Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-12-22
AFTER RURAL NAIL DELIVERY.
Suggested That There is to be a Fight
on the System.

Roosevelt has not one word to say
on rural free delivery mail service
IN his message to this congress,
which may or may not be signi6-
cant. That a fight of very
serious nature is being made on
the system is incontestable and the
entire omission of the subject in
te chief executives document will
cause this fight to increase the
worry of that systems friends.
/ The rural free delivery Sevice
has grown with astounding rapid
ty from dimensions represented
by A routes at an expense of
$40, 900 in 1897, to "a, 566 routes
at an expense of S12,921,70O in
1904; and the loss last year, con-
sldering the pay of carriers only,
was 50, 520, 9O9.92. At the pres
ent moment it is estimated that
there must be $4,000 routes, and
In five or six years there will prob
ably be $4,000 or more, involving
an annual loss of over S2S, 900, 900.
These figures furnish material for
the fight that is being made. In
addition to the burden upon the
country, which it is claimed these
figures show it is, the SYSTEMS
principal value is in reinforcing
the control of party politicians,
say the assailants. The assertion
is made by those hostile to the es-
tablishment that rural free delivery
was not wanted by the public be-
fore it was installed, and it is even
declared that it is not now liked
in many parts, unnamed, we no.
tice, where it is in operation.
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No great undertaking was ever
accomplished in day, or year. !
No town was ever bull in a week
or a month that remained a per
manent town or city. The way to /
build a town or a city is to keep |
eternally at it. Keep your eyes
open for anything and everything
that will imure to the benefit of |
the community, and let the out
side world know what you are
about.
An east bound freight train
went off the track at Pawnee ,
Rock Wednesday. Our informa-
tion as that 3 cars went off the
track, but no one was hurt. The
east bound passenger train will
not be able to get through until
tonight, as a track will have to be
built around the wreck.
D. G. Bird returned home Tues
day night from his visit to Vir-
ginia. He was on the train that
was wrecked near Lang, Kansas,
L ueSday morning, but fortunately
was in the only passenger coach
that remained on the track. Daniel
says he does not want any more
train wrecks in his'n.
A. K. Hover, formerly a clerk
in the Hulme store, this city, but
now running a neat general mer-
chandise business at Dillon, Kan
Sas, sends us a check for the re-
quired amount to Sc cure him the
weekly Democrat for year His
many friends here will be glad to
learn of his prosperity.
A letter received this week from
j. L. Oxley, formerly of this
county but now at Goshen, Ore
gon, states that they are doing
well there. j. L. suggests that
his old friends in South Liberty j
township could make the Democrat :
much better for him if they would
send in the south side news. |,
Will Schartz, of EIlinwood,
Thursday and is visiting
his brother-in- law, A. W. Hirsh,
north of town. Mr.. Schartz is {
looking for location and may !
make his home among us. -Kins-
ley Graphic.
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