To the Journal editor: I don’t know if this article qualifies as a letter to the editor, but I want to share it. When I was researching the history of our old building, the Cleveland Iron Mining Company’s No. 3 Engine House, I came across this historical treasure. This article in one of the old Ishpeming newspapers really interested me. It was about a brand new communications instrument, “the telephone.” This article is more descriptive than what I read about Alexander Graham Bell’s first telephone conversation; it is about the first use of a telephone in our area. Jan. 3, 1878, Cleveland Iron Mining Company, Ishpeming: “At last the telephone has invaded the peace and quiet of this region. On Thursday last, Mr. W.S. Dalliba, general agent with officers of the Cleveland Iron Mining Company, removed the batteries which have heretofore done service (telegraph) in the offices of the company in this city and Marquette and attached a telephone to the wire.