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-wrra uhclm mm mm a ium
(Coe tinned froi IW F*g«)
An* tbei «• spent under ths itaoM
«n<«tU) torrid Mr* of tk* Tmm*
m wksa «• <m Hdpid to dll
aorta of dittos sack u tko dicaima
at diukoo for dralaaa* end tk* pa
aval eonriraetloa of tk* camp. Be
taa om of tko ploßoora of tk* Now
K*llj n*td. 1 bad tko honor of hslp
toa to pitch tk* flrot toot, whom bo
for* moor dor* wo* o toot city of
anay thousand*. At I recall tko**
ditches, and bow coaid oa* who**
loads has known many blisters for
aet them. 1 call to mind a thing that
happened to one of my newly mad*
army friend*, a big chap from Mon*
tana. He 100 was digging his way
through the army In those days. Re
ceiving a letter from his mother, who
like all dear mothers, was anxious
for |hc safety of her son. she warned
him against needles* wrecklessness
fa his early attempts to fly. to which
his answer to her was that she need
have no fear so far as his flying was
concerned. That he was perfectly
ante so long as his fellow comrades
did not strike him down with a
"plck-.xe” from behind while he was
laboring In the ditch.
All the time recruits were dally
pouring Into this camp which at that
time was the concentration post tor
all the men taken Into the aviation
service. Even yet I can feel the sand
storms that would blow blindingly
.getting Into our eats, our clothe*,
sad our hunks. But these are the
things that make soldier*, and of the
that fill be required tq wuu
atand !!:# kind of experience that
■will he the lot of many of the men In
foreign service. When I first arrived
at the old aviation field In Ban An
tonio. there were but about three
hundred men stationed there I re
mained at that post or rather the
new field for a period of three
months, and during that time I saw
the camp Increased In capacity so as
to accommodate tea thousand men,
the number that was there at the
time of my departure. At the pres
ent time Kelly Field has a strength
of about twenty thousand men. ft
the war Is to continue a great many
of these will eventually become fly
er*. • ■*■*
The three months 1 spent la this
camp were crowded with events for
me. many amusing, some sad as I
look hark upon them at this time,
but they were bard at times and 1
do not hesitate Co say that serving
one’s country necessitate* sacrifices,
whlrh at first are difficult to become
accustomed to. I want to add here
that one of the most pleasant exper
iences that I had while In Texas was
one day. a very hot one as 1 remem
ber. 1 was beating It to the canteen
to get a cool drink, and longing for
a Coca-f'ola from the fountain of the
Opera House Pharmacy, when I heard
my name called from the distance,
and looking up saw Arthur McPune
and Robert Belt They had just ar
rived from Fort nils*, having all the
mater marks of recruits. Well they
mere certainly given a glad welcome
Into camp by me and after that time
I saw them quit* often while In
camp. When ! left Kelly they were
In tk* ISth Squadron, and I have of
taa wondered since If they hairs gone
•Mr *•**, as many of the squadrons
at tk* field at that time hnve sine*
•m* across. }
1 was bounced about quite s bit.
was transforms to the lid Rquadran.
tbsa to the 14th. and finally to tk*
SMh and remained with them la
Taw aatll July Ittb. when we ea-
Irnlaed for Wright Field. I wish to
gay that them was certainly no feel
ing at reluctance upon leaving the
•noth for we ell had had our full
of aaad sad ana. Ibe nth and nth
Squadrons la oae train Mm* up from
TeaU ' ta record breaking time, bar
ing base moved ewer the line of the
M. K. * T. ta demount ratlsa of the
•peed that coaid bn made la the
transferring of troops over that road.
