Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-07-09 | Page 9 | Mutual Company Takes over Phones

MUTUAL COMPANY TAKES OVER PHONES RUPERT, Idaho, . July 8. The Project Mutual Telephone & Electric company has taken over the lines and equipment of the Bell system li Minidoka county. Long-d: stance connections will continue to be made through Burley. This consolidation, con-solidation, which has taken some months to complete, will do away with the inconvenience in-convenience of the double-phone system. The Mutual people are planning to build in Rupert and Paul. L. C. Tanquary is manager of the corporation; L. Williams, pres cient; N. C. Lowery, secretary; other members of the board are J. W. Booth, C. Francisco and G. C. Branzeal.