The Holt County sentinel., 1916-02-04
We Expected Him to Say NO.


advocating the consolidation Of the
Oregon telephone switch boards
You have noticed articles from Farm |
err Mutual Subscribers and also sub
scribers OF both phones, saying that
this looked good 10 them, and request.
ing the Farmers Mutual brethren, "
they did not want to consolidate, to
give the public their reasons az THEY |
HAD ANy) for not doing so.
Up to the last issue Of TnE SENT |
MEL they have kept as still as mice.
lilo sever, IN II our esteemei fellow
townsman, Mr.. Jacob Bucher, comes
out In an article saying. mo, MosT
AssuREpIY MOI" Well. we expected
him to SAY 80.
We have never heard OF Mr.. Bucher
taking a law course, but from his
article we would infer that lie has
done so. whyY Because II Is . well
known fact that lawyers Invariably
when they have q bad case) try to
prevaricate, try to get around the
main issue, try TO prejudice the
minds Of the jury against their op
ponents, and In every way possible
try to make black white, and white
black, so as to win their case.
Mr.. Bucher seems to want to 20
back into history and show you that
telephoning Is cheaper nov than II
, vas years ago We will agree with
him on this, and will also say that
many other ways OF transferring mes
sages, business and people, are cheap
er and quicker than In olden times
You can now send letter TO an,
rural farmer IN the United States
and have II delivered In hts mail box
for . cents. Some cf Us can fcmem'
Der when It cost - cents 10 send a
letter through the mail. Telegraph
rates have been reduced aud railroad
fares have been lowered, aud a fe"
years ago only the rich could ride In
an automobile, much less own one,
and nov since prices have been re-
duced nearly every body has some Kind
Of a Tin Lizzie" We all, with one
accord, rejoice that It il our privilege
and la, 10 h,y. ,II ,h... ,,ob ,,i,y.
wi,,Jn our reach
Mr.. Bucller, In his article, claims
that IA. canning of their COMPANY
,hou,a hay, tbs c,.dI, for c,,.ap.r
,,l,nhon, service. ". give them
mari of n, I'M, moi ALL
wb., tbs IIom. como,nv first com.
m.nc.d oo.,a,,ons. ,.leolon.s COS,
from ,,,i,,y.uv. IN fo,,,. NV. d,,la,.
each. Now they can lie bought 10,
from live 10 nine d,llars each. Wire
WAS higher and teIep,,onioy Was a
new business, and no one knew how
cheap II could be done.
The party that pai. the Home CON.
pany eli. In return had = p,lya,. line
built to his farm and got three years
service for his sIj And I might add
that lie was we'll pleased aud Il SIN
one Of the Home company, subscrib.
.rs. However, the rates charged by
or company 'YsAus Ace i.sy. no, u.
iny to do with tn. quest ton before ~
now.
As our proposition was for a term
Of twenty years at y fixed price and
would include all rural phones now
and any that might later on come In.
Mr.. Bucher's big ado about thosr
early prices being high II simply Ia
prejudice the people. lie can't show
one instance where the Home com
pany charged more thsn their con-
tract called for
Mr.. Bucher says their subscribers
are satisfied. We can tell him lie
names OF q "LAuas NuNsEs" OF good
farmers who are not satisfied. The
fact IL, any good farmer prefers q
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