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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (June 6, 1908)
DAILY CAM TAIi JQimyAL, SALEM, OREGON. SATURDAY, JUNE 0, 180 REE RURAL MAIL CARRIERS - Tta Demand Better Roads, Advocate Parcels Post and More Adequate Compensation for Services Rendered ) RAL FREE DELIVERY MEN ENTERTAINED BY ALBANY ia! Convention and Election of Officers nf fral M.i Carriers-.-Knighte of the Red Covered Wagon Do Dame Tor the Cause of Good Roads tural Free Delivery letter of Oregon held n Inn? nn.i j . . mi convention at Albnn m - Iday and Saturdny. That ier the leadership of Secre sent of the Commercial club ied the delegates In great jm Btart to finish, and con- flth a theater nartv nnd twn and, as much refreshment as slblo In a dry town. 3apltn4 Journnl prints an ox- flon today that each carrier ro a report of tho convention, sterest and enthusiasm was ted In tho work of tho rural i'thnn ever before. Tho car iemsolyes aro a fine body of seemed to bo actuated by pc motives of bettering the of the entire community In ley work. Ulliccrs Elected. lent, W. II. Doyd, of Denver- Bt vice-president, II. M. IBs, of Qorvnllls; second vlco it, Prank Kratzborgcr, An- ccrotary-trcasurer, and . dels- national convention, John Us, Albany; cxicutlvo com- I'A. D. Parker, Independence; srnett, Albany; Fred Spoon- is. trongest kind of good roads Dns wero adopted. illlt was choBon ns tho next holding convention. 'a Incoming trains bore thy tural Frco Delivery carriers ay to hold their sixth annual Ion. FIvo yearB ago. 1003, association was formed by anndful of carriers at Salem mlzatlon now has about 150 There woro 133 enrolled In 1907. )to energy of Secretary John a boautlful souvenir pro- is presented to each delegate tor. invention mado tho cause of ids prominent at this con- Secretary Golns Is an en- on this subject and had It to tho front at all times. A eommlttoo was appointed. Royally Entertained. llbany Commercial club bad if tho entertainment, under of that splendid captain of Bury I. Dasent Tho do'o- irere mot with a band, through the city to music, l&wltli badges, nnd royally at tho assembly hall. muslc, J. 8. Vnn Winkle, Al- rpeerolees and handsome postmaster, delivered the ad- welcomo. Wm. H. Boyd, president, of Bcuverton, re- U In an equally happy and nner. Prof. Kendall did dlng that Immensely stho audience, as did tho by the male quartet. idlng lunch was wrved tor before they wejo shown to rlous roosting places. Jt back up nnd fill your plate" m and was got up In grott Observed Mcmorlnt Day. ttho Rural Carriers accepted an In vitation to Join tho Grand Armv In Its parade and exercises In hono'r of Memorlnl Day. It was a patrlot'c impulBO tha,t Induced lhe carrier to march, many of them In uniforms, under tho flag Jo tho comotery In honor of tho Blue nnd tho .Gray. Saturday morning Tom Richard son spoke In favor of a Joint conven tion of Oregon nnd Washington car riers to bo hold at Portland In 1000. When nn effort Is to bo mado to hold tho national convention of Rur al Carriers at that city at tho snm time. President K. P. Loop of Mc Mlnnvllle heartily Bsconded tho sug gestion. Alfred C. Smith, president of tho Albany Y. M. C. A., rend an able paner on tho "FInnncIal Valuo of Freo Rural Mnll." In the panic last fall tho carriers all helped maintain confidence nmong tho rnrmors. In Albany tho banks had no runs nnd no credit certificates Issued. Ho read a very valuable nnner in n. thoughtful mnnner. Fnvor Cnre-Tnkcrs. A resolution was offered In. favor of care-takers of mnll roado and on motion referred to tho commlttco on resolutions. It was received with great