The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-04-09
OF
FOUR YEARS
.,
Business of Bemidji P0st0f.
flee Has Gone Forward BY
Leaps and Bounds.
POSTMASTER CARSON TAKES
CHARGE TODAY.
How the Office Has Grown in Past
Four Years and What Is Elk
pected in Future.

The change Of postmasters at
the Bemidji postoffice was eff
fective today, when Earl Car
son, the new postmaster, took
charge, and Mrs. Edward Kaiser,
who has presided for the past
four years, severed her, connec-
ton with the office.
Postmaster Carson intends to
devote all his time to the duties
Of the office. Robert Clark will
be his assistant and Harry Rey
nolds will succeed Miss Maude
Wrightas general delivery clerk.
r.. H. Slipp, who has been at the
Office for the past year will con-
tinue under the new management
as will S. Z. Cutter.
The past four years have wit
messed a remarkable development
| in the growth Of the local post
office and it's business at the
present time is more than eight
times as large as when Mrs.
Kaiser took charge four years
ago. Besides tie business of
/ the Office in this city it has two
HEAVY star routes in the stage
lines to Maltby and Red Lake
land all of the mail for the north
line towns that comes over the
Great Northern is handled at the
local Office. The tampsales for the
past year were about So, 200, and
the money order business equals
that Of the Crookston postoffice
which has about 5000 more post
office patrons than Bemidji.
The stamp sales during the
first year of Mrs. Kaiser's adj
ADMINISTRATION were about $1,1OO
and the money. order business
was an insignificant trihe. At
the present time the working
force at the postoffice numbers
six and there are few moments
1during the day when all hands
are not engaged. The general
delivery business at the office is
very large and mail for over :, 900
addresses is received in this
department. Bemidji has one
of the largest transient elements
of any town in the north country
and this accounts for the big
business in this line.
Four years ago the postoffice
was fourth class Office and the
salary was regulated by the
stamp cancellation and the mum
ber-of packages handled on the
star routes. It averaged about
nine hundred dollars and three
hundred dollars a year was al
lowed for clerk hire. At the be-
ginning Of Mrs. Kaiser's term
the office was placed in the third
class and about-a year ago it was
made a second class office. The
salary Of the postmaster is 81, 1000
per year and the salary of the
assistant is fixed at $1,000. Be
sides this ninety dollars per
year is allowed for clerk hire.
tHhe end Of z Postmaster Car
son S term is hardly expected to
witness a growth eq ual to that of
the past fouryears, but it is very
probable that the receipts Of the
office willincrease enough=to-se=
cure free delivery to the city.
The stamp sales last year were
within $1,000 Of the necessary
amount and it is confidently ex-
pected that the present years
sales will reach the required
figure. =
To Extend The Hello Line.
NJ. D. Stoner is making ar
rangements to extend his tele-
phone line from Blackjack to
Northome ~Blackduck-ex--
change is giving excellent ser
vice and as soon as arrangements
can be made the line will be ex-
tended to Northome and other
,,nintc n1, tho north limo An Of