MEDFORD AIAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORROOy, "WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1010,
Virginia
of the
Air Lanes
A ROMANCE OF
FLYING
By
Herbert Quick
tfOVt WF
MawHI Cocaptflr
SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I Theodore Carson,
Inventor of an airship, rescues from
a fugitive flying machine called a
kelicopter, a beautiful young girl.
II and HI Carson is infatuated
by her and takc3 her where she can
communicate with her friends.
IV Carson visits tho Roc, a pant
airship! owned by Shayne, uncle of
Virginia Snares, tho girl ho rescued,
and, being coldly recoived, leaps
from the Roc, at a great height, in a
parachute.
V, VI and VII He lands in the
grounds of the Slattery Institute f or
Inebriates, where ho makes a friend
of one Craighead, who plans to raise
capital to manufacture tho new style
airship Carson has invented. Thus
they hope to rival Shayne, who con
trols the airship industry.
VIII Mr. Waddy decides condi
tionally to capitalize the Carson
Craighead project.
DC Carson goes to Florida to
complete a sample airship to exhibit
to Mr. Waddy, and he finds Virginin
there
X He is in love with Virginia.
iWizner, a rival inventor, conspires to
kill Carson.
"She 'obeyed. "TEey"Tiad risen to a
keight of perhaps 200 feet before ber
inexperienced bands could change the
propellers, and Carson told ber to keep
the height. She asked If she might
aot use a little higher speed, but he
aid no economy in gas" was In the
moderate speed. "Keep her as she Is,"
aid be.
"Can you come up? she asked.
"Have you the strength?
She asked this two or three times
and got no reply. Suddenly she
creamed with the fear that he had
tainted, and as if aroused from a stu
por ho asked her to advance the spark
a little and when she bad done so to
retard- it again.
"Are you in danger?" she asked.
"Can you hang on?"
"I'm all right." said he, "only my
hands. Can yon see shore? Is it far?"
The shore was rising fast, she told
1dm. It was not so very far now, but
the gns was almost gone. Could she do
anything? Was there nothing to bo
done to eke it out so as to bring them
a little closer before they fell into the
ea? Could be do anything If be were
In the car?
"Keep her as she Is," said he. "When
we get close enough so sbo can glide
In 111 lighten her."
'"How lighten her?" she asked.
"It's easy," said he. "from down
aero. Keep her as she isi"
The dunes lifted white In the sun,
shimmering In the beat, swelling as
the Virginia darted nearer and nearer
to shore. The horror stricken people
on tbe beach saw her coming, like an
albatross before a gale. Tbe girl on
tho deck prnyed fervently for the mi
raculous renewing of tbo little cruse
of oil from which was made tbe gas
that kept them up, and the man under
neath hung on grimly, awaiting tbo
cessation of stroke, which would prove
tub Aiusmr suot ufwamd wrru the
JINOLB OV DIIOITINO CHAINS.
that tbo mixture which was the breath
of life of tho great engines was ex
hausted at last. Once, twice, thrlco,
came tho baiting in tbo machinery that
was tbo death rattle of tbo motors.
'Virginia!" said bo.
"Yos," sho replied.
"Fix tbo glldlug mechanism. The
ym la done.".
rz
"Yos. Theodore."
"Turn her noso down n little. With
momentum enough she'll ninko it from
here. And when she gets within those
breakers, If she is less than twenty.
Are feet high, tilt ber up again n little.
Do you understand?"
"Yes. I'll do It. Anything more,
Theodore?"
"No; only remember what you said
about forgiving mo it I'd let you come
with me. lteraembcr, turn her prow
up a little when sho nears shore.
You'll mko It. dear; you'll mako It!"
Mrs. Qrayblll. Htandlug on tho shore,
noted with tbe rest the new motion of
tho airship when the engines wcro
Btopped and wondered why it behaved
so queerly.
And then Mrs. Uraybtll screamed.
