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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-09-02

(This list does not include coasters)
Addenda, Am. bktn,, Perry, Iqulque,
August p.
Ottillie Fiord, Am. schr., Bosch, Eure-
ka, July 81.
Gertrud, Ger. sp., Henke, Hamburg,
August 9.
Herman, Am. schr Brown, San Fran
cisco.
Rithet, Am. blk, McPhail, San Fran
CISCO Aug. 10.
Erskine NJ. Phelps, Am. sp., Graham,
Norfolk, August 49,
Mary II. Foster, Am. sChr., Thompson,
August "a.
5. n. Castle, Am. bktn., Nilsson, San
Francisco, August %.
Mary Winklemann, Am. bktn. Guttom-
sen. Eureka, August &C.
Irmgard, Am. bktn., Schmidt, San
Francisco, August 27.
w. II. Marston, Am. schr, Curtis, San
Francisco, August 27.
Hawaiian, Am, S. s., Nichols, from
Seattle, August %.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-09-02
BORTGAGEE's NOTICE or IsTES-
TIOH OF FORECLOSURE AND
OF SALE.

NOTICE ~ HEREBY GIVES THAT
pursuant 10 the power Of sale contained
~ that certain mortgage dated July
18th, 1900, made by H. ~. Cleveland
and Ellen Cleveland, his wife, both Of
WaiakOa, Kula, Island Of Maui, Terri
tory ~ Hawaii, mOTtgagOFs, 10 Mrs,
Katie LennOK, mortgage, ana recorded
I'm the Register Office, oahu, IN Libsr
~, pages %, 81 and %, ana on the IZtb
day ~ April, 1902, by the said NTs
Katie Lennon, sold and Transferred -
GeO. Hons. Of Walluku, Maui, the said
Geo. Hons as assignee and owner Of
said mortgage Intends ~ fOreclOse SAID
mortgage for conditions broken, ~ wiz,
the non-Dayment ~ principal ana inter
est when due.
Eotice n likewise given that the prop
erty conveyed by said mortgage VII
BE- sold az public auction at the office Of
James J., coke, in the Town Of Wal
iuku, Maui, y. H., on Friday the 18Th
day Of September, 1902, At ~ O'clOck
noon % said day The property covered
by said mortgage consists ~ az that
certain piece Of land with the buildings
and appuTteuances, situate at Waia-
kOa, Eula, Maui, aforesaid, ana being
"A portion u fOyal Patent 10, 1915 %
Kaai, and containing an area ~ one
acre ana being the same premises con-
yeyed 10 the said ~, W, Cleveland by
deed Of T.. H. Kekapai, dated August
2ith, 1892, ana recorded IN LibeT l2s on
pages 4s2 and is4,
Together with all the rights, case
ments, privileges and 8DpurtenaDces
thereuntO belonging,
Terms; cash, Deeds al the expense
~ purchaser
For further particulars apply 10 Jas,
j.. coke, attorney at law Wailuku,
Maui,
Dated August 2!st, 1902,
GEO, HOBS,
owner ~ said Mortgage.
10y q. -. LUFKIS,
HIS Attorney IN Fact
JAS, J.. COKE,
Attorney and Auctl0peeT, 1855
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-09-02
Sugar on Hawaii.

Purser Brckey of the Claudine re-
ports the following sugar len on Ia
Wali-Olaa, 1888 bags Maiakea, $500
bags; Wainaku, $500. Ouomea, 5000;
Honomu, 300; Hakalau 10000 Laupa-
hoehoe. soc; Hamakua. liOui Pumuu,
1000, lionuapo $685..
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-09-02
Scrap Iron on Long Voyage.

