The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-08
KEMP IS NAME
OF THIS BIRD
"See Hammond From the
Air" Is His Slogan
For City.


Frank R. Kemp IS the bird Hammond
people have seen flying over the city
the past week. Frank is not a hard
boiled guy. as many might be inclined
Is think. not al all. But he has a
nerve as steady as hat Of the Goodies
81 Liberty.
safely through tho various processes
Of flying.
Just look how nicely he lands" said
q bystander, as the machine returned
from q Trip. 1t gl.des with all the
grace Of an eagle"
Clean living IS essential to efficient
flying" stated Kemp, who IS a perfect
specimen Of physical manhood. a chap
whose conposure gives one the i'm
preston q . superman.
Kemp IS an ex-service man with an
enviable record in the great war. pill
ing up deeds Of valor for the good old
Ii. S. HIS home is in LaPorte. but
when he returned there after the war
was over the opportunities he enjoyed
before enllsting were no more and he
decided to engage in aviation work. in
vestng his al.
He has a great vision Of future pos
stbIlItios in aviation. We arc living
IN a fast age" sad Kemp, and goes on
to say.
The time IS not far dsstanct when
business men VIII no longer be conten-
to travel BY steam or auto. Just him
Of The number 81 your own business
men and statesmen in Hammond, who
make daily trips to Chicago. Many OF
these men would feel 1t a great hand1-
cap If forced 10 use the trains after
having become accustomed to jumping
into a machine, whereby they are en-
abled to be on their way in a Jiffy.
"But 1t reqhires practically an hodr
10. get 70 Van Buren, street. And with
all the speed one IS enabled 10 attain
nowadays. competition IS going to
bring about greater speed and you will
see travellers taking to the air.
I'm this machine. which is q Curtis.
the trip can. be made to Chicago IN
twelve minutes, a saving Of forty min
utes on each trip.
America has made little advance
ment with the airplane in a CONNER
cial wa although the army aviation
work is progressing nicely.
France has made wonderful strides
In commercial way. although the array
aviation work IS progressing nicely.
France has made wonderful strides
in commercial aviation. passenger air
routes being as numerous now as steam
roads.
When American enterprise emer-
ges from the semi-waAns stage in The
onquest of the air things will happen
fast. The blood OF the American bust
ness man viii serge through his veiss
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his subconscious mind that indescri-
bable something will constantly remind
him that the world is speeding-almost
exceeding the speed limit He wiz
hear the hum OF motors above him. II
suggests to him progress And with
his own Unsuitable desire to achieve he
viii rapaciously grab at the instru-
ments that Will enable him to accom-
plish his purpose.
The a1rplane will become an abso-
lutte necessity to American business
j IS becoming that now. Uncle sam
is developing air mail routes. Private
individuals win soon be travelling from
New York to San Francisco by air,
simply annihilating time.
The time Is not very far away when
Hammond viii have a passenger air
route to Chicago. All important cities
VIII have such routes.
When you consider that about all
the important advancement society has
made has been made within the last
two hundred years. The automobile
has been q great Instrument in the
solidifying and advancement OF society
but the part the autopobiIe has played
viii be insignificant as compared with
the advancement aviation will bring
about
A prominent Hammond business man
tells the following about a trip he made
with Kemp over Hammond:
The aviator pointed out the old Erie
yards occupying practically the heart
Of Hammond. and made a sign that
looked like he meant, rouse nit UNI"
Then he pointed out Hammond's two
main thoroughfares that to say were
beautiful would be expressing il mild
"
Then to the west and over the golf
grounds and the forest preserve. There
IS Hammond's future playground. he
seemed to say. a vast stretch of ground
ats beautiful as the creator ever shap-
ed, then tho Forest Preserve. a very
small stretch Of wood when viewed
from the sky. Thence over South
Harumond's future residential growth
a lovely area with every natural ad-
vantage.
He further says:
TO hear Aviator Kemp talk about
the Calumet region and its possibili.
ties it makes his hearers feel like this
Is pretty darn good place to live after
all
Every Hammond citizen would be
well repaid for a "once over" Of his
city from on high" kemp expects
TO do the business OF his life next
Sunday when the auto races are pulled
off at Roby. He IS making flights
from his quarters on Sheffield avenue
near ~Forsythe-