Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1911-11-14
LEWiSTOWN BILLINGS MUTUAL
TELEPHONE COMPANY SELLS
ITS PROPERTY.
IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED
Mountain States Company, Who Make
Purchase, VIII Make Extensive Ad-
ditiens-Larae Sum Of Money In
understandable Record Made by
Company Of Local Men.

A deal was cOnsummated last Fri
day whereby the LeWistown-Billings
Mutual Telephone company trans
ferred all Of their interests to the
Mountain States Telephone and Tele-
graph company, a Colorado corpora
ton, with headquarters in Denver.
This company bought out and sue
ceeded the Rocky Mountain Bell
Telephone company.
Large Sum Involved.
Negotiations for the transfer of the
property and business of the Mutual
several weeks. Messrs. Jennings and
Ferguson, the latter the general coun-
sci for the Mountain States company,
spent some time here checking up the
property and their examination proved
enlinently satisfactory. When the deal
was concluded, they took occasion to
compliment the management OF the.
Mutual company, stating that they had
never investigated any corporation
with a cleaner record for efficiency
and manifestly capable control. The
deal involved a large sum OF money,
as the Mutual had built up splendid
plant and excellent connections with
all portions of Fergus county.
The Mountain States company did
not purchase the line between Lewis
town and Roundup or the Roundup ex-
change. That portion of its property
which is directly tributary to the pres
ent system of the Billings Musselshell
| Telephone company was purchased by
the latter company as an extension of
their line.
Policy wII Be Progressive.
Those who were connected either
as officers or stockholders of the Lew
|istown-Billings Mutual company, who
now retire from ownership in or con-
troll of that property, feel that the
policy of the new management of this
public utility will be satisfactory to
the people in every respect They
state that owing to the rapid growth
of LewistoWn and the marvellous de
yelopment of the surrounding coun-
try, it will be necessary immediately
to make extensive repairs and to re
place the odd line OF the company, as
well as install modem equipment and
other betterments. This work will re
quire the expenditure of large sums
of money and the Mountain States
, company is in position to provide
all tOf the money necessary.
4 A Record OF Success
J The LeWstown-Billings Mutual Tele
PnOne company has made a record
for successful management seldom
. equalled and never excelled in the his
tory of mutual telephone building
They have, at all times, given splen
did service, extended their system as
the demands Of their business required
and done 1t all with local money and
local men in charge. The greater bur
den of this work has fallen upon Mr.
Gaarge u. Stone and it has been tc
his good business judgment, financial
acumen and faithful attention t6
every detail of the business that the
company owes it's splendid success
The time had come, however. whe1
Mr.. Stone and his associates felt thai
the best interests of the community
could be served by turning over their
business to a company with ample
capital to meet the needs of this rapid
ly growing community.
Although the transfer has been
made, Mr.. Stone will remain in charge
until the purchasers can send a man
ager here and he can beceme acquafnt
ed with affairs of the company and
the needs of the community.