The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-02-09
THE ERA OF
THE AERO
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By WILL BRADSHAW

Of the fact that Wilbur and Orvills |
(note the familiarity are among US
again7 Do you know that Just as sooh
az possible after they have rested up
frem their European sojourn We will
~ permitted to stand in line and file
orders for future deliveries In tS0s
models Of aerial conveysnces?
Wilbur Wright and his brother or.
Vile are great young men, no mistake.
Our country can well be proud Of them.
They have taken an idea, probably as
cid Rs the human race, developed Il
tS certain poiRt, and by careful man
lpulation, elevated themselves until
king and peasant look up with IN.
STATED admiration.
It was . lucky day for the Wright
boys the day they hit upoA this
method of rising In the esteem af their
eSllow men. They have risen higher
than anyone ever expected; and II
at any time they should drop suddenly
II would be very sad and unexpected.
But they had better be very careful!
The game of rising up int the clear
blue sky is beset with dlfaculties Of
the most perilous order; alfnculties.
that are likely to upset the best laid
plans Of these brave Ohio youths.
II was only the other day, while
reading some ancient literature on the
subject the weights and thousands of
others are most interested in at this
time, I happened upon an account OF
the first recorded attempt to navigate
in true bird fashion that great void
above US.
The cid document told graphically
Of the longing of q pious friar to rise
h the world aAd soar above his fsl
lows. 1t told of the long years he
spent in Rerve-racking research fer an
apparatus that could be attached to his
person and with which he could attain
the heights his ambition led him to. 1t
told how the credulous populace gath
cred on the morning of the trial to see
the good man make his getaway nom
the top OF the town.hsll. The rest of
the account ,dwelt on the virtues Of the
deceased and the plans for q great
public funeral 30 be held the next day.
This occurred in the year H4j A. d.
We can, and have done, aa much as
this In our time.
Hsw another attempt was made to
solve the problem some time later is
related In another part 0 the vol
ume. II tells of an ingenious farmer
whe lived on the outskirts Of Nice.
His laHA being situated in q very
swAmpy section, aud having a wife
wis was fond Of travel, he longed for
some means whereby no could secure
pleasure for himself and q change Of
atmosphere for the rest OF the family
While watching the family canary nit
abeut in its cage, one day he suddenly
turHed pale and left for the wood shed
at the rear OF the house.
. In spite of the neighbors' gossip
about mooRshining and counterfeiting,
and other nefarious schemes, he hid
from view for 4 period and when he
emerged, placed before the astonished
: villagers q huge object that to all ap.
poarances was cross between q grass
hopper and a canary In wood aRd ireR
The family were to leave for q spin
before breakfast the following morn.
ing from the top Of the barn. The
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thunbed, but finally made out that
the farmers brother come up from
Bordeaux and claimed the estate.
Since that eventful morning when
the friar made his last bow to the as.
sembled multltudes, though the cen,
turtles, and up to the present day, the
population Of the globe has been ma
teriaily lessened nv the airshin fans
This may appear as very dlseouraglns
to the party contemplating a touring
Rerr NlRne that will seat Ave, or 4
sir little AFFAIR built for one and
VIA accommodations for another; but
It is not the intention of the writel
to knowingly discourage or hurt ths
feelings of any one. The man who
succeeds in constructing a pair OF nip
pers that will lift him on the eartl
and keep him on as long as he wishei
to remain Is deserving OF all the homo
It is in our power to bestow.
Have you ever given q thought t,
all the misery the successful invention
Of the airship will bring? Eve
thought how many lives will come +
an abrupt end when the carbureto
refrains from giving the right mix
ture. or the port clipper rips at a seam
or = weary aviator pulls the cord tina
calls for a back somersault and re-
verse?"
Think Of all the trivial accident
that win happen with the advent o
the aero. Think Of tho safety of tn
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