enthusiasm and on motion of Jay Cox1 was endorked by tho con vontlon. Want Better Itomls. That tho rurnl carrier hlmsolf should have- some authority In tho repairs on mall route roads and should cp-operato wjth tho county supervisor In Its Improvement w.w ono or tho lrrfportant recommenda tions In tho good roads resolutions. Thnt Important, and also no.w, rec ommondntlon wns voiced In tho'fol 'owing resolutien: "Wo urgo tho delegation heroin fhai a great deal of executive abil ity. He Is a socond Tom Richard son with a great fund of earnestness, vim and enthusiasm. Mr. Dasent Is tho salaried booster who has been employed by tho Albany businoss men to put that city on tho map. He wan formerly advertising manager of tho Portland General Electric. He produced statistics to show that In sanity nnd nervous disorders wore on tho docllno nmong tho farming population since tho Introduction of freo rurnl mallB. His remarks on behalf of his city woro vory approp riate and drow forth much npplausi For Good Bonds. Judge Scott, who has worn out several pairs of good lungs talking for good ronds, took up this sub ject and handled It with, great suc cess In creating cnthuBlnBra for bet tor highways. Ho mado an eloquent plea for carrying this enthmslasm back Into every local community. County Judgo Stewart, of Albany, snld ho wns In favor of moro Immed iate rosults by grading up dirt roads nnd Using tho road drag. Fix tho bnd places and ralco tho nvorago of tho wholo road. A road was no bet ter thnn the worst place on It so far ns hauling wont. Mark Forestor, of Tangent, a road supervisor, who has UBed tho .rui road grnder nnd road drag a great ideal. Ho advocated n new drng with three cross pieces,- steel on tho mid dle ono. Pictures word shown of some flno roads ho has built. Ho said a road drag over tho roads once a month would keep them in order. Ho showed, thnt It cost but 13 3 pair all tho year around with drag. "" 8 J'? 9 ,15'000' The improved road drags would I ' ha Sa,om ' mako good roads If gone over ones a month. His district had 48 miles of road and ho had served 12 years' assembled from each county in this nnd thought bad roads duo to road state to tako up tho mattor with oiporvisora moro than to county tholr rospoctlvo county courts of got-lfK08 ting tho sum of SG0 nnnronrlated. or w. J. Clarke npoko on fraternity. Kich other sum ns In tho Judg- Postmasters work hand In glove ,.. . a m -- .. will Win rnrrlnr ntiil It la nnf tvrfi. adequate tho same to bo placed at POd to havo Irate, benefit A.; BJBjg ' D0 u .?"! he dUposa. of each rural carr or u --------- position. Ho mu.t bo able to mako' o do ww uy-njm ana unaer n.s ai- """ "" ,"":;," ,- - fr,en(l8 tho n. womo nn" " by spying tho four greatest nchlove of tho past century wero laying the Atlantic cable, building- tho Suez canal, undertaking tho Panama ca nal, nnd establishing freo rural malls. In Ub socialising Influence tho latter was the greatest of all; and ho predicted would become tho greatest institution ever built u,p by the government. "No one can overestimate tho Im portance of tho Freo Rural Malls as a factor In tho development of our national life. The transformation of social conditions, tho extension of tho advantages of hlehlv organized .modern municipalities to the groat masses of rural population was novor so .much hastened by a single Instru mentality as by tho establishment of rural free delivery. Do wo appre ciate the fact fully? Do wo protect and recognize and reward tho men who are the Instruments for carry ing tho greatest agency of modern clvllzatlon into effect? Lot us sco. "According to tho latost atatls- ics moro are now 