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Show T THE CITIZEN 10 i f MINING AND INDUSRTY TELEPHONE NOT LIKED It required considerable salesmanthe solicitors who ship on the part were sent out In the early days of the telephone to sell the. invention. t I i new-fangle- d Walter Wallingford, who is now senior member of the firm of Wallingford & Acres, manufacturers of tents and awnings in Boston, was employed in the late seventies by R. M. Yala, pioneer makers of awnings and sails. Wallingford was foreman of the cutting room, and when Mr. Yale turn-e- d down the solicitor who endeavored to have him order a telephone, Wallingford thought , he was making a mistake and ordered one on his . own hook, as he saw where the telephone would save wages. Frequently it was necessary to take a man from his work to send him to another store or plant to obtain certain materials. This required a lot of time and Wallingford knew that by use of a telephone he could call, up and-hav- e the necessary articles delivered at once, thus saving his firm considerable money. Regarding that first telephone, Mr. Wallingford, now past 80 years of age, says: Its reception, was hardly cordial. Who put that thing in here? hollered Mr. Yale the 'first day the instrument was on the wall. 'I did, says I, the foreman of your cutting room. All right, says Mr. Yale, but you will have to pay for it. Ill pay for it, says I The next morning he came in, and finally he says, How do you work that I told cussed thing, Wallingford? him, and he says, 'Call up Colonel Richardson. Colonel Richardson was a great friend of his and a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery company. Thoy got to talking and well, concluded the old man with a chuckle, I didnt have to pay for the telephone. . i I l t i r . ENGINETRING CONSTRUCTION The Utah chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America, in its weekly report, shows the following improvements and projects contemplated and under way: The Wasatch Grading company of Provo, a member of the A. G. C., was low bidder on the Metropolitan-Hailston- e project on which bids were opened by the Utah State Road commission May 16th. There were ten other bidders. The project is to be finished in 175 days and is located on the Victory highway in Summit and Wasatch counties. contract for construction of twenty-on-e miles of line change for the D. & R. G. railway, between Eagle and Minturn, Colorado. This is one of the largest railroad contracts let this season and a large force will be employed on the work. This company maintains offices in Salt Lake City, Boise and Spokane. D. H. Cannon, City Recorder, is pub- lishing an advertisement of the citys intention to pave Main street from Ninth South to 21st South. All protests must be made before June 6th, 1927. Sealed proposals will be received by the city recorder of Salt Lake City until oclock a. m., May 31st, for the construction of sewer extension number 461, Third West street from 9th South to Mead avenue; American and Mead avenues, from Third West to Gale street; Gale street from Mead to Brooklyn avenue, and Brooklyn 10 avenue from Gale to Second We:t. Plans and specifications on f.le in the office of the City Engineer. Eric Rosenvall, 1515 South 11th East, was low bidder on the wagon and foot bridge to be constructed over the Jordan river upon which bids were opened by the city commission May 18. Complete details are on file in this office for the construction projects of the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation to be let at Ellensburg, Washington, and Savage, Montana. These are the Kittitas and Lower Yellowstoneprojects. The City Commissioners of Ogden have voted to ask for bids for the conwater struction of the twenty-inc- h main from 25th street and Pierce ave nue to 27th street and Fillmore the advertising, for bids for the Main to 21st South. The bids will be opened June 9 th at 10 o'clock a. m. UTAH INDUSTRIAL is $26,000. Lovell Graybull road on a bid of $28,-38and James S. Tebbs, formerly of Panguitch, received a contract near Cody for .