Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1909-09-30
cnrtiss At The Centennial

,,.i,. September 27.-rhe
St. L niIl not be required to pay an
public WI foe l,s, to see the Centennial
.5n is 5eno 1Ss .s fights of Glenn H. H:
GssS as'o champion aviator Of the
cortlss' After Sft,s. a conference of offie-
rgf- ID .bs Aero Club of st. Louis
q. o. If s- the only Gordon Bennett IN
@s ., Of nal aeronautie meet . ever We,
@.j IN America. and officers Of the
sa ln,+ a,''I Centennial Association,
s. h.. sJ been decided to throw ',,.t the
5 .5as nt field open to every body
's Tss three afternoons of Centenni-
I n,sot set aside for the aeroplane
s d Sss are those Of Tuesday, ", oe to-
ny 5.s': 9Th, Wednesday, =, October o.. 9th
D s5 F 2si'1 October 8th Curtiss is
a .s.lpIed to fly each Of these three
'I sl5snoons from Art Hill, in Forest
4 p,r1, where still stands the perma-
I''@' soction of the st. Louis
% I,sp. Fair palace Of fine arts
e ~. the home of the St. Louis
NM gr.sum of Fine Arts.
A1 1+t Hin is surrounded by other
Ia, which during the Worlds
g r.ir we're crowned with buildings
r. -, different states, and which dur
;as +be aeropIane races of the week
o ,o5 the Tooth anniversary of
the Incorporation of St, Louis as a
tnuo. will serve as a natural grand
stand with a capacity for half a
niI;on peopIe. This monster grand
,+.od If nature obviates the danger
from fire, collapse, etc, that would
rssrlt from an artificial grandstand
sufficiently large to accommodate
comfortably, as this grandstand
win. everybody in the United States
sufficiently interested in aeronautics
to attend.
Everything Free, :" is the slogan
Of the St. Louis Centennial Associ-
alton. municipal Institution, whose
president is the Hon. Frederick
H. Kreismann, Mayor Of the City.
In accordance with this sentiment
against admission charges, the two
spherical balloon races the afternoon
Of Monday, October 4th 1.-THE first
for balloons Of 100000 feet capacity
and less, and the second for balloons
Of $4,000 and Iess), and the airship
ldirgible balIoon) race the after
noon Of Saturday, October 9th, also
will be free to the public. The
starting place for all of the balloon
races will be the Aero Club grounds,
at Newstead and Chouteau avenues.
adjoining and supplied from the
monster gas-tauk whence the gas
for the Gordon Bennett race Of 1907
was obtained. The only persons
specially favored at the balloon
races will be the guests of honor, in
Guiding the mayors Of 1000 Ameri-
can cities, and the United States
Naval Officers commanding the
visiting torpedo boat flotilla. For
their comfort a grandstand has
been erected.
The other free events Of Centenn-
lal Week will include water pa
geant on the Mississippi River,
tuesday morning, the United
States Torpedo Boat Destroyer
AaeDonough and three torpedo
boats participating; the Yelled
Prophet pageant, Tuesday night,
taemost gorgeous annual electric
aIsplay IN America; the municipal
pageant Wednesday morning re-
viewed by the l 900 mayors; the in
goStrlal pageant, whose two hun.
0ted Iioats, starting Thursday al
a0on' will require three hours tc
pays given point; the educational
D'S'oflcaI-miiitary pageant Friday
%or'lag, with floats, students, sol
O'efS' etc, and the automobile ga
laae Saturday morning which, con
ss.lag as it will Of 1 900 motor cars
1'li De the largest automobile pa
world.
., ~ addition to the free doing.
enumerated above tharo will ho >,
s sa. Centennial festival in tn,
ln.,; streets, with brilliant il
''''''''aQons, music and fireworks.
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