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Show I Only One Certificate Required Now I tgMMrlfrlIriIifgMflfMIMt ' i CEKTIFTATIONl I I PANAMAANpTHECAlml I M S OGDEN STANDARD, Dec. 1 ft) M I I ! - AS EXPLAINED BELOW LEj t t EjJj See the Great Canal In Picture and Prose ifJ i ;; Read How You May Have It Almost Free z jfl1 Cot out th above ronpoD and prent It ut thl office with tb ei- P? II peort amoaat bmrr- art oppoMI tin- (! irtrl (wblrh i-orrn tbe tj I Item of .he rrrtX of parking-, npn-si from the fotory. cherklnr, elerk I 0 I j birr aod othar rceiarr EXPENSE Items), aad receive your choice ot 'U ' theae feooka: 4- gBI 'PANAMA :5 k-auliful big olume is written by Willis Al f I a vsrutr of international renown, ami is the acknowl- i AND THE edged standard reference work of the great Canal Zone. Z .. -iiBf ' r AAT It is a splendid large book of almost 500 pages. rvxl2 J ji . I vniIj inches in size, printed from new tjpe, large and clear, g U Hetefa ii fm on fpecial paper, bound in tropical red vellum cloth; 1 A ILIUTTRATEI l'e !tarriP,i in gold, with inlaid cclor panel; contains f iui? I ' EDITION more than 600 magnificent illustrations, including t ea :- 2 G tit'ul pages reproduced from water color studies in col- f if! 1 onngs that far suroass any work of a similar character. Call i f land see this beautiful book that would -11 for under usual ttlsi x U;k BK i trade cnditnns but which is now being presented to rur I ha"uax X 1 readers for ONE of the above Crti6c--tea and only the $1.18 f H Sent by Mail, Pottage Paid, for $1.39 and One Certificate f I IP J RrJlr nrtnva t'.ze; tail matter practically the earn aa th T H , I Mam A SnCl l V5:m-. t octB4 lr. blua vallum cloth; contain! only 100 pho- 9 t j I .1 I toaraphlc reproduetlonr. and the color platea are nU IDC LaDal cmlned. Thla book would aetl at 12 under viaual EIPES? f "' I I OCTAVO conflltlona, bat la now belnc preaented to our read- I Aaiaonlct J H t CDITIOrl T toT 0?E of tn "bora Cartlflcatea and ooly the J B l Srnt br Mxn' Foatafe Paid, for 67 Casta and ONE CartlHcata I N0W-3NI7 OM P CERT.F.CATE-WnW I r Ladles' Sewed Solos 50c I J Rubber Hoela (any kind). 3So I N Extra time for shoe repairing from flil CfvRSILES 6S AMmKlnd8 of hoes Done Whil. PH - 24th Street wT BAGS It of eyr'ery description Oat, Barley and Wheat, r1 new and second hand. Get prices, fj THOS. FARR & CO. I Ji 2270 Wash- Avc" An Open Letter to the Telephone Using Public Denver. Colo, November 30, 1913. all paid dollar for dollar, in cash, at 11c. and that public prosperity de- ine Mountain States Telephone par. Into the treasury of our com- pends lnrgely npon the utilities that m l"BrPn Company. In the con- pauy for every share they hold, and Lring them in contact with each oth- t.. deration of its futnre development, they have simply come Into our com- or. and that the more nearly pprfct recognizes that its highest Interests pany because they believed It to bu in efficiency and sufficiency the a a public utility lie In establishing a safe Investment. utilities serving tho public are tho I !?onsh nSewithD(!K m08t JirlCndly 'm3 There is. too. upon the part of the ore prosperity, comforts and con- mS Jhh i,. th, PUb C Blner(!ll' Public, a belief that the company hi eniences the public will enjoy. Mountain' JL?! t i P, 11,036 ,f J,6 ine tins feeling is caused bv the fact wtlng one, and we hope that every- rTnh L? Telephone and lele- that ,n fhft pagt sl ft one wl read TSSJESSFF! through- th-iB an standpoint of self preservation, cer- Note-As an instance of the kind f ,0h ? U nauu,nUe Jhat may uin corporatjon8 vert alra08l f0ro. of startling news which newspaper clrrir aD. ?dvert,8inS Mutational pelled fQ be Q polltlcs. bur , Ill(ise sometimes publish, we want to call . of articles, both In the news- dRyB wh(fn tn? tendencv , t0 lace attention to recent articles in the r crand in ,h,p form of letters to all corporatons and truBr affafrg jnt0 newspapers headed. "United State- - customer.