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Greene County in the “Gay Nineties”The story of how tHo first telephone came to Greene county ~ and the man who brought It there.D»r Be*—The tact that Dr, Ed-ward W. Foy, a dngglst, a God-rearing Bapilal Deacon, and one'of the finest men who ever Uvea in Grwnc county' lor anywhere b:bb wanted to able to talk with hia wife, lour blocks Awf.jV and aa* her whut to bring home for supper, was what brought the ilist telephone to Oteeno county. That la uie atory which, wltii all that went before It, and saniotiling of the wonderful re-fillt* that came after It, r Mall try 43 toll you now. I can do thlft, hi aaiiw fashion, because I was right toero and aaw the whole marvellous thing unfold. And the principal ctar—tho star—In thin drama of scientific progress imrt advancement In Orsuno county, was none other than Charlie OnckerllL HOW It All Slorlod Juat when 3. Ohlcago-hora, was cfelo to squirm ftfaUtjd in my cradle, and wave my ftrma.'and give a few ljsty yelLs for niy msthor (a month lt;ld If you plea*:) tbcre was hoard down m tho little tjwn Of Quincy. Iowa, the first faint cry or a child. 'That was chortle—he and I being that near to feeing twins. Father fnd Mother OcCktrlll, now of Sainted tnejuu*y, boon thereafter took their ramlly lr VlllLsca, Iowa\ where Charlie and big brothers end .“lfttors ell went Co ©(bool, and- laler Charlie learned thr; Jewelers trade. In was he, With his younger 'bratlior Park L. CoekcriU. and Ohartvs H. Wartluglon. who had married their older sister May dockarlU, canxu to Je-fforson and opened a Jewelry store under the 1h:n name of Wsirrlngcon Cock-trill nros. A Coiiplo of year.* later Charlie, gUU under 21, got Itching fcc-l and wanted to p.o out arid sue Iho grant west, ffo landed In Tacoma, Washington, and the firs* ;on that opened up ror him was ■rilh a liuwly oignjilzed tdephono company, Just putting In a city exehnngo. Telephone Wire a new 'hing, end only for the larger Center*. When that tob was donxi Charlie knew finite a bit about telephone construction -how to CU'llig the wires, how to equip the fine electrically, ntid how to Ir.stU the myalcrioUs talking and hearing equipment, The next year, 1391. he went to Montana, Hud thero again found employment. In thB new but rapidly oxtonilna telephotm industry. That onte year he do-•elfled hfi did not care for tha we«l, ruld came back to Town, full or en-thuslnflm concerning telephones, As a boy hack In Villsna he Had cx-pcrttlCtKCd willl a heme-made affair, consLxriiie of i. couple of tin cans with a dry biiddor stretched over tho end Of cadx one, and connected with n. long string, over which he nod his brn-.huti could calk to one another frmr. tlxc house to the bam. MU leot awey. But •.liU Wen ivlildi Alexander Graham Sell had now devclop-id was something entirely dlfrcicnt In principle and VRAtly better. Por over Bell’s electrified wires- you could telephone Just like you could telegraph —long distances..Icffcrsen’a Firs; Tcjoptxane So In 18C1 Charlie was bock In Jefferson talking telephone; fellt he ■*m JuEt a kid like tli** vest of us, ind wo didn't know anything ftlloUt -.elephonos and didn't think they mounted- to ftiiieb anyhow, so we didn’t nay a wrest deal cf iilUm-Uon u Him. But one man in Jefferson listened With special Interest. TUixt man was Dr. Idward W. Fhy. His drug' store was Oh the WCftt side Of the square, ftnlt;| his home was four hlocks west ard south (corner of Oafc and Hpi'rUoii) fllld It struck i'.lm :t would be ft- great convenience to be nblc to tulk with -his wife when lie wanted to, without running back and