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more than 800 feet. while harbor craft
shrieked their greetings.

more than 800 feet. while harbor craft
shrieked their greetings.
| By some strange wizarddy news Of his
| progress was everywhere 1t struck police
courts and FASTENED in an almost incOn-
| ceivable manner the ponderous cogs Of
the law. Magistrates heard and quickly
disposed of cases, and thousands from
| all parts rushed to the water font.
| On the river motor boats and launches
by the score turned their prows south
when Curtiss was sighted and endeav-
| ored to keep his machine i'll sight as long
as possible. but the swiftest of them lost
| him a few seconds after he passed over
| them.
When .Curtiss passed 125th street. fly
ing we'll over toward the New Jersey
From this point doWs the river rea he eps was
greeted by every craft that had a
whistle or other means of making a
the west side OF the city crowded, but
| the recreation piers and other points
of vantage along the water front were
At the Battery 10000 persons gath
cred to give welcome to the daring
aviator.
Aftsr passing ing the the Batter . and st
tiss made graceful curve and soon
was careening over the reservation on
the island On the ground We're mum nun.
wives. Curtiss circled the reservation
several times and then dropped lightly
to spot he had selected. At one time
he was only six feet from the ground,
but arose to height Of more than 100
feet before he made his final landing.
| Col Hoff OF the Medical Corps was
| the first to greet Curtiss when he alight-
| ed from his machine. Curtiss' first
question was for his wife.
Where is Mrs. Curtiss?' were the first
words he uttered as he stepped out of
| the machine and accepted the Outstretch-
ed hand Of the army surgeon
Greeted by His Wife.
I Here she isl almost screamed a little
woman she pushed her way toward
| the aviator.
| Curtiss took her in his arms and kissed
| her. There was no word Of greeting,
| eXultatiOn or congratulation between
them, but their countenances showed all
| these sentiments, and there was no one
/ who witnessed the little scene that did
not envy husband and wife
After receiving the congratulations of
the officers of Governors Island Curtiss
boarded the ferryboat Gen. Hancock and
| came to this city. He was conspicuous
| in his aviaticn-aquatical suit and cloth
cap among the people on Governors Is
| land but before leaving there he re-
paired to Col. Hoff's home and took off
| his rubber brooches, heavy sweater and
| chauffeurs coat that he wore on the
! epoch making trip.
| Before Mr.. CurtiSS ana MS happy wife
| left the island they kissed each other
| many times and Mrs. Curtiss frequently
threw her arms around her husbands
neck. too fun of joy at his triumph to
| say much.
| lie was twenty-five minutes making
the fight to Governors Island After
landing at the Battery from Governors
Island Mr.. and Mrs. Curtiss entered an
automobile and were toasted at private
| luncheon given at the Astor House by
4 &l,~ hn
| World building and were 'interviewed'
in opposite corners of the room by news
paper reporters.
Curtiss is not a talkative man, and 1t
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aeroplane a thousand feet above the
Hudson. At 500 he was still flying high
and veering we'll toward the west bank
of the river. The exhaust of his engine
could be plainly heard by those below.
For six miles it drew attention to his
coming, and cheers arose from shore and
boat.
At sos, siXty-three minutes after the
start. he scared past Rhinecliff ferry,
fifty-four miles from Albany. Here there
is a turn in the river and Curtiss turned
again to the west, passing overland to
shorten his course. StaatSburg marked
the sixtieth mile point and the watches
showed he had covered this distance in
SiXty-nine minutes.
With Staatsburs behind. the giant
bridge spanning the river at Poughkeep-
sic pervaded the scenery.
What will he do with it?" queried
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on the Wright machine on the rear of
the Wings, the aileron on one side is
pulled up when the other side is pulled
down. This is necessary to give stability
and prevent drift and overturnns. If in
straightaway flight. for instance. the
aeroplane drops toward the right, the
degree of the angle of incidence of that
side of the planes is increased, thereby
adding to the resistance to the air OF that
side, which tends to make that end of the
machine rise. and the angle of incidence
of the upward end is decreased, pulling
it down and bringing the aeroplane back
TO normal position.
The elevating plane or dehector at the
front of the machine which Curtiss used
yesterday is larger than any he hitherto
has employed. 1t measures about two feet
more in width than the one he had on
his Governors Island June Bug type OF
biplane. The rear rudder is of the Gus
tomary Curtiss manufacture, consisting of
a vertical and horizontal plane, which
intersect each other at the center lines.
Fifty Horsepower Motor.
At the very center of the lower plane
and on a strong wooden bed is the eight
cylinder. type, fifty-horsepower motor,
which drives the single seven-foot pro-
peller at a thousand revolutions per min
ute. This exerts a 3JO-pound pressure
on the air, and thereby propes the ma
chine. The cylinders. which are cast
singly. and are water-jacketed to an eX-
tent rather less than is the custom with
automobile cylinders, are square. meas
uring four by four inches. They are cast
of gray iron. with finely wrought pis-
tons.
All controls of motor and ailerons,
dehector and rudder. are managed from
small chair seat rugged just in front
Of the engine on the lower plane. Some
of the controls are fastened to a steer
ing wheel, and others. governing the
raising and lowering of the ailerons
and rudder, are operated by means of
thin, long spruce bars projecting along
the operators chair
The total weight of Curtiss' biplane
yesterday. with gasoline, oil and water
tanks full. and with the operator
aboaT was just 1,O04 pounds. the
great weight per square foot of
spread that ever has been employed
successfully in an important flight.
TAEuT DID Ycrc ryynrYcc
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Curtiss' Feat at a Glance.

