The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1906-02-16
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!. "SElEING THINGS. | 6 Z !
The Ellsworth News Editor
~ Had a Wild Dream
&c., Last Week. ...S s 4:
And Inflicts The Details Or
His Innocent Readers.

And lnfIicts The Details On
His Innocent Readers.
There have been q number OF
social gatherings at Ellsworth OF
late and as result of an overloaded
stomach the editor of the News has
been ''seeing things.'' and they
have seemed ~ real that he has felt
compelled to shout warnings Of the
danger her saw in his visions to the
good people Of his village. The
following is sample and should
serve as a warning against over
loading stomach just before retir-
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For several months report has
been current Of an organized effort
on the part of business men Of
Adrian and Wothington to make
these two towns distributing points
for the rural mail service of Mobiles
county. The scheme they have
been nurturing is deep and we'll
laid one, and, if, carried into effect,
would result in the building up Of
these two towns at the expense of
the smaller towns of the county,
This is scheme in detail: Those
behind the movement plan on es-
tablishing a style Of rural mail de-
livery to cover the entire county,
with two dlstri buting points
Adrian, for the west half, and Wor-
thington for the east half Of this
county, While the scheme looks
harmless on, it's surface, there is al,
undercurrent that is pregnant with
destruction. Suppose such q system
l.of rural delivery we're established,
With theee two towns assdistrib but.
ing points, and routes radiating
from them covered the entire county
There would be a great falling off
in the mail of the various. other
postomces, with a corresponding
increase of the revenues of the two
favored offices. That would ulti-
mately result in the discrimination
of the smaller offices, and their dis
continuation would carry with it
the death knell of the towns where
they were located. <
Under the proposed system a
letter mailed by one of our banks
or other business houses to a
patron living, cay, a. mile from
town, wo uld have to pass through
the Adrian Office before it could
reach him. occupying at least day
in transit, whereas, under the pre-
sent system it can be mailed at 10
o o'clock in the morning, and, if he
resides on the first part of the route
will be delivered to him within a
very few minutes while the patron
living on the latter part Of the route
would receive bis letter shortly
after noon.. The local Office will re-
ceiye the revenue from: the sale of
stamps and local men will be en-
ployed in delivering the mail, they
will buy their supplies of the home
dealers and will work for the up
building of Ellsworth. Under the
proposed system the carriers would
leave their money in Adrian and
work for the upbuilding of that
town. Business menvof Ellsworth
and farmers who do their business
here will, We are assured, lend
their efforts towards putting the
proper force to bear on our con-
gresham, that the proposed system
may not be established.
On Monday evening of last week
the business men Of Lismore met
and organized for protection against
the proposed system and right here
We might saysthat it would not be
miss for our business men to fol-
low.the lead of those in our smaller
sister town. ~ Ss f..
This is an age Of graft, and we are
not surprised that Adrian and Wor-
thington are working SO assiduously |
on this project. The business men
of these two towns see in the
carrying out of their pet scheme the
upbuilding of their own towns at |
the expense of the other towns of
the county. And again: They will |
have at their command facilities for
reaching out for the country trade i