forth—prodded the ,ldng could be done. So, arter cnnstdernble eoaJlin?, lie persuaded CtxarlJu to try It out. and thoy strung a wire Just Anyhow, on trees Or whatever cnrr.u huhdy to oup-■Sorc it. and clecrxlflcd it with aomc :lt;ihd Of w batterylt;. got some hearing instruments, and the thing was done. AI''D IT WORKED—Orwtie Counly1* First Tcltyhonc l.lnc. end one n[ Ehe first, if not the vary Itrar, In all ©t central Iowa euVddc of Dp Mcinea.Tclephonw 2-3-4-11-6-or oourfie It didn't toke Jcng for nows of tlilt lu get around, and r.n-elhCT well-knnwn curd greatly ra-•ip?.«ea cltlien, Ceo:gc O- Bue.lcsoi’.. wcLs luur.odintciy in’.ercstcd.i George ran tha hue ham, looitcd| in the POrUxwest corner Of the blivik where Ttio Use and Herald offices uj-c now situated. TTie bus wns ft very ousy and popular JildUB^T ft' tHat time. Wl’.cncm- yon went awoy on i trftill, or enroo home agtlln. It was n ;ong Walk With yullr h»n-3s full of biwguKft, to or trnm either of the rnilwny slr.Uons; End evurybody ivho could raise ft fiuorl#r, v«k the b-aa, Also there wdl quive n flour-lahlnc industry huuilitg Van “trnvel-Lnn men’1 cmd their huge trunks of isarc^ between '.he U»1ans and the hotels. But Lhmc was one fid'loua hnndloop 1h IJw bus business, and tha* WftS the fact that liift Hl» HMtl never know how the trains were running. Or ftliyUiMg nboht them; or whother thora wna buslpasa lor thorn At the hotels; end bo they flftfited ft lot of tune and navel. Oocrgo Eftgie8on at once Sensed Che tact Chftt If the bui bnrh could feecooiwetcd with tl:o railwayfirstlt« poles Bad wires, and Oharlio wAi in the t«lephone buoincss Eiod off to a Hying fctart.The Finonelbg Waa ToughI presume the flnanciDg of that Tlrrt “Bui-Bam1’ Wlephono ayatem wa* about the tougheBt nut CIirtIIb ever Had to crack. Ho had nd paitnera, nobody a-woUUod with him. not much of any money (none Of us l0d Bnd the whole thing talced with him lots or times In thot period but somotme8 he wore a worried look, but hB had Jol« of Kri-„ unbounded confidence in hl3 enlcrpriae, and he ecmohow came through, luat bOKiuee he refused to bo stopped.tight offer that, other buuincae houses In JcffOrton asked far telephones and CHariio bw.ght an exchange “Bc«rd bJg enough for fifty phones, and fict It Up- In a rocm ftt the northwest oornor of tlio square-. I remember The Up? xol ptlone “Number 1L“, and kept list number fQf t grcftt mftny yeers—raa.ybc etUl has It. The first switch boBVd operator was Ednft Bibckwny, who did a good Job of it! fllic arAs succeeded by Hattie Anderson. who dcvolopcc such extraordinary auliuidu, the, ]ai*r on her dally ‘'market i*partS were rA«n-ou? r!1 over western Tftwu. I recall thit TXfttt'e altcrwnrd married Dan Pierce, of the Purlin bonk, and they went to Cnnada. to H'/o,Phones for Tonns and CountryIn 1895 the Cnckerlll Telephone Company built Its liist long nlt-tRiice ’.inas In Orceoe connt.y. Srvm Jc:icr«on to Pftrlln. chuydan iuxa Bcraiitou, And what was of even more ImporcanSo, It reached out and cook some ol Che farmers nlw»g its linos into the system, and this wm the first time- that fannua, 1 anywharc In Iowa, hod telephone*. ! Ol’ftl'UC W AS hlo own tflchniclan. and ; foreman of his ov/o -line crew, i muJnly bcrausc nobedy clfic knew [hlt;w lu du It. But 111* business \7ts ■ crowing po fast He hoc to hnvo help, so Jn la91 he chftngeii IHu hume of the company to “The Jelferson Telephone Oompany’ and other Pcjple'bcftftme Interested financially.Thera Was OpwuUlon1e was not all cosy fiiiiling. Far Irom. IE. Strange as It may non seom, there waa IdCe of opposition to the rowing of tin; t^lepliquo. Bitter