.iviator-Glenn Ii. Curtiss, Ham
mondsport, y. Y.
Course--Albany TO New York
City.
Distance by rail-1i:: miles.
Start from Albany. i:Uj am: ar
rived Governors Island. j: IN.
Total time OF trip, i hours %
minutes.
ELAPSED time of two stops Ell
route, = hours and IL minutes.
Actual time of fight, > hours AZ
minutes.
Distance covered in full. 10 miles.
Average time per mile, about l
minute 10 seconds.
Distance covered in official flight.
49, miles.
Average time per mile, minute
IL seconds.
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Curtiss Beats Special Train.

So quickly did Curtiss fly that for twen-
ty-one miles southwark the locomotive,
though running nearly a mile minute,
remained behind. At 1926 the more cum
bersome engine came abreast OF the aero
plane, and thence to New York city those
on board kept the aviator in sight. But
as he did not reck with curves OF track,
reduced speed through towns and switch
es. the man above maintained a substan-
tial lead.
Swiftly town and countryside reeled by
CatskiH was passed at I:41, with the
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view Of the thousands who were waiting
his coming along the upper reaches of
Riverside drive and on the roofs Of the
| big apartment houses on Washington
| Heights.
Rounding the big jutting nose of Al
pine, on the Jersey shore, opposite 1on-
| kers. Curtiss drove his aerop1ane across
| the river toward the east side OF the
stream and closely Rugged the New
York shore.
Multitudes cheered and waved hats
and handkerchiefs, and the sharp. shrtll
screeches of the whistles Of the small
pleasure boats Joined with the more
| sonorous ones Of the larger craft in CIV
| ing hearty, if inharmonious, welcome.
The Goal Now in Sight.
| On past Riverdale. flying straight as
an arrow, came the aeroplane. 1T was
abrea st New York city and only a few
miles from the upper end of Manhattan
Island. SO that, barring some unlocked
| for accident. it seemed then that Iur''ss
must win the $4,000 prize.
| Suddenly, when the aviator reached a
point midway between Spuyten Duyvil
creek (Which separates part OF MAI
| haitian island from the borough or Tue
Bronx and Washington Point, lne speeu
| of the biplane slackened perceptibiy ana
| the machine dropped until 1t seemed that
! II would almost touch the water. Inen
| it came about prettily, pointing upwaIu,
| and headed up the river. The spectators
were nonplpssed Many OF .nenl a oete ana
| that the machinery had gone wrong ana
that Curtiss had lost his race.
| Brt Curtiss, had they known, was as
! cool and collected as he had been at any
stage of his flight. and ne waved ms hand
a ssurine,y. While passing Spuyten DuyVil
he had seen a broad expanse or green's
| ward half a mile inland. To win the prize
II was necessary only to land in Mammal
tan proper and here was the chance Win
ont risk Of further flight to Governors
JsIa,d mr. the Battery, some thirteen
miles away.
The $4,000 Prize Won.
Therefore, when. again he came abreast
of the mouth Of the creek after his puz-
zline turn backward, Curtiss threw his
steering wheel about sharply. slided
above a railroad drawbridge and hoated
Ia zi,v inland, with the propeller barely
turning He unanswered carefully, then
| aIichted without mishap on the stretch
| of green which had caught his eye.
| He had flown from Albany to Mammal
| tan in two hours ana tnrt!-t"o iiiiiuleS'
and the $4,000 was his
| Jumping lightly from his seat, the
! aviator, tenderly inspected his motor, as
| the Arab Of romance might nave looked
over his thorou ghbred. and, finding every
| thing intact, he sought telephone and
| informed the World that he had arrived
| and that large bills or check would be
| equally acceptable.
| He alishted the second time at 1850
O'Clock.
The Start for the Bay
| Although he had won, weather condi-
| tons were propitious and he was feel
| ing SO gratified at success that Curtss
decided to give the city another view of
| his machine, and at II Al o'clock he shot
away again for Governors Island.
| 1t was during this part of his trip that
