The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-04-04
DELZELL. REVEALS
WORK OF p. o. FOR
PAST EIGHT YEARS
ny ". A. D"l,cli. Postmaster

been. my appreciation Of your many
kindncaaos,
Taking charge of the office In No
vomisr 1919, under u commission
from President Woodrow Wilson. II
has been my fortune to be postmaster
through N" trying period ~ tho
grcnt world war when our govern.
mont placed now aud unusual bur.
donH and responsibilities upon It's
postmnstcrs. The associations and OK
pcrlCnr. OF those months of war ser.
vicc viii remain n cherished memory
aud II matter of prid, that ! could
thus serve my country.
Aidcd Enlistm"n,,
ono Of tho first extra duties I'm.
posed upon our branch Of tho service
was Ia assist the army and navy In
occurring cnlintmon's In this work
tho klamath Falls office made u re-.
mnrknbic record. More recruits for
tho navy were sent IN from this
rpnrHciy M.,ticd mountain county
than from any other office 81 like
HIyc In the district The record for
army and marine .nlintments was al.
mos, nu great. How many extra hours
Of scrvlc, wnn given this du,y-nnd
how many miles tho old Tin lizzie"
covered will never be known. for no
,,cord was kent. bu, there many DAYS
when my office was full Of recruits,
long trina wcr. mad. TO outlying
narta Of IA. county and fifteen hour
dn,, were the rul. rather than the
,,rcp,Ion for the po.,mns,.r.
Another heavy rc.ponsIbiiity was
IN, labor Incid.n, 10 the War Saw.
Ing. campairn. withou, warming or
extra h,ip-no, even nm accounting
sy.,cm nt first. our office wa. mad.
a distributing poIn, from thl. county
and many Thousands Of dollars worth
ot war saving stamps were placed In
my hands with directions to distri.
butte them to tho 20 other offices IN
IN, county which we're then account.
Ing Ia this office. and to rush the
sale of the stamps. Tho task was ne.
compllsh.d and be II said TO IN. cre-
dit of tn. various offices Of the roun.
~ and our own. ,ha, when the drive
was ended not n stamp remained un.
accounted for. Thi, duty properly be.
,ongcd to the treasury department,
tut our Postmaster General Buricson
loaned the posiofficc department TO
them To put the sale over. Just as he
had previously loaned US to the war
department for recruiting
Then came the War Revenue stamp
sales aud again we were loaned In
tn, internal revenue department To
help them.
The alien enemies were TO be reg.
Iat.rcd--thIH would come under III.
dcpartm.nt of Justice. but as no mar.
shaIs were available IN klamath
county. this duty WAS given IN, most.
matter. All aliens I'm th, county wcr,
,.xi,,,r,d. ,humb.prin, and ali-and
wor. REQUIRED TO report regularly TO
mo. Formulation wux REQUIRED 10
chang. rcsid,nc. even from one street
10 another, Each change required re.
por,s In auadruplicn,c TO be made Ia
tho various departments. No extra
helm. or remuneration was given for
th, added work.
with all thcs. added du,ics Il Il
we'll 10 recall that We were badly
handicappod In our regular postal
work by our efficient clerks going TO
war and leaving their places to be
filled by inexperienced help. Th. flu
epidemic added Its decentralization. At
one time. recall. out of ten employees
only two could report for duty and
4 they worked 90 hour shifts for sever