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CIRCUS STUNTS
ARE GIVEN BY
U. S. AVIATORS
UAi.l.AS, Texas, April 1. — No
longer i' it r.**cessai y for people
journey to some fair or carnivai to
.-*• birdmen perfonn "stunts.’ With
tin coming of thousands of aviators
to the several training camps tor
army fivers, airplanes have become
very commonplace ir Texas.
A hall dozen big machines hovormv
over i T'-xus town no longer attract
attention. Texans have come to n
g ud the army flyers with th**ir dives,
I nips, n*»>e spins, ami similar teats as
vety ordinaly. in the rura* district:'
•no freouent cross country flight;
1mm Ihdlas to ro.'t Worth, Wichita
••'alls, Waco. Houston and San Anto
nie. no longer send tne barnyard flock
I ui rymg to cover. Kv« n the chick
i have come to Iihik upon the avi
utois an*1 their big macbin* s ;•< every
day visitors.
Several machines were badly dam
ag* d by the turiou* crowds •ast f.J!
when the advance guanl >f aviators
began to make cross country flight:".
Today aviators al:ght at v. ill. and.
aside from possibly a few passershy
oi playing children, attract dttle ii
any attention.
r.vei) aviation neiu nas iu.
tester. This tester is the indwiaicd
who makeb the first flights with ‘very
new machine. Once h» climbs in! >
iho air xith a new Kie l i* e he oegns
a serie> of “stunts." calculated to 1i*>
out the planes th at are to be Used t>y
the flying cadets, first ho will make
a dozen loops, Lnen a nos spin, com
ing out to ilo a sudden dive, then a
w ide loop and finish with a tui n on
the wing.
“These tests," ivmaiktd the tester
v lieutenant at one of the fields ne'i:*
;>allas. “put an ext mo diivuy strain
*jnon ‘very part of the machine. If it
comes out all ri*rht. I pat my O. on
it and it’s ready for u>e. if :t doe-n**
—they will soon get another tester
and instructor.*'
Kver\ day dozens of huge shipping
» tes are haul* d to the lex as av»ati»»n
•••Ids. Ixvery field has its assembling
plant where expert mechanics ciire
fu.l\ uncrate the many pa 'ts and in a
fen days a new airplane is rolled into
th • field. Iv ory inch of the Irish-Hn
. i d. • lugs is gone over for any
d v L" »\ ;es an! com ectiug-runs
a’** jeiked and submitted to a he .vy
The steering mechanism is
examined, the motor started and
lr in» d ears listen to its hum. If ins
o!"liminar> test shows everything to
b« shipshape, the long hi own crafl
with the red, white and blue stripes
mi the rudder is trundled fuithec into
tli*‘ held, the tester mounts the seat,
fastens the several straps that hold
him ii*. and sails away.
Loops, dives, nose and tail spinning
are just ordinary flying for the tester,
l’he machine stands on enn, on its
nose, flys on the side turns over and
keeps on flying, executes spirals and
a,m!o>. Hies upside down -in fact doe*
everything but “sit up and beg.”
1'he big tests on all parts of the
machine comes when a “turn on the
ur“ is executed, when the machine
suddenly tilted to one side or the
o»her and if there is anything faulty
w. h the machine it comes to light.
! ;h hands, both feet, and the whole
h. ad is needed in “stunt” fl,.jng and
th * failuie of anyone of these to ac*.
I »perly may mean the end of the
*v*unt” and. the flyer as well.
I\> «*x cute a nose and tail spin,
I . % „ I i* A. A I — _ A - .
idled and tin* machine is “out of con
troi" of the aviator. To right the
nt; • hm< he must <peed up his engine
and use hot'.i hands and feel in setting
hi. planes and steering gear. Skill
and coo*heade<in« .»s are required to re
gain control of th<* machine. Cunii
de ice is anoth»*r tiling required to
make a successful flyer. “It can he
iM tivatrd.” sain ihf* licu‘«‘nant tester.
Machines from tin- Texas Helds take
to tho air daily in face of winds blow*
ir r thirty-five and forty miles an
hour. Few of tin- accidents which
h « twcurred were d n* to windy con
dition.^. instructois claim. Aviators re
frain from flying over Texas towns*
where there are particularly tall
bui din rs.
LOS ANGhLLS, Cal.. April J. —
War gardens in the back yard of thou
sands of homes and in vacant lots
hroughout the residence sections of
the city will have the support of the
ity and the school here this season.
The city council recently appropri
ated 12,000 for the purchase of seeds
for young gardeners who couln not
'therwise start work. I he City Coun
•il of Defense also pledged its co
operation in the distribution of seeds
md the instruction of the workers,
rhe director of the ‘Liberty Fair” to
held here in October added the
jromise that the fruits and vegetables
;rown under the new plan would be
v.ade a display fcatuie at the fair, and
>robabl> a list of prizes offered the
growers.
The park commission agreed to aid
n distributing seeds and instructing
.In growers.