opposition. loti n; people did not undarstancj it. did not believe in it, and cool'Sered 11. in Mime wfty an invention’ of *hp devil. Halther 10'«n.sppoplo nor farmers ’.iked very v/lt;-ll tJ»o -Men of Hating llr.Cs and poles Ktruug ftll over Che place. There was a favorite Mory of b cugc whery a group ol farmer* were op-prfilpg the coming of a country llixc- »md refus'd permission to havu 11. pa93 along the rsads. and oy their farms. Ona uJ them. Chglr leader, wild It was nil a fake end a fraud miyhow, ond juat Another Olic of cliOfto clly-slldcer’1 .Schemes. But the iclephoiic PPOJ^-C finally ga io Ihi* leAder wlh a pi'oposl-tlon. Johr. thoy 6AJd we will pel up a temporary Ibu; f;x*m your Inriii lo chn county scat ten ml Ins AVfty. Acid wo will take you into tlio county seat and let you iftlk with your wife, out oo the for*n, o»a- that lln**. And If Wc do that, and von cr.n recognise your vilfc s Vdce »nd know that you ore actually tftJklfa; with her, you W’U have to riclmll that U Is not u fake and a fraud, but a deidttbie improvement, FIiiAlly John agreed to rids teat, but tolrl thorn tlcy were wnat-In; riiulr time and it.unuv, because the thing I’oulrtn't be done, and ever/bodv who had any se:xse knew it. So one day iivsiylJUnir was rerdy. and the farmer group were nil hi town, end Mrs. John waa oitC on the farm, and they handed John the telephone receiver. And Just ot that moment n trcmendouu bolt ol ligHtnJnx struck the telc-plohc line, filling chi room where thay nil were v/lth sulphurous fumes and r mar ar.il erarklc that nearly knocked them dov/n. Ar.d John dropped the vccdver ar.d said; by Zouhdo, WldrC, that’s her ft1-; right; I’d know tht voice anywhere.t.torts and the hotels by p- tolephonO, such bs. Dr. Foy hail, it would h* W'Oodcrrul. Bo hB calked with OhAtaic aockcrill. and the next thing WO know, that line was 04-tahllahcd and working, the Jc.fer-iM^n, olty OouiicJl had pasfled b resolution authorising 'The Cockarill Telephone oowpftAy1’ to ubs riie strcola and alleys for thu erection ofBus all Jok’.nr n.*W«, there were veiiiy ohscacles, duo mostly to the fact that '.he public acnerr.Uy was net 'ct auld on the IdCft or tclC-pLonEJ;, I remember very well that Bl niic t.lir.e In lta Career the Jef-f'xsun Tvl phone Company bun: a line to Grand Jlincllou, bjxI xtartcd putting in an oxchtuiKe thora. li; the meantime they Ps«Cri the jrcopla 01 Grand Junction ft-r a fnmcHlse. Tbu franchise wa9 voted down; Ana on the very night tllftl (he exchange was completed Ot wts located up* si:iirs Hi a building ovmed by Henry KuUdII) th.ee m.s i, fire which burned down the building and the whole thlny wns iv tolftl loss. Nothing was ever dUccverod us W hOv; the lire originated. But '.hero m.isi, have been some furious ir.U-undcratrnidlr.g conHficted with tlio wliule nflair, because the people of G’.'Ond Junction, or I khew Ulom, wtrr always progie*4w m’-il for-warel looklnx folka.Kept Wgbt On F.xpnndlng But the Jcffciflon Tfttkphonc Company kept ilglil on expanding, and by the lr.irldle of tile ''Cay NlnoriCB1' Us Jhief. rre.cUud (o every tv^n In Oreona couiiiy and touk In many farming conununlllcs. Tlw jEfforBun.