The steamer Hawaiian Of the Ameri-
can-HaWaiiau steamship line has an
unusual consignment of cargo that she
brought from seattle and win take with
her around the Horn 90 New York.
This Is 100 tons of scrap iron. u rs
probably the first time on record that
steamer going around lhe Horn from
the Paoiho coast has had scrap iron as
portion of her cargo,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-09-02
The New n aine,

BOSTON, Aug. 23-The new battle
ship Maine left her anchorage in the
President Roads about 1880 o'clock this
morning for her trial trip over the Gov
eminent course off Cape Ann.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-09-02
A WORLD WIDE REPurATIoN.

Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
DIarrhoea Remedy has world wide
reputation for its cures. II never fails
and Is pleasant and safe TO take. For
sale by all druggists and dealers. Ben
son, Smith q CO., Ltd, agents for Ha-
wall.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-09-02
RICH LAND
IN
Central AOna
FOR SALE

by order Of REINNE RODAEs7
Trustee, / offer for sale those cerLEu
parcels Of land situate at Onouli, soup
kona, Island OF Hawaii, describes -
Royal Patent (GranD No. 1854 10 y Q
Schulze, and containing IA acres ROY
al Patent CGranD No. 1882 to AWsbus
and containing 739 75-lOO acres, SituAu
at keopuka and OnOnll, Island u yis
waii
This IS "A tract Of land OF oyer 9lg
acres, situated In the most fertils aus
richest portion Of the Island u Hswar
II faces the new Government road ~
tends 10 the sea and is five minutes
walk from Kealakekua Bay, BY 20,
0f the old Government road which rum
through the property Portions u tb'
land are already under cultivation.
This tract is so situated that q 3
about midway between Kailua Ent
Hookena, and i've miles from NApoo
poo, three most important ports Of ~
kona district. II has sufficient elss.
ton, running up 20 fourteen hupdrsf
feet, u be particularly healthful spf
Its svll Is wen adapted TO the sTown
Of sugar cane coffee, fruits, daiTyins
or for the promotion OF diyeTslhsf
farming.
Occupants Of this land have easy &C
cess to several ports for export ana
with the advent OF the Kona RailrOAf
will lind themselves In close eonmp
nication with the thriving city ~ Hil1
This, Of eouse, affords a splendid %
portunity for the exporting OF farm
products 90 the California markets
with the revival Of the Kona scss
Co, considerable portions ~ this lsnf
can be successfully planted 10 suss
cane
This 10 one ~ the most splsndid ~
portunlIies for good Investment ~.
has been put upon the market for
considerable period Of lime,
Further particulars ~
JAMES + M0sGAk,
% QUEEN sTRFE4
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-09-02
BORN

SHEARER-In this city, August q,
1902, to the wife of Chas ID. Shearer,
son.
SANIDGE-In this city, September LIST,
1902, 20 the wife of William Sayidge,
a daughter.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-09-02
. . q

The u. s. A, Transport Seward sailed
Saturday evening at hye o'clock for
Manila. The little vessel goes 20 the
Philippines where she viii be used by
The government In lnIer-island service
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-09-02
Ship Wallacetywn Repaired

Tho Italian ship Wnlacctown bound for
this port which recently put into CallaA
in distress, has been repaired at an OK
Honolulu
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-09-02

IL THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
FIFTH CIRCUIT - TERRITORY
or HAWAu-AT CHAMBERS ~
PROBATE,
~ the Matter u the Estate ~ John
slelli's ~ Koloa, Kauai decreased,
iutestate.
order ~ Notice Of Hearing petition for
Administration
ON READlNG AID FILlN8 THE
petition of Catherine sirlllrs ~ hAloAl
kauai alleging ihat JVhn sblljrs ~
said kOlpl died iniestate Ht sald NpIp4
ON thr l3tl day NJ May a ". 1901 lrAF-
ng prppruy lH ihe hawaiian lslVHqs
ueCcsFHly ~ Dr. aqmiulsitrtd UPON Auq
pwying that lriirrs " administration
issue tV lfermap hTapdii
u ls Ordered that THURSDAY, lhe gplh
day ~ september 4, ID lyos ~ y
.ti f1r hearing sal1 petition ln lhe inlFl
room VI thls r0uIi ai ldhufi ai Nhlnh
iimr ana place all pelspns epneelNr9
may app An ana SHOW rgpfel " Anf
,hey haie Wy fala psllllqN sN4y'4 N'i
Bpiel "a llbpr Rapgl AgFgfl pom.
lly he Cmu ~ y NERRl
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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-09-02

