The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-02
l[ROPLANE EVENTS
TO Be FREE
cURrisS FLIGHTS AT ST. LOUIS
TO BE OPEN TO THE PUB
Lie WITHOUT CHARGE.

ST. Louis, Oct. 1.-The public will
not be required to pay an admission
fee to see the centennial week areo-
plane flights Of Glenn ii. curtiss.
champion aviator of the world. After
a conference OF officers of the Aero
club of St Louis. host Of the only
Gordon Bennett inter national aero
nautic meet ever held in America. and
officers of the St Louis Centennial
association. IT has been decided tn
throw the aeronautic field open to
everybody.
The three afternoons of centennial
week set aside for the aeroplane
flights are those Of Tuesday. October
S. Wednesday. October 6 and Friday.
October s. curtiss is scheduled to
fly each of these three afternoons
from Art hill. In Forest park. where
still stands the permanent section of
the st. Louis worlds fair palace of
fine arts, now the home OF the St
Louis Museum OF fine arts.
Art hin Is surrounded by other hills.
which during the worlds fair We're
crowned with buildings of different
states. and which during the aero
plane races of the week celebrating the
Tooth anniversary of the incorporation
Of st. Louis as town, viii serve
as natural grandstand with n ca
pacity for 100000 people. This mon
ster grandstand of nature obviates the
danger from fire, collapse, etc, that
would result from an artificial grand
stand sufficiently large to aceommo-
date comfortably. as this grandstand
will. everybody in the United States
sufficiently interested In aeronautics
TO attend.
Everything Free.
Everything free" Is the slogan of
the st. Louis Centennial association. a
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. Octo-
Der I. (the first for balloons of 40
600 cubic feet capacity and less and
the second for balloons of $4,000 and
less). and the airshlp (dirigible bal
loom races the afternoon of saturday.
October .. also viii be free to the
public. The starting place for all the
grounds, at Newsstand and Chouteau
avenues. adjoining and supplied from
the monster gas tank whence the gas
for the Gordon Bennett race of 1907
was obtained. The only persons spe-
cialiy favored at the balloon races
will be the guests of honor. includ- /
ing the mayors Of 1000 American
cities. and the United States naval Of /
firarS n,lyv a M ha x.fS 10
boat flotilla For their comfort q !
grandstand has been erected.
Water Pageant.
The other free events of centennial
week will include water pageant on |
the Mississippi river Tuesday morn .
ing. the United States torpedo boat !
destroyer Marlborough and three tor
pede boats participating: the yelled /
prophet pageant. Tuesday night, the I
most gorgeous annual electric display !
In America: the municipal pageant /
wednesday morning reviewed by the !
1000 mayors; the Industrial pageant /
whose 100 floats, starting Thursday /
at noon viii require three hours to
pass n given point: the educational. /
historical. military pageant. Friday /
morning. with floats. students. SOL !
diers. etc, and the automobile pa
rade, Saturday morning, which. con-
sisting as il will. of 1000 motor cars. /
will be the largest automobile pa |
rade ever held In any city in the /,
world.
In addition 10 the free doings enum- +
Grated above there Will he an ail-week /
centennial festival In the downtown |
streets. with brilliant Nominations. .
music and fireworks