33,038 rural nrp good. Then one to two hours routes established, serving In round at tho o'fflco to make up his report, numbors 15 millions of people. Of Beforo he has hi horn nn nut those routes all but 721 handle ho has put In a 12-hour day. Onofl dally mall, tho latter bolng throo in a whllo there aro reports to mnko uuiiw n WU3K rouies. in nu mere out that tako nights and Sunday 1 n A .MIM 1 J A till ,., uceM oU,,o.i peuuona lor work. To got good treatment of routes, nnd with only nbout a thou- his patrons ho must do thorn favors, sanu to do acted upon, you can seo nnd his rnlary covers many an r thnt many routes nro pending cstnb- rand down town for which ho can llshment. Thoso who fear that tho mako no rhnren. tin r.nnnt Mmr national treasury will bo bankrupted ft dlmo for a fifteen cent purchnso u mo extension oi tno rroo delivery nnd koop tho roputntlon of being a should remember that only n llm- good fellow. Such things nu 40 Ited portion of tho rural population monov nrdorn fnr sr. wnrtb t Is sltmated so ns to avail lUolt of stamps In two to Ihroe ccntB nro nln- thl service.1 or mftttern for carriers. What Is ncnulrnj. Compaml to n 9000 Poitinnstor. Under tho, present syttom a routo Compared to n nlno hundred dot- must bo at lenst 21 to 27 mlleB long. jnr rnlnry of B poltmRBtCr, the rural Thero aro 125 boxes on an average cnrrler earnB whnt ho gots. Ho wean route, but some run higher. If l out two suits of clothing to tho for- falls below 24 miles tho cnrrlor gets mor'B one. Exposure to Inclement a proportionate cut on his princely weather may bronro his chooks but tminry oi " n monui. tho unitci it ftin mirrnn. ,i. iimll. dyt, and ennridt afford tb keep up the' rtc for less than that, and does nbt4hVvo to pnss a civil sorvlco ex amlnallo that takes almost a col legey ducatlontogeUthf, iobtlM! Freo Rlirftl MalW.Vnrrtr. 'wnim the magnin&nfiii&it. of -alwt I2.7S a trip"41 from the iiovermentr andftlf'j hehs good luck wkI thero art not to niany pretty girls nsklsr farrs,! h'o ny pick nip 2 a month for pftCKftgO DUBin0B8, "' ! 4l Tho Carrier's Honrs. I 'know tho hours of somo of the Salentj carriers on the rural route, Tjjey get up at 5; 30 a, m. 40 feed tM horses. TI19 'salary of 1900 a year and all they have" to supply that Boe'lth tho service doqa not aVj lowuinng ani'one to care' ror tn team. Tho horses have 4o be citrrlod and ted and Valued. T.he "wagon hastd be greased, Breakfast eaten he'as ono to two hovifs bt close work ' at tho office making' up his mafl. Then on an average ho has rilx"hbur on tho rond If tho ronds 4 ?t dm Wjft ctrT nPfct paid for a similar service other department of human a Our countryjtohtoo large, th get too Jach,iSiH;. the kon M ftfr-apart Jif anywan to frm IJ"? Th .ntng ftir .Tlrt. Th sure front- the kuwe nltlet il VBpaper ,1s putting on '$ tr!n f'o ;rnj its morning edftM to tho farm deliveries. ' f)8 Deserve ICqaal Troatmei , ifhe rural' earrlW dwerve tdte ut'pn- a, nay wlt thiijr city Kfttf rcn so inr as compenmiioa W R crHedr They are lHeeris, eatfeii llslpng a ev branch of the MWe, a wrisft I?at &, grayfrng naraff. the CQl! States ovor, each carrier handles an avorage of 3500 pieces of mall por inonin. in mnny or tno cactora states tho avorage falls below 'this wjijlo In tho western stntea tho av orags Is ab'ovo 5000 pieces a month. AH tho Salem carriers nro abovo the 5000 mark, and somo months thev It Iirs boon postofflco sonds ojit moro froo rurnl mall than nny ono postofflco wcU of tho Rocky TOonntalflS. What h FumNhod. Havo you over ottlmated what' most bo furnished to maintain .1 Tree rurnl route? In tho first place thero mr.Jt bo a man of moro than