| Show telephone company F 9 11 ff w will wa change hands it has haa boon been reported that the oar clar lold field county telephone Tolo company owned and controlled by the tha garfield county people most moat of thorn them ltv ing right in panguitch ran gultch utah has haa boon been sold to the mountain states Tolo company and that corn com pany will take charge na its soon boon no na tho legal have been gone through with thoro there in IB a 0 certain amount ot of advertising that must be 10 done and tho the utilities commission wili have to pass upon the act as a franchiso franchise Is concerned in tho the matter of 0 the change changa being made of course the mountain states corn pany to Is a large concern con corn one of tho the largest in the united states and will probably give the people ot of this a hotter better service but did you over ever stop to consider that under existing circumstances the present company did wonders wom lera wo we can remember the days in this section of the country whon when such a thing as a telephone line was never dreamed of communication had to bo be dono done by mall mail and it was a mighty slow method at that the present members supplied us ua with it a system which at that time was a big undertaking and was done with tho the risk that never a cent would be returned or in other words the tha builders bul of the line stood a mighty good chance to lose every cent invested in the company they did well and have served the people wo we might i say as well as anyone could under the circumstances it was waa a hard pull and sledding at the start was terribly upgrade up grade and godare wo dare sij say tho the revenue to the individual haaf boon been mighty slim about the only thing that has haa been realized out of the proposition to Is the fact that they were serving tho the people to the very nery bosi best of their ability and getting a right good cussing bussing now and then for what they did attempt and succeeded in doing so therefore wo we will al ways look back with a happy feeling in our hearts that these same people started something and made biado a big success of li ii and when the big corn com pany takes the business over and puts in a transcontinental line alno which wo we ore are pretty sure they will wo we will wish them success and always hold bold in our hearts a mighty friendly feeling tor for those that put theold the old garfield Gart lold county telephone and telegraph company in operation all we can say to them Is you did well and should receive the blessing of this entire wo we welcome tho the Woun mountain tain states to this territory and know the people will gladly give elvo them all the assistance in their power manager benj cameron sr us that it will probably take hakea a month or two tor for the n now ow com company pany to i set got lined up and the business taken overeat which time improvement of ahe the lines will start |
