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Show MERCHANTS ARE TO PLACE DGDEN ON THE MAP AS A LANDING PLACE FOR AIRPLANES To Inr.nre Opden's future as a cen'"!' i for aerial traffic, including mall, passen-I passen-I Sir and express service, the Merchants of ORden, at their meeting last night, appointed a committee which will devote Its attention to the development of all I aviation projects that can possibly 'p . Tucnce Oden in any way. President j J. S. Lewis was chosen as chairman o.' the committee Ho has taken gient interest In aviation and predicted la.it evening that within a few years, passenger, passen-ger, freight and mall service would oe carried on throughout the United Slate. The fact that but one such aerial cent r will be In I'tah was brought out rind r i ) effort will be made, as the development develop-ment of aviation progresses, to have Oi;-den Oi;-den recognized. Other members of the committee which was chosen are John Culley, Albert T Foulgcr BOOT F. Piers, Roscoe C. Owil-llams, Owil-llams, Frank Francis and W. K. SSup-pann. SSup-pann. Piers and Gwilllams are former .ei-'ice aviators. Assurance was given the government of a landing field, of dimensions sufficient suffi-cient for house hangars. It is planned that an adjoinlnc field will he purchase.) for the use of commercial planes Correspondence from Utah senators. In dlcatlvs of the fact that r.erlal mail routes are due to develop eonslderabU-in eonslderabU-in the near future, was read before tho meeting last evcnlnr. It was also decided last nlcht that lh- stale be urged to loan Ogden a numDSS of army trucks, part of the consignment consign-ment received by the state. The trucks. If loaned, would be used in municipal work. Letters regarding the Townsend transcontinental trans-continental highway bill werl read, t hi organization approving this plan for high-Way high-Way development. Suggestions were also made that a portion of the Golden Spike fund which was turned over to the library board, be expended In tearing out tho fence ,int hedges at present on the library ground and that the library grounds be remodeled., remod-eled., the services of the parking committee com-mittee of the organization heins offered for this. The committee Is compojen of Eber F Piers, J L. Scudder and L. F. I Kncipp |