Show f 1 HIS HIS MASTERS MASTER'S VOICE I. I Some of our councilmen argue that Y a municipal telephone plant would would r not be as successful as a private ownership own own- system On a parity of reasoning reas- reas we ought to turn our waterworks waterworks water- water works yorks and electric light system over i As t private companies companies but but the people I i know too much about of off Ephraim municipal municipal mu- mu c t i own ownership hip to consider consider-a a chan- chan mu-I mu l t r. r 0 ge By the way if some Elome of the coun- coun f. f 1 oilmen spent as much time irne tr trying ing to to toc tov c v find a way as s they do in ID looking for l excuses we predict that tP Ephraim I i would have a a. anew now new telephone system ir I r before the end of t the e. e year This I r was one of the two main issues durin during i r the campaign last fall and surely the thera ra vote of the people left no doubt as to toA A f their heir d desires sires In our opinion the vote 1 f of the people made it the main duty of of the present city council to find a away away l way of securing a municipal teler telephone tele tele- telephone r phone system tem i if possible and if that I cannot be done the only alternative J i is to grant granta a franchise to a private c corporation We have passed the thedis discussion dis discussion of the desirability of having havinga 9 a anew new telephone system l m Ephraim s the people have hav have spoken emphatically in the affirmative and they should 1 have what they want a and d without f unnecessary delay In fact a majority major major- r p ity of the present city council was tea elected on on-a on a platform that mapped p out out a a. straight and narrow path thron- thron J gh this issue esue and the councilmen cannot cannot can can- not from deviate this path without repudiating their solemn pledges If Ifa I a a new telephone system is ia not provided provide provid- provid e ed for before the end of next year he the I f people will have aright alright to conclude y that tha they have not been dealt with in ina I rt 55 a straightforward manner and in I 4 L that thab case we would not covet the pah po po- position pot t h of the Democratic councilmen f 4 who do not stand footed footed flat on the the b i making history g telephone plank I |