| he received the Noisiest greeting. He
came down the river at an elevation of
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remained for his manager to explain the
details Of the trip. Curtiss merely smiled
and nodded approval, now and then add
ing few descriptive phrases first hand
How do you feel-noW that 1t Is all
over?' he was asked.
Il feel a good deal relieved. The fly
ing is not nearly so hard as getting
started. People are apt to become inn
patient. think you don't intend to try,
and answering questions about when you
are going to do the trick is one of the
hardest things about aviation"
Gets His $4,000 Check.
When he received the check for
$4,000 from an officer of the World
Mr.. Curtiss said:
THAT is quick work. ] get the check
quicker than I got here
He said he would deliver today a let
ter to Mayor Gaynor from the mayor
Did You notice any trouble from
winds squirting out from the cross
streets when you were flying past Man
hattan?" he was asked.
was that the wind was from the west.
and there was very little wind, any
way:
Il gave that place a wide berth.
Storm King was not particularly
hostile. and ! dropped forty feet there.
something was the maIter Win the
winds there. / was looking for trou-
BILE near Peekskill. but found none.
Sailors had told me weird stories OF
shifting breezes that made sailboats go
but l missed them
What do you think Of the speed you
made?"
$50 far as l know, it is the fastest
time ever Travelled in flying machine.
have always had the fastest machine.
make specially of speed. 1t should
be remembered that my machine car
ried more weight for each square foot
Of area than any Other-four pounds.
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NEW YORK, May 30.-Glenn 1t. Cur
tiss new in his aeroplane from Albany
to Governors Island yesterday morning.
Before congregations in churches were
dismissed he had won the ten-thouSand-
dollar prize offered by the New YORK
World Before New Workers sat down
to their MONDAY meal the money was
in his pocket.
The distance between Albany and
New York by rail is 1i3 miles. Angus
tus Post official timer of the Aero club
of America estimated that Mir. Curtiss
few $50 miles.
Two stops we're made from Albany 10
Governors Island The first, five miles
south of Poughkeepsie, after flight
OF seventy-five miles. which was flown
in one hour and twenty-three minutes.
The second at goth street and Hudson
river. sixty-two miles from Poughkeep-
sic in one hour and nine minutes.
He then had won the prize. but he
continued to Governors Island, where
he arrived at 1870. pm. making the
last aerial lap in his trip. the wonder
and beauty of which will travel around
The world in just twenty-five minutes.
Mr.. Post figured that the aviator was
in the air two hours anG thirty-two
minutes while flying from Albany to his
first stop in Manhattan, and two hours
and fifty-four minutes until he en-
braced his wife on Governors Island.
If these figures are accepted by the
Aero Club the average speed of Mr. Cur
tiss for the appropriated i"D miles VIII
be officially registered at hfty-one and
two-thirds miles an hour.
Two More Big Records.
This will mean that the winner OF the
speed record at Rheims, France, iass
year has added two splendid trophies TO
his list-namey. the distance record for
cross-country fight in America and the
speed record of the world Tor hylnS OF
that character.
He bowed TO the waving oe handker-
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ROUTE FOLLOWED BY AEROPLANE
IN FLIGHT FROM ALBANY TIC
GOVERNORS ISLAND.

excited members of the party on the
ridiculous looking train. rs it over or
under do you thin':? Eth? Look at the
machine. will you? He's going over the
bridge with three hundred feet to spare"
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rich find OF platinum has been made
at Sinclalrs Mill, Prince William county,
Va. Bell Bros, owners of the property
have submitted the ore to goyernpent
experts. who pronounce the discovery
yalua hla
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West Point Cadets Cheer.

