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of flash light powder which was set off by photographers. The newspapers secured very good pictures of the machine speeding away in the dark.

THROWING MONEY FROM AN AIRSHIP
In 1904 or 1905, Death Valley Scotty had gained notoriety by dashing down Broadway and throwing good American money to the people on the streets. He was followed by a great crowd who fought to get the coins. Scotty was supposed to have a very rich gold mine somewhere in the great Death Valley where borax was [[strikethrough]] formerly [[/strikethrough]] secured.

Dick Ferris came to me with the news that another fellow was throwing money from his automobile and that the streets were lined with people, every night, hoping to secure some of this cash. He had a similar plan. He wanted me to take this man [[strikethrough]] him [[/strikethrough]] up in the airship and allow him to throw his money from the machine. This idea may have been a good one but for the moment I failed to see how it would be of any value to us. Our contracts had been made and there was no possibility of increasing the payment to us. I suspected that some gentleman would derive a personal benefit and explained to Dick that I thought he should pay us for the priviledge of using the ship for the stunt.

We finally agreed on a plan and Dick introduced me to his prospect, Mr. E. Oscar Hart who felt he was doing us a great favor by riding in the ship and thought we should pay him for taking the risk. According to Dick, he spent a great amount of money entertaining Mr. Hart [[strikethrough]] until we were no all agreed [[/strikethrough]]. On the day selected for the trip we had the machine out on the lot and ready to start. We waited nearly an hour before Dick and Mr. Hart arrived. To make sure that my passenger would not fall out, I