MJUDFOKD MAfL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, .10.10.
Virginia
OF THE
Air Lanes
A ROMANCE OF
FLYING
By
HERBERT QUICK
Copyright by Bobba - Merrill
Company.
SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I Theodore Carson,
tnvvntor of an airship, rescues from
fmritiv flTine maohine called a
helicopter, a beautiful joiing girl.
TT mi m Carson is infatuated
jfcy her and takes her -where she can
ommuEieate with her mends.
IV Carson Tisits the Boo, a Riant
Alrehin 6wnd bv Shavno. undo of
Virginia Snare, tho girl ho rescued,
ad, being coldly recoived, leaps
from the Boo, at a great height, in a
parachute.
V. VI and VII He lands in the
rounds of the Sluttery Institute for
Inebriates, where he makes a friend
of one Craighoad, who plans to raise
ADital to manufacture the now style
airship Carson t has invented. Thus
they hope to rival Shayne, who con
trols the airship industry.
VIII Mr. Waddy docides condi
tionally to capitalize the Carson-
Craighead project
IX Carson goes to Florida to
complete a sample airship to exhibit
to Mr. Waddy, and he finds Virginia
there.
X He is in love with Virginia.
r kill Carson.
XT, XH, Xm and XIV Wizner
!wi(Vi a. submarine in a sensational
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'; manner almost nccompusnes me
'.death of Carson and Virginia and
jthe destruction of the airship, a case
ef "devilfish versus bird." Virginia
I -j flees from Carson in the Roc.
i Then some one discovered that on
' the day the Carson-Craighead company
had bees formed the Universal Ki
ll testes and Air Products comnanr was
il born, with directors and stockholders
t MAn,ljl with thno tit fliA Aomncf
I company, and that they had spent a
r great campaign fund In getting leases
and grants for the extraction from the
i atmosphere of nitrates and the like In
i lines like thoso of Scotch plaid all over
J the continent. The air over almost
every nignway oau dccd graoieu away
by the owners of the fee the very
pi streets or new xotk neing coverea
so far as to cut the city into nearly n
tinnflrfwl irrtirrnnr h1vl?R Thft nrhor
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great cities were similarly gridlroned.
The space over the smaller rivers and
i streams was mostly sold to the Air
( Products company. The mystery in
li. this so stimulated curiosity that It
.caused more excitement than the Vlr-
1 (nln knwnl trv thoon OAAmlnrrltr
t "' UWOtll WI I.MWW "VVMliJb.,
roads and streets were like a huge
r( spider's web spun as a net over the
, world Europe and Asia as well as
A mnnlna C?Avtft tfnj nt.t .! n
r i Aiut'i iirtt. uuuic uuc nuu fe.i--uv ?
rl sources was up to something big.
t Something was to be caught in the
I,' set-but what?
! Craighead and Carson dined with
Mr. Filicy, Mr. Wnddy's personal rcp-
1 resentative, a little man with a great.
scantily tnatcned ueau ana no Douy
who ate lobster and green turtle soup
' t and drank port and grew paler every
It day.
"When shall we know?" asked Theo-
I , dore.
j, "Soon," replied Kllley. "We'll cover
jj.the wbolo country with Injunctions
I ftila nftprnnnn nnrl rAt n hpnrlni? hprft
In a few days. In a very few weeks
wo shall win the greatest legal trl-
' ; umph of recent times or snuffed out!"
That night began the series of sen-
s satlnas that made so memorable the
jj war for the use of the ulr. lu the
courts of every federal district and the
atale courts of West Virginia Mr. Fll-
' lev died bis Injunction suits against
i the owner of every known airship and
by t lie clause used in lauor uispuies
Dounu ail persons, wueiner nameu or
not, who might with the defeudauts or
Independently design trespass against
i' i the plaintiff's rights.
i. The bill in New York recited that
the plaintiff was the owner of all
fights of navigation In the air In cur
1 tain described belts or bauds surround
ing tho city of New York, dividing 11
J into portions, and grldlronlng the con
( tluent; that tho defendants had lu the
past habitually trespassed on these by
flying over them in airships; that the
I passage to or from tne city of New
1 York over the sea, the river or other
' route was impossible save by such
i trespass, auu luureiuro iujuuvuuu w
1 asked prohibiting the defendants, their
j 'servants and all other persons from
4enartlnc from or coming to the said
, city of New York through tho air own-
' any aerial craft across, over or through
Hfce rI property of tho plaintiff where-
Marer situated.