Captain Smith ~ the disabled city Of
Picking Will command the new Pacific
Mail steamer Siberia, sister ship 90 the
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-09-02
Auction Sale
-OP-
DELINQUENT SUGAR STOCK
on SATURDAY. RpPr. 4,
At y O'CLOCK NOON,

A. my salesr0om, 81 queen street.
Honolulu, : VIII sell - Pubic Auction,
~ orqer " lbe Treasurer MI Elmer
u. Paxton, tha following certificates
u Stock iH iis Olaa fugaF On, Ia,
uUlrss the 2lsf assfsFWHui dus June
nm 1909 aud aellngufni August Nih,
l902, WIN lUifresf ana advertising 81
pepsrsI ID pan 0p ~ bef0ra ihe g4k an1
hppT ~ sale, "a lhs offices ~ ihe y. y,
pllllnTh9g p9g mn FisgE'nsald
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-09-02
Vessels in Port.
MERCHANTMEN.

u. S. S. s. Iroquols, Rodman, from a
cruise, August %.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1902-05-31

| Lynch & O'Meara have received
their IS h. p. gasoline engine for the
500 foot shaft they are sinking by
contract on the Mizpah ledge. The
engine weighs IL tons.-Bondnea
The Crystal Lake Mining Com
pany, of Lundy, has made arrange
nents to ship several hundred tons
of concentrates to the new Carson
Valley smelter as soon as it is in
operation.
| Several men are now employed by
the Swcetwatcr Consolidated Mill
4 Mining Company, at Sweetwater.
After the first of June the company
expects to work at least twenty
men at the mine.
Churchill county has agreed, that
if the Southern Pacific Co. will run
an I8-mile branch road into that
county, the county would bond itself
for S34 900 and chargt the company
no taxes for twenty years.
The body of Ada VonderhIde was
recovered from the Carson River
last Saturday morning, after having
been in the water two weeks lack
ing one day. The remains of the
sisters were buried together last
Monday.
| Tba ,eIa +;ua., ot n vD,,Do man
named Wells, who was killed by a
live wire IN Reno several weeks ago,
will institute suit for heavy dam
ages against the Klectrid Light Com
pany in the United States Court in
| Carson.
Three negroes started out the
other night to do up Constable Leep-
er, OF Reno, just to to get even with
him for killing the negro Scott. The
coons found Leeper and inside OF
half an hour he had them in the
cooler, slightly dlsfgured but still
alive.
There will be wool sale at the
Flanagan Warehouse in Reno on
June 18th. At that time there will
be million pounds of wool on hand
in that establishment, and there will
be lively competition among the
buyers, who will be numerous at
the sale.
A young lady who lives with her
family, about five miles from Toano,
and who went to the station on
horseback daily for the mail, was
met by man Monday who dragged
her from her horse, outraged her
after tearing all her clothes off, and
then rode away on her horse. A
posse of citizens has been hunting
for the man, but up to date he has
| eluded capture.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1902-05-31
Notice of Forfeiture.

