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Show ROCKY MOUNTAIN BELL TELE-PHONE TELE-PHONE COMPANY. At this time, when tho cry is on everyone's Hp "Boost tho Greater Salt Lako," and tho whole community is enthusiastic en-thusiastic and encouraged, tho "consistent "consis-tent and efficient work of tho Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone company for 1 tho past twonty-flvo years, In building up Salt Lako City should bo an example exam-ple to all. Tho headquarters of this company since early in the '80s has w" been Salt Lake City, and Its linos ra diate to tho furthest corners of Utah, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, connecting con-necting with tho Pacific States Tele-phono Tele-phono and Telegraph company on tho Pacific coast, and with tho Colorado Telephone company at Cheyenne, thus affording Salt Lako telephone serivce over all thrco of these great Bell sys- ' terns. 'k Tho first fireproof building over I erected in Salt Lake City was built by t tho Rocky Mountain Boll Tolophono J company In 1894, and it is today a ) modle of artistic grace and scientific j engineering. The growth of this com- t party's business has been such that slnco tho original building was built it has been doubled in slzo by an addition, addi-tion, nnd this year tho present building build-ing will bo more than doubled with a building llvo stories high, forty feet frontago on State street nnd one huh. dred and seventy-seven feet deep. It has meant much to Salt Lako City to havo tho headquarters of this company com-pany hero. In tho four great states of Utah, Idaho, Montana nnd Wyoming its linos connect all of tho tlwns ot moro than 500 people, excepting twelvo nnd each of these connections advertises adver-tises Salt Lake City. This company has always paid by check on Salt Lako banks, nnd In tho Isolated nnd remote sections of Its territory ter-ritory theso checks pass as currency for months at a time, nnd each one of theso checks Is an advertisement for Salt Lako City. Tho directorate of this city Is composed com-posed of such well-known men as George Y. Wallace, president; Georgo M. Downey, vice president; W. S. Mo Cornick, treasurer; Robert B. Hark-ness, Hark-ness, secretary, and D. S. Murray, general gen-eral manager. This company operates 120 ox-changes ox-changes In its four states, and moro than 20,000 miles of toll lino wiro, with 35,000 subscribers to exchanges and every day It is becoming moro of a business necessity, not only to tho farmer who sells his produce by telephone, tele-phone, but to tho capitalist, who turns his great trick becauso of tho instantaneous instan-taneous communication afforded by telephone. Tho slogan is, "You don't have to wait for an answer," whether you havo business In Montana, Wy oming, Utah or Idaho. Tho Bell lines cover them all. n |