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Show FOWLER MAY FALL IN A CHASM. Will Fowler, the marooned transcontinental trans-continental birdman, over reach Og-don? Og-don? Many employes of the Southern Pacific railroad, who are familiar with tho topography of the Siorra Nevada country over which the aviator must pass, do not believe that he will. Assistant City Ticket Agent William Wil-liam Steer of the Oregon Short Lino, who knows the country In which Fowler Fow-ler Is now Bhlpwrecked better than any other man in Ogden, believes that it is an impossible task to cross tho mountains with an aeroplane. Mr Steer says that the California aviator is now little higher than he was when he left Colfax. Emigrant Gap is a deep valley with walls rising on the east thousands of feet. "Tho wind at all times ia blowing a gale at the summit." says tho ticket man. "A fellow might as well try to swim up Niagara Falls as to try to climb those peaks with a biplane. "Talk about your air mixtures, as tho aviators call It, Fowler will get some of the greatest mixtures of air that any birdman evor struck, before ho ever reaches the summit of the Sierras. And there Is no place that he can light, If h climbs out of that gap, until ho Ib over the peak. He can't light on the railroad for Its under un-der snow sheds and ho would have to put bird claws on his machine to make a landing any other placo. Fowler Fow-ler Is going to break his nock Its just a plain case of sulcldo." Other railroad men aro of the same opinion and very few of tbe men who are at all familiar with the Sierra country have confidence In Fowler's ability' to cross the range. They all agree that should Fowler reach Og-, don the hardest portion of tho ontiro transcontinental voyage will have been passed According to telegraphic reports Fowler will attempt the mountain flight tomorrow morning, provided that he can make Borne slight repairs to his machine which was damaged in alighting In a meadow at Emigrant Gap. Emigrant Gap, Cal., Sept. 25. Rain Id falling In this region today and Aviator Robort G. Fowler is not certain that he can make another start on his trip over tho summit of tho Sierras tomorrow morning. Fowler says'that when he resumes I his flight he will have to reach an al- tltudp of 0.000 feet above sea level to I get over safely. Ho was up 7,800 feel I yesterday when he encountered the contrary wind currents that caused him to fall Into an nlr hole The Injury to his machine thnt prevented pre-vented hlm from making another flight yesterday afternoon was duo to a wind catching It just as ho was alighting. A skid was broken and some wires wero Btrotchcd. |