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Show ly'- L I CONTINENTAL . S'""' ' , 1 h SYSTEM - .,.- ...a.i.H i L.M i Modern Facility Puts You in Touch, Though Many Miles from Home Serv.ng Southeastern Utah since near the turn of the century, Midland Telephone Company has strived to provide dependable contact with the rest of the world in this remote I corner of Utah. . i I Midland began as a small family business dedicated to serving the needs of the people of Moab. Although the firm is now considerably larger and is a member of the Continental Contin-ental syscem, that goal has not changed. While visiting in Csnyonlands Country, take time to phone a friend or relative at home just to let them know that you're "having a wonderful won-derful time and wish they were here." Call almost anywhere in the United States for under .a dollar with new low station to station rates in effect each weekend from Friday night to Sunday evening .Special evening even-ing rates are also In effect each weekday night. Just this year, Midland increased its coverage of the are2 with addit.onal private lines and also now serves Bullfrog Marina on Lake Powell so that you, the traveler are never out of touch unless you want to be. A mobile phone is i operating in the Needles District of Canyonlands National g Park tor emergency use and the company serves Blanding. I Bluff, Mexican Hat, Monticeilo and Thompson in southeastern I Utah as well as Dove Creek in Colorado. LaSal, which is also on the system, has just had installation of a new exchange 1 to allow for local dialing. fe Serving the public in an area so remote as this, and which for many years had few roads has not been easy. Md' 1 land, however, has met the challenge and thrived upon a They provide a service which is hard to match anywhere h even under the best cf conditions. They have, in the P3 i four years, completed $2.5 million in expansion projects aw i? during the next 5 years about $3 million is to be spel ' expansion. Lj Although Direct Distance Dialing is not available under Midland's current system, it is being planned and should -$ installed late in 1973 or early 1974. Until that time, you m3) t'ike advantage of DDD prices If you do not need operas 4 assistance in finding the number you wish to call. 4 At any time you r.ecd to get in touch with a loved on $ or a friend Midland Telephone stands ready to aid 5'0U J : providing fast, dependable long distance service at reasonaw rites. The Continental svslom, of which Midland is a P . 1 is 1.824.730 telephones in 42 states, the Caribbean IsW V and Canada to serve you. Some 18,000 employees and W assets of $1.4 billion make the company, one which st;u a ready to work with yen. Operators at Midland are P,e:u"' a land always willing to" help you with any special problems y Weight have in reaching your number. |