Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-05
GOVERNOR CUTLER
% P0sTNAsTERs
,,,. an Epitoms Of the History
OF the Service
Here.
vR. THOMAS coMpLIMENTEO'
strongly Urged More Free
"' delivery Routes Throughout
Utah.

As, afternoons session Oh
AZ ,,e,,s convention, Gov. CUE
the pO', ao,Iyerlng his address OF we'-
ler !" aayo an epitome of the history
come os,oftice service, and spoke
S " Of the courtesy ana &c, sene aanoyt
blsn' =, ,be employees of the depart
hcisa'' q,he governor also praised fos St
meh'' rNomas, and said the attacks
mas rim constituted the hlghest I him
upon n"' which could be pala 70 m
plnsnJi TO express the hish l.Sa,"
He ues s,,naster was held IN the es 'ntar.
the p W. his fellow citizens. 10 eou ,',ght
toh an OF his opponents '""'
ac' iee.rnlnted out Of the city - odau
be :" me absence Of Postinas..,' pyovo
III osan. Postmaster Cove VI the
Of Los he response, referring " u
maue sot The civil service covers o,ns
rae. ui md carriers, the postnlas,e.s oe
cleIAs mointees. He said as ions 40 90
luz aaassters have TO be poii'iS,anS5
p osI,'th elr Offices they VIII pe o.,
iesaa' IN notifies, but the eA'elis'1an -
puns ,yl service rules to tne n ,,,,,, "
lne ,osres is not far distant lntousn
pos'C oivn service clerks are apPoi, 49,
we n,oted and retained upon tieil ,i IL
plVl nn,v and are exempt from Poi,', ~
ls U,ry TO the better1nent VI Va
as s'.ire Mr.. Glove regretted .nls Sou'
S no said of the postlnaslers men
ny I,os The present cohVentio. m
,sise political meeting pu' loi 49,. 49,.
li ~ Of postal matters. ~ sn'
ulstr OF Charles II. Roberts VI DIS
wv ,vr'I canyon the governor was 'na I'm.
pa n his address OF welcone' 49, So,
, 0 u. Thorne OF pleasant u.oNe
Ia ad number OF letters OF regret from
I est unable 10 be present,
Ppostmaster Glove in the ioIloW,i s
,srnsson, strongly urged more IT.
G Ssliyery routes through utah' anu s"''
in part
MR. CLOVES SPEECH.
arbsre are many small towns IN
now which have the regular
u.onl service without free uellVery
H., should be placed on rural routes
W. No course. the postmasters IN these
VI IV rlaces will oppose any sueh
snlaa Pnt II you VIII so among me
n Iv,I Who win be benefited, pc
wv" con will experience no du1culty
'.,,ing enough subscribers TO get u
~ s' ronte The small town Is not 10
~" rsidared-it Is the greatest good 10
" 'o raa lost number OF course, rural
, ne eSsIivery delivered at the doors OF
~. ratrons Is better than having 10 50
Wv ,sa nostofice after their mail, IN
wv respects the farmer and residents
.,' syraI towns receive better service
t.n the people IN the larger towhs'
lbs provo. for instance. The salt
iSIa napers get there too late for the
.srIv morning mail delivery. and DO
~, reach tho subscribers until In the
,h,rnoon. The carriers can not be
VA that late. But the rural carriers
ars beld until the latest important
nail, are received. Thus the farmer
,svsral miles out OF Provo will receive
M salt Lake morning papers IN the
morning several hours before those
mAsdity who receive free city distri-
buten The people should know about
thls. They are willing TO sign pet-
tons br rural routes II they are APP
pnssi Of the facts. Let them know
what benefits will be derived, and they
will be eager to get the free delivery
rogt And once they yet It, there will
Tancsd than any other state in this
line believe, and It is simply through
The hardness of the postmasters In
working up agitation for the routes.
4 was talking with Inspector Steele
1 the potsofiice department at Wash
lngton--a Utah boy himself--some time
ago, and he said he was working on
country delivery schemes In several To-
calities IN Colorado. believe the
time Is not very far distant when ev-
cry county will have its own service.
the people IN the county being served
from the common point chosen by the
government"
DISCUSSION FOLLOWED.
The discussion which followed
brought out a unanimous sentiment
iavorlng the free delivery system and
" the good roads development. POST
master william Glasmann OF Ogden
was much Interested in making Og-
yen me center OF route to include
huntsville, abolishlng the postofflce
ss mat point. Mr. Glasmann In
slhd the convention to attend the
,utaleT at Ogden in the evening. at
Wy expense, and the convention was
nliced to accept. But when II was
ISuuerSood that the delegates would
adye 10 pay their own railroad fares,
my concluded TO remain In Salt Lake.
~ mere was no banquet the conven-
uph amended the Orpheum theater in
we evening, as the guests of Post
mas.er Thomas, The following post
session: '"'
Pr naf,9n Brough, Nephl: William De
NJ, m Hodena; Christian II. Nelson,
Tayhe,d; ?. c. Christensen, Moroni:
S,li = SMadsen, Mantl; John w. Dou-
psln sprlngyille; James ID. Shome,
psasaht Grove; John Mathews, King:
Sr,,y, Gritlths, Smithheld, 3. #.
ff@n, Thistle; james Glove. Provo;
Tousa g. Taylor, Goshen; ]. IS. Page,
G Az fayson; s w. Ross, Lehi; Mr.
p pon West Jordan; Margaret A,
r msv"ne, Mammoth: William j. stick
paii,, tsanlaquin; John l.. Bench, Jr..
WTnI,slew John London. Croyden:
pan@ sh Brewer. Henefer; Lette b.
dv ef 3 summit; W. w. Wilson. SAN
Roha :: A. Nelson. Draper: Charles II.
G bI.vr,s Bingham. and William