New Mexico state record., 1919-12-05

l&VHD we may be sure: The brdman ana
~ the airplane mean the speedy emu oi
the silent places of earth. Today sohe>
thing like a seventh of the earths SURFACE Is st'
uneXpored. Tomorrow Typographical maps ut
nominal cost will be sale at the bookstores
Last season nm airplane glided slowly down
past FL Captain and Half Dome and alighted on
the floor of the Yosemite valley; it rose and sailed
away without difficulty A daring airman swooped
down into the abyss of the Grand canon OF the
Colorado in Arizona and then SCARED OUT over uie
rim without mishap. whole heet OF arplahes
rose into the thin air of the Rockies rrosseu the
14OO0-foot peaks of the continental divide ana du
stunts over the SUBMITS of Pixies Peak and Longs
Peak, These things were something new uh"er
the SUM- 1t was believed they could not be done.
These feats merely emphasize the fact whch is
becoming increasingly apparent that there Is mo-
where that the airplane cannot 60
The fact that these unexpored regions of the
earth are the most difficult. dangerous ana ihac-
ceSsible but hastens their exploration. The more
danger the greater the incentive! The greater
the adventure the more enjoyable the thrii!
These silent places of earth appeal to the adven-
turer of the skies as the mail service mis- MN
with loathing
A writer in the Strand Magazine observes sage
ly that nature still provides the iiying man WIN
all the hazards OF adventure And he proceeds 10
set down in detail the opportunities that await
nature in these remote regions, has dened al 'le
white mans attempts to scale her heights. intrude
upon her arid solitudcs, escape from the lurklhs
dangers of her virgin forests, or feast ms sleht
upon her snowy wastes. She laughed his foot
expeditions out of court but she cannot laugh nj
the equipment of the winged explorer III ihct'
rhere is little the airnan cannot do. FROM GID
ratar he can peep upon the tribal iahh'lcs oi
southern Morocco and dwell while on ille west
ern Atlas mountains.
From Egypt he has flying ErouhH "i 'hou-
sands of square miles in the eastern Sahara anu
If he is fond of rolling sand, the deserts OF ARA
hin too. Both are within his reach ana ne Is
certain of no company except what he taxes W''',
him For change the coast of the Guianas Is 'ue'l
for Shining into the malaria jungles of the
Cor,lillern of southern Venezuela, ana when urea
and seeking Il brief rest he should ma coh'eh-
lent landing spot on the Tunac Humac' VT e'se
the desert of Cobb from the Siberian railway OF
portions of the polar area that are not the nome
of the blizzard" might he worth his attention But
let him beware of the imnble forests OF braZli'
the hurricane lands of western Ahtarctlcl' the
windy heights and icy crests of the Hlmaayas'
without proper regard to the pitfalls that Deset
the unwary in these regions.
In the Great HinnaIayas.
An airman would probably fly "A thousand feet
above the Great ilimalaya, the main range, whch
from the south appears like cleaning wall OF
snow and Ice Some of the snow helds or the
Himalayas are only accessible from the air, ana
If he landed on an engine stoppage might
leave him marooned In exposed and precarious
position.
II would be hard to find any scientific task more
interesting than the exploration of certain regions
of Afghanistan and the study OF its Wild pagan
inhabitants the bold Kafrs and other strange
tribes In the northeast corner of the country
large portions of Radakshan and kairstan are
entirely unknown.
The aerial wanderer. inspired with true love
of adventure will doubtless be pleased to know
that not all the Dark Continent is yet open
book In fact II still jealousy guards some very
black spots Even in British territory how much
is known of the inner Shuk districts OF the
Soudnn; the region between the upper waters OF
the Bue Nile and the limits of the Uganda. or the
line of the Senussi oases from IripolL or the
Cvrenaica toward Wadai? What European has
seen much less trod huge within the desert
repions of southern Asia? There are other
which have been crossed always in haste and even
I'm fear: also regicns visited perhaps by score
~ travellers since the revival Of learning. but in
habted by peoples of whom we have learned much
less than about the polar Eskimo
The greatest unseen area lies In Arabia. almost
all the southern half of which is occupied.
cordng 10 native reports. by great wilderness
known as the Dwelling Of the Void" Three
,,,xaIers have claimed that they have gazed
i,s u,terrnost fringes from the west. south and
e.st respectively. but no European has ever en-
,ored this immense tract of G00Oo0 square miles.
II is further doubtful. moreover. whether any
native has ever crossed any part hut certain
tongues which it throws out toward the Persian
yuIf and t,ruard the Indian ocean southwest of
the latter province. Some maps marx earhvnn
,r.cl running through the heart of this desert.
hut at a Dutch colony i'm lava ." which ccionlsts
srn,o south Arabia generally resorted Javanese
.rabs denied all knowledge of IL.