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Show loney Transferred Here by Airplane : tiS a dt earing House Service Is Given Trial TJS'bTbKISTOL of Ogden, left, and Lieutenant E. W. Kilgore of the United States Air service, right. Mr. j K 'stol is holding the envelope containing the 5108,981.72 deposit brought from the Utah National bank of en'to the Federal Reserve bank here. t - . i'p -, w-." t , ; - I , f N " V ' V k ft J i J jaat; i i iph E. Bristol, Og-den, irries Negotiable Paper ,' to Reserve Bank. t HE first transfer of money from : i' one bank to another to be made I by airplane was accomplished j yesterday afternoon, when Ralph i:ol, member of the Pacific Aero brought $108,931.72 in bonds and -j liable paper from the Utah Na-uil Na-uil bank of Otjden to the Federal rvc bank here. The trip was made oc of the bift army planes piloted jieut. E. W. Kilgore. lis novel clearing-house service was 1 lo bear out a statement by Mr. Bristol, at a bankers' meeting last Monday, in which he stated that by using the airplane between Ogden and Salt Lake, for instance, a day's time could be saved, which would mean a day's interest on the money involved, lie said t Ivjs wroulcl mean a large saving on the millions of dollars that pass throurh the clearing house every year. Mr. Bristol's suggestion was immediately immedi-ately taken up, and he was chosen to have the honor of being the first messenger mes-senger for the air clearing-house service. It was Mr. Bristol 's first experience in an airplane. When asked as tothe sensations upon first taking the air, he said that he enio3'ed the thrill until Lieutenant Kilgore did a few side slips and dips. These air antics, he said, made him feel all upside down, but as soon as the sensation had passed he thoroughly enjoyed the trip. To prove that he was not frightened ho produced a letter which he wrote to his-wife w'hile several thousand feet in the air. The trip took about forty-five minutes, min-utes, on account of Lieutenant Kilgore first taking Mr. Bristol up Ogden canyon, where he has a summer home. The plane cruised over Antelope island prior to making a landing m Salt Lake. Special to The Tribune. OGDEN, Aug. 12. With $108,981.72 in negotiable bonds and paper, in a large envelope entrusted to his care for delivery to the Federal Reserve bank at Salt Lake from the Utah National bank of Ogden, Ralph E. Bristol, prominent prom-inent business man and aero enthusiast of this city was a passenger to Salt Lake this afternoon in one of the huge De Haviland bombing planes now stopping stop-ping at various Utah cities on a recruiting re-cruiting campaign. The plane left here at 2:50 o'clock, with Lieutenant E. W. Kilgore as pilot and sergeant A. T. V lerra as mechanic. The. plane piloted by Lieutenant E. H. Nelson was forced to land on the field, when it was ready for the return trip to Salt Lake, because of propeller trouble. It will leave tomorrow. Although Mr. Eristol has been a member mem-ber of tho Pacific Aero club of Salt Lake for three years he made his first airplane trip this afternoon. To give the Ogden capitalist a. lasting memory of the trip Lieutenant Kilgore indulged in a few stunts during the aerial voyage. While making a flight over the city the pilot of the plane did a nose dive, a dip and several other stunts, with the consent of Mr. Bristol, Bris-tol, who told Lieutenant Kilgore to "go as far as he liked, just so he stayed off the ground." After the trip over the city the plane was ready to start on the trip to Salt Lake. The plane piloted by Lieutenant Nelson, Nel-son, with Mechanic John J. Kelly and Ensign Roscoe C. Gw-illiam, late of the naval air forces, as a passenger, circled over the city and finally started for Salt Lake. When the plane of Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Nelson headed south it came very close to the earth, seeming to be but a few feet above the telephone wires. It continued low, and was seen finally to land at the 'Washington Heights field. Investigation disclosed that a broken propeller made the landing necessarj'. Lieutenant Nelson announced it would be necessary to send to Salt Lake for the extra part. It was said the plane would not be able to got away until tomorrow morning. At noon today the visiting airmen were tho guests of President Warren L. Wattis at the Weber club round table session, which was attended by a large number of business and professional men. The advantages offered young men in the training were explained by Lieutenants Kilgore and Nelson. |