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Newspaper Page TextFOUR ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, "TUESDAY," JUNE 21; 1927.- BIRD STARTED SEEING WORLD AT AGE OF 12 Globe Circled Alone When ;' Mere Youth to Satisfy His Wanderlust, IDEAL NAVIGATOR First in an Airplane Over North Pole; Cited for Bravery for Deeds f " in World War. KiflW YOKIC, Juno 21. Hardly hu(l Commander itfchuid lOvelyn Uyrd realized hU life ambition, a trifr tu 11 io North Pole, before ho begun : preparations (or new ex ploits in ho tilr. . While (be cheers inspired by Ills fllfiht over tho Polo on May 9, 19 26,7 mill woro riiiKing In his ears, Hid United Slalen Navy avlatoiMx ploror took undor conalderatlon a proposed trip by air to tho South Polo. Then he decided to entor tin) Now York to Paris hon-atop coylcHL' which had attracted other biridmon of America and Franco, iyrd first heeded tho epirlt of wiinderlUHt whon, at he ago of 12, lio obtained permission from his mother to make a journey around thj) vorId by himself. , . jl'ulos ol' Arctic exploration next expired his Interest and he deter mined whon lf yeurs old lo. make an effort to. discover tho North Polo,; Admiral iiobert K. Peary bt at -hliu there but Byril shares w th Peary the honor of having led ai expedition over tho top of the world, and 'moreover hlH Ih the added honor of having, , flown; ,an ttirpjaue'ovcr tho pole for the first time 31 1 h Inventions revolutionized the' navigation of 'aircraft. One was tho 'so-callod "bubblo Hoxlant" which cmiblca flyers Ho, obtain nu artificial horizon and. to calculate positions whjlo in, flight.. Anollmr was the sun compass anil the third1 a drift Indicator. As a result of Uiqse and other accomplishments, 'fJyrd' -In - -1919 was assigned to (ho duty of devel oping navigational ' methods and providing equipment ,for tho , suc cessful trans-Atlantic fllg.it of tho NC-4. Ho volunteered to fly from England to thlH country In the dirigible Zlt-2 and was In England "when tho airship was wrecked. . During the World -war he rend bred valuable service, and this, wftH (ho added fact that his record showed 17 citations, four of thorn lor bravery, had' much, to do with congress passing a special act giv ing him the rank of lieutenant; com inuuder, a tomporary 'appointment he already had hold. He had or- or biteJ Danger is not only through transmit' eionofdiseascgcrnru, but also by infec tion caused by era tching the itch ing spot. FlyTox kills mooqu.tiw. Will not tain. . Ewy boilU guaranteed. rax it tht icitntie fruwi Cult thai urn dewlopcd ft Mellon nimuw of nduMildl Rttttttch by IUj Raunk Mlowihtfi ! KUIS J I FUtS, MOTHS MOSOUITOtS jliDBUOftJUTl mm BUS ESSION ganlzcd tho navy department's commission on training camps in 1017. Tho following year lio went to Canada tr take command of tho U. 8. naval . forces In that country. lie was credited by tho chief of the bureau ifflAoronautfcH In the Navy Department with having had much to do with getting puaHcd legislation creating that bureau. , Whon Amundsen asked tho United Stales for tho loan of a pilot in 1024 for his iR:pedltlon ISyid waH the first to volunteer but tho navy department turned him down because ho wan a married man. With tho MncMlllan Arctic expedition in 1925, however, Ujrrd flew more than 3,000 miles. Heavy fogH prevented tho scurcli for new land. Tho commander was horn In Winchester, Va., October 25, 1888. Ho was a xtttdent at tho naval academy when l'oury roached the North Polo. The. monoplane "Miss Josephine Ford" in which Commander Hyrd flew over the North Polo in 15 hours and !i0 minutes was a three motored piano, lllio Iho "America," his New York to Paris craft. In tho flight he travelled approximate ly 1000 miles. Mrs. H. JO. Dyrd, Sr., mothbr of tho aviator, described her .son as having . been , born "an adventurer, an exploror, - absolutoly wllnout rs LUST NIGHT BY CITY COUNCIL Paving Repair Work to Be Done on West Douglas Street. MONEY IS ADVANCED Fire Department Allowance for- Two Months Ordered Paid to Cover Bills. The city council held u lengthy and busy session last night, at tending to a largo number of im portant matters. The street repair work was giv en u good deal of attention and painted ulong the curbs to warn tourist a of the limit fixed by the council. , ' I Another petition filed by the property owners: along the two blocks of Stephens street between