To give a doaerlptioa la a manner
that would 4* justice to this field to
eery difficult and oa* weald molly
have to vim tt to maHae how Uhelo
Bam hss la no ahort a time provided
lor the training of mea ta thin, a
highly tpeeiaiited breach at the aer-
Tlc*. Wilber Wright Field Mlemted
la that section of Ohio whom the
lead begins to raced* t* the OM*
river, and lies between twa af tha
largest towns In the **o. ggrtag
field and Dayton. Wn hem easy ae
ems to either. The act not alt* of
Ihn field was ebosea mot* psttoaaa
been*** of tbe feet ibat It wan the
atte ef the original Wright Brother* 1
■ eaparimeatal field, than tor nap
other. It wan hem that then* now
*>■»■■ mo* through toitoomn exper-
Meats put lata p rustics end mad*
fMriM* this greet air mask la* that
tea reveiatleataed madam warfare,
OBd thin poet earned after the leu
. tenor Wright win leag bn a mea*.
femgat ta their tematlM gaatue.
ftl tern ta mMflJtet peer me Urn
sJtedh* pariUMMlp MUOmtod to
make victory vie the nlr route pee
ribte. nad while thin am many
things of totems! that css he routed
I leal that time wUI not permit It’s
all bring committed to write* I
ham prevtonaty msatlnaad tha gnat
amber of aero nouadmaa that ham
been recruited. Men la them organ
isations comprise that part of the
aviation service that attends to the
airplanes, such as mechanics, nlectrie
laas and other expert*. The flyers,
after they am trained and pass what
to called the R. A. M. teats, la ether
words qualified as a reserve military
aviator, are given a commission as
First Lieutenant la tb# United Bute*
Army, and while they are In the
training camps as students they have
the sutus of Cadets. Because of the
fact that the emergency necessitates
the training of many aviators, and no
tlmo to to be lost, tt can be under
stood that a cadet to required to de
vote most all of bis time to acquir
ing a technical knowledge necessary
In aviation. First they have to go
through what Is railed e “Ground
School" coursq of eight weeks, at the
end of which time they are sent to
camps such as this to be trained In
actual flying. The time spent before
one become* an efficient aviator
varies, depending upon the adapta
bility of the student. Tbe airplanes
used In the Instruction of students
are of the type celled “Tractors."
They are a slow machine and espe
cially designed for use In training.
One cannot realise the Immensity of
th* program that to being carried
ont unless they have the opportunity
to be near a* I have been during the
ppat seven months. , _,
Curing the summer months when
training was at ltn height. It was
not unusinl for forty or fifty planes
to be In the air at one time. Taking
off and landing during the entire
day—many of them at eucsh an alti
tude that they could hardly be seen.
While the flying Is going on nil
pilots are under the observation of
experienced and competent officer*,
and In this way n record of tbe In
dividual student and bis progress Is
kept. One of tbe remarkable things
regarding th* flying that has been
conducted her* Is the lack of acci
dents that bavr occured In propor
tion to the amount of flying that has
been conducted. This Is an indica
tion of the extreme precaution that
our government Is taking In the pro
tection of the lives of student avia
tors.
Nearly esery one can Imagine th*-
experience of actually ascending In
> an alrplan*. and prior to tbe time
that I made my first trip Into the
air I hud many Ideas as to what the
experience might be Many of them
| were true and many others were at
i once destroyed It Is difficult to *f
ifert a good description of the feeling
I that I had In going up the first time.
I was all dolled up In a leather coat
| »nd helmet and goggles. Just like the
reel thing, and will hare to admit
that I was a trifle nervous When
1 the machine took off I began to real
■ Is* that ground was fast becoming
i farther awny. and there was a feel
> lag of uneasiness that requires sev
i erely minutes to relieve. After we
i had been going for several minute*
I ventured to look over the side of
t the mechlne. By this time we were
i quite n height end stilt '“going up."
i Ms morning was bright and the at
mosphere clear enough to make ev
erythlng oa tho earth to stood ont tn
vivid detail. Higher and higher we
| ascended In great circular flights and
ns time passed I became more com
fortable la my feeling of security,
| bnt when he would yank the machine
to torn. It mad* It entirely too rasy
’ for me to tee lb* earth— well I rnn’t
' express In words that particular reel
ing. Things on the earth below be
came vague la their ontllne, we were
Dying over a river and It looked Ilk*
a silver thread winding Its way
through th* country. W* were pass
teg along tho Ua* of a railroad and
a feat moving train could bo seen.
