Arizona republican., 1919-08-10
AIRPLANE IS NEW TRAVEL MODE FUR
 MITCHELL AGENT

One of the first uses of the airplane ns an emergency speed carrier was marked when B. Fl. Salyers of the J. TT. Stewart Motor company of Omaha Neb.. distributors of New Victory Nit chens flew from Omaha to Fremont to close a contract for Mitchells with the Ideal Motor company of the latter city.
 About a week before the airplane flight, Mir. Salyers called upon the Ideal Motor company to interest them in the Mitchell line. They explained that nearly all the automobile distrib- utors frRm Omaha had called upon them within the past few days and they had made up their minds not to do anything until a new building on which they were at work was com pleted.
 About six o'clock one evening the Mitchell salesman got word that the building was completed and the Ideal Motor company was ready to close a contract In order to save time they were anxious to make an annuonce- ment of the new connection in the morning edition of the local news papers the following iday. MT. Sal yers made up his mind that when that announcement was made it would in clude notice to the effect that they had taken in the Mitchell line The last train for F'reemont for the night had already left so there was no chance of getting ove- the same eve ming and things looked blue for the Mitchell.
 Furthermore, it was obvious that salesmen for all the other distributors in Omaha would be on the first train out in the morning to close the deal in Fremont and in order to be the early bird on the job something would have to be done quick. Mir. Stewart is a minded. eresourceful business man and after thinking the matter over for a few minutes called up Art Balls, a local aviator, and made an appointment with him to fly to' Ere mont the following morning at ZOO o'clock.
 The following morning Mir. Salyers called up the Ideal Motor company in Frcemont and without explaining what was on foot, asked them to meet him at the big field in a Victory Mitchell, drove the five miles to the hangars in eight minutes, jumped from the automobile into the airplane and in twenty two minutes was shaking hands with MT. Christensen of the Ideal Motor company of Freemont.
 Mir. Salyer admits that he was in the best of condition to be shaknig hands Tor he was shaking all over anyway. Going up and trip over were very exhilarating. but dropping from an all titude of 5000 feet to 1000 feet in sec- onds made him glad to set foot on terra firma again.
 With such enterprise to back up his sales talk it took only a few minutes 2" convince the Ideal Motor company that their best interest lay in signnig ou the dotted line. The contract was signed and the homeward trip made in twenty six minutes. The rest of the bunch got over to Omaha around noon but their lunch invitations were turn ed down cold with the news that the Mitchell had beat them to it.
 It is a significant thing indeed that modern business men are now u ming so naturally to the airplane for quick personal transportation. It cannot be very long now until that mode of travel is accepted as the standard, not only for emergencies, but in every case where quic& transportation is neces- sary.