Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-04-23
Pullman WILL PROVIDE
A|RPLANE LANDING FIELD
,;ttee Named to Investigate
Possibilities-Pomeroy Men
Boost Movement

pullman will be one of the first
towns in the Inland Empire to make
.rovision for a municipal airplane
landing field, committee to have
This matter in charge having been
FAMED by the chamber of commerce
tuesday following a full discussion
If the subject The matter was
hroached by Fred Hungate, promi-
mont farmer of Pomeroy, who, in an
address before the organization,
stated that he motored to Pullman
nv automobile rather than using his
newly acquired flying machine be-
cause there were no landing facili-
ties here. Mr.. Hungate, with Frank
Cardwell, another airplane enthusi-
asst from Pomeroy, were piloted over
the city in quest of available landing
places and put the stamp of approval
on a tract north and west of the I. o.
O. F. cemetery, on West Main street.
This tract, it is claimed, can be made
an admirable landing field, with two
way landing certain and four-way
landings possible with moderate ex-
penditure of labor on the tract.
The chamber unanimously en-
dorsed the movement and named a
committee including F. C. Forrest,
W. L. Greenawalt, Professor ]. w.
Ramsay, Fred Schroeder and Lemyet
Knettle to investigate the situation
and to cooperate with the trustees
Of the chamber in taking immediate
steps toward providing an adequate
land field. Messrs. Ramsay, Knettle
and Schroeder are all experienced
filters and will be called upon for ex-
pert advice before a definite site is
selected.
The attention of the chamber was
called to the fact that there is no
landing field between Pomeroy and
Spokane by Frank Cardwell, who
urged the local chamber to take i'm
mediate steps toward providing land
ing facilities, The airplane means OF
transportation is here to stay, accord
ing to Mr.. Cardwell, and every pro-
gressiye town in the Inland Empire
must soon take steps to accommodate
these machines.
The Pomeroy man congratulated
the chamber upon it's newly launched
Own Your Own Home" campaign
and urged that building be resumed
at once, voicing the opinion that high
prices are here to stay and taking the
position that there is no reason why
they should not stay and no reason
for complaint
Our bank deposits show that we
are getting more of the other fellow
money than he is of ours" said Mr.
Cardwell, and the farmers are more
prosperous than ever before Pom
eroy's three banks showed deposits
of barely a million three or four
years ago. Today we have three mil
lion of deposits and a million and a
half of paid up Liberty bonds, with
farm and city mortgages as scarce
as hens teeth. | predict that wheat
prices will be higher this fall than
ever before, and these high prices
are here to stay until Russia again
enters the market and the nations
OF Europe become settled We are
all more prosperous than ever before,
so why demand lower wages and
lower prices. It's high time we and
our communities are not marking
time awaiting lower prices for labor
and materials"
Mr.. Cardwell closed his talk with
the remark that after Pullman COM
pletes arrangements for her new
landing field Mr.. Hungate and him
self will again be glad to mingle with
The local boosters at their Tuesday
noon luncheon, asking only 10 min
utes notice before lunch time.