Show Independent Telephone one Week Some twenty states Utah included are this week celebrating Independent Telephone Week Since our own southeastern southeastern southeastern south south- eastern Utah area U is served by an Independent independent independent inde inde- pendent company we feel it proper to bring out a few facts regarding this type utility company at this time Independent telephone companies are arenow arenow now serving about two-thirds two of the total land area in the U. U S. S and have a many Britain and telephones as as as' there are in France combined There are arc a total of 95 million telephones on independent company company company com com- pany lines mainly in the south and the west The Midland Telephone Telephone- company pioneered pioneered pio pio- telephone service in Moab Later lines were run to adjacent towns which were included in the system And that was not the end At the present time plans are being made to run lines to Bluff and include an exchange in Jn that community in the Midland system In one respect we at the Times Times Times-Inde Independent Inde- Inde pendent feel closely allied to the local telephone telephone telephone tele tele- phone company inasmuch as the founder of this publication J. J N. N Corbin in 1896 later went on to found the Midland Telephone Telephone Telephone Tele Tele- phone company If at time you become impatient when wh-n your telephone doesn't function as you t think ink it should remember that this com corn ply h has gone through a period of ot tremendous tremendous tre tre- growth just as have many other busl business s es-s In and around Moab in the past several years But Hut we should appreciate the th highly improved service as compared with several years ago The history of ot Midland in southeastern southeast southeast- ern Utah has been marked with progress and advancement We salute them during this independent telephone week |