The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1911, 1911-02-03
FORMER RESIDENT
WRITES OF SHOW
9. W. BEAN WRITES INTEREST
1NaLY REGARDING BOSTON
AVIATION SHOW.

The following account of the Boston
Aviation Meet will be read with inter
est by local people who remember Cli1-
ford w. Bean, a former resident of this
city, by whom the article was written.
Mr.. Bean is secretary of the Aviation
Meet and is evidently making good in
the city Of knowledge and Beans.
All Boston seems to be agag, even at
this early date, over the announcements
recently made by the management of
the Second National Exhibition of
Aerial Craft, which will be held in
Mechanics Building from February
Goth to 25th, inclusive, to the effect
that a large number Of record
makers and record breakers in aerial
navigation. will be on exhibit. Among
those announced to be at the Show are
Wright biplanes, Curtis biplanes, Bier
lot, Demoiselle, I.ovelace and Long
fellow monoplanes The Wright ma
chine will be shipped direct from the
Wright factory at Dayton, Ohio, to the
Boston Show, and will be of the famous
model B type, which is used continuous
ly by the Wright birdmen at the big
aero meets throughout the country. IF
possible to spare "Baby Wright"
the Wright brothers will also send one
Of the record breaking little speed ma
/ chimes to the Boston Show also. The
"Baby Wright is the machine in
which the late Arch Hoxey broke the
world IS altitude record, reaching a
height of more than eleven thousand
| feet.
The identical Bleriot machine in
which Moisant made his daring pas
senger-carrying trip across the English
Channel will probably attract the most
attention, but the Curtis biplanes will
undoubtedly receive close inspection
by the visitors at the show on account
of their record for safety and reliabil.
;ty. Tt is also probable that the two
monoplanes which were used by Count
de Lesseps at the Montreal Aero Meet
last June will be secured; one of these
lie Scarabee-is the world-renowned
Bleriot monoplane in which de Lesseps
made the second crossing Of the Eng
lish channel in competition for the
Ruinart prize. The other de Lesseps
machine is known as the Motorcraft
&c Luxe,'' being finished very richly
and upholstered extensively, with al
that is necessary for the. comfort ant
convenience of the aviator and passen
gers. The Lovclace monoplane is a,
American craft and is gaining SOM
favorable comment from it's work
and the Longfellow monoplane will at
tract much attention as the first com
mercial machine to be wholly built un
der one roof and in one factory il
New England. Every part of the ma
chine, including the motor, is built AM
assembled at the Longfellow works il
Allston, and as the machine follow
closely the lines of the successful Bier
lot biplanes, it is looked forward t.
with all assured success. There will
be more than twenty other full siz
aeroplanes of successful types, includ
ing an expensive exhibit of the Bur
CESS company and Curtis with one o
the new Graham-White machines, sew
eral of which have been recently de
signed and ordered by the Englisl
birdman from The local concern.
Sam Perkins, the Boston kitef;in,
expert, without whom no aero meat j
complete, will be on hand with hi
man-lifting kites, and the people on tn
outside will lhave an opportunity to &c
their necks into timber for next sum
! mer's outdoor meet.
Moving pictures and lectures b,
. prominent aeronauts will serve to fl
out the program and contribute to tn
amusement of the visiting public.
The first meeting of the Monda,
Musical Club to be held in the base
ment of the Library occurred last Mon
day when thoroughly enjoyable pro
gram was presented.
One Of the interesting features wa
the discussion by Mr.. M. H. Brennan
on "Scotch and Irish Music and Iris1
Folk Songs'' and showing how practi
cally the same themes were developed
in the two countries at about tn
same time. Mr.. Brennan illustrated
his points on reed instrument.