The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-06-28

L.# III. -
The session OF the North Dakota
League Of Postmasters yesterday was
a most interesting one and the con-
vention after choosing jamestown as
the next place of meeting and select
ing officers for next year adjourned.
G. H. Chase, postoffice inspector Of
this city delivered an address in the
afternoon on the business Of the Of
fee and his advice was for each post
master to know his postofice al he
would his own home. He believed that
the postmaster should know every
particular concerning his office and II
he did things could not go wrong.
Answering the Questions.
There were q large number of ques-
tons placed in the question box and
these were answered in a most salts
factory by Inspector Chase
and Postmaster Metzger, the latter Of
Williston. The questions were all
connecting with the management of
the ~postoffice and embraces interroga-
tons in regard to the different de-
partments and some of them were
rather of an intricate character. Among
the questions was one in which some
one wanted to know how often an in-
spector was supposed TO visit an Of
fee and was told that there was no
specified time, but he certainly would
visit it often If things were not run
ming all right. 1t was shown during
the talk that Postmaster Anderson of
Warren had been in office thirty q
and had only been visited once by
an inspector, which was taken as an
indication that his OFFICE was running
all right during all those years.
Some information ELECTED.
During the question box period the
following information was elected:
There is no law by which foreign
countries will handle a special delivery
letter any quicker than any other.
School examination papers are con-
sidered as first class mail matter.
A postmaster has no right to say
whether a mar receives a letter at
the postoffice, but he may say that
he does not.
Printed books and checks are class
ed as third class mail matter.
The Resolutions.
The following resolutions were pass
ed unanimously:
We, your committee on resolutions,
beg leave to submit the following re-
port and moy its adoption:
We SEND reSpecLIul greeLlng TO Hon.
Frank w. Hitchcock, postmaster en-
eral, and most heartily endorse his
administration, and commend with
pleasure upon the vast number Of
changes in the successful name in
which he put into effect the merit
system in the various departments of
the service.
1t is with great pleasure that we
have been favored with the presence
Of Hon. r. B. Hanna, member of
congress, and especially did we appre-
ciate his remarks which were so full
Of timely topics pertaining to the bet
terment OF the postal service and its
employees.
We express our hearty hanks to the
commercial club Of Fargo, also to
Postmaster PlumIey for his untiring
efforts in making u stay in this city
both pleasant and profitable.
Last but not least, we highly appre-
ciate that all great institutions must
be conducted in a substantial manner
Therefore, we congratulate this organ
ization in having been favored with a
presiding officer who in appearance as
well as temperament acquitted him
self with credit to himself and salts
faction to this convention.
@. b. Metzger,
IL. O.. Lucas,