The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-05-08
PEOPLE ARE PART OWNERS

The people are partners or nearparners things than
they think they and would sweeten things sometimes o
use the words eve" and our instead of "they."
When officials have troublesome problems to deal WITH and
citizens have information which the officials ought have there
should be generosity about communicating instead OF withhold
ing and afterwards blaming them and telling what they
ought have done have matters right When ind
self complaining about what they ought do if official
railroad ditch company the other plan, and waht
aid you render take the place of fauhndng Not all
people will accept aid when rendered but that their loss and
should prevent being offered to those who will
cept it.
Railroads are now the soue things they had the
of being and telephone companies trying to convince
the people that they human and made of human agencies
The Mountain States Telephone company just carrying
years advertising campaign trying convince people OF that
fact The Oregon Short Line has been trying for years to get
the peoples with this thought and convince them of the
mutual interdependence of people and company
couple of years ago the Yellowstone special making its
night through the little of Rgby stopped such
position with regard the that people had to away
up the track get One morning prominent Rigby man
went stong the office of the Rgby Star get the editor
write up and give the company awful roasting for the
kind of being accorded them He had been greatly
inensed midnight ne had Just had getting some
lady visitors of on the train.
Editor Jones mngy declined to do any such fool thing
stirring up strife and prejudice that would hurt the company and
do nobody any good He simply wired oe Priest the industrial
agent Boise explaining how remedy the trouble by having
the coaches stopped at street, and the train coming
the line operated under the order suggested by Mr.
JONES' and the editor received nice letter of thanks for reporting
oversight which of the operating department had OBJ
served
few days ago family living several miles in the
country expecting friend from the old country and they
met each until his trunk and he missing lnvestga
ton revealed the fact that he had taken the wrong train at Poca
teo and would back when he could make his connections They
were unable to meet him when he arrived and they phoned
local newspaper asking him to find the stranger and have
him take the Maay train Moreland and they would meet HIM
there The editor could the train but he rang the depot
and explained the night operator He hurried out and hunted
for the but had the wrong and of failed He
rang editor for further explanations got the right found
the man. delivered the message from the friends down the
farm and hurried back to the keyboard.
The and who operate the road doing
of things like this every day and night and sometimes much
expense the company and yet many people would
think of asking the railroad company for little personal favor
than they would think of asking the weather clerk stop
shower 1t of habit and lack of understanding;
panes different Notice the telephone advertising
your local paper closing with "The corporation different"