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Show Let George Do It First Telephone in S. L. Was Installed in 1878 "Can you tell me when th first , telephone wss Installed in I'tah and how many phonea there are in ! asks i). P. C. of Murray. "My buddy and I ha ve had a friendly argument argu-ment on this score, and we'd appreciate It if you could set us straight." That a n e proved a little th end of September. 1949. This figure represents sll telephone companies In the slate and includes in-cludes only main atation numbers and pay phonea. It does not include sets used aa xtenaiona in Urge business firms, government office buildings and the like. R. S. I. of Salt Lake City asks: "How many casualties did Utshns serving In th armed forces suffer during World War II?" Of all t'tah men who served in the various services in the late war. 2X27 were killed. 3129 were wounded. 30 still sre missing snd 530 prisoners wers liberated, according ac-cording to figures complied by the Utah Stae Historical society in June. 1949. Send questions, suggestions or romplsints to George, In care of the Salt Lake Telegram. 143' 8. Main. Kull namea and addresses should be , included in letters. George will use only initials if requested. re-quested. V (eorge rough. Mr. C. but here it is. Old history books snd newspaper files show the first telephone tele-phone in Utah was installed in 1878 in the home of L. E. Holden of Salt Lake City. According lo a figure supplied by Prsnk D. Sawyer. Utsh manager. man-ager. Mountain Stales Telephone and Telephone Co.. there were 187,M0 telephones in the stats at |