The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-26
GREAT TELEPHONE GROWTH.
Lines in Cache Valley Extending in ALI
Directions.
Specinl 70 The Tribune.


PRESTON, Idaho. July 25-Maneger
Romshaw of the Rocky Mountain Bell Tcle-
phone company has been in Preston lately
arranging FOR the installation OF residence
service in Clifton and Dayton. Tho crew
is now up here for that purpose and will
soon complete The connection. Referring TO
the Mink Greek service Mr., Ramshnw said
that when the seventeen contracts wore
signed by people thcro last December, the
poles Immediately ordered. and il wns
expected they would have bocn here early
this spring, so that the connection could havc
been made. Instead the poles have but just
arrived and the work on the proposed cx-
tension has already started. 1t is expected
that il will take six to eight woeks to reach
Mink Creek.
Mr., Ramshaw says the growth OF the Bell
system sEst is simply 6 Snnm P6Senomop1ni year ago
Cache valley, while now here over 1900,
and it is increasing at the rate OF 100
phones every month. There are 125 work.
ing phones in Preston and 40 more tc put
in soon as it is possible
Elizabeth Runyan Merrill. wife of tho lato
Samuel B. Merrill, who died Of old age and
Idaho, July 4, 1906, wns born near Bclyi.
derc, Mich. August 16, 1913, and married
church MT that plnco in 1899. They moved
TO Nauvoo and were here ut the time OF thu
martyrdom of the Prophet Joseph and his
brother Hyrum. They emigrated TO Utah in
1850 and settled at Mil Greek where they
lived until 1860. when they moved TO Smith.
field Cache county In 1883 she and her
N,
Oneida county. Idaho. whore they lived with
their youngest son, Orr!n j, until last au.
tumn, when the whole family moved to Pres
ton, Idaho, where ahc died. She leaves a
largo circle Of relatives, si1 childron so
grandchildren and 73 grcat- grandchildren.
In, "oIioI Md reservoir t h was Vs. IN y, great danger
OF those who were called upon, II would have
gone out. AS it is, tho water is cut on
TO be taken out through the waste ditch by
digging 1t down and letting it out grad
ually.
The main wiring for tho Independent TeIe.
phone company ID almost completed md IL
is expected tho hello girl will be work
in week so.
building a largo warehouse at the switch Mt
Dayton, which will hold in the neighborhood
of The hight pSsason of Iary Efnn band is the 0,m
organization will be Incorporated under the
law, OF the State of Idaho. with capital
Tho Telluride Light and Power company's
new plant en- Bear river at Grace Idaho. is
will be carried to Utnh and distributed along
tho line.
Preston is to have n fair. The Prcston
Park and Fair association hAs beon organ organ
lied with a capital stock OF $4,000. The
following are the officers: Thomas Greaves
president: W. P. Monsons secretary, T: W.
manager, and James Geddos, assistant bust.
ness manager Directors: II ". r. Nelson,
Jounson, J6nson, Jumes Gcd-
dos. Joseph Davis, w. p, Monson and Thomas
Greaves Work is to be commenced on tho
construction of tho exhibit hall, stalls, grand
stand, race track and fence around q piece
Of seventeen acres
The Oneida County Republican couv ontion,
hold q, Mnlad, Saturday, elected tho follow.
McDougall, Henry Jones, l. 3. Evans, j. l..
Thomas, Clyde Hanson, A, A, Utloy, C. D.
0onslind r, N. Hull. D. Jensen George
Marshall. Joe S. Davis Thomas Preston, p.
J. Moore.