100 YEARS AGO

For the week ending

May 2, 1926

Phone Directory reveals Increase

Containing 1,513 listings for Bend and approximately 2,400 for the county tributary to this city, the May issue of the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. directory has just been published and is now being distributed.

Reflecting a substantial increase in the number of new homes in Bend since the November issue of the directory was published, there is an increase of approximately 60 telephone listings in the new directory, reports J.L. Gaither, manager of the local branch of the telephone company.

The first Bend telephone listing appearing in the new directory is that of the “AAA” Oregon State Motor association. The first residence listing in the May directory is that of S.D. Abbott, manager of the Bend branch of the Standard Oil company. The last listing in the Bend directory is the residence of R. H. Youngberg, 1232 Albany.…