Show MT NT PLEASANT PLANS INDEPENDENT PHONE Citizens Guarantee Sufficient Funds to Finance Undertaking n MO Mount Dt Pleasant D Feb 9 An An I independent independent inde inde- pendent telephone system will be started in Mount Pleasant and adjoining adjoining adjoin adjoin- ing fug towns if plans of citizens formed at a mass meeting Saturday night materialize It is planned to build a system to connect with Fairview on the north Moroni and Fountain Green on the west and Spring City and Ephraim Ephraim Eph Eph- raim on the south Independent telephone telephone telephone tel tel- ephone lines are now in operation in all but the last two two mentioned places and citizens of those towns say that chat they will build systems if Mount Pleasant does doeR It was thought that a capital of would be sufficient to start with and more than that amount was guaranteed by individuals present at the meeting The following men personally guaranteed the amount necessary although it is the purpose of the organization to scatter the stock am among Dg the citizens as far as possible S. S E. E Jensen 0 O. W. W Sorensen Dr W P. P Winters Oscar F. F Wall Nall AC AU Wall F. F C. C Jensen H. H 0 O. Bauman P. P O. O Lund J. J D. D Meyrick l J. J L. L Johns A. A Merz George Brand John Gunderson J. J W. W Anderson George Christensen Christeusen A. A E. E McIntosh The first seven were appointed a committee to wait upon the city council council council coun coun- cil to ask for a fr franchise for the company company company com com- pany to be granted if then the city does not decide to install a system under the he municipal ownership plan In all probability a special session of the city council will be held this week to consider the matter as those inter- inter in the movement desire to brin bring their plans to an early tion |