Show DELTA DELA CONSIDERED i AS A SITE FOR AIRPORT Mr 1 WS VS Kenyon arrived is it Delta Delta Del Del- ta Wednesday day to look 1001 over th the i possibilities possIbilities poss poss- of establishing t an hero He is sent about the country i to make the preliminary ls to the government as to the desirability deSI of various towns for air centres centres It If Delta is chosen as a site for r. r an airport the Government Will mill f ro- ro a sum of money to star sta the Work and to keep the site In re ir as explained to the committee t tHat at met mel Mr Kenyon the citizens of Delta Delta Del Del- Del Del- ta would be asked to take a lease on the tho site and then release It to the Govern Government ent The Government woJ would d then place the beacons and land hg lights on the field and pay f for r t ie upkeep f The move Is being made to dart night flying from Los Angeles and bd then it is absolutely necessary to have lights for the pilots so that they may land In safety and this report by Mr Kenyon Is being made for that purpose The site should he be about feet square to accommodate the planes at this altitude and It will I take a large field to supply this this much ground I The government Is very willing to establish fields for airplanes because of the rapid advance that aviation Is making in business circles and because because be- be cause of its popularity for tor rapid transportation There will be advances advances ad- ad vances in aviation In the next ten years that are not even dreamed of at the present time and for this reason reason rea- rea son the government is anxious to start the movement for more fields early 10 ro have a field here now would not benefit benent Delta to any large amount amount a- a mount at the present time e but In the the future ut re it would be of vast import import- import import-I an because of the growing import 1 ance of aviation I c G Mr 11 Kenyon will go over this district dis- dis I and then move auth uth to see the I possibilities there He may be ordered ordered or- or dered to go to the eastern side and I Isee see the possibilities of placing the I route to follow the Arrowhead Trail The citizens ns of Delta are asked to cooperate with him In seeing that he i I hag all the opportunities available to view the country and definitely as Ito to its desirability A luncheon Was given for him at atthe atthe the Bank Hotel Wednesday and he he- was met by a group of the local men Clark Allred was chairman of the meeting and represented the Ch Chamber Cham- Cham mbel m- m ber bel of Commerce Mr Peppard Mr Billings as one of the Town Board Dr Stains Mayor Attorney O. O A. A Mr Leslie Haupt of the Standard Oil Mr C. C D. D McNeelY I Dill Bill Hilton W. W E E. E Cook and Frank I S. S Beckwith i Later In the afternoon Mr Kenyon Kenyon Ken Ken- yon was driven about the country in company with W. W E E. E Cook Charles I Peppard Clyde Underhill and Mr Haupt to see the various sites and andon andon on returnIng Mr Kenyan Kenyon spoke very highly of the Sand Hill as a site for fora I a field |