The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-07-25
WHEN AIR SERVICE
OPPORTUNITY
Captain Leopold Stocker Of Air
Service Gives Reasons For
Serving in the Air la
HAVE CHOICE OF MANY COURSES

Here are some commercial rea-
sons why young man who is will
ing to stake short period of his life
in acquiring knowledge that will net
him large financial return. in the
future, should enlist in the air ser
vice: VI az os @5aF
"First-As the slogan of the. tele-
phone and telegraph companies in
the past ten years has been Don't
write. Wire so the slogan of the
commercial air industry will be
Don't ride. Fly
'Second-The airplane today is in
its comparative infancy, its. future
possibilities being only limited by
the bounds of human imagination
and inventive genius, there are those
who will say with, skepticism that
this or that cannot be done, but DIS
Ebert Hubbard says: When man
says q thing cannot be done in this
world he is generally interrupted by
somebody doing it,
Third Take the question of the
airplane as. an adjunct and possible
competitor of the telephone and tele-
graph, in place Of the night letter
and telegram which under present
conditions is not delivered until the
next day-this class Of business will
be carried by airplane with greater
saving in time and less liability for
error In transmission as the message
will be- delivered in its original type
written form. It will eventually OBJ
viate the necessity Of laying and
operating at great expense Short sub
marine cables in locations where ow-
ing to natural disturbances, such as
earthquakes and volcanic action such
! cables are hard to maintain and in
q great many cases, in case of in
terruption of trouble, it takes days
for the nearest cable repair steamer
to reach the point of the break to
make repairs !, And again there are
localities such as the Boring Straits
were on account of ice and strong
currents it is impossible to lay and
maintain a cable successfully. Com
municati0n between such points can
be established and maintained by
airplane.
"Fourth-As an adjunct to long
telegraph during interr u p t O n s
caused by, storms it will be invalu-
able as recent demonstrations have
shown that the airplane in the hands
of a competent pilot can overcome
this disadvantage successfully, and
it will. be invaluable for use in reach
ing isolated districts where the cost
of constructing a telephone or tele-
graph line and maintaining it would
be prohibitive. In other words, the
science of air navigation will do for
the isolated regions of the world
what scientific irrigation did for the
them in close touch with civilization,
thus enabling the inhabitants to de-
rive the numerous benefits attend
ant thereto. y ~
"Fifth-It will also be an adjunct
and possible competitor of the eX-
press companies in the transporta-
tion of bullion from mines in isolated
localities to the nearest commercial
centers, and also in the transporta-
ton of valuables of all kinds, as
while there is no doubt but that the
future will develop the bandit of
the air, the airplane will follow no
absolutely prescribed route as the
railroad and automobile must, and
holdup will be harder to carry out
and of rare occurrence.
"Sixth--As the cavalry of the
clouds has to all practical purposes
superseded the land cavalry in mill
tary operations so will they undoubt-