Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-04-10

q there generally is, the gag ~ forced
q out when it expands, aid Is drawn in
= when the the gas contracts, thus grad.
J. ually bringing It nearer and nearer to
{ the gravity Of the surrounding atmos.
phere.
: 'It is safe to say that Mr. wellmar
will not reach the pole BY aerial voy
age until a better balloon has been in
vented and perfected.
"what would be his chances If be
were to use your flying machinei"
1--WE are not yet ready for such a
trip"
"our machine has been successfully
operated, however,"
"Oh, yes. Il has responded to ev
cry demand We have made. but we are
not ready to send it to the North
Pole"
Mr.. Orville Wright drew a paper
from his desk and consulted it.
"On September 20. at Huffman g
Prairie, we drove the machine 1901
meters labout II miles) in rs minutes
and seconds. September zoe, 1850
meters (12i5 miles) in IS minutes and
jj seconds. On October 3 24.535 met.
ers labout 1914 miles) IN % minutes
8 seconds. October T. 33,456 meters
labout 2iii miles) In IS minutes 3
seconds he speed in an these flights
was in the ncighborhood Of 80 miles
an hour. the last named fight exceed.
ing that speed slightly"
"Do you consider this the limit Of
your speedi"
"By no means In all these tests we n
aew ia a circle about one mile In cir. q
cumference Flying In a straight lire 4,
much higher speed could be attained
with the same power" q.
"Wcre there any accidents, any mis- :,
laps, Of any softi"
"None.n
"How far could you 20 IN a single
light with your present machinei" a.
"Oycf 500 miles 10 is only a quss :
ion Of power. We can carry 200 lbs. !,
Z gasoline and that will carry us from "
90 TO 500 miles. according 90 eoudi 4,
Ions. " '
"The machine will soon be leaving /.
=. I preumei' ~
Perhaps We have named our y.
rms 10 the French gentlemen who I, y.
'ck 20 purchase Il. They have not ''
'cn the machine, and will no, unles, y. ~
icy accept our Offer They arc 20 De- '''
'sit certain sum OF money 10 our
edit, eondiiionally. The condition ''
ing that We arc 20 demonstrate che
Tactieal character OF our machine by 'D
iplieaung tho performances above ~. ~.
shiioned." f" WI
WAS your French visitor con. s n,'
needi" WI
Practically, yes lie was a bslley, ~
before he came. You SO they take N''
'fe Interest In such matters "a France ''''
an 10 tho united States We have ~. ~
ca In correspondence with French y"
IN ever since we began our e1psri. "''
'nts. aud Nc have often been visited u''
people commissioned By Ffenchmsn '"'
inquire into our dying machine We po''
Ve a letter here from friend in 80 80,
Fis.n JUS
The letter was produced and Mr. SOU
light Feadi 81 met Santos -Dumont on
. morning and talked 20 him about 'H''
ir experiments He does not believe 'N'
He says you cannot do the things 'n
have announced" w
unbeief is general No one be- -.
'es In the dying machine. The pat Il t,
once puts IL on plane with the -,
petual motion machine" " said one
the iny,ntors.
They will soon BE- convinced of the T..,
e''eal character OF your invsu, !
~"
mus
We hope 80. The tests made al com
hman's Prairie were witnessed by
lumber OF our friends and BY ths
.dreds OF passersby. We refer YOU
Torrance Huffman Of the Fourth Ma
ial bank p, W Ellis Of the city p,
iting ofheei w. c. Foutz, druggist no 9
liam Weber, plumber; Mr. Ham, tend
ger, the hardware man in our block bell,
c. II. Bilman OF n West Side hav,
N company. They were an pres 20 ,
mfs
oming back 20 the subject Of Mr. had
hmanls polar expedition, Wilbur brea
.ght said' "If they can construct ned
ai'shiP that viii make good speed and
"a hours, a machine that is entire. peop
ooed'eht 20 the viii Of its master can
y may reach the pole and get safe heal
back. But with anv sirshi, ~. Rloo