- Exchange- v.rb a model of ericloncy, occupying tha upper floor of v/hat is new tha Potter Drug store building. At this time Charlie cocKuril) Joined forces with Gaorge N. Bandy, of Perry, who opfrratciJ tho Howk«yc TolOplione Osmuftny, and theie ‘.wo onmpftnlefl made a. deal With the Ltutual Tdo-pliono Comilany of Des Molcos; and we wolw up om morning W Hud that wc could rit In our office and talk with the ocpltai Olty.Thnt wax quite a rilrill—our real Hlotlg-tllatftnc8’' line,“Bell Gompfthy Trie* la Step In At this time It waa gradually bB--comlug ^parent chat tho huge octopus of the telephone industiy, the ’Boll TDlcphonB Campftny did not like lbe*e going*-on b? smalt Independent oompanlM. The Bell Comrany owned all Ihc patents, had lota or money, and wn»le£ lo control the wholo builnose. *Buv try they would Co slop tlrtsa small companies which xpreng up all ever Iowa, they covldn’t%do It. The effect of this “flsht'’ was to make the small Indepepdont ootn-panies stronger.' They bonded together, farmed a firm atntc-wltte orga.iHwtion. wlljx scnis of lowe's big Dnnnolers at the Heed of It, and dofled the Bell people. Thu independent comj»nte* vrtre close to tho home folks, and could set franchise, and tho Bell Company couldn't, Finally tlio BlU Company penclcftliy gave up tht fight nd— Just waited.Ohorlle Cockerlll wbs very prom-Laon; In ri'la gtate-wldo organizs^-tlOn Of Ihdepeudent cofnpoule*. He WU6 in it from the Start; one knew hla i’fty around with -jie best Ot them. He and hi3 aBseolftteastovted building tclo)tioe I5ne9 In noi'Uiwakin lowu—Alburn, Lake Olty Ode'colt. Sac Cliy, Scbailer. HolalDln, CovrccclonvUla Movlllc- -1 i-Idbj to Sioux City. By now '.he public wns thoroughly .«old on to-o-phcnes. and really wanted them. CUrlie told mo that when thoj' tan short of money, U«y could go Into a town nnd sell enough coupon books, redeemable In telephone tolls rhiJ service ltcj- on, to build their line to cha next town. They formed ’.ho New Stolu T‘;lu|)liiU0 Tele-ETE-ih Company” wllo l)nC3 lh norUiWest Mb, and alis In Nebras-kn end South Dakota. And Clip.rile WuS it© president, Hk Tiothei Purl C. Cocker 111, no* a stallni* citizen Of SIOUX Oicy, wfu aucc'Intendent. Tlie i Council Bluffs and OmoJift cum; lr.. ft rid fliiRJly the Whole s«;il«s of irunsuetluzis vound up In ;ie formacion of a Imre company, witll a- million dollar capital, Known 39 iHe “Long DixtRnc* Telephone Company of Omaha, AgainCharlie OoCkartU was In the fore.-rrort. oa president- oi this xroat cmui-wn. “The lud fj'oin VHUsCii, who etnrtcd wJlth a piece of string and a couple of t’.n car*, had come j a long way.• Tht Farinera* Tolephoic C»oi|»»y j Iv the meantime, Just aitei* the ■'Gav NiiiDtlffi” ejided, the JoJfer* eon TblcpHone Corapeay chon?H hand*. It Wfta Sold to an org3n nation known aa Lhe ‘'Gieeoo County Teltpnonc Company. t. cOTCOl'ftllon hendett by Mahlun HumI as pi’esl-den'fc Other officer* were James M, Fortea. vlea preBldcnt; Ofttdnur Trh'cJU. secretKry; M. neod, treoc.irur, and B. B. Wilson, counsel. Almost ot one© tbU csmpnuy wa-0 Jacw) with a now type Of competition Not the Bell company. this time, bu* Bomclhing much more for;n Wabto—the Fai-nfiS Tele-pho.rn Company. 'Die furuiers d;s-covtred tiiat Uilopliuno Utivs, lb u simple I'oviri. could be hulll. very chetply, A group of farmers In a-given Joeullty oculd buy sosh* wire ancl poles, put them Uf wld-.out much expense, nud qiorntc them on I. mutunl. cn.opcradvc plan. No salaries Lo pay. n« exchange to build find malntalxj—not rib first—but still n very good moonaof commun-icat.ou lunohiT bhe.mielvcR. Aa I recs. it. In the beginning of Lhese furrier Hti«s. when ftnyiody made ;i call, all the belli on rime line ranx, nnd nnybo-ly crould lW:«'n in that wanted Lo. But who Cirad? it was Just a community eJfu'jr, and thoie were hot very ;nony secrets nny-liow. So these muLuul fanners' linei aprcad like wlklflr*. and beforevery )ult;S rivaled the i-ftWiblisJiedOre-lie OoilHty Telcplimo Cnmpony 111 tlio number ot their pftlruns,' Then tjio farmer lines gfA- loeetlicr, put 1ft