Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-27
IOWA, HOME OF INDEPENDENT
Has One Fourth of All the Independent
Rural Phone Lines in Country.
DISTRICT ORGANIZATION is FORMED
Lines in Southwest Portion of state 20
Cooperate with Those I'm other
Portions to Cover All the
Territory.

Al meeting yesterday in this city Of
4bo Southwestern Iowa independent Tele-
rhone association a reorganization was
effected on the lines contemplated by the
state association. II. A. Kinney OF WOOD
bine and j. r. Glenn Of Denison were
unanimously reelected president and secre-
tary respectively OF the association and the
following were appointed county captains
for the ensuing year ]. f. Glenn, Frank
Mentally M A. Reed, c. A. Lanbach, s.
b. Barnes, John Anderson. George Atkin-
aon, J. C. Beachamp, A. M. Murphy, +. M.
Chandler, ]. c. Mansfield, L. e. Simpson
Jesse ]. whistler. NJ. II. Driftmier and F.
&C. Musson.
These captains are supposed to look after
matters in their respective counties and
adjust any difficulties that may arise az
far as possible. and report to the district
Association at it's quarterly meetings.
c. II. Smith of Sioux City was elected as
delegate and NJ. A. Reed as alternate to
the annual meeting Of the National indie
pendent Telephone association, to be held
In Chicago in June.
Clearing House Discussed.
p c. Holdoegel of Rockwell City, presi-
Naent OF the state association. and c. c.
lDeerinR of Boone, who besides being secre-
Itary Of the state association holds the same
position in the international association
were present and at the morning session
addressed the meeting on the clearing
house which the independent companies
maintain at Des Moines. During the dis
cussion. which followed the addresses of
president Holdoegel and Secretary Deer
ting, all of the members present VINO hao
been doing business with the clearing
house reported a very heavy increase In
their business and expressed the opinion
that Il had been a great benefit by stimu-
lating the building OF better toll lines and
Increasing the efficiency of those already
built. This discussion took place at the
morning session. which was held In the
offices of the local independent telephone
company.
AT the afternoon session, held at the
Grand hotel, there was a general discussion
of the state and national associations anC
the benefits derived from membership II
these organizations. National Secretary {
@ Deering gave an instructive talk OF
the international association. its objects
aims and the good it had accomplished.
10. Mattesen, secretary of the Nebraski
independent Telephone association ant
manager of the Nebraska Traffic, associa
ton, an institution similar to the low
clearing house at Des Moines. gave an In
tereStinR ana INSTRUCTIVE upoh NSic
phone matters in general and the bushes
OF the telephone traffic association in hi
state.
Map of Toll Lines.
Part of the time OF the meeting was EN-
ployed in preparing a map of southwestern
Iowa, showing all the toll lines IN the dis
trict the purpose of this map being
show where gaps exist that should be con
nected up.
National Secretary Deering in his addres
told OF how the Independent telephon
movement was rapidly spreading In tn
west and was commencing to make itsel
known I'm the east, the home Of the Be
company The last report of the Bures
of Commerce and Labor. he said, shove
that Iowa had one-fourth of all the rura
independent phone lines in the Unite
States. The last report of the Iowa stat
executive council made for assessment pur
poses showed 900 farmers mutual line
and 400 commercial independent lines In tn
state.
Mr.. Deering announced that the meetin
of the state association would be held
Sioux City, March 10 TO q. and that he eS
pected It to be the greatest gathering
independent phone men in the history G