Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1911-11-07 | Page 6 | Rodgers Resting in Sight of Goal

RODGERS RESTING IN SIGHT OF GOAl Southern California Cities Are Competing for Finish of Transcontinental Flight Pasadena Cal Nov O C G.- G. While 6 While Cal CalP Cal CalI I P p. p Rodgers is resting at Pasadena after aft art er or 1 his nine forty da lay transcontinental aerial flight civic organizations organisations of oC all southern California coast towns are arc bidding for the finish of the time aviators aviator's r record breaking exploit Santa Barbara San Diego San Pedro and end several so other cities have propositions to nod to alight there when he me again soars Into the heavens Hoders original plans called for the tho final descent at Venice One of or the sensational proposals placed before Hod ers is for the time aviator to tI fly from fromn San nn n Pedro to the tho golf gol links at nt CatalIna island twenty seven miles across th the Santa Barbara channel After Rodgers once gets sets to the time salt water of the time Pacific ocean this tills latest proposition preposition may bo be considered Meantime the tIme lanky bIrdman Is either cither sleeping peacefully peace peace- fully In his apartment nt at the thc Maryland larland hot hotel l or or Jr around the Jobb chatting chat chat- ting with Ills his mother another wife and friends who have been basking In the glory of ot th time the aviator tor since sinco his arrival Rodgers Rod will probably rest here he-e until Saturday when he ime will viii again soar skyward skyward sky sky- ward on the thea last leb of or his imis Is sea to flight ht Although llod today declared he lie was rend ready ready- to continue his flight his flis managers are holding holdIng- him back hack In or order or- or der th der-th-at that ho imo may his strength and that thc the machine in which he made to tle trip across the time United Stat States State's s may lay be put but In good shape Racked and strained by bI buffeting gales and sudden sudden sud suet den descents to the earth the thc big aeroplane is la almost read ready to tall fall fail to pieces and aDd will have to be almost en entirely entirely entirely en- en rebuilt I I I