The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-09-23
OFFICERS
MAKE TOUR
THROUGH CITY
PARTY is HEADED
BY PRESIDENT FIELD
Under Guidance Of Prominent Logan
People They Visit May Spots of
Local lnterest-Are Impressed
With the City.

The oregon Short Line brought to
Logan today from Ogden, Sept 22nd,
the private car "lolanthe" containing
President f. b. Field Of The Noun
tain States Telephone a Telegraph
Company, who is making a tour of
the western and northern portions of
the company's territory. Mn, Field has
never visited these portions of the
territory as a whole. although he has
been here before as he was for sew.
era years prior to the organization
! Of The Mountain States Telephone &
\ Telegraph Company a director of the
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Com
His present trip will take him through
Utah. Idaho, Montana. Wyoming and
Colorado. and will occupy about two
weeks time. The purpose of 1t is to
make a general inspection OF the
properties with a view to noting ad-
ditions and improvements required.
Mr.. Field has been prominently
identified with the American Tele.
phone & Telegraph interests for many
years and was one of the early pi.
oneers in the telephone field In re-
cent years he has devoted himself
business.
Travelling with him are Mrs. Field
and daughter, Philip Hamlin, assist.
ant TO the president, L. NJ. Burgess,
general manager. Mrs. Burgess and
j. +. Macdonald, secretary of The
Mountain States Telephone & Tele-
graph company.
The visitors say the trip Is proving
pleasant and profitable and they are
much impressed by the resources and
attractiveness of Logan and the sur.
rounding valley
Local officers of the company with
President II. Il. Hatch of the CONNER.
cial Club. Cashier G. f. Thatcher OF
the Thatcher Banking Company, and
DR.. !. 5. Smith met the party here
and escorted them in automobiles
about the city until $50 a. m. when
the car left for Idaho.
Mr.. Field said: my trip is one Of
Inspection. | want to meet the EN-
ployees of the former Rocky Mountain
Bell Telephone Company and to fam
iliarize myself with the physica
! plant so that may pass intelligent,
upon the propositions that are pu
up to me for the telephone develop
ment of the four states added to m,
n Jurisdiction. 1t is my policy to so de
r velop our telephone system that /
a shall. be a necessary adjunct to ever
n business and social enterprise. To d
this will require the Investment of
!. great deal of capital and to interes
new capital we must pay reasonabl
!, return for its use. And since the SCI
g vice we furnish is so much a part G
e the every day life of our patrons
q have found that we secure a mare IL
h telligent understanding of our corpol
II ate management by interesting wit
s us financially our customers and pi
a irons rather than outside investors
3, 81 attribute the success of The Co
Is orado Telephone Company in tn
y past (of which company have bee
the active head for many years. I
% the fact that we had over 1000 loci
Is stockholders. These stockholders al
B. now interested in The Mountai
D. States Telephone e. Telegraph Con
s. pany in the same way, and they aa
interested quite as much to see thu
'e adequate facilities are provided an
ie good service rendered as they are thi
w. fair dividends be paid.
&c AS a matter of fact, dividends az
- service go hand in hand. So long
- an Individual or a firm or corpor
~ ~ ton find difficulty in paying reaso
able interest upon their investmer
- Just so is the natural tendency
r skimp the services so as to produ
Da reasonable interest, but when the
i, dividual or firm or corporation fee
60 assured Of fair profit. this tenden
j.. TO skimp yanishes and we find in
re- place a pardonable pride in furnishi
Lal a high class product, And so | (,
alt very much encouraged for the te
,y, phone future OF this great mounts
nd states district We have magpisics