:' Flnlcy Sbayne'a namo led the list of
J i defendant, followed bv that of iln
,j Awvsittui; ruHer cuuiuuy uuu iiiki'
i alter page or names or people owning
f aerial craft, and airships pverywhw
i ware hemmed1 In by the "real proper
I ty" of the plaintiff, liko whaler frn.t-n
In, thai The. "real prpperty" wu
. tfcftt XtttfWtBlJPMer's et of grants
8iitnh"5-pTiiTini(r -wHs ThV TriTVorm
Nitrates and Air Products roiupniiy
CralRhend's opium drrnni wiu explnln
cd. The relation Im-iwooii the twin
companies wax ilNi'locd. Two porfivl
ly well known legal principles were
here united In an nmtartous attempt m
monopolize Hie air. the rights attach
lng to ownership of land and that ot
Injunction to preveni trespass or mil
sauce.
Public and pros- were struck with
amazement The unthinking laughed
at the unheard of and preposterous
claim to private control of the at nun
pherc. Lawyers began poring over
cases dealing with rights In nnd over
land, with growing dubiety ns to the
outcome of the ense of the "Universal
Nitrates nnd Air Products company
versus Shayne ct al,"
When tho caso came on to be hoard
the laugh had disappeared, the very
army of lawyers appearing for tho de
fendant rendering It n serlousfmatter
Craighead sat In court with Fllley. hN
hair rumpled, his crooked nose high
In n suit of legal black, drawing more
attention than did Carson, whoso face
bleached of the gulf beach tnn. had
assumed the pallor of the scholar,
while vast responsibilities had boon
Imparting to him an atmosphere of dls
tlnctlon. Ho sat scanning the people
of the defense Shayne. Sllbcrbcrg and
other great financial Qgurcs.
While the pleadings and affidavits
were read Craighead sketched the
bailiffs, shuffled his feet and drummed
on the table until tho court tapped for
silence.
"We will hear from the plaintiff."
said Justice McFaddcn. "and as the
facts seem practically undisputed"
"But. your honor." protested the
counsel for the defendants, "wo cer
tainly do not admit"
"For present purposes," replied the
Justice, "the showing seems ample that
plaintiff owns certain rights in lands
so distributed that the defendants
must pass over them in going from
place to place; that the defendants
have habitually done so and that the
situation constitutes a threat that this
will be repeated. The defendants by
claiming the right to pass these lines
confess this for present purposes. We
will therefore bear from plaintiff's
counsel on the law."
Mr. Fllley gathered up his papers;
but. with 0 professional sounding "May
It please the court" that dumfounded
Fllley and drew from the Justice a re
quest for the gentleman's name. Craig
head rose.
"Craighead." said he In response to
the court's query. "I will offer a few
remarks on the law and then yield to
my learned colleague, who will lay be
fore your honors the feeble attempts of
the courts to crystallize It in prece
dents. The law Is fully as plain as the
nose on the face of the most Roman of
your honors. As to its righteousness.
It Is as moral as landownersblp. That
It has not heretofore been applied has
been owing to the stupidity of the
legal profession, to the aslnlnlty of
landowners and to the fact that the
law Is so plain, for that which is all
around ever remains undetected, like
the pressure of the atmosphere or the
picture with trees and clouds repre
senting faces or animals. And as when
once the cat In the landscape is seen
the landscape fades, and one can see
nothing bnt the cat, so In this case
when the law Is once made plain your
honors will be able to see nothing else
We are taking the liberty of unsealing
the blind eyes' of the courts."
Mr. Fllley was outraged at the ef
frontery of this unlicensed actor In
thus taking the scene, bnt to make a
disturbance now would be worse than
to let him go on, and Mr. Fllley sat
down frowning and hoping that Craig
head's offense might escape discovery.
