Show CANADA SECOND TO li U. U S. S FOR OR TELEPHONES I OTTAWA Ont Feb 18 Canada 18 Canada ranks second among the nations of the tho world to the United States in fn the number of telephones per hundred of pf population according to the statistical bureau of the Canadian government I The United States has 13 6 telephones per hundred of population and Canada has 9 98 8 according to these records i In In 1921 there were telephones telephones telephones tele tele- phones in fn use s in Canada an Increase of or 10 ioner per cent over 1920 The wire mileage used was and the average persons per mile were 4 42 2 says the bureau report Naturally the most telephones In the tho Dominion are aro In the large largo cities Such cities as Montreal Montreal Mon Mon- Mon Mon-I treal treat Quebec Toronto Ottawa WInnipeg Winnipeg Winnipeg Winni Winni- peg Calgary Calgar Edmonton Vancouver and Victoria have as good telephone service as any cities in the United States but In the last two or three years there has been a very large In Increase increase in- in crease crease- se in the tho number of te telephones In Inthe the tho rural districts of the provinces provinces 1 inces inces |