Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-08-07
A GENUINE FIZZLE

A GENUINE FIZZLE
The Askov community was up In
the air" Sunday, not up in airplanes
as it was intended but 'up in the air
mentally, in fact that mental attitude
remained for a day or two thereafter
Hundreds of automobiles came
streaming into town Sunday to see the
two airplaneS and to enjoy flights In
them as their coming had been well
advertised The planes and the pilots
from the Minnesota Aircraft Co. OF
Minneapolis, were here ready for bust
ness, but the matter of landing field
caused so much cOmmotion and so
much trouble to them that they finally
packed up and left about noon on
Sunday when the crowd had com
menced to gather but before the cars
had begun coming in by the hundreds.
Mona Malloy, one of the flyers, had
been in AskOv on the Tuesday pre-
viously, making tentative arrange
ments for the flight and she and her
husband, Jesse Show, another pilot,
came Saturday afternoon in prepara-
ton for the Sunday flying. They
started out to see the field originally
planned to be used, but were told IL
was not available. Two or three fields
were tried and the pilots met with
reverses in the way of not finding
good fields or refusal on the part or
the land owner to permit flying on
the field, so as above stated, they
finally packed up and left, leaving the
hundreds of people who had come here
to view the machines and perhaps
enjoy short flights, without that recre-
alton
If a farmer does not want flying
on his field on a Sunday that is of
course his business and he certainly
has perfect right to refuse the use
of his field for planes that day or any
day of the week. and here is where
the Minnesota Aircraft Co. erred in
not having a thorough agreement with
anybody before advertising the event
and before coming up here. The re-
grettable part of it is that it sort or
gives the AskOv community black
eve. the blame falls onto the COM
munity whether or not we are re-
SDOnSlDlt. he HuHul Cue vi piSeiSui y
seekers who came here and were dis
appointed know that the airplanes and
the pilots were here, and consequent
" cannot understand why they did
not fly. The flyers were gone and the
community gets the blame. Later on
il an attempt is made to get visi
tors here for a like event it may be
difficult to draw as many people as
came Sunday.
The event as above stated was giver
extensive publicity. an advertisement
appeared in the American on July 81
and a front page writeup was giver
the affair on account of it bein.
something new in the community AMI
educational for the people in the wa!
of seeing the mode of transportation
which will undoubtedly be very great
ly increased in the next decade. Tw'
thousand hand bills were also printet
and distributed in every cOmmunit,
between Pine City and Moose Lake
including those two communities, an
other communities east and west Tn
Minnesota Aircraft Co, it must b
said. fulfilled its part in coming her
with the two airplanes as advertise
and the flyers, including also Red
Fowler, well known airman.
Folks who came here to see the fly
ing left with the impression that tn
flyers were not wanted in the Asko
community. Such, however, is M
the case, because many folks in tn
community are very much disturbe
over the way the affair turned OF
and several farmers said Monday tn;
they would have liked to have hs
them on their places, but did n
know the flyers were encounterir
such difficulties until it was too lat
There is, however. likely some blan
on both sides. In the first place Il
Minnesota Aircraft Co. should ha'
had better and more thorous
understanding as to the field it w
to use and not have gone over tn
quite so lightly; in the second pla
il occurs that they did not get
much cooperation in the communi
as might have been shown them
long as the event had been so tho
oughly advertised. and knowing tn
it would BRING many visitors to tow
it would seem that those who did q
care to have them on their plac
might have shown a little more {
operation in the way OF suggest