Sho hnd seen the man under tho car
deliberately let go bis bold and drop
into tho water. Tho lightened car
tilted slightly upward now as Virginia
rbeyed orders, soured slowly onward.
rising a little us her momentum
brought tbe great gliding surfaces
against the air. and then, clearing tbo
foam of tbe surf, she softly settled on
the sand with her stern rudder, like
the tall of a great dead bin), washed
by the hungry waves which she had
as by a miracle escaped. And rowing
In from the offing where he had gone
in bis tlshlng boat in the wild and lm
probable belief that he might help bis
master came Captain Ilarrod with a
white faced young man lying In tbo
bottom of tbe boat whose fingers drip
ped blood from the remorseless work
of the file.
"Allow me to suggest," observed
Craighead as the gentlemen of tbe par
ty at Harrod's camp sat In lounging
attitude on various articles used as
chairs, mostly Jetsam and flotsam of tho
gulf, "that In perfecting the first really
practicable flying machine we have set
in motion social and economic reac
tions that will go on and on far beyond
tbo ken of those who, unlike myself,
have not made a specialty of them.
As that submarine dragged the Vir
ginia out to sea yesterday wo all
thought it was the last of Carson, M.
A., didn't we?"
Mr. Carson picked at his bandaged
fingers, embarrassed.
"I didn't see much hope of escape."
said he.
Breakfast was served. Mr. Waddy
was upon tenterhooks until tho Vir
ginia bad been explained to him, so
a trip was arranged for Waddy, Craig
head and Carson. ,They would fly
down to Fort Morgan, thence to Pal
metto Beach, get their mail and be
back for dinner.
Mr. Waddy shied from the sea, but
once in air he became Intoxicated with
enthusiasm. If this machine, said be.
was so good that the Aerostatic Power
people thought It good business to hlro
Wlzner to drown it and Its Inventor
be could not otherwise explain tbe hor
rible affair of yesterday It was good
enough to bo backed with nil tbe
Waddy money in all the eight banks.
Tbe Virginia bad alighted on tbe
parade ground at Fort Morgan. The
bamboo braces fell outward, and she
lay on an even keel. Tbe oeronats In
variably halted at the mooring balloon
and received passes, but Mr. Waddy's
declaration of fealty was so absorbing
and tbe speed of the Virginia so un
wonted to her pilot that the fort had
been spread beneath him liko a map
before he was aware of it. To nllght
might mean arrest. Inquiry and dis
cbarge after explanations to tbe com
mandant. Colonel Krlmnltz, of whose
severity Carson felt no real fear. But
if he tried to go away after running
the guard he might be fired on as a
spy making off with complete photo
graphs. Altogether It was safest to
alight, thought Carson, and he settled
on tbe parade ground, greatly to tho
agitation of an awkward squad drill
ing under a sergeant, whose bellowed
command? were cut short off by the
whir of tho reversal of the Virginia's
wing blades. lie turned and saw the
huge dragon fly with its bow rudder
pointed at him like a great mandible.
The drill sergeant's expression car
ried conviction to the sergeant of tho
guard, where bis description of a devil
of a bird thing that you couldn't see at
oil till It 'struck tho ground might not
have been credited. The guard turned
out and moved on tho parade ground.
The guard encountered a great silver
winged Insect with a snug car amid
ships, her four braces sticking In tho
Bormuda firass like very short legs.
Tbe guard halted nt five paces, and
tbe sergeant advanced, obtaining his
first good look at Mr. Craighead, main
tabling the attitude of military carica
ture with u steadiness perfectly statu
esque. The sergeant, u little in an
with n red mustache turned up a la
nlser, looked nt III in for half a minute
und uttered a mysterious exclamation.
Craighead remained motionless, his
hnud to bis cap. Tbe sergeant amaz
edly returned the salute. Craighead
relaxed his tense muscles, dropped bis
hand to his side and winked with tbo
utmost sobriety of expression.
"Podner." said he, "have yeh got any
eatln' tobnckerV"
"I'll trouble you gentlemen for your
patses," returned the sergeant.
"Unfortunately." replied Mr. Craig
head, "we omitted to obtain passes.
