Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-07-21
VOYAGE ENTIRELY PRACTICABLE
DECLARES eLIooEN, FAMED
MoToRlsT.
WONDERFUL TRIPS MADE BY Au,
ToMO5lLE THE WORLD
OVER.
Madison. InlH 1

/ Boston millionaire, of about IS anC
ruddy-faced. with great interests IL
varnish and other things. He merel,
is gentleman enthusiast in automobiI
| ing. f. b, Hover, the man who Sc
lects the route and practically looks tC
a thousand and one details, also is q
gentleman of wealth and resides al
Buffalo Mr.. Glidden is an ardent bal
loonist, who has made 80 ascensions
During the recent hot spell, said he
Il went UP into the coal zone, 2.40O
feet. There is no pastime like it.
Ballooning stands alone. 1t is in a
class by itself Such sunsets! That,
o, that is beautiful" he exclaimed as
| the auto in VIII CHI he was touring the
city last evening swung from Wiscon.
sin avenue to Langdon street and
showed the glowing orb sinking over
Lake Mendoza THAT is most beau
tiful, But from balloon such a scene
is magnitied in wonderful effects many
times over What changes we are
seeing in these later days of our age
wireless telegraphy, the navigation of
the air Why, one can cross the ocean
in balloon now If he only dares. The
problem is solved. A Frenehman rode
in his balloon 10000 miles without des,
cending. A bigger balloon and only a
quadrupling OF suspension and the
deed is done. II is entirely prac-
ticable At the right altitude the
wind steadily is westward, like the
whirlng of the globe, and The speed
40 to 80 miles an hour commonly. AT
that rate transit from Europe to
America would he quiek,-and it
could be made certain. A rubber bal.
loon capable of making such voyage
| would cost about $4,000 and gas for
its initiation $500 ] know the man
willing to try the trip as soon as he
can be financed. He is r. Helm Clay
| ton of Boston. Clayton operates a
private meteorological observatory at
| is a great balloonist. 1t was he who
sailed the balloon that won the famous
| race from st Louis year or so ego
A World Traveller.
No living man Is greater deYotee
of the automobile than Mr.. Glld6en
and of his travels by motor car he
speaks with keenest pleasure, "Tn
November. 1900" said he, Il pur
chased a "a horsepower car, and be
gan my tour of the world the follow
| ing July. The first years drive was
/ 30 . In I'm an
France. In 1902 drove 5,125 miles
| in several countries of Europe. IL
| 1908 a drive of $500 miles was made
| in European countries not covered In
| 1902. This year | reached the most
! northern point ever attained in motor
| ing, crossing the arctic circle in
| Sweden, August IS, 1908 My drive
| through Sweden from the extreme
southerly point created great deaI
of interest. For 900 miles north Of
| Stockholm my party was the first tc
drive an automobile over the road
Thousands of people assembled in this
| villages to see the new method d
| transportation At the arctic circle
crowds OF Laps and Fins greeted us
my motor car drivers have carrieS
ne through $4,000 cities, towns anC
ettlements, a distance of 1855
niles, OF which 6,775 have been upor
the tracks of the railroad. | have
twice encircled the globe and driver
/ in 80 countries. My drives, which have
included the land of the Laps, Fins
Swedes. Danes, Germans. Austrians
| Italians. French Dutch and English
carrying Us through the black forest
over the Bavarlan mountains to ODER
ammergau and crossing of the highes
passes In the Syrian. Tyroles. Alps
| and Pyrennees, together with the
tour In the lake district of Italy
/ Switzerland England and Scotland
gave glimpses of the grandest scenery
Of Europe The drives in the south
| ern hemisphere, Fiji, New Zealand
Tasmania, Australia. and wonderful
historic Java, were amongst luxuri
Gus tropical vegetation and millions
Of the black and yellow races of man
kind. large portion Of whom hat
never seen motor car. The Fijians
called it the god Of fire. the carriage
Of lightning, the boat on the road.
and the father Of all devils: tbs
Maoris Of New Zealand the war de
mon, the aboriginals Of Australia, the
boomerang, the Javanese, the car
riage OF Wind and the pindoos oil
India, the last incarnation of the god
Of silva. the destroyer
BY Raj.
MY novel drives have been upon
the tracks Of the railroad, -Minneap
! oils to Vancouver in 1904, and from
Chicago to Ell Paso, Little Rock. Gal
weston, Laredo and on the national
| lines to Mexico. TO drive upon the
railroad tracks the touring car was
transferred from a road vehicle to a
railway motor carriage, by removing
/ the rubber tired wheels and substi
tuting steel trimmed fianeed wheels
suitable 10 run upon the tracks. and
/ by locking The steering device, the
/ total equipment with four passengers
/ weighing 5000 pounds We ran as q
| special train in charge Of the regular
| conductors under Instructions from
I the train dispatchers. at a speed vary
! ing from % to 40 miles per hour. Rid
/ ing upon the smooth rails in the open
i with an unObstructed view, at a speed
/ g0varnad f,v the condition ~ 0rada