Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-03-16
TELEPHONE FOR ALL
JOSEPHINE COUNTY
r ural Lines To Extend ToiVari.
ous Sections--Free Switch
Ing To BE Had.

The movement undertaken by the
Courier to secure complete telephone
system for every section Of Josephine
county is receiving such cordial sup
port from the farmers aud from the
miners and business men that there is
now certainty that within the next
six months every farming aud min.
ing district IN the county will have
telephone connection with Grants Pass.
The first of these rural lines that
are to become network over the en-.
tire county will be the system con-
trolled by the Applegate Valley Tele-
phone Company. This compsnsy will
cover the entire Applegate Valley
from its headwaters at the Blue Ledge
copper district to its lower section
and to the Rogue river at Grants
Pass. A meeting was held at Pro.
volt last Saturday afternoon at whish
the preliminary organization of the
Applegate Valley Telephone Com pany
was effected. o. s. Biglow was made
temporary chairman and r. +. Lew
man secretary. Charles Meserve, of
the Courier, stated the objects of the
meeting and introduced G. o. Oium,
of Grants Pass, manager for Josephine
county for the Pacific States Tele-
phone g. Telegraph Company, who
submitte the proposition offered by
his company. II was not liberal
enough In its terms to meet the ap-
proval Of the promoters of the CO.
operative telephone lines Rev. E
Badger. Il. N. Provoit and X. F.
Lewmsn made replies and in their
addresses stated that. they were not in
favor OF putting in side lines that
merely gave connection with tbs
local offices and that every time sub
soriber desired to talk between Pro
volt aud Williams or with any other
local office or to Grants Pass that he
would have to pay % cents If sat.
isfactory arrangement could not be
made with the Pacific States Com
pany they favored an independent
company running line into Grants
Pass and employing messenger until
arrangements could be made to Sc.
cure u city service. Charles Meserve
then proposed plan of cooperation
between the Applegate Valley Tele-
phone Company and the Pacific States
Telephone Company. The terms to be
that the Pacific Company sell or give
the free use to the Applegate Com
pany of their line from Grants Pass
to Murphy. Provolt aud Williams;
give free switching on the Grants
Pass system to the Applegate aud all
other independent rural lines that
may be built into that city; supply
firstclass telephones to these local
companies at reasonable rental aud
keep them in repair; allow to the Ap.
plegate company all the Applegste
valley and to Rogue river at Grants
Pass as its territory. In return the
Applegate Company would give free
switching over all its lines to the Pacific
States Company patrons and turn
over all long distance business to that
the Appleagte Com pany be-
ing permitted to charge non sub.
scribers such toll as 1t may fix, both
for local and long distance connec.
tion. Mr., Oium was requested to
submit this proposition to the Pac ific |
States Company and get their reply |
in writing SO that il could be acted /
)n ut the next meeting of the Apple.
gate Company.
Rev. Badger, chsirman of the com
nittee on securing an estimate of
the cost of installing telephone
'ystem, made report. He stated
hat telephone guaranteed TO be as
good as the Bell could be- lad tor $l9,
'nd that wire and insulators would BE-
! little less than 50 per mile. He had