" 'Cujus ad solum, ejus est usque ad
coelum.' " went on Craighead, "is the
maxim on which we stand, the mean
ing of which has been decided in hun
dreds of cases and, strange to say, is
still clear 'He who owns land owns
to the sky.' lie has as much moral
right to the sky as to the surface.
The man with a deed to a square mile
of the surfaco ot this planet under
this law owns a great pyramid, apex
Ing at the earth's center and extending
out Into space In diverging lines in
finitely, so that If be can show that
these lines of boundary take In Mars
and her ennuis he would have a per
fect case iigi.nst the Mnrtlnns for rent
of fields and tolls over waterways If
he could get service and bring the de
fendants Into court.
"Land: l-nnd! The mystic word
that rules the werld: The woman who
ejaculates '(Jihk! land: conjures by a
thlug more potent than all the gods of
Olyinpu.
"The ulr above our land is a part of
t. Yon know It, Why else have you
recognized llelmer"s appeal, 100 Penn
sylvania state, as good law? What
Rus that eae? A bay window muny
feet above the sidewalk was declared
a nuisance because It Jutted out Into
the air tlnit was u part of the street
And see ulso By bee versus the state,
01 Indiana. You hang your cornice or
string u" wire In my ulr und I will hale
you Into court. Don't presume to lly
u kite over my land except by my cou
sent; you have no right. And remem
ber that the city of Cleveland was
mulcted In the sum of $50,000 for
swinging a bridge a few times a day
a hundred feet above an inch strip of
InnjL- " - -
(To Be Continued.)
Medford, Oregon ThiB certifies
flint wo have sold Hall's Texas Won
der for tho cure of all kidney, blad
der and rhoumatio troubles for ten
years, and have never had a com
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relief. Sixty days' treatment in each
bottlo. Mvdford Pharmacy. tf
Mayo your advertising act interest
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exact share of business,
AEROPLANE TO
WAR WITH SHIP
Government Planning to Havo Sham
Battlo Held Soon Work Will Bo
Anythlnrj But Child's Play Is
Highly Dangerous.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug, 2C
A sham battle botween an noroplnno
and a battleship 1b being planned by
tho nnvy department today. Tho
navy authorities nro surrounding
tholr plans with great secrecy, Tho
monitor Tallohasso is reported to
havo been selected as tho vessel to
faco an aerial bombardment. Tho
monitor will bo towed to n point far
from Washington and hung with
sholl-dofylng armor. Tho vulnera
ble points will bo over tho gun rooms
ammunition hoists and funnels,
whero an oxploslvo dropped accurate
ly might destroy tho vessel.
Tho men who havo volunteered
for tho hazardous duty will be alter
nately in tho sky ships and In the
man-of-war. After they havo takon
shots at tho airships with guns rang
ing from 6-pounders to 12-inch ri
fles, they will meet lu tho airships
and attempt to drop bombs on vital
spots on tho warship's deck.
While not actually becoming tar
gets for shells nnd bombs, thero Is
enough risk for tho men to make
tho work anything but child's play.
Tho Best Hour of Life
is when you do soma great deed or
discover some wonderful fact. This
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Mt., N. C. when ho was suffering in
tensely, ns he says, from the worst
cold I ever hnd, I then proved to my
great satisfaction, what a wonder
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Now Discovery is. For, after taking
one bottle, I was entirely cured. You
can't say anything too good of a med
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Fever any Thront or Lug trouble.
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MACHINIST STRIKES TO
REACH CLIMAX S00H
SEATTLE. Wash., Aug. 2 C From
private advices received yo-terday by
tho leaders In the machinists' strike
on tho Sound, it seems likely that the
final touch in tho flcht between
coast capital and labor will come Sep
tember 1, with the strike of the thou
sands of men employed in the metal
trades in San Francisco.
In every city from Los Angeles to
Vancouver, B. C, tho metal workers
aro out except in San Francisco. Un
til tho last 48 hours it' was not an
ticipated that thero would bo any
trouble at San Francisco, because of
tho disaster that would result from
a general strike there, but reports
to strike leaders show that tho metal
trades association In San Francisco
has refused tho demands of the work
ers thero and that unless a settlement
is made beforu September 1 every
shipyard, foundry and machine shop
in California will bo tied up, as prac
tically all of them aro In the northwest.
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