Tb* train teemed Ilk* a miniature nt
tho height that w* had attained, and
tt ramladid me racy much of a toy
train that one ease ta th* store* at
Christmas time It I* eel easy to dee
crib* tb* Diet trip beck to earth ni
ter e tong hnlf boar In tee sir. Meet
every m hen mode n derentton to e
(Ml tearing elevator. Well, th* tee
on ten to noMwhnl th* tom* If only
yen ann tmegtao thta non ef feeling
bring ta Meriting about *o* hundred
MM added M tk* offset of boring
tbe earth rrahtag ng tn meet yen.
Thin wee g wonderful nxpertoec* and
I njgti every tetaete at K. bnt f*H
■aaw Mltofeettee tat getting hack
again I* th* wtu which
I have bed th* privilege ef mekteg
■any Dtgbte riee* thto ftret one, and
Mw thiengh many mm* thrtta
at taapMg Me too*, tha Mnl. and
the Ml **> M no tegerinne that
I how orgy ted riee* egeetad thto
iSpfc'ssi.'S
rie*. (Tib MMM^rtßteatwßiM
' lijiiftiMW m, inv
and *t th* preeant Mate await a' oak
Me training to thto Maagh .
There era many ether tales eriteg
details that may be added to thto
which hoe already eeeumed th* pra
pertioas ef e long latter. However.
1 weald like to odd that th* wooer
appropriation of con gram will net
cere for tho need* of oar develop
ment. aad thto eea ho naderetood
when one realism the! tt requires n
million dollars to famish the a ace*
aery equipment for only three aero
squadrons, to my nothing of tho cost
of subsistence end clothing for tho
ftysr and th* soldier. Added to thto to
th* enormous cost -of the training
camps, the airplanes that era des
troyed In training, and numerous
other expenses that accompany th*
training of tviators. It has been es
timated that to train oae aviator
It costs the government 116,000.
Nevertheless. If thto war to to con
tinue, thto training will go on until
we bare produced a thousand avia
tors for each and every star In onr
flag. It can also he proudly said
that there are enough willing men
ready to receive the training. Beyond
• doubt thto to the highest branch
of the service, and for that reason
has appealed to the most alert dais
of young men. Among the American
flyers today there are many who
have already made a mast r stroke
In aviation. Beside* the fact that fly
ing Is one of tbe most fascinating
duties that modern war Includes. It
to s great pleasure to be associated
with the type of youdg men that are
Chosen for thto service.
At the present time all flying hdl
been suspended at the field for th*
winter. All squadrons having sev
ers! months' experience In the care
of airplanes are being seat Bomb to
new flelde. We are expecting this
week the arrival of aeven new squad
rons from Kelly who will be given n
special course of training this win
ter. The life of the aviator to not
only In hto own hands while in th*
sir. but also tbe hands of those who
attend bis airplane, and It to there
fore very essential that the ground
men be experts In their line.
Hoping that some day nil of ue
who are “with the colors" may have
the opportunity and pleasure of
gathering In La Junta to relate our
many, many experiences. I am.
Moat respectfully.
HAL C. HENDRIX.
Sergeant Flret riaaa. A. 8. 8. C.
U 8 A.
Our Playing Army
American aviation unite have
moved up to station! Immediately
behind the front In Prance. The van*
ward of the new army of the air for
which congress voted 1(40.000.000
last summer Is about to Join the for
ces of land and sea In action against
the Germans
Last spring the Aviation Corps
had less than 200 airplanes, of all
degrees of serviceability, and 7& av
iators; now a fleet of 27,000 planes
Is being built, and 10,000 aviators
are being trained. The total person
nel of the old flying corps, ground
workers as well as filers, was 1.000.
