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AIRPORT 1$
Cost of Project to Date Is
" $114,000 Local Airport
J One of Finest On Coast
Aviation School to Open
,v During January.
With tho flint mull flight taking
phico October 2, 1929 witnessed
the completion of Medford's new
municipal airport, a 1 110.000 bnml
Isiiuo for which was voted April 2
hy a niujorlty of nearly 1 3 to one.
The completion of Ihn field Is the
realization of one' of Medford's
ifondcst.' uthbltluns nnd insures the
position of tho eiiy us the loader
of .'aviation In : the" state. '
j'Thc Medford chamber of com
liic'ree, acting with the city counell
In the early part of I 928, uppulmod
87 committee for; tho locution of
nn adequate airport for iMudford.
Tho committee worked with the
United States Department of Com
merce, .tlje - avlutlon department, I
the' United Slates army and the air '
transport linos operating through '
tho valley, nnd finally unanimous- '
ly decided on a slta three miles i
from the center of Medford north
on the Ulddlc road. It has In the
neighborhood of 2110 acres and Is
not surrounded by obstructions.
I' A milo- of tho . Owen-Oregon
j.umlirr company railroad tracks
arc on uno side of the site, easily
accessible to Medford. -.;'
lUdlo Ktallon KsinblUlied
. In the latter part of 102)1 the
government also ' announced that
Medford had been selected as
lto for a high powered radio sta
tion, which wan completed in 1329
olpiiK the Outer Lnkn blghwiiy not
far from the air field.. Tho station
Ih under the direction of It. A.
Martin', and. , has constant 24-hour
service. ' it (mis constructed at an
Itpproxlmato cost of $75,000. . .
f To date, . thtf airport, tho con
struction qf yiilch was directed by
(lie; airport icuiji'nilttoo of tho city
cwunu.ll, .colhposed . of J, O. Grey,
Chairman! E. M, ' Wilson, Hobert
Hammond and .Muyor A. W. Pipes,
bah cost; the'clly $114,000, with
raollCBlly, an .(terns of construc
tion completed. Tho cost Included
tfie VI'istnUutlon . of a . 2,560,000
4-'VHep.ower. alrplun'o boa co n,
lilch ;wa' to Jiuvo been distillled
jy rlic 'Kovcrnmont.'
' ' ';' "-Haturar Is llna'iihrcl
' The beacon Is located on the
roof v'of the 'administration and
hangar.'' btllldlpgi housing adminis
tration 'offices, the United mutes
leather lid local haadquurtors of
the Pacific Air Transport com
pany; V1' .1 .
', 'The. building Is 110 feet wide
and . ISO feet lung, has u cement
floor ami 'Is sufficiently :';irgd to
house 16 small shlpt nnd four
lmrto cabin planes. It ' Includes
repair shops, waiting rooms, n
room destined to ho a restaurant
JV. building for the pilot's quarters
COMPLETED
4s the last to have been completed
Ssnd provides quurtors for nlr mall
pilots who fly north and south out
of .Medford. ' Hove nil nil companies
liave also completed tho construc
tion of service station facilities at
the port and have tho stations so
Arranged to serve airplanes with
but little trouble,
i . Water IMihxI to TIcM
f Water from Medford's new mil
lion dollur system hss nlso hern
frlprd to tho airport and lias been
in use for several months. Klro
hydranta have also been placed
conrnlonlly about the hangar
building. -
f The airport runway has been
completely graveled and a drain
ago system, engineered by City
Kngineer l-'rcd Kcheffel, eliminates
tho question of surplus water on
tho field, milking landing an easy
matter at any time of the year.
-.At the old Harbor Field at the
fairgrounds, it hud been a common
occurrence ' for ships to become
Hired In hO mud and breauso of
Jhnt, one : passenger line begun to
irjrtke ' lis;, landing - In northern
Vallfornltt.t but It expected-to re
aimio ItH schedule hero In a short
,tne. r-'r ,; .
". Hall Is KiiMi-liitfiuli-iii ,
Si'cley.'ljiill, local repieseiitutlve
of tbe.l'aciflc Air Transport com
lin,ny. Is field superintendent and
'H on coiisluut duty at the airport.
