The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-03-05
Chairman of Meetir
Pacific Telephone Go. Replies.

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Editor Glacier -
In last weeks issue of your paper
there appea ed communication sign.
ed by W. p. Andrus, purporting to be
the statements of Nj. Z. q. Canf1eld,
cashier Oregon City Bank, Hon. @.
q. Huntley, member state legislature,
and f. j. Meyers, cashier First Ma.
tional Bank. Will you kindly print
the following statements from the
above named gentlemen over their re-
spective signatures, that the public
may know the truth of this matter.
Respectfully,
II. J. Gregory,
Special Agent Pac. Tel. & Tel. Co.
W. P. Andrus, Portland, Oregon.
My dear SIR
l was very much surprised this
morning on being shown an interview
In which am said to have stai ed that
"the Home Company don't bunco
their subscribers" leading one to be-.
lieve that l intimated the Pacific
States Co. does. | have no desire
to give out such an impression, as our
relations with the Pacific States Co.
have been most friendly and their
service has been entirely satisfactory
of late
My idea in making the statement
was to convey 20 the people of Hood
River that the Home Telephone Co
| had lived up to their agreements and
we're giving excellent service and do
ing everything they had agreed to do.
The letter | sen4 you yesterd day, 1t
seems to me. covers the ground COM
pletely and desire very much that
you submit this to the interested
parties In Hood River, rather the gar.
bled report as shown In a rec Mt issue
Of one Of the Hood River papers.
Trusting the Home Company will
succeed In their un niertaking in Hood
River, / am Yours truly,
Q. q. HuLtley.
W. P. Andrus, Portland, Oregon.
Dear Sir -
A copy of the Hood River News
Letter, weekly newspaper issued on
the 2Gth of February, 1908, has for
tunately reached my hands and con.
tents noted, and more especially the
statement therein which you allege as
handed down by me.
In briet, beg to state that you
have misrepresented my views In the
premises, and am compelled to deny
each and every statement in said
quotation contained, excepting there
from that We have both phones and
the Pacific States Company nave their
quarters Ia our building
do not claim to do more business
over your phone, as 1t would be alb
surd tor the reason that the Pacific
States Co. has larger city subscrip-
tion list and 1t would be natural for
us to patron,ze them. or course your
company has phones ia districts
where the other company has not and
IL would be natural tor us to use the
phone In touch withEsuch places, and
such Is the case with the Pacific
States Co.
Hoping that you have the straight
of this affair, beg to remain,
Yours truly,
+. J. Meyer.
Oregon City, Feb. q.
The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
Co., Oregon City, Ore.:
Dear SIR
understand that | am quoted by
a Mr.. Andrus, of Hood River, as stat
ing that the Home Telephone Go. IS
service In Oregon City was far super
ior to that of the Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph Co. In the interview
referred to absolutely no comparisons
we're made of the service of the two
compan les referred to. l commented
favorably on the convenience of the
Home Company's country service and
the excellent city service given by
them, but made no reference whatever
to the service OF the Pacific telephone
and Telegraph Co. | take this Lcca-
sion, however, to state that the ser.