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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX; PORTLAND. ' "31 ARCH"" J), l!)lt).' Nations of Old and New World Vie Mounting Upward on "Wings of Commerce," World's Programme Embraces Aerial BY RALPH T. FOLWELLi u. s. n. n. f. THE -world seems on the threshold of great achievements in commer cial aeronautics, if the prepara tions under way in all .the leading countries of the globe can be taker, as a criterion. i , The United States navy department ha-s taken up the project of trans Atlantic flying, and, in the scramble with other nations to be first in the attainment of so epoch-making an achievement, is ben8mg every effort to promote aviation in all its phases. In France the government has a high commission on aeronautics work ing ceaselessly to stimulate the ex tension of the use of airplanes in com merce. In this respect Italy, too, has a com mission at work with a similar object in view. Looking forward to world conquests from the air, Germany, despite her crippled condition, has estabtished an aviators' league of boys of from 15 to IS and is giving them practical training in flying at 4 marks a year. From England comes the announce ment that the government has air planes capable of carrying 30 passen gers and a crew of seven, traveling at 100 miles an hour at an altitude of 10.000 feet and without a stop in 1200 miles. In Spain, too, great activity has teen begun to make commercial avia tion a success. In Scandinavian countries an almost feverish interest in aviation has been Aroused and congresses are discussing ways and means and judicial problems regarding aeronautics, and aerial trans portation companies are being formed. Japan, of course, is not backward in this movement and expects to rank eecond to no other country in com mercial aviation. India, Australia and the big coun tries of South America are likewise n the alert in this field. Little Belgium, mauled, mangled, rav aged and in ruins, has shown the grit it is made of by establishing an aerial inter-city mail service. Following is a more detailed account oT what the world is doing for its com merce in the air: Fifteen foreign countries actively en gaged in commercial aeronautics! Italy. First At Rome is quartered the "Italian permanent commission of aero nautics," whose duties are to encourage and promote all forms of aeronautics in Italy. Second Italy has four of the world's largest airplane plants the Caproni, Pomilio, Ansaldo and Fiat also more than 20 minor airplane factories. Third In the northern part of Italy are many factories manufacturing daily more than 5000 square miles of veneer wood exclusively for airplanes. Fourth The "permanent uommission of aeronautics" has issued, through the Italian bureau of public information, This statement: "That the plans for the regular aeronavigation between the va rious capitals of the allied nations and that of the subsidiary lines across the Mediterranean have been officially ap proved." Fifth Rome, Dec. S. Gianni Caproni makes the following statement: -"I am building a triplane which will accom modate 100 passengers, with all modern comforts, cabins and beds. When suf ficient planes have been built to form a flotilla I shall sketch out a itinerary for each one to take. For the present we cannot transport third-class pas sengers owing to the expense of the journey. We are positive of important results, but think that others will fol low that will be even more important." Sixth Mr. Caproni is also building a triplane of 1SU0 horsepower to make one of the first trans-Atlantic flights early next spring. France, First The French government has a high commission on aeronautics which is untiringly working to stimulate the use of the airplane in commerce and planning ways and means to make France a leader in aeronautics. Second Paris, Nov. 17. The French government is contemplating the cre ation of about 20 aerial lines connect ing Paris with the chief cities of France and the great foreign centers. Third Paris-London aerial mail service inaugurated last June by Mr. Lorgnat. A permanent service now. Fourth France is the largest pro ducer of one of the three greatest air plane engines, that is, the "Hispano Suiza," having at the time of the sign ing of the armistice 17 factories de voted exclusively to the production of this engine. Fifth Four of the best-known makes of airplanes are French the Spad, Caudron, Salmson and Breguet. Also the designs for the well-known De llaviland came from the famous French designer, Captain Geoffrey de Haviland. (jrrmany. First In Germany there is a new flying league known as the "Deutsche Fliegerbund," which, just as the "Ger ' man Navy League" was influential in giving Germany a powerful navy, is ex pected to promote the