Mr. Hull ,ls southern Oregon's avia
tion pioneer, and with Floyd Hart,
Ovor ten years ago brought the
first home omjiuU airplane to Med
ford. ' ,
,t During thofpuKt year, tho gov
rriimcnl bus completed the Instul
latlon u( alrplana beacons through
aoutliorn, Oregon and northern
'California and has several located
Jn, Jueksoa county to aid pilots
citg'u'gcd In night flying, which so
far, has not been done often. Iteg
olar night flying with 'niall Is ex
liectaiV -to .beglp next spring or
. stiirimor. ' The beacons can be seen
,- fou IG, or 20. miles nnd together
' with radio range beacons, one of
which Is to bo Installed here this
year, arc expected to imikc night
alylngiH'f iti'atrrrly safe In south
rJhOrcion. ; I ,
f I AtfctlotfklHibl lo (H t t
Aliw aviation school, Under the
dlroctlon qf Major Gilbert lMier.
aon, well known army flier who
baa spent 311,000 hours in tho air,
la to bo opened this month at the
airport. The school will accept
students desiring to learn flying or
h "mechanical end of aviation.
Major Krkaraon has two planes far
student (Iters and for the past year
bod liven located at ttpringfleld,
aeor Kugene. Ho will replace the
Copper King Flying Hervlce. which
had bran located here since Isat
sUmmer1 under tha direction, of W.
J. lirawYnf oftkland, ; t'nllf. 1 ' '
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First Air Mail Leaving Medford's $120,000 Airport Just Completed
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Boeing Hornet 40 B-4 plane, In foreground taking on heavy consignment of air mail, October 2, for Initial take-off from new airport.
Hangar and administration buildings, nearlng completion, are seen in background. Fifteen thousand pieces of mall were dispatched, bear
ing special cancellation stamps and publicity on the modern aviation facilities of Medford.
KCX Airways Radio Station Now Broadcasting Data to Planes
n terlor of KCX; In fron tof Mr.
microphone. In the foreground is
code communication between airway
Mr. Martin are those of voice transmitter,-
At right, one of the two high
ting antenna for sending voice messages. Wire at left Is lejd-in to
station from tower. Wire on night is antenna between towers. Station
building. At left of building are short
Aviation Hum ii IiIk fnllutt hip lit
Kouthrrn Oregon and the next your
Ih vxpcrti'tl lu wit now nrvonil on
tlumliiHtH punihiiHo Iholr own
lilsinrN. krrptnp; I hnn ut (h nlr
l"rt for tiKf whon lnnlrrl. W. II.
rptiilv luivn t hift nIiIii iiiiiI ! n rltiir !
fiivui'.'thlri weather inako iniiny
ItitiK trlp.s Islllnu uviatui'H art'
miincMiuiM at the airport anil It
wuh only IttNt nmnth that ho many
hhlpH iinivrtl lhal tho laiKo haiiKar
wuh unatilc tn provide ample
Hpm'o. Three Hlitps were ftn-eed to
hit Het outHlile. Several nf the
plane wore owned privately while ;
the remainder were the property J Q
of riylim eunymnloM, operadiiK u 1 ;
nnd down the I'aeifle eoaHl. . j
Uvvy lltsuls onimlitiH'
Tho faet that the ronNtrui'linn '
of the ah pi i t will be kept within i
the SlL'U.tttto liund Imhiio Is gratify- !
Inu lo Hie people nf Medrird Who ;
voted the lond Imkuo by wueh la rue '
majtrlty. The ueeimipllrdinienl of I
keipliiK the eoitHtruetlnn to Hiieh J
fllture I'eflectM eiedit on the airport I
eoininlttee, heatled by Mr. (irey.
who has praetleally lived with the;
pnijeet, ul timet oven forKettliiK
his own biiflnes atfali'M In payhiK
(Ittentlon to the eonntruetlon of the
port. City Knclueer Kred Seheffel,
In ehHi-Ko if tlie netual eonwlrue
thm, wan hi eoiiHtant rtwiperutlon
with .Mr. (irey.
Shortly after the betid lfue wan
voted, developments eame ImlU-at-ItiK
the airport eioild not be eon
Htnieted within the bond Issue, but
elty offlelalH held mimcr
ferem-en. etiltltiir down oil expenseH
here and there, suvltm etmsldi-r
able money and easily eumliiK
within the limits uf Ihn Issoe.
