Show Ir Phones s Go o q I I or or Will or or Con or tin r. r Ue- Ue or Claim Boycott II Pa Party ty Doesn't Answer 1 V.-V V. SL 2 4 4 I IA A f 4 t k rk I 7 4 f Q 4 4 I j April 8 1916 Salt Lake Telegram One hundred per cent of the phone users of Draper are back of you In your fight for reasonable telephone rates pictures pictures' were common sights In Draper yesterday yesterday yes yes- where company were a littie little little lit lit- tle tie late in removing instruments Please return plates to me when through with them r Signed E E. E E. E Draper raper Up to a late hour last night only a very few business phones were in operation in Murray Sandy Holliday Midvale and other Salt Lake co county nty points All AU the residents united united and those those thoe who h have not yet been d deprived o of the their theft r telephone apparatus kept the receivers down thus showing their contempt for rot forthe forthe the Mountain States Telephone corn com com I pany Tho Those e who still use the telephone in iii L Murr Murray y especially are trying to combine combine com corn bine in support of ot the telephone com corn pany Some o of these people are quite prominent in Murray business circles But the majority o of the people are making life miserable for them in more than one way For instance e one or two of ot the business busi busi- ness nesa concerns are complaining of ot a boycott They report that most o of the people have paid up their bills biUs and refuse re refuse re- re fuse ruse to do business any l longer nger simply because they still side with the telephone telephone telephone tele tele- phone company In the present tolls controversy And they also complain that they are made subjects o of sneers and other insults Boycott Boyco t Is Den Denied ed Mayor J. J W. W McHenry however remonstrates re remonstrates re- re that the people are not Insulting in insulting In- In suiting agents and champions o of the company ny The people simply believe that they are in the right he said last night and It may be that th their lr enthusiasm enthusiasm enthusiasm en- en en en- has for the time being heing narrowed narrowed narrowed nar nar- rowed their perspective just a little However we are spending a peaceful night In Murr Murray y this Saturday There Is absolutely no trouble Of O course a committee has been appointed appointed appointed ap ap- ap- ap pointed to visit all the people o of Murray Murray Mur Mur- Murray ray and adjacent points for tor the purpose of strengthening their opinions in favor favor fa fa- tavor ta- ta vor o of the people in this tolls fight I If It this be boycotting then I have learned an entirely new definition of the term McHenry and his associates associate were last night visited by numerous County en enthusiasts enthusiasts enthusiasts en- en who congratulated them on their work in the movement movementS The letters letters letters let let- o of indorsement which piled his office office ot otIce of- of fice Ice table when the first mail came In Increased Increased In- In creased In number until night when he was finally compelled to put the letters aside until today Indorsements Encourage These written Indorsements said McHenry are the surest supPort support in the world When a man has the people people peo peo- pie behind him who are ready to sacrifice sacrifice sacrifice sac sac- a few conveniences for tor the furtherance furtherance fur fur- therance of right right cannot help but prevail and and soon at that Until the telephone company can show logIcal log log- ical reason why we should pay tolls we are In the race race- to organize an in independent independent in- in independent dependent company that shall soon soon obliterate the entire Mountain State combination from further attendance on Utah and Its people We Ve want and we need the people of ot Salt Lake City to back us however Without their support the fight will wm necessarily be prolonged But fight tight we will C. C C. C Campbell representative o of the he Mountain States Telephone company com corn pany In Murray says fhe hel he people of the he county did not give the company officials a square deal In not giving them hem more time in which to explain the he necessity o of the tolls The people lie he e said were too impulsive in the matter too hurried But Mayor McHenry at once announced announced an an- I Jounced that the people were not half halt Continued from paa e pa o 1 1 I II I L J m r I 44 r i wr 4 i k t I PHONES GO OUT Continued on page e 2 eo so q In their action as was the c company in fixing the tolls toils The company company com corn pany he said ordered the people to pay the tolls with hardly a moments moment's notice We Ve were at least considerate enough to let the company know we e were going to fight in spite of our hurried preparations said Mayor McHenry McHenry McHenry Mc- Mc Henry yesterday Officials Make Statement It has been beers stated that the main reason for the action of the telephone company In tho tolls controversy Is the increase In prices of alt all wire wre br brass ss nickel steel and other products necessary for tor the construction of telephone telephone tele tele- phone equipment And this say the officials has been augmented by y the cos cost and expense connected with the I new installations throughout the southern part of This cost presents a problem of they say which must absolutely be met by special assessments Hence the tolls recently imposed by the company The people however still insist that they are from froni Missouri and want figures and statistics and reasoning to prove the need of tolls tous and not mere statements A big mass meeting representative of all parts of Salt Lake county Is beIng being be be- ing planned In Murray for lor or this week Probably Wednesday or Thursday During the toe week weel however the various towns affected by the controversy will hold special meetings to discuss the mat matter mater r preparatory to the tho big mass me meting meeting Ung In Murray |