German aim in "the next war" of conquering the world from the air. Flying schools are to be established for the "theoretical and practical" instruction of boys from 15 to IS years old. The training will be carried out by means of model air planes. The monthly fee will be one mark, ' about 25 cents. "Practical" training at 4 marks a year. Second Air traffic has begun be tween some of the largest German towns. The planes carry parcel post and passengers. The passenger rate is S'i marks a kilometer, or about 94 cents a mile. Third From a British official who has visited Staaken comes this state ment: "At Staaken, just outside of Ber lin, an airplane for trans-Atlantic flight is now under construction. It has a wing spread of 19S feet and en Bines developing 3000 horse power." Fourth This same authority states that at the Zeppelin factory at Fried richshafen, which he visited, another transatlantic plane is being built which has nine engines, eight propellers and Will carry 100 passengers. Fifth While at the Zeppelin factory they related to him the story of a re markable Zeppelin flight as follows: At 8 A. M. on November 21, 1917, a Zeppelin with a crew of 22, carrying 25 tons of munitions and medicine, left Jamobli. Bulgaria, for German East Africa. On the night of November 22-23 the ship was over Khartoum, when it received a wireless message from Nauen ordering it to return, due to the surrender of Von Letton-Worbeck's troops in Africa to the British. The airship came back to anchor at Jam- boli at 8 A. M. on November 25, being four days in the air without a stop or a landing. The visitor was told by Herr Rasch, managing director of the fac tory, that the chip was capable of go ing from Berlin to New York and back -without a stop. Sixth The same authority further reports that at Staaken he saw great airplanes of five motors, each devel oping 250-horsepower and driving five propellers. xhey have a wing spread of 140 feet, carry a crew of eight and 2840 pounds of useful load and can stay up 14 hours at a speed of 81 miles an hour. These are to be used for aerial transportation between London, Paris and Berlin. Seventh Germany is making 'enor mous secret preparations to secure mastery of the air. German insurance companies are seeking cover in neutral countries to iriBure a great chain of airplane factories and experimental stations. Factories in Germany are 'J1 hastily being converted from war pro- ' duction to peace-time production of planes and engines. Staffs of. engi neers, designers and pilots are in con-' stant training. Gigantic hangars and stations are being constructed in all the principal towns. At first just the chief German centers will be linked up with Berlin, then Berlin will be linked with Paris, London and New York. Eighth Germany ia the home of the infamous Gotha bombing planes and the Fokker planes used in that Hun "circus squadron." Also Germany is the home of three very highly perfect ed airplane engines, viz., the Mercedes, Benz and May bach. Great Britain, First Manchester, Dec. 20. Lord Weir, British air minister, makes this statement: "We now have airplanes which can carry a crew of seven men and 30 passengers to a height of 10,000 feet, travel at 100 miles an hour, make a nonstop journey of 1200 miles and alight on the sea and rise again with a full load." Second London. The first aerial commercial service in Great Britain is already in the last stages of develop ment, with the initial route connecting London and Harrowgate. The planes will make about 120 miles an hour. Third London to Paris air service ready to be inaugurated. The Ritz Hotel, Piccadilly, is the English ter minus and the Ritz Hotel, Place Ven dome, Paris, is the French terminus. mswiiriEome EAR FRIENDS: Today I have for I I you as important information as "" I havt ever given you. and it sems to me the most valuable of its kind obtainable. There are many books on methods of raising fruits and vegetables, with de- J scriptions of varieties of each suitable for planting anywhere, in the United States. Every seed catalogue extols the merits of various varieties to such an extent that we are bewildered and hardly know which to choose as best for us at the time and in this climate, for you all understand that a certain kind of fruit or vegetable that would do -well in our mild, moist climate would not do well at all in a dry farm ing section, or in many high, cold lo cations in Oregon. Also that many of the varieties rec ommended as the finest for our home gardens would not "stand up" to be exported for market; with many other considerations which enter into this problem. Vegetables Recommended. Last year each of our five local seedsmen carefully prepared for me a list of recommendations to serve as a guide in the selection of the best