Show 4 an open 0 jeo e 11 A letter lettel to L 0 the f telephone A fela M W thone using q ap public pall 9 C denver colo november 30 1913 the mour moui tain blates states telephone and telegraph company in the consider atlon of its f tut ut a ire development cizes that its highest in creati as a public utility lie ile in estabi sh ng the closest and most friendly relation sh p with the c g and its lations in part cular it is the purpose of 0 the mountain Mounta states inStates telephone and telegraph Fele rele graph company through this announcement to binau garate g irate what hat may be term terni dan adver ed cat onal 9 r es ol 01 articles bota botn in the n vs papers and in the form of letters to its customers it s air ir ho e that tais campaign may mark a ne v era in the relation of pubic util ty corporations to the public they 1 arve W wan this education to work boch loch ways that the purl c may learn the truth about us and that we may learn how the public regard us and how we may fairly at aid d ef off f i antly serve the c in other words what I 1 I 1 is juat and r to us and to the peo pen pie and to convince th c that mei ivo 1 vo unmanly remedy any wrongs 1 N e are doing if po anted out to us we shall show how you our financial af fairs frankly and freely iz it so hap pens our fina icing acm b en of such a nature that it I 1 is easy foi fox s to w clearly ho to oi oa o i th 1 3 d oz 01 our affairs what we mean by th b is that me hare have absolutely absolute DO no water in 0 r stock vb me have no bonds fence stock and no mortgage of any kind upon which to pay fixed charges we have more invested in our plant at its present replacement val ie than our issue of common block and we have no other stock issued than the common stock there are no wheels m within wheels nor co cor r pan panes es with n companies to absorb profits we finance ourselves from year to year by selling our common s ock to the th people ai at not leis 1 thua than par in the states in wh wit ch ell we wee operate when we tell you the story stio ry 0 our financing we will brov pro t to you that there never hive have b en ell any any fortunes large or s nail nall made 0 it of the manip illation oi 01 our stock in other words i 0 high finan ng has ever been done in conne cuon wath with the mountain states telephone and telegraph lele graph con i 4 pany or its predecessors the stock i ever has had any specula iv ive value evalue I 1 a it haa been aliis and is nov no v simply a safe investment 1 there is a great in sunder understanding standing upon the part ol 01 the public aa to this side of our bus ness I 1 arsons wi it i ulterior motives striving tor for off c and newspapers bishing to give star f r fling thrig news see not b lov lo 10 v frequently frea bently sh stories of ho v r ch ell certain officials ot of our compa ly are am kight right Y now this is being baini don in connect on with the ne v revenue tax we sup pose these stories gio v out of the 4 belief or oz am of ot the public that the execl ire 0 ficiala oco olo r company own the entire plant it is absurd for these executive officials ot of our corn com pany are merely trustees of the pron erty for th sto kh and none of them are rich in n nor have they a very heavy hold ng n of the stock it is true thai that certain related ri h men have large holdings of the stoc stoe I 1 our company some serne of them being on an the board of B D rec ree ors b it not one of them has made any moneys hat oever f out of deal ng in our stock they have all paid dollar for dollar in cash at par into the treasury 0 our company tor for very share they hold and they have simply come in 0 our company because they believed it tj b a safe investment t flier is too upon the part of the public a bel ef that the company is largely engaged in pa i ics acs weilia we me ine this feel ng is cau el by the be fact that in the past s amply nom tue antof sel arcs iva ion certain were almost compelled to be in politics but in th s days when the tendency ten densy is to place all tor cor I 1 lora toas ons and trust abfal a into the hands of a central holy bod such as ane interstate commerce commission and local state commissions com etc to deal with the conduct ot business suca as ours being in poll ica as believed believe dby by the public would b a foolish th ng and en ell irely unnecessary f anis nis is therefore to sta e emphatically that we me are not either or indirect ly in politics in any way shape or manner and shall not be we are going to attempt to g ve you the entire story as to our rates we hav been told when stating to u UL of the that we bt arting a campaign like th s that our efforts could be futile that oar our sub scribers would turn olt it to b selfish and only look toward the end of get ting as cheap telephone rates as pos sibie we do not bel ere eve this U e believe that the great ma arity of the public are inclined enc lined to be beta f a r and that it is not so much of what air tel telephone ellione rates are as itis it is that fyhen when we make a statement regard ing them oar a true financing that we shall b hon bon st and that the public shall know that we arel are honest lonest that when we make a statement as to our profits and earrings earn showing just where the dollar oar a sub scriber pays us goes the bubli may know that we are not bryin to de ceide ive them or keep adyth ng back that should be shown when we honestly do th a and our position seems to be just and right we believe that the fairness of the public nil sustain is we are going to set forth the in herent laties of giving ui versal hone service these articles and letters ara are not to b a pies pier of cial pleading or adro t us use of words b bit it a clear business I 1 ke setting forth of facts we hope before we get through bo it ourselves and the pub e will ill and ei h other better there is at least no harm to be done in trying to sh this desired result it IL is air aim to educate pleaseant plea please seand and satisfy the c and to be