eschunges, aoeired connce-tlars for long disioucc coll*, nnd were lu tho telephone tuahwBR on a full xflftlo. hut Attl; on n mutual and non-profit baris. Amctig rim men •3 ranemher bea; hi ijounecdon with : tl’-o davclopmcnt and juprovoment _ ol Hie Fnrmera' Tolo^hone Oom-, Pany. v«i* George W. Munn. George i was Burive mid acarvEslve, IhOi'-ioucMy said on the pm;ecc, nnd ’hoiprd make Die Fhnuers' Telo-phone Company ft big .’actoi- In Llic ; life ol Grcanc* County.I Had to Have Two PHoict { T.IC I'csult of ftll -;W3 wr.5 that the people Jn th* lowiu, who tran-|Eac(cd buRlliPi oil over the COftniy. i had to have two pSiouwi. Tills was an UnncCcsKiry and \exluc dupJi-cr_ll.ui, but nothing cruld be done ubo ji. It. The two compftntus eonlci .not ^ct lotf.utl;er. Tien After ft .tune, the Ball Compaajv. o one ol its uibridlaa-left. bought the Gl'aunc ■ Rcunly Tolnphona Company, and 11 jw-is [Jic Bc-H COjnpony ngnlJist lliC Purjicrs’ company. Hisit did not Help the altUQrion any. And fo che two-plione tyslom went on far years and yours—25 yoftrs or mori*— unll Hoi- -■o viiiy lonr ftxo. when finally they were mc«cd into one sysd-n-., hue no(, if xiy memory series mo. wllliout q^itc- a ’olt of trarail. somebody visa will hr.vc to toll that sovy. But it is now. onet-mmc 'The Jefferson Telephone Cciopany,1’ th«; sumo riimu- under Wlllrli it sfal'Ccd In thu beginning of Tl* Gay Nineties. Afi fa wliftt later liappeno^ to the Mff ainahiL co)i'iany I do not teow. Somo-I.Ultip lells imo that Hu Bell Com-uaiiy cot thRt. flnulb'. They ftl-'.vnys—llst waited.End of My Story aa that ift tho story cf the earning ol the Wlephono to G’Ctne county a* ! saw It—n real roiinnct of rirt ndv^r.i. tlio occepWimc, ar.d the lltlf.l AAsJmilnUOn Of o lt;r«it Idea In human pt’ogrcas, a typical Amjrlcftn community. Pull Of ln-ctdfnc*, ml) of ihrllls. full of ex-cltwneac end full of scrugglo aft any work of fiction; tut none the lesa a true BtOry, Ba/C for aucli fauita oud errors ft© I buve mado In my attnmpt lo narrftta It. Hate off to ihs telephone—tha great timeO.E.S. INSTALLATION HELD ON THURSDAYPUBLIC ennEMONV AT HALLMr*. C, H_ McCain and lyle Raver To flaad Onranbnlton During Coming YearNew of liccrs or Kvcninj Stftr _ Cliupta- of the Order of Eastern j Star wre Inatnllpd In ft public ceremony ItiutsdBy nlghl at $:30, at the time of the reautar mwtlng Of the order. Mn%. O. n. UeOafn i« the group's new worthy matron, and T^Jc RAVor, the worthy pfttron.Other officers JnaWillcd were M'ta. Hurry Upton, aaaoolate matron; tho Rev. T. J. Rveae, asscelato pfttfon; Mr.*. E. R, Thuhmore, SM- T ifttftry: Thelma rvlccluif, treaeur-er; Mrs. George SfcreAm, assoclato conduttxecs; Mrs. J. J. Kjiftpper. Chaplain; Ida Hlgbre. juftrshal; Zrirs. coe Fudge, Orgfth'.at; Mrs. Ixl Oiwuo.-, Adah; Mrs. Edd, Jenaen, ituth; Mr a. oharioR Clatoly. Fithrr; Mr*. C. Arthur EUloct, Martha; Mrs. Franklin Pftvln, ra.*ta: Mrs; Floyd McCain, warder, anl Richard nartoo, sentinel. Mr*. WH'.Iftm Ilt;.Davis, who hflc been elected to the Position ot conductress, waa, Utftblft to bo present, anlt;t her jiiucc was tftkcn for the time belnj by Mrs. C. L. VfeCUcn.Be Tore tbo new nfflwu entered the ohaptcr jlt;x3in. Kathryn McCain, ulcco of tbc ho?/ worthysr-nlivm, played u x.vlophor.a gd'.o,“The World Is Wp.iting for tlio Biinrijc. Mrs. Dell Bauer, out-goms mfttrwi. presided until the inalailing officer* were 1ntrnduoclt;l, Mis. AllJe Anderson by Roy Eber-sole; Gince Cain by Roy Potter and Mrs. W. B. Downee 'sy Charles t. WefLi. Mrs. Andri*cu was H‘--stftlllng worthy matron. Miss Cuin. chaplain, nnd MJ'9. Dowr.oa, mar-.shal. Mrs, H. fb. Wcsaax waa Sr.