varieties of vegetables for home gar dens in Portland and vicinity. These lists I combined very careful ly into the most authentic advice ever given you as to the varieties suited to our needs, for no one else knows about conditions in Portland as well as these seedsmen. All'the recommendations that I shall give you from time to time as to the best varieties to plant this year will be based on this list. Plant Frnit In Gardens. Today I have for you an even more important summary of the advice of our seedsmen, in that last year's list was of vegetables and this year's is of fruits. If we find we have made a mistake in planting a certain kind of vegetable one year, we can remedy it the next. but when you plant fruit trees or even the small fruits, it is usually for a lifetime, so it is correspondingly Im portant that we have the right varie ties. ' I have not space to urge you to plant all the kinds of fruits that you possi bly can in your gardens. I am taking it for granted that you realize how ex tremely desirable it is to have an as sortment of all the kinds of fruit ydur family likes. By planting these around the borders of your garden and lawn, they take up very little room, once When English and American commercial carriers sail over the seas together. The timetable that has been drawn up and which with the machines it is pro posed to use it should in most cases be quite possible to adhere to, or even im prove upon, is as follows: Departure by- motorcar. Ritz Hotel, London, 10 A. M. Departure from London airdrome, 10:30 A. M. Arrival Paris airdrome, 1 P. M. Arrival Ritz Hotel, Paris. 1:30 P. M. The fare has at present been fixed at 15 guineas, which will, it is expected, include an insurance for 1000 for each passenger. Seventeen tickets have been Bold for the first trips. The machines to be used at first will be converted bombing planes. These machines are very fast twin-motor biplanes, of about 130 miles an hour, so that in bad weather they will maintain an average speed over the ground of 100 miles an hour. Fourth. Captain Wild, of Shackleton'a south pole expedition, has laid plana for an exploration trip by airplane to the north pole. This flight will com mence next April, going via Spitzber gen. From this point it is only a nine hour flight to the pole. Fifth London Daily Mail is offering J50.000 as a prize for the first success ful trans-Atlantic flight. The first entry lodged with the Royal Aero club was on November 15. by the Whitehead Air craft Company, Ltd. The . machine, which is almost complete, is a biplane with four propellers, eacfi driven by a .planted they are there to stay, and they do not require nearly so much work as vegetables. I asked our seedsmen for two lists of recommendations, which they have carefully prepared and sent me. The Beat Small Frnit. The first list was what they con sidered the most desirable fruit for our home gardens to raise for home use. It was to be understood in this that all kinds of fruits were equally enjoyed by all families which is often not the case. Your own family likes and dis likes will, of course, modify these rec ommendations, but aside from that, the list should have great weight with you. Fruits were named in the order in which they were deemed desirable. and this is the way the combined ver dict stands for small fruits: 1, strawberries; 2. raspberries; 3, blackberries; 4, loganberries; 5, cur rants; 6, grapes; 7. gooseberries. All the seedsmen united in placing strawberries first and in placing rasp berries second, but were not in com plete accord on the rest. One seeds man thought currants more valuable than blackberries, and another thought loganberries more valuable than either; but the summary of their choices works out as given. The Best Fruit Trees. This is the order in which we were recommended to set out fruit trees, putting out one tree of each and Just as many as we could find room for in all the land we own. A fruit tree is often just as ornamental as any other small tree which we use in shrubbery and no one realizes who has not tried it how much finer fruit is picked off your own trees fresh and clean Just as it ripens. The most desirable are: (1) plums, (2) cherries. (3) pears, (4) prunes. (5) apples, (6) peaches, t7) ap ricots. All were agreed on plums as best and cherries next, but pears and prunes were practically tied for third place and apples and peaches were nearly even in favor after them, though one seeds man preferred apples to all other fruits and was the only one to mention aprl cots. Varieties Named. II. The seedsman also furnished me with lists of recommendations of the best varieties of each fruit to plant which are extremely valuable. Com bined as before they are as follows: Best Garden Strawberries. Of strawberries the New Oregon Is