Evening Star Newspaper, June 19, 1925, Page 3

HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, 19, -1925. ARMAIL SQUEEZES THROUGH PASSES Hop From Salt Lake City to San Francisco Traverses Narrow Lanes. .~ The fifth article on the air mail route takes the slyer to the Pac over the grandest scenery of the whole adventare. RY I"Rl‘}l(l‘}lifi'fl R. NEELY. V. In possession of a radiogram from Blko, Nev. stating it was “solid overcast, raining; ceiling 3,000 und Visibility 5 mile: over mountains Adm,” Capt. Streett ook off fi t Lake City at 10:44 am time into threat- ening clouds in the west. The al- titude of the field is 4.2 although we use up a tion of it in getting much better than at we do lake bordered on the mnorth- by heavy thunder clouds. We a section of the luke and tha co se tiakes us through un open- ing between the mountains ahead, half of which are on land and the | other half risir Jt begins to look clear ahead, and at | 11:15 o'clock we see the last of the lake. passing over the Salt Desert. | This is @ of solld salt, re- semblin a frozen luke d very in- Vi to land on. A mail division | superintendent was flying west not long ago on his first trip over this | section of the course. In another | plane was a mail pilot flying on | schedule. As they crossed over this Salt Desert the superintendent | wanted “set down” and began to| dive. The mafl tried to pre- | vent him by fly light ground haze; | and | por- | t two | Ids. As we met up we see the | out of Salt Lake. | in fact, almost « inst him, but the superintendent would land. | And as his wheels struck the soft =alt the plane nosed over on its back. The inquisitive superintendent had to walk 16 miles in salt almost | up to his knees to get help. Even- | tually caterpillar wheels were pm‘ on the plane and it was taxied to| solid land Sean Salt Desert We sacrifice 1,000 feet of altitude | to come down and look over this | unusual ground formation. It re- senibles caramel icins on a cake, smooth as glass and broken now and then by a little plot of g covered with sagebrush. Another | ridge marks the ending of the Salt and the skipper goes to feet above sea level, or 3,000 feet over the ground. Instead of going over the ridge directly behind the first one, we slip around and skim | over a low point to find ourselves in the State of Nevada. In going | through the opening we pass very | close to the side—about 20 feet away—and see that this ridge Is solid After more than an hour's flying.we had not seen a sign of man or beast or vegetation. More Mmountains_to just barely climb over | and into Ihdependence Valley, where, | rehold, a railroad train, three house: and a dirt highway. The clouds get thicker and hang on the crest of the mountains ahead, the I boldt range. In this r: opening known as Secret is vot visible from the approach, but | is formed by the overlapping of the ridges running parallel. But the storm clouds are right on the top| and unless Bill can see to the very top of the mountains he doesnt go through any trick alleys. So we fly up the range for awhile, hugging the side, and find suitable entrance, passing over this at 50 feet. On the side of this range is 4 pile of debris resembling sticks and cloth - probably the remains of a ecrash Across ‘a small valley to another | range and close to a snow-covered peak and we see the expected val- ley, but it is filled with fog, so| down goes the plane to keep in sight of the ground. A few hundred feer above the ground we fly and ahend see a large “E” imbedded in the side of another mountain. It is Elko, and we land at 1:16 o'clock. Pilot Delayed. The mail pilot who left Salt Lake the previous day for Reno, but was ng a because of i of the 1s Elko and to in_over night because darkness was closing in on him and there are no night-fiving facilities into Reno. The mail, however, W | | fog and there is no other way to get through to appear convey- Pipe lines begin southern route w ater down Into the v: Now we go FLYING OVER RUGGED SIERRAS TOWARD SAN FRANCISCO and frei <upercharger equipped with The zltimeter reads 6,000 feet. . but remain at forest-covered scent at 1,500 feet and find ourselves there conid be only