Imperial Valley press., 1920-03-25

Mr.. Campbell, which he states has
been refused publication in Imperial.
/ in order that the case may come be-
fore the public. None of the state
ments contained therein are endorsed
| by this newspaper but are merely
+, presented that the public may Judge
for itself.
/ Any answer that may be made will
gladly be published.
The letter is as follows:
Imperial, Cal, March 19. 1920.
Editor Imperial Valley Press,
Ell Centre, Cal.
1 Dear Sir: Will you please let me
talk some through your paper?
have communication for the people.
1t was handed to the editor of the I'm
perial Enterprise. He said he would
print it and did run about one-third
Of it. The business men got after
it, saying it would anger the town.
4 Now, can't see why the truth about
how our mail is handled could hurt
an old mother town like Imperial. If
I were telling the real truth about
the high taxation, then the bunch
might have something to kick about,
but ! was only trying to help out for
all of US.
I am no writer, speaker OF composer
but I feel it my duty to help what l
can to show the people how and
where our great mail business is drift
ing. Take our precious and useful
from us and where are we.
Scores Service.
/ will ask you to print something l
never have seen in print before, the
subject is this "How our mail is
handled" 1t seems to me that such
subject is, or should be, very i'm
portant to each and every one of US in
it's jurisdiction. The space is covers
cannot be measured or calculated on,
the magnitude of its business is too
great for the common or ordinary eye
to comprehend. Its languid suffering,
disappointments, devouring of pa
1 tience and piling I'D of trouble is most
deplorable and unbearable, and still
the same old way goes on in the same
old rut, rushing. crushing and grind
ing whoever might be it's victim in all
its angles.
l will say that all things hrve q
starter but the Ford, and it has 6
crank, SO ! will~be the crank in this
case. l have been a victim Of this
Imperial postoffice since 1908 ano
have been continual patron all this
time. / am not satisfied>with the serv.
ice Of the present postmistress.
have heard complaint from Others
clear back to almost the first of hel
/ inception of administration. At that
time and for several years after
was garbage man of Imperial ant
hauled the papers, letters and rubbish
Of all descriptions and burned then
ard at same time now and then
and that carelessness has been grow
nature now to a great proportion.
His Press Stopped.
/ A short time ago my Ell Centre
paper stopped. After about ten day.
l went to The Press office to ascertain
the reason why they stopped it. Th'
bookkeeper looked up my name ant
said I was delinquent and thought t.
be gone as they had sent me severa
notices to that effect and received
no answer. "Well, never got ont
Of them," / said. 1t has been awfu
irregular all winter. some weeks
wouldn't get half Of them that
should have She informed me tina
our Imperial mail from the south wa.
not taken off the night train because
our office had no one there to receive
|! it. Therefore it was taken out tt
Banning or somewhere to stay owe,
night and come back next day. Sup
pose we farmers come in little early
some days, we miss that south mai
until we come again. Isn't that ricl
for the farmer? She also told me they
were trying to get the government t.
send the mail by auto Or some othel
way. She further told me that tht
complaints against the Imperial post
office were very discoura ging, there
was q general complaint of people mo-
getting their papers.
Last spring l had three sacks OF
blacksmith coal to come by freight
from Los Angeles to Imperial. l wa!
very busy and did not 60 in very otter
but would send in every few days fol
my mail. thinking / would get the bill
and also the notice of its arrival from
the depot. l was very careful not tt
send only by two parties for my mai
They were very careful to tie it uI
in roll every time. Well, about {
month rolled around this way, so
went to the freight house sometime il
May to see if it had come or not anc
behold there it was lying on the plat
form with storage bill on it fol-
| $3.50 and still growing. d. G. Gale
the agent informed me that it arrived
April IL and same day he sent me no
tice through the postoffice and l never
got it or the bill. He further sale
he always notified the people by phons
or otherwise when he could without
using the postoffice to avoid mistake.
and that was not the only one wht
was tricked that way.
Loses Sis Check.
Two years ago two of my letter.
were sent back to my old home town
Rockyford, Colo, marked mot called
for" Now, think of it. Me having
delivery box GAP, receiving my mai
ever since it was made and at that
time catching many strays also. One
of those letters that was sent back
contained check for SIS due me and
never have been able to recover that
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