The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-12-20
BISMARCK NEEDS PLACE IN AIR


BISMARCK NEEDS PLACE IN AIR
An Associated Press dispatch Wednesday, focused
attention Bisnarcks place in the field Of aviation
flying point It announced that the latter part of
next May OF series of country aplane
to be flown by the National Aeronautic association for
the Gardner cup and $4,000 would be started from here
This gives the city important and significant recognition
within aviation circles 1t is in the nature of option
on subsequent development in the realm Of the arpane
Bismarcks place the flying map is being made out
side well at home. In fact 1t and the airpane
being brought closer together by the onrus of aviation
development IN general There is an element Of strategic
position about the location Of the city, especially with
relation to possible airmail service through the North
west This strategic consideration is bound to bring the
city the opportunity Of linking up with other points in
the organization of flying activities in the future
The Associated Press dispatch Wednesday showed that
one opportunity already is at the cty's door.
Thus impressed into the forefront in this area it soon
will devolve the city itself to take up the matter of its
relation to flying in the Northwest SO that may join
hands with line Of communities located to con-
sttute northern air route the Northwest and,
in embryo the coming armai line from the Twin Cities
to Spokane and Seattle Other leading points on this
line are actively formulating plans for that day when
the postoffice department will establish this line
Minneapolis. Miles City, Billings and Spokane have had
considerable correspondence among themselves and with
Irving Glover, fourth assistant postmaster general
Washington on the armail route At first they learned
that the government not inclined to create any
routes at this time but desired to wait till the existing
lines had worked out certain problems that sbse-
quent routes might be established in accordance with
lessons gained from the old Since then the greatly
creased use of the airmau servce-whch promises to
treble poundage in year-seens to have brought the
northern route measurably nearer. The leading COM
munties seeking to be included in the route have had
assurance that their claims would be given due attention
by the department. If, and when northern route is
established. provided they had facilities to OFFER
especially In suitable fields.
The Montana communities are favoraby inclined to-
ward Bismarck point the proposed route, al
though when Nick Manner made his nonstop test flight to
Minneapolis to demonstrate the course he flew by way
of Aberdeen. Bismarck has advantage that Aber-
deem lacks and that u.s. it is of line import
ant towns that are very active business ceners of the
territory tributary to the and these communities extend
across North Dakota and Montana following the general
line of the Northern Pacific railway Probably the most
active boosters for the desired northern aa route are
the airport commissioners at Miles City They have
pressed themselves In favor of through Bis
marck, Dickinson and Bowman thence Gendive to
their own city, which has provided what army and
marine corps pilots and also visiting commercial flyers
have acclaimed as the finest natural landing field in the
country Pride In this and their CITY, important trad
Ing center In the eastern Montana livestock country
has made the Miles City community so anxious to see
the aira route established The city has been organ
lied ton the vernacular-"hop to it" the moment
northern route talk becomes tangible step on the part
Of the postoce department and to press their plea
this Bsmarck-Miles City Billings Butte Spokane line
Later big commercial possibilities are seen back of this
proposed mail line Already there has been talk of ask
Ing the Milwaukee railway to extend the Chicago-Twin
Cities combined arma passenger service direct to Miles
City flying field which would the travelling sched
ule to Seattle by Is hours. network of norh-south
commercial air lines has been mapped on paper for
eastern Montana. which, like North Dakota lacks rail
facilities in those directions. It is not too much vision
p similar development resulting in this state
Bismarck should be alert to the opportunity when it
develops The air races next May have been conferred
on it. With so many other places viewing the airmai
route as something desirable for them there may be
scramble to get the inside when the decisive moment
arrives for mapping It, The city should be organized to
get place In the line OF selected cities and towns There
may be legislation this winter enactng In this state the
law in effect in neghboring states by which municipal
tiles are allowed to establish municipal airports II
there Is not there are other ways to be found put the
city on the route It might be left to the Association of
Commerce to handle this matter at the PSYCHOLOGICAL
moment At any rate the business community should be
alert and get behind any move having to do with the
establishment Of an effective airport.
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Y The dramatists complaint is that he found many
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took the attitude that he wa - politician whose Life
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oNeiu Il not the first to cry out in this fashion His
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