Medford now lias a l iana A air
port and Is uno of very few cltleH
on the Purine coast that Ik ho nee
OKntned. Us porta Is considered
better than those maintained by
HPVeral lamer coaM rtllen nnd
plaee Medford on the aviation
map.
hii effective lnHtrumiit and It n evidence in northern California
Jnniiw tho tiun. nmv bioked upon nn bein thejnnd southern Oreson, and 1 he
M hM PHIS, Tenn (t'.IV) Will mouthpiece or the whole territory ; iteve that tho tlmo Is not for din
Moore, arrested for attraney. Wr represent by virtue of the fa-'i tnnt when we shall ,ee many of
pnwil iapt. Jie ole In the bull ;
'(letlliiH out. Will?" .ked Cob-. I
en, .tin Kettlnic mil. replied j
will. A few intmiten later
waa ordered to rearrest Will
Cole
Wh !
had escaped from the court room.
t;KlUIAKTThe chamber of
Commerce adopted a resolution
askltiK a survey be made to estab
lish it direct rotne to ctatsnp
benchea.
MEnFOKI) MATL
Martin is the receiving sets and
.he short wave transmitter used for
stations. Large panels back of
towers which support the transmit
wave antenna poles.
PREDICT BIG
1930 SEASON
FOR
E. Gates, President North
California-Southern Ore
gon Development Asso
ciation Optimistic Over
F ut u rei Co-operative
Spirit Is Big Factor.
Hy I-:, tiulr
esldeitt Northern California--
1 Pi
Houl hern Orcmm Development
AHHoelaflon. )
At till time of tlie year wlun
most biiNlnesK hoiies are taklnc
Invenlitry. 1 think U in n Kood Idea
that we who are engaged in com
mercial oiKanljition and develop
ment Wnrk -slmuld also lake tint"
to review what has been dune in
l he past and determine whetie"
pulley adopted U ueh an will
product dividends for the Tut ore.
In reviewing the aetlviiles uf th,
Northern California. -Southern Ort
Kon Pevelopioriit attsoelation dur
tn the past year, I cannot he'.p
but feel that the work that h:is
been no far covered ha Riven us
a solid foundation upon which our
consummated program will event
ually be built.
e have made our orwvnUation ,
that we have bren able t brlry
about a coalescence of the com-!
munltleN of the MM Pacific em- ;
plre to better prttmote those thlnHj
which are so necessary to nuar-j
antee a continuance of develop-'
ment and rmrea In northern
t'allfornla and southern Oregon.
Our program to develop the mln
era). Umber, and nvrlcullurat
sources nf the region we serve and
to provlds adequate ami cheaper
NEAR
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TRinUNE,HrET)FORD,
f -H S
1 tMsMtiKM, iaMJy .F If J ' I s I
transportation for same has tho aP
pruval of the lending oil cpmpan
It's of the country, as well as innr..
of the larger Interests up and down
t lie l'i nfir eoant, nnd It 1m
very
con-
Kiatifyins to u that thee
cents have taken o prominent a
part In helplnu u work out tho
many problems with which we
have been Confronted laterly.
An cnruuiaKlnt; spirit of enthu-
nt,m fr uur prouram U stronuiy
tho. thtmiN fur wbleh wn liHvn
en striving become established
facts.
Cooperation llrlmrs SuntM
There Is one thtnir certain and
ln.vl i. our activities can con-1
tlnue to fulfill their useful pur j
paeH and maintain their effective-i
nesa if we receive the same me-i . '
ore of coooeiatlon In 1!'30 as haiwe have never heretofore eiber
,ot,n accorded us hi tho year
I)B.m,
ORKOOX, TUESDAY,
J The efforts which were exerted
I In bring about the two appropriu-
I tlons which have already been
given to Crescent I'lty harbur. and
thls- project Is tho main objectlv
of our program, have produced ro
fults far k renter than were ttntlcl
pated. InuolnK tonnage through
Crescent City harbor showed an
hicreaftc of 14.11 per cent In 19LS
over 192 7 , nnd stiKar. cannnl
poods, and many other commodi
ties and food stuffs have been laid
tlow In southern Oregon pointy,
through truck connection with the
port, at n considerable savlnp over
existing frelBht rates hy othw
mcan.1 if transportation.
