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Show PIONEER RIDES IN CLOUDS & S d3 & MESSAGE TAKEN TO IV1YT0N n Ty C. A. SMOOT, r-onagenarlaii, I . V m the De Havlland plane In : ' , ' Z which he soared over Salt Lke to .'- A , Ensign peak yesterday. ' ... . 'fci'ij l: . i v " - . I V -.- '. - . - ... ' - - i - o' - ' ' -v - ' A v V f ' r, j , . J is;sl ' A f - 1111 , - , ' 111! . . -.' ill 4 ' - , illi J . J Lieutenant Nutt Carries News of Railroad Enterprise Enter-prise to Uintah. Lieutenant C. C. Nutt. commanding the Ellington fliers, left Salt Lake yesterday afternoon for llyton, Utah, where he carried car-ried information from Governor Bamberger Bam-berger and the Commercial club to the citizens of the I.'intah basin relative to the proposed railroad into that district, lie also carried with him messages from the Joseph Simmons Wilkes post of the American legion to returned service men of that section of the state. According to Information from My ton received yesterday, more than -1000 people have been camping out ai that town awaiting the arrival of the fliers with their news of the railroad. A t noon yesterday Lieutenant Nutt piloted V. C. A. Smoot. one of the two remaining original pioneers who entered the Salt Lake valley hv I'M 7, over the city to Ensign Peak. From this point tho pioneer looked out across the route which he foi lowed when be f bt came into tho desert valley. Mr. Smct was IS years oid when he first came to Salt Lake. .He is HO years oid now. Flying Field Prepared. Shortly after the machine lp.ndcd, Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Nutt and Sergeant Campbell sieppcd into the machine, started the l.'e vlaviland motor and were off to the crests of tho Wasatch mountains on a bee line for Uintah basin. Twenty-five teams have been at work for several days leveling a lilO-nere. tract of land where t ho plane con hi land safe ly at llyton. A large white cross has been constructed in the center of the field ns a guide to the aviator. Lieutenant Nutt said yesterday that he would stop at My ton for two hours, when he would begin his flight for Grand Junction, Colo. He will spend the night at this point and complete the trip to Denver, where he will await the arrival of the other three planes in tiie squadron. The other planes are being repaired before venturing to make tlie trip. They will probably leave here this morning. Denver Route Announced. The route from Denver will be through sou thorn Wyoming, through southern Idaho to the western part of the state, then up into lion tana and eat into the Dakotas, and down to Kansas City, according ac-cording to Lieutenant Nutt. He said they would probably install new engines at this point and then either fly to New York or return to Ellington field, Texas. Li cm tenant Nu tt, in addition to carrying carry-ing the governor's letter telling of the favorable prospects for the building of a steam railroad into the basin, also carried car-ried the following letter from the fc'alt Lake Commercial club: "To the Citizens of the Uintah Basin: "Tlie members of the Commercial club of Sal t Lake City believe in the people and in tiie possibilities and resources of your great section. We have, therefore, cooperated with Governor Bamberger In forming a commission whose duty it will he to incorporate a Uintah basin improvement im-provement corporation. "We firmly believe that out of this corpora tion will come the long-talked -of railroad from the Salt Lake valley into your sect ion. We are working to that end and will continue to do so until you hear the rattle of the cars and the whistle of t he engine. "We bespeak for the project your ev- i cry consideration, which we feci will be i fort h coming as soon as plans are more ma I wrcd. "Yours very respect full v, (Signed) "LLSTEU D. FRKED, "President. ' , |