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Importance of an Adequate Airport
For Rapidly Advancing New Industry
Told by Federal Air Mail Official
As dellvcu-d yesterday noon be- j Icy giving tho host possible service
lore the Chamber of Commerce! nt a minimum cent has been in
lorum at tho Hotel Hertford, the' "trumemal in building our postal
speech on airports by W. O. WH- "lepartinent Into the largest singlo
loughby. assistant superintendent ! business In the- world. Largest,
of air mall on the l'jelli? coast. ; both from the amount of money
1b In partt as follows: I nnnaieo ana irom mo. numocr oi
""I have road that 'It is more i employes.
Important to make people think I "In J863 the first transcontl-
than ao 'educate them' and that
Is my. ambition today to Impress
upon you the importance of pro
viding nn adequate air port for
tho city of Medford.
nental train service wa estab
lished, and it required 240 hours
or 10 days for tho trip from Ban
Francisco to New York.
Today oiir fastest train service
"During the last 25 years man ' -eniiires nhnnt iuo hours, while
has. been flying, experimenting! pinnCg make tho trip In less than
and designing until It may bo said.o hours.
commercial aviation Is a safe, ao-i
pendable and necessary fact In our
llvos; that wo have, at last evolved
a new.and better means of elimi
nating. Umo and space.
"The romance of. tills greatest
achievement In transportation isi
"During' 1919 and 1920 tho poit
office department initiated tho
transcontinental air mail roulo be
tween New York and San Fran
cisco and Inter established a num
ber of other routes between the
inc in , transportation ii , ,., ,;,rK. After
utlrring the hearts and minds of ' ,,H ,u ,.,.i.
thousands and thousands of the
finest youth In America. Htirring
them not only to wonder, but to
action. mitring them to such a
havlnu demonstrated tho practi
cability and usefulness of this air
service the operation of these lines
was contracted to private compa-
ilegree that every American youth ; nHvatelv
air . mall routes in thi
pictures himself a Lindbergh.
"Oh a corner of 'the post of flee; fJ ""XXTZ o f?
building, in Washington. Is this! I'mtcrt M x l
inscription by Charles W. Klllott: " -""" "" ,,..
Smofd
mon and nations.' How symbolic.; Pounds of air mall were curled.
of the position our postal service ; -u ai
occupies In the complex civlllM- The ae onauMcal research d I
tlrtwof. today. The postal service vision of he irenu ' nndnrdH
Is ' indeed Ihe basic cornerstone, has established r a d l o re,,tj c
which has enabled us to form the! beacons and radio tele, h nes at
clow, ties of friendship and ofvorl polnu on the transcc. ntl
indutry; and that has worked 1 n.nlol route . As a resu . of these
toward tho establishment of good ' cxperlir.enls It is planned t" h
wlll throughout all the states of , 1W radio dephonc , t at ions ami
America ; rnnio xlK"al range beacons at In-
"Occaslonally one meets the' tennis of 200 miles over all. air
mentally ossified Kiandp.ttt.-rs, who ways In tho l.nlted States. -.
are content with tho 'good old! I'M? Most Impor a nt.
ways' of doing and being. Only "There Is probably nothlnghat
once, as' far as 1 know, has the ploys a more Importa.. . part in
federal government held hack the aviation than fields. There Is llt
fae8t means of transportation of; tie danger connected with the
the mal? That was In 1834. Con.;plae taking off from the gmumL
gress passed a law prohibiting th; but the fo y r land ng depen Is
post office department from send-j a great deal o tho field With
lr.R mall on the new -'Iro,, Horse' planes. It Is very "''" '
railroad for tho reason that It was !. nan falling or Jumping from a
too fast, too unsafe, loo danger-1 high jdace It Is , W
ous to llfo and property; and thai hurts, but the reception when
t,&LZt-,ton lo be a he hits the ground That Is ex
parly to any such criminal ex-iacily the way It Is with a P lane.
Serlment. . , : If the field Is in good condition
1 seok 1-nstoKl, Scrvlco. : - ! the plane can mako a safe land-
However, since thai" time.' It In. but, -If the field is rougn
has bn, the. policy of the post uf
ficc department to adopt the rasi
est means of transportation avail
able to carry the mall. T?ils pol-
unit has' ditches or growth 1iat
might. Interfere .with th) running
gear of tho plane, a disaster Is
likely to occur. "
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"407 East Main Phone 937-R
Time to Paint Up!
'. It is cheaper to use a little paint now and
' ' - then than to let the house deteriorate with
out protection.
: We Employ Good, Clean
Careful Painters
Our paints for both inside and outside work
are of the highest quality.
Estimates and Advice .
Cost You Nothing
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ern colors of Sitin Eggshell l'in
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dean. And the B H Color Har
monySelector showing Satin r-gg-hell
for walls and woodwork and
B-H Brush Lacquer for furniture,
will show you how to combine
colon in lovely harmony. ,
Send our name and toctoBasj-
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Selector and Betty Holmes' com
panion booklet on color. Then see
us for your paints.
