Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-09
TIRE BEE TALESWITA DENVER
Gets Our Jim and Mayor speer on New
Long Distance Wire.
DAHLMAN BUSIEST OF ALL MEN
Takes About Ten or Twelve Hours 20
Get Him, SO Rapidly Does He
Fit from Place 20
Place.

II you want to know for yourself how
busy and important a man James c. Dahl
mar is Just call up Denver by long distance
telephone and try to land him.
The Bee put in a call for the mayor Tues
day afternoon, primarily as a means Of
testing the new service between Omaha and
Denver by the American Telephone and
Telegraph company and messengers were
put on the trail. Within two hours or so
Mrs. Dahlman sent word over the phone
that the mayor was not at the hotel, but
had been in counsel with other democratic
leaAors all day. Efforts we're persisted in
untA shortly after noon Wednesday. when
as a .member Of The Bee staff in the edit
ORAL rooms was in conversation with Mayor
speer OF Denver. a voice broke in at the
Colorado end OF the line, saying:
"Bold on, here's Mayor Dahlman."
Sue enough Il was he. Had he casually
dropped In on Mayor Speer or had he sim
ply touched that one high spot on his
endless swing around the circuit Of eau
cuses7 No matter, 1t was Our Jim.
Too Busy to Talk Much.
Mighty glad to talk with The Bee, only
can't talk much: too many things to do
he said, chopping off his words as II he
were short on breath.
NO. h0NAillb III AtRbAN ANt ~ ~ blto
ideFt; wouldn't have job. Prefer secretary
interior. Can't tell who be vice president
yet. Everything lovely. Guess you know
that, though, from your dispatches"
Our dispatches say you are the big
noise out there. How about it?"
"WelI, say, you can tell EN- Jims haven't
been crowded out by Jacks as yet"
Ibid that snow of yesterday have any
real significance or direct bearing on the
convention?"
You haven't heard Of any snow at Fair
view, have your"
And then the mayor fled. Said he must
hurry to see some Of the boys"
speer Says Jim IL BiR HIT.
"Put II down from me that Mayor Jim
Is all right He is the whole show out here
in Denver and so busy that he doesn
know whether he is coming or going most
of the time"
This was the greeting Of Robert w. Speer,
mayor Of Denver and chairman of the re.
ception committee for the democratic ma.
tional convention.
'I would not trade places with Mayor
Jim for the reason that l like Denver toe
we'll and would not leave the city for any
city in the nation, but IL Dahlman would
consent to live in Denver 1 might be IN.
0hN1A " hbNlSANN III lHo AdNOls IL AGtt III
truth. however. l nave seen but little OF
Dahlman since he came to Denver, ne has
been so everlastingly busy"
The American Telephone and Telegraph
company has never had Denver on its direct
line before Tuesday. There has always
been a gap between Chicago and Denver
and that gap was filled by connecting vi
yesterday. 1t goes by way of Kansas city
and Is about 100 miles from Omaha Il
Denver. 1t makes an epoch in the de.
~velopment Of telephone service Of the coun
try and Is regarded as a great advantag,
70 commercial interests. This service lett
the company not only into Denver, but int
Colorado Springs, Pueblo and other Colo
RADIO points.
The rates from Omaha to Denver ar,
t4.25 for the first three minutes and Sl.75 1
minute for time over three minutes. T,
the other Colorado points the original rat,
is 81.