the favorite variety, easily leading all others for home garden use. Next comes Progressive, an ever-bearing mmm rum i n n 400-horsepower liberty engine. The wing spread is 120 feet and the overall length is 65 feet, while the speed is esti mated at 115 miles an hour. It is planned to start early this spring. Cap tain Arthur Payze, It. A. F.. is nom inated as pilot, and he will be accom panied by an assistant pilot, a naviga tor and a mechanic. Sixth England leads In the produc tion of aircraft. It is the home of 'six of the greatest makes of airplanes known, viz.. the Handlry-Page. Nieu port. Sopwith, Whitehead, Bristol and Evro. Spain. Madrid Captain Herraro, chief of the Spanish air service, has had sev eral interviews with King Alfonso on the subject of aerial services between Spain and America. A large shipping corporation will finance the project. Large machines capable of carrying 40 passengers besides mall will be used. The fare will be about $100 and 25 cents an ounce for letters. Norway Sweden. Denmark, Finland. First Prince Axel of Denmark, with a party of Danish aeronautical experts, is at present a guest of the L'nited states navy and is touring our coun try inspecting particularly the air craft industries. Prince Axel is captain commander of the Danish navy and also an aviator since 1912. Second On April 26 and 27 an inter Scandinavian conference on aviation kind, then Marshall, Marvel. Magoon and Superb in the order named. (Personally I would vote for Ma goons. They are very large and fine flavored and with irrigation were ever bearing with me last summer). Heat Varieties of ltsspberrlea. In red raspberries the favorite for the home garden is the new Superla tive, large, productive and early. A close second is the old standard Cuth bert, a good commercial berry. The SL Regis is also highly recommended as a wonderful new ever-bearing variety, a fine berry giving a good early crop and a fall crop extra. In black raspberries or '.black caps" the Plum Farmer is the favorite, a good extra early berry. Kansas and Cum berland are the other varieties rec ommended. Every garden should have at least a half dozen raspberry bushes, and a few St. Regis should be in cluded. Best GaiaVa Blackberries. The Lawton blackberry is called by all Oregon's most popular variety for market and home; large, productive and early. The domesticated Evergreen, native to Oregon, is also recommended. It bears continuously from July to No vember, and the berries are large, sweet and delicious. It is a very rapid climber, with beautiful foliage and very ornamental and desirable to cover an unsightly fence, rockpile, et cetera. The Lucretia dewberry is recom mended as a large-fruited variety rip ening the last of. May. It has no hard core. Beat Varieties of Lojtnnberriea. All seedsmen unite in recommending the Burbank Phenomenal as the best variety. One good vine will give you a surprising amount of fruit. Every one knows how fine it is for Juice and Jelly, but few people know that the loganberry, being such a foti fruit when fully ripe, is always picked for market before It is ripe, when it al ways remains sour. But If you have a loganberry vine of your own and let the fruit remain until it is very dark purple and fully ripe it Is delicious for table use. Here is a case where you never taste the good fresh fruit unless you raise it yourself. Best Garden Currants. Again all our seedsmen unite in rec ommending but one variety the new "Perfection." It has large red berries, few seeds, very prolific. Plant a few bushes for Jelly if you can. Best Grapes for Homes. Campbell's Early is tho best purple grape; large clusters and large berries which do not drop off like others. The for Supremacy in Trunk Lines to Circle Globe and Link was held In Stockholm, presided over by the Swedish Crown 1'rlnce. Here delegates from the aero clubs of three countries planned lines for aerial trans portation and discussed judicial prob lems regarding aviaticn. Third In Norway. Denmark and Sweden large corporations for, aerial transportation have been established and mail and passenger service be tween the capital cities will begin next spring. Fourth The Eergens Tldende an nounces a new airplane company formed at Christ iania. Norway, with a fixed capit.il of kr. 350.000. Fifth Christian!. Dec. SI. Doctor Keilhau. manager of the Norwegian Air Traffic Company, states that plans are completed for the establishment this summer of an air line between Stavanger, on. the coast of Norway and Aberdeen, on the coast of Scotland. Sixth. Hel lingfor.