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Peekskill, N. Y. J. W, Dain, 2CE, was sick in bed, but still had plenty of pep left in him. Against the Doctor’s orders, he tried to receive the message, and with chattering teeth and trembling knees. he finally copied it. How’s that for spirit?

Victor, Colo., William G. Colburn of the Colburn Ajax Mines and one of the prominent members of the American Radio Relay League, received the message at his Special

station which is located 10,300 ft. above the sea level. This was a nice high place for the message, where we hope it may stand upon the pinnacle of American fame.

Washington, D. C. W. A. Parks, 3DS, copied the message, jumped on awaiting motorcycle, opened the machine up, and after nearly frightening several policemen,

especially the one at the Executive Mansion, dashed up the steps of the White House with the msg. written on an A. R. R. L. blank for the President of the United States, whom we hope was peacefully sleeping as it was about 2:00 a. m. February 22nd. Mr. Parks is a “Minute-man.”

Wheeling, W. Va. John C. Stroebel wrote his station down in the hook of fame as 8ZW, which was heard from one end of the country to the other. While Mr. Strobel was notifying hundreds of other amateurs by wireless, he was unable to resort to the wild and rugged roads of West Virginia, so he was compelled to fall back on the old time out-of-date system of telegraphy run by the Western Union to notify the Governor of his State.

Lewiston, Mont. 7BD, was found to be the connecting link between the middle west and the Pacific Coast. A. C. Campbell, the operator, certainly did some quick work when he received the message from 9XN and relayed it to La Grande, Ore.

La Grande, Ore. O. M. Heacock, formerly 7OH, now 7ZH, came in to good advantage when his wonderful aerial handed the message to 7JD. See the picture of this famous pole in the Illustrated Section.

Hoquiam, Wash, This city came on the map when H. W. Blagen, received the message and handed it on to Lacey, in the same State.

Lacey, Wash. The Morning Olympian of Olympia. Wash. tells us how the Rev. Sebastian Ruth in charge of the radio outfit in St. Martin’s College, received the message from 7JD and sent it out broadcast covering several hundred miles of western territory. Rev. Ruth, reports having encountered a great deal of interference from VAE, Point Estavan, Vancouver Island. VAE seemed to be calling imaginary Warships of the Allies. All sorts of fictitious gunboats are dreamed to have been prowling around our coast, so with even the Allies against, us we put the relay through in good shape. Walter A. Kleist, of Tacoma, Wash. delivered the message to Governor Lister of Washington.

Boston, Mass. Mr. S. W. Dean of the Harvard Wireless Club received the message from 2XW. Mr. Dean was so delighted that he hauled Mr. Gawler, the Radio Inspector of the First District out of bed at 2:00 A. M. The Governor of

Mass. was compelled to undergo the same surgical operation. Mr. Dean phoned him the message in the wee hours of the morning.

Marengo, Ia. The Mayor of this city received the Washington’s Birthday message which was received by Peter A. Stover, who copied the message from 9XZ.

Jefferson City, MO. The message reached this city at 11:45 P. M. And was received by Willis Corwin at his radio station 9ABD