The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-03-16
HOMER ESTES NOW
LOCAL POSTMASTER
SUCCEEDS w. +. MORGAREIDGE-
RETIRING POSTMASTER IS
SUES STATEMENT.

Homer E. Estes, former Latah
county auditor and recorder,
and recently appointed post
master of Moscow started his new
work Thursday morning, succeeding
Judge William F. Morgareidge. John
r. Fullinwider of Spokane, postoffice
inspector, was in Moscow to swear in
Mr.. Estes as postmaster.
There will be no change in the per-
sonnel of the postoffice. j. A. Sud-
dreth is assistant postmaster F. G.
Jones is register clerk and Miss Mar
garet H. Tanning is general delivery
clerk. George Knowles and Sam P.
Hall are mailing clerks and the four
city and five rural mail carriers will
be the same.
The position of Latah county re-
corder and auditor has been taken
over by Harry A. Thatcher, formerly
chief clerk
MOrgareidge Issues Statement
Judge William F. Morgareidge, who
has served as postmaster of Moscow
for the past five years and whose eff
ficient work has been appreciated by
all Moscow people, has issued the fol-
lowing statement addressed to the
patrons of the Moscow postoffice
There has never been a day, dur
ing the five years that l have served
as your postmaster, that the people
of this community have not shown in
some definite way that they were
ready and willing to cooperate in
that, which meant service rendered in
courteous and efficient manner.
1T has been my purpose to serve
all the people and have had the sup
port of all the people They have
been ususually kind, thoughtful and
patient, and it is with genuine pleas
ure, that | recall no occasion, during
that time, when wrangling was ever
resorted to or necessary.
Recommend Successor
II wish to recommend my successor
in office and to ask that the same
splendid spirit of cooperation be CON
tinued in the future as it has in the
past. To do anything less, would be
failing to develop the best interests of
the community and would mean the
of our support from the
best institution ever established by
our people.
The postal service is the heart
pumping the blood through the veins
and arteries of our national life. 1t
makes a thousand scattered commu-
mites into state; it makes forty
eight scattered states into nation.
it, business would languish
in day and be at a StandStill in a
week. Public opinion would soon die
Of dry rot Sectionalism only would
lake on new life and radicalism
everywhere become so strong as to
rush out that type of fine American
ism, that has fade and held us to-
gether as a great people.
Postal Employees Appreciated
"It was frequently said that the
postal employees were not appre-
:iated; that salaries were lower
han in any other line of similar
work That has been changed and I
eel that justice was done the whole
service, when, within the past five
ears, the average salary of $1100 per
annum has been raised to an annual
salary of $500 per annum and many
wen higher. The last raise or what
S known as the permanent salary
went into effect July /,
920, which schedule has not been
hanged
"In his last annual report, Post
master General Hays, says:
important indeed is the postal
service. Years of magnificent service
o the country are behind it. 1t must
lot be forgotten, either, that during
he war the postal service of nearly
very nation in the world broke down
except our own. 1t was a wonderful
accomplishment and entitled to the
greatest commendation.
1T is the fundamental principle of
democracy that we shall help one
mother, that all citizens shall CO.
operate in the work of the govern
nent The postal service comes near
,r to the individual, to the home, than
,ther institutions of government and
t should be the ambition of all to
make it greater in the future than in
he past.
1.-The people of this community have
gained the reputation of being gener-
,us and helpful in all things, of do
ng big things in big way, so why
lot continue to support that depart
net of federal service, that has the
,ower to crush out the evil from our
life, and to foster and pro-
note healthy growth of that faith
n Americanism which must be kept
live, if we are to hold our place in
he affairs of mankind Let us act
in all matters of so great
Sincerely,
w F. MORGAREIDGE