Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1911 — IS EASILY EXPLAINED [ARTICLE]

IS EASILY EXPLAINED

Says a Subscriber of “That Airship Over West.” Editor of Democrat: That bright light seen by you and . others in the vicinity of Mt. Ayr is easily explained, although we should imagine you would have known of its origin. That illumination is. no other than the constant stream of automobile lights, casting their rays heavenward, containing thirsty Rensselaerites bound for Goodland, that land of plenty, where everyone is a jolly good fellow. So great is the number of autos and so brilliant the lights that they, together with the rays of hope and promise from the expectant eyes, cause the whole sky to glow and shine so as to be seen even by our good editor’s eyes. Yes, it is an air-ship’s light, figuratively speaking—the airship of hope. * Far be it for the Diogenes of the Alt. Ayr Pilot to use a lantern to look for the track layers of the PuTtelle electric road. His anxiously strained eyes would not need a lantern to see them, even in the dark.—A Subscriber.