The publleily we havo procured
has, to a urcnt extent, been r-J-sponsible
for Crescent City harbor,
oven In lt present uncompletej
state, justifying its existence
throUKh the increased Inftolns coro
tnerce, nnd during the year ahed
we shall redouble our efforts In
order that It niny he enlarRcd tn
lernilt the entry of tho ship cf
deeper draft which we feel will
play such an Important part In tho
derelopment of our natural re
Hources. Tramporlnthiii Crying Neotl
Mlnlnjj and timber Interests hav
repeatedly told Ms that the devel
opment of our resources Is re
tarded throunh lack of trunspo.
tatlon and It is tho pledged duty
of our organisation. In order that
we shall protect and promote the
territory we servo, to do very
thlnK possible In order that ade
quate and cheap transportation be
provided au that our resources mav
be developed profitably.
There never was a time when
the outlook was brliihter In north
rn California and southern 0"i-
iron than at present, and It Is my
'most sincere hope that before the
nd of the present year, the NorV
rn California-Southern Oregon Dp
velopment association will be n-
strumental 1.. assisting to hrlmc
about an era of prosperity such a
lanced,
I look forward to 1530 with con-
'HKCKMUKR fll. 1920.
Seely V. Hall
In Charge of
New Airport
8EELY V. HALL
Superintendent of Medford's new
Airport
Men Active
In Building
New; Airport
JOSEPH O. GREY
Chairman of the Medford Airport
Committee which handled the fi
nances and supervised the con
struction of the airport.
FRED SCHEFFEL
City Superintendent whose staff
did much of the Bedford airport
construction work.
fldenco and optimism and believe
that we are about to pass a niPo
stono which will, In the years to
comr, -be recorded as one of the
most important In the history if
our much favored section the
Mid-Pacific Empire.
1929 Revenue
County Clerks
Office Higher
Another indtt'atlun that Jack
son county is prosperous is tho In
crease shown In the revenue uf the
county clerk's office fjtr 1929. be'
Ing $20,402.10 as compared to
$15,710.40 for the previous year.
This year's tutal was only up to
December 1. There have been
sewrul heavy m oln t h s, which
eclipsed all previous records. Th
increase Is also dlie lu a small
way lo higher filing fees, as nu
thorl7.ed by the last stnto legis
lature.
Knp 192H there were 650 mar
riage licenses Issued, a big Incrcuse
over 1928 which hnd 600. A Inrg'
pcrccni'tnge of the applicants came
from California, whero a law
makes It necessary for persons
contemplating nintrlmonv to pub
lish their Intentions for three days
in a newspaper. The number of
divorces filed during 1929 also re
vealed an increase over 192S.
which had 8". The year Just com
pleted hnd 11 il, not Including pnrt
qf December,
latches White Knpnw.
t'UOWN POINT. Ind., Dee. 28.
(l"P A whlto sparrow captured
by Henry W. Homeler. Ross town
ship farmer. Is being exhlbit-d
here. He caught the bird after
two years offort. Homeler says
it has mingled with other sps-r-rows
ni the farm nnd except for
Us color was the futme as the oth
ers of Its kind. '
Transmissions of "picturegrams"
or tetephotn. has lieen Inaugura
ted between Sydney nnd Melbourne.
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Many Aviation Records
Were Broken in 1929; Blind
Flying First Demonstrated
lly Juaepli JI. llalrd
United l'ress Aviation Editor
WASHINUTO.N, Uec. 30. (HI').
Although extremely busy . ex
changing Its BiiaiiKk'd circus ward
rube for the frock-coat of biB
business, avlutlon found time dur
ing 1928 for u few halr-rulsliiB
stunts.
While bunkers huuled out their
gold bags to build airplune fac
tories and Uncle Sam spent mil
lions lighting und mapping the
nutlun's sky-roads, aviation's stel
lar performers were devising now
cxplults.
Two planes spanned the Atlantic
from west to cast during the year.
Tho Graf Zeppolin, setting a new
mark for llghter-thun-alr ships,
encircled Mother Earth's ample
waist. And a young Navy flier
went higher In an airplane than
anyone ever had.
Early January found two Army
pilots, Jlujor Carl Spatz and Cant.
Ira C. Eaker. in tho monoplane
"Question Mark." Aloft over I.os
Angeles, they were trying to re
main longer In the air than any
man before them.- When, on Jan
uary 7, they alighted at Los An
geles airport they had been up
150 hours, 40 minutos, and 15 sec
onds. During its sojourn of near
ly a week In the air. their plane,
powered by three Wright Whirl
winds, was refueled 36 times. The
War department, hailed their feat
as a proof that refueling was feas
ible. Souoek'g Record
. The aviation world, in Its moro
spectacular phases, was fairly
quiet until May 8. Then, on a
clear spring day, Lieut. Apollo
Soucek. USN, hopped In his
Wright Appache plane at Anacos
tla Naval Air station to rise high
from the earth.
