| Show TELEPHONE CEREMONIES GOV ROOSEVELT OPENS LINE TO CHEYENNE VicePresidential Candidate Gov Wells and Senator Warren Talk With Republicans at Cheyenne The Wyoming line of the telephone company was formally opened yesterday yester-day from the Alta club by Gov Roosevelt Roose-velt Gov Wells and Senator Warren of Wyoming also used the line and expressed ex-pressed themselves as entirely satisfied satis-fied with the service This event occurred oc-curred Immediately after the return of Gov Roosevelt from his Liberty Park ride and the Cheyenne parties talked with were Sir Van Gradate of the Republican Re-publican State central committee and his law partner Mr1 Burdlck The compliments of the day were exchanged ex-changed with assurances from Cheyenne Chey-enne that Wyoming was for McKinley and Roosevelt President Wallace said subsequently to a Tribune representative representa-tive tiveBy By the completion of this line the I four great States which constitute our territory are united Montana Idaho Utah and Wyoming From Colorado to Washington by way of Cheyenne Wyo Salt Lake City Utah Butte Mont the Cocur dAlene mining districts dis-tricts of Idaho nearly SOOO miles of copper metallic circuit probably the longest toll line owned and operated by i one telephone company In the world Is now completed Thirtytwo years ago I rode by Rtage over most of our territory Weary days and wearier nights from Laramie Wyo to Salt Lake City Utah and thence to Helena Monttwelve to thirteen dayso iLaYlonIswererequlfe0days you can talk ever all this great Inland territory It Is Interesting to note that most all of the crude material used comes from our own territory and If we Include In-clude our neighbors Oregon on the northwest and Colorado < < on the southeast south-east through which States you can now talk all the material everything used comes from home This line Is then In fact a home production The pOles from Idaho the copper for the wires from Montana the asphalt used on each pole from Utah the Iron bolts braces and lags from the Iron ores of Wyoming these materials with the crossarms from Oregon and the glass Insulators from Colorado compose all the material used |
