The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1956-04-13

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New |mprovem
Inflicted This Week
Two important community i'm,
provements have occurred dur,
ing the past week - the placing
into operation of the new tclc.
phone dial system, and the
demonstration that tclcvision
service for this area is feasible.
R. A. Manuel and his crew of
expert technicians completed all
the intricate details of changing
over to the dial system for the
local telephone exchange. The
switch.over occurred at 700 p. NJ
on Tuesday of this week. The
experts" were here for more
than two weeks. and any at,cmp,
to give an adequate accoun, of
the highly technical operations
involved is beyond the capacity
of any ordinary news reporter
However. after one inspection of
the complicated gadgcts tina, 60
into the installation Of the mys
FERROUS system of elcctronics. in
tcrwovcn wires. and numbcrlcss
sets of other adjustments tina,
are needed to effcctuatc the
simple process Of making your
telephone ring. We decided i,
was useless to try to understand
it - and if we could comprehend
it it would be useless to try to
describe the thing, for the aver
age reader of ordinary in,clli
gence couldn't make heads or
tails of ii. anyway. Suffice i,
to say. however. that the thing
works. and a great improvement,
in the telephone service has re
suited.
There are some draw backs
however. No longer can We ball
out central" for giving us the
wrong number. or taking her
ample time in answering a call
when we are in a hurry. Now
if you work the gadget properly
you get an answer promptly. and
unless some one beats you &c
the call. you get a response
prOnto. for the bell just keep.
on ringing on the other end
until someone answers. or you
decide there is no one there. and
give up. If the line happens &c
be busy and you get a provoking
busy" signal. which is a little
annoying. but there is no one Il
criticise: you just hang up anc
use a little patience and later OF
try again - after you have for
gotten the numbers. and hav,
to go through the whole process.
all over again.
Actually. the installation O.
the dial system involved a hcav,
investment. and is a wonderful
community Improvement. 4!
soon as a few of tho bugs" ar,
eliminated. the community vii
be enjoying perfect telcphon,
service. Owner Manuel ant
Mrs. Manuel are deserving o.
congratulations and the apprc
citation Of the telephone patron.
for providing this excellent ser
vice.
While some users of TV set.
are still strugglingwith minor in
convcnicnccs and imperfect re
rcptiOn. the experiment of bring
ing TV service is now considcrcC
success. In some localities re
ccptiOn troubles are blamed OF
interference. the source Of which
is not easily asccrtaincd. |,
other locations reception is re
ported to BE- excellent. Only on,
station Is available At present =
Lcthbridgc. Alberta. But Il Il
expected that later on an add
tiOnal reflector tower" will b,
installed. and possibly other sta
tons will then be available. Tn,
Canadian station has good pro
grams. and IL no other station
Is added. the nv users will b,
we'll satisfied from the one. st a
ton service now available.
These improvements. consider
cd In connection with the i'm
proved activities Of the Chamber
Of Commerce. the Lions Club
and the newly organized You'll
program. together with cxcellcn
oil drilling prospects. indicat,
that Browning Is rapidly forgin,
toward better living and bushes,
conditions.
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