The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-02-07
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
: The Future of.......
: AVIATION
=...i is on the ground


"a Paper Read by John F,
Cook at the Annual Meeting of
The Commercial Club
Air-The very meaning of the
word conveys to the people of the
present day and age a new mean
ing, and from this meaning may
be cleaned new ideas. Out of the
many thoughts created, there
comes n to the foreground that
gives a new Importance to the
AIR-the thought of Aviation.
When we think of aviation, we
rarely think of the many things
that are Of necessity connected
with aviation. The thought upper
most in our mind is a picture of
sailing through the air at a ter
rifle speed. To those who have
not been "up in the air" it is diff
ficult for them to understand the
difference between ground speed
and air speed. They have a terri
BILE fear of travelling at the rate
of 80 to $50 miles an hour and
are prone to believe we are
spoofing them because they fail
to realize this speed when they
do take a trip ito the moon.
At Last Man Has Conquered
The Air
Tho fnoD1,,cn n f1u rai0hf hn
said to be one of the innate de-
sires that the Creator has infused
into the hearts Of men. Were it
not for this ambitious urge in the
breast of men, we, who live in
this century would never have
seen the eventful conquest over
the skies. Man born into this
world is by environment a ground
hog. He does not creep on the
ground for the reason he has
to walk, he was instruct
ed to stand erect and propel him
self forward by putting one foot
ahead of the other. This was
transportation in it's infancy. Man
all these centuries of NOV
ng around close to the ground,
II rather on the ground, has be-
come accustomed to this old
,arth of ours and does not fear |
t. He is not afraid that the earth {
will open up and swallow him, '
Though this has happened. He X
cells safe and satisfied when he c
t least has one foot on the c
round, he is in the environment c
hat he is accustomed to. 1
Is it any wonder that he be- i
ONES frightened and panicky V
rhen all of a sudden he is hauled a
600 feet up into the air? His en- O
ironments have changed so sud- C
emily that he cannot adjust him u
elf and for this reason he be-
ONES frightened and begins to
ohuei II Ho 'nouiu y na'S Il
lken out more life insurance and =,
a wildly see the grim reap -,
: ever ready to cut him down at q
lie least pr%ovocation. After about A
N minutes, which to most of us =.
a short eternity, the ship
slides to earth and he ;,
ans back and breathes a deep II
gh, happy at the thought he is e.
lfely back to good old mother =,
nth. =,
Death, as was but natural in =,
hazardous venture like flying,
ok a heavy toll from among or
.ose who devoted themselves to ~
e advancement of this great -
fence. Accidents, like death, + Al
cidents to human life and they is
e liable to happen in spite of ~
ans best care in any and all sr
visions of human activity and IN
.terprise. But, what person who
IS the necessary courage to be
and doing will allow the pos
Oility of accident to daunt him? y
The automobile demanded its ~
locaust of human lives in order ~
arrive at the perfection which W
has reached and still, after all 90
ese years of auto perfection, it
1es thousands of lives every
ar. Yet who among us is will mi
!, to give up the automobile Gu
d it's conveniences because of ITO
cidents. me
labor, Worry, Speculation and l,o
ath will always be the four lde
rsemen of civilization and the mi
ter the world wishes to travel ael
yard the goal of a more perfect
5ilization, the greater will be I