nvorago Intelligence, business nblll- reetlon In firneirlnir. mlnlne- nn.i tor nna can uo oxionuea o leuer otherwl-o Improving tho roads ovor,crr,er8- Ho holloved somo slmplo which h's route extends." I plau of insurance, like $1 per capl- R. G. Allen,, of Sllvorton, read n1 'or widows, would bo found to be Ho mut carry a supply of stamps, stamped cnvelopon, applications for money ordors, must reglstor letters, mako change for stamps, and, In fact, do overythlng that tho poetmnster does bosldos distribute nnd gather up the mnll rain or shine, sleet or hall warm or cold, be polite, answer questions, carry neighborhood news and peddlo gosfrlp or bo branded an unsoclnl chufllrh fellow. An a piat ter or cold hard fact, much talking nnd good mall servlco do not travel together. An occasional bright lot of peoplo will glvo a carrier qnough 'or package buslneio to pay fop h horsft feed, but most carriers do not mako axle grcaso out of any service rendered noldo from tlfolr mall rquto. TJ10 CTihhjc Nultflfice. Rurnl Carriers havo to rondor on) Ifit nt Court Ho!ie, fa other sess'ons were held urt house Saturday foro- e sesaloh wa$ devoted o rrpport3 of the commlttess PT8. landing Committees. tutlon W. Boyd, Beaverto- -ox, Salem; C. LaVee, Cor- ig Arrhle Parker, Ind- W F. Eberhardt, Mc R G. Tweed, Lents. loads Franz KraUberger, R N Smith, Springfield; J eon, Salem. ice Frank Litchfield, Sa- pn H Kline, nervals: John ell, Eugene. tlals A. E. Tawer. June- Alford, Dundee; J. H. Go- py. tlons H. M. Cummlnp M P. Cady, Beavertdta; E. tt, Albany. t Order B. F. Wells, Dal- 'Cfulill,. Ikwiia; , Frd sail. very practical ta(k on motorcycles. It wm vory well received, M. P. Cade, of Beaverton, present ed an able paper on rules for pn trons. Inventions wore presented from Corvnllls and Eugene to cntortalu tho n:xt State Convention. On be half of tho Salem Board of Trade an invitation was extended to tho asso ciation to meet there. It was well received. The morning session was conclud ed with reading of letters and re ports of committees. Afternoon Session. Secretary Dasent, of tho Albany Commercial club opened the ball with an address on tho value of such a convention to n city where It maots. Ho was Introduced by Sec retary Golnj In one of his happy Hashes. Besides being a bard work er for th good of the order, Golns helpful. Jt would bo a simple as sessment system. Bert JohRfwn Talked, When appointed poitrantiter ho had to buy out his predeoessor for $1000. He had to sell It a fow years later for $350. Ho had to pay annually $200 to $500 addition al for clorkhlre. It was not all smooth salllnp for the postmaster. Ho had to stand for all tho kicks of his own patrons and the patrons of the carriers. Ho reviewed the ef- dren, and a large part of the farm ' 80r,v'co ,s n,ot "ctod Atho dogs on bis route. Ho must furnlan "um,u "' B,,,r rr"n ".. got iwuv from two to four horses, harness, R yenr' nor of postmasters thorn two vehicle., ruhber rovers nnd BV,VV- "lul compwung wiom o wnrm robes In winter, whips, axle ,akf "p ,e,tonf wUhont P08tnK0 nt' greato, horse shoeing, blacksmith. c.a nnd wlier U' ,atronB of Ing nnd rcpeirs. Tho government l"u ltv Tumt " "' l"row inH ',c"' furnUhes tho mail Backs and tho poo- "VB ,r inTvr C,",I,KW " Utf ,n, Jplo furnish itho mall. While an ,)0X wlth the,r ,ottor' 'mPcr or noJ ordinary man and team cost $4 por ,nl cnnj8' Th,nk of tJ, men ,t,f' in urn 1 1 foned up with n long cold drlvo, hav- WflHPI ae Wi!l Haa fflra M.itd ,nB Aiv0 Mo the n,al1 box0if for nuWC AS 1T5II 15 IBCB HlM mm- pennies nnd thin hlnlng dimes nnd ftwalte by Kwiiey and incke,g o"" "avinK to nh them l'iv u iiiv miiDi 111 