ITO A. q. STEVENS: You are hereby mott.
L fed that have expended 500 In labor ana
improvements upon the Neptune mining claim
situated in the Mason Mining District, Lyon
county. Nevada. as will appear by certificate
filed in the ONCE of the Recorder of Lyon
county. in order to hold said premises under
the provisions OF Section 1924 Revised Statutes
OF the United States. being the amount re
quired to hold the same for the year ending
81, 1901 Aud II within ninety days
after this notice by publication you fail or re-
fuse TO contribute your proportion OF snch eA
penditure as co-owner your interest in sA,u
claim will become the property OF the SUP
J. g. CRAIG.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1902-05-31

Il JUDICIAL blslflcl, OF tue susie VI NoNAAAs
County OF Lyon.
JAMES WALTERS. Plaintiff.
MARY E. WALTERS. Defeudant>
Action brought In the District Court Of the
First Judicial District OF the state OF Nevada
Lyon County, and the complaint filed in said
county in the ONCE OF the Clerk of said Dis
triet Court on the 18th day of March. 1902,
The state OF Nevada sends greeting to Mary
4. Walters, defendant: You are hereby requtr-
ed TO appear in an action brought against
you by the above named plaintiff, In the Dis
trict Court OF the First Judicial District of the
state of Nevada, Lyon County and answer
complaint hled therein, within ten days leNciu-
siye OF the day of servicel after the service on
or If served out of said County. but within the
District, twenty days: in all other cases forty
days, or judgment by default will be taken
against you according to the prayer OF said
complaint.
The said action Is brought 10 obtain judg-
ment and decree of said Court dissolviug the
bonds of mAtrimony now existing between
plaintiff and you said defendant, aud for cAuse
OF action plaintiff alleges that you, said de-
PENDANT, on or about the sixth day OF March,
ed and abandoned plaintiff, AID ever since the
last mentioned date yOL. said defendant, have
so continued To desert and abandon him with
out any reason or cause. all OF which will
July appear by reference TO the complaint on
file In said action. a certified copy OF which
you are herewith served And you are hereby
notified that II you fail 70 answer the com
plant the said plaintiff will apply 10 the Court
for the relief demanded In said complaint
Given under my hand and the seal of the
District Court Of the First Judicial
District of the state of Nevada Lyon
County, this 7th day of March. A, ID.
1902 d. W MELARKEY. Clerk
JOHN LoTHHoP Attorney for Plaintiff
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1902-05-31
Flowers for Decoration Day.

Those who desire choice, cut flow
ers for decoration purposes can have
large box of them sent G. Q. D. for
So by sending to Mrs. NJ. F. Riley,
Oakland, Cal. Address before May
goth.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1902-05-31
ABOUT THE STATE AND ELSEWHERE.
stems q Interest Clipped frem Our tx
changes, Without Credit.

Winnemucca has an artesIan we'll
Kighty-two buildings are in course
of construction in Reno.
Tonopah stock is now selling for
$40 a share in Philadelphia.
A former Ormsby county official
is now a sailor on whaler in the
Arctic,
The Tonopah Bonanza now claims
to have a subscription list OF 1882
names.
Dandelions have become a veri-
table plague on the Truckee
Meadows.
The mill of the Southern Nevada
Company, of Searchlight, is having
FIVE additional stamps put in.
John T. Orr, an old Remote, tried
to drown himself in ditch in Reno
Tuesday, but was fshed out.
Numerous applications for United
Stated patents on mining ground
are being made in Lincoln county.
Judge Talbot received dispatch
from Pische that Senator Herman
K Prudential died Friday night.
A party of one hundred eastern
men have filed on about all the va
cant timber land in Lassen county,,
Cal.
=, ,-a,@ox+aI that n mol vi hid o. TO
mine of value has been discovered
in Alpine county near the Nevada
line.
Thomas Donahue, and old miner,
attempted suicide at Aurora last
week by slashing his abdomen with
razor.
On the three hundred foot level of
the Tonopah Company's mine six
foot ledge of $4,000 ore has been en-
countered.
Washoe county farmers are now
poisoning doves. The birds are so
numerous that they are doing dam
age to crops.
There are eighteen prisoners in
the Elko county Jail. A changing
is kept at work on the streets of the
town of Klko.
A small flow of artesian water has
been obtained in the well on the
Jensen ranch, in Carson Valley, at a
depth of 800 feet.
In the relay race at Carson Sun
day the single men were first, Gard
nerville second and the married
men failed to score.
The railroad of the Quartette Com
pany, at Searchlight, is completed,
and trains make two trips daily
from the mine to the mill.
George Quong, a we'll known
young Chinaman of Carson, has
graduated from the Polytechnic
School, of San Francisco
The Reno pesthouse was closed
last week, but the first of this week
another smallpox victim was dis
SONSISu anu pldCS0
The trestle to be constructed over
part of Great Salt Lake by the
Southern Pacific Company will be
twenty five miles in length.
1t is now stated that Battle Mount
ain will be left off the line of the
Central Pacific road some distance
by the changes being made in the
line.
The Basque sheepherder who muir
dered another herder in Lander
county last week, has been bound
over to answer to the charge of
murder.
A heavy flow OF water has been
encountered at a depth of 2o7 feet in
the Aultman mine, White Pine
county, which caused a suspension
of sinking.
A couple of squaws bent on kill
ing each other met in the suburbs
of Gardnerville lew days ago,
with the result that one was pretty
badly carved up.
A smokless powder plant is being
planned for Salt Lake City. The
new plant will manufacture explo-
sives for mining purposes and will
use new process.
The two parties of mounted men
suspected OF being desperadoes and
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1902-05-31
SUMMONS.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FIRST
L Judicial District, OF the state of Nevada,
County of Lyon.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-08-30