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Color Harmony Interior Finishes
' "Thi way to beautiful ttonii" ; '
' "More and more Importance
! is being attached to landing1 field
; an aviation Is Browing-, and citiod
and municijjulfiipii arc becoming
! aware of the nceeesty of providing
isafo and sttltablo fields, not only :
for emergency landings, but aUo !
for the convenk-nce of transient
plunc-H and pansontfor pianos.
"With tho stoady growth of civil'
aeronauticH and tho establishment
of important airwnya acroH thci
United States,' tho necessity for
suitable airports becomes appar '
nt. ils air traffic incre.iseH the1
(city without an air port will bj:
in tho same situation as a town !
! "Cities popfiefsslnff good landing
; fields ui'iU naturally attraci air;
i commerce, and thowj cities hav-j
Ins short vinlon of future develop. !
ment will find themselves In the!
same class as several cities that!
failed to look ahoad. Leaven-j
worth, KnnKfiB, in the onrly days;
of railroading1 was chosen to be;
a railroad center, but tho people!
of that city refused to participate
In the railroads' brkltfo building
program and Kansas City bocamfti
the railroad center instead. Kt. I
lotils felt that its congraphleal
locution Insured Its fa lire de
velopment, und as a roe nit of full-
int; to co-operate with -the rail-;
roads, the railroads built Chicago.
There am numerous other ex-1
am pit s whnro cities o;id towns j
have' friRhtened. away industries ;
which were their very lite.
Grow With Aviation. '
"It is reasonable, to suppose
thnt eltk-s that have a broad vision;
of the future nnd who early pro-f
vide landing fields nnd airports;
will prow with aviation. . j
"It is predicted, by- post office .
department officials and others'
that within five years prn.'Uallv
all first-ehtss mail in the United!
Htates will he transported by n'r-j
plane wherevor forcible, whet her 1
it is so directed b.v the soudor or
not. nnd it Will go for '.ho iei;uhirj
2c rate. Imagine what coiamer-j
clal alvatlon will be like whf;n(
(hat time comes. Th-jro will huj
perhaps 20 or 30 larg.i nmltl-mo-j
tored ships leaving daily fromi
Han Francisco for Chicago and
New York and hundreds of smaller,
aircraft plying botwecn the small
er towns. We will think no more!
of riding In a plane than we do!
now of riding in nn automobile,!
And, gentlemen, that tlrno will h
upon us before we know It, unless ;
each community starts preparing j
for tho developments . that arej
coming. To tho odvanoo, gunnls i
will come the profits. !
"Gentlemen, whether you rcal-i
Jzo It or not, you are nt the Junc
tion of tho roads.,, At tho elec-j
tkm on April 2, you are to d:-:
cldc whether or not you intend to
take your place anions the cities
that have lh foresight to pre
pare for the future, or to give
up the advantage you nlready have
by being located on air mall and
pnsenger routes. Think of tho
distinction of being on an nlr
mall route, . The advertising value
in your city on that account can
not bo reckoned In dollars and
cents. When looking at the air
mall route map and seeing the
name of .Medford as a stop, people
think and rightfully ho, that Med
ford must he a good cliy to be se
lected as an exchange office. The
city of Oakland In California has
enjoyed, -wonderful advertising bc-;
cause of Its airport. Tho port
I'OinniiHriinn of thn cltv of f):i.lt liincl.
Witt-mill IIiicIt n nuiAh nmnmnnr !
wept nhend wjth tho construction
of an airport. Naturally when
pilots hecamo Interested In tho
Dole flight, they looked around
for a sultublo field from which
to lako off and Oakland airport.
with its 7200-foot runway was the:
place seloeted.
itvsno Wns Foolish, t
".Vet long ago the city of Fresno
had an election for tho purposo
of- providing means with which
to construct an airport. Tho one
now in use is not bultablc and;
Is merely a field under loaso. " The
bond Isbiie fulled to carry aiulj
tho very next day telegrams were
received from three cities near
Krcsuo asking to be embraced on
tho air mall, route in lieu of
Fresno. J-'ortunatcly for Fresno,
a puhlfe spirited citizen donated
a sito for an airport.
W hen the transcontlnenful
route was Imlng pUnm-d Ogden
and Halt Lake City, I'tah, were
both anxious to be selecti'U as a
stop on I he route. Hull Lake City
apparently was a little more nn
greslve, und became an exchange
office on tho route. Later on I
other routes were established and
.now Salt IjhUo City ranks next to'
jt'hir.iKo in fmportunco as an lr(
j mall route juneilon.
"1 had tho plw.jnire ycalerdny of
vbitlng the silo of the proptwd
airport- and while t can easily j
hw the pOHslbllltl.'s of that Held.
