The Nome daily nugget., 1915-12-16

John A. Sleicher. editor of Leslfe's Weekly relative to the mai1 service in Ee interior. The letter indicates that he people of the interior have liter fly taken the first trenches in the ght for an all the mail all the time serviee and leads the officers of theI Commercial Club to believe that great IT results may be obtained If the bat sIe is continued.
 The letter from AIr Sleieher, togeth- sr with an enclosure will be of in- rerest to Fairbanks. The letter Is as sollows
 New York. Oct. \ 1915. Secretary Fairbanks Commercial
 Club Fairbanks. Alaska
 Dear Sir: am very glad to advise .ou that our Washington correspond- mt. 10 whom we referred your com laint regarding the failure of your winter postal deliveries. advises us as per the enclosed. trust that this will 5e greatly to your advantage and gixe yon the service that you need
 Very truly yours.
 JOHN A SLEICHER.s The enclosure to which Mir sleicher efers reads
 As a result of our request. Second Assistant Postmaster General Praeger 0day issued an order that hereafter he delivery of magazines or newspa- oers in Alaska shor Id be facilitated to he fullest extent He specifically d. seeted that tI e magazines intended for lews stands in Alaska should be given reference over catalogues and adver- ising matter with which hitherto they lad been grouped
 Under the system which has been n effect uutl tlis time, there were our classes of mail going to Alaska ',yo-eent letter postage and post cards were first class Magazines and news 9apers sent to annual subscribers were
 eeond class. magazines for news callers and circulars and catalogues were third class The fourth class consisted of books and parcel post.
 MT. Praeger explained that there we're great difficulties involved in de ivering the various classes of mall in Nlaska. It sometimes is necessary ta nay man s212 for a 75-mile haul. The places from which complaints have ,ome so far are said to be the most Hfieult of all to make deliveries tc turing the winter Vnter the existing gstem the third class mail has beer he chief sufferer and magazines in ended for news dealers were elassed with catalogues and circulars In other words, no dfferentia ion was made and 10th suffered alike.
 Under the order issued today there vin be a difference. Magazines in ended for news dealers will be giy en he preference over advertising mat CT and will be pusted through as rapidly as possible in the winter de- liveries There still may be some -rouble. but I think conditions imme Iiately will improve to considerable extent"
 When the first letters were sent out from Fairbanks tc the periodicals O: the country, complaining as to the poor mail service. and after they mad taken the matter ID with the depart ment, the officials answered invariably that nothing could be done The let ter from MT. Sleicher indicates that he constant pressure brought to bear by the many periodicals, together with he innumerable personal letters sent 10 the department, is having the ef- feet of making the officials see the ne eessary for some improvement.
 The officers of the Fairbanks Com nerciaI cfah feels now. more than ever. hat if the fight for a better service 'e continred 1t will be ultimately suc- eessful For this reason, they wish 70 urge all who have not done so be- fore to serd out complaints as to the service, 10 papers and magazines for which they subscribe. The blanks ex- the whole situation will be | given 10 anyone wishing to send them ! nut