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Show Ford Field at Dearborn, Michigan The young man seeking a vocation need look in the direction of aviation before he makes final choice on another field of work. All the vocations named offer opportunities for special attention to the air angle of the special calling. Almost every business utilizes the air for its most vital affairs. A GROUP of Phoenix, Arizona, sportsmen chartered a plane to go to the Kaibab forest. They left in the morning, shot a deer, brought it back, and had venison for dinner! Salt Lake sportsmen fly to Antelope island to spend an afternoon in duck hunting. The airplane goes to fight forest fires, it explores the far corners of the earth. It aids the sheepman and cattle man. It brings flood relief, reaches isolated towns. In man. Right here in lil old Salt Lake we are having about as much evidence of the caprices of the weather as is available in any other portion of the country. At least, we never will accuse the powers that be with being stingy ' with each and every variety of precipitation that is known. I, for one, am right disgusted with the lack of consideration shown by Jupiter Pluvius for the calendar. Winter weather continuing unabated far into the month of April is far too much even for my good nature to tolerate. I am seriously considering circulating a petition for reThe lief of the weather-wearnearest relief I encountered was at the Salt Lake Coal Burning Exposition, and that is so far passed that all I have left is the memory of the thing. y. . But, strange though the tricks of the weather man may be, they cannot dampen the enthusiasm of the Chicago, planes are regularly used to direct traffic. And the average American is becoming more and more conscious of the fact that the air is safe. In 1928 there were 1062 air accidents and 368 fatalities. The same year there were 800,000 auto accidents and 27,000 deaths. And the planes in 1928 travelled 58,000,000 miles. In 1927 there was a forced landing for every 37,000 miles flown. In 1928 there were 90,000 miles flown for every forced landing! And so the air grows. Development during the past year has been in the direction of mass production and heavy passenger and freight travel. Bigger planes, safer planes, more adequate provision for comfort and safety and attention to the fulfilling of the needs for the American business needs are the guiding hands of the industry today. A Modern Transport into Ste!!!? citys gardeners. are going to be all the rage both among the elite, so to speak, and with their sisters. I wandered into Porter Waltons the other day ex- get a few moments for up a story, and instead hired help busy hopping place like canaries after bird seed. It seems that shrubs, perennials and various and sundry varieties of vegetables are being dispatched with haste and in numbers to beautify the city. pecting to drumming found the about the Noticed an increasing number of double breasted business suits in show windows and on the streets lately, and I gather that they are to be quite the thing for town and gen- eral wear. While it is perhaps crue that there are not many who read this column, the ladies always appreciate a little word, and so will state that sleeveless dresses for spring and summer And before I forget to mention it, Broadway Melody at the Paramount is without qualification the finest motion picture entertainment I have ever enjoyed. And I had to pay for my ticket too. Bessie Love is immense, and the painted reproduction of The Wedding of the Painted Doll left me positively limp. And oh, that music! 'I must have my little joke. And I believe that this is a joke. The scene is laid on a train platform at the Union Pacific station. The dav is Monday. The time is 2:38. A daughter of 20 or thereabouts is meeting her very charming mother. Proceed with the joke: And Flo, there was a Mother: very fine gentleman who sat across from me, and he Flo: Mother! And at your age! ( |