'such matters Uo not come under!
my department. 1 understand,
lion ever, that three department j
of iommerce men, numcly, W. T.
J .Miller, K. U CurtNs and lit. S. i
Itoggs have expressed their op-1
provul of the site, know of
I nono more competent to Judge '
the merits of a landing tteld and'
lrput than those three men.
"In last night's pa pel there was
fpioled a letter from the presi
dent and general manager of the;
I'nlon Air Lines, stating that be-i
can of the Inadequacy of the'
present field at Medford, his com- i
I pany had found it necessary lo i
! move to Jlornbronk. The present!
' field, it was said. Is too small
j for large planes. This Is a local
I Illustration of what can nappen.i
rndountedty if a modern airport.
Is p'0 Ided hero, the I'nlon Air
1,1 nes will move back to Medford. :
"llow tan I Impress 5oit with
the ImpoiAnco of providing en
adeijimtu airport? Are you to;
lvo tip to your ne Ik h hot's tlie,
thing you have already In your J
possession? Are you going to serve
notice, on the world that .you arc'
n buck number, that you have;
no faith In the future avla
j linn? . That Is what yon will do ;
I if tin bond Irsuo for tho airport
falUWr pa5sago.
! "I nppeul most earnesUy to the ,
j voters of this city to vote the
bonds for tho Modrord airport." ;!
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( HKKlt, Ore., March 1. (JF) The
iwenihor was unsettled hero today
Iwlth the sky beginning to clear
aft or a light rain luat Dight, t
I The president, while not intend
ing to dictate the terms of the
farm relief measure to be consid
ered at the coming: RPBsiou, i
ready at any time to discuim the
agricultural situation with inter
ested members of the senate and
house, hut he has indicated that
there will be no public explanation
of his views until his messuire to
coniress is read.
Although he declined to reveal
Mr. Hoover's reaction to his nro-
! posal. -Mr. Dickinson said after the
ti'iomvcmv tnn.h 01 ri conference that ho was hopeful the ;
n . . . a. ' - IP) president would approve his stiff-
President Hoover was requested to- iesilnn
day by Representative Dickinson, 1 ,
republican, Iowa, to have Secretary ; , , ,
Hyde appear before ihe hotiBo air-i tSanCTOit otaT Of
rlculturo committee and explain'
the president's views on farm re- rttaphone PlCtUtB
Mr. Dickinson said that In view
of the fact that the chief exocu-
ASKED FROM HYDEj
standing stars of the stage. Para-, titled to- vote and should
mount was reluctant to present the : it n point to do so.
star in an nil-talking picture until! The new law requiring
tho right kind of story could hn on measures to be property
MecurAfl for him. -The Wolf of do not go Into effect thi;
all Street" was considered ideal,
inasmuch as the plot includes ull
the elements that the star has been
accustomed to be seen in, with the
additional feature of being easily
udaptablo to dialogue.
The Ktory offer Innumerable op
portunities for gripping drama and
dialogue throughout which have
been captured in an excellent man
ner by action nnd voico on the part
of the star and his supporting cast.
make
Oeorgo Bancroft will be heard as
Uve's Ideas would not reach con-, well as seen today at Hunt's Cra-
All Registered
Medford Citizens
Vote on Air Bonds
gress normally until his message
is read at the outset of tho spe
cial session, it would be extremely.:
helpful 'If the committee In Us de
llherationst before that time could;
have some specific knowledge of
Mr. Hoover's views. : '
There seems to be some mirf-
terlan theater in the all-talking I
picture. 1 tie woir of Wall Street." : understanding as to who can vote;
Tho picture is 100 per cont talking. ! on tho nir port bond election!
Followers of the legitimate j April 2. !
drama will recall Oeorgo Bancroft s j All legally registered citizens j
nume blazoned a.ong ltroadwny for of Medford. men and women, ;
woveral years as one of the out- i whether tiiKpavers or not, nre en-I
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What Would Medford Be
Without a Railroad ?
You don't have to look for the answer.'
Forty years ago, the Southern Pacific offered to build their
lines through Jacksonville and the offer, was refused.
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Jacksonville was the terminal for stage coach lines the stan
dard means of transportation and thought Jacksonville too
big that the railroad would have to come anyway.
The result is plain to all of us.
Today History Is
Repeating Itself
A new and faster means of transportation is here. The trans
portation of the air "The Railroad of the Future."
It wants to come to Medford to make Medford a terminal. All
it asks is an airport a place to land its ships, for which seryice
it is willing to pay.
What Will Medford Be
Without an Airport ?
Shall we, like Jacksonville, shu t the door in the face of oppor
tunity, or shall , we insure the p ermanent growth of Medford
by establishing the port and staying on "The Railroad of the
Future"?
You0will answer this question April 2nd.
Vote for Airport Bond Issue
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AIRPORT COMMITTEE, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE