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WISEMAN, THE CELEBRATED BIRDMAN, WILL BE WITH US
Spectacular Flights Through the Skies In Airships Will be Features of the One Big Week

Aviator Wiseman and his airship will be with us during the one big week in Salinas, from July 30 to Aug. 6, and this famous aerial navigator will do some spectacular flying.  Chris Thorup, chairman of the aviation committee, has virtually closed a deal with Wiseman and the great celebration will open with an aviation meeting in which the latter will play the star part.

There are hundreds of people in this county who have never seen an airship and many more who have never seen one in action.  To those Wiseman's performance will be a revelation.  The bird man ranks high among the aviators of this country and his spectacular flights through the air have delighted thousands.  He understands the airship, is thoroughly familiar with its details and is a master of the new art of aerial navigation.  The sight of him soaring through the sky, once seen, will never be forgotten, and a thrill of excitement permeates the multitude as they follow him with straining eyes on his aerial flight.

That Boosters' Excursion.

A few words concerning that booster excursion on Sunday to Paso Robles and intermediate towns down the line of the Southern Pacific Railroad.  It is imperative that Salinas makes a good showing on that trip and nothing should prevent everybody who wants to see the one big week a success from getting aboard the train when the bell rings.  It will be a great trip, and a big crowd of boosters swinging around the circle will be an effective advertisement of the enterprise and public spirit of the people of this community.  There will be plenty of entertainment en route and the attractions along the line will be too numerous to mention.  There will be music by the Salinas city band, and lots of it, and the crowd will be permeated with the genuine outing spirit.  Nothing short of a broken leg or a bum appendix should prevent you from joining the boosters on Sunday.  Buy a ticket for yourself and another for your best girl and follow the band.  Tickets will be on sale at the Stag cigar store, Boradori's cigar store, H. B. Tubbs' and John Souza's.  The train will pull out of the local depot at 7 o'clock sharp on Sunday morning.  Never mind about breakfast if you sleep late;  there will be a sumptuous dinner served at King City.

Everybody is Working.

The work of preparing for the one big week is well under way and the several committees having charge of the various details are working with a vim.  They are too busy to submit formal reports, but they are not allowing the grass to grow under their feet, and each day sees a great deal accomplished.  Never before in the history of Salinas has so many men been working so effectively and harmoniously for the general good, and the get together spirit is fomenting in great shape.  The celebration is being thoroughly advertised at home and abroad.  The crowd is headed this way and it is up to us to see that everybody has a good time during the one big week.

Send for the Prodigals.

The suggestion of the Index that the one big week be made a home coming week for Salinans whose lots are cast in other places has been generally accepted as a good one.  Personal invitations by the hundred have been sent requesting the presence of wanderers at the old home in Salinas during the first week in August.  The prodigals will be welcomed, but there will be fatted calf for all who come home, no matter how roughly or kindly fate may have dealt with them.  The old town is going to enjoy itself and the old boys and girls can rest assured that there is a warm place in its heart for them.  Come home for the one big week and save yourself from an attack of homesickness.


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AVIATOR DROPS 500 FEET
Fred J. Wiseman's Airship Breaks Down in Midair at Salinas.

SALINAS, July 30.— With his proeller and control cables broken, Fred J. Wiseman, an aviator, made a dive of 500 feet at the race track here to-day and landed safely.  The accident has necessitated a postponement of the exhibitions that were to have been given here during the coming week in connection with the twenty-third annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders' Association.


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WISEMAN TO FLY AT FAIR
Santa Rosa Bird Man Closed Contracts for Flights

The state fair directors yesterday closed a contract with Fred J. Wiseman, the daring Santa Rosa aviator, to fly at the state fair which opens on August 26.  Wiseman is a California boy who has met with much success in aviation.  He lowered the biplane speed record to 72 miles an hour and has made other notable flights.

For the flights at the state fair Wiseman will use a biplane of his own design.  He expects this biplane to prove its superiority to all other makes and designs, not only in speed, but in ability to maneuver in a limited area and in reaching high altitudes.  Among the special events that are probable is a trip to the bay and return and probably a more adventurous one to Lake Tahoe.

At all events there will be plenty of good flights scheduled and those attending the fair are promised the opportunity of witnessing the best aerial stunts ever seen in Sacramento.  The directors have the provision in the contracts that unless the flights are made as called for, no money will be paid the aviator.


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MISS LAUGHLIN'S AVIATION PARTY
Popular Mark West Resident Has Novel Feature for Entertainment of Her Guests

Miss Annie Laughlin of Mark West is probably the first lady to give an aviation party.  While wealthy Easterners are racking their brains for novelties for the entertainment of their set during the late winter months when the weather is unsuitable to be out of doors, the Californians have set them a pace that will be hard to follow.

Miss Laughlin entertained the entire country side Wednesday afternoon, and as a compliment to her and return for the many kindnesses which she and her brother, Grant Laughlin have extended the company, Fred J. Wiseman took his aeroplane out and gave a most successful demonstration of his ability to fly.  Many of the guests had their doubts of the ability of Wiseman to fly, while many others had never seen an aeroplane in action.

Mr. Wiseman is making a number of experiments with his machine, for the purpose of testing various features which he is trying out, before he makes further public exhibitions.  The weather was perfect and the machine in prime condition, so he made two flights in plain view of all at the gathering and furnished a topic for conversation the remainder of the afternoon.


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WISEMAN FLIES AT SACRAMENTO
Makes Another Flight at the State Fair at Sacramento on Friday Morning

Aviator Fred Wiseman made another flight Friday morning, staying in the air about three minutes and alighting in a field in Oak Park.  Shortly before 11 o'clock his biplane was drawn around to the northeast stretch of the track, the engine was given a testing and at 11:05 he started on his flight.  Ascending nicely, running down the back stretch to a point opposite the grandstand, then rising higher in the air, he crossed the ground going south of the grandstand and about four hundred feet in the air.  From his seat on the machine at his highest altitude he waved his hands to friends on the ground.  The machine continued its course southwesterly for half a mile or more and could be seen from the ground to alight in Oak Park.  It was ascertain that he alighted because of engine trouble, having intended to come back and alight in front of the grandstand.  He was not injured, having alighted in an open space, and it is stated that his machine escaped any breaks.—Sacramento Bee.