--. Finland. Sept. 29. Announcement wai made of an air traffic company formed there with a capital of 2.000.00M Finnish marks. Japan. First. Tokio beasts two large aero nautical organizations. "The Imperial" and "The National Aviation Associa tion." Second. Last fall the Japanese prime minister was a guest at a lunch eon with Baron Sakatain and enreal Nagaoka. the respective vice-presidents of the Imperial and National Aviation associations, and a large variety has few seeds and Is a long keeper. The old popular Concord is the second choice. Both ripen in August. However, we are assured that any eastern grape will do well here, so if you love the old green Niagara or the delicious native Delaware, with its lit tlo Ted clusters, plant these, or any other old favorite. Remember that our climate does not raise the thick-fleshed "California" grapes. The Flame Tokays grown in the ltoguc river valley are un excelled anywhere, but we cannot grow them in the W.illiamette valley. Above all things plant at least one or two grapevines nf some kind even if you substitute them for a couple of your climbing roses or wisteria. No vine is more beautiful at all seasons than a grapevine and no fruit more delicious or healthful. If you plant gooseberries plant the Oregon Champiou. The Beat Plum Trees. For the home garden the peach plum is first choice large, red. ripening in August. The second recommendation is the old iavorite damson, small purple, ripening in September, but any personal favorite can be substituted. Oregon's Beat Cherries. Do you know that the finest cherries in the world originated in Oregon and nowhere else do they flourish better? The Royal Anne is the favorite with us all, as Willi our eecdmcn. Pale yellow with red cheek, ripe July 1. Next is the Lambert, deep red. ripe the middle of July. Then the Blng, large, black late July. A tro of the Ken tish or early Richmond sour cherries is also recommended as "pie cherries," (but 1 have never eaten better pie than the sweet Bing or Black Republican make). Our Beat Pear Trees. The well-known Bartlett it acknowl edged to be "the bet summer pear in existence." Of 'he fall pears the Win ter Nellis is the favorite and especially adapted to this valley. It Is a wonder ful keeper. I ate some delicious ones yesterday which were kept from last fall. 1 learned to know fine pear In the Rogue river valley, which grows the finest in the world, it is claimed. There the Buerre d'AnJou and the Beurre Clairgeau were among the finest (Beurre meaning a soft buttery pear). Oar Best Prunes. The Italian prune is the first choice of all and a general favorite large, dark-purple. The Petite is also rec ommended small, purple, sweet and very productive. The Best Apple Trees. In our home garuens we are gener ally recommended to grow only summer or autumn varieties in a very limited area. Having more land, we can grow more varieties. I will name all varie ties commended. Of all varieties the Gravenste.in. ripening in Aumist. and the beautiful and well-known Spitzen- company of bankers and other men of affairs, who met in order to form a combined national association to se cure the widest financial help for an effort to raise aviation In Japan to the level of other countries. India. Simla. Oct. 14. The government of India is planning, to establish, an aerial service in India. Australia. Plans are made for the formation of a company to operate air lines be tween the chief cities of the differ ent Australian provinces and also to London. l'avnsera and mail will be carried. Belgium. Brussels. Dec. 191. The govern ment has established aerial mail serv ice for its intercity correspondence. Brazil First. Aerial mail service will be In augurated this spring between all principal Brazilian cities. Second. The government ha granted concessions to a corporation allowing it to develop aviation for aerial mail, express and pastenBer service. In a time of war the government will take over the company. Chile. Santiago. Chile. At a New Year's celebration a ceremony marked the inauguration of an aerial mail service between Santiago and Valparaiso, tailed State. First. Home of the most powerful and efficient airplane engine in the world, viz.. the "Liberty Twelve." Fifteen months after the first liberty engine was built and tested, more than lu.Ouo of them had been delivered to the government. The "Liberty Twelve" develops 400 horse power, a great fac tor In commercial aviation. Second. Home of the first successful heavier-than-air machine ever built and flown. The Wright brothers, on December 17, 1903. at Kitty Hawk. V. C, made a 69-second flight In the first flying maihine ever under full control and drum by a gas engine. Third. Home of the two greatest aero clubrs in the world. I. e.. the Aero Club of America and the Aerial League of America. Through their untiring en ergies more has been done and is being done to encourage and stimulate aeronautics than by any other two sim ilar organizations in the world. For proof of this, turn to their records at their headquarters. 