Show DENY THE BELL PURCHASE OF HOME TELEPHONE CO Gov Wells and Mr Fen ton Say There Is Is' Not Ground for Reported Plan to Sell Out Coy Gov Heber Beber M. M Wells ells and Samuel Fenton Fenion Incorporator Incorporate and part pint owners of ot the Home Ilonie Telephone company emphatically deny the rumor that they have hn re reduced re- re their number fit wf f solicitors preparatory to selling out to the ROele Rocky Moun Youn- thin tain Bell Telephone company I Gov Go Wells VeIls makes this statement nt We are not going to sell out We are going to operate our system Just as I quickly aa as we can get gel It In operation and we propose 10 to give the Bell Dell people a hard rub before we get through K It the public will bide Its Us time and not Judge too quickly Ut will see the time and not far distant when w we will be bo operating not anI only In Salt Lake City but throughout the State You can cnn deny point blank for me the story that we contemplate selling out at this or r any other time Mr l ton tid Id It was wag true that they had reduced their their- soliciting force but It was because Mr Jones Joncs had gone one East st to purchase their heir plant and as he auld ouid Join him there soon tile the they had let some Iome of oC the men out as there thero would be no one ono to look Jook after them as the they should be eYou e. e You can den deny for tor mo me In your our strongest strong terms he eald said that we are going to sell out We secured a franchise to operate a a. telephone system and that is what we propose to do If Ie matters progress as we anticipate they will we will be doing toll work In about nine months |