Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-30
.HANDCLASP OF
SCIENCE AND
SPORT IN SIGHT
WHOLE WORLD LOOKING TO
LOS ANGELES
"AVlATloN WEEK" NO LONGER
HAS ANY RIVALS
Eighteen Flying Machines Already in
City-Biggest Balloon in Country
Is Purchased by the
Committee

IA WIN Los Angeles for the success
~ of Aviation week." and the cap
ital Of the southwest will have the
whole world to draw from in her greet
ing to the men who are trying to solve
successfully the problem of the navi-
cation of the air.
That has been settled. J. NJ. Master,
! treasurer of the Pacific Aero club, no
tilted Dick Ferris to that effect yes
/ terday.
Aeroplanes are arriving. Balloons
are on the way. Plans have been made
for the big grandstand at Dominguez
Aviation park. The roads are being
fixed up for the autoists and those who
go by team and the railroads have
made their plans for the carrying of
| the crowds that are certain to flock
to Los Angeles during the meet that
is to last from January 10 to 20.
Already eighteen flying machines are
in Los Angeles. The latest to arrive
was a Glen II. Curtiss machine that
reached here yesterday.
! Governor Gillett will be invited to
attend the big meet as guest of the
city and the Merchants and Manufac-
turers' association, whose committee is
in charge of the arrangements, not
only as chief executive of the state,
but also as vice president of the Cal
ifornia Aviation society. An invita-
tion also will be sent to the city Of
ficials and the civic bodies of San
Francisco.
Change In Committee
Yesterday there was one change in
the makeup of the Aviation week ex-
ecutive committee. Robert Marsh, be-
| cause of press of other business, was
forced to send in his resignation and
| William NJ Garland, well known real
estate man and former president of
the California club was chosen to sue
ceed him. a meeting of the committee
lasting three hours was held yester-
day and similar meetings will be nec-
assary each day until the opening day
of the big list of aviation events.
Were going to make these real
| events, too, believe me-" said Dick
Ferris yesterday afternoon when
| caught for q minute when not tied up
with business connected with the big
meet. Were going to make them big
events, and we're going to show the
world real sport. and were going to
| show creation in general that when
Southern California gets really walked
up and starts in TO do thing II will
| be done right.
"This Is no joke-this aviation busi-
! ness. We are on the dorstep of as big
| an advance as the world was just be-
| fore the steam engine was invented.
You'll meet scoffers everywhere. But
this aerial navigation has been proven
already to be no dream, and this city
of ours is planning to get into the
| front rank of what may prove to be
one of the greatest steps in human
| progress.
Before Marconi perfected his wire
| less telegraph, or even before the tele-
! phone was made of commercial value
or the telegraph-it was an easy thing
to laugh. Now we forget the long.
hard struggle as we go to the wall and
talk with our friends in Pasadena or
San Francisco or Denver. It's real
dope, I tell you, and Los Angeles is
in on the ground floor"
One more step in advance was made
by the Merchants and Manufacturers
association committee yesterday when
the largest balloon in the world, the
Chicago, formerly owned by c. A.
Coey of Chicago was purchased. 1t
now belongs to Los Angeles and can
suffer change of name without a
blush. The big gas bag has a capacity
of 10000 cubic feet of gas and has one
trip of nearly 700 miles to its credit.
1t was decided by Pacific Electric
fourth of the proceeds received from
the tickets sold for the Aviation day
excursions to Mt. Lowe January to
the Women's Aviation club of Los
Angeles, the only club of its kind in
the world. The members of this club,
of which Mrs. John ID. ReaVls is the
president, in turn will lend a helping
hand to boost the game.
Sale on Today
The prettily decorated booths for the
sale of Aviation day trip tickets will
open at four of the department stores
at 10 o'clock this morning in charge of
leading club women. Mrs. Anna r.
Wallace will have charge of the booth
at Bullocks during the forenoon to-
day and Mrs. f. e. Wolfe will have
charge during the afternoon.
At Hamburger's Mrs. Sidney Lee
Grover will conduct the booth all day
today and Mrs. John d. Reavis will
have charge of the Broadway store
| booth
Miss Jessie Flint will be at the Vile
de Paris.
Automobile pennants and Aviation
week buttons will be given away at
all the booths, and the department
stores have agreed to feature the bene-
fit in every way, including booth no
tees in their advertisements.
Members OF the Why club of the Y.
NJ. c. A. and enough of their friends TO
fill the Y. M. c. A. auditorium were
entertained with an aviation evening
last night, at which H. Law. Twining,
president of the Aero club of Califor-
MIA, presided. Roy Knabenshue related
some of his thrilling experiences, par
ticularly with dirigibles and balloons in
Los Angeles county, and told how a
dirigible airship is made and operated.
Charles f. Willard demonstrated with
lantern slides the differences between
leading types of aeroplanes and ex-
planned how they are made to fly. b.
L. Dowell spoke on the Importance OF
Aviation week and urged support for
Aviation day at Mount Lowe, the big
benefit on January 5.
Another aviation evening open to the
public without an admission fee will be
given In the auditorium of the Poly
technic high school tomorrow evening
Balloons, airships and aeronefs will be
shown by lantern views, and the inn
portance Of Aviation week will be ex-
planned.