297 Madison ave nue. New York city. Fi Mirth. Two aerial mail linos now J running on schedule time New York I city to Philadelphia, New York city to I Washington. D. C. Two in an expert i mentil staue of operation New York city to Boston and New York city to 'Cleveland and Chicago. Plan for 53 new airplane postal service lir.es are now completed and only awaiting suit able rd.ins for inauguration. Flftn. Eight definite airways con necting all tne slates in the union have been mappe," out and officially appro !. They are; u The Wood row Wilson Airway From New Yuri; city In a direct west erly course to San Francisco, touch ing all the chief ii.termediate cities. tb) The Wright Brothers Airway From Washington, D. C, in a south westerly course to San Antonio. Tex., then in a norm westerly course to San Diego, c-il. (c) Tho Lang Icy Airway From Philadelphia, in a westerly course, somewhat parallel to course No. 1, to Santa Barbara. Cal. (d) The Chamber and Bell Airway From Boston through the northern slates to Seattle and Portland, Or. ic) The Kodgers Airway From Angeles. Cal.. touching the important Newport News and Norfolk. Vn.. to Is cities not touched by the other air ways. tf The Atlantic Airway From Bangor. Me., to Key Wect. Fla.. and will touch every city on the Atlantic coast. g The Pacific Airway From San Diego to Puget Sound, touching every city on the Pacific coast. (h The Gulf Airway From Key West to the mouth of the Klu Grande, following the coast and touch ing every city on the gulf seaboard. Sixth On Friday. November 22. army airplanes from flying fields In various parts of the United Slates started a (Toss-ioimiry mapping and charting tour. They will gather valuable sta tistics and locate sites fr landing liclds and airdromes. The fields are to become a part of the great chain of transcontinental airways, and the air dromes are to shelter and assist all visiting fliers. Seventh The Aero Club of America is backing Captain Robert A. Bartlett In his Polar expedition by airplane. berg November to March are the prime favorites and the choice recom mended. Generally, in summer apples, the Gravcnstein, Early Harvest and Yellow Transparent are chosen as best (the last s the favorite summer apple in Michigan). Of winter apples the choice is the Spitzenberg. Winter Ba nana. Baldwin. Jonathan. Delicious and Ortley or White Belletiower. Plant as many as you can. Oregon's Best Peaches. The Crawford Is first choice, both early and late varieties being prime favorites and well known to us all Next the familiar Alberta and the later Mutr. All the above are freestones. Dale's Early, a semi-freestone, is rec ommended as a very early white- fleshed peach. Peach trees grow so readily and beat so soon that they are most desirable to grow. Plant at least one peach thee if you possibly can. Apricot Trees. Apricots are mentioned by only one seedsmen as desirable for us to grow. but this is because of lack of space in our gardens. If you have room for an apricot tree after planting the rest of your fruit, it will give you delicious fruit to eat fresh, to can or to dry. The Tilton is the variety recommended. Let me urge you again to study the foregoing list and select at least a few kinds of fruit to plant this spring. Every garden in the city should have a strawberry bed. Strawberries will bear the first year. The plants can be set O il a little later, when the ground is in good shape. Heeling In Fruit Trees. Now is the I fine to select some new bush and tree fruits. Buy what you want, lake them home and "heel them in" until you are teady to set them out. when the ground has dried out and is ready to be worked. To do this select a well-drained spot where the soil is mellow and dig a little trench long enough to lay the roots of all your fruit trees and bushes along side by side if you have only a few. Put in one layer, placing them so they will not be erect nor lying on the ground, but at an ale between, all lu the same direction. Pack the dirt firmly about the roots. If you have many trees or bushes and little space, you can add other layers above, with well-packed earth between each, and bank up over all the roots. By this method your trees and bushes will keep in the best condition until you are ready to dig them out and plant them. The time to plant and the best ways of planting each kind of fruit will be given next Sunday. INEZ GAGE CHAPEL. Statue or ChrUt to lie Chiseled. RIVERSIDE. Cal. To crown the sum mit of Mount Rubldoux. near here. Aviation Up the Hemispheres The expedition will leave the United States next June to take advantage of the six weeks of warm weather which exit-t in the Arctic regions after th middle of July. Captain Bartlett will use a large-sized airplane and several smaller ones. It