one landing. | Mrs. g We see Sacramento in another route from |Leech. M > to the Pacific that re- | €nce Moritmer, Miss M. ! Nevitt, Miss / ate Bassett, Miss Ruth Ferguson, Miss Ruby in California. There exists the distance, and at 7 ahead is a huge mountain, over much 5 known at the Army Air Service | N L ‘apt. Streett for the | Mrs. C. Cole and Mrs. has been ir The reiu more ley San Francisco stands. We keep the | nose pointed in-that direction, ¢ to the right, and over a few more miles of hilly coun- , at the foot of which lies Berke- Francisco Ba . the Golden Gate and the Pa- development. mey was planned over this roufe, in | captain could information as from Washington i With one day's rest in San Reach San Francisco. , the old De H w Down over the bay & of the afrway rissey Field and on the ground at 8:24 Eastern standard hours and 9 minutes’ appear tomorrow. | deserted — every Army hangars show no signs of life. the middle of this field we hold we shake hands sev- eral times and congratulate the old * for doing so splendidly by us a little slow |a celebration; ]l'nl"?n' Teacher Asso- | ts activities for the | 5.25 5 with a luncheon in | $15,250 to $17,500 honor of the teachers of the school | Open for Inspection Every and the retiring president, Mrs. Wal- | Alternoon ter L. Hagen. The luncheon was held | at the home of Mrs. John V Eighth street northeast, Mrs. Ha. 1119 17th {Een was prseented with a houquet of | dinary day’s work ‘or the mail. the layman it appe: achievement—to y ask for is a zool ship and - £0od motor and they'll do the rest Sterling mechanics back in the shops, super-pilots in the planes, the administrative build- zs, who place unlimited confidence the boys—that success of the air mail. The present mail route is ideal— is the shortest dig New York and the purpose " Summer. today . miraculous accounts for Fraucisco, and of the busi- ness man, but it is doubtful if that be used for p: commercial route ever senger - carrying work with present equipment. planes would just barely through from Omaha on it would mean running up and down looking for through and fields to get off ground. | Douglas world cru s were return placed on a train and carried into | Reno, suffering little delay. Off again at 1:50 o’clock and head- | ed into a cheerless course—low, dark clouds, rough ground, no vegetation and no sign of life. In the distance are surrounded by high mountains. After 20 minutes’ flying we see it »und | raining to the right of us, a sort of white shaft coming down from the | black clouds. Straight ahead we .000 [find we're running into such a zone ourselves. Then our faces begin to feel needle: if some into the s ne were sticking in—the rain comes down heavy, our goggles become nd the wings are wet. The covered alley ahead i see a thing. where this way, s tops, i there are any. or the rail- road. This very unplea fiving in the rain and fog la 15 minutes, into a clear area. We look back into the black clou driving rai and shudder at the ghastly sight presented. The compas opaque; we over the mountains. The boys do not follow this, so we start a de- tour, going north, where there is an opening that looks much better than trving to scale the rocky points ahead with our “crate,” which can- not get a foot higher than 14,000 feet. e found the opening and it was wide enough for the wings to squeeze through, and the bottom of the fuselage was not more than 25 feet above the rocky ridge. We turn as we go through and fly south again to the point where we should have crossed over. Instead of see- ing a sloping range as we went through the pass, this mountain dropped like a precipice thousands of feet below. We hung close to its snow-covered summit, just about 100 feet from the side, while to the right the broad valley, almost bot- tomless, spread out. We approach the place the plane ‘should have crossed, and even though we are right under the clouds we carnot see the summit. So we turn over the valley, finding it fairly clear, although to the south it is rainins. Gradually the range across the val- ley moves closer to us and the pilot spots another opening. As we zo through this we have another spe-:- tacular sight of the