Say no more, Mr. Sergeant. Wo aro
all soldiers. This Is (Jennie Theodo'
Cahson. M. A., and this Mr. Waddy,
who served In bis youth In tho typhoid
uprising at Cblckamauga In tbe Spanish-American
war, Show your button,
Mr. Waddy. ns an 8. A. W. V. You
see, sergeant, that you are qulto safe
against our capturing Fort Morgan."
"Hero's Captain Uolger now. Tell
Mm about It."
(To Be Continuer.)
If a morchant is really selling some
useful artlclo lower thun any one
else in town, and Is not getting out
of that fact Its full advertising valuo,
bo was never destined to bo a mer-
HORSE TAKES
E
When nt Top of Ascent He Pulls
Leather Strip Which Sets Off
Large Display of Flro Works Is
Marvelous Feat
Whr.tl 8 unquestionably tbo most
beautiful and spectacular circus fea
ture ever dovlsed is this season hold
ing a prominent placo on tbo program
of tho Barnum and Bailey Greatest
Show on Earth, which conies to Med
ford ono porformnnco only, at 10
a. m .Monday, August 29.
This act Is performed by Jupltor,
known ns tho "Balloon Horso." Ho
is a beautiful snow-wbito Arabian
animal. A nandsomo young woman,
dressed In white from tho tips of bor
shoes to the plumo in her bat, sits In
tbo saddlo during tho portions trip.
Jupiter and his mistress como ma
jestically. into tho arena. In tho con
fer ring is a largo balloon. Instead
of a basket a platform Is suspended
from it by four chains. This plat
form has no railing and Is barely
largo enough to hold tho horse. Tho
animal steps upon It and steadlec it
self. Then tho nscont begins. Tho
sight Is Inspiring. Tho nudionco Is
amazed. Without a safeguard of any
kind horso and rider mount to tho
very top of tho canvas.
Arrived zt the top Jupltor turns
his bead to ono side, and with his
teeth takes hold of a loathor strap
which operates a battery of fire
works abovo him. Ho gently tugs
tho strap. A series of sputtors and
explosions follow. Balloon, horso and
girl aro enveloped In a flood of
flamo fire-strxs, brands nnd wblto
smoke. In this Niagara of flro tho
descent Is made. When the ground is
reached a storm of applauso greets
the performance.
In Franco and Germany where this
act was exploited for tho first time,
It was extolled as tho most brilliant
and exciting arcnic achicvemont the
world had ever seon. Tho man who
knows anything about training
horses will say tho same thing. It
takes a full second for tbo audience
to recover nt tbo conclusion of tho
act.
Another thriller is presented by
Desperado, tho French daro-devll.
Ho mounts to tho dome of tho tent
nnd leaps to tho ground, landing on
bis bare chest upon a slonder skid
Just three feet high. Charlie tho
First adds another sensation to tho
exciting program. Ho Is merely a
cblpanzeo as far as zoological classi
fication Is concerned, but bo Is a
greater blcyclo rider 'nd acrobat
than any man who ever lived. Other
sensational numbers aro presented
by a company of Hungarian stallions
that go through evolutions and show
development rnd training that no
other horso act of tho prxst has np
proached. There is a company of
ponies and unbridled mules that
made a hit in Germany last winter.
There is a brass band of elopbants.
Thero Is Berzac's comedy horso cir
cus. There are equestrian and Jug
gling seals that aro marvelous. Thero
Is a circus of doys and monkeys that
havo astonished Europe, and a barn
yard full of educated pigs, geese and
roosters.
This show Is a great affair. It has
always held firs placo In tho estima
tion of the world. This season, more
than ever bofore, It Is an object of
wondor. Counting tho various agents
throughout tho world, tho animal
trappers and tho advance men, thero
are over 1500 names on tho payroll.
Traveling directly with tho show aro
1280 employes. Thero aro 700
horses, 30 camels, 40 elephants and
1200 other wild and semi-domestic
animals. In tbo menaecrlo is tho
greatest zoological curiosity over ex
hibited; It is a baby giraffe threo
feet tall and tho only one of Its kind
over born In America. Ito mother Is
22 feet in height.
Struck a Rich Mine.
