The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-12-16
Route Air
Group Elects; Opens
Through Line Drive
DATA WILL BE PRESENTED TO SHOW
AMOUNT OF PASSENGER, MAIL
BUSINESS IN AREA.

A coordinated campaign to pre-
sent the potentialities for passenger
traffic and mail volume for a pro-
posed through airline following
Highway 2 in Montana and North
Dakota was launched at the organi-
zation meeting of the Northern Air
Route Development association in
Glasgow Saturday.
Sessions at the Allen cafe brought
more than 40 representatives from
IA communities of the two states
covering the area from Kalispell to
Devils Lake, N. D. Also present were
representatives of both the Western
and Northwest Air Lines.
DR.. c. H. Minette of Cut Bank,
presiding officer, said the aSsocia-
ton definitely and emphatically
has as its prime objective securing
a through east and west air route
along Highway No. 3"
Officers Named
Permanent officers elected we're
DR.. Minette, president; DR.. w. E.
Hooking of Devils Lake, vice presi-
dent, and Paul j. Campbell of Glas-
gov, secretary-treasurer They COM
pose the executive committee along
with three committee chairmen Sc
lected, who are John F. M. Travis
of Havre, airline plans; R. B. Will
lard of Minot, N. D., finance, and
j.. B. Barclay of Shelby, new air
port development. On each commit
tee are representatives of the cities
along the proposed route.
Chairman Travis said his commit
tee would begin work at once to
prepare a survey of the entire area
showing airmail and passenger traf-
fic po%tentialities to be presented to
the CAA and airlines. Each town
was allocated a share of the budget
to be raised by Chairman Willard and
his committee, while Chairman Bar
clay noted a number of military
and CAA airports already developed
along the route and advocated 9TH
ers, not only for commercial but for
private flying.
A telegram sent to the meeting by
Croil Hunter, president of Northwest
Airlines, said, Your plans are iden-
teal with plans already developed"
William F.. O'Connell of Great Falls,
represented the line at the meeting.
Airline Man Speaks
Robert E. McKenna of Great
Falls, Montana manager of Western
Air Lines, which has already pro-
posed feeder air service loops for
both northeastern and northwestern
Montana, said, Our feeder applica-
ton will in no way interfere with
your proposal for a trunk route"
Purposes of the organization were
outlined, officers were elected and
appointed at Saturday
afternoons session. Following a din
ner meeting that night, committee
chairmen made their reports and
resolutions were presented by w. j.
of P~lentywood, resolutions
committee chairman.
Besides appreciation expressed to
officers for organization work, to the
.AA and to airlines representatives,
resolutions invited participation of
all towns along the proposed route
and urged on the CAA a "compre-
lensive study of communities in
this area to the end that adj
iitional and new airports be con-
,tructed at an early date or as soon
is wal conditions will permit"
Delegates Attending
A list of those registered from
Glasgow, many of whom
represented city governments, air
,ort commissions and service clubs,
DR.. w. E. Hooking, Devils Lake;
B. willard, Minot; c.. E. Fulker-
ION, Albert Erdahl, w. j. Hagen and
\. c.. Erickson, Plentywood; C. r.
and A. j., Hauge, Williston;
Carl Veseth, Malta; c. j. Severson,
Dr.. P. M. Feda and J. F. Brownlee,
Wolf Point; L. j. Lynch, Lynch Air
Service, Belgrade; w. A. Mcconnell,
P. Thronson and Guy Riggin,
Harlem.
Also, Leo N. Sanford, Chinook;
-ohn F. M. Travis, DR.. j. A. Wright,
J.. Nichols and Ray L. Sands,
Iavre; S. T. Ness, Rudyard; j. B.
Barclay, Shelby; DR.. c. H. Minette
nd E. C. Clapper, Cut Bank; Jim
Jrquhart, Kalispell; Robert E. Nc
Western Air Lines, Great
'alls. and William F. O'Connell,
northwest A%irlines, Great Falls.