The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-07-27

large crowd was handled. Captain
Ray Collins, tour referee, made a
special point of calling to the at
tentiOn of the press representatives
the fact that it was the most orderly
crowd they had had at any stop.
There were no accidents and the
people stayed back of the wire until
the checking was over and they were
permitted to go on the field Some
of the fiers expressed surprise at
the size of the crowd. A word of
appreciation is due Senator Schnitz-
Ter and the other business men of
Froid for the way they put this big
affair over.
Jim Cook and j. F. Cook flew to
Froid that morning in the Airways
Travel-Ai plane, making the trip in
just 40 minutes. Jim was one of
the Judges and j. F. one of the
checkers. Other checkers from here
were Arlie Foor, Ed Camrud, L. NJ.
Clayton and A. r. Listug.
Purpose of the Tour
This is the fourth national air
tour and the route covers 5000 miles.
| The purpose is to demonstrate the
reliability of travel by air on a pre-
determined schedule. The first prize
is the Edsel Ford trophy and $2500,
2nd prize is $4,000, and so on down
TO the 10th which is 5000. In scor-
ing speed is secondary to reliability
and performance and victory goes
o the plane carrying the greatest
pay load per horsepower, in the
shortest time with the best dis
patch - The air fleet left Detroit
on June so and is due to reach there
again on July 2S. Of the % planes
originally entered - are still in the
race.
Preceding the tour on every hop
is an army Douglas ship, carrying
Captain Collins, tour referee, and
Capt. R. g. Breene, assistant They
give the checkers and judges at each
stop their Instructions Following
the tour on every hop is big three
motored Fokker transport, loaned by
the Army, and carrying the news
paper correspondents.
Distinguished FIiers
The first entry in the race was
Bellanca monoplane, piloted by VIM.
s. Brock and having as one of the
three passengers Edw. F. Schlee.
Lyman Clayton had this plane to
check. Another Belanca had Geo.
w. Haldeman for pilot Arlie Foor
thought that he was the luckiest
man in the bunch because he drew
entry No. >, the big Ford tri-motor,
with its cabin large enough to ac-
commodate - passengers. This is
on the tour five passengers
besides the mechanic. 1t is piloted
by Frank M. Hawks. This plane is
built entirely of Dura aluminium
The cabin is entirely enclosed and
is shut off from the compartment
where the pilot and mechanic are.
The seats are upholstered in leather
and there is a smoking compartment
and other arrangements for the com
fort of the passengers. There is
comfortable couch and Mrs Hawks,
one of the passengers, said she lay
down and took nice nap on the
way between Great Falls and Froid.
Cook Gets Little One
John Cook got the smallest plane
of the lot to check, the MonocOupe
piloted by Mrs. Phoebe F. Omlie
Of Memphis, Tenn, the only woman
pilot entered. Her plane used only
l3 gallons of gas between Great
Falls and Froid. A. T. Listug check
ID a Stinson, Jr. piloted by Randolph
J. Page, and Ed Camrud had No. 9,
l Ryan piloted by f. w. Cleveland
md carrying three passengers. There
ire three Ryans in the race. Dewey
lowers is the mechanic on one of
he three Stinsons entered. Besides
hese there were two Bulls, two Wa
os and one each of the following
makes of ship: Travel Air Curtiss,
'tearman. Eaglerock. Swallow, Lock
eed and Fairchild
Planes Well Handled
1t was beautiful thing, say the
heckers, to see the skillful manner
With which the pilots handled their
lanes. They would come over the
nish wire at terrific speed, then
ank their planes and shoot up into
he air circling around over the
eads of the crowd. =
Meets Old Schoolmate
Fred Rathert had a delightful sur
rise when he discovered that Brooks
ne of the performers in the air
ircus which followed the departure
f the planes for Minot, was an old
choolmate of his at Cresco, Iowa.
rooks did triple parachute jump,
sing red. white and blue parachutes
4 succession.
There were about six airplanes
liking up passengers that afternoon.
i'm Cook was busy and had all the
assengers he could handle.
Plentywood Wins Twice
Two ball games were played be-
veen Plentywood and Scobey and
lentywood and the Cuban Pirates.