Arizona republican., 1908-10-04
ONCE PHOt NIX RES HE TAXES 10 AERONAUTICS
Late Ascent By pr. Charles T. Cliff ford at Nashua, N. H.

Dl. Charles T Clifford of Lowell, Mass. who spent two winters in Phoe- nix with Mrs. Clifford. residing in the Anderson house on North Seventh street, has been up in the air" lately. That is to say he recently made al ascent at Nashua, N. H, in Charles J. Glidden's balloon.
 The story of it is told by the Lowell Sun: Charles J. Glidden. LowelTs premier aeronaut, made a most sue cessful ascension in Nashua, N H.. yesterday afternoon with Dr. Charles T. Clifford of this city and Alfred R. Shrigley of Boston as his guests. and the party alighted gracefully in Chelmsford within a short distance of the home of MT. Glidden's cousin. Walter Perham, and just in time to take supper with Mir. Perham
 The ascent was made from a mead ow adjacent to the plant Of the Nash uG Gas company and was witnessed by crowd of about 15.0OO people
 The balloon Boston" was to have gone uo at 1 o'clock but owing to the time required to fill the bag with gas the ascent was not made until 5:15 o'clock. Mir. Glidden had hoped to get as far as Boston but owing to the dan ger of making a descent in the dark he was obliged to shorten the trip.
 While the balloon was being filled. Mir. Glidden sat upon the side lines. so to speak. with @ party of his friends Mrs. C. J. Glidden, Mrs. A. R. Shrig- ley. Charles E. Adams and Merton N. Glidden of Lowell. and several others. IL vas to be his 18th trip fro the air but the first one for Dr. Clifford.
 Earlier in the day MT. Glidden had considered the ascension doubtful ow- ing to a report that storm signals were up along the southern coast, but the barometer arose in the afternoon and by the time appointed for the ascent the weather conditions were perfect
 As the balloon was released 1t did not rise immediately as the car was designed for two and held three pas sengers. So finely was it balanced with the three passengers in that one person outside could raise it above the ground and push it along a foot in the air without difficulty. Several bags of ballast were then thrown out, where upon the balloon arose slowly amid the cheers of the crowd and headed toward Lowell, remaining within view for several minutes. The balloon fol- lowed the river along the left bank to TyngsbOro and thence to North Chelmsford, where it crossed the stream in 20 seconds. At first it head ed for one of the ponds and stood over it 170O feet in the air. but soon took another course. passed over the Truant school. and later crossed Chelmsford street near the city farm. and went mile and a half beyond Chelmsford Centre. N
 At one point an electric car was stopped and the passengers from the road cheered and waved their hats. while the men in the balloon did like wise
 The landing was made on a farm in Chelmsford Center. tenanted by Greek family. A woman was work ing in the yard and upon looking up and seeing the huge monster de- scending upon her land uttered shriek and rushed into the house and was seen no more.
 MT. Walter Perham, who was ap-
  prised of the approach of the balloon. hastened down the road and greeted the passengers upon their landing. The balloon landed without any mis- hap and in half an hour was packed up and on it's way to Lowell. where it will remain in Dr. Clifford's stable until Mir Glidden makes his goth as tension in Lowell next week.
 MT. Glidden was much pleased with the success of the trip. He stated that 100 feet was the highest point reached and thought that thirty miles had been covered in three-quarters of an hour
 Dr. Clifford was delighted with his experience. He confessed that he was nervous at first but then had the ex- perience of all aeronauts, the balloon appeared to be standing still while the earth below moved gently along in one grand panorama.