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SAT Fill >A Y. .1 AN T All Y 4. 1919
ALASKA MAIL BY FREIGHT
Tli* experimental flights directed by
the government in pursuance of its
plans for extending the mail service
by air routes have moved a number
of Alaskans to write to the Post-In
telligencer. suggesting that Alaska
mail service might he considerably
improved *by surface routes pending
further experiments in the ether. For
some time past. Alaska has been
rcceivinig its mail by freight, with
service by gasoline boats on some im
portant short lines, making for an ir
regular and slow -ervice. and in some
instances leaving important distribut
ing terminals, like Skagway. without
any mail for three weeks at a time.
Differences between the postoffiee
department and tin i*amship lines
in the Alaska trade are said to have
led to ati abandonment of the fast
mail ervice. There was no quarrel
as to compensation, but the carriers
objected to the disposition of the gov
ernment to penalize them for irregu
laritbm of service, unavoidable in the
pioneer conditions and the exigencies
of Alaska winter weather. Farriers
assert that they were making every
effort to serve the government accord
ing to schedule, and where failures
occurred they wen- due to conditions
at weather that no human agency
could ov* reim*- The imposition of
penalties for these failures cut down
the compensation for carriage to such
a figure that it was no longer a busi
ness proposition, and inability of the
carriers to agree with the postoffico
department resulted in the shifting
of the mail to the freight service. The
post office department had similar dif
ferences with the Alaska railroad
commission because the latter would
not guarantee mail trips on the gov
ernmont railroad through the winter
hazards of HiiowslldoH. This was net-I
tied by the poptofflce department fix j
Ing the compensation by trips instead
of on term contracts.
The Alaska mail difficulty seems to
have arisen through the unwilling
ness of the postoffice department to
make allowances for pioneer condi
tions and the winter hazards of the
mail service, and in its insistence in
penalizing carriers for conditions that
were beyond their power to control.
The Seattle Chamber of Commerce j
and Commercial Club. Mr. McPherson,
manager of the Alaska bureau. Sen- j
ators Poindexter and Jones, and va
rious other individuals and agencies
have been interested in tile project |
of taking Alaska mails out of the |
freight service, but have not sue
needed in getting the postoffice de
partment interested to a similar ex
tent, though they are still striving in
hope.
With tin* war out of the way, and
Alaska approaching a period of de
velopment, the cumbersome and ir
regular service of mail by freight will
lie an increasing inconvenience. There
is no reason why intelligent business
men in official ayd private life should
not get together and agree upon some
equitable and fair basis for civilized
mail service. The people and bus!-'
ness interests in Alaska, and those I
outside who are interested in Alaska,
are not concerned with any quarrels
between government and carriers, but
nevertheless they are the chief suf
ferers. and they are very properly ar
guing now for relief from conditions
that are working against their inter
ests and the welfare and development
of the great Northern territory Se
attle Post-Intelligencer.
THEN THE PAINTER MOVED
George's Reason Was Good Enough
for Him, as It Was “Some"
Fire.
Portland, Ore.—George Thompson,
: “a gentleman of color" lived upstairs
I over a paintshop. The painter, return
; Ing from lunch, saw George come
hastily downstairs, carrying a rocking
chair, three pictures, a china howl and
a water pitcher.
•* ’Smatter. George?" asked the paint
er.
•Tse movin'," replied George, depos
iting hi' belongings on the curb, and
returning’ hastily upstairs.
Ho was down again in a minute with
another load of household etYeets. Tin*
1 painter, mildly curious, asked him
when* be was moving.
*Ts«» movin’ right Inter de street,”
answered George, again hastening up
stairs. *
The painter lighted a cigar and
awaited the next trip. Presently back
rnmo George, carrying a mattress in
one arm and a cot In the other, and
still in si hurry.
“Why arc yon moving, George?’*
the painter inquired.
Tse mov in’ cans, your shop’s afire,”
answered George.
\11«I then the painter moved, too—
'ami with more haste than George.
Mother and Son Divorced.
Kansas < it v. Mo. In the same court,
and at the same time, Mrs. Annie
Sehooley. sixty-three years old, ob
tained a divorce from her husband, as
her '<11. K n Sehooley. twentx years
| old. also won a decree giving lvlm free
dom I rom his wife. I„eotn.
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STOLE MONEY TO Bln DOGS
Odd Plea I* Made by Teller for Em
bezzling Forty Thousand Dollars
Bank Funds.
Pallas, Tex. When K. K. Pollard,
teller In one of tin* strongest banks
here, was arrested, charged with em
bezzlement of .S10.IKMI. be Is said to
have confessed he stole the money and
bought blooded dogs for his famous
kennels, the lines! In the state.
lie entered a plea of guilty to
charges of embezzlement and was giv
en ten years in prison, llis salary as
bank teller is -aid to have been $4,
HItt -1 year.
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Ha Eighty-Four, Sha Sixty.Six, Marry.
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eighty-four, and Mrs. Olive Wilson Cox,
sixty-six. were here recently. It was a
case of love at llrst sight.
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