Cass and Moaner was referred to the committee on electric lights. This petition asked that street lamps, similar to those on Casa and Jackson streets be Installed. It was suggested that the matter he placed on the ballot at the special bond election to be held July 8. It is too late, however, to put the matter on the ballot, so the elec tric light committee will endeavor to work out some other plan, if possible. The contract for lumlshing sup plies and keeping the city street lights in Operation was let to A. H. Crowell. Bids were submitted by two firms, but Mr. Crowell's offer was found to be the best for the city's interest and waa accept ed. In view of the fact that the city attorney will be required to dovote an unusually large amount of time to alterations of the city charter and foreclosure of lelns, he was granted a salary increase of $75 I per month for a period of one year. The bulk or the money will he received back by the city, it is believed, through the collection of attorney fees in the lien foreclos ure actions. An ordinance requiring the con structlon of a sidewalk along the Mercy hospital property on Ma drone avenue, was placed on first an dsecond readings. Two ordinances segregating as sessments to comply with the Um.ii IIur.nuUrl tit lu.-..M 'I'I.a nmur has done considerable patching amended plat of Blocks O. H. and and has finished tho work on most ' laurel wood, wore road first ... m. u i. and second readings. Ul 11IU HLItlUlB. IUU LU UUUVV 1 1 UCH ' " ing, however, West Douglas street Another ordinance providing for has been badly broken and it was the issuance of city Improvement a oucstlon as to whether or not an ! bonds, under tho Bancroft act, in LA BARBA'S TITLE AT STAKE TONIGHT; MEETS MIKE BRADY Sl LOUIS Juno 21 Tho world's chumplonRhjp flyweight crown will he at Stake here tonight. when Fi del La'' Barba , tltleholder, meets Mike 'Brady of Pooria, HI., in a scheduled ten; round bout, at St. Louis University. Athletic Field. The champion and challenger both are down, lo weight and ap pear to be on fine fighting edge. Interest in the bout has : been stimulated by the porfornmnco of the Peoria contendor in bis victory here a few weeks ago over. Jim my 'Lucas, In tho Unltod States navy title holder,' liv an Ground match. La Barba, however, ' '.".spears confident of retaining' bis title. attempt should bo made to make repairs or whether tho ' Btreet should be ropaved. It was finally decided to refinlsh tho street with a two inch layer of asphalt over tho present foundation. The firo department asked for au , advance In its allowance. Dur ing tho month of May there was an exceptionally largo number of riros and as u result the depart ment has been unable to meet its bills. Tho mouth of June, how ovor, has so far had few calls, so that It is believed the allowance will eventually covor the ex penses, but about ?200 Is needed at present to pay off tho volun teers. Tho council ordered the recorder to advance tho depart ment two monthly payments. The health and police commit-, too roported that an Investigation had been mado at the dump grounds, but Hint nothing definite bad as yet been done. It was recommended Hint some system be' worked out for better garbage dis posal nnd a further investigation will bo mado in Hint connection. A bill of $238 was turned in to cover the cost of mowing grass on unimproved streets and vacant lots. Tho Mayor reported that ar rangement hnd been made for sale of tho hay at the rate of $7 per Ion, which will partially covor Uio cost. . A petition was received asking that Stephens street, between Cass and Lane, be included iu the re stricted parking district. As this section: la already within iho re stricted zono no action was taken on Iho matter,: other than instruct ing Hie nitu-shall to have signs the sum of $3,924.2u, was placed on first and second reading. Cottage cheese. RoseDurg Dairy. Phone 186. 