S. W. Bends, of Conl City, Aln.,
snvs ho Btruck n perfect mino of
health in Dr. King's New Life TiHn
for thev cured him of Liver nnd Kid
ney trouble after 12 years of Buffer
ing. Tlioy aro tho bent pills on earth
for Constipation, Malaria, Headache,
Dyspepsia, Debility. 2oc nt all drug
gists. wf
PORTLAND AFTER NEXT
ESPERANTO CONGRESS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. Port
land, Ore., is making an active cam
paign for tho next congress of the
Kspernntoists, hi umvorsul conclave
in Washington at present.
Tho Oregoninns, owing to extensive
advertising of their metropolis, aro
in groat favor with tho linguists.
It is very probnblo that tbo north
western city will Jbo chosen.
'V
Haskins for Health.
BALLOON
ID
"FALCOiriiBUINC
WINS BIG RAGE
Completes Last Let) of Journoy and
Wins Prlzo Amountinn to $48,000
Tremendous Wclcomo Accorded
Aviator
PARIS, Aug. 17. Gracofully soar
ing around tho spire of tho Eltfol
tower, thon sweeping easily to tho
Issy parade ground, Alfred Lo Blano
today won tbo -ISS-tnllo cross-coun
try aoroplnno race amid tho plaudits
of a monster crowd.
Tho flight from Amiens to Issy, n
distance of 70 miles, was nindo in
1 hour and 42 minutes. Lo Blnnc
was officially dcclnred tho wlnnor of
Lo matin's $20,000 prlzo nnd tho
other purses, which bring tho total
up to nearly $48,000.
Aubrun arrived second, having
covered tho last 70 miles In two
houra flat.
Surrounded by a brilliantly uni
formed guard War Minister Brun
and General Dalstcln, military gov
ernor of Paris, greeted Lo Blano en
thusiastically. Tho formal wolcomo
was' hardly over before tho cheering
l...Ub ,M.OU WIU U.U.U,0 B.UU UUU
imcu mo victorious aviator upon
their shoulders.
"When Aubrun alighted ho too, was :
cvnpturcd by tho spectators nnd tho I
two aviators wcro carried around tbo '
ncrodromo and through tho crowds In ',
tho streets. Corrected figures show '
that Lo Blanc flow successfully from '
Issy to Troyos, Nancy, Mesleres,
Loual, Amiens and back to Issy
n distance, with necessary ticiours,
of 494 miles In tho tlmo of 11
hours nnd DC minutes. Aubrun, who
took second place, flew approximate
ly tho samo dlstanco in 13 hours and
27 minutes.
Other aviators who finished, al
though not figuring In tho result,
wcre: Lieutenants Letsoux, Aquaviva,
Cammermau, Vulllenno, La Gngnleux
and Belovoclo.
Woymnn
show.
tbo American, did not
JUDGE DUNNE'S RESIDENCE
ENTERED AND LOOTED
Last Thursday, Judge Dunn's reni
dcucc, dn tho ranch east of Ahlund,
was entered and plundered of n sum
of money, jewelry, hunting knife, ra
zor, etc., supiMscd to be the property
of a hired man working out in tho
field ut the time, ns the family nrc
nway on a trip to Crescent City, says
tho Tidings. A technical book, evi
dently tho property of the robber,'
was left on the premisses, on tiio fly
leuf of which the nnmc "J. W. Will
inms" was written. Chief Irwin sent
out notices broadcast nnd soon got
a reply from Oregon City thnt a party
by tho name of J. W. Williams, a
boozer, had left thnt vicinity re
cently bound for San Francisco,
from which information it is inferr
ed thnt the party commitcd the rob
bery whilo passing ;hrough hero on
ids way touth, accidentally leaving
tho small book on the premises. The
San Francisco police hnvo been no
tified to bo on tho lookout for any
body answering cither to the name or
description given by the Oregon City
authorities.
A GOOD REASON
Medford People Can Tell You Why j f
it is so.
Doau's KVlncy Pills euro the
cause of disease and that is why the
cures aro always lasting. This rem
edy strciiKtbeiih and tones up too
kidneys, helping them to drive out
of the body the licpiid poisons that
cause backache, hendaclio and dis
tressing kidney and urinary com
plaints. Jledi'ord people testify to
permanent euros.
