Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-09-25
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J. c. Pasqueth Writes That the Thrills
of Aerial Navigation in the
West are Many
The Ledger

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/ am highly interested in the avia
ton game; if ! ever go up / want Il
i fly high; for Ray Miller once impress
sed on me the safety of the 1000 t
5000 feet elevation. Los Angeles anc
vicinity is n great place TO see thu
flyers. | had several opportunities t.
go up, but | haven't met the man YET
that I'm looking for to go with on my
first trip--or maybe it will be a wU-
man. It's going to be a great honor
to take me up, and l won't just hand
myself over to anybody for this eleva-
ting experience.
Lieutenant Locklear, the man who
jumped from one plane to another just
below him also climbed a rope ladder
from one plane up to n above, all
while flying 1000 feet in the air, is de-
inga lot Of stunts at a flying field near
my brothers residence. He sure Is a
thriller. He took a movie star from
Universal City for a ride of thrills
recently. A man that saw the mall
euvers told me that it was the most
wonderful exhibition ever seer at
Universal City.
/ was standing watching a residence
burn oneafternoon when a ship" came
flying over about $50 feet above Is,
circled and came back and just brush
ed the tops of a row of eucalyptus
trees near, only so feet above our
heads. 1t gave US a thrill. I'd rather
havebeen in the plane, for ! felt like
falling fiat OF my face to keep it from
hitting me, it seemed so close.
There is a regular daily airplane pas
senger service from San Pedro to Cat
alma Island, managed by Charlie
Chaplin's brother, Sid. Airplanes are
being used to patrol the forests,
watching for forest fires, of which
there were many this summer.
| heard the Rev. C. c, Selecman
preach at Trinity Church and tell some
Of his experiences at the great M. E.
| Church Centenary and of visiting his
old home in Missouri while enroutc
home. | waited and met him and his
wife after services. They made MANY
inquiries as to their Mexico friends
and sent regards to all. At Trinity |
met Robt. Thomas Burze, who was IN
the Mission Field in China at the same
time with Miss Stallings Of Mexico.
Same afternoon l called on Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed Roth at their fine home on
Fifteenth Street, Los Angeles. They
we're interested in Mexico history
since they left there and asked after
II tends.
Oneafternoon my brother, Gus, and
| went oven through Pasadena to Ser
ra Madre and at four p. M, started
hiking up the trail of Mt. Wilson.
Daylight faded into moonlight and still
hiking we came around the mountain
and there were the bright electric
lights of Pasadena, Los Angeles, and
twenty other towns up and down the
valley-oneo fthe most magnificent
sights my eyes ever glimpsed-and
away off yonder 80 miles away was
flashing the lighthouse light on Point
Fermin--San Pedro. We spent the
NIGHT at the inn on Mt. Wilson. Early
next morning, the valley was hid by
the fog. We were away above it and
could see only the tops of the noun
tain peaks standing grey above it. We
visited the observatory nearing conf
p~letion, which holds the great teles-
cope-built by the Carnegie In
stitute of Washington, D. c.,
then hiking we went over the xail
to and up Mt. Lowe fro mthe top OF
which l Jaw the mountains on Cat
alma Island, 60 miles away. Coming
down at Alpine Tavern we stopped to
take pictures Of a movie company TAX
inc pictures. Then on down over the
s~teepest trail l wen walked into Alta
dena, where he took a a for Los
Angeles. We had walked % miles
over fine trails, from lear sea level to
over 5000 feet elevation. l got lots OF
pep from this "~stroll."
visited Mr.. and Mrs. William Lew
ellyn in their cozy home in Los An
geles, and learned Mrs. DR.. Patterson
and daughter, Beth, were to move next
door and that Mrs. Annie Patterson
Grassell and son, Warner, were soon
to arrive from Pittsburg to make their
home, Mr.. Grassell coming in the fall
Saturday, August 10th, / attended
the Missouri Society picnic. The first
erson / saw was C. E. Stokes, form
erly editor Of 1.-THE Leader" at Mex
leo: also met the sisters of Luther
Saunders of the Mexico Post Office,
Matte and Marian. MI. and Mrs.
VIM. Llewellyn and Mrs. Patterson,
Miss Beth Patterson, arrived just be-
fore the arrival of the speaker Of the
day, Governor Gardner. When Gov