The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-30

cple. indeed. he says he knows IL, ano
whom asked by a friend recently ic
prove il he rcplicd 'No proof is nee
cssary, admit it," But he did Nouch
safe few words in explanation some,
Thing like this, q Nou doubtless read
recently that the big sixtccn.inch gun
IN tho lefenses below New York my
can shoot heavy missile twcnTy-ionr
miles: that when the missile lraNes me
gun tho trajectory describes parapoHt,
that is, IL rises in the alr higher IMAM
two Mount Washiuetous, and then. the
momenfum being slackCncd, tho atirac'
ton Of rraVitation begins 10 have ITS
erect, which. increasing every second
brings il down TO thc earth, or ocean
twenty four mics from the starting
point.
Swell. the power in my machIuc
gives 1T centrifugal driving force
which, so long as il is maintained, ncu-
traliZes prayifation and ] sail even as
docs the bird. | have also a small
double gvroscopo which rs sci IN mo-
tion hy power from small storage pat
tcrv. but which I never used save when
in sudden storm there is danger ot
The machine rocking which would be un'
comfortable. for should il rock loo far
IL might spill its passengers. IL is ,rne
business, will show you before long
now.
y J on Know the myers III IH' fdHl ann
across the Atlantic think II Is q great
event 10 keep their machines in Tho. air
for twenty or thirty minutes at tlmc,
T mean of course, the machines that
arc not supported by balloons. They
make me smile To me il sounds Just
as il would 10 hear bantam rooster cK-
planning 70 hald-hcadcd American
eagle that he had made successful ny
over q BARNARD fence.
"'When my machine is quito ready
and YOU hear thai | have started, note
1he hour that | sailed and then Ill Just
twelve hours look for a dispatch from
Omaha that ellison lighted an hour he
fore. ate his dinner and then pro,
cccded on his way, saving that he did
NOT wish 10 make long stop until he
arrived at Chicago, which he expected
10 reach in seven and half hours
ellison has made Salt Lake City his
headquarters for thirty years. Before
that he spent good many years I'D
Nevada. aud he knows all the country
between the Rocky and Sierra Nevada
mountains as n Mohammcdau knows his
Travcrs. II was he who found the great
hvdro.carbon deposits known as Gi!sou-
iic in eastern Utah. Not long srnce-ln
November or December last-a friend
met ellison IN Salt Lake City who, after
g brief conversation, said:
Story of Flying Machine.
"Come in here where we VIII not be
disturbed. | want TO tell You story,
When seated. ellison SAID. & Last night
I went over all the details of my flyer
to see If there were any weak places
III il, and. as usual got myself all
wrought up over it. | remember say
ing 10 myself: There IS not Il chance
for failure Tho old 'onc-hoss shay IN
lis best DAYS was crude affair by com
larison
"Thcu | suspect fell asleep, for |
had worked all day and was very
weary You see, there was time when
l did not know what ii was to be tired,
buj / was Younger then, j had unlim.
tied energy. the world was II perpetual
delight. il was before the aravitation
of agc and disappointment began 10
overcome my centrifugal forces. All at
opce. il seemed 10 me, / had started my
flyer and was skimming over mountains
and sage brush PLAINS and I said to my
SELF: Surely this is easier than 1t was
in the old days with OK and mule teams.
~ crossed the Wasatch mountains,
headed southeast, then flanked the La
sale mountains, the highest IN Utah,
and down there / passed over one reef
of The finest outcroppings for mine
1hat ! ever saw. | fixed in my mind
right and left and off the quarter. so
that | could 20 back there. but | was
enjoying myself too much TO stop
then.
'tFrom there T bent south and an
hour later I had the only perfect view
o. the cast end of tho Grand CANYON of
the Colorado that mortal ever had. II
WAS great. Skirtiug the eastern cud
Of the homes of the clift-dwelers little
later I passed over the Navajo Indian
reservation and, when directly over a
band of the ssvages. ] sounded the
gong and called down to them. in Nava"
10 dialect: Git, YOU loafers!' The
whole band took 10 their heels. all eX-
cept one brave He darted into his
wickiup., brought out a magazine rife
and fired five shots at me. L did not
want for any more.
"a few hours later the night came
down and ] ran into n storm. 1t raincd
and the clouds were so dense tha5 ]
could no longer see my compass, so !
put on more power and rose above the
clouds. and that was fine. All below
was utter darkness. and ! was alone ;u
the silence of infinite space under the
stars Save the hum OF my motor there
WAS silence profound, and YOU canno:
imagine the solemn splenGor of the
scene. | sailed beyond the storm passed
over some superb mountains and then
river which must have been the Rio
Grande. for Just beyond crossed the
Bad Lands IN the i cNaS panhandle.
J watched as the sun came up out Of
the east, all panoplicd in splendor,
and I no longer wonder that the old
Chaldeans were sun worsbippers,
Thought It Was Gabriel.
''T had taken with me only bottle
Of water and some crackers. and the
night ride had given me an appetite
50 about y n. m,, seeing house in the
distance. | slowed down ms I drew
near II and made II landing in tho front
ward. As slighted one old gray darly
took ON half-paralyzed, astouished
look. then cried.
81 Fore God, it's Master Gabriel
S'ore. and he and The rest rushed for
cuuccalmcnt behind fodder stack.
Tho owner came ont Of the house
aud ] told h,m | had been sailing a
couple If Thousand miles and asked hin;
abou; breakfast. lie replied: Come
right in; breakfast is just ready. lie
did not ask much about the flyer, mere
ly saving: II never seen one before. b.,
have hearn tell Of EN-.
"At breakfast | asked him what he
did 1hcrc JIn rar,liol ,h,f ,hn,. ..n,<.