ror-stricken son he hears the voice
Of an angel from on high telling of
reprieve.
The great picture in the Dresden
collection is Raphaels Madonna di
San Sisto," which was purchased by
the gallery in 1853, and until then had
adorned the high altar in the monastic
church of San Sisto at Piacenza. The
colors look as fresh as If they had
been put on the canvas but yesterday,
and the blending of tones is beauti-
full. The robe of the madonna is blue
and red, that of st. Sextus is yellow
touched with red, and st. Barbarina's
gown is green trimmed with yellow
and blue. The subject is wonderfully
well conceived; the green curtains
have been drawn aside, and Mary,
sweet and gentle, though self-pos-
sessed, has descended to earth to give
the Christ child to the world; though
only a babe, He wears the intelligence
of a grown man. She does not hold
the infant to her breast, but rather as
if she desired to present Him to hui
manity, saying: He is your King,
receive him" Pope Sextus II. and St.
Barbara are on either side of the ma
donna, waiting to accept the Child.
Peering through a veil that divides
heaven and earth are thousands of an
gel heads. while two angels are rest
ing on the earth, with eyes on the
Christ child.
Day after day we went back to this
wonderful picture. and it ever bespoke
the same sweetness and loveliness.
With feeling of regret we left the
painting that has been a source of in
spiration to thousands of painters;
with greater regret we left the gallery
that had disclosed to us some of the
greatest Dutch. Flemish, German and
Italian masters; but with deepest re-
g7et we bade farewell to lovely Dres-
den. made beautiful by its silver
stream. It's fair gardens. splendid mar
oles and rare paintings; the city that
- source of inspiration to the paint
er. the musician and the poet.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-08-30
A S U B M E GED CITY

1t has happened many times in the
history of the world that cities have
fallen into decay. and finally dis
appeared SO entirely that their exis-
tence has not been suspected by the
ordinary traveller.
Nineveh, Babylon and Carthage are
the most notable instances of the
destruction due to war. pestilence and
famine. Sometimes Nature lends a
hand, as in the following strange
case:
The city authorities of Rovigno. on
the peninsula of Istria, in the Adria-
tic Sea. discovered a little south of
the peninsula the ruins of a large
town at the bottom of the sea.
1t has been observed for many years
that fishermen's nets were sometimes
entangled in what appeared to be
masses of masonry of which frag
ments were brought up from the sea
bed. A driver declared that he had
seen walls and streets below the
water.
The city authorities decided to in
vestigate. They sent down a diver
who, at the depth of eighty-five feet,
found himself surrounded on the bot
tom of the sea by ruined walls. He
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-08-30
RARE OLD PAINTINGS
IN DRESDEN GALLERY.