i3 his intention to fly from Cape Columbia on the Amer ican side t Cape Chelyuskin on the Siberian side, over the top of the world. He further expects to explore the upper air of the Polar region, the bottom of the Polar basin and to show by photo graphs and maps from the piane the existence r non-existence of land in tho one million unexplored square miles in that region. Eighth Captain Benjamin I"- Lips ner. who recently resigned as superin tendent of the aerial malt service, stal ed on Deceniher 17 that a syndicate had been formed to back him in estab lishing an aerial transportation com pany. The capital is Jl.on0.00o. Captain i,ipsncr said that the planes to be used would carry 40 passengers or their equivalent in express matter; that the rates will be within the reach of all; that a regular schedule would be main tained and that all modern conven iences would be installed in the planes, such os wireless telephony, stationery and all the latest scientific appliances. The company will Insure its passen gers and cargo. A definite rebate will be offered for every minute the plane Is late. Perishable goods and express will be carried. Airplanes can be char tered for special trips or certain alti tudes, only the most expert pilots will be employed. Ninth Curtiss will operate an air line, beginning this spring, between New York city and Atlantic City. The service will be extended down the roast to lt resorts, including Florida. Flying boats will be used and the trip to Atlantic City will take less than an hour. Tenth The Aero Transport company, with offices now in Atlantic City. Phil adelphia iMid New York, opened its first season February 1. 1918. at its Atlantic City station, where its seaplane flying school Is located. It is expected the company will open flying schools for both land and seaplanes at Philadel phia and New York city. On April 1 its "joy rides" of 15 miles commence. A fee of S15 will be charged for this "Joy ride." Tickets will be available soon at all the leading hotels in tho eastern states. The "ride" can be had at any one of Us present flying sta tions. It is planned to begin passenger service between the three points about June 1. The fare will range from $25 to $50. In Coaelualon. Commercial flying is coming on with amaxing strides in every civilized coun try. All foreign countries now engaged in It are receiving governmental sup port, financial. Judicial and technical. Every encouragement is given deslg it ers, engineers and inventors to bring about the most efficient commercial types of planes. In the L'nited States the government at present is not offering such en couragement and has been restricting designers, engineers and inventors to military types of planes. If this should continue, our country will fall back at least ten years in commercial avia tion as compared to countries having government support. It is to be hoped, this drawback will not be permanent in the country of countries for avia tion. In order to attain the best re sults an independent department of aeronautics should be established at Washington to otter to the airplane in dustries every support and encourage ment. Then, as to which cities in the United States are to become the leaders in this newest, greatest of commercial activi ties, it may be stated that all have a chance as yet. The three cities which show a "live-wire" interest are Albany and New York city in New York, and Atlantic City. N". J., where municipal airdromes and fields are to bp opened to the public this spring. Philadelphia is contemplating a similar airdrome and field. Philadelphia should become the leading city in aeronautics, for there is plenty of ground which could be leveled for lauding fields, and It has two largo rivers so situated that seaplane stations could he established at points vry ac cessible from all sections of the city. All those who wislt to see evidence of the statements in this article or who are interested in commercial aeronau tics should attend the international air craft exposition to be held in Madison Square Garden. New York city, from March 1 to 15. both dates inclusive. It wiil tell the story of "The Future of Aeronautics." All kinds of aircraft used in the world war will be shown, as well as many new types designed tor com mercial purposes. There will be lec turers to describe the airplanes, their production, uses, costs and their great future. called "the Sinai of America," a mas sive statue of Christ in white marble will be chiseled according to the plans of Frederick Heath, artist and archi tect, it became known recently. Mount Hubidoux Is the scene of annual Easter morning services, which thousands oC people from all over Southern Califor nia and eastern visitors attend. 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