Iditarod pioneer., 1915-06-05

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 Under date of March 26 L. NcPherson secretary of the Alaska bureau of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce. writes The Pioneer follows:
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 s. BURIEsoN Postmaster General
 The Pioneer has knowledge of the contents of the letter which Postmaster General Bueon takes exception to- which he says contained criticism of the postoe department wholly at variance from the facts His statement of mail conditions Alaska one so tar His assertion that the made by your suent that improvement has been made the mail service in Alaska without foundation certainly warranted The letter of the general seems have been without the editorials The Pioneer the subject of the mail service ot the assertions made by mentioned by him.
 he complaint regard the mail darod has not been much lack of facilities that these facilities have been used the best advantage and while there have been favorm gard to forwarding certain publications nevertheless fact that certain periodicals have made their appearance the Iarod post oce regularly while others have renamed undevered for months at me Thu last mail received the Seward trail which arrived here Sunday May 3O contained Seattle early Decem Der and the Seattle Sun which suspended publication during last days of December 1914 still being delivered very few of the Seattle issued March the consignment and ot April Prior this there had been received this office Seattle newspaper of later date than early December Our citizens realize that they expect perfect the winter a and they have made little complaint because known that all the second mail could not be delivered owing the sgnmen being limited Fscass mail has been delivered promptly The last mail consisted largely of secondcass matter which large quantities of newspapers months old lhs mall was dragged trail from which the had entirely disappeared and which temporary bridges had be built by the to swollen streams Was worth while this practically useless matter from the while doubtless the Seward postoce mail much later dae consequently ot more importance? Among the last pair of heavy scales for the postoc McGra which the z~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~