The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-02-23
IVAY UP IN CLOUD LAND
,r los ANGELES ON THE LAST
DAY OF AVIATION.
,ronderfuI Performances of Men Who
Risk Everything to Prove That
Aerial Transportation Is Safe.

Aerial Transportation Is Safe.
The southern Californians are
rorv proud of the successful meet to
ovnIoit cloudland. On the last day
- the show Los Angeles never saw
,,cb a crowd as swarmed into the
o;+v and at night the town shouted
and blazed with enthusiasm over
what the people Of the coast had seen
IN week. 1t is as If something of
magic had been dropped down from
the skies to add one more charm to
their beautiful country. Thousands
from the middle west, millionaires
and cattIemen, were talking about
tbe great part aeroplanes are to play
on the plains of the west in the near
future.
Fifty Thousand in One Day.
These Californians are wonderful
liz enthusiastic. In Los Angeles this
confidence in ones self and one S
ltown is sublime. The residents talk
Los Angeles, dream Los Angeles, and
live only for Los Angeles. One is
not surprised that the city FORCES
labead so rapidly with such abound
linz faith in it's present and future.
lThis spirit had a fine chance to crop
out at this meeting, and it did at full
measure The success of the event
Twas celebrated by big dinners, by
speeches, and by bands playing about
1.-The large hotels and marching in the
business section, when the million
aires as we'll as the clerks become
blue in the face shouting for Los
angeles and the daring aviators who
had lent themselves to the meet.
The scene on the aviation field can
hardly be imagined by those not IA
|miliar with the mid-winter charm of
southern California and the remark
liable enthusiasm that human flight
Iaouses in a great crowd. The flying
Ibid not start until after / O'Clock in
THE afternoon, but long before noon
900 persons were in the grand
stands and Swarming into the enclos-
lures 1t was Oppressively warm. The
women were attired in shirt waists
land summer garments and the men
wore the lightest of clothing. In
every direction stretched the deep
green landscape, fashioned into pleas
fng shapes by the rows of palm and
magnolia trees. The air was soft
and warm and laden with the per-
fume Of orange groves and flowers.
IAll about the field were lines of au-
FOmObiles. To give the picture va
riety a group of cowboys raced about
Ehe field with wild Indian yells and
lassoed frightened mules while the
were soaring above their
heads.
The Flying.
The programme began with an
Teyolution parade" intended to illus
frate the progress of locomotion.
First came battered prairie schoon-
er drawn by a yoke of oxen, and
btter that other vehicles and auto
|nOBiIes, the end of the pageant con-
listing of dirigible balloons and all
the flying machines on the field. Led
by band this cavalcade marched
slowly past the grand stand, cheered
by the great throng.
Paulhan began the flying by start
ing in his usual jaunty way, darting
put from his tent without regard for
the rules, which required a start to
be made from the course. At the
outset he rose to an altitude of
about 400 feet and started on his
long grind Half an hour later Glenn
Fl, Curtis started out When he went
into the air Paulhan was nearly one
fnile in the lead, but before the
Fourth lap had been covered Curtiss
faught up and passed over him at an
altitude Of about $50 feet.
Paulhan's PIayfulness.
For an hour the two men raced
Rnd jockeyed in the air. The whirr