The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1921-06-09
TELEPHONE COMPANY
|hSTALLS AMPl|F|ER

The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
company is installing and will operate
for the benefit of the Rose Festival
Rose Festival week in Portland a sound
| amplifying equipment which will con-
vey TO and distribute over the Festival
Center grounds musical programs, ad-
dresses, announcements, etc, from dis.
| tant locations about the city.
Two experts from the East have been
in Portland for the last two weeks in
stalling the necessary apparatus in or.
der to furnish this unique entertain.
ment to the visitors during Rose Festi-
val week. The Festival committee Is
arranging to feature this apparatus as
the means of entertainment to all Wis
itors. Heretofore an address or a mus
ical program has been available only
to the limited number who could crowd
| inside a hall or within the range of the
| speakers voice. With the amplifying
apparatus furnished by the telephone
program will be spread over an area OF
several city blocks and everyone who
wishes to will be able to understand
every word spoken and hear every mus
lcal note of the program.
The apparatus consists of system
Of motors, generators, wires transmit.
ters amplifiers and other electrical
equipment weighing several tons and
filling several rooms The machinery
is very delicate requiring the utmost
care in its operation. A drop Of water
at certain point or a piece Of metal
the size Of pin head will put the whole
plant out of business The transmitter
ampliiers and horns are very delicate
ly adjusted and sensitive to the slight
est change in current and resistance in
the circuits None of the apparatus will
be visible at the Festival center, except
impression of sound created out of the
air
This apparatus was given its greatest
outdoor test at the Inauguration OF
President Harding in Washington,
March 4th. where the voice Of President
distributed over radius. Of six blocks
from the Capitol steps and could even
he heard distinctly on the steps Of the
Congressional Library, more than 1900
feet from the inaugural platform. At
all previous presidential inaugurations
only a few hundred people who were
fortunate enough to secure positions
directly in front Of and near the inaug
ural platform were able to hear the
inaugural address, but on March 4, 1921,
with the amplifler apparatus in service
on the Capitol grounds 125,000 people,
the largest crowd that ever heard one
mans voice at one time distinctly
heard every word Of President Hard
ing's address. 1t is this same appar-
atus which has been forwarded to Port
land and will be placed in service for
the entertainment of those who attend
the Rose Festival in June.
The offer of the Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph company to furnish and
operate this apparatus for the Rose
Festival committee will insure dis
tnctly new entertainment feature for
the Rose show The high expense for
installation of the necessary electrical
apparatus has precluded the use of this
equipment at any except the largest
and most notable gatherings such as
the Republican and Democratic conven-
tions last year and the inaugural cere-
monies for President Harding. The
Rose Festival committee is to be con-
graduated on their success in securing
this as the greatest entertaining fea-
ture of the 1921 Festival