL 1 GIVE HIM?
I* A Question Easily Answered These Days, When Man's Most
Valuable Possession Is Time.
Give Him or Her
A WATCH FOR XMAS
IT IS PRACTICAL ECONOMY, BECAUSE IT WILL GIVE
BOTH PLEASURE AND SERVICE FOR A LIFE TIME
NUGGET JEWELRY - Our Own Make
GENUINE CUT GLASS
French White Ivory Goods
ENGRAVING FREE
Wm. TAYLOR, Jewelor
Standard Prices Our Pricis
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Carl Fleischman, former Fairbanks
boy who' was drafted into the army
from Xew York, was in training' at
Camp Lewis when the kaiser’s bal
loon went up
All the buildings of the Hoonah
Packing company were blown down
during a recent storm. The com
pany also lost several fine launches
Sheldon Gibson Stage Line
Carrying U. S. Mails
For CHITINA and WAV POINTS
Every Tuesday Morning
Special Auto for parties of four
or more any time.
C. Ha-ry Woodward, agent
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NOTARIAL WORK
LIFE INSURANCE
Local Agent of
Whitely-Woodward Company
Home Insurance Co., New York
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i Hartford Fire Insurance Co.
Norwich Union Fire Insurance Co.
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COLISEUM
STRONG TRIANGLE COMEDY DRAMA AND LATE HEARST
PATHE NEWS FOR PROGRAM TONIGHT
Late Pathe News
Pictorial
Showing Resta De Palma, famous Autoettes speed kings; Thrills
galore when women rule the Ascot Speedway. Y. M. C. A.
Study First Aid Methods; and other current scenes
of intense interest.
TRIANGLE PLAYS PRESENTS
The Noted Screen Star CHARLES RAY, Supported by An
All Star Cast, In
THE PINCH HITTER
BUBBLING OVER WITH COLLEGE SPIRIT, LOVE AND
BASEBALL.
A large crowd saw this screamer last Sunday night and pro
nounced it one of the best picturdt shown in N’enana for some time,
if you failed to see it, don’t miss it tonight; it is a picture that
pleases the old as well as the young. If you want a good laugh
you can get it tonight. This show is being repeated for the bene
fit of the children. All children will be admitted frte tonight.
THE SHOW STARTS AT EIGHT O’CLOCK
ADMISSION 25c RESERVED SEATS 50c
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