The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-10-28

Inc ROCKY Mountain Bell Telephone
Company at the present time are max
ing many beneficial Improvements in
the city and vicinity, installing new
phones and constructing new lines
throughout the country. A construc-
tion gang of IS men are now at work
north of town constructing line to
New Sweden, and the country lying
north of Porterville. A line viii be
constructed into Presto, going BY tie
way ofWapello and thence cut ,hrnus h
the heart Of the farming district, en-
abling a large number of ranches on
this line to be benefited by phones.
A line has lately been constructed
between the forks of the river, run
ming by the way Of Stevens ranch,
ets., and phones are now being install
led at the various ranches on this
line. When these lines are completed
and the phones installed the exchange
at Blackfoot will have the total of
500 phones in and around the city.
On having an interview with Mr..
Green, the general manager Of this
exchange, he says that prosperity is
sound throughout the telephone district
as to collection Of monthly accounts
and indicating to us that this fall is
going to be one Of prosperity for ALL.
The company at this place now has
employed at the switchboard six girls
who are kept busy at all times. One
day recently there were 100 long dis
tant calls.
The average number of local calls
at the board every day is about 1900
and dividing this number by five, there
being only five girls on the day shift,
we can reason for ourselves why at
times the hello girl' is a little
hurried. Miss Pavery who is now
chief at this exchange, has under her,
Miss Lindsay, Miss Palmer, Miss Iunn
and Miss Stevenson. The day girls go
to work at o'clock and are relieved
at 10 O'Clock by the night girl, who
then takes over the entire work until
o'clock in the. morning. Mrs. Green
has been helping out at the office for
he past few days, owing to the short
age Of help and the vast amount of
business now being carried On over
he wires. Miss Stevenson is now en-
he day shift but will take the night
work in the near future. The girls
shifts are Of eight hours and SO ar
anged that there is always three a.
he boards during the day. The girls
ire all Of this city, and are courteous
md polite at all times to the many
lsers of the phones, and live up to
he little saying: "Politeness to me,
Means good and quick service to you.
Year by year the little wires slowly
ind their way among the new dis.
riots, and in few years time one
will be. able OF talk to most any de-
ired place in the surrounding coun-
ry. And instead of hitching the old
'lug up to ride over and have talk
With John, Dick or Harry, just step
o the phone and have your talk over
he wires, just as plain, clear and
imple as being face to face with you
'arty
AS another Illustration of the bene-
it's of phone we will say that you
I've some ten or fifteen miles from the
ity and one Of the family is suddenly
AIKEN sick. Instead Of hitching up
nd driving to town fer the doctor,
nd probably having the person die
While doing SO, one can Just call him
'ver the phone and have him at your
lace in time. Thus the phone is al
Vays benefactor to any person, and
many a long and tiresome drive is
aved for the person having in his
ome one Of these little instruments
( help and comfort.
Consider the telephone first as
usinesa proposition. 1t brings the !
market quotations to you in an In |,
tant. SO that you can sell or hold
our produce, as you deem best, and |
be smooth buyer can no longer get
our grain or cattle below the market