The Newark journal., 1915-05-13

the pioneers 3f development the
 builders of d state They connect the sawmill and the country store and the mine with the business world as rep resented by Little Rock, Fort smith, ! Pine Bluff, Nana, or with Dallas, i Tex or Oklahoma City. or Sl Louis, 1 or Memphis The telephone line, the l telegraph and the railroad come first. 1 and after them crnu the. small in
 yeztor and business man and worker who build an isolated community into a city or community where all the advantages of modern life caa be
 foand
 Few people raaIjzo the immense. .In-
 veatment necessary 10 knit the com muHities of state together by tele- i phone. II is trua fhat fHere are no eX- peneive grades to buitd and rails to
 lay for trains. but the buiiding and
 maintenance of a telephone line re-
 quires sreat sums o1 money and t is often necessary 10 wait for years for i the returns to begin 10 come in from
 d certain line. Ii is not question merely of connecting Little Bockw with Pine B#T bE fefeHHoaa. There is plenty of business Do make this line raF. But 10 give He universal serv- l ice that js ttz ambition the Bell must build a=Hundrod liuos. so faal Little ] Rock may be connected with all towns. Lis and =GttEe, in the state Switch beard equipment ana copper wire run into muueyhEp bu-I4iaa q bstueeAjp. Fer instance. a -a3. r}e#s section of d switchboard eessza5 much d. hand. l some eatta ae=el b#a4a}eW. Hhe com aaa has thrown cut -the cid equip maHt and placed aew equipment tH ueE gXeaange Luisags in the pat tea ur three scHre in Hof Spriags. Fayetteville. Rogers. Little Rock Con
 tas ard trEIolaHia and several eth
 -I s1.alI#u al4.s .sta aaeu us.
 #be eHfEsfsa Circuit alone #fHolE yif-1a Roo. 10 TelaraaHa costs over s54o0Q.
 Every time me telephone company builds Hea toll IHe shat means that
 dozaa #ar sa towns are brought in eIe-ar aaa quicker communication wfth rHa=f fusaess a#a.ara of Iae His-
 stssthpi wiley. aea .Eal u6a9s a=de= ciaed aaeauage zar tH#se #5s, n=. an impetus toward zfeHsh aud develop.
 meaf That aau aae alone may cost
 S5a"e. without cansiaer.uz fho fhou-
 salds for equipment and switch.
 boards at faa Ha1ous exchanges or the rentals ar aaIliazz ar the pay rolfs oI accrgz- employees 43oa= =the ime Any H=t.t cid to5i line ol n or lea #mfaes through small towns and eparsefF# seFad eamf4 means just The investment noted aaaee=aua #the
 returns Haa mot =aaraaar fise wears, 5Et the eenFaHy 5Hs that Hbjs lue runs thEouaa= nuEae lands tha5 WilI be eIeatad some #daz.=zt kaaHs zhag
 JHe ao1 k f5eH Hsfr IH tHs bottoms and tla# fruitful orchards MI some daz flourish on the hitI=ides and that
 miners viii dig rich ore rom The mountains and that these towns Rill become small cities
 Hbe telephone is builder and therefore mus1 keep ou building. No stop, ue pest. no time 10 Watt 10 col leet on the investment It must tu-
 vest more 10 Keep mp with q develop meHt tHat Jt 4as far ahead of in the beginning.
 When The Be. company builds an exchange nowadays it provides not
 only for present business demands.
 bu also for an increase in the future.
 It etects not only a buiIdns sufficient
 10 care for its business but also pro
 yides rooms for the recreation of its operators -restrooms they are called
 and every exchange in the state of any size has these rooms fer it's girl employees. They're not necessary for
 business. but the Bell fsures they are
 worth while If lAez add to The con
 yeuence and couteutmeut ot the
 army of girls ~bo have introduced 10
 fame the "yofce with the smile
 The company s exchanges over the
 state are models ot architectural beauty and the employees are eneoar-
 aged to make them attractive. The
 yards aae flower eataeas and the
 windows and uichea are decorated and made homelke.
 Bell officials and empl5yes are
 urged at all times to work 0ItE local and civic bodies for the good of The community in an fhjrss. Tbe other
 day the Id Men's club of Little Rock
 called on Curtis stlut district man
 ager of tAe Bell company. ta make a
 talk before tbat body on the com
 pany advertising methods Mir
 Stout and his company entered fhe plan heara and soHI The advertising
 for the event was unique and attrac- tive and stirred up Iot of interest. The attendance was fine Mr Stout's
 address Nas declared treat and res oudous were passed atterward by the club most favorable 10 the Bell com pany and its cooperation Mir Stout,
 in the course of his address, with the
 aid of d lantern and electrician illus
 trated the work, development and methods of the telephone company
 from many and interpGtina view