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THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1910
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If occasion demanded It. He didn't
believe the raise In rates wan a just
one; be knew by his own and bis
neighbors' experiences that the ser
vice Is Inefficient, and that If the
business men ot Hood River would
stand with them In the matter he
knew that the people would win, as
they ought to. He believed that the
telephone system should be owned
by the people, the same as the schools
and other public service utilities.
He was satisfied that the people
could own the phone system and
get good service and be personally
was ready to subscribe $75 or $150,
as he had two phones, If It was de
cided to organize a mutual company
or to buy out the present company
and operate It on a mutual basis.
On the suggestion that some of the
Hood River business men he heard
from there was nothing stirring and
Mr. Mason then paid bis respects to
the merchant princes, Intimating
they were afraid of their own shadow
and could Dot be Induced to take a
decided staud on aDy proposition for
fear of loslug a few dollar's worth of
trade. He couldn't say, he remarked,
that be blamed tbem. One of them,
however, bad asked him If It came to
a show down If he would refuse to
trade with a inert bit Dt who woold
not take out his phone In case of a
fight, and Mr. Mason bad told the
storekeeper that he would, and that
be wouldn't give him a dollar's
worth of trade.
"Why," said Mason, "the lfruwr Is
the only Independent man.' He can
ray what ho likes, lie ran get up
and shoot off his moutb all be likes
with no fear of Iniiiry. We don't ex
pert the business mt-n to get out In
the open and do the fighting In this
matter, we'll do that, but we doex-j
M-t them to do some thinking and
to cooperate with us In this and
other matters tbat are for the good
of the valley. We don't want two
phone systems, either; nobody does
who has a grain of sense, but we do
want good service and fair rates and
want the cooperation of all the peo
ple to get them. We have bo quar
rel with Mr. Hall, personally. We're
kicking against the present system,
as a company. I for one," he added,
"can't understand why this raise Is
necessary or Just. The company
claims It Is necessary tsvause tt Isn't
paying any dividends. Neither did
my orchard pay any dividends for
six or eight years," Interpolated the
speaker, "but It Is paying big now.
I can't see why the telephone busi
ness Isn't on the sume basis. 1 don't
believe the people of the valley ought
to be asked tD practically finance the
company until It does pay dividends,
a fact which may le due to bad man
agement or expenditures" to Increase
the size of the plant."
Mr. Mason also made a protest
against the rural users of phones be
ing compelled to pay three months
In advance for their service In order
to get the Itenelit of the discount
while no such provision was required
from residents of the city. This he,
said, was an Injustice.
Mr. Hall then made a brief talk,
answering Mr, Mason's statement In
regard to the fact that his orchard
did not pay any returns for several
years, by saying tbat the orchard
was appreciating In value while the
telephone system was depreciating,
Mr, Hall also said that the telephone
system here gave a wider range of
service without charging tolls than
any service In the state, and In fact
covered an area as big as some of
the largest cities. You could, he
said, telephone from the Columbia
river to Cloud Cap Inn without an
extra charge of any kind. He ad
mitted that many of the lines were
overloaded but said that the com
pany was trying to remedy this as
fast as possible. It had been handi
capped for want of funds while the
business had largely Increased. He
said the company was doing a good
deal In the construction line this
summer to relieve tlie congestion of
business and it hoped to give patrons
better service In the near future. He
didn't think the rates were excessive
compared to other cities. Mr. Hall
also said 1n reference to Mr. Mason's
statement regarding the discount on
rural phones, that city residents
were allowed no discount. The rule
was put Into effect In the country to
save mailing bills which he said was
expensive.
When he concluded a valley resident
said that the farmers had Is-en wait
ing for better service a good while;
the line be was on had ten phones on
It. The service was a constant an
noyance and the raise In rates was
not justified.
John Mohr entered a protest
against the raise and cited several
Instances of poor service when the
matter was a serious one. He advo
cated taking the question up with
the company before taking other ac
tion. Mr. .Hardlngijr gave some statistics
to show that the rural telephone
service In many districts that had
mutual companies was operated at
extremely low rates. At Oregon
City the farmers paid but $.) per
year, Corvallls $'!, Albany a small
amount and at Yakima fs. The
charge for city phones at Yakima,
which has l.WJO phones, was also less
than here.
Mason then moved to appoint a
committee to confer with the advo
cates of the mutual phone proposi
tion. On the suggestion of Lee
Morse an amendment was carried
Instructing the committee to confer
with the Home company and also
to Investigate the proposed mutual
system and report back to a meeting
to li called by the chairman. The
committee appointed by President
Yaughan Is .1. A. Mohr, .1. M.
Schmeltzer, W. H. Taft, W. ii. Wal
ton and Dr. II. A. Jayne.
NEW FIRM TO HAVE
OLD BANK BUILDING
L. J. Wyeth and A. T. Allen have
Just formed a partnership to conduct
a real estate business under the firm
name of Wyeth & Allen. The new
firm Is occupying otlice rooms In the
Smith block temporarily until the
quarters occupied by the First Na
tional Dank are vacated when It will
have Its office there.
Mr. Allen Is well known here hav
ing been with the John Inland Hen
derson Company for some time and
a resident of the valley for several
years.
Mr. Wyeth recently came herefrom
Washington, I). C, where he has
lived for a number of years and bas
a wide circle of friends. He Is Inter
ested In the valley and expects later
to Invest In a fruit farm. The firm
will do a general real estate busltiess
In orchard lands and city property
and expect to get Into their perma
nent quarters In September.
THE MEGAPHONE MAN.
Hew J. Henry Smyths, Jr, Shouted
Hia Way to Fame.
Ooe of tbe most novel methods of
winning fame Is that adopted by .
Ileury grnytbe. Jr., of Philadelphia,
who has megaphoned bis way up In
tbe limelight until be Is known tbe
country over ss "the megaphone man."
When Colonel Koosevelt returned from
abroad of course "tbe chap wbo leads
the cheering" was on band to assist In
tbe welcome, and be bas been one of
tbe most talked of visitors to tbe me
tropolis. It wss st the 1904 Itepubllcan na
tional convention tbat Mr. Smytbe
won his title, tie rescbed tbe front
of tbe platform Just after tbe nomi
nation speech, and. waring the stars
t BFNRV HMTTHS, JH.
and stripes and using s megaphone, be
began wltb: "All together, now! Three
cheers for tbe president! Hip, blp,
hurrah, hurrah, hurrah!" Then be
started tbe call "Itoose-e-veH!" It was
taken up by the throng, and tbe cry
rolled over tbe hall Id volume so great
and so terrific that the screeching of a
hundred steam whistles would have
been dwarfed In comparison.
Four years later Mr. Smythe led the
delegates In "Three cheers for Tsft
and Sherman!" In tbe campaign be
took tbe stump and made scores of
speeches.
POLITICAL COLUMN
Candidate's Announcement
I hereby announce my candidacy
as a republican for nomination for
county clerk of Hood Itlver county,
Oregori, Is-fore the primary nominat
ing election. Having had several
years experience, elsewhere In a like
office, I believe that I am Justified In
announcing my candidacy. July 11,
1910. Jay P. Lucas. Adv.
County Surveyor
John Iceland Henderson nnnouuees
himself as a candidate fin the Itepub
llcan ticket for the nomination as
surveyor of Hood Itlver county, sub
ject to the will of the people at the
primary election to Imj held Septem
ber 24th, A. I). 1UI0. John Inland
Henderson. Adv.
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