Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-06-02

before sunset. Mail leaving New York
Monday morning will arrive in san
Francisco By nine O'Clock Wednesday
morning. The best schedule that can
De made by train would be taking mail
leaving New York az $40 p. m. aud
delivering & in san Francisco at Il 30
p. IN. on the fourth day.
The railway mail service can accom-
plish this only II IL makes the trans
continental connection at Chicago. and
this connection is missed whenever the
train Is as much as an hour late. On
the average the train leaving New
York az $40 p. m. misses this cOnnec-
don 10 per cent OF the time and the
mail takes q hours longer TO get TO
San Francisco. During the month OF
January. 1920. tine $40 train out OF
New York missed this transcontinental
connection out Of Chicago 100 per cent
Of the time.
The air mail can be u hours behind
it, schedule from New York 10 San
Francisco and still beat the train mail
into the Golden Gate city by 20 hours
IL the train connection Is made at
Chicago. and by "a hours Il that con-
nection Is missed.
Praised by Foreigners.
This IL only the beginning OF COM
mercial aviation in the United States.
Il & being accomplished with mill
tary planes which are not adapted for
commercial service. The work that
has been done by the post Office de-
parment has received perhaps greater
recognition in Europe than it has by
the people Of this country. Foreign
diplomatic Representatives have sent
the fullest reports TO their governments
about the air mail operations and have
expressed to the post Office department
their admirarion OF the service. its de-
pendability and economy OF operation.
The air mail has made many inter
cstlng contributions 10 e-iati0n. the
greatest OF these being thu salvaging
and rebuilding for commercial work
Of more than 100 De Haviland war
planes. and finally. the transformation
OF the single-mOtored De Haviland
plane into the double-motored plane
either OF whose motors can keep tho
airplane In the air and enable IL 20
reach its destination.
At the recent aeronautical show In
New York city. the greatest advance
shown In airplane construction consist
ed Of two ships built originally for the
post Office department One OF these
Is the largest ship ever constructed in
America and can carry two tons OF
letters. and the other is a specially
designed mail ship which can carry a
mail load equal 10 % per cent OF its
own weight.
The air mail has developed n staff
OF excellent acTonautical mechanics
the result Of whose work Is seen In
the records OF some OF its pilots. one
notable instance was that % a pilot
who in eight months made log trips
with but a single forced landing due
mechanical trouble. On the Chica-
leveland division In 1919. 200 con-
i've trips 81 32J miles each were
without a forced landing for any
whatever.
Bird Lovers Rejoice.
lovers from one end OF
TO the other. aud in
ther lands. are gratifed with
on OF the United States SUI
lrt UNFOLDING the migratory
The law has been In effect
but because some local
ed upon IL as uuconStitu-
eecanse Of delay In getting
rom the highest court OF
n not been enforced with
ne sections Of the coun-
decided by the Supreme
from Missouri where
cid that the federal act
the sovereignty OF the
,per rights OF the peo-
ne court sweeps all
side and gives the
absolute protection
known, the United
dominion OF Canada
treaty based on
itch an migratory
ctcd In Canada "a
Il States. In sus-
the supreme court
ID the treaty.
st court has spok-
OF agriculture.
lsible for the en-
sratory bird act,
it Is enforced
1r everywhere.
? Opinion.
asked states 20
az with the fed
In doing this IL
20 the language
mes. who wrote
the migratory
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