A. Uctz, 1,'iO Front street, Medford,
Oregon, says: "1 nm juut as wiling
to rocouiincnil Donn's Kidney Pills
today ns I was in September 11)07,
when I publicly told of my oxperionco
witli them. I suffered from kidnoy
trouble for tho Inst five years and
is timo pnscd, I grew worso. instead
)f bolter. Sharp pains dinted
through the miiiiII of my back and
(oinoliines the nttneks wero so severe
thnt I could hardly stoop. At night
my buck ached intensely und sound
sleep was out of tho question, Do
ing told to try Doau's Kidney Pills,
I did so and they soon guve mo re
lief." For sale by nil dealers, Price f0c.
Fostor-Milhurn Co., Buffalo, Now
York, solo agents for the United
States.'
Komornbor tho nnino Doau's and
tnko no other.
In writing nn ,,d about thnt furn
ished room you have to rout say, in
a convincing way, just wiint you'd
say if someone asked you to toll him
what it was like, "and nil about it."
TEDDY TO WORK
FOR IN URGENTS?
Republican Leader Says Colonel Re
alizes Only Pronrosslvo Republi
cans Can Win In Noxt Presiden
tial Campalflii and Plans For Same
WASHINGTON, 1). C, Aug. 17.
"Realizing that tbo tondoncy of tbo
woatorn states Is strongly progressive
and that nono but a progrosslvo re
publican will stnnd a cbanco of elec
tion to tbo proaldoncy la 1012, Col
onel Uoosovolt will mako his spring
trip Into tbo west tbo LvjiIb for a
progressive campnlgn."
This statement camo today from n
ropubllcan londor, commenting on
tho present ropubllcan pnrty.
Humors current boro aro that
Uoosovolt will plan his speaking tour
In nil tho southern states on bis way
to tbo Pacific coast ns preliminary to
tho opening of n campaign. In tho
west nnd northwest ho will dollvor
sovornl addresses, most of which will
bo In support of tbo InBiirgont spirit,
Instead of rttompttng to mould pub
lic sontlmont In favor of Taft. This
i nt flllll nt It la )in1lni,ul tunntil t, ll.n
only mannor , whch Uo080VoIt C01lItI
(,0f0ftt nm80lf
WK AltK BUSY
A Mi THE TIME
Why?
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Somcouo said that It was bo
causo wo had a good location.
Wo admit tho location Is good,
but location Is a vory small
part of tbo reason for our bo
Ing busy.
Price
Quality,
Treatment
Tbcso threo words more
nearly covor tbo .casons. Wo
bnndlo tbo best goods tbo mar
kets afofrd and In goodly as
sortments. You got what you
want and know tbo QUALITY
Is right. Our PRICES aro as
low 08 the lowest.
TREATMENT This Is tho
Important v ord. Wo novor al
low anye: ' go avay disap
pointed, i vei: got unsatls-
factory g .
back and . ' '
oy, If no "i
fy. Wo ti
making ver:
wo will do 4
powor to sntl
we Mko thorn
rofuiid tho mon-
. wny will tatls
an.l succeed in
patisu (col that
rurythii g In our
fy tl'orr..
Don't "V OU think IIiIb would
bo a good trailing ;i ace?
It
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It solicits tho accounts of merchants, farmers,
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an old, conservative banking institution.
CAPITAL $100,000.00
SURPLUS $ (50,000.00
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The Only Beach in the Pacific Northwest
Whero tbo pretty Wator Agates, Moss Agatos, Moonstones
Cornollnns nnd Hock Oystoru can bo found.
Outdoors $port of all Kinds
Including Hunting, Fish In , digging Itock OystorH, Moating,
Surf Uuthlng, Hiding, Autoing, Cnnnoln and Dancing. Puro
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Low Round-Trip Season
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A Sunday Excursion Rate of $ 50
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to make is to oomo to nn for
your next suit, if you want
something out of the ordinary.
Wo do tho host work anil charf r
Ibo lowttst prices.
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from S. I. points, Port.i.nd to
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C. & 13. ntntlons Albany and
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