| Show bell and not independent I 1 ahe he statement in this paper last NN week eek to the effect that the independent tel ephone com any had been granted a franchise by the county commissioners was erroneous as the franchise was granted to the bocky rocky mountain bell 11 telephone co instead of the Tn hi depend ent co it appears that the bell telephone co has been doing business in this county without a franchise for years year the other statements regarding the franchino fran chihO chibe as published in our last issue were correct the only error being in the name of the company we un der stand that the independent telephone company has also asked for a franchise |