The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-18
TO CAT Her The NEWS
Of 4. St ATE BY PHONE
IOWA INDEPENDENT COMPANIES
TO INVADE TELEGRAPHIC FIELD.
Will Arrange to Secure and Distribute
News to Newspapers Along Lines Of
Larger Press Associations Minneap-
oils Telephone Officials Think Plan Is

Invasion of the telegraphic field, in
a more general way than ever before, is
possible, thru a new use to be made of
the telephone. While in limited way
newspapers now receive the news Of the
day from their country correspondents
by telephone, and while, when the tele-
graph wires are down, the telephone is
resorted to by the large newsgathering
organizations, this plan has never been
perfected. 3.f
Gathering the news Of central Iowa
by telephone instead Of by mail and tel
egraph is the innovation proposed
one Of the big independent telephone
companies of that part Of the state.
The plan as outlined by the company
promises early fulfillment and incl,
the employment Of .newsgatherer at
each point touched by the line, the duty
of this employee being to gather and
transmit to central points the news suit
able for the daily papers of the state.
The entire service will be in charge
of a competent newspaper man, and OPP
Grated much on the same plan as the
other newsgathering agencies tits fie$$
ured that "a dozen cities in Iowa now
have evening iin papers that could be sur
piled by this service, and in more
exped itious, alb well as more thoro, man
ner than at present. tits cited that in
the event the service proves satisfactory
1t might be extended to reach papers
in Omaha, St.Louis and Chicago, as well
as the twin cities .z II
Use Telephone Now. !.
Twin, city daily papers resort to the
two telephone systems daily to procure
rush news from their correspondents.
Newsgatherers who have their daily
string' Of happenings to send in call
up the northwest editor every day.
When murder or some disaster, or an
item of important commercial news, is
to be reported, the telephone system is
very satisfactory, inasmuch as it enables
the editor to- ask questions on points
which the correspondent has failed to
mention. E.s ...,go 80 3 = s"
"A regular news bureau would be sim:
ply an elaboration Of the use that the
telephone system is now put to- News
would be collected from the regular cor
respondents in all points on the list, ane
would be s'scleared''e thru the centra
bureau to all subscribers to the bureau
e. Elder ii: ~Moulton, president of the Trf
State Telephone company, the indepen
dent system, pronounced the plan en-
tirely feasible. He had not heard Of
the scheme being applied on the system
but he believed it to be- satisfactory
and possible ri :j...fas. $sr III :, i. sfi3,..
| II. J. tPettengill, president Of tn,
Northwestern Telephone Exchange com
pany, said: 1.~.t....s .,,-s..s AZ,
| "1n great many localities in differ
emit parts Of the United States the. news
papers themselves use the telephone TO
collecting news, and they have arrange
ments with their. correspondents to CO
them up every day. Whether this, woul'
be possible plan for the whole of til
| United States I am not sure, but 70
loca! purposes consider it e! entirel::
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