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Show I u " . MidIland . J . W Corbin , manager of the Mid-I Mid I Mid- Mid Midland Mid Midland - land Telephone company : , left Tuesday Tuesdayevening Tuesdayevening Tuesdayevening evening for Salt Lake City , to attend attenda a conference of telephone company TuesdayI of- of officials offlcials of officials - I I ficials flcials of the state called to protest protestthe protestthe protestthe the enactment by the legislature of a atax atax atax tax on telephones A bill has been beenintroduced beenintroduced beenintroduced aI I introduced in the state st.ate . senate taxing taxingeach taxingeach taxingeach each telephone in the state 25 cents centsper centsper per month Such a tax , , telephone of- of officials officials of officials - ficials state , would be ruinous to thell their theirbusinesses theirbusinessesDon ' I I businesses businessesI businessesI businessesDon _ I Don Courtland , four-year-old four year old - - son sonof sonof of Mr . and Mrs Lester Taylor , has hasbeen hasbeen been critically crltlcally ill the past week at the thelocal thelocal thelocal local hospital hospltal , suffering sUffermg from intestinal intestinalInfluenza intestinalinfluenza IntestinalInfluenza Influenza For Per several days his con- con condition condition con condition - dition was especially grave , but he has hasshown hasshown shown some Improvement yesterday yesterdayand yesterdayand and today , , and the many friends of ofthe ofthe ofthe the family are hopeful that the lad ladwill ladwill wl11 will speedily recover . . |