$26,903. Both of these con tracts were let May 10 th and are located in Wyoming. The Bureau of Highways of the State of Idaho will soon call for bids for graveling 17.8 miles of the State highway between the Bingham county line and Arco. mine, sold and will be reopened producer, Eureka Black old-tl- m Warrior Rhaft North Beck mine will be retimbered. of Telephone service provement here to cost $12,000. REVIEW. Provo Iron King Mining company enters ore at 1,100-foo- t level. Salina State and county each GAME BIRD PROPAGATION to fur- nish $5,000 for building temporary road through Salina canyon. Pleasant Grove Plans discussed for $40,000 new fruit grading and packing plant by Pleasant Grove Cooperative Marketing association. Utah cuts from her forests board feet annually. Salt Lake City Twenty-sixt- ward h chapel to cost $56,000. ' Propagation of game birds is an inj. minent necessity if the national Bap. ply of game is to be maintained. This definite statement is made by United States Department of Agriculture h Farmers Bulletin No. 1521, a publication of 58 pages, written by Dr. W. L McAtee, in charge division of Food Research Bureau of Biological Survey. The Bureau of Biological Survey makes it plain at the outset of the bulletin that it is ready to back the farmers of the country if they will engage in game farming. As an incentive, the direct suggestion is made that the necessary Federal Salt Lake City New American Lady bakery will cost $110,000, permits which are necessary for lawful possession of wild ducks, wild geese and other migratory game girls in captiv-itmay be obtained through the Biological Survey at Washington, D. C. The Survey will also furnish copies of the digest of State laws on game-- ' bird propagation, and the addresses of officials to whom application should bo made for state licenses, and for the full text of state laws relating to the propagation of game birds. Dr. McAtee in his very interesting and informative illustrated publication goes into every feature of the subject relating to the propagation of game birds, and he tells how successful in that work has been enjoyed in the United States by individuals, by sportsmens organizations and by state The appeal to game departments. farmers to engage in the propagation of game birds, says Mr. McAtee, may be made profitable, since the demand exceeds the supply of adult birds for breeding, of both young and adults for restocking, and of eggs for distribution to farmers and shooting clubs. Farmers interested in the subject should send ten cents to the govery - Ephraim Work begins on new state experimental farm and station here. Salt Lake City Plans made $1,000,000 St. Marks Episcopal for Sardine and Provo canyon highways will be oiled this year. Salt Lake City L. D. S. church building program for 1927 passes Salt Lake City $1,-000,0- 00 value in Utah, Idaho and Salt Lake City Main street to be Richfield Salina canyon lead-zin- c properties will be extensively worked. Taggart Brothers of Morgan were the low bidders on 8.5 miles of the Eureka Scranton ' Eureka The Triangle Construction company of Spokane were awarded the contract for the construction of 3.78 miles of highway near Spalding, Ida. The site for the Indian Cove bridge at Boise, Idaho, has been selected and bids will be called for at an early date. The estimated cost of the structure is te 539,520. B, paved from Ninth to Twentyrfirst. Brigham City will employ an engineer in the nekr future to make a survey of the cost of installing a sewer system inthat city. Eureka Juab county valuation The State Road Commission expect to advertise notice within the next week for F. A. project No. 55-This construction consists of approximately 4.6 miles of highway between Kanab and the Washington county line. W. C. Lefebre, State Engineer, Pho-niArizona, will receive sealed bids at his office until 2 o'clock p. m., June 7th, 1927, for furnishing the labor and material for the construction of the bridge across the Colorado river at Lee's Ferry. x, Federal funds available for miles Summit county roads. street pavement from 9th Ogden Weber college buys ground to enlarge campus. County makes ed war on noxious weeds. Richfield determin- Jerico wool pool, largest In United States, sells at 30 cents a pound. nment D. C., printing office at for a copy of this Washington, It publication. deals exhaustively with every of the question, including the phase matter American Smelting & Refining Company Purchasers of GOLD, SILVER LEAD AND COPPER ORES . Consign All Shipments to 2, i I I i American Smelting & Refining Company Ship Lead Ores to Murray, Utah. Ship Copper and Siliceous Ores to Garfield, Utah. Send Bills of Lading Direct to Plants. Address Correspondence and Hand Samples to 700 McCormick Bldg.,- Salt Lake City, - i The G. C., company, A. were recently awarded a large Morrlson-Knudso- n The city commission on Thursday by a vote of three to one authorized Utah. t |