Show I PEOPLES PEOPLE'S C CORNER R E Endurance Plights Flights Praised by Reader Editor The Telegram I IThe The California C endurance fliers have set set 3 a- a a. a r record that ought to stand for fOI a long Jong longtime time And if It anybody anybody any any- body tries to tell you OU that their flight night Wt was Interesting t and nd valuable solely b because cau it showed the th-o ni nir mar marvelous i- i stamina and of the modern airplane and nd its motor d dont don't t you believe It Those chaps chaps' didn't go up in order t to s see e how long a n Whirlwind motor would run without stopping or orto or to see how long an airplane could fly without being damaged Indeed none of ot tho the endurance fliers filers did with the exception of the army men men who went vent in the Question Mark Mak What hat air aIlS aU of these airmen wanted to find out was as how long they i them themselves ehe would last ast The endurance en 1 durance flight presented Itself to each of them as a 0 challenge Like the ocean flights it was a n thing that could only be undertaken by men who wh could defy both the f fear ar art of t danger arid and nd the deadly almost unbearable effect of ot extreme bal tal al fatigue And that that no no matter what the thc dignified editorial writers say say- about tho the value of ot the flights to aviation avia avia- Is tion reason why we tion Is the main reason we both bother r to read about such stunts It It is what What makes them interesting A A. rather Irritating attitude Is be beIng being be- be ing shown shon by lots of people in connection con con connection with them flights The They say in effect Oh they're very ery boring and they dont don't do the do the least bit of good except that they show how well our our- and airplanes airplanes and motors are mad and and the men men who make them might Ight better the the airmail air air air- mail or or piloting transport planes or doing something else that Is Is- re really really ie re- re ally useful That attitude s Is' Is q quite mistaken It Is alwa always s 's valuable valuable-to to see men go out and prove that they can Ignore the demands demands' of or their bodies bodles Any kind of or t triumph over the physical man the man the creature that demands food and sl sleep cp arid and rela relaxation Uon and comfort comfort Ill la worth looking at Why do wo we 0 like to read stories storie aD time old sailing ships t that fo fought stupendous tupen ous gales off Cape Horn In ships midwinter midwinter ships that were h half t burled buried d' d In n fo foam m for days ships I wHose whoso sails were stiff as boards and whose rigging was onas sheathed in I ice e. e brought them whoso whose seamen through unimaginable dangers i and hardships going a r. r fortnight without without with with- out a a. bite of ot hot food or or- drink W Why y Sh Simply ply because it is endlessly endlessly endlessly end end- lessly encouraging know to-know that men can can do things like Uke that Simply be because I cause It t raises our confidence in the tho whole human humm race race to to know that Itcan itcan It can can endure every extreme oC danger and discomfort without whimpering The endurance flights are things of the same sort Bort they dont don't greatly greatly- advance the science of ot aviation aviation avi avi- avi Who cares care The They have another kind of value alue value a value In which all of ot us us' can can shared share whether tr were we're directly c connected with avis avis- a- a Uon or ROt pot A. A F. F W. W D Defends Defends- Monument Aga Against Against- Progress Editor The T Telegram legram I think fl its it's a a. shame shams to lor tear that monument monument up Are we losing allour allour all allour our pride Salt Lake theatre the the- First atre atri tr and now V our monument down thing thins we know know- tear the th tabernacle What did they p put t tIn In the place of tho old theatre but another gas station I dont don't care careK K It it to Js a nice I looM looking on one Why didn't they the wait valt till they w were re ready to build Immediately Instead of tearIng tearIng tear- tear Ing lag it UP and waiting two wo or three years Other cities preserve their theil old pioneer work and prize It it but all aU we we know kno how ho to d do is 15 tear If St do down with not help hII build it Jt up I 1 agree agre the man who said Arrest Ute Inc careless driver leav the monument monument mon man standing INDIGNANT to Freeman Assails Freak Insurance Editor The Telegram We learn through through- h. h the pre press s that thal another freakish insurance concern has has g gone ne under and and that hundreds of ot policyholders I In Utah will willbe be affected af at af- af d by the action We are Informed in informed informed In in- formed that thousands of ot dollars In premiums premiums' have havo been collected bythe by bythe bythe the concern In this state When will the insuring public play safe and patronize only sensible schemes of insurance insurance- which time has proved sound o nd and also fair to th the public The spirit of ot gambling getting gambling getting something for lor nothing or next to nothing nothIng has no place in insurance No Mr Editor I am not selling Insurance ce nor am I 1 g going t to g gain gaina ln lna a a- athing thing if It the public ceases to be foolish in this regard I l' l know the thc insurance business pretty well however howe r and 1 I hate hite tto to see confidence dence denee in it destro destroyed ed by these lieso crazy schemes which purport to cut costs but which are mighty expensive In inthe tho the long run Of ot course you could coult not t permit me mo to be bemore more specific Ul in your columns but anyone who vho contemplates buying insurance may rest assured that when hen cut rates o or orlow J low y W premiums premium ar arb arc vcr very pronounced he should beware lest after otter pa paying I for several years ears he finds that he must meet his own loss after all nil II ARTHUR FREEMAN |