The aew flying corps numbers 100,-
000.
Tbs task of planning and produc
ing real fighting planes la the work
of the Aircraft Board, consisting of
throe man. each, from the army, (fee
navy, and civil life. Whan this board
began work there were only two
> companion manufacturing airplanes
la America. The first movs of the
- board was to stop negotiations for
, tbo use of existing patents, and to
> design a aew engine to meet tbo
difficult conditions of air service.
i These eagtaaa might be called upon
to operate from sea level to heights
of 10,000 feet and must be abeo
i lately dependable under the ex
i trams conditions of temperature and
' pressure. To design such an en
gine was the work of a number of
l experts, who freely gars their trade
secrets, and adopting the bast from
their combined experience, la a weak
i evolved the Llbarty Motor.
While Increasing oar prod nation
' It bus been seres aery to keep up tbo
supply of spruce and other raw ma
terials. as well as certain completed
artoplaae parts for tbs Allies, in
1 return the Allies are giving us their
rich sxperleees obtained In the bard
Held of actual eoafligi. This baa
■edified and m dally modifying
plana and module. Many (Hors from
tbo Rarapeaa fronts are •—y-g oar
•uialaru hi their prattataary tram
lag la the camps.
It tabes Mi months to make an as
•a tor, and easts, aa Fiance capo,
about |M.ddd dm sash man. In
Amarlsaa training than are three
Magee- the first two are glean la
company of men
Franca and dkg
sHsSTSiS
juju
rind ttogttoh tewaght SMB qermea
Airplanes era th* ayrw ef the army
and to the new Invrinymmtg prove
I* be important fighters by lalw'i
ttea at meatttee mere*, bridges,
and euppMee. aad have taken tmyert
be expected figaa the daring aad
latttatto* at the Americans when
they jet late action-
Annual Meeting of Shareholders
JEisstL nsrwsjsr .£rr,
U Junta. Cole., will be held st tha
beak. Wednesday. January », lilt, at
( e'clsck p. m_ Car th* perpeee of
•lectin* a board of director* for tb*
aosulng year and the transaction of
any other buslnaee that may be lawful.
_ R W. PATTERSON. Prsstdsnt.
First publication. December t. I*ll.
Lest publication, January »■ I*ll.
Notice of Annual Meeting
Th« annual meeting of tha La Junta
Hospital Association will bo bald In tho
office of Dr- H. E. Hall, over tba
City Library, on Wednesday. January
S. Ull, for tbo purpooo of electing
officers for tho ensuing yoar and tbo
transaction of aucb other buainoaa aa
may properly com# before the associa
tion.
FRANK FINNEY. President
H. E. HALL Secretary.
First publication, December f. 1917.
publication, December >7, 1917.
Notice of Annual Meeting
Notice le hereby given that the an
nual meeting of the atocltholdera of
the Otero Loan and Building Associa
tion will be held at Harmony Hall In
La Junta. Colo., on Monday. January
21. 1911. at 7:20 p. m . for the purpose
Of electing a board of trustees for the
ensuing year, and for the purpose of
trnnuactlng auch other bualneoa as
may be properly presented.
„ _ R PHILLIFH. Secretary.
First publication. l>ecember 20. 1917.
iML publication. January 24. 1919.
Stockholdern' Annual Meeting
He annua) nU?*.‘r.2 of the stock'
holders of The Colorado Savings and
Truet Company will he held at its
banking houae at La Junta. Colo, on
TuMalay. January S. 1919, at 10 o’clock
a. m . for the following purposes:
fa) To hear reports.
(t>) To elect by ballot a directory of
■oven stockholders.
(c) To do any other appropriate
business.
J. L GILLILAND. Cashier.
Flret publication. December 9. 1917.
Last publication. January 2. 1919.
