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Show SALT LAKE URGED TO FOLLOW OMAHA TO GET ON AIR MAIL ROUTE IS AI-TTvr; wltl h selected aa a station on-the Wood row Wilson postal airway -H prompt and determined de-termined artlonSnj the part of the progressiva business imen of thla j city can bring about thia muchesired I result X j K. f. Richmond, president of ". Halt 1-ake C")nierctal club, today j heartily Indorsed the campaign Inaugurated In-augurated by Th Telegram and gsva his assurance that the Com mere mi I club would actively cooperate In an effort ef-fort to obtain the coveted prli for Bait Lake Immediately after the conclusion con-clusion of the Liberty loan drive. I That prompt action will be necessary I If Malt Lak km to make certain Ita aa-' aa-' lection aa on of tha stations on th 1 most Important of th five proposed transcontinental postal airways Is shown by th following Assoc la ted Tress dispatch from Omaha: ' OMAHA PROGRESSIVE. "Omttha has been definitely selected xr an gTfport 'Tonn Wood row witwm transcontinental mall air aervlre. according ac-cording to army officials at Ft. Omaha. Th chamber of commerce wlre4!ne postmaster geii:iwl and the Aero Club of America that Omaha Is ready to furnish all requirement needed aa an alrMiri." The announcement of th deflnlta selection of Omaha aa on of the stations sta-tions cama aa a surprise, aa tha belief had ben entertained that at least aev-ral aev-ral week would elapse before actual sefewtlona of cities as station west of Chicgownuld be mad. SALT LAKfNEXT. Omaha was larmnng th elite tentatively tenta-tively named aa rtae. most important station following Chirwgo. while r Silver Sil-ver waa next, end following th Colorado Colo-rado capltsl Halt lak vuiikl ba th logical station, with Keno next and Sacramento beginning the laat lapo Han Francisco, It la confidently expected that during dur-ing lha coming week and after th Liberty Lib-erty loan Is out of th way, official and ctvlo Halt Iak will enter heartily Into the campaign and makf certain that thta city Is accorded the distinction of being a part of the first and most Important Im-portant of the several transcontinental airway postal stations. |