The Arvada enterprise., 1923-11-22

States Navy department. When and
where she will start and where she
Will go-these details have not been
announced ut this writing.
Shenandoah. nevertheless, will carry with her
the good wishes Of the millions of Americans who
VIII never forget the sight of her In the air
SAILING In majesty over their heads-n sight
strongly suggestive OF the supernatural even In
this mnfernlistic age surfelted with mechanical
and scientific marvels And news by radIo of
her progress Will be hrst-page news
Shenandonh's journey Into the Arctic stImu.
'sates the Imagination nightly. For the Arctic
u no less region Of mystery by renson OF the
'fact that Perry mailed Old Glory TO the Pole"
April u. 100. II is the same region OF fascina.
zion for the adventurous that II has been since
the day Of Erick the Red and his Icelander. 900
yea" ago The long list OF ustrious explorers
who have made Arctic history cnlls up many
romance. many an achievement, many a tragedy
Frobsher u576). Davis N5s5). Bnffn tl6lG). Ross
1sls) Parry uSl0). Ross QS20) Franklin
'us45). DE Haven 1s5O), Kane usl3), Hayes
Is0). Greedy uSsD. De Long Qs7S). Norden.
~kJold us79). Nnnsen uS93) Of these
Adventurers into the Arctic.
II was Stefnnsson who taught the world that
the efficient Arctic explorer could live of the
country Instead Of carrying his supplies. II was
Peary who most fully utilized the aid Of the Es.
kimo. II was Welmnn who planned n voyage
to the Pole In II dirigible balloon the America
What does Admiral Mofrett hope or expect or
seek to bndf He did not say. He made no more
than the bare announcement Possibly like the
rest or us, he wants to press toward the I'M.
known. to look the next ridge. But II Is
more likely that the commander ana crew OF the
ZR-l Will have some definite quest before them
Is II 10 take possession Of Wrangcli island In the
name Of the United States? Is It to discover
unknown lands. rich In mineral treasures? lnci.
dentally, Capt. Road Amundsen. dlscovcrer OF
che South Pole. plans expedition of three mir.
plnncs next summer from the Spitzbcrgcn islands
across 20 Alaska, and he says that In the one
million squire miles of uncxplorcd eypanse he.
tween the North Pole and Alaska there is land.
with coal and gold Again. Knut Rasmussen has
started on sled Journey through the Bchring
strait Of 1900 miles; he expects to find Eskimo
who have never seen n white man.
Millions of Americans have rnzcd In awe md
fascination upon the FRI. ON her first trial trip
In September from Lakchurst. ~ j., she Visited
New York. A little later she made trip TO
Washington. circline Mount Vernon and dip.
ping low over the Unknown soldiers" tomb at
Arlington. October she finished round trip TO
st. Louis. Navy day she flew To the Shenandoah
valley In virginia and returned passing over PHI.
hdclphin, Washington and Richmond
Commander J. q Hunsnckcr ana Commander
Ralph II. Wcycrhncher OF the Naval Construction
corps are codosgners OF the FRI. Commander
Frank n McCrnry is commandment Of the naval
air station ut lnkchurst. Mrs. Edwin DENLY
wife Of the secretary of the navy. chrs,cncd the
FRI Shenandoah in October. A noteworthy Incl
dent Of the Lakchurs,-St. Louis flight was the
dropping by parachute by Commander weycr.
hacker OF bouquet TO his mother ms Shenandoah
passed over EoonyIllc. Ind
Another thing that added interest to this cross.
country trip Of Shenandoah was tim, the people
knew Admiral Morctt was on bonrd His name
is n household word In the West for the rcas
that he was In command during the World wnr
Of the Great Lakes Naval station. which turned
out many thousands of efficient 'robs,"