Arizona republican., 1919-01-20
GOVERNOR WILL START CLEARING
 AVIATION FIELD
Campbell to Turn First } Soil-Fleet of Tractors to
 Give Demonstration By
 Clearing Field

to clear the ground the work of mak- ing Hall field, the local terminal of the Phoenix Globe aerial stage line of the Apache Aerial Transportation company, haven of rest for all airmen will be begun at 1:S0 o'clock this aft ernoon. The worl will be finished by l tomorrow night
 Clear.g the big field of 200 acres l will serve a double purpose. Persons who attend the performance will not only have the opportunity of witness ing one of the greatest tractor demon- strations ever held in this section but 1 will also have the chance to see the ! first step toward the beginning of an aerial mail, express and passenger service that will probably rank as the first of it's kind in the country.
 The tractors which will be used in clearing the field are furnished by the following:
 the Cast tractor
 o. s. Stapley of Phoenix and Mesa, agent for Mogul and Titan tractors.
 Fred Walsh, Glendale, agent for the Fitch F'our-driv tractor
 J. B. Wood, 1000 West Adams street, Phoenix, Cleveland tractor.
 i Altogether there will be at least 1 seven, and possibly eight, tractors en- gagged in the demonstration, and four or five makes will be represented. The demonstration will afford residents of 1 the Salt River Valley who are inter ested in farming an opportunity to see a number of different kinds of trac- | tors exhibit their wares at the same time. And clearing the 200-acre field in two days will give every tractor en- gagged a hard test.
 The fleet of tractors will be accom- panied by expert demonstrators and drivers. Wes Hill. head of the Apache Aerial Transportation company, who has recently returned from a camp of the tank corps, will drive one of the tractors himself, exhibiting the latest mode of tank driving.
 From the time Governor Campbell lifts the first soil this afternoon the 200-acre tract will be cleared in ap- prOXimately a day and a halfs working time. The work will be rushed, with tomorrow night as the maximum time alloWd1 for completion. The field is easy of access, being located at Six teenth and Jackson streets, a block south of the Eastlake park car line. Motor cars may enter by way of Six teenth street.
 The urgent need fov haste in finish ing the field and making it ready to accommodate airplanes a once is due to the expected arrival of four army airplanes some time this week. The army planes are manned by the men who passed through this city early last December on their way to the east, un- der command of Major Albert Smith. The fliers are returning, however, with fresh planes, this time of the DeHavi- land 4-type. and when the arrive here will be on the last lap of an across the continent flight.
 The Apache Aerial Transportation . company has rendered the use of Hail field for the use of the army birdmen as well as to any other army planes which may visit Phoenix. The field will be practically the only good one between Fort Worth, Texas and San , Diego. Calif When it is completed il } will be completely equipped with han gars. tastefully finished waiting rooms q clubhouse for the airmen, and thor l ough supply of spare parts, gas, il. and everything an airman in distress is ? likely to need. Skilled mechanics vii } be always on the ground.
 ? Only the work of preparing the fielC taken today and tomorrow, as the han taken today and tomorrow as the nan gars and station will not be needed until the Apache company installs is Phoenix Globe aerial stage service 1T March. The army fliers who will ar gash and oil waiting for them, will finC gas an doil waiting for them, as well as personal conveniences.
 While Hall field is being made ready for the army men at once, the chief. of the Apache Aerial Transportation company are making preparations fol beginning their stage service. Tho great Handley-P Page plane now beine made for the company in the east l! expected to arrive early in March. J. R Hall, director general of the compan! going east to superintend its tes flights as soon as the plane is ready for them. It is possible that the plane may be flown from the Atlantic coas here by Mir. Hall and his assistan airmen, all former army men.
 When the plane is installed making scheduled trips between here an( Globe regular air mail service will b, begun. The local postoffice has al I, ready ordered from Washington a sup ply of air mail stamps, such as are useC | in the aerial mail service in the east Aerial mail service has proved so sue cessful there tGat from the origina price of 26 cents for a stamp the pric mas been lowered, tlrSt to It and now t cents, only cents more than by tn ordinary mail service. The postoffic department has found the aeria scheme so safe that by spring lift. fields are to be established throughout the country, with a thousand planes il operation carrying mail
 The Phoenix Globe line will probabl. be the first in the country, however. t have a regular passenger service, tn original fare being $25 a trip. Expres will also be carried.
 Although the idea of airplane pas senger service will be a distinct nov city in the west, as well as every where, it is likely that it will soon be come as matter offact as riding in
 railroad train. Aviation has made sue
 progress in the last few years that tn best authorities on the subject recog niZe it as the coming means of locomo