Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1917 — Telephone Companies Establish Free Employment Bureau. [ARTICLE]

Telephone Companies Establish Free Employment Bureau.

Knowing that under present conditions one of the most important things is to get every -person .possible to work on the farms, the Benton Independent Telephone Association is offering free service to farmers and laborers. In a recent meeting they adopted the following resolution: That an employment bureau be established by the Benton Independent Telephone Association, consisting of ten counties in this district and composed of thirty-two independent telephone companies for the benefit of the farmers during the war. Each central office is to be a headquarters for farmers in need of labor to register and an effort is to be made by all companies to enlist laborers. This service to be furnished free and no charge for transferring the information from one point to ( another. All persons desiring employment should phone their name to the nearest cenitraif and farmers desiring hands should do likewise.