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Show | Second Section. The Juier-Mountain Republican | Pases 108 "SALT LAKE CITY, eae Lc UTAH, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1906. SOME Aniteresting ond facts About Them Dr ARNOLP? KERUCHMAN ) outside i Wr" 2 \\) FSGS se if; % i} cee: é of their immediate ken than | they are, so I do not suppose that I am so very stupid to have assumed that all | there is to ballooning Is simply a gas | bag and some ropes to hold the basket underneath, My idea as to the man;ner of landing was simply that the j balloon dropped wher It got ready |to do so, and thus the daring persons { ; | Who rode \\\ |foune ling in such terra a foolish firma balloon again. with conveyances After an expert analyz- I can Ti \ | readily understand that comparatively }it is just as safe a manner of locomo| tion as the automobile, and a sensible , understanding of its construction and ) Minipulation has engendered a very ) ardent desire to ride In ft, | Such a balloon as 1 saw in the | course of construction in the workshop | 1s put together according to a scientific (plan that is figured down to the ; minutest detail on paper. <A halloon|maker like Stevens knows the lotation of each rope and each templet and | each toggle, and this part of the valve and that part of the ripcord, just ag. an architect knows where he has ; Placed the different things that go to make up the house an architect, like won has an Bee tains ~ ay Ulloa : - | gan |eally omong that maze or smull . BALLOONS Income rhe sandwiched). po factory ne ea there. rat theSons balloon was. ‘hit it } s the a bra 7 to ee a place from foundry hat I..expe nei ook t @ AERahe Oe: vee Mh reat Ph i - ' Se rough ut e] at { ‘ a DAT tent Ope ! ind L i the limb : 1 i P UE RO ' rking Lune oss at coe Off orkin for Mr. i raitlva { Craver ove i zy St Ben ind introduced he Stevens cular, high, | | hat hat weet one ety 1 id ; Jas th Asel-« the -Lows ot him is ps. ‘of sy sal mind| ii to iti oon ting the all ob ontit eat turi ith n ¢ : S- Dhich~ vhich- see es beeen i oO ir uy is tne He ren SAE RY nly S vreonaut ‘ yea 0 in ld. Se eae (IN TEEIOE FP OF ZBL ‘ any kind ted balloon -your experime A ak( this|}asked Mr, but! that these : 7 a =i 1D, . |throng | L la, untily. eee 5 pate Wa UAt t Sten Steve = LOVIAL, Yip PCPLOPMers: tt hie so that th ursting shows He th should give and all aren we the © passengers =. safely A But this Is ahead : would to some : of the story. When nae een carefully sewn fabulous shows When purposed vane rae eon Aare rao but ie \ | | lant 1 ba the ie 7 eee fel-| The | ;offers began to gO to write Wh to describe simply to tell }ihere that this gard sli the a balloon is woven into the} ap : carries. While it agewasi not oefs a ev. BS } FGT.. Fre SIF 28 j LO BERS ah Gi EI LI hgLG F. +a< ALAA, L ALAM OLT nein KK - is In the the toof. create the a market regular ft show it, and when people were balloon as a tevens stevens Saw saw) veginning to remedium of sport)- for amateurs he set his restless brain| tae rk Ul n its improvement and tO} = "2 com} o work } ' upo zardous and a in the balloonmaker's . work. ropes must be so netted that as lines converge towards their meet- netting must a balloon | | eee be adjusted vere top. This valve fe . 3) 4, apparent immediately =: ; The balloon is. now ready for an ,| hisi ceaselessly intelligent as : ° work . and unconscious exploitation of the ubject by his own enthusiasm began Lessubjinterest, that class of Americans ; who ltake to automobiling for the danger} sick: with 4 ee e said] The the to an exte aciteia tt eet nicety over al ‘ this article When the envelope is dry the valve something about) made of wood, and ts so contrived that and ballooning in this coun=| it opens precisely as the navigator I find myself constantly recur-| wills But ‘bealdes thevalves there (a Mr. Stevens: for his histors |} sewn into the sides of the balloon for story of ballooning us @ pas-| , mergencies an rg Bl asels oblong arrangement interwoven as the} called the rip cord. The use of this I fad rade the Which goes over the envelope has been put together. This is one of the nicest in- | problems