mountains dropping straight down and the val- ley before us. In the distance we SPECIAL NOTICES. i AM_NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DEBITS contracted by any other than mysclf. CARL J. GLOCK. _Md. i Piiot” Heights. S O SMITH'S ’Ir'R SFER AND STOR- WATCH AND (LOCK REPAIRING machines of any make all_expert work. Colored. W ..um A SPECIAL DIV .00} _ pe lars, {etock of the W Co. has been declared, payabl to common stockholders of close of business transfer books of th .q,,,.,; from the close of business on Juno e opening of, business on RESPONSIBLE FOR A any other than my- . Belteville, Md. AFTER THIS DATE I WILL NOT r debts unle personally. I WILL debts contracted for z AND. LI OR PART LOAD JORK OR WASH JRGH OR WAY SWANTED TO HAU IO OR FROM N C.. 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We stop the glide ting around these mountain: the ground town whose 1 at 130 feet from |bling flat country WWIMMWMWWMWWI me, Lovelock, ilroad station and spruce v were pret- mountainy we sible excep- approach to ground and get warm after the chilly mountain flight. were green examination Nowhere was there a1l of these nu{lvhm was B“.L—JALPH PRESCRIPTION OPTICIANS Perfectly ground riasses 610 Thirteenth St. N.! the wrong the skipper writes a lake—no water lukes began ome -inlns‘ Watch the Papers WHAT IS BACK OF \annr lauw _mountain trout fishing | falls out of hi at tha lkes ARGONNE 16th and Columbia Rd. Have you seen the Argonne Apartments? Highest and most healthful on 16th St. Unique in modernity, size of rooms, price, Convenient to cars and bus lines; 24 hours’ effi- cient service. ARGONNE RESIDENT MANAGER ON PREMlShS lake bed w: ed it we zot a look area of flat, 1 that stretched out GOOD | ™ More mountains ahead, but time we go parallel with *hem On 14th Street Next Corner Columbia Rd. 85,000 CASH—BAL. 1st TRUST a river flows, 1k of which there is vezel umn a mall ship was about to depart Taking off at 6:0 we bounced up couple of times Three-story brick house, representing one of the best speculative values in this o'clock Eastern feet on 14th Street, at corner of alley and adjoining Co- lumbia Road corner prop- erty being extensively re- modeled to stores. altitude to get over the “ ildi estrictions recent- shut off Reno from the west Building restri ly removed. Many Other Striking Values on File at Our Business Properties Dept. BOSS Ao PHELPS HOME OF HOMES 1417 K Street FLAT TIRE? MAIN 500 LEETH BROTHERS .50 Now—Only $49.50 C. HARDING & CO. 720 12th St. N.W. Franklin 7694 : = $6,750 Semi-Detached Brick Homes anrt Stevens Rid Open Till 9 P.M. e EXHIBIT HOUSE 608 Roxboro Place One square north of Rittenhouse Street between 5th and 7th. a Bargain If you fail to see this home, with its two acres landscaped grounds directly adjoining one of Washington’ try estates. An unequaled $15,500 Easy Terms Center-hall plan, three delightful bedrooms, two complete baths, hardwood floors throughout, exqui- site electric fixtures, hot- water heat, two-car garage and 400-foot frontage on two main boulevards. TO INSPECT CALL = finest coun- Ridge values where! New, finely constructed dwellings with every modern con- venience built into their six bright rooms, and situated in a restricted community that will cover 50 acres of ground readily accessible by two car lines or automobile via Six- teenth Street and Colorado Avenue. 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Ave. THIS DOOR The New Wonder Home (BUR]EITH At 36th and R Sts. N.W. While inspecting the comforts of the sleeping floor with its broad porch at the rear, you are fascinated most by the ULTRA-MODERN BATH Your eve is first attracted to a new laborsaving feature, a BLACK TILE FLOOR, something entirely new few most expensive homes. The walls here, as in the kitchen, are PAINTED, not papered. The large BUILT-IN TUB is invit ing, as is the SHOWER BATH. which is WASHSTAND and VALVE-TYPE TOILET complete a finished W hy continue to pay a landlord —when you can own a'HOME COMPLETE like this, six big rooms, porches, yards and complete equipment for only OUR SAFE $10,750 SANE TERMS GO SEE THEM TONIGHT To Inspect: Take Burleith Bus bove. Latest types of LUCHN Main 2345