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Show ffk AERIAL MAIL CHIEF VISITS HERE (AND INSPECTS SITES FOR LANDING STATIONS; LUNCHED AT WEBER CLUB ! Col John A. Jordan, chief of extension ex-tension Aerial Mall Service, was in Ogden yesterday and made preliminary prelimin-ary investigation of several landing sites with tho view of establishing a landing field for transcontinental air mall scrvlco in tho vicinity of this city. Col. Jordan arrived hero early yesterday and went on to Salt Lake whore ho was the guest of the Commercial Com-mercial club at a luncheon. Ho was shown about that city and given an opportunity to inspect the landing fields which Salt Lake proposes to offer the poatofficc department. AV'ar-ren AV'ar-ren L. Wattla, president of tho Ogden Chamber of Commerce, joined Col. Jordan hero and on the Tvay to Salt Lake presented some of tho advnnt-agos advnnt-agos of tho junction city as a base for aerial mall sorvlco work. During the rldo down St was arangod that Col. Jordan should roturn and Inves tigate tho situation as affecting Ogden. Og-den. Ho returned hero about 4 o'clock! and was taken to tho city and county field at Hot Springs by Mr. TVattio O. J. Stilwell, secretary of tho Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce and John S. Lewis, chairman of tho aviation committee. On his return a dinner was served at tho Weber club with Col. Jordan as tho guest of honor, the other participants par-ticipants being the diroctors of the Chamber of Commerce and the Wober club, with members of the aviation committee. Informal talks wore mado'by a number of thoso present. Col. Jordan expressed himaolf unreservedly to the effoct that tho landing field proposod by Ogden -vvaa all that could be de-aircd de-aircd and that in his Judgment thoro woro no physical reasons why a base should not bo established here. He gave a brief report of progress on air mail service up to date, presenting figures to show the volume of mail carried over tho eastern routes al-j ready well established and working! successfully under a profit. He stated that it was tho intention to extend the service to Omaha about May 16, an important aniversary as It was on that date two years ago that tho first air route was established and ono year ago that 'the second route commenced operations. From W. H. Taylor, chief of the Railway Mall Service in Ogden, it was learned that all the transcontinental transcontin-ental mail is handled at Ogdon and distributed east, west, north and south, thl3 being a very convenient point for such distribution. Mayor Frank Francis assured Col. Jordan of the full co-operation of the city in case it is decided to use the advantages advant-ages it offers. Others who mado short addrossos woro Captain R. L. Nogglo, Ensign Roscoo Gwllllam and L. F. Knolpp. Col. Jordan loft last night for San Francisco where ho is to attend at-tend the International Forolgn Trado Council. It is quite possible that he, together with Assistant Postmaster General Pracger, will return to this city within the next few weeks to make further investigations, it was said. Airplane service extended westward west-ward from Omaha as early as next September is an eventuality, Col. Jordan Jor-dan intimated. Co). Jordan has been actively engaged en-gaged in airplane work for twelve years and Is recognized as an authority author-ity on all matters connected with the service. At the time the plan to carry mail from Washington across the Alleghonlcs to Cleveland, Ohio, was fir3t broached, many exports declared it impossible, but Col. Jordan being an enthusiast, insisted that it could be done. He was finally given permission per-mission to organize tho service and did so. making the first flights himself, him-self, turning it over to others after the success of tho project was assured. |