His little ship, equipped with a
super-charger, became a mere
speck high above the I'otomne.
When, one hour and 24 minutes
later, Soucek again touched earth.
Ills barograph registered more
than 40,000 feet. Bureau of Stand
ards test showed a true reading
of 39.140 feet a world's altitude
record.
Later, on Muy 26, thousands of
Washington officials stood along
tho banks of the Potomac as an
even two dozen planes rose to con
tend for the Curtlss Marine Tro
phy. Skimming low over the riv
er. Lieut. W. a. Tomllnson. U8N,
flying a Curtfss Hawk, crossed the
line, victorious. His average speed
was 162.52 miles per hour.
' What record was set by Lt.
Apollo Soucek?
How many planes success
fully flew tho Atlantic from
west to east during the year?
Who made the first demon
stration of "blind flying?"
These and other questions
arc answered in this review of
trends in developments In avi
ation during 1929.
Summer came, and on June 13,
the Yellow Bird, a llornurd mono
plane powered by a 12-cylinder
Hispana-Suiza, took off from Old
Orchard, Me., for Lo Bourget
'Field, Paris. In her cock-pit were
three Europeans Jean Assolant,
Hone Lcfevre nnd Armento Lottl,
Jr. There. was also an American
stowaway, young Scherber. After
covering 3,128 miles they arrived
at Camillas, Spain, their fuel ex
hausted. Lnto June saw tho continental
United States crossed and recross
cd in -.44 hours, 3 minutes nnd J
seconds. Copt. Frank Hawks, fly
ing a Lockheed Vega, flew from
Ftooaevelt Kleld, New York, to Los
Angeles and returned while only
two suns set.
On July 8 Kotlgcr Q. Williams
nnd Louis A. Yancey took off
from Old Orchard, Me., In their
Pelanca monoplane, "Pathfinder'
for the "Eternal City." Taking a
straight path across tho Atlantic,
they landed nt Santnnder, Spain,
ami, refueling there, proccoded to
Homo. Remarked Yancey on his
return: "It was infernally dull."
Alr-ltall Itouu-a
ltailroads and airplanes com
bined on July 8 to open a fust,
steady travel routo across the con
tinent. Charles A. Lindbergh on
that dnte took off from tho west
const to open the route established
by the Transcontinental Air Trans
port. Atchison, Topeka. and Santa
Kc and tho Pennsylvania Itsilroad.
On the a,ihcr cml of the line the
Pennsylvania's "Airway Limited",
started Its westward Journey from!
New York City.
Two hnrd-bolled hombrcs,' as
they described themselves, came
to earth at Lambert Field. St.!
Louis, on July 30 after remaining
In the nlr 420 hours. 21 minutes
nnd 30 seconds, thus breaking the
previous endurnnro record by 1731
hours, 37 minutes . Their names
were Dale Jackson and Forrest
O Brine and their ship was a Cur-tlss-chullenger.
During their flight of 23,000
miles, far enough to encircle the
globe at the equator, they com
pleted 48 contacts to obtain gaso
line. Between them was divided
$31,225 In prize money. Their
record still stands.
The (Iraf Zeppelin, most fumous
of dirigibles, took off from herl
Frledrlchshafcn Ijangar July on I
her second successful flight to
America. In October. 1928. she!
crossed and recrossed the Atlantic!
but had been balked In a second
attempt enrllcr this year.
Itonud-the-Worlil Onlr
Arriving at takehurst, N J., on
August 4. the big ship remained
here four days. On August 8 her
commander. Dr. Hugo Kckencr.
lifted her nose tn the alp and
pointed tt eastward for a globs
enrlrellng tour. With a crew nf
41 and 30 passengers aboard, she
traveled fleetly across tlio Atlun.
tic In the record time of 05 hours
und 24 minutes.
On August 12 she left Friedrlch.
shufen und, sailing eastward
rounded the world, arriving at
Lakehurst 21 days, 7 hours and 34
minutes after she left there carlic;
in the month. During Its trip th.,
air giant maintained an uveragt
speed of 50 miles per hour.
Scientific research achieved an
other victory at Mitchell Field,
New York, on Soptomber 24 when
Lieut. James. H. Doollttle, L'SA.
sitting in a completely covered
cock-pit, rose from the field, cir
cled around several . times, and
landed again guided solely by In-
ful demonstration of "blind fly
ing." Commercial air lino operators,
Jubilant, foresaw the day when
fogs would see their terror for
pilots operating by Instruments
ulone. Doollttlc's feat was ac
complished with aid of an arti
ficial horizon, a direction finding
radio and an unusually sensitive
altimeter. It Is predicted these
instruments soon will be standard
equipment on high-priced com
mercial planes.
Ijugetit Dirigible
' Work on the world's largest
dirigible begun at Akron, Ohio,
November. 7 when Rear Admiral
William A. Moffett, USN, drove a
golden rivet in tho master ring
of the Navy's ZU8-4. With . gas
capacity of 6,600,000 cubic feet
und a length of 785 feet, she, and
her sister ship, the ZRS-6, will
far surpass the Graf Zeppelin, the
present queen of the air.
Both Navy ships will carry five
flirhtimr nlancs to nrotect them
from attack. These planes jwllt,
be stored in . marsupial . pouches'
from which they may take off."
letter, they may be retrieved by. a
spcciul hooking apparatus the
Navy has perfected. Each Zeppe
lin will be further protected by' 10
machino guns. .
They will have n speed of 7,2.8
knots and a cruising range 10.
5!0 miles. The ZRS-4 was to be
completed within 18 months from
November 7 and the. ZUS-5 Ki
months after the first ship. '
Couquercr of two polos, Comdr.
Richard E. Byrd, on November 29.
sniled over the South Polo' In his
Ford trl-motored plane after tak
ing off from his Little America.
Antiirtlcia base. Ho and his com
panions spent 18 hours ' and 39
minutes aloft over the cold barren
wastes at the ''bottom . of the
world." He was the first man to
reach the South Polo by airplane.
Year's Statistics -
Other accomplishments of ' 'tho
year Included tho completion of
the first all metal dirigible, the
Navy's S5MO-2 and the successful
testimr of "Meohaviator." a device
for keeping planes on their true
course whilo pilots rest.
Whllo aviation's - heroes and
heroines were performing their
stunts, drills und brass-saws were
whirring busily in a hundred air
plane factories. Commercial pilots
were winding their dally cpurs"
across the country, and thousands
of young men were learning to bo
successful pilots. '
Commerce Department statistics
showed at the end of tho last fls.
cat year, Juno 30, there were 32
air lines carrying express, 47 car
rying mall, and 61 carrying pas
sengers. 4-
ON NEW YEARS
By .lohn M. Ttii'tyn
United l'ress Staff Correspondent
PHILADELPHIA As New
Year's day draws near, millions
of careful stitches, miles and miles
of feathers and frills and count
less glided slurs arc being used In
fashluning pageantry's garb for
tho most colorful spcctaclo of the
year the mummer's parade.
King Monus will rule supreme,
a merry monarch to be feted roy
ally. Little time now remains and
nimble fingers all over the city
arc making the needles fly in or
der to have tho costumes ready
In time.
Locked doors, shuded windows,
hurrylngs nnd scurrylngs arc only
portents of the great spirit of
secrecy that pervades as rival New
Year Clubs proceed with final
preparations. In stables and barns,
gnrages and cellars, in . small
homes nnd largo homos, tho shoot
ers and their families aro at work.
And on New Year's day there
will emerge from these surround
ings the great capes and costumes
more spectacular . and dazzling
than ever before. . .
Under the guiding eye of II
Bnrt McHugh. director of tho fes
tival, who expects tho best dlsplsv
ever seen here, the pageant will
unwind Its brightly pnlnted troll
splashed with silver and gold, red
and blue, scarlet and green, to
turn Broad street Into a kaleido
scope of color.
Fifteen or more rlubs will
march this year, all eager to win
the prises which total $25,000.
Nearly 15.000 men will fall In line
nnd their costumes must be his
torically as well as traditionally
correct, McHugh announced.
IXJl'DON. Tenn (U. P.) Un
deterred by a huge bridgl over
head, the Ioudon ferry, started tn
1794 continues Its trips across the
Tennessee river here. It'a rates
are chenper than the bridge toll.