Weekly journal-miner., 1913-09-10
MORE TROUBLES THAN FATHER
 OF TWINS
ADAMS GIVES HIS YER SION OF THE MUDDLE OVER POSTOFFICE AT THE COPPER CITY
(From Tuesdays Daily)


 would suppose The truth of this saying is exemplified in the case of w. s. Adams. of Jerome, who was recently appointed postmaster Of that place. but who through a series of troubles of one kind and another, has failed to qualify. Ad- ans, who Is the editor of the Jerome News. in the last issue of that paper. tells of his trials and tribulations in the following article. headed: Attempt to Muddle Post office":
 Tt is not usually the policy of the editor of The News to ask his readers to listen to his personal troubles. First, because we believe
 the average citizen has troubles enough of his own; and, secondly, we are stupendiously alive to the fact that the public don't give .d-n about the personal troubles of the average editor. But in the postoffice muddle, so many, we are informed, got real mad because we, too, did not get out and discuss the matter with all who wished, and then set 'em up-and then set 'em up ag'in-that we feel a con else and truthful statement of the case is due our friends
 On July 10 we were nominated to the postmasterShip by President
 Wilson. When notice to that effect came to Jerome through the Asso- ciatei Press dispatches, Postmas- ter Smith requested that we let him remain in the office until August
 1, this request being made upon the suppOsition that our commits sion would arrive some day before that date. We gladly granted the request The commission. however. did not arrive until sometime after August l. We then informed Mir Smith of its arrival, and told him that we would take over the office on Sept. l, if we could secure proper EelD. or words to that effect InI the meantime we used due diligence T trying to secure eligible and com potent help. This help could not be secured in Jerome. because one of the necessary qualifications for the clerkship in the Jerome office it having been raised to the sec ond class on July I. 1913.-calls for a man or woman who has sue cessfully passed civil service ex- and no such person re- sides in or near Jerome. We had our wants made known through the Phoenix papers. and in other way, l and of which we satisfied the post office inspector when he was in l Jerome Tuesday We were unable .1 secure necessary help. and SO was unable to take over the office on the first. and Sunday dropped a ! letter in the office informing Mir. | Smith of that fact Before com ing to JermOe Tuesday. the inspector ! informed us by phone that he was on his way to Jerome that when |
 he arrived he would straighten | things out and assist us in securing | help. and especially requesting that we do not demand the office until l after he arrived. To this we agreed. | The inspector came to Jerome and ! did and Is doing as he agreed. It was also agreed that we would not | take over the office until October | 1, that being the beginning of a | quarter. and on which occasion the | inspector would be present. assist in the transfer and remain for a l day or two to help the office along to. smooth sailing. Another peculiar that comes with taking over the Jerome office is that when he goes out every clerk in the office immediately retires with him. No one familiar with the workings of the office remains to assist for one minute. But we have no quar- rel with Mir. Smith in the matter We know that he does not want to retain the office, for he has told us so. And he has told many oth- CTS so. And we know that the attempt to secure a few Democrats to meet and pass resolutions that were to be wired to Washington as Resolutions passed by the Dem ocrats of Jerome in mass meeting assembled, asking that the Repub- lican postmaster at Jerome be re- tained, did. of course, not emanate from Mr. Smith. He also tells the Journal-Miner he does not want 1t.
 "In connection with this matter
 -D-iAN NNNiNAAlNlN llAAlADAOAS AlAAASo have happened. The Journal-Miner claims that we said we could buy the boxes in a minute Why. dear Mines, if we had S1.200 cash they could not slip us the whole post office department.
 Then we have the attempts made to coax. eand when that failed, to coerce us into chopping off our own head by just sending out that "one mail' Sunday morning And
 then there was that telegram sent to Washington by some of our Re publican friends, that W. s. Adams was holding up the United States mails or words to that effect. Why.
 dear boys, we had no United States mail in our possession on that date,
 and was extremely careful that we
 would not become attached to even q postal card. Boys, you should
 not lose your heads SO easily. You
 could have sent that extremely i'm
 portant mail to the depot, as you undoubtedly have done with similar