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[[preprinted]] Form 1204 WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM [[image - Western Union in center of round logo. Telegraph and Cable]] NEWCOMB CARLTON, PRESIDENT GEORGE W. E. ATKINS, FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT [[boxed]] CLASS OF SERVICE | SYMBOL Day Message | Day Letter | Blue Night Message | Nite Night Letter | N L [[line]] If none of these three symbols appears after the check (number of words) this is a day message. Otherwise its character is indicated by the symbol appearing after the check. [[/boxed]] [[boxed]] CLASS OF SERVICE | SYMBOL Day Message | Day Letter | Blue Night Message | Nite Night Letter | N L [[line]] If none of these three symbols appears after the check (number of words) this is a day message. Otherwise its character is indicated by the symbol appearing after the check. [[/boxed]] [[double line]] RECEIVED AT ^[[720 AM]] [[/preprinted]] 15 Govt Portland 10/6/18 538 PM Alexander Wetmore Maxwell Cal Impracticable to stop reach Colonial Annex eight leave Utah twelth fisher [[stamped]] Original copied by Smithsonian Archives [[/stamped]]