The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-06-11

The story in the history of yesterday
indicated the possibilities of the air
service when as boys we read of
Mother Goose and her horseless car
riages and the attachment of wing
constructed that man and woman
could fly through the air as birds but
a more scientific, modern thought de-
veloped in an endeavor to make traffic
more rapid and out of the congested
cities there came a man with greater
vision than Mother Goose who con-
structed the flying machine especially
intended for observations. It then
developed if flying machines could be
used in a constructive way, that the
commercial power of transportation
would become more successful, thus Il
was necessary to bring out of the mil
lions Of men in the world a mind more
maSterful than that Of Sir Isaac New
ton to figure between the astronomical
world and the earth on a scale Of navi-
cation carrying the necessary COM
modities from one section of the coun-
try to the other. The scientific en-
gineers Nof the government differed as
to the capacity Of the constructed ma
chinery for commercial purposes and
as to the velocity which would control
certain radiuses Of the air without dan
ger to the tonnage carried
The United States Government, first
in the field Of air construction, offered
contracts to men who feared not
death, to prove that it could be made
a success and the post Office depart
ment, under the most outstanding
character which has occupied that
position in the cabinet since the post
master generals Office was installed
and he offered contracts for the con-
veyance Of mail from one city to an
other. This gigantic proposition awak-
ened the minds Of men throughout
civilization. Capital by the millions
stood behind offering prizes for men
to cover this and the other sections
and then there came an offer for a
nonstop voyage by air rom New
York to Paris, and $4,000 for the sue
cessful operator. Old Nature had
given birth down in the state where
Lake Itasca furnishes the first outlet
to the Mississippi to boy who was
the special apostle to carry the light
and open the eyes Of modern civiIiza-
ton. Like Christopher Columbus. he
was poor and had to depend upon
others to carry out the visions of his
dream. Old St, Louis, the metropolis
Of Missouri, furnished the men and
they furnished the means Purely
upon the proposition that the flyer
be left to guide his own course IN
interferred with by the most meager
suggestion. Out to California, on the
quiet and peaceful shores Of the Pacific
ne picked the shop and the men who
constructed the machine in accordance
with his own ideas. He made the
voyage, and not only proved his
ability to reach the capital of France,
but he proved mental endurance to
thirty-six hours awake and sustenance
in that time Of sandwich and half.
He established for the world, the fact
that air navigation will be the most
feasible for delivery Of necessary prod
ucts Of every character, in short
| Lindbergh stands in a class by him
self. His name will go down in the
pages Of history Of every nation in the
world and will live until earth shall
have crumbled. Foreign nations,
kings, queens and potentates have paid
him Undesirable tribute and on the
18th day Of this month he returns to
the United States Of America. Men
and women of every walk Of life in
church and school, in business and in
| gigantic financial sections will await
his idea Of the new and more modern
air mail service and commercial serv-
ice which viii expedite the traffic in
all commodities.
This boy was schooled in the classes
formed under Post Master General
Harry S. New. AS he was a pilot Of