Statrionery Provisions
Public notice is hereby given that In
accordance with tho provLeioaa of the
act of tbe General Assembly of tbe
%te of Colorado, entitled aa Act ren
ting tbe procuring of tho provisions
of book a. stationery and supplies for
county officers by the Board of Coun
ty Commissioners In tha counties of
the state, approved April IUI 1999.
tha undersigned county clerk or Otero
county. Colo., will receive proposals
until 12 o'clock noon January 7. 1919.
for furnishing county supplies for the
various offioee of said county, for and
daring the year 1919. consisting of
hooka etationory. records, lithograph
ing. all legal printing and all other
anppltea. Including pens, pencils. Ink.
etc., all bide to be sealed and en
dorsed plainly "Proposals for Print
ing" aa tbe case may bo. T * Fur>i>'.L-m
ta be furnished under this tun.iact to
be egual In qunllty to those now In
uao by the aim county.
The Board res -rvea the right to re
ject any and nil bids aa they shall
deem It to the l-eut Interest of the
county to do.
By order of the County Commis
sioners.
o»\\M WALKER,
bounty ’’erk and Recorder
Flret publication. December 11. 1917.
Last publication. January 9, 1911.
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nminciD aed well
rowmp om mea
W. BUTTS
tamMMbgNr
It Is Now
Time
TOO MW BHEBDta TOTB
Winter Suits
and OVTCOBtg
Frvnch
Bfctrie
dUSHBF
Breawßiß
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New Books at the City Library
All Nil, tho MV
hooka kora bora recently pieced m
th* teeiven:
Bock. Edward—Socoseeward.
Bronte, Ann* —The Tenant ef Wind
fall Hull.
Castle Mr. aad Mrs.—Modern. Danc
ing-
Clark, Jumna—Self Culture.
Dole, Nathan—Tbe Spall of Swtteer
laad.
Dunklll. Thome* Chamber ef
Manic.
Doubtadoy, Runeell—A Tear In a
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f, TnE.UHI.VJLRSAI. CAU, ;
The Ford URBAN la hlgh-elaaa la appeorenee and
appelatniatfc The sects are veotfat* aad deeply up
holstered with eleth ef high naaUty. Urge deers
give eoMvenleot eotraces mm either aides plate glass
windows make It n dosed ear for Inrlemawt weather.
I ood give fresh nlr vrheo open. With high pooMty la
nppeomoee nad eiwipmeot there le the elmple ood
aiie eoptiol In d wivimj. A woman's esr-a family
ear for every day la the year.
Frtea of Feed earn.. F. u. B. La Junta, tartadiag
T ~ ta « °“ rSS!K
BOMGARDNER tt O'NEIL
Public Sales
The auction method is the quickest
and surest way of
Selling Your Property
Write or Call for Dates Now
lm B. SHENK V Auctioneer
Phene, Heffiresh 12 Pl 4. R. P. D. Ns. 2-
[—Prompt
Service
It hoe always bora ear policy to render ear funtnmmn
prompt nervine. Thto to th* roaoea they ntay with an pwr ta M
ranr not. It mnhen no dlffMoae* whet poor requirement* may
be, whether tt to
Under. Thden, Dkwiw, Shiegles or An
dkg h BuMkf Monk!
Mill el wage find *■ reedy to fill roar order on (hart
Thera** nethhuMN would like better then t* he put te the teat.
- McNeen Lumber Company
Office-14 Eat Iwml hut
BEiTWe THE BE BBi
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L, . ~ OTHPHII
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end CUM.
Herrtoao. Frederick—FMtttv* Bra
I niton at auUgtee.
Ehedte. D.—Fhileaephy of Cheng*.
Brian. Entant T.—Manual at On
Woodcraft Indian*.
Smith. 0. M.—Daddy’s Oeod Might
Btorisn.
Treltochk*. Heterich Bslectloa*
from Traltchke’s Lectures on Foi
ttlcs.
i Stospy Song Book.