little ad police gLHeeRee lly,y, was| idventure, ing point load asringmany ad | lines the bottom must at bethe just times around the wor e : ived stronger as there are Ines around the 2ekS next ece week >equator a . different| of the balloon, and the lines eae of | definite purpose Bnlloons outside m1TA- at and of | in| him pictures. This ring is the connecting link between the ear and the envelope The ring is made of hickory or a similar tough wood. Meanwhile the netting cension. cates the The statuseope, altitude, and the which a as indi- barometer, which indicates the . atmospherieal , on ~ pressure, is adjusted _ in the car. The neck of the balloon is fastened in its place and the. ady for Pee mn globe is ready tion. It is weighted down and ‘ wi, gas (or ' rye hydrogen gas. hia This' 1s§ for ballooning, because : qt is. manufactured byyer eee s it is Hg = ac - ale placing 7 jarge caldron sulphurfe acid over jron. The resultant fumes are eee: into another caleq by : means of P pipes -s int more COM-/| eae ; 10 years of qyon. a a Sehis! they i Where ; a } then arethey Poe if » We enter the show ba through lime, anc Jif he ' vas a j eae , ate and simple He was the! palloon. It costs about $10 to Inflate an in America to make a par-} ordinary balloon. ; Hn 4 lived most oaThe of his wak-a : : aw balloon so is now soaring in the etheIbve air. ost d rae in} | afr.3 The a business sed to be at the z mercy It is suppose H ing life up hazards, in the epite of its Ay began hee however » air currents. to} This is not of the alr ate at Pavement entirely daria ke ta ;*! ‘crowded, and the compensation) true, savs Mr. Ste j be Ss. J overcrowded, ft % et rect ed : tos-Duthe } SantosValm-leaf ap fan "get on pallor and ant steer 2 ens ill iis it almost expenses maller id th anyand, e pe moreover, % h named m : hey had the iow ait Bol had not‘not:been ne | palm . | ve DateBe saan yvens creat¢ If tEin ae nly Rin oOfvs boy, <tremely tt |" La toh} a tory i him susho or to sends him Appleton's is ans out. gets $125) 3 j ie of {brary sl she w burst ei on ae carpene He¢ re-'|e@lty balloonist hi e¢ mind 1 of the fi wasverewear-| if they j where had es ; alling they) _ the and ilfing cover} not cey desire. go right his a tible¢ youto services Its 26: ahi os aan a ore any*® variation were rviwit In fact, ne und ver | Ss Ob!bhiged to: furn-f | he whatsoever. urged t any him} Lib 1 : yuld Nd) 4 {i the 1 = Y « red‘ tha1 rope that mMeone) the children to. do. so ;1ng the Piqued away, Freneh by :ish: th ine j his \fathet bulloon na All these and all the oe rt a ani, sens things accessor . > | There enough to. pull Ve ti n had ane thing'that pla ELGi10, ‘reSUCREapparel! | yl » them surprising to NEA t t o- Stevens that st vens ui iweas when ! he be-|a é novice.is one the PUG aLet ase. KEY The higher youSais go Oeil hi é ire. by per-|o..., raat "nis 2 douy ) the swiftBROS i nd behold! CaaLONR. he SLAVE c there Biogen " Irazilian dangled Gy r.the He ae ballog nee¢ Pa aie they. fa ‘turer Had when "to O07 in father was connection! 2 14 ok years 1@ old er eee js anufi your ie to ascent, the}away t p u l € a small rop The beyond Bt a tj : eee his reach, a smal! piece hich all the of . re } re BRE ane jeame that the i was no one ‘s. During the first/ j & around ¢ 7 this. is.~ that the a ae . h t ' : ani air at » a thea murtece He determined that the only | with hisa 7 in thet reach. |/huee bas hi tole up the ee hill oi1 which} in business as a manu-/the earth gives most resistance, t of rope that : was to clamber I|years bar he a wa t} in rus tha : = the made children) aSj|the higher ma {t was ie im you anchored mount the less resistHe clambered bac "I into|] way Sara t : singe 1 . ot to a into the rigging! li igvel ery facturer cai Bema { Jeaned to have. dsc % he tory told to over me and tha ‘ qd jcut war the the| up the had side ie | } ; of » the there : a is. t rope and eet When for pull themselves your it as nany far statuscope and as 600 balloons a yea. as the story) he Rar could rs rope get hich ane an held fc it down apes ; on earth pe rot it is wise to descend a a ‘ronauts Up h working ! vent, and ikin for | warns yo u that finally roused