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Directors. In 1926 the A.H. Rollo and Sons C:o. was formed and the Iron County Rrcoid continued public a t 'lon. T h e Rocky Mountain Bell Telcphonc Co. was grantcd a franchise to operate through Utah in t\ugust, 1902. 'I'here were very few telephones installed in Cedar Citv and the operation was on a very snlall scale. One operator could handle all the calls. T h e switrhhoard was set u p in a small room on the upper floor of the Knell Block Building. 'I'here were only three operators who traded off at the switchboard: Uriah Jones, Rebecca Ford, and Irene Mackelprang. When the first telephones were put it1 Cedar City there were only five. Dr. Middleton had one, there was one at the Mermntile Store and one at the doctor's office. The other two telephones were put in at the Uriah Jones home and the Lehi Jones home. The rings for all the phones were heard on each of t h e m . T h e first local Telephone C h was organized in 1907 with T. Jed Jones and J.S. Woodhury actilig as presidents." Kumen L. gave his father $21.00 for seven sheep he had sold to some Japancse people on the desert. Lehi used the money to pay his boys for hauling water. H e gave young Lehi M . $10.00, and Will and Rass each $5.00. Lehi hi.asked his father what to do with his money and he was told to put it in on the new Telephone Co. Lehi M. followed his father's advice and made his first investment.'' The Jones Brothcn h i l t the building whirh later became known as the Knell Block, on the south corucr of Main Street and Lincoln Avenue in Cedar Cit\-. The Jones Furniture Store was on the ground floor in the south half of the huilding and the Post Office and Bank were in the north half. There were offices upstairs and a Stake ;\rademy School, along with the telephone office. Later the building was sold to Benjamin Knell.'"
' I . ~ l d l a Dalton, "History of lron County Mission". 'Told hy Henry L. J o n m "Jones tape recordins. ' T o l d by Hrnrietta Hirrtze. 'Jones tapc recordings. " T o l d hy Henrietta Jones Hintzr. ' Under Dixie Sun. ' T d d by H r n r i r t t a Hinm.. ' 1.ctter ohtained from &nn Jones Gardner. '"l'old hy Dick Jorrpr, ron of T. W. Jr-nes. " J m r s tapc recordings and Henry Jones writings. "Told isy 1.ehi M. Joncr. 13 Told Ily Erastus I.. Jonm t u d a ~ ~ g h t cMadelon J o n e Paynr. r, "D.U.P. and 1,uellaDalton "History uf Iron County Mission". " T o l d by Erastus I.. Jon?, to daughter, M. J. Payne. " W. R. Palmer, "Pioneers of Southern Utah''. "Luella Dalrorr. "History of lron County Mission". '"Told by Lehi hl. Jones. 12 Jones tap? rccordingr.

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Title	Lehi Willard Jones: Biography
Creator	Jones, York F., 1925-; Jones, Evelyn K.
Subject	Jones, Lehi Willard, 1854-1947; Cedar City (Utah) -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- History; Mormon Church -- Utah
Description	Life of Lehi Willard Jones, centering in Cedar City, Utah, 1854-1947, and history of much of the development of Southern Utah
Source	Lehi Willard Jones
Date Digital	2008-01
Date Original	1972
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Contributing Institution	Digitized by: Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah
Publisher	Woodruff Printing Company
Language	eng
Genre	Biography
Website	http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/lehiwillardjones.html
Rights Management	Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved.
CONTENTdm file name	1334.cpd

Title	Page 144
Description	Directors. In 1926 the A.H. Rollo and Sons C:o. was formed and the Iron County Rrcoid continued public a t 'lon. T h e Rocky Mountain Bell Telcphonc Co. was grantcd a franchise to operate through Utah in t\ugust, 1902. 'Ihere were very few telephones installed in Cedar Citv and the operation was on a very snlall scale. One operator could handle all the calls. T h e switrhhoard was set u p in a small room on the upper floor of the Knell Block Building. 'Ihere were only three operators who traded off at the switchboard: Uriah Jones, Rebecca Ford, and Irene Mackelprang. When the first telephones were put it1 Cedar City there were only five. Dr. Middleton had one, there was one at the Mermntile Store and one at the doctor's office. The other two telephones were put in at the Uriah Jones home and the Lehi Jones home. The rings for all the phones were heard on each of t h e m. T h e first local Telephone C h was organized in 1907 with T. Jed Jones and J.S. Woodhury actilig as presidents." Kumen L. gave his father $21.00 for seven sheep he had sold to some Japancse people on the desert. Lehi used the money to pay his boys for hauling water. H e gave young Lehi M. $10.00, and Will and Rass each $5.00. Lehi hi.asked his father what to do with his money and he was told to put it in on the new Telephone Co. Lehi M. followed his father's advice and made his first investment.' The Jones Brothcn h i l t the building whirh later became known as the Knell Block, on the south corucr of Main Street and Lincoln Avenue in Cedar Cit\-. The Jones Furniture Store was on the ground floor in the south half of the huilding and the Post Office and Bank were in the north half. There were offices upstairs and a Stake ;\rademy School, along with the telephone office. Later the building was sold to Benjamin Knell.'" ' I. ~ l d l a Dalton, "History of lron County Mission". 'Told hy Henry L. J o n m "Jones tape recordins. ' T o l d by Hrnrietta Hirrtze. 'Jones tapc recordings. " T o l d hy Henrietta Jones Hintzr. ' Under Dixie Sun. ' T d d by H r n r i r t t a Hinm.. ' 1.ctter ohtained from &nn Jones Gardner. '"lold hy Dick Jorrpr, ron of T. W. Jr-nes. " J m r s tapc recordings and Henry Jones writings. "Told isy 1.ehi M. Joncr. 13 Told Ily Erastus I.. Jonm t u d a ~ ~ g h t cMadelon J o n e Paynr. r, "D.U.P. and 1,uellaDalton "History uf Iron County Mission". " T o l d by Erastus I.. Jon ?, to daughter, M. J. Payne. " W. R. Palmer, "Pioneers of Southern Utah'. "Luella Dalrorr. "History of lron County Mission". '"Told by Lehi hl. Jones. 12 Jones tap? rccordingr. 144
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