Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-02-07
APPLEGATE VALLEY
TELEPHONE co. GROWING
Eighty Phones Will Soon Be In
Place-Constitution and By
Laws of Organization.

OF oregon less tndu TWO years dSo
now has a membership of nearly 200
fully paid up stockholders and list
of go phone subscribers. This will be
increased to 81 or more when the two
additional lines which are now under
construction are finished Since
the company was organized it has
constructed 19 miles of line, not in
oluding about 80 miles of line which
the company assisted in erecting into
the forest reserve. When the. two
lines now under construction, which
are each 10 miles in length, are COM
pleted there will be nine lines run
ming, to the oompsny's central at
Provolt. and extending to Grants
Pass, Williams Creek. Thompson
Greek, Steamboat and Blue Lead.
at the headwaters of the Applesate
river.
The officers of the company who are
chosen at the annual meeting in
January are G o Bigelow. president;
II D Kubli, vice president; W s
Bailey. secretary and John W Pernoll.
treasurer.
The telephone company in order to
form a more perfect organization for
the transaction of the oompany's
business. and the enforcement OF such
rules and regulations as ths.oompany
shall deem necessary to protect the
individual interests of each member,
as well as the company at large, have
adopted the following constitution and
by laws:
Section 1. This company shall be
known as the Applesate Valley Tele-
phone Company. Its principle place
Of business shall be at Provolt, Ore
gon. This company shall have power
to do . general Telephone business and
to build, own, lease lines and install
central office at such places as its
business may warrant.
Sec. Q. The Capital stock Of the
Applegste Valley Telephone Company
shall consist Of $1,000 in shares Of So
each, and the amount of this stock, or
the value Of the shares shall neither
be increased nor decreased, nor an
assessment levied on the stock except
on two-thirds affirmative ballot of
all the stockholders. This ballot to
be taken only at a regular meeting of
the stockholders and of which 80 days
notice has been given by notices
posted at the central stations of::this
Company.
Sec. 8. Only stockholders Of this
company can become subscribers for
telephones, and only one vote shall be
allowed for each fully paid up share
Of stock. A stockholder desiring to
transfer his share of stock shall first
give this company the preference to
purchase same, and shall not receive
for it more than the par value OF s..
Any stock go Purchased by this COM
pany shall be held as common stock
until such time as it can be sold to
new members.
SEQ. 4 The Applegste Telephone
company shall equip and maintain ali
central offices and shall erect all wire
lines connecting these ofhces. and
also sll connecting wires with the
systems of other telephone companies
with which traffic arrangements may
be made. All branch lines connecting
t lephones with the centrals shall be
erected at the expense OF the stock
holders using such liues, such con-
struction work and installing phones
to be done under the rules and regula.
tions Of this company; the proportion
ate cost OF such lines to be adjusted
between this builders on a basis es-
tsblished by this company. On the
completion Of these branch lines they
shall become the property Of this com
pany and be maintained under the
general regulations governing ths
lines Of this company.
Sec. 8. All traffic arrangements
with other companies shall not be in
effect until approved by majority ot
all the stockholders of this company
The fixing of monthly telephone due
and Of salaries Of officers shall b,
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stockholders.
Sec. 6. This company shall hav
the power 10 make such rules an
, regulations governing the instsllin
. aud using of telephones as the ei
, ficiency and economy Of the servic
: may require. Whether the telephone
{ used on this company's lines shal
be owned or leased by each stocl