The Durant Statesman. (Durant, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, March 8, 1907 Page: 2 of 8
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By HENRY HELM CLAYTON
of Blue Hill Observatory
I IK siilicricjil hiillodii is to tlx- navigator of the air what the raft
8 urns to n n vi rat inn of the water It is the first crude bi'srinninsr
of the art Could Imlloons lie pushed along by polea or even
driven slowly by motors of any kind there is hardly a doubt
but that slow steady progress in navigating the air would have
followed the invention of the balloon and great aerial ships
would now traverse the air from city to city But unfor-
tunately the moment a balloon is in the air it is ordinarily the
sport of fierce aerial currents which sweep it along entirely
beyond the control of men
This circumstance has made progress dangerous and difficult yet
progress has been made and numerous devices have been invented which
have made the management of the balloon easier and safer The inven-
tion of the elongated balloon and the adaptation of modern light motors
for driving it through the air have made it possible in light winds to make
short voyages to points chosen in advance and to return But such balloons
can barely stem the ordinary currents prevailing a few hundred yards
above the earth and in currents somewhat stronger are as much the sport
of the winds as are the spherical balloons
The well-known engineer Octave t'hanute who has given this ques-
tion much study says that it is improbable that the balloon can ever be
driven with a speed exceeding 40 miles an hour without bursting Mr
Santos-Dumont who has probably had a wider personal experience in driv-
ing elongated balloons than any one else says that in practice when the
balloon is in motion the gas is forced back to the rear end of the Balloon
and the pressure becomes so great that speeds of 20 to 10 miles can not be
exceeded without danger of bursting the strongest material of which bal-
loons can now be made
Such facts render it improbable that the balloon will ever greatly
exceed its present development and students of the subject look forward to
the evolution of the flying machine without gas for the future navigation
of the air But this is not denying a practical future for the balloon
The spherical balloon is now frequently used for voyages of pleasure
and recreation and its usefulness will no doubt steadily increasi for this
purpose as devices for handling it are improved
The balloon has also proved a most useful method of exploring tne air
up to heights exceeding 10 miles by means of light recording instruments
attached to unmanned balloons This method of research has been very
widely used in Europe and has recently been introduced into America by
Mr A Lawrence Rotch with great success They have also been used
by Mr Hergesell for obtaining the temperature at great heights above the
Atlantic ocean In the latter case the balloon is followed by a steamer and
recovered when it falls
Other practical uses for the balloon are foreshadowed Hence I
believe that the balloon has a practical future wi4VviviiAy7
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but not as an airship except in sport
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By L G POWERS
Chief Statistician Bureau of Census
In various ways during
the last few years the
public press as well aa
our statesmen economists
and business men have
been calling attention to
the marvelous resources
of this nation and the
wonder f u 1 development
of the same in the last
half century Nothing however has been written or spoken which sets
forth that magnitude and growth more graphically than the estimates
of national wealth recently published by the United States bureau of the
census Those estimates were for the years 1900 and 1!04 For the
former year they assign to continental United States — which is the United
States exclusive of Alaska Hawaii Porto Hico and the Philippines — a
valuation of $885i30tf7 75 for 1904 the estimate was $107104211917
The magnitude of this wealth may be measured by comparing it with that
of a number of other countries
For such comparisons the figures for 1900 must be employed since
the latest estimates of European national wealth — those of Mulhall — are
for 1896 In that year the wealth of (J rent Britain was estimated as $57-
453899000 and of Russia as $31267262500 The total for the two iras
$88721161500 which is practically identical with the estimate for the
United States in 1900 All known tacts tell of greater wealth accumulated
in the United States since the years mentioned than in the countries
named
Hence it is safe to assume that the wealth of the United States differs
hut little from that of Great Britain and Russia combined and is slightly
in excess In like manner the property of the United States at the pres-
ent time is doubtless slightly in excess of tbe combined wealth of the rich-
est nations of Continental Europe-— France with an estimated valuation
in 1896 of $47 156385000 and Germany with $39185058000 — a total
of $86341443000
Every time the sun makes its daily course it finds this nation $10000-
000 richer when its last rays linger at the golden gates of California than
when they lighted up the granite hills of Maine
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Sterett, W. S. The Durant Statesman. (Durant, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, March 8, 1907, newspaper, March 8, 1907; Durant, Indian Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2305806/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.