The daily sentinel., 1910-11-02
PRICE TALKS
ON METHODS
OF P0ST0FF|CE

Tuesday afternoon all the teachers,
in special session, were addressed by
Representative William Weiser on
the initiative and referendum. Mr.
Weiser's talk was logical and force
full. His statements were clear and
convincing. In twenty minutes time
he presented the question, giving the
arguments pro and con, and clearly
showing that every voter in Colorado
should vote for the initiative and ref
erendum, If he wishes to secure and
retain those inalienable rights be-
queathed to us by our forefathers.
Mr.. Weiser's talk was nonpartisan
and educative.
The superintendent does not be-
lieve in bringing politics of any ma
ture whatever into the public schools,
but he considered the talk of Mr.
Weiser valuable because il gave in
formation. upon subject of vital i'm
portance to all.
Superintendent Allen recently
changed the language books for the
revised edition of Mother Tongue.
This book is one of the latest and
best language books. Its whole tend
ency is to develop the power to speak
and write good English rather than
to bubble over technicalities. We
believe this change will be beneficial
to our boys and girls and in harmony
with present educational ideals.
Wednesday morning after the high
school students had met in the as
sembly room. they listened to very
practical and instructive address by
Postmaster Edwin Price. The ad-
dress is full of important suggestions
to the public who daily use the post
office. For this reason we give
generous part of it.
you are all interested in learning
something about how this great busi-
ness is carried on by our government.
In the first place, the most sacred
thing in the postal service is the seal
| of a letter. In the establishment and
| development of this great business.
| it became necessary, for the protec-
| tion of the public, to put heavy
penalty on the violation of this reg
ulation. So when an employe. or any
one else, deliberately breaks the seal
| of letter for the purpose of stealing
or prying into other peoples busi-
| ness, or affairs, he or she makes
themselves liable to heavy fine of
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penitentiary And ii you should de-
stroy this letter after opening it in
order to conceal the crime, the fine
and Imprisonment becomes greater.
"The next most important thing
for you to know is how to properly
| direct your letters. You may be
Interested in knowing that it takes
from two to three of our clerks one
third of their eight hours service in
| looking up the addresses for letters
| that come into the Grand Junction
postoffice Hundreds and thousands
of letters are delayed each day over
the U. S. in every postoffice in order
| that our clerks may supply the miss
| ing addresses from our directories.
| IL we do not find their names in our
directory, they are stamped name
not in directory and placed in the
| general delivery Here they remain
until called for, or If they are not
| called for and have a time limit on
| the return card on the envelope,
then they are returned to the writer
| You would be surprised. perhaps,
| to know that we have all the way
| from fifty to one hundred and fifty
| changes of address every day.
| 1--WE do mt deny that our clerks
and carrier make mistakes, because 1t
| is huma nto err. But we are not
| like some people who do not like to
| be told Of their faults. The post
| master is always ready to hear COM
plants when we make mistakes. our
| clerks do mot always know when
| they make them, but when we are
told about them. then we take such
steps as we find necessary to prevent
such errors happening again. But
| many times when We come to inves-
| tigate a complaint, we find that the
| fault is not ours. but due to some
oversight or negligence on the part
! of those not familiar with postal
| regulations, and more often the fault
of the sender then it is of the post
| office employees.
| when city Is given the free
| delivery service, 1t is the desire OF
the postal authorities, that everybody
| should avail themselves of it, and
have their mail addressed to their
street and number. This Is very nee
essary and insures more certain
and prompt delivery of your mail
| The general delivery window is al
ways over-crowded with transient
mail of people who are on the road,
| and can not tell where they are going
| to stop when they arrive in the city.
| So If you have home or live at
| rooming house or hotel, have your
| mail directed there. 1t will save the
| postmaster and his clerks great deal
of time which they can devote to
some other work which is always ac-
cumulating in postoffice. AS 1t is
even now with both our city and
rural delivery. it requires two clerks
time to take care of this delivery.