Water, an essential in the Los An
geles climate, was arranged for re
*c ntly when the council passed a reso
lution authorizing the ofhcials in
•barge of the water system to make a
nominal rate lor all water used on
war gardens.
An intermission in the brief rainy,
•eason recently saw hundreds of vardc
md lots prepared for cultivation, and
the sponsors of the new war garden
move believe the possibility of free
>«rds will result in a great increase of
cultivated spots, adding to the self
sustaining abilities of the southland
and to the beauty of the city. They
^iy well kept guldens, in lieu of va
cant lots and uncared for back yards,
will mke the war a force for beauty in
I .os Angeles.
EMERGENT \ HOSPITALITY
CENTER FOR THE SOLDIERS
SAX FRANCISCO, Cal., April 1.
The Young Women’s Christian As
eiation of San Francisco has opened
i .car emergency Hospitality Center
in the he^irt of the city at 125 Stock
ton St., where men of the service may
>“ met by their relatives and friends
at any hour of the day or evening,
.‘his is expected to prove a great com
fort to friend* from out of town who
nave out a short time in San Fran
cisco,— to spend with their soldiers
and sailors, and who, heretofore, have
had no convenient meeting place.
GIRLS SUCCESSFULLY OPERATE A MEAT MARKET
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Another instance oi the capability of modern women la furnished by two girls of Brooklyn who are operating a
meat market and making a aureeas of It. __
Snow
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LANDS W£!
what am awfui
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VIIHTeP VJHEAT
A HEAP O'
GOOO
GARDENS
BY THOUSANDS
ARE PROMISED
HOUSEWIVES
HAVE NO KICK
ON WAR PRICES
DETROIT. MICH., April 1. —
Housewives who have protested a
gainst the prices they pay lor tood
these days, may realize some consola
tion from the fact that their grand
mothers and their grandmothers*
mothers also did that same thing on
more than one occasion.
Two dollar wheat in Michigan is not
by any means a L.vor.tieth century in
novation. Neither is fifteen dollar
Hour, nor is two dollar corn. A hun
dred years ago some food stuffs cost
more in Detioit than they do now;
fifty years ago prices also were moteo- j
rj(.—in fact every generation since the
dawn of the nineteenth century, has
felt the ;>inch of nigh prices. Hut the ,
result has always been the same. vhc
co>t of living flashed skyward with a
whizz and eventually crashed earth
ward with a bang.
Startling comparisons with present
day prices for food were shown in the
market reports of June, 1187. Hero j
are some of the quotations:
Flour, per barrel, $11 to $12.
Pork, $26 to $30 a barrel.
Wheat two dollars a bushel; Corn
two dollars; oats, one dollar.
Potatoes, $1.25 a bushel.
Bul'.m, 31 cents a pouno; Eggs 37
cents a dozen.
Much has been viitien abo it the
sensational price fluctuations during
the civil war. For short spaces of time
during the late sixties prices were sky
high.
In the spring of 1817 wheat was
quoted at $2.95. Winter brought v ar
prices. Coal cost $13 a tor. more than
it has cos. in Detroit thus fa** during
the European war. Flour was $13 a
barrel.
From that time until 7 years ago,
the t rend of prices usually was down
ward. In Febraury, 1893, flour sold
at $3.95 pe** barrel.
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GERMANY GAN
GIVE NO REPLY
ON SUB ISSUE
LONDON, April 1. — The Ger
mans have never attempted to chal
lenge or contradict the statement of
Sir Eric Oddcs that between 40 and
■)0 per cent of the submarines operat
ing around the British Isles since the
beginning of the war have h<»pn de
stroyed. The percentage at the pres
ent moment, the Associated Press is
informed, is even higher than the fig
ures given by Sir Eiic Geddes, and
the new order of merit established by
the German Emperor for submarine
crews that have survived three under
sea expeditions is believed to be de
signed not so much as a reward for
successful achievement as a stimulus
and encouragement to submarine
crews to persist in their unequal com
bat with the British and American
navies.
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COOKED FOODS, HOT AND
II COLD TO CARRY HOME.
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BANQUETS AND LUNCHES
GIVEN SPECIAL ATTENTION II
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Seward Light &
Power Company
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COMPANY 5 spffo
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^ Sailings from Seattle
Northwestern, March 24th; Alameda, Apiil 1st;
Alaska, April 8th; Northwestern, Apr il, H»th,
Alameda, April 24th.
Beginning with the sailing of the Alaska, April S, all steamships ^i'l
go to Anchorage.
A. H. MCDONALD, Agent.
The Seward News Company
GEORGE PHELPS
Booksellers, Newsdealers and Stationer*
fjmi cj
Seward. Alaska ADMIRAL BUILDING Rhone Main 81
S. S. Farragut. March .4
Goes to Kodiak
( S. S. Admiral Watson . April 6
) Goes to Anchorage
FROM SEAT TLE: ( s_ s A(1mirai Farragut.April If
/ Goes to A nchorr ge
Sailings from Seattle for California, Wednesdays, Fridays, and
Saturdays. For further information address Wayne Blue, Agent,
Seward Alaska.
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