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Gibson of tho United States decided to day to convoke a meeting of the technical experts of Great Britain, the United States and Japan. The experts were instructed, first, to exchange views and reach an agreement on the existing sta tus of the three navies, including building programs, and second, to begin study of tho 3 seta of pro posals placed before Iho confer ence yesterday, with a view of clarification, of their real purport. An ofticial communique was Is sued saying tho executive commit tee had adopted a resolution in which It suggested that a technical committee b formed to "exchange agreed statistics of tho present cruiser, destroyer nnd submarino tonnage," of each of tho 3 powers and uf the deignel tonnage of ships of those classes comprised In the imval programs now au thorized nml for which money has been appropriated; also "any other information tending to clarify tho proposals.'1 The resolution' concluded with the hopo that In this manner the conference wonhl be in n position lo tart Its deliberation on "an agreed basis of fact." Great Hrltnln la behalf of Eng land nnd India nnd other domin ion except l auada and the Irish Preo Ht:Ut ht forwarded to the League of Nations' secretariat ratification of the anti-slavery con vmtii.n drawn up n Geneva in Seplember The convention now is nulomalically In force thruout the British empire. Bulgaria and Denmark ? are the only other countries which have ratified the agreement r Pure whole mtlt, and W past -mrized. Rose burg Dairy. Pnone 168 .MAO BULL STILL ST D1LLARD WILL CELEBRATE 4TH Kfaborato plans nre being mado InlnHv hi' tin Rrnrlfwiiv nnH nil. Hard communities for a Fourth of July . celebration to be held at the f AMootntM Prcs Leaned Wire.) CRESCENT CITY, Calif. June 21 The 4 NO mile Redwood highway marathon between San Francisco and Grants Pass, Oregon, entered its final phase today with Mad Bull and Flying Cloud, Karook In dians, In first and second positions and with third honors within reach of Melika, one of the threo Zuni Indian entries. Mad Bull, heading tho contest onts, struck out for the last K7 miles of the course at 10 o'clock last night, after having had almost five hours of. rest. Flying Cloud arrived threo quarters of an hour beforo Mad Hull left. The hold er of second placo got less than threo hours rest leaving hero shortly before midnight when D miles behin-i the loader. Mellka's backers, awaiting his arrival here early today, prepared, to push him on in a last desper ate effort to overtake the other two. The other six runners were struus: over a distance ot nearly 100 miles. Vith his usual run of luck and stamina. Mad Bull was expected to pull into Grants Pass somo time to night to capture first prize of $1, 000. Another $1,000 will be dis tributed i n secondary priivs.; SIGK WOMAN SOON RECOVERS By Taking Lydia E.Pinlt ham's Vegetable Compound Brockway baseball field Monday, July 4. The program will start with a patriotic service in the morning beginning at 10 a. m., and follow ed by a basket dinner at noon. The afternoon will be given over to tumult mm Biiurm including toui- v races and athletic events at 1 D.' in. a free for all saddle race at 2 p. in., broccoli cart race at 2:30 p. m.f and then a baseball game be tween the Dlllard and Glendalc teams. A big dance In the after noon and evening will complete the schedule of events. A big time is assured, by the committee' iu charge. . , - Hay forks and handles at Whar ton Bros. - ' Fifty cents a lnontn 6y carrier tour dollars a year by mad is tit subscription pries of the Roaeburg Nows-fievler. Newsiest dally In Southern, Piegoij, A neighbor advised me to try Lydin R Plnkhnm's Vegetable Com pound, which she said helped her so much. So I bought a few bot tles and tried it out. .1 1 s u r e helped me won derfully. 1 felt much bettor. M y w o r k I s no longer a dread to me. If I near of any one who is troubled the way 1 as. I will gladly rccom I mend the Vegetable Coniou:id to thorn and t will niviwer any lettors iii regard to the same." 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He also Is travelling alone, bnt In a 35-foot ketch. Un like the lone eagte, however. Cap tain Drake got his regular sleep. COLUMUS, Ohio. Eight years after it was lost at the Ohio State Fair Orounds. a purse baa been re turned to Mrs. J. D. Conrad ot St. Petersburg Fla.. with Its con tents intact. Including sixteen dol lars In cash, two Tings and other knickuacks. NEW YORK. Radio fans whose sets can reach the 600-meter wave and who know the continental code can tune in on Commander Byrd's reports during his flight. The Tho piano's call will be WTW. PRINCETON, N. J. J a m o s (Bud) Stlllman. son of tho million aire banker, expects to enter' the medical profession where be "can be of r some . sen-Ice, possibly." Bud hH been elected to the I'M Beta Kappa, .