reception he | Jarge his con-/a i crews , of second aerona . he os shot eoeariatie (ee up into the bit air you with! put your dowr hand Mt t. up To to a ut aK his little et) fearsome n l { to ru inIng astonish-| ning | a rapidity him in all parts of ‘the country raple y that\ ; bereft ere him of his wits.) Se nd ite bag general}1 reached at one side of the car and stevens it . ae 2 oO ) physiognomy } ne ' a yalloon balloor mcg theugh and 2 i that nat£ N s vatti ig his eyes this \ time 1erl he tight, he crowched Nnavwigs was studying : } wes in|ment, aertal |. white a J 4 3 Konia: rs tl i bag rly awe ee | oe nd ‘i 3 Vay fi hat the you 7 se In-/} Was find navigation, not. x the open| therein ‘ i n following his hoe‘ail: ae vo-!| seemed the 9 ;bo 7 Sols corner to h aon be ears of ma tucked the u striking oar car, away on ne clenching Ve I. His ede Nl dark « ye rope t As soon as you pare Stet 3 i.hallddn NC abroad hare closely, po aveled t : and | This Th as sates th it-a) he!/ is of & j the k-knife agronauts in Godld: his S o e hand ca abro:z b e s¢mod How madsam long gah terior oe ee et or je?factorily . re : sink| 2 rily a at "t : ing up there he aeke separatremained ‘ sepa | oes king t of gas escapes there endless tests in his own he himself are deep-set does not work- | pull it a Hin oBanee and luge E eas Eee satista Sete of the tae ming nace Og with Acar some difficulty ah lass to ve spent . him,-and) 1] how all his renee kno ib his was Finally, native; a cd by a keen, strong, well- at 9 er his AEA de nowever, bre: Pa ee TRS ane ) is Soa: as i en of the balloon: : a aru: yan 1c stood ‘ake His up-;on mouth s safer and the jd account looked:| | vie is straight tray of more the and r the :altitude : /a thir to make ©. alr as easil } fa ver] which oe punk came was 7 a ; then back os known e Fe balloons 2 ah ( WE < ee eyerli tt Ng s ce about him. ‘ fe. sent . h af illed to|immediately It made him shudder. (the y ., ter, with rou is strong notice his begin He | ocaptable boat) that ¢ to rig yo j = : for lenched and £& ple eal firmly.his His s jajaw 1 eas lat LHe ae was ee him known r-filling Seat fall. . The | frantically as rant! desceut Forest) park, does not determined . to + I an voice 1} his imagcinati .cease, has y mis a a ni re suet ) He France en determined!) for his nome Phere aterhe imagination him would ei and I Sraue ssw get _- of r a position! strang: ‘though it ¢, modifies, 4, tego a e | nie. when an in you » gazed { close be-| i. rope, lor whe d-in come" ight what all) Hel m might. felt2 Isses that} of gloud a and Shik }uwndreds] authoritative and hu Wh at of dollars apiece, quickness n he eae euish|far f te b j shipping > a t worse he, clerk Ls the than valves. in» 1. some } Sarc a > Your fall mereantile| ro next might the Napoleonic attribute 7 step «, riousne step happen to to stop stop | the first consignment he the broached eS the stablishment subject to) the low until ratio he fee‘ the Se Ries han : Sameer could aia winter ee only e i { monthe| descent falntlh T | nis a ts to take aliftle wooden spoon is father. aSs very% of| ‘ p abe e i | . were ovet Ironicall But @Rs in his the pate eagerness he| mili yanked clumps it- too) | ould of blackn | informed oe use was about a. him that he|}hard. he o had ; t pee no He had d objec-!something r § shimme 27 se z nd ] dle irteous. api y laid hold, -of the » proper)... out your 5 one Ss out I was sand very ballast ind An mu very as until é See, courteou ‘ fhe a jover he arrived < manner = all - right, ? v He|rope in oe which at he . became a Jeeqglae ageré in but he opéned a} ; tjon mae | iscemed one ata} pathe: th yeiye hat that: the a balloon if he yersonality eve ice thoroughly ial . ed floats oye woonist SAzet he > oe‘ le i rmusing rece aSaf and ceca nity ze exciting. e But suppose As ° higher pleased i } with in the b ra t-to a 1igher meantime balloon loa nat \ the . balloon and ty that in had, 3 y ) came he Vi loved med to to tinker be hit.1 Consequently around. st ma-| 7 ne hedown he boy { y holds at e hin today h terrific f every~d | stez velocity : Oy ! At 25 first earth the ; jos wa boy } something art fading : n balloons-ane airships has iehappene