-.. It is our hope that the hands of a central bodv. such as Government Calls Upon Two Girl his campaign may mark a new era ,h Interstatfi ,-ommerre ' Commis- StnoKraphprs to Tell Where They llr L 1 ?, f PKb L vl ty r' s'on and local state commission, etc., Got Two Million Dollars to Form v wnf ,L !f Pl X LSlt to deal with the conduct of business- the Corporation Securities and In- We want this education to work both Hljrh Qur b , j polities, a vestment Company ' Then the artl ways-that the public mjiy larn the , heU(.veJ bv the pubHc wrjUl l ,. B cics went on to say that this cor h u"8, that we mayjfoolsh In and enllrHv unnecea- POraUon Securities and Investment lorn how the pub ic regard us and ,s thpreforc ,r, tate ,,in Company was a scheme of the Tele-- L 1 7. mr,vWMf:i!r'-v an.l efficiently phatira,iv that we aro not elthep d1 phone Company to further its pur- aerve the public in other words, rectly or indirectly, In polltlcB. in any poae of monopolizing telephone rom- no tiU" ax n i US,a 1 a-. shale or manner, and shall not Paniee, etc. I the people, and to convince the pub- bp Tne trutn ifl that our rompanv has Ui that we will voluntarily remedy 0,trmirt . b"n met with a strone ffeiinc in the I any wrongs we are doing, if pointed we aw going to attempt to gne Montana wellIah antver out to us you the entire story as to our rates, f , . Monif".a WBii-mgn oniYer u-l cv, ., L n ii 'e have been told, when latins to so,mbing should be done We shall show you our financial at- Fom( of fhp M, th prop0sed tof ri,l'p u' rlt!zPn? nf ,hafsta , ' I ni 'h . y ad f,Ty, " : hnp; starting a campaign like tWa, thai "f ' " telephone syBtems. Public pens that our financing has been of f)r ,.ff M g ,uif (jwr meetmirs Gave been held, and votes such a nature that it Is easy or us fcUbscrlberR would turn ollt to be M,. aken thit tie telephones of one or to clearly show to you this side of flsh t ,ook d ,h pn(J f he other of the systems should bo our af alra. What we mean by this jn (;h teleph0I1o ratCTi as 1'rown out. Resolutions and letter! s. that we have absolutely no water poes:bl(? We do not believe this. iav1 hecn "tbmitted to us. and wr- In our , ock. we have no bonds, nor V( beUvTe that fhf Krpa, majontv Uve started out to see what we could any preferred stock, and no mort Qf u. wt Inclined to be fair. ,lo.,( lY thf citizens of that gage of any kind upon which to pay and h s , t 8Q h Q state of this burden. M fixed charges. Ue have more in- ,t(n Qf wha lelppnon rates are ef fo"ml 1 ,at 4e Independent In- vested in our plant at Ita present re- a5 u g that w ' mak ,fre'ts operating there also operated placement value than our issue of mont di thPm; and sbow 0lir In Spokane. in the State of Wasb- common stock and we have no other tnje flnanrlnKi that we Hba De hon. ngton. and in northern Idaho and stock issued than the common stock. tnd b (hf. pnbllc ,hall knov. tha the Independent interesLs doinK There are no wheels within wheels. ,bat arp , M That when we ,sl"P;a8 in b" nor companies within companies to make a 8tafenient as to our pr0ts fought, or sold, so as to alone cover r.bsorb profits We finance ourselves and Parni 9how inc Joat where the ,n PPrt- J Montana but that the from year to year by selling our com- t)oMai. ,ha our lbscriber paya M , must 'nelude their Property tock to the people al not les, n the states of Idaho and Washing- F than par. In the states In which we " , gecefve them or ,on, ? he fountain btates Telephone """f- , . , keep anything : back that should be an'Jf T?nemP h ( ompany does not op- When we tell you the story or our Wb wa honestly do thl5 rate In either of these sections, and financing, we will prove to you that and our Rition t r;p d tr before is not responsible for tele- thre never have been any fortunes. K hdu tv,,f r,:rno, phone conditions thre. nor does It large or small, made out of the ma rilJdli wisn to there but we fell nlpulatlon of our stock In other lC0 f ' 8UBiain u- -se must meet the situation in Mon- words, no high financing has ever "e an Koinc to sot forth tne in- lanat and sQ jn order lo be ln a po- l.'-en done In connection with The Cerent difficulties of giving universal 8ition to either buy or sell, from or Mountain States Telephone and Tele-I telephone service These ardcles tc tbe independent interesu In Mon- graph Company or its predecessors ' and Otters are not to be a piece of tana tbere was formpd this Corpora- The stock never has had anv specu sPPclal Padlnc or adroit use of lion Securities and Investment Com- lafive value; it ban bf-en. and is now. 