women, and the color of their hair is
all that the name of the artist sug-
gests. We were delighted with the
celebrated "Dolci Cecilia" The ex-
pressions on the musicians face Rnd
the position of her hands are such that
| almost heard strains from the organ
as l gazed upon the picture.
Still, these are but a few of the
riches of the Italian masters that this
great gallery owns; it prizes among
its rarest possessions Correggio's
much-copied Holy Night In this
picture Mary is bending over the little
One, and the light reflected from the
Child illuminates her sweet and love-
ly face, while the others gathered
around the manger are filed with
wonder as they look upon the Child.
Botticelli's beautiful picture of the
Madonna with the Christ Child, and
St John, is also in the Royal Picture
Gallery, one of its choicest gems.
There was but one Raphael through
out the ages and one Andrea del Sarto.
This Florentine was a perfect master
of color and form, and had he pos
sessed more inspiration no one can
tell what heights he might have
gained. In Dresden there are only
two genuine works of Andrea del Sar-
to; one is the betrothal of st. Cath
crime and the other is the picture of
Abraham about to offer Isaac. AS the
father raises his knife to kill his ter.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-08-30
Fruit Kept on Rats.

Among the many strange craft that
ply up and down the rivers around
New York one may frequently see one
that looks like back yard afoat 1t
is large platform, inclosed all the
way around with picket fence There
are gates in the fence, and, to keep
up its resemblance to an ordinary in
closure of suburban garden, there
are green leaves to be seen within.
These floating yards are used by
wholesale fruit dealers. 1t is found
that bananas. pineapples and other
tropical fruits spoil so easily in hot
weather that they must not be packed
closely, even for an hour. So they
are put on these floats in such a way
that the air can reach them from all
sides. and the trips on the rivers are
made as long as possible.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-08-30
Especial Letter.)


N0N THE quiet city of Dresden
met something astonishing
S1 For although our American
ES4sEJ women go through college and
practice law and medicine,
they are not in advance of their Ger
man sisters In all things. 1t is an
everyday occurrence in all the large
cities of Germany to see the women
as well as the men holding lighted
cigarette between their fingers.
Shortly after we arrived in Dresden
we were sitting on the terrace of our
hotel when a man and his wife or
dered coffee and cigarettes apparently
unconcerned. but SO many Americans
stared at them that the following even
ing the woman smoked her cigarette
before she came out on the terrace.
Surely there can be nothing more
beautiful than the Elbe at night When
the stars shine on the water the river
looks like belt of silver studded with
millions of brilliants. The water is
calm and would scarcely ever stir, ex-
cept in the wintertime, when it rises,
were it not for the immense log rafts
that are sent from Saxon Switzerland.
Some of these iron-bound logs are SO
heavy that they require six men to
work them. They are not brought to
Dresden. but are mostly sent to Ham
burg, where the wood is utilized in
the building of ships. Besides these
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-08-30
RURAL MAIL DELIVERY

OF all the institutions that promote
the progress of the United States
there is no other, to my mind, that
compares in Importance with free
rural mail delivery. Although it is
scarcely five years since the system
was adopted, it has already revolu-
tionfzed social, business and economic
conditions in territory covering more
than 100, 900 square miles. Its popu-
larfty is increasing at a rate exceed
ing that attending any improvement
heretofore attempted in the postoffice
service anc it means more in the way
of personal happiness and public ad-
vancement than anything else of
which / know, says writer in Sue
cess.
The Importance of this new branch
of the postal service is best Indicated
by the rate at which it has grown. We
began, in 1896, with an appropriation
of $4,000. For three years previous
to that congress had made each year
an appropriation; but with declining
revenues land increasing deficits the
postoffice department has been loath
to take any step that might involve
additional burdens. AS the matter of
establishing rural routes had been left
to the discretion of the postmaster