The Emmett index., 1912-02-08
Company Rejects Demands
of Subscribers
ONLY. IS PHONES LEFT
Home Company to be Organized
Saturday-COmpany Threatens
Suit-But Stick, Brother,
Stick.

The telephone war is on and the
fight is to a finish The battle cry
is, Come and Get Your Phone,
Quick" and the slogan is, Stick,
Brother, Stick" And they're
sticking! OF the 279 phones on the
Emmett exchange, 263 have been
ordered discontinued. OF the IA
remaining the committee is conf
dent of securing six for removal,
leaving only s standpatters. A
large force of men and teams
are buster than a dog with fleas
responding to the demands to
-'yank out my phone without d
lay" One subscriber owed the
company a bill for rental. He
wanted to join the insurgents, but
he couldn't until he had raised mon
ey to pay the bill. Someone sug-
gested the company might let
him work it out. Presto-bill paid
phone ordered out. Never in the
nlalQEy Vi luS Wv II Alelso bLACAN D~S'A
such a unity of purpose, such
getting together. To many it
means great sacri ices and in
convenience and loss of business.
But there is a great principle in
voIved and the people are willing
and anxious to overlook every
thing in their fight for their
rights.
Mondays meeting ended the nego
tiations for arbitration. Com
mercial Club rooms were jammed to
the doors. The company was re-
presented by General Manager Den
ike of Denver, Manager Jennings o.
Salt Lake, Manager Jones of Boise,
Manager Goepfarth of Emmett, and
several other subordinate Of
ficers.
Mr.. Denike was the principal
spokesman and stated that the
rates submitted by Mr.. Jennings
and published in The Index last
week, were the lowest the company
would offer, that no further con-
cessions in rates would be made. Mr. .
Denike, further stated, however,
that these concessions We're only
temporary; that so soon as the
contemplated improvements to the
Emmett plant had been made, and
for which $4,000 had been appro-
priated, RATES WOULD HAVE
TO BE INCREASED. With that
uitimatum and the succeeding salts
flying statement, the company clos
ed its case, and its patrons who
had asked for bread and been
given a stone, so to speak, de-
clared war and struck the first
blow with the following resolutions,
introduced by ]. H. Cronk:
Whereas The Mountain States
Company doing business
in Emmett, Idaho was given until
February 1, 1912 to comply with
certain requirements or to remove
their phones from the offices, stores
and homes of the patrons of said ;
And whereas said company has .
up to this time failed to comply
with said requirements, therefore ,
Be it resolved that we refuse to ne i,
gotiate further with said Mountain :
States Telephone Company, ;
Be it further resolved that we the /;
petitioners and patrons proceed now !,
to organize a local company for the .
purpose of securing a franchise ,
the construction of a telephone
exchange under the laws of the
State of Idaho.
A committe on plans for the or @
ganization of home independent $
was appointed, as fol-
lows; DR.. Barnes, E. X. Hayes, Il
J. H. Cronk, Ed Wells and Tho g
mas Whiteside. This committee is @
n session here this afternoon and il
will be ready to report at a mass Il
meeting to be held Saturday af- e
.ernoon at l o'clock. Everyone f
should be there. c
Another committee, composed 7
If Ed Campbell and Will Hall, s
vas appointed to canvas the town, $
md every farmer was constituted
committee of one to canvass the