The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 188, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 28, 1901 Page: 4 of 8
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POSTOFFICE
CU5INESS GOOD
I r iona I burden is sens;1. y u'.*sip:>:ed t>>
| the resul;* of I be experimental tr..i.
it is <lexr.on«tra*td that >e ostaBHeh-
rnent-o.' rwrni deliver;- i* irrtrsslmby ?ol-
by a larr In r*as- at r *:«! '
on the other hand it permits
la retrenchment through the di*
continuance of star routes nnd = ma!:
poet office*; and the combined efTec.
the augmented revenue and the ror.ri<J
The Deficit of the Department "uc«l"
Has Been Reduced.
■ TV. sartnp d
Cgs '
pro port:*
may be ne ssarjr in the prosecution o!
ti- - ofT.;lai dut.e-
u • an appropriation be n ade fot
; ; ,->•? o* constructing lookouts
wherever, -n the opinion ol the post'
m~-ter they may bp needed
That rfc • ntent ate omnercr- law be
amend-.-d t_> pro.iiblt common carriers,
t . ■.?. f.-.Tjph ard np ■as <oropan-
l.-s c r any of th«;r employees from aid-
.:ig an i abetting in the preen goods
o: lottery sw.ndie-. or any other
• rheme 'i tried on partly by mall and
partly by common trrW and which
THF OKLAHOM A ST \TE ■ A 1'ITA T. THCHgP \T MORNING. NOV Cv^r-OV
t ill tWEiWHt*
t-
i -- Sk-
n n
IWI * •'/T- ^ \V
SECOND CLASS
l!7 •1 -4 41 and un ? •
ABUSE tinued it wjf JIM.*21.43.
i ...r a: -ua: n
CRIMINAL CALtSDAR.
Rural Fr.; Delivery Has Come to Re
main as a Great Boon to Men and
Women in Communities Re-
mote From a Postofice.
JNCREA:
The iacreaa
• marked. An a
ry
IE OP I
• of re*
nalysis o
iffieea tfc
\z
a«. d 11 l
eelden'ia
s'.rl. 11jr
State Capital Bureau. rtW Fourteenth t. the
WASHINGTON Nov .'T -Th- report rev
of the postmaster general d«*als large-
ly with the abuse ..f second clans priv-
ileges and makes many suggestion* as
to the remedy for this «-i
Ordinary p stal revenue
Receipts from nwni-y-or
Pts
liver
:d it
per cent. Long exper'.e
it clear that ur.d'.-r the
nnual rate of gr
revenue In country c
about 2 per cent. But
deJlvery has been estab
nual gain has arisen to
The ratio of increas
BVENUE.
the r lum' foC
ws that in the
Increase of re-
s 2ts pT rent
ce has made
vth of postal
rherever rural
ished this an
or 10 per cent,
on the rural route
U.VA. O T NOV .7 -IK Reward— Stol.
of. tae night •<: Novem r fljt. ljfttf.
tr. th- farm > f J. L Hodges. three
>..iