Giving Away Telephones

Ishperning, Mich., Dec. 29. - Representatives of the Bell Telephone company are here offering their former patrons free service for the coming year. The opposition of the Ivlarquette County Telephone company is such that the Bell people are compelled to give their telephones away as an inducement to people to use them. lts local list has been reduced to less than twenty-five instrunients, while the nevv company has 275 in use, with more being added daily. In view of the fact that nearly 100 representative men of the county are interested in the new company, inducements offered by the Bell company will not injure them to any great extent.' Free service will also be offered the Negaunee people by the Bell company.