Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1910-11-13
MAIL HANDLERS HOLD
ANNUAL CONVENTION
ARIZONA POSTMASTERS END
THREE DAYS SESSION.
Attendance Small But Meetings Were
Interesting and Instructive.

Inc POSlindSleTS ASSOCldllOu Ol All
IONA concluded yesterday noon a three
days session. A. l.. Smith of Prescott
was reelected president, and F. w.
Smith of Williams secretary treasurer,
with NJ. A. Grouse added to the Off
GERS roster as vice president. The at
tendance was hardly as heavy as had
been hoped, but great interest was
shown throughout in the discussion of
matters which closely affect the pub
lie, concerning as they do the proper
administration of the postoffices of the
territory.
The session was notable through the
attendance, at the instance of the
postmaster general, of Postmaster
Arthur G. Fisk of San Francisco, In
spector in Charge Harry B. Hall of San
Francisco and Inspector in Charge w.
E. Cochran of Denver, with added de-
partmental talent in Charles +. Dutton
and w. A. Golden, postoffice inspectors
for Arizona.
The principal addresses were made
by the visitors. Mr.. Fisk spoke upon
postoffice administration and upon the
manner in which his office handled the
mail at the time of the San Francisco
disaster. subjects of intense interest.
Mr.. COchrane, who also served as ref
cree for a multitude of technical ques-
tiOns, had scholarly and most thor
ough paper upon the Postal Service of
the Ancients." Mr.. Hall, who is espe-
cially well known in Arizona, where
he served for years, addressed the con-
ventiOn especially upon the growth and
magnitude of the United States post
office department, the greatest bust
ness enterprise in the world. Inspector
Dutton spoke on THE Postmaster as
an Educator of the Public in Postal
Matters" while Inspector Golden spoke
briefly upon his work in the field.
Members of the association had been
assigned subjects for the meeting
Among them were Postal Remit
tances,' by James II. McClintoek of
Phoenix, who handles all the surplus
funds of the postOffices of Arizona,
and who told how he preferred the
money should come in. j. Knox Cor
bett of Tucson, who could not attend,
sent a paper upon the subject OF money
order remittances. ]. o. Mullen of
Tempe spoke on BOX Rents" His
neighbor w. H. Newell of Mesa, pre-
scented paper on How to Keep the
Good Will of the Patrons of an Of
flee" G.. d. Burtis of Roosevelt, an ex-
perienced office man, spoke of the
work of the forwarding division of an
office. R II. Chandler of Yuma spoke
on "Office Economy"
Yesterday the convention was visit
ed by Congressman Ralph II. Cameron,
National Committeeman w. S. Sturges
and United States Attorney J. H. Nor
rison, all of whom spoke on the i'm
portance of the work of the postoffice
service and of the relative degree of
attained in the territory.
At one stage of the proceedings a
proposal was made that the place of
be changed from Phoenix to-
Prescott for the coming year. But the
of the plan were in a very
small minority. AS one of the delegates
enthusiastically expressed il, Phoenix
is the greatest convention city of the
If any organization is I'M
represented here during fair week, it is
one | never heard Of"
The resolutions were brief. The
postmaster general was given warm
thanks for the keen interest he has
in the postal service of
where he has visited all the
principal offices and large number of
the smaller ones; thanking the visitors
for their able addresses: thanking the
Christian Science congregation for use
Of the hall; favOring a change in the
method of forwarding second and third
class mail; asking that protection be
extended by United States law to post
masters while on duty.