rd from his : i \ maaking & it imae dan ft Saeed issue 3 ry ax out ne d of his descent. | in . the ro eager r , ist reine > com a b ier ae erica He was eminently parctical is only | Chl! A . L O T S |perative « 4 : * tothe, Ear that iP park did you about'! not should notice thi ae down ; to | Poe oF oe ee But d when . he struck a tree the force of , "When on=4cne r.seemed : so : good { converse te oO iim on with as in Pas a hapssoon at! the the b average| the = jleton's earth . . Children as. 5 possible . . Dray . volume] c who : Cpe eee idvertised . ae cararlt to a re make is something an 1a yOIMe! |/1 ich narrated 4 the adventures States, ata of and twolascension "oul unte with he the branches vith contrivance h re balloon a ildt cé n Who OMT Young In some ; time had come manner iiically > got Into} Steven: fg wrong rs for some tall and quick xr Iniigs wit 7 ; it makes his | childre realoush tha e cultivated ee the |} thinking, K ee boughs with him. After} much and he did ho owns i : ! He s e t was) ball, _- more taking oa ignorant the S the balloonist.whe ov ¢ rita : | Oo > ins J . eured h 1 ene | Boe} l ee eee He ia is terre 13: the man sinee he ha . . +t ivst dirigible balvho constructed the tm a 7 : vy which he tiled Pc, ee Cope in a test a een ae karenin 1002 with Santos-Dumon , \ If ‘vou (can reat Manhattan. Beach aie far| newspaper reading so lk ae ay ‘all that 2 man hack ns that. youwih i somewhere for repalr: ve cannot fall the ; ! : ceet) +O. carats Coe tnapeZe oy feet long \Lo elt whictl bel bite Polar n n \ ho conceronauts work for someone wi mpany of balloonists.| Unis the tm last entire:Fourth COMA) On of July Stevens had l balloons dut working al 4% men ane the United: States a I loonist et $26) for each)) h United | One day his teacher SUDA : ' of the end of these ropes are exceeding y | strong catches made of wood, which are ealled toggle. the hi j telegraphed during the uncanny eee st the bat s are re meet But the eae that he whaled t low story until of | ai Gs to istation. }censed 1 . ittle toa] ‘a aE: through Vitis tl uv inhis foot.an chin" NOs é es j ground he Bae very edge of t unninie the the and his bloody arm ery only | | hands. The town of as ni re he| a few moments away ane Sea to as taken, cleaned pencee 7 . Cleve- | hand set upon his way ae ry oye the / | land His fathe1 we ae -ailroad had sett doing Liat co performing in whilkOnes ling I ‘i i t1 t | on hih a . ension t a ‘ ma tobe. tn : ts OOO he = me cee ul the usually |an enlarged square clothes basket, | built of very strong rattan and other reeds. But in the basket Is woven a | maze of strong ropes, which are - | elally manufactured for pe contne. spejs i VA OD OEE AS ee eee wt et of July paper balascensional power ¢ cu its made, These slip into Here the people who came r iefully | loops that suspénd from the load ring from all directions found ean d | which is that little ring you usually | sitting up surveying his wre¢ riceclothand | just above the head of balloonists see in jing wnat the of fire / Thi This, ORL aoe | ne struck he lay at heatenvelope has) been it rise Ganent: 7m ind Peau( ow he eos OO ee cr I it a hut At ball : ‘ } orren witrie Vhat mu lersized man. He has.a broa } curving forenead, Indicating th: GUITARS? aan yy, ex- | how than scala the-mixture of: lin d oil, Varnish and rubber, whict hav , me I asked) Mr ignorant as le UK d)-the ees Leronaut oes Sadat ‘ oirknite docdeee tha wn o, T had workman wa ; surprised ' whet)! y so He his tioned. n the meantime, while the envelope is drying, I ying, taking & on that ¥ yel| low oflskin appearance, the basket, or car, is being finlshed. This is simply | depends} understand, him, n » float in the air until the into. smoke rhe aeronaut erence iIntuitivel know change About. ta. occu before the heat: turns into this is nok te eat OMAN j a broad-shouldered, the; he n d {rom er mbination of pingiion andsprac: } DEnCBROIy ORE tat n t togethe Ith an executive 1d turn eart Ate say er t erie SS s,| apprehensio needs In. his. busine ppt : ee for ne an are usually | have none of} the passenge ry nor.OU from. Fourth ha mn not nolre enow 1 When be ‘ the ath \ i { did) hot. air was, you areas It na your Qui scemedlo ‘ ¥ to f 1 d et balloons is all the parts at Grae something | out hot. air and appliances of loon : doesn't camprehend all at ‘ came 1 on a bright afternoons A m dives dosimnp! j blue eottor mde wrt and) stare erspirace Maree ing from hi roe Wel industrious!) cee! nro it ifety der : teonptet similar to peréale, whic hi} with am mixture. usually | linseed oil, varnish and | Phese : ' se ‘ { he to dissipate, whatever way you lock | the balloon. hus sufficient area to £ at of ibber he source called, air. ropes, splic- lloons a year for,such uses. | 1 papgus..