Gunnison news-champion., 1922-03-24
Ranch aid Rang !: i: c: e:
WHEN FARM HOMES LISTEN IN

/ From Denver Telegram, X. c.
The nation is radio mad Not in
many 4 year has there been such 4
craze for picking the chatter" frora
the air as Il is sent from brgadcastinr
radio ataE5gas under The alzpires Of
grrlt e'actr.6al c1mFalics, HsUsParers
and =oue 0F the departments Of the
gga-gam.ar % Wzah.E--er. The pos
s.hEue- o- radio communication stag
ger the thoughtful ul-d and draw
upon the widest falslrs Of the i'm
a.-ll-aa.
Oucc again the marvellous wonders
OF science and the ller -.5.r progress
Of invention ear#p p.Tg 90 de- rruy that
Ioaeaome isolation that once held the
f4r1E1Isa % the land ll iIs 5agHrHE
gasp. The rldigPlorc has caugh.
tine attention Of the world and every
day an .Hd that thousands and thCgs-
auds of sets are being installed IN
homes to catch the music Iu the air
Within the brefest term Of years there
have byel remarkable Developments in
arlelen and invention and the convent
,ICes Of the modern age that tend 20
n. aA ah'aANa $40 3 a.HH. H-H. A1'aaA~
ton Of farm houses The rural mail
delivery brings . welcome service to
the farmer home and keeps him ir
touch with the news OF the world
from which he has been shut OF. The
telephone. with .ta great TstE 0rk Of
uirrs and party calls has made the
country side a gunat whispering gallery
ln which no e.EtbuThu0d gossip can
long remain a secret The automobile
has shortened al. the long and weary
roads that UEcr stretched their forbid
ding length between farm homes and
held their ways - the far distant
town. and the phonogTapH has bIot
the entertainment OF the worlds great
artists into the most humble Of rural
homes.
Wonderful as thrss things are. and
marvellous as are the changes that
they have wrought ln the conditions
Of rural home life, th" development Of
radlUphUne communication holds still
greater promise OF stall more wonder
ful and marvellous things Tnc peo-
en-; high pitch Of popular interest in
dICalrs that there will be more than q
million receiving sets installed within
the ensuing year. The slight cost Of
the apparatus and it, remarkable sim
pheity-so simple that boy OF mech
GHical genius can build one for him
mako7 II certain that every farm
home viii have its U.U receiving set
within the next two years The turn
ing Of a tuning knob, the setting Of an
indicating hand aud the listener Ray
pick from the ether such information
- he may desire. Reports Of the
current markets are at his command;
q D. Z : 4 /. L.
days lecture or q musical program.
or with the maEnayON he may transmit
the sound into the rOom where all the
assembled members Of the family rray
enjoy the program of entertainment.
Go 10 Library and ask for q book
on radio communication. You will
tlHd that every book Is out. Write TO
the Department Of Agriculture at
W Mashington for information and you
viii be told that the department Is
sNamped with inquiries for iuforma-
tion; that il is having prepared
special bulletin TO tell the farm boy
and his daddy how to make their own
receiving apparatus.
And will the radiophone do away
with the telephone, the telegraph, the
daily newspaper and the thousands OF
that are so useful
today in distributing information
among the people? Not 1t all. The .
radiophone will simply increase the .
desire for information and the fam
homes Will be more anxious than ever
to get the morning uwspaper that
they may read more fully about the
things which they have gained an ink
ling thru the medium of radio com
municatiou.
The telephone did not do away with
the telegraph nor the mail service OF
the country; indeed it seems to have
served to give CRATER impetus to these
services. Neither do we auticipata
that the development Of radio com
munication will lessen at all other
forms Of the distribution of inforraa-
ton. 1t ought to stimulate them TO
greater ur+iyf.v