TIIE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 2. MOG. Hi.i'j;,j:'Li,iLJ-t,.iLi.lLl j-j-j'.ni-'j; iui'sw. :! i 9 SIC tidepetid 1L Two Teteghone Systems Mean I ! 1 11 it. r if II Y V Q V o Tl AGAINST ..THE tit Btione rrancm 1 wo. Mk Twe .JD' f two': are a good '"thing, why wouldn't eight be better? six or Thirty thousand Independent Telephone Subscribers now reach Omaha over the Nebraska Telephone Co. lines. Any others wish ing connections can get them on' any fair basis. Oakland, Cal., received 8100,000.00 in cash for a telephone franchise; WRY SHOULD OMAHA GIVE ONE AWAY? Why should the Independent Tele phone Co. he given rights on the boule vards and in the parks? Why did they cut the purchase clause out of their franchise at the last minute so that THE CITY CANNOT NOW BUY THEIR PLANT IF THEY EVER WISH TO DO SO? Why should you give them the right to mortgage their franchise it they pay nothing for it? Would Heim come here from Kansas City just to help you? No, he wants your money! Thev will float millions of watered stock and worthless bonds on the franchise they want you to give them! Read This Franchise Over Carefully and YOU WON'T VOTE FOR IT N O NO o sans i r. f ; I ' i ; it i ( 11 P SI o N 0