The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-20
Wireless Makes Farm Life
More Attractive
ills Said

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telephony was the statement yes
teriay ny q p. and 2. 7. McCray o..
aIccray's Store, 315 Madison street.
BY installing wireless tele.
phone m their homes, farmers are
enabled 10 hear daily market news
and weather reports" declared T.
z McCrayi Who'll Is the son OF T. P.
Mccrayt owner Of the store. Both
father and son are wireless enthr
siastists and have added radio de-.
partmett TO their ''house furnish
ingss store
However. continued the young
man' "a large number Of the farm
ers buy them more for use In pass.
Ing the long winter evenings, ami
the cold days when they cannot
Eet out 10 come to town. They like
10 hear the concerts which are now
being broadcasted by number Of
stations throughout the country.
And. Of course, the farm.boys are
taking up the idea as enthusiastic
cally as are their city cousins"
McGray's Store is one of three
local firms handling radio supplies,
the others being the South Sld9
Service Station and the Case Elcc
trio Co AS is the. case all over the
country sales OF wireless telegraph
intrumerts have decreased greatly
while fadiophony has become the
'fadr Of the day.
y know OF three farmers near
trtlfeYfti t,If a, Il a va
telephones in their homes declared
Mccray, Jr. 1--WE have sold sets
from our store to three farmers
near Harrington and one neal
Fairyfews also. Doubtless there
are many others OF whom we have
not heard here. From the Interest
the farmers and farmer.boys are
taking in wireless, It looks as II the
IDEA We're going over big"
County Agricultural Agent w. F..
Mceomas. when interviewer at his
office in the court house, expressed
himself as appreciatiye OF the pos.
sibilittss OF the wireless telephone
on the farm.
Regarded as Novelty.
40 doubt the time will come"
No said, when the wireless tele-
phpnelwill be a part OF a grea; many
tarm homes. At the present time
however aside from the business
depression; there are a number OF
things which might serve 10 retard
the development OF the wireless in
the rural sections. Most farmers
me near paved roads and can come
INTO town for entertainment.
Those who live in isolated sec.
lions in a great many cases, cau.
iotsaftord the wireless instruments.
n addition to this, farm people are
not nearly so apt to take up novel.
ties sut this kind as are those per.
Sons who make their homes In tho
citiess have no doubt, though, that
The day will come when the wire
less telephone will, be as common
among farmers as the ordinary ser.
vice telephone OF today"
These conditions. when report
ID toathe MoCrays, were readily
admitted
These things are true" said
MeCtay ST., land there are a
great many more city people
taking up the operation of the
wireless telephone than there are
country people. But then there
are q great many more city people
than there are country people and
u takes longer In the country for
enthusiasm for a thing to spread.
This is caused by farmers usually
lsying some distance apart.
However, some OF our sales
near Pennington and Watson have
been In isolated farming sections.
Only about half OF our customers
there have been persons living on
paved roads. Then, too, those per-
sons desire entertainment for the
times when 1t is too cold to drive
70 town to see a show.
z do believe, though, that the
WIRELESS telephone is pretty much
IKE q lgraphaphone. Do you know
THAT many graphaphones are
bought which are never used after
the hrst three months? II is a
fact Already we find a large
number Of persons who have
bought wireless instruments have
become somewhat tired Of their
ftesa. But the enthusiasm goes
on carried forward by the people
who are really interested in the
degelopment OF wireless telephony
and who. want 10 see 1t FASTENED
70 Its ultimate success.
Development Limited
toft course, the development OF
the wireless telephone Is limited.
The greatest engineers OF today
% not predict that the wireless
telephone will ever supplant the
ordinary telephone. While, with
the knowledge OF telephony now
possessed. 1t would be possible to
operate every telephone in Fair
mont by wireless, the cost would
BE- too great. 1t Is hardly possible
that the obstacle OF expense will
be surmounted.
Btoadcasting service will soon
be commercialized. Already one
trm In New York is planning TO
put out wireless telephones for
use In Homes at a rental Of S35 a
Near An unusual program Is to
be presented each evening and the
company guarantees the customer
" receive the service. In order to
insure against persons who are
got paying for the service receiv-
Ing y the company uses three
different wave lengths and no
maehine not tuned to these can
receive the service"
Not Merely a Fad
ne Il true that wireless is fad
and that only young persons are
taking II up?" McCray. ST., was
asked
Well hardly he answered. II
haEe inatalled numher Of wire.