The Holly chieftain., 1904-07-08
RURAL CARRIERS
HOLD CONVENTION IN DENVER
Gathering Of Men Who Carry Mail to
the Farmers.-Colorado Rural Car.
riers' Association in Session.

Denver, July 5.-Rural free delivery
carriers on routes in Colorado. organ
lied under the name of the Colorado
Rural Carriers Association, met in this
city yesterday and listened to addresses
on topics of interest to them in their
work
The convention was held at 1913 Cal
ifornia street and lasted late into the
afternoon. After adjournment the car
riers rode about the city seeing few
of the sights and taking their trains
late in the evening.
During the afternoon J. T. Doyle,
secretary of the Civil Service Commits
sion, and the Denver postmaster. p. J.
Sours, addressed them, speaking many
words of encouragement for the work
which is yet in embryo and prophecy
ing many good things for the future OF
the organization.
President X. NJ. Titus presided over
the meeting and delivered a brief ad-
dress.
Congressman r. w. Bonynge ad-
dressed the convention. He discussed
the affairs of the service as presented
to Congress and said that many bills
of benefit to the service would have
been passed had it not been for the in
PRODUCING of numberless and confusing
amendments by the friends of the bills.
He said they We're not systematic in
their efforts and did not seem to know
just what they wanted, He said that il
was true that the compensation for the
work was not all that it should be,
but that this would doubtless be RENE
died at the next session of Congress.
This address was replied to by w. f.
Niven, secretary and treasurer of the
organization. He thanked Mr.. Bonynge
for his kind words and said they
would doubtless result in great good to
the organization.
Those in attendance at the meeting
were:
President X. NJ, Titus. Longwood;
Postmaster Sours of Denver. Secretary
H. e. Niven, Berthoud, John B. Well
man, Longmont; Fred E. Marsh. Fort
Collins; Louis E. Alder, Denver; James
l.. Prince, Edgewater; C. H. Mcneil,
New Windsor; A. E. Holland, Pine;
w. P. Burgess, Broomfield; w. Z. Vap-
Ion. Fort Collins; Emmett Fox, Fort
Collins; Fred Upton, Trinidad; Ed
ward NJ. Miller, Boulder; Charles P.
Smith, Broomfield; J. C. Teas, Greeley,
and J. F. Harrell, Boulder.
In the afternoon Senator r. NJ. Pat
terson made few remarks to the con-
vention upon the growth made by the
rural systems in the past few years and
the great benefit conferred upon resi-.
dents of the rural districts.
The same officers were reelected for
the ensuing year, being X. NJ. Titus,
Longwood, president; F. E. Marsh,
Fort Collins vice president. Harry r
Niven, Berthoud, secretary and treas
urer.
The convention next year will be a
joint convention of the city carriers OF
Colorado and the rural carriers, and
will be held in Boulder on the Fourth
of July. 1t has been determined to
have the carriers of both the city and
rural districts work along the same
lines as much as possible. Secretary
Niven was elected as delegate to the
national convention of the Rural Letter
Carriers at st. Louis in September, at
which time some definite plan of action
will be determined upon to have tho
scale of wages paid to rural carrieri
made to conform more closely to tha.
paid to city carriers. The rural carrier
now receive s720 per year, but under ar.
order recently issued by Fourth Assist.
ant Postmaster General Bristow. b,
which they are to be paid according IT,
the distance travelled by each on hi.
route, some of them will get less thar
the former $500. There seems to be {
general feeling of dissatisfaction with
the latter plan and some means will bt
determined upon at ST. Louis, which
II successful, will remedy it.