White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-07
WIRELESS TELEPHONE CRAZE
REACHES WHITE PINE COUNTY

Within the near future residents
OF this section may sit comfortably
in their homes after the dinner hour
and enjoy concerts furnished by the
stars of the Metropolitan or Chicago
opera companies or listen to an ad-
dress being delivered by the presi-
dent of the United tSates In one of
tho great auditoriums at the national
capital
In fact the possibilities of the radio
are so wide as to ga beyond even the
widest Imagination. and the pro-
gressiye management of the Ely the
ater was quick to realize the value
of 1t.
The Ely theater is today one of the
most up-to-date moving picture
houses in the United States. When
the mirror screen was introduced
and proved to far surpass anything
else In the screen line at great ex-
pense one was installed in the Ely
theater. Recently a new Powers ma
,<shine was installed. as we'll as the
latest improved pipe organ, which
under The master hand of w. F.
Fletcher talks for the pictures; and
now comes the radio. which makes
the Ely theater the last word in high
class amusements.
The radio installed by the theater
is the Kennedy type, which is reeog-
nized as standard throughout the
country. BY this equipment the pro-
grams arranged by the broadcasting
stations in San Francisco and all
along the coast will be heard at the
Ely theater and, when desirable. with
favorable atmospheric conditions
what may be broadeasted from Chi
eago, New Cork. Washington or other
points in the United States may like
wise be received In Ely.
The station is now in readiness
with the exception of the amplifier
tubes, which, while only a small part
of the outfit. are vital in its construc-
ton.
When II is taken into considera-
ton that within the last six months
approximately 100000 radio sets
have been sold In the United States,
the difficulty on the part of the diff
ferent factories in supplying the de-
mands of the public will only in part
be realized
While radio has been understood
TO some extent in the electrical world
for the last twenty years. its devel-
opment. unlike all other great invcn-
tions, came with a rush that was
astounding Such delicate parts "a
amplifier tubes naturally need re-
placement. while the manufacturers
IRE unable TO supply the demand for
new sets or at the present time to
come anywhere near keeping up with
the steady stream OF orders they re-
ceive
Orders have been placed for tubes
with different manufacturers and
dealers by the managers OF the Ely
theater and each train is expected to
bring In the one missing part which
will enable a concert to be produced
and that may now be expected any
night, unless something entirely un-
forseen should happen.
Since the first step has been taken
10 keep Ely apaee with the times
questions are being asked on all
sides as TO future possibilities. and
many of these questions arc un-
answerable.
Just how far the radio may extend
no one knows. but IL is as free as the
air, because science has developed 1t
20 such an extent that with but little
difficulty one may receive through the
air first hand knowledge of world af
fairs or be entertained by the high
class artists of the country
The rancher with a receiving set
located on his ranch hundreds of
miles from a railroad point. and
where mail reaches him only at long
intervals. may at given hours receive
market or crop reports as we'll os
weather forecasts. The same infor-
nation will be open to him through
the channels OF the radio at the same
instant that IL Is open to the banker
or the stockbroker who site at his
desk In Wall street.
With the rapid strides made in the
development of radio and the install
ration of both receiving and broad
casting stations II seems to be a fore
gone conclusion that in every village
and hamlet throughout the country