El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-15
TRIP OVER CITY
GIVES HERALD
MEN THRILLS


Z feet above FL Paso. according to the
altimeter in the wooden birds gullet-
AT this altitude the ship does not
seem to move. but in reality 1t was
hitting a clip OF 40 miles an hour
Tor brief spells Before We knew II
re were nearly 10 miles in Old Mex
leo Here is one way you can get to
Mexico without a passport. But you
can't get what people get passports
70 get. so that ought TO square #
with the state department
In a few shakes we we're over Mt
F'ranklin- So far over it, fin fact we
could pick Il out only by the wrinkles.
for at umpty thousand feet above il,
this mountain looks no higher than
the rest Of the scenery We flew over
the back Of this earthen hump for
several minutes. turning back after
we had paid our respects TO New
Mexico
Dovn-and OutI
Going up was nothing. Coming
back and coming down are what
brings out the sweat and the re-
hgion in you. II you have ever had
q sudden drop IN an elevator you self
1or a traction OF a second like at least
one OF US felt for a minute at a time
The driver is merciless, utterly You
drop And what mean Is. you drop.
The bottom falls out Of the universe
And you fall into the hole It leaves
Then. as II he were sort OF remorse-
full, the pilot hooches YOU up again
real sudden like This replaces things
within You that are Jared loose by
the fall In coming down the engine
is shut off and you glide or slide OF
whatever IL is. for about five miles
until you get within 100 OF so feet
OF the landing field Pretty soon.
bump you 90 and then you are on
the ground Oh boy, but II Is nice
ground Your first impulse is to roll
on IL and kiss IT, Dirt is the sweetest
thing in the world I'm going 10 ask
the waiter to put a little mud in my
food for a week OF Sol like it that
well
Pretty Cold At 1880.
At 1880 # was terribly cold-to I
me- The city editor lied like a gen I
-eman and news editor, and said he /
did not feel IL. This may have been Z
10 be polite. But Pixies Peak IS not l
as high as we went and anybody who I
has seen the peak OF Pixies Peak i
knows whether I am right about the I
cold or not
FL Paso looks beautiful in another !
way, from the air, from the way 50 /
looks when one IS on the same plane /
with It. II looks like some little .
fairy land some geometric design
made for the children Of GODS and /
not Tor men 20 live IN It's paved 1
streets green lawns and vel matched
-oofs fit into a whole that resembles
B Liliputian Utopia The river winds
rom the north into the city and then
southeast like a silver ribbon. In
he north &c Is lost in the blue hills
which can be seen as far as 100 miles.
.n the southeast Il vanish5s into the
llains- You have my word for q
hat Rand McNally IS right about the
Erection It takes
1he company that owns the an
llane in which three newspapermen
ped angels for a while IS establish
ng a lire between FL Paso and Mex
CO City It IS the intention OF this
.ompany 20 make regular trips. carry
ng passengers for certain fare
hey viii have tickets similar 10
abroad tickets Stops are TO be
made at chihuahua Torreon and at
mother point or two between here
nd the Mexican capital The two men
7lrn the ship have recently flown 70
y Paso from Lincoln. Neb-. stopping
9 kansas City, No. and at Alamo
-ordo- MAJ. Putlea once made a
light from Toronto. Can, to Chicago
Both men have flown IN Europe I
heir record for serious accidents 50
ar IS 100 percent in fnat they have
ad none OF course. there are bound
D be accidents, sometimes. they say,
1st as there are accidents on trains
nd in automobiles But by careful
lspection Of their plane, by picking
God flying weather and by being
zreful they have had good luck
One thing they VIII guarantee, 11ai.
uflea said jokingly, is that all pas
7ngers viii get back to the earth
know one who Is going TO stay on
be earth, now that he IS here and
hole