The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-06
Aviator Gives Crowd More Thrills
Danger Of Billowy Air is
Shown; Birdman is Part
Cherokee Indian
WELL SATISFIED"
SAYS REINnElMER
Results Of Celebration Pleasing to
Retailers, According to Presi-
dent; will Meet Tonight
to Wind Up Business

How would you like to ride at the
rate Of ninety miles an hour quarter
of mile above where other people
are standing gazing up at you? That
IS what the Moissant birdman did al
the final event in Chickasha's big two.
day celebration Monday afternoon.
Capt. Worden took to the air at 80,
mounting several hundred feet higher
than he did in the Saturday flight,
then making great circle, around
which spectators could hear the whir
Of the monoplane's propeller. sounding
much like huge humble bee or a dis
turbed hornets nest.
The aviator declared he staid too
closed to the ground Saturday. The
disturbance in the atmosphere caused
by the bombs made shallow flying ex-
ceedingly dangerous, because one
might be unable to recover from one
of those "cheesey atmosphere holes"
before the machine struck the ground
Then there WIS always danger OF a
bombs striking the wing OF the ma
chine and in that case all would be
lost, aviator with the rest
While giving the exhibition Mon
day. Capt. worden demonstrated just
what the danger of a boiling, billowy
atmosphere is. Time after time he sail
ed directly over the fort" which was
all the time belching In rolling clouds
of powder smoke. AS he entered the
region where bombs we're exploding,
the machine dipped and pitched like
a boat on the rapids, only to recover
itself through quick action on the part
of the slight built. quiet young fellow
who was taking his life in his hands
every second spent over the lombard
ment.
Immediately after the flight the avi-
aSor began preparing his machine for
shipment, ready to go to Salina, Okla,
near. Pryor Greek, where he will
spend several days visiting with his
people. the Cherokee Indians, and they
in turn will watch their brother. part
paleface and part redskin, circle above
them In the clouds 1t is not generally
known that Capt. Worden is part Cher
okee. He is. and he is looking forward
with much pleasure to his visit Thurs
day with relatives during the Indian
picnic.
eve were well satisfied with the
results of the Fourth OF July celebra-
tion,' William Reinheimer. president
OF the Grady County Retail Merchants
association, said this morning after
figuring roughly what the results OF
the event would be financially. The
association had complete charge, rails
ing the funds and standing the respon-
sibility Of def;cit that might occur.
The second days crowd at the ball
park was small. gate receipts going lit
tie over a hundred dollars, but the
heavier receipts OF Saturday and the
goodly number of concession fees col
lected helped to raise the fund up K
the expense level
81 believe every dollar of the arnoun
raised was we'll spent" Presiden
Reinheimer continued. We helped t
keep Chickasha on the map Of liy'
places and We drew many here fron
outside as well as furnishing for thu
ai6caI pdBpieE better entertainment an'
'theaper tiiah they could obtain it b,
going elsewhere.
The association viii meet in the o.
fi,e Of Secretary Ersland tonight I
settle finally everything connecte
with the celebration.