The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1920-09-16
GOVERNMENT PLANES
SOLD BELOW COST
Portland Is Leading In Avia.
ton Service on the
Pacific Coast.

Government planes are being sold t.
the people at much less than it cost tC
produce them.
1t will not be long until even towns
Of 500 population will arrange for al
aviation field where planes can land
and many towns of this class will
have several machines.
Today the worlds broad highway is
in the air. England for centuries has
spoken of the sea as the worlds great
highway, but Americans have at last
turned the sky into a speedway.
Portland is leading in aviation on the
Pacific coast. The leading business
men and financiers have interested
themselves in establishing reliable air
service out of Portland.
The Oregon, Washington and Idaho
Airplane Company, Inc, is capitalized
for $2OO,000.00. President, julius l..
Meier; VicePresdent, Matt McDougal;
Secretary, Chester G.. Murphy; Treas
urer, Prescott w. Cookingham Direc
tors: Emery Olmstead, ]. b. Yeon, A.
d. Charlton, Edward Cookingham,
Watson Eastman, ]. c. Ainsworth.
Manager, Victor Vernon; Assistant
Manager, Howard C. Charlton.
The Company has sub-agencies with
operating fields throughout the North
west. 1t employees nj, e pilots, includ-
ing the Manager and Assistant Man
ager, fifteen mechanics, three general
helpers, one bookkeeper and one steno-
grapher. On Lewis e Clark Field
there are thirty-two planes, the prop
erty of the Company, twelve of which
are in operation and always ready for
flights.
There are three privately owned
planes, which are housed and cared for
on the field.
The Company has conducted flights
Of long duration throughout the North
west The Company began flying oper-
ations November 11th, 1919, and has
been heartily supported and patronized |
by the public. From November 18th, |
1919 to July 1st, 1920: Flights made,
4,24O; Hours flown, 1856; Mileage Gov
cred (miles), 51.45O; Passengers car
ried, 2,734.
This record exceeds California's
aerial accomplishments, which has been
the boast of this coast.
On June 18th, 1920, the Company
the Astoria and Seaside
Flying Boat Service, carrying pas
sengors to and from both these points
A contract was made with the Ore
gon Journal for the delivery of 800
pounds of newspapers to Astoria and
Seaside daily except Sunday.
The distance from Portland to Sea-
side is 120 miles and five flying boats
are used exclusively for this service.
Up to August 1st, 1920, forty-eght
passengers have been carried on this
'un. Numerous parties of from three
o six passengers have been carried
n one day, some for round trips. This
week completes the eighth week of
his service without one failure. :
Journal papers leave the press at
2:30, arrive at Lewis G. Clark Field
It 1880, are. loaded into the plane.
which leaves at 100, arriving Astoria /
$50 and Seaside 800 D. m. |
The service has been so conducted :
egardless of weather conditions
through rain, storms and fog. 1t is
he purpose Of this Company to build >.
p similar airplane transportation runs
the Northwest
Lewis & Clark Field ranks as one
( the best equipped fields in the
Inited States. AS soon as the small
owns awaken TO the fact that planes
an be bought just as cheaply as good
landing fields will be =
otted all over the state. The landing
cid will easily and soon become more
n center of interest than the rail
ay depots ever were. VI