Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-10
LEAGUES CONVENTION ENDS
WITH SELECTION OF MEETING
PLACE AND DELEGATES.
CITY SETS NEW MARK BY
ITS ROYAL ENTERTAINMENT
Postmasters Not in Favor Of Holding
Convention in the Larger Cities
This City a Candidate for 1912 Meet
ing PIac@list Of the Delegates and
Alternates Chosen.

gates and alternates to attend the an
nual convention of the National Asso
citation, to be held in Indiana polls, Oct
4, and 6, the eighth annual conven.
ton Of the Iowa State League of Post
masters of the third and fourth classe:
adjourned late Wednesday afternoon
Spirit Lake was not chosen until after
a lively contest in which this city
Sioux City, Belle PLANE, and Cedar
Rapids figured.
Because of the excellent treatment
given the postmasters here, which
they declare outdid Des Moines. where
the league has always met heretofore
many wanted to return here. Others
! preferred passing the convention
around. but practically all were in fav-
or of keeping away from the large cit
les. because, judging by their welcome
here as compared with Des Moines,
they We're much better entertained in
the smaller places. The committee
recommended Spirit Lake, bat the mo-
ton was amended in favor OF Mar
shalltown and later in favor OF Belle
PLANE Both amendments were lost.
The officers will select the dates for
the next convention.
Delegates Are Chosen.
The following nine delegates and
| seven alterlbates to the national con-
| vention, who are expected to visit the
Indiana state convention, which meets
Oct and at Indianapolis, were Sc
lected:
Delegates - President Charles o.
Barry. Walker; Secretary L. L Rey-
nolds. Little Sioux; o. T. Wellman, Ar
lington: w. o. Book. New Albin: w.
H. Note. Holstein: D. f. Hull. Will
liamsburg: O. E. Wood, Union: Mrs.
Minnie Phoenix, Ruthven, and NJ. A.
Aasgaard. Lake Mills.
Alternates-J j. Heverly. Center
Point; j. H Johnson Logan: Miss
Clara Bauman. Liscomh: G. ". Met
| calf. Lansing: P. II NAPLES, Castana:
Miss May Long. Written. and A. NJ.
| Henderson. Story City.
Henderson's Excellent Address.
A. NJ Henderson. OF Story City. vice
president of the league and one Of its
bright capable men, opened the clos
ing session with an excellent address on
"The League Prospectus. or Is 1t
Worth N-hileo" Mr.. Henderson is an
enthusiastic booster for the league.
He accredited 1t with being one of the
leading factors in raising the stand
ard of efficiency Of the postmasters.
| He likened the convention to high
school and the postmasters' training
! room He said that at the convention
| better methods of doing the work and
| caring for tho business of the office
were learned. The value uf the lea CUES
work he said. was evidenced by the
| recognition that the department had
given it What was most needed he
thought, was an aggressive campaign
for new members.
"Up to Date Serviee."
~J-p to Date Service was the sub
iect discussed by Inspector c. D. Far
rell. Of Mason City, and Inspector j. w.
Welborne, Of Ottumwa. The former
spoke first. Mr.. Farrell compared the
conditions In the third and fourth class
offices today with seventeen years ago
when, he said, inspectors never visited
an office except when Their was trouble
which took them there. He thought the
most fragrant violations of the postal
rules were on the rural routes. He ad-
vocated strict enforcement of rules and
a determination on the part OF post
masters to see that the rural carriers
performed all their duties properly.
Mr. Welborne said that Iowa was
| considered by the department to have
the best pnStoffices and best postnas-
ters as a whole OF any Of the states
l OF the st Louis division. He said in
spectors were always trying to be as
signed TO this state. One Of the rea-
sons for this excellence. he thought,
was due to the postmasters conven-
tons.
Thorn On Rural Mail.
J. W. Thorn, Of Lacona, read a paper
on Rural Mail He gave it as his
opinion that one Of the greatest defects
in the rural mail service was the gen.
eral ignorance Of the people regarding
the postal laws He thought that rural
carriers should understand the money
order and registry branches Of the bus
mess as we'll as the postmaster. He
declared that the greatest and the far
reaching influence of the rural service
in the way that it touched the people
Of the country and gave them the adj
vantages Of the city was not fully ap-
preciated by the country people.
The Postmasters Va. The People.
L. j. Norland, OF Norway, read pa
per on The Postmaster and the Pub
lic," in which he recited some OF his
experiences. He said there were many
kinds Of people the same as there were
many kinds Of postmasters. He spoke
OF office conditions and the annoy
a,rces postmasters were subjected TO by
the public, such as all the children Of
one family coming for the mail one
after another and Of school children
being the GRAND boys OF the school
teachers whose letter was always i'm
portant."
"The Abuses of the Service" paper
written by r H. Tamplin, OF Hull, who
was sick and could not be present, was
read by w. O. Book, Of New Albfn. He
complained that the department was
not making a. great efforts as it should
in running down postoffice robbers. He
spoke from experience, he said, as his
office had been robbed twice. He re-
cited many Of the abuses Of the serv-
ice, sucn as sending first class matter
in second class wrappers. using can.
celled stamps, and abusing the frank.
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