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Show GOVERNMENT AGENT PLEADS NEED OF A LANDING FIELD HERE Urges That Milford Secure Field; To be Maintained By The Air Mail Service W. F. Kenyon, who was in Milford early this week in the interests of the Airway Division of the Department Depart-ment of Commerce, met Tuesday with a group of representative Milford Mil-ford citizens for the purpose of sounding sound-ing out their ideas in regard to providing pro-viding a landing-field here. Mr. Kenyon also appeared before the Lions club Wednesday and briefly went over the subject. In explaining his connection with the Department of Commerce, Mr. Kenyon began with Secretary Hoover. Hoov-er. Among his staff is W. B. Mc-Cracken, Mc-Cracken, Secretary of Aeronautics. Mr. Kenyon's immediate superior is Captain F. C. Hinsberg, Chief Engineer En-gineer Airways Division. In telling of what the government proposes to do, Mr. Kenyon painted a rosy word picture for the future of Milford, provided the town assists the government. The government does not subsidize the aeronautics department, but will maintain and operate mail service via air routes where communities will secure a good field and lease it for a nominal rental. "If Milford will give us a landing-field, it will mean mail service in thirty hours from New York," said Mr. Kenyon. With Mr. Kenyon, are three men who are making preliminary survey of the route used by air-maH carriers between Apex, Nev., and Salt Lake City. Three routes are generally used, varying as to the weather conditions. condi-tions. If Delta, Cedar and Milford will grant the government a field, the route will be definitely fixed. Air mail can then be collected or left at Milford. In all, about twelve fields will be placed between Apev and Salt Lake. Boundary lights and beacons will be maintained by the government. govern-ment. "It is not unreasonable to expect," said Mr. Kenyon, "that at some near point in the future, private enterprises enter-prises may want to take over one or more of these fields. This can be done by giving the government a year's notice. It may not be purely fiction to bear of a municipally owned own-ed field at Milford operating flights from there over Zion National park and the Grand .Canyon." At present, there are only daily flights from Los Angeles to Salt Lake. Federal authorities wish to also maintain nightly flights as well. Fields have been secured and lights installed from Los Angeles to Apex. Apex is about forty miles this side of Las Vegas. Just now, the' only city getting any benefit of the direct air mail service between Los Angeles and Salt Lake is Las Vegas. "It would be interesting to imagine the effects on southern Utah as far as advertising her scenic beauties is concerned," said Mr. Kenyon. "A flight from here to down over the Cedar Breaks could be made in a half an hour." Just as soon as sufficient air mail poundage is secured, Secretary Hoover Hoov-er has ordered that the postage rate be cut fifty per cent, or five cents where it is now ten. Mr. Kenyon declared that if Milford would provide this field, advertising alone would be worth thousands of dollars. Thousands of pamphlets and maps would be distributed to all government and privately owned fields in the country. This literature will tell, not only of the landing facilities faci-lities that are provided', but will give complete information about the towns. The amount of actual usage of the air mail is a matter which of course, will be up to the city. The facilities will be provided and the service will he there for use as needed. In summarizing, Mr. Kenyon vounchsafed that it will be but a :;hort time until these routes now being be-ing charted, which will dodge mountain moun-tain peaks, fogs, etc., will be used (Continued on last page) NEED OF LANDING FIELD ! (Continued from page 1) not only for air mail, but for private business and pleasures. One factor has to enter to pioneer the way, ' '. that is the present air mail service. Towns not getting in on these routes : will be at a great disadvantage in a ' few years. Mr. Kenyon is a flyer himself, : having served with the aviation corps in France during the war. He is en- j thusiastic about the rapid strides now being made in aviation, and refers ; to the aircraft of the war as "old ! tubs" compared to the machines of today. |