iiiv iuua; ijuaus, romovlng their gloves to get a tho money for unstamped mall that Is Mki Trwfck, Kilncv trouble nrey",utKn the mind J forts mado In th past to establish JlKouragesondlcMeiisambitlon; beauty, , mlxed jn wth tho stampod. having rural routes and the benefits of free js Jgor ,! chmfui. tQvl Jt 0lU nnd keop u B0Jmrnted ffl,ri- when tliekldncvsaf until they get to tho postofflco and jfPoutolordcr or (lis- then having to nccount for It nnd f eased. t . ..... rrrt Kldne-trouble lias'"ftnip tno le"or8 ftn'1 p0m car8 ( become o prcvalont Rotting a bunch of 26 or 50 plcturo KS5 Pll FC On Jtir eo Afi-jl I l'Ku lklni L'ursrsu for eoilliHo In tut count il k 1 u.Hca ' 1 bar mffre4 with nllta for thlrtr tli Jr llUi Atll I in tut count n ditfpar abJ nv I A trouble tat t k (Ml lUta iin)am " Oturt KrJr l.ixUoi,. O rural delivery. It had been tho vital force that compelled road Improve ments. Threo thousand two hun dred dollars per mllo was the lowest estimate of increaso In vnlue of farm lands for each mllo of freo rural mall routes. At $1 per trio to fwn for mall $4,000,000 a week was saved to tho farmers of the that It is not uiicohi- poitnl cards or uncoalod invitations inon sora ciiim to ik nnd ,ne monev j0 ftftn,p them, and S Wdncvs IHlie ,ulvnK t0 rto M t,,e89 th,ngB w,,en cbililunnatestooofteii.iftheurinctcaUU tho patrons nro afforded plenty of the fljli, or If. m ben the child reaches nu opportunity to buy stamps. Is t United States or $208,000,000 a age when it should be able to control tho nnv womior nrofanitv ia not on tho year. Free rural mall Increas.d the ve. U I. yet aiTlictJ with bed-yct. ffi orthrr tho carr e?8 aro . ,. , , ,. , ting, depend upon it, thecauscof thediffi ' increaso or vntf tno carriers aro dally mall of over family and per-cuUv u Sidney-trouble, and the fi.it begging the department for n ruling son on the routo. Boxes that got step should be towards the t treatment of thnt w, compei country patrons of I"; Z TiirotZY ;rtTi! unc, 8a'" to ,tamp the,r mr" tho got nvo to ten oi eacn. xue i io , ,.,.!. ,. t.in.i.i.- n,.,i llfl, . gnmo m c tv neonlo nre ro nn I red to phono followed tho rural mall. Tho liaI)lt n8 ni08t JH.opie Uppote. do bofore they can put it In the tii plUt Mean t dit'par abJ at tli nJ of nil ( lb Ulvl net trouble hi at all Caartt hTdoo ucJr t rm. I am ullrirar4au4 6est For Tho Bowels CANSVCATMAfmC HtuHf. P)hl. fotont Taato & L Virli(kia, T.iita orCr.'f-.. Ue.ftfm oM la balk. Tb ftaalst tblt ;tanpl OUC. Biartalirl to r or jwur nonf luk. wtojll j" ?St-ri iMHM. SmJTf 1 ER farmer and the farm havo been im proved. Peace and plenty took the place of strife and bare necessity. His papsr was heartily aplauded and ordered published In tho R. F. D. News. Fair Treatment for the Carrier Col. E. Hofer of Tho Dally Capital Jonrnal was Invited by Secretary Co ins to present the cause of the Free RuraJMal) Carriers from the stand polat of fair tretUraeat for the sr vtces readered, aad kls ftWr9 wai received with a great deal of enthu- ii4ws sad kyMWt is pHilWt4" ia frail. Col, Hofer opened nu ad dm tonic. "iHEmmNP Women ns well at men aia made miser sble with kidney and bladder trouble, end both need the same great remedy. The mild and the immediate effect of Swamp-Roet it soon realized. It U sold by dniL'uuu, in fifty- tKL cent and one-dollar fize bottles. You may have a sample bottle oy null tree, alio a Ho or wmpaact. pamphlet telling all about Swamp-Root, including many of the thouiands of testi monial letters reeved frofci sufTerers owed. In writing Dr. Kilmer U. Co., JBitighamton, K. V., be sure and mention this paper. Don't wake any mistake, , dui remesioer