The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-07-06
A Farmers Meeting

SATURDAY aC TWO u CLOCK ~ lneeU-
ing of the representatives of the diff
ferent farmers prospective telephone
Ii he was held In the town hall and
/, discussion of the ways and means
relative to the installing of these
lines was had also the best manner
nf entrance into Kendrick, several Of
The business men were present and
by unanimous consent Fred s. Beck
with was chosen chairman. Beside
these representatives there were
present the agents of the two phone
lines now in KendricK: The Pacific
States or Bell Co. and the Interstate
or American ridge; and these gentle
men were there for the purpose OF
securing the central or exchange for
there lines. 1t had been the primal
purpose OF the meeting to see II or
ganization of the different lines into
one company could not be made and
an effort along that line was talked
to the effect that a motion was made
previous to adjournment that two
weeks hence the different companies
each send a respective or director to
meeting here with the necessary
power to sign a lease or contract
to form sort Of directorate over a
central Office Of their own,
and In the meantime that these diff
ferent companies or phonelihes on
the different ridges regurarly Orga-
nize in companies 80 that they could
put their director In on the next
meeting with the requisite power
TO act.
When 1t came into the best met
hod or system of phones to Use the
discussion was general and the air
was full Of ZONES, meters, volts"
and such, like technical terms which
TILED the mind with awe but not in
formation. The two companies were
then asked as to what they had to
offer In return for the united pnones
coming into their central and the
both companies stated that they did
not think the body were in shape at
this meeting either to receive the
proposition which could I've constru-
ed into an offer or did the Pacific
States although the later stated their
general offer which was a free Use Of
heir patent receiver and transmit
ter; a charge OF 25c per month for a
switching service at kendricK and
Leland and II day service only toll
charge of $1.OO per month; this being
the charge for the local service or
anything outside OF long distance.
1t IL likely that the companies will
make definite offers at the next meet
ing and that the same will either be
accepted and a lease made out to a
cen trail office of the different lines
made independent OF the ones now In
The citizens present spoke decidedly
In favor of the consolidation or the
coming into u central now here as
otherwise 1t Ueant more phones In
iFiI plttCCb VI UstSiuCbS anu IL VIC
centrals grew much larger d regular
phone man in each store.
The representatives of the different
local ridge lines present at the meet
ing were equivalent to 25S phones or
live independent lines all running in
TO KenGrick and fully covering the
sig Bear. cedar and the Potlatch
ridger which when In running order
will In a very short time fully five
hundred phones centrelizlng at this
lace. 1t Is therefore important that
the matter he started In right shape
.,nd that the eSJtem, especially into
>endrick be substantial and able to
carry a heavy business. When those
nes are built and in running order
it will mean splendid telephone
Communication by Kendrick with
every ridge and also with the out
,ide world as the interstate now
covers the upper country in good
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