£0% SCS 3135 each. They are mad < price a material varnished nposed of i x peeli direc il = of this Ae ee Hie een turn among every- plano hos-| do know ed, bu i avigation had mind i. certai nd idyllic 1 i ee en-set UUSE ou in erial itt le uw a from se i Pe imation before according | Naturally, most of the balloons| nipped out of this factory are mate DOs ats COUNTY: fairs and for| dvertising purposes. These are the | aples of Stevens' business On his} A. LEO STEVENS MANUFACTURER OF A RS . he js building. And, the balloon-maker always silk or several varieties of cotton or linen. The material is cut Into many pleces | shaped like bricks, |tomptete : templets, as eneh piece | sewn together; e six thicknesse apaofntn smudge. snaltadeersed chute] ine nd diventansting. caretuliy, "bu aavns ys 5 oe a ~) quickly and deftly, dren readily saw "who litter why the theroughfare un=| 4h, te Was no such word as impossible | derneath and the unholy shoutings of in his vocabulary. Lhe man's capacivy the drivers and motormén who are| tor infinite attention to minute forever detasl fighting vwallantly with their) is wonderful, I called on him #everal tongues. And out of the curiously as-|times later in gathering the material sorted buildings @manate a medley of|for this article } and ever nh as lat 3 Among these " quarter of midnight I found smells. unsettling tepid, him | buildings there is none more unro-!working among - his riggings and I| ¢ . looking « an the mantic low-browed than > had . been ; at it ever since | , eontraption ; on which T found a little} o¢ Association with him | black sign, gold-lettered Is stimulating pin exactly ;to the most infinites{mal detail. He | begins by cutting the material of which } the bag. or envelope, as it {s techni- You can hardly imagthe a more ultra oa | repair himself prosaic Che spot rigging on the face in this of the earth balloon had been torn and the en-| than. Ninth avenue just above ‘Tw: nty-|) velope needed % iy pn ia > ber" Peg > Fore-} Yorkie) ‘city: in New. 1ird street er 3 ; : } "oOnversation Stevens told me is that}, there all else above and most that tn ls Vvoecabularly there was c no such hideous structure on which the elsyals/ word as impossible. He said that he fhe cle uinatsyige gloom | Rad: Lie in gh ae casting by, thunder trains ed ou the mern street below. Mingled Watching him patiently working with the rearing of the tron, monsters! his works = x uj - ball nd were borne away. When) 1 hy eee il i' j the mpyrean blue) they were sailing In the ¢ wha , , . ' not know to do ps Event te | hoaweve s h ip Le « I tories of Wwell-) A ; ; sart} regulated moral they came to earth on so ‘ 1 limb and body. But) csand. oh ez| time & man named Wai 1 tna awa < bh ; nr | acronaut's friendship and helped him) .his #balloon, . wor! ca bout ¥\ | thus learning ap -eprane it , t man : things: coucerrmang x Sunday Th Olle he announced, unday h ou ia to; to «his Sather that he was ,jyoing } ft the balloon His father) |make‘a trip in ‘th sie cae ; I thinking it was but the idle boasttulnes 13-vear-old haat fag a He perceived that Pe et oe -_---_-_-_-___-_-_--_--_- ‘tally afraid that he might sail mort oy rc While the prosrieht right up up to to the‘ ira ate he didn'taw pect had its " illureme rht . take to ge know how long there, mighthe might and tal he felt it that st ; rve 0) wondered how he en route IO Ne , ; r} cet down the|the | fall was. so ee nt me pees Ck fort | 1e o yrofessional |) mist pure |)" "Ss ) third ee ee ‘achute . leap person TI do not tind that J eth + (Continued on Page Five.) J |