The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-12-24
Flight Of Daring Army Avlators to
Alaska Means the Dawn
Of New Day.
GREAT REJOICING N WRANGELl
Thrilling Story Of Their Arrival In the
Land Of leo and Snow 70 Told
Aiaskans Hold Celebration
In Honor Of Event

New York.-when. Ia Isid. President
Polk signed with Great Britain a com
promise treaty which extended the Ca
madam border line from the Rocky
mountains To the Pacific ocean on par
stlct -. he settled the long -drnwn-o
controversy over the Oregon boundary
and hushed for all time the campaign
sloxnn, "5A.s0 or Tight" which had
come to be very insistent one during
the middle forties.
There WAS q wait OF twenty-one
years before more prophetic imagi-
nation. wider vision flung our coast
tine Ia the farthcst limit Of the cont
ncnt by the purchase from Russia of
mat vast storchouse OF mineral. agri.
cultural and timber wealth. the won
der world Of Alaska.
A new era In the history of our faf
uorthiand. says Aid Service News Let.
ter. bcgan on August ~ lp2O. the date
on which the four army airplnnes
piloted by those daring aviators. Capt
~. Clair Street and i.lents, clifford c.
Mutt. q. H. crumrlne and Ross KIRK.
patrick. With observers and mechani
Lieut.. Eric n. Nelson and Sergts
Jn,nes Long and Joseph u. English. In
the pun-mile frnnscontlnentai flight
from New York To Nome and return.
made the Jump from Hnxleton. Do
minlon ot Canada. TO wrangcll. terri
s0~y Of Alaska.
A pav OF Joy.
We can picture what the scene was
like when The Hers first reached Alas
kan soil. II wns Saturday and when
n heeame known that the filers were
expected tint afternoon. the mayor Of
Wrans.li declared halliday. Flags
were hois'ed over the principal build.
inr~ nj the town. AIM whistles blew
sna eelis rang TINT NIL might set nut
far the landing field nj Ser9ief Island.
snaae ready for the arrival and In
rhnrr~ nf srr-i. W. W. Mclaughlin.
All dnrin- The afternoon small ho1ts
WEIR leaving irnaed with passengers.
A. noan the Harrington Transpnria.
item ~omnany'S Hazel ~ No ~ left
she derk. fi.c,ins hlr scow. both boat
rns -~cw Headed to the limit with
sight .ee-~ Meanwhile no news had
~srne fr"m Harelton snsin- Just when
the n'~r~ hni l-fi for wrnngcli. There
ea~ no wrv ~ guessing The hour when
they vouid arrive. All eyes scanned
ti'~ sky. The hands nf the clock
trrrs.si r-isni'sssly. cutting away the
afternoon. tire o'eInck. .. =. Some
s,issSsurn -ea spectators turned their
fsee~ hcnsewnrd making ready 10
sste -. hoat hnsk ga wruneeil
sndssni, Their. WINS shout, There
i,srs essns.- AMI the fonr planes came
i.ruslnr overhead ciFelins the land.
Ing Acid With DIP aud whirr that
thrilled the spectators Lieut.. Kirk.
Tsetrart rnss@ 20 earth ~ sixty mites
rn hnnr The three ether planes fol.
iowe, Ia quick Succession planc No.
]. with Cart. STREET. commander ~ The
sqnsdrsn. te'nr The last io leave the
s'r. Tn SEVEN minutes froan the tlne
fse FIRST p'nne landed all four had
~osn~ "a earth. and In spite ~ recent
r-ir~ thar had unused a wet field, all
were hsppv landings.
No One Worked ina, Day.
So the great deed was done. The
wort wns accomplished. The 1000
miles between New York and Alaska
had he@n ~u' In less than fny aviug
hours TIE tourney itself WAS To con.
Hnue 30 mites farther. 70 Fairbanks.
20 Ruby. "a Meme Bur the reality Of
The accomplishment was established
when they 'euched Alaskan soil ut
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