-slulhrg organist, (U'd uOJuliipanled riic erics. Mrs. Rq? rawer accompanied the Installing olfleers noil their escort* to Che ohftflcr form.Afar t.lic new' ulflcrVi t.«d been liiw.ie.itcfl, a group of Rainbow Girts formed ft clrclo sround ttm worthy matron es slic was Installed anc. Mr.*. C. C. Cbariea then S3ng Op? i tho Gates of the Temple.” Tne Itght* were dimmed ftui'Jng this p.irt or Che rllcS.The Rainbow Girls then fornxEd a V, through which Mfe. XricCalh Vjw rflCDi’ted to the cLftlr In the east. Sally .itid- Suo Ji-.dxU'xocd KHLborwl up tho red nnd white Cixnia.ior.a which the Rainbow Girl* lxcld. ax’d pveecntcd them in c. bouquet to- Mrs; MoCRln. affav wl’-lcb Clailce Jean Tftlfoti.. iJio young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. V.’cEt TalcOtt, govt her a gift. Tbc Raintow Gh'Ls wore rod. while ond blue shoulder capes of shjoided c)T|ic pnpcr ox'er thelx- flaor-lOnglh •■vhlic gowna; tne Umlcrvoud lxvbi wore blue toff eta di’as'c* r.ni Oiar-ico Jtftn Wore ft bright red taffeta dyes*.■As the worthy pmrcn. Lyle R.i .'vi was presented and installed, he w#s escarted to the cftftt hV RLwece Gralxiun, »jid Wfes '.hou pi evented with a white cnrnatloJx romorinlflxe bv his yoifiK !*,n-Richra’xl Raver.Tii' otlxCr otlicer* weie tiisViHvd. wonxau In her white formal goivxx. Tlxoxx Bppi'oprlftte mrssAKes were 2twn by Mrs. Eauer. Mis. Mina In ;u:d Mr. Ravel-. The past matron's Jewel wvs [ri-yMited- :o Mr*. Bauer by Mr*. R3y Potter. Mrs. C. C. Charles s»33g Currii; Jpcot-^ 3or.il'* “Piirfret Day,” after which ’rite members or Exjtevn Slur -.uid 'jiylr g-.u-Ni* sang “The Srilt;r Bpiinrlod BftnnCr. one the- Rev, Mr. Rucse dlsmU^c«; th»; gx-oup.Iictn*lxmen1s wore rcl’Vcd by ft cwxirllUe composeil of Mrs. Xdll-drlt;-d Mnyc'-’, chairman: Mr and Mrs, Inule TroiislxcUl, Mrs. Jej-ald Kivnlngrr. Mr. ar.rl Ms. Burn*© XidocDotinJd nnd Mrs. V.'. E. Mitchell.A doted busineea sosson at 7;20 preceded tha public ln*biixtion at tl’-o Mivsotllc tcmiSc.AmCS Andre Rlic*Last rites for Anxos Andre. V'bo died Tlxuradny, Jan. 7, nt his home ill Ralston, were hold Saturday. Jan. •, at 2 o'clock .« Lho Huirmari f-jlicrol home lit Scranton. Qijrlal v/.is l i tho ScrnlHuli cwr.c'.uty. W'ltlx the following pftimcftva-*: A. EDurr, chftrtcs Durr, j. r. Dult, Will Duff, Warren Duff and Jess Ray.A former resident ct J^ranton Mr. Andre Waft B3 yeois of age when lie dltd. Be wa* alv-nye interested m commerce and farming until lxla falling henlth would not pe m:t him to pursue 1x1* bi;sJniH5.Survlvins are hia v/ifa anrl tom: ChlldJun, toe. Minnie Pittman. Mra. IiorToine Hobbs of Gliddcn. Mrs. Ethel Hobbs Of Glendale, dal., and Roy Audrc oi Icnlxo Falk. Jdahc. A dnllghter, Nellie, jireced-od him lr. rtcfttli Several yeara airo.Rollon Buaril Jlnir. -Stnrttng Z-foiia,iy, Janoixry 13. 1D13. the. orT’ce of tic Greene CwUllly ration Iword xvlll closed mornlngB to tile aenprol public. THlt;s ofIJce will he open as u^ual hi the afternoons from 1 p. m. to s:an ;i. nx.uvw the great travel ©uVcr. the great trouble su’/ci'. and, ut Him*, llxe mt'aC Ufa saver. And HjH* ofl lo cvrrybudy. high in id low, whu hclpoi lo give 16 to ua.Next TimeI have in niliMl to try and bring back memories of the ‘‘Bicycle Age which immediately piueeded Llxe Automobile Age; and :n :hat corx-cettotx to describe Ulu hignest •Vetit which evor occiirred Jn Jer-eranii, ri-fa xruab Stale Blcydo oat* of 1S93. spenROrcd by that mlgh-.y ovg»ntzfttlon of ihoso days, blxo “Loaguts or American Wheelmen. We auxii see. Jn the mcan-whllc. yood-bye until next tlmo^ Paul E. stllhnan.
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