Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-01-19
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lTEsPulaiitS dli' 'NAay NA'h " iiiNi ~
RlpUBLIcAN reaches some of ouI
rural Subscribers, one might lie al
most justified in suspccling that The
mail routes OF the county have beer
arranged on the plan OF GLOW not L
DO it
The postoflicc Of Wolf Greek, since
it was 50 unjustly taken off the To
Iedo and Buckingham route, gets III
mail from Buckingham on Wpdnes
day, and the REPUBLICAN,, which usu-
ally goes to Buckingham IN the
Thursday mail, lies over at the latter
place nearly week.
On the mail route whch supplies
the Western part of this county, the
mail leaves Oxford, on Monday, 10.
Spring Creek, Badger Hill and Eft
teen Mile Grove. 1t very frequently
occurs, though the package Of the RE
PUBLICAN for those Offices never lcav
here later than Friday, and not often
la er than Thursday, Tat our sub
scribers on that route have to wait
The sccoad week for their paper.
The people of Helena onsht 70 OBJ
tain their mail, which reaches them
BY the way Of Chelsea, by Saturday
and the REPUBLICAN, is never sent too
late to reach there in time, if Uncle
Sans agents do their duty. 1t is an
exception, an'l, perhaps, unin;ention
al On the part Of the mail agents, il
they get the REPUBLICAN, earlier than
the Saturday week after its publica
ton.
Some irrcgularity and delay occur
we have heard on the Waltham route,
but as the mail on that route is car
RED semi weekly, the delays are not
so serious or aggrava,ing as. those
we have alycrted to above.
The Government is not doing JUS
tice hy our citizens, in SEEING the
whole business OF mail carrying and
then doing the work so shabby. The
Department would not FAIL we be
lievc, TO remedy the matter if its at
ient,on was properly called TO it.
The only correction that can be
apple TO the evils is, 2 complete re.
modelling of the whole system OF
carrying the mails in the county, :
" of Creek shoull be taken of Tie
Bnci,,nrian and Ia Porte City route,
where t ought never, to have been
place |, an, he re.at,ached 70 the / :
lelo an Buckingham route. The
extra cost Of carrying the NAL on
tli,, rolls.., with Wolf Crc.k re-attach
Ell would be very insignificant, m
deed the extra distance to be trav-
e,led benz only three OF four mile,
Boviaa gets its mail on Friday, and
Il. BY accident, the -RErraLrcAN does
not 20 up until Saturday, is thrown
on. OF lie paper until il is ovsr a week
old. This accident does not often
o,.n- i,a,-.a, a..
Western ali. NORTHWESTERN Tama
>hoail isasa It's NAL start from To-
lc,lc, aaa should he furnished with
inaii no; lass lre9nently than twice a
week. The en'erprisiu., an! re ding
peop'e II that portion OF the county
are ca;it,ei 10 better mail facilities
;haa t.ey new eajny, and they a"e
prlieclly right in demanding them :.
VINEYARD tie new office in Carton
township, is 50 situated that il can
be hes, accommodated and accomMo-
lated only, by the mtil starting from
Toledo aad passing twice week.
The route from Chelsea to Helena
should be discontinued, ana the hun
,lrcd d,iiars pail for 1t, be saved to
the .. verinnent. Ielela coull be,
and should b., attached TO the Tama
city anl Erooklyn route,ana At 10 ex-
tra expense except for tic
additional amount Of mali matter u
he carricl The extra distance to be
travelled would not be over a mile.
Besides, that section Of the country
is cntitl Il 10 semi weekly, or tr;-
weekly mail, and It should not cease
thunAcr.n. a. the door OF the Post
Office Department until its rights are
accorded. II the government has
the right, which it has asserted, t.
monopolize The carrying Of the mails
it has no right to adopt the insane
ana i!llberal policy OF the present
head OF the Post Office Department
Of making the Department self sup
porting. There arc higher in'eres'
to be looked after than The one o
dollars AMI cents. The intelligence
and enterprise Of the people depend
in great measure, upon their mail "a
clli,ics, and the government shoall
see to i, that t.ae highest interests o
the people already part OF us, arr
conserved before it spends its none.
Tor the ineathcring of other ant
strange races.
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The Board o Supervisors adjourn
cd last Saturday.