Iditarod pioneer., 1911-01-15
THE EASIEST WAY

When you dealing with downright incompetence the part of the officials of the postoce department in Washington it is hard to ask the people to pay part of the expense that rightly chargeabe to that department
 1t IS we'll understood that people want their mail, but according to the history of the last expedition which started out to collect funds for extra mail this trip there preached holler out of him that could next county but they nearly all through just because they didn't like to be quers. hates to be tight wad, and yet he hates to submit to dun for subscription he does not believe in.
 The question is asked by the Iditarod Nugget, ''Wha shall be done with the postoce 9? and quite willing to ask the question: having done till black in the face Going and whispering in the of Echo we come back with look of astonshment and say Bekse why"
 Taking the matter firmly by the forelocz and looking it sQuarey the face hypnotzed by the conclusion that the government don't support the darod postoce the people won't In other wors if it hard to get little extra mail into the country it is coming blamed sight harder to get money to have it distributed should few letters stray the trail when looking.
 We have used up whole lot of good paper rngin g the changes the mail situaton and have had feeling that was like putting the head against stone wa ing little for the mixed metaphor But it's entirely pos sibe that if united people and united press hammer away long enough may at least get courteous recog milton from Washington of the fact that the map and really portion of Uncle Sams domain.
 Having munched the matter meditativey would hand out few reflections in this wise:
 You get much out of public officials if you make them uncomfortable than you by meeky subm ing to their careless oppression.
 People will pay out money much freely to fight against imposition than they will to contribute to de- fcency fund to alleviate conditions.
 To dgress for moment, it would seem that the misin formation spread by General Mau after bis xhour visit to Iditarod has permeated throughout all departments of government at Washington If such is the then it strikes that the best way to spend little money to conduct short antignorance campaign designed to put perpetetic finish his Nobs the General and at the time put of those civil service sayans jerry to the dis tressng mail situation here.
 It possible that the people of the district would willing to contribute to the support of the local postoce and if such should be the would be adysed argu ing against it. But if be made of the sentiment of the community and especially if start to collect money for that purpose it would speedily efound that the people anagonstic further contribution assist the United States government in the expenses of sail ing the ship of state.
 Therefore suggestion is this,-if any money IS to be spent this mail business let be spent fighting We would sit down quietly and ndite ten caustc c csms couched in the pithy terms of telegram and send day for ten days just the postmaster general would get them each morning for breakfast This could be arranged with the telegraph operator at Nulato We would slip to Delegate Wickersham telling briefly possible how the biggest camp in Alaska is being handed lemon and would hand hot to New Friend George Wicker sham explaining the champion bunc of the century and