The biplane ran along the meadows for
about two hundred feet. then shot from
the ground with nose pointed toward the
river.
In moment more the air craft was
again over the Hudson. and Curtiss
turned his course south and soon his en-
thusiastic hosts saw him no more.
The start was made at 9:26 o'clock on
the dot The United States Military
Academy at West Point was passed at
1902 o'clock. Officers and cadets alike
looked upward and sent cheer after
SAL, afterWard that he felt it was there.
The gunner forgot to fire salute. He,
too, was occupied.
trip occurred at famous Storm King.
Curtiss was flying high at this point-a
thousand feet, he estimated-when'
shiftv wind caused the machine to drop
and tilt He dropped forty feet He re-
gained control quickly and soon in turn
was passing Peekskill, Ossinins and
| Dobbs Ferry.
Yonkers was reached at 1880 and he
was flying about level with the Pail
| sades 200 to 400 feet up. Curtiss says
that here he got his first glimpse of the
| Metropolitan tower. declaring it doomed
| far ahead like giant needle but it was
quickly recognizable for what it was and
| so he knew that he was nearing the up
| per limits of New York city.
Out of the haze that lay in the bend
of the river at Yonkers he shot into the
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Aeroplane Up TOO Feet.

The spectacle was dramatic Straight
up scared the aeroplane to perhaps 800
feet which it seemed only for a moment
to hold until. intoxicated withthe excite
ment of high life, it strove for an even
greater altitude and succeeded. Seven
hundred feet high was Curtiss now,
something he had never before attempted
in his life. The man became blended with
the machine. Then machine and man
dwindled to the proportions of a boy 6
kite. The drumming of the motor sound
ed like the belligerent humming Of an
angry wasp. In three minutes there was
only speck in the distance. The razor
shaped champion had invaded a host of
dangers, for fame. for the love of the
thing and for $1,000
..Toot-toot," snorted the engine of the
special. ''Bea1-beat,' went the heart of
Mrs. Curtiss the train gave quick
chase. Unknown imps were plucking at
her husbands sleeve, were in the wings
of his ship at his motor-everywhere.
The sky was perfectly clear and the
little wind that was blowing came from
the north--a direction favorable to Cur
tiss-at a speed of perhaps four miles an
hour,
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Curtiss' Trip Cost Less
Than Would Railroad Fare

NEW YORK, May 3o.-The cost Of
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Makes His First Stop.

And he did. The bridge is ol2 feet.
Thence he turned westward and. with
all the pretty little ways of a bird, he
settled softly in the field five miles south
of Poughkeepsie at 500 clock He had
flown seventy-five miles from Albany in
eighty-three minutes.
He wanted to fix wire that had been
singing out of tune and he wanted to
replenisl his stock of gasoline. Except
for the discordnat wire, nothing had gone
amisS Nature and the farmers had greet
ed him with smiles along the way. If
he had been French aviator he would
have told of his feelings in purple prose.
A modest man, he drew out his watch
and seemed pleased at what he saw.
Only once had he deserted the river
for the land, when, for short cut, he
few over an ice house and crossed a
hill just below Rhinecliff ferry.
Fire alarm bells were rung as the
aviator neared Poughkeepsie, but his
progress was SO rapid that only a few
persons reached a point of vantage.
The special train meanwhile brought
his wife, who rushed from her car,
climbed valiantly over the hills from
the railroad track and hurried to her
husbands side She greeted him jubi-
lantly, while the crowd cheered again.
Curtiss, for one hour. tried to look as
if he wasn't a curiosity, and then, with
tanks refilled and every wire and screw
tested. he took his seat for the final dash
to New York
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CURTISS FLIES FROM
ALBANY TO NEW YORK
Brilliant Success of Aviator on First Attempt
for $4,000 Prize.
DOES $50 MILES IN J HRS. 46 MIN.
Average Speed Six Seconds Short of Mile Min
ute-Beats Special Train and Makes
New Worlds Record.
DOES $50 MILES IN , HRS. 46 MIN

