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Show INDEPENDENT PHOE pkjideb w Citizens of Ephraim Present Question in Tentative Form to Council. Special to Tim Trlhnno. TSPIIRAnu. Oct. 12. As the city council coun-cil nan abandoned the Idea of installing a local telephone system, on account of financial conditions, it Is thought that if tho now company Is granted a franchlso a tolephono system will be instullcd hero soon. A communication of Inquiry war, sent to tho city council. TI10 communication wan signed by H. IT. NIclson. Potcr Lund and Dr. L. ilnese, who desired an expression ex-pression from the council that would assure as-sure favorable action on the part of tho administration and warrant tho work of organizing tho company mul disposing of Its stock. It was stated that slnco the municipal telephone undertaking had been abandoned .tho proposed corporation would, If granted a franchise, Install a system under ngrcomcnt to sell to the city at some future date, the tlmo and terms to be mutually agreed upon. Councilman Coun-cilman 13. P. Chrlstcnsen said It might bo possible to grant a franchlso under the conditions stated in tho communication communica-tion and called particular attention to the Implied ofTcr to sell tho nystcm to tho city. Owing to tho absence of Councll-mon Councll-mon J. P. Chrlstcnsen and Andrew Chrln-tenscn, Chrln-tenscn, Councilman Adolbcrt Anderson was not in favor of talcing nny action until all w'ero present, and on motion of Councilman 12. P. Chrlstensen the communication com-munication was tiled until next meeting. A petition Is being circulated In this city asking for elthor 'a prohibitive- license li-cense on pool halls and bowling alloys or 0. prohibitory ordinance that would have tho samo effect The petition Is signed by about 400 of ISphralm's citizens citi-zens and will be- presented at tho next meeting-. |