NOVEL COPYRIGHT. Bell Telephone Company Scores a Point. Below is a copy of a letter mailed to Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone subscribers during the week. It is a protest against the Independent Telephone Company's plan to use Bell numbers, and the circular explains itself: To our Patrons, Salt Lake City, Utah: Our attention has been called to a letter sent to our subscribers by the Utah Independent Telephone Tele-phone Company, signed by H. B. Brown, Manager Man-ager Contract Department, offering to retain in the new company the same numbers now held in ours. For several years we have endeavored to convince con-vince the people of Salt Lake that two telephones would be a burden upon them, and that the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company is able to give them all the service they need, and more than can be furnished by any other company for years to , come. The letter referred to shows that the Independent Independ-ent Company expects you to subscribe to two telephones, with an added cost and inconvenience, which wo claim is unnecessary. "With our over five thousand five hundred subscribers in Salt Lake, and our long lines connecting every city, town and village in the inter-mountain region, we feel justified in saying that we can give you a service that rio other company can give. This letter is called forth by a constant demand de-mand fr6m our patrons to know what they should do. This ls our answer: We have tried to serve you in the past, and feel that we can do better in the future. Two telephones are a nuisance and will cost you more money than one; our advice ad-vice is to wait and see whether the "pig in the poke" is worth buying. We most decidedly object to the use of our telephone numbers by the Utah Independent Telephone Tel-ephone Company, or by any othei company. Our telephone numbers are all copyrighted, and the property of this company, and will be prote ROCKY MOUNTAIN BELL TELEPHONE .