'ords. but a clear, business-like set- panyi as a corporate company, to en- slmplv a safe investment ting forth of facts. We hope, before tor into negotiations with the Inde- There is a great misunderstanding wo of through, both ourselves and pendent interests in Montana, which i'oii the part of the public as to this ,np P"blic understand each oth- negotiations are now in progress, and. Bide of our business Persons with r better. There ls at least no harm lf posiblo. to buy these Independent ulterior mol rea, striving for office, to be done in trying to accomplish interests in Montana, northern Idaho find newspapers wishing to give star- tn,s desired result. and Washington, and then in the end. H news fsee not below ) frequent k It is our aim to educate, please and if that purpose was accomplished, the H l publish stories of how rich certain satisfy the public and to be educated Corporation Securities and Lnyeab officials of our company are. Right ourselves It seems to us that ev- ment Company sould sell to the The now, thl8 Is being done in connec- ery corporation has the right of self-, Mountain States Telephone and Tele- H tlon with the new revenue tax. We defense, the same as an individual graph Company the portion of the H Fuppose these stories grow out of the The public ha the same right Lis- Independent plants located in Mon- H belief of certain of the public that ten to our defense and we will Istei. tana, and sell to others the portion H the executive officials of our com- to yours. No problem has ever been of these Independent plants existing pany own the entire plant. It is ab- harder for us than jut how we were In northern Idaho and Washintgon. H surd, for these executive officials of going to let the public know truly We explain this 60 the public may H our compuny are merely trw-ites of about n. but we believe that m prolt- kiu that in the above Foreword. JH ihe property, for the stockholder, lem was ever more Important to where we say "there is no company rnd none of them are rich men, nor both. If we really can make you feel within a company, or wheels within have they a very heavy holding of that you are a partner in our busl- wheels.'- we are speaking absolutely the stock" It is true that certain re- ness. we shall have accomplished truly, and also that this Corporation puted rich men havo large holdings much A large part of the problem Securities and Investment Company, of the stock of our company some will be solved. If we can only bring which was so freely advertised by of them boing on our Board of Dl- th" public, through education, to a the articles ln the newspaper refercd rectors but not one of them has full understanding that there is a to. Is absolutely a legitimate aud made any money whatsoever out of mutual dependncp between the puh- proper company and organized for dealing in our stock. They have lie service corporations and the pub-1 the specific purposes stated. The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company I Round Trip Excursions East and West via WESTERN PACIFIC Chicago and return. . .$59.50 Omaha and return . . . 40.00 Kansas City and return 40.00 St. Louis and return. . 51.00 Denver and return ... . 22.50 Dec. 20, 22. Limit 90 days.' San Fran, and return. .40.00 San Francisco and return, via Los Angeles . . . . 40.00 San Francisco, returning via I Portland 58.50 Low Rates to other points. Dec. 20, 22. 29th. Limit 60 days. Electric Lighted Sleepers, Dining Din-ing Car Service, Best Anywhere. Any-where. F. FOUTS, Agent, Ogden. ! L A. BENTON G. A. P. D.. Salt Lake- k SELECT YOUR CHRISTMAS GIFTS EARLY A small deposit will hold any article. We have a large assortment of gifts for everyone Father, Mother, Son or Daughter UTFITTIWC CO - J8 looks like an uphill game when you first beyln. and sometimes H it IS an uphill game, but it is I M the r ad to Prosperity, and if you can preserve In your ecom- omle6 you will find this out Some dav oi will pay interest mm on our present ext agance If you put that money In the M BANK NOW, foa can some day afford to buy the luxurlea you crave without missing the money. , j I ' A BOUNTIFUL THANKSGIVING j ,1 will be yours if you have formed the valuable I habit of saving. An account with the Commercial National i'J Bank gives the best incentive and promotes prosperity. You are cordially invited to bank with us. 4 Interest Paid on Savings Accounts. IS |