educated ourselves it seems to us thit that every corporation has the r git gat of sell defense the same as an individual the public has the satie sane r listen to our defense and we will I 1 sten to yours no problem has ever been harder for us than just ho v we were going to let the public know truly about us but we bel eve that no lem lern was ever more import antto both if we really fan an make sou you feel that 3 ou are a partner I 1 n i our bus ness we e shall have accomplished much A large part of the problem will bc solved if we can oily wity ann bring the pub lie ile through education to a lull under standing that ther they is a mutual de pen dence between the public ce corporations and th public and that public prosper y edep dep rids large y ur kioa on the util tics that bring them in contact with each other all that th more nearly perfect in elfi eifLe cien ien y and su licie ncy the utilities serving the a alethe more pro pel ity corn com oil and conveniences the public will e i oy we believe our story is an interest ing one and we hope that everyone will reid read it OTE aas As an ins ance of th lind kind of startling news wh wit ch ell ne vs papers sometimes sh we want to ca I 1 attention to recen art cles in the newspapers headed united stat a government calls upon tw girl ste nog raphers to tell where aney a got avo I 1 m ci mill on dollars to form the cor horation po ration cecur ties and investment company then the article went on to say that this corporation securities and investment company was a scheme of the telephone company to further its durpos of monopolizing telephone companies etc the truth is that our company has been met with a strong feeling in the state of montana wel nigh sal that something sho sheild ild be done to relieve the citizens of thit state of two tel phone systems public meet ings have been held hell and vo es taken that the telephones of one or the other of the systems should be throval out resolutions and letters have been sub and we have started out to see what we could do to relieve the citizens of that state 0 this burden we found that the independent in teresta operating there ablo operated in spokane in the state of 0 washing ton and in northern idaho and that the independent interests do ness in montana child not be bought or sold so as to alone cover the prop erty in montana but that the purchase must include their property in the states of idaho and washington the mountain states telephone and tele graph company do s no operate in either of these se tons t ons and there fore is not responsible for telephone condit ona ons there nor does it wish to operate there but we felt we must meet th situation in montana and so in order to b in a pos tion to either buy or sell from or to the independent interests in montana there was m as formed this corporation se curi cunnea ties and investment company as a corporate company to enter into ne goliat ons with the independent inter ests in montana vh ch ell negotiations are now in progress ani and it 11 possible to buy these independent interests in montana northern idaho and wash ington and then ii th ell eul I 1 if it tha purpose was accomplished the corpo ration securities and investment corn com pany should sell mountain states telephone and telegraph con pany the portion oi ot the independent plants located in montana aad and s 11 to others the portion of th ae inde pei pet den plants ng in northern idaho and washing on we explain th s s so 0 the p may kno v that in the above foreword where we say there is no company within a company or wheels within w heels we me are speaking sie aking absolu absolutely ely truly and also that this corporation corporation securities and investment company which was so freely advertised by the articles in the newspaper referred to is absolutely a legitimate and proper company and organized for the cefic purposes stated advertisement E the mountain stales states telephone and telegraph company have you ever been to the Sani sanitarium tariu m baths do you know the sport of swimming in the warm sulphur water in the large pools next time you visit salt I 1 ake gc go to the sanitarium and have a good swim CATERING TO THE BI BY ST ELEMENT ONLY 52 west third south SALT LAKE CITY turkish bath and bed 1 arvi the I 1 lie burc eureka ka fl fruit alt store ANTONIO proprietor dealer in foreign and domestic FRUITS N NUTS hutsi el ETC 0 green and atney Groce groceries ties lie S i i pipes cigars a and Sm smokers kers articles lr t fresh confectionery a specialty phone no 47 lower main st eureka ureka Y dont be misled eureka citizen citizens ns should hould read and heed this advice e kidney brou trou trouble ble is dangerous and often fatal use a tested kidney remedy beg n with doan s kidney P ils used in kidney troubles 50 years recommended here a and d every where an eureka citi zeft s statement forms convincing proff it s 9 local 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easy 0 to o understand why an in creasing number of bottles of doleys 1 oley a honey roney and tar compound iss ly thoi thol erian erlan 2 6 edward barett ll If mich nich gives an excellent reason when he writes I 1 oley s lion ey and tar compound has always an effective remedy relieving tickling in tha the throat and stopping th cough with no bad after effee s sold by Ilef heffernan fernan choal co advertisement california woman seriously alarmed A short time ago I 1 contracted a severe cold which settled wi 0 my m lungs and caused me a great deal ot of an boyance I 1 would have bad cough ug 11 g spells and my lungs were so sore and inflamed I 1 began to be seriously eil alarmed A freni becom mended Chamber chamberlain laing s cough item edy saying she hal used it for many years I 1 bought a bottle and it re lieveld my cough the first n gat and in a week I 1 was rid of th cold and soreness of 0 my lungs writes miss mane marie geber sawtell cal 1 or sale by all dealers MAIL YOUR BROKEN 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