Show t Federal Appointee I HAROLD A. A LAFOUNT SI 8 LI L MAN NAM NAMED ON N RAm RADIO HOOf BODY Harold A. A Lafount Appointed Ap pointed on U. U S. S C Commission Corn Com m- m mission by Coolidge r fd F'S t Ke Kend and nd Los A Angeles geles a native Utahn was ap appointed a member of the federal radio commission t to succeed succeed succeed suc suc- the late John F. F Dillon of ofSan San Francisco by President Coolidge upon recommendation of Senator Reed Smoot according to Associated Associated Associated Asso Asso- Press dispatches received Ii here Membership on the federal radio commission is considered considered- one of the e most select plums fl from m the national national na na- na- na political l tree ti as it not only carries a sal salary lY of a year e r but permits of participation in regulating regulating regulating reg reg- of broadcasting throughout the United States The commissions commission's commissions commission's commissions commission's commis commis- sion's inception was forthcoming when President Coolidge more than thana a year ago recognized ago recognized the dire need of eliminating as a direct means of clearing the at atmosphere atmosphere at- at of or almost impenetrable almost impenetrable confusion n. n WE WEST T RECOGNIZED Selection of ot a Utahn to fill fill the post vacated by Mr Dillons Dillon's death is credited h here rc by as ers additional recognition for foi- the west Because he had not been officially official official- ly apprised o f his appointment Mr r. r r. r Lafount Monday was was' unwilling to express himself himself- as to what course and p policy lic he ho will pursue after taking tak taJ In lag ing office All AU the tho news news I have received I was was was' from unofficial unofficial's s sources and not doubting their authenticity I must thank Smoot for ob oh- taming my appointment Mr Lafount Lafount La- La fount said t The new rew member of of the tho radio commission was born bori in Logan Utah Utah and and first engaged aged in the I Continued on page 4 4 S. S SL L. L MAN NAMED ON RADIO BODY Continued from page 1 1 1 hardware business there He came cameto cameto to So Salt Lake fifteen years ago and became Interested in the irrigation and land business as manager of the he Pacific Land and Water company com com- pany The company participated in development of numerous projects In n Utah and Idaho that Involved colonization schemes and building of at hotels and houses His next move was to accept the receivership position of the tho Sevier River Land and Water Vater company compan Later he ho became manager of ot the Consolidated Sevier Bridge Reservoir Reservoir Reservoir Reser Reser- voir company and superintended the system which supplies irrigation water to acres in Millard l county He owns several thousand acres of land in Boxelder county and has hasi hasa n. n i large interest in three apartment houses louses the tho Hibernian building and unimproved property in Los Les An- An geles eles Tie lie has haR been a member of the he Salt Lake chamber of commerce for fot fifteen years and is a n heavy stockholder in the time Eddington-Cope Eddington Radio Radia company of aC Salt Lake manufacturers manu manu- fa I became interested In radio five or six years ago as a hobby but of later ater years ears it has become more than that it Is almost an obsession obsession sion sian Mr Lafount declared Mr 11 Lafount lives at 1512 South Sauth Ninth East street but makes a monthly business trip to Los Angeles Angeles An An- geles g-eleR to care for his interests there |