chiefs at his tuning grounds, Van Rens-
Seiaer Island at 1:UI am. and one min
| ute later Albany was left behind. In
| Guiding stops the time from start to
| finish was five hours and two minutes.
| Curtiss was up before dawn, hesitan Mt
| despite favorable weather conditions
| With his mechanic and a group of sleepy
| spectators he went to Van Rensselaer,,
| on tie Hudson. where his aerial steed
was tented. Waiting at the river brink
| was a special New York Central train
| for Mrs. Curtiss and her party.
| 1t was aeroplanng weather. The
vague dawn breathed the faint tender
ness of summer airs Those in the train
could not see the actual start, but those
on the island did, and never will they
forget il. Curtiss arose from the ground
at a pulsatng bound.
There was no trial flight: no disap-
pointing retrograde manifestations on
the part of any of the delicate machin-
cry; 10 hesitation or looking backward
by the slight, determined driver of the
| worlds fastest flyer. The aeroplane
darted straight for its southern goal,
after turning only sixty seconds to the
westward to permit Curtiss to comply
with the terms of the competition and
technically cross the Albany city line.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-08-05
Notice For Publication.

Department of the Interior U. S. Land Office
at Lewiston. Idaho, July rs. 1910.
Notice is hereby given that
WILLIAM STRAUGH,
of Keuterville. Idaho who. on July %. 1905, made
Homestead Entry No 1886, Serial No. Ol74S for
SWt SCI. Sec. /. and W. NEt. Section II. Town
ship 81 North Range West, Boise Meridian
has filed notice of intention to make Final Five
Year Proof. to establish claim to the land above
sioner at Grangeville. Idaho on the 3rd day OF
September, 1910.
Claimant names as witnesses: Jacob Blake
man, William Lips both of Westlake Idaho,
Elmer Rouse. Hans Petersen, both of Reuter-
Vile Idaho.
7-29 r. II. BARTLETT. Register.
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Notice For Publication.

Department of the Interior. U. S. Land Office
at Lewiston. Idaho. July g. 1910.
Notice is hereby given that
ELMER ROUSE,
of Keuterville. Idaho. who. on May 2S. 1908 made
Homestead Entry No. 1928. Serial No 02333 for
Lot 2. Section l., Township 81 North. Range 2
West. Boise Meridian. has filed notice Of inten-
ton to make Communication Proof to establish
claim to the land above described. before J. f.
Jacques, U. S. Commissioner. at Grangeville,
Idaho, on the 18th day Of August 1910.
Claimant names as witnesses: WIFI n m
Straugh, Neil Mcclure. William Benton, all OF
Keuterville. Idaho Jacob Blackman, Of West
lake, Idaho.
rs T. II. BARTLETT. Register.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-08-05

In the Probate Court of Idaho county. state OF
Idaho.
In the Matter of the Estate of Gertrude Bosse
deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that Letters of Admin
istration the estate of Gertrude Bose. deceas-
ed were granted to the undersigned OH the 18th
day of July 1910, by the Probate Court of Idaho
county.
All persons having claims against said estate
are required to exhibit them to me for allowance
at my residence one miles east of Keuterville
Idaho, the same being hereby designated as the
place of business of said estate, within ten
months after the date Of the first publication OF
this notice. or they shall be forever barred.
This 18th day of July, 1910.
II. TAYLOR. Atty. HENRY BosSE,
for Administrator. Administrator.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-08-05

Misses Lizzie and Mary Hoene
visited with friends at Greencreek
several days this week.
Peter Sonntag. of Spokane, and
Robert Mertes, of Muenster, Texas,
are visiting this week at the B.
Tacke home south of town.
Stratton & Kobel recently CON-
pleted a fine farm residence near
Winchester and will do consider
able more work in that locality.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-08-05

And in accordance with law so many shares of
each parcel of said stock as may be necessary
will be sold at the Office of the secretary, towit
The Office of the Camas Prairie Land Company,
Cottonwood, Idaho on the 18th day of August A.
d. 1910, commencing at the hour of O'Clock P.
M of said date to pay the delinquent assessment
thereon together with the cost of advertising
and cost of sale.
NJ. F. FUCHS, Sec. of the Del
Rio Mining < Milling Co. Ltd.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-08-05
Notice to Delinquent Stockholders.

Notice of the Del-Rio Mining & Milling Com.
pany, Ltd. Cottonwood. Idaho July 23rd, 1910
Notice Is hereby given that there is delinquent
upon the following described stock on account OF
an assessment levied May 18TH 1910, the several
amounts set opp 1site the names of the respective
stock holders as follows.