tne same, Bwamp-Koot, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, a ad the ad- ,, T4Cf my malls. Only a Square Deal, It would be only simple justico If the other reform thoy are asking wero enacted rtho allowanco of $250 a year for horso hire. This la now allowed the 'city carriers, and compared to tho service rendered who will say the rural agent pf tho postofflco department ai'o not jMttly entitled to It? They are only human beings but can the state or national governwiest alford to take a service that la worth $l'6t per moats If U la worth aaythlng for leu than It ountry settles mn. Tim hiimI m. ..' f '" 7. "' )I "their Mwtrons,:;especlaUy ia Ws, are Increasing; dally, jppurfr pay should advance according Ut'fc number of persoas wretl with malt, altovo a certain' minimum, and i minimum should be perfectly. Mr from thp standpoint of :servl rvim- ered. One of the fHBda'netl prla clplea we shettld teeh ear ehlldnm Is that It Is unworthy of true Inde pendence to take anything for noth ing or that has not .been earned, and on tho samo principle It la unwor thy of a great government to take tho scrvlcea of Its citizens ea a baarfr of starvation to the horsee or th man, and a constant temptation to dlahoncaty Bomewhere. Postoflico Derlcltw. Wo have tho atatemeat of thw postmaster general that free rnrat malls havo Increased the reeelptn r tho postofflco dopartniHRt far ahevtr tho cost. On the other haad we noto tho statement that daring th month of March the reeelpk of tk 50 largest ofilcea la the Ualtd States fell off $280,000. Many faeto could be sIiowh te similar eKeet, and1 If there are postofflse deflelU, hm rt ever occurred to the wtaeaefea af tho department that the rady for that condition which soema t ha. chronic Is to briRg the wa4! snriei closer to the people and It will eoa running behind, It la etlated' tat I a slight extension of the pare) post to that each rmral oarrMr waW take out on an average Ave- etoves-, pound packages a day, wewkt' BMk a net earning of $SI5,08e,kr amT wipe out the whole iledcit. TKe'ojer ornment should kwakea te Mm ac that the free rural mall srvi M' In closer contact wHh t iiinnn ui inn jiouj) man sarii nrm of the govornmeat, aad H jmt h n popular vote as to what they weatd rather do without, IJhj peaale arvd by tho rural mall would dkpawM with congress Itself bef thy would with the free dellverr Llinlfoil ParrelM letv ' Postmaster General Meyer h mado a practical nuggeetteR far a limited parcols poet by whleh vk ages originating- at tho office af rural delivery would pay Ave ceata far th first pound, ami two coHt tar ak (Continued on Pag(j 9,) Nervous Indigestion Tho action of dig6 tion is controlled bj nerves leading to tb storaacb. When tbey ar weak, tho stornacb fg d pived of its energy. It Las no power to do it work. If you -yant per manent roliof, you mutt restoro ibis energy. Dr. Sile3, Nerving restore nervous energy, and give tho organs power to per form tbeir functions. Tor many rears I Bunnrri lime wm a Uwmtm r Irpiu nervowi lrHmilwm: at I Wat no daaitondnnt Ba --- -1 kltnuyt n turilta. 1 ra M M3ma$ remiJit' uwX ynrloua jiaritiotas w((k Mill or no relief. unM mm alaZt ulT liuimcr I Hnur llr UiLu wruTT. . ... Heart Cur hfawtXlw. I mnmnVc t tt jurchA of omi tMMtt!if Nryl and on of HwrtCur. Tmiw 4ya 1 Uftan lo lct WlJer, witMi (mmv. KK(fm no inuc tbt 1 mIm4 jkt, mkwi ci nu nn J Hi UtlMa KKttl m HO MUCh tMt tMdfcIn until 1 Viut ti a Aoten bcHliw. Tih Vwry sum pwtfi wr aiva I MN' nd anlrto alne. auki m. olnl 3d reritnmtn4 iI.a aj-j-- I fi m lncre liltMwm Ia kurtu mm inns emce. 1 Mki . rail' that Mrrn) urmna k.u k bh tlirourn my riiniinmnjtlnaa " 3
