The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1921-01-22

eat them. This was the first time any
person had ever seen the top of the
rock, 1t was very ragged and steep,
and was real sight. The passengers
got little nervous. 1 flew about fifty
feet away from the rock, but they
thought the wing was about to hit it.
Some horses got to the ship that night
and made big holes in the wings and
tail surfaces. No other horses bad
ever bothered it, but these Indian
horses looked lean and hungry. As we
were short on linen and dope for patch
ing, Park administered first aid with
some surgical adhesive tape.
We flew at Fruitland, New Mexico,
and went ON to Pennington, January l.
AT Pennington we had a mlshap.
Park put some oil on stove in a ga
rage to heat, and it boiled over and
caught fire and set fire to the garage
roof and a car standing near by. The
town water supply was shut off and
they had no chemical extinguishers,
with which We could quickly have put
it out. For while it looked as if the
whole building, cars and all, would
burn. We finally got it out with blan-
kets. All three of US were pretty much
scorched about the hands and faces
and had plenty of holes burned in our
coats. l needed new coat anyway,
and this gives me an excuse for buying
one.
The man whose car was damaged
wanted $500. AMI not taking any
chances on not getting it, attached our
plane for that amount. AS l was COR
WINGED this was too much, l told him
just to keep the plane. OF course, it
was white elephant for him, and he
did not know what to do with it. The
next day he got worried about what he
would do with the "derned crittur''
and settled with US, as l expected, on
much fairer terms. We are not putting
oil on anypody's stove any more!
We took off at Harrington January
4, and landed at Adamana, Arizona,
two hours fifty minutes later. This wa
the first airplane ever seen at Adamaaa
and the entire population of IS turned
out en- masse. We were real heroes
1--WE feel more like hoboes) in their
sight, and they could not do enough for
US. They were just as hospitable as
they could be, and it was quite q pleas
ant contrast to our proximity to the
hoosgow in New Mexico.
Adamana, though small, is a good
tourist town. 1t is the starting point
for four petrifed forests and the won,
derful Painted Desert. The people are
certainly "up and coming" They
wanted to take up collection for US
right away for being so kind as to land
in their little town, and said we had
put them on the map more than any
thing else that had ever happened in
this part of the country. They imme
diately telegraphed the news to ali
parts of Arizona that an airplane had
landed in Adamana. We carried tour
lists for two days over the petriied for
ests and the Painted Desert. The des
ert is noted for it's exquisite coloring
1t shades from bright red to the most
delicate pink, from dark green to 9
very light shade of green. Parts of il
are black and sombre looking. 1t has
all coors imaginable, absolutely beg
ging words for desert ption. l saw il
when the weather was cloudy and wher
1T was bright, and each time it was diff
ferent. 1t covers hundreds of square
miles. We made trip by car ovel
the petrified forests. 1t is estimated
that there is a billion tons of petrifiei
wood lying ON the surface and more
coming out by erosion every year. TIL,
wood did not originally grow there, but
the theory is that it was brought in by
glacial action or some inundation
Sharks teeth are quite often foun,
among the rocks. The petrified log
are hard as flint and beautifully col
orcd. Park and / each found SOM
amethysts, the same as the jewelers. us
for mounting, Jewellers used to &c
them from the center of the logs b,
blasting. The government has stopped
this, and they are only found accident
ally now. We stayed at Adamana fou
days, finding Adamana hotel a delight
full place. MIR. and Mrs. Nelson, pro
prietors of the hotel, know just how T.
make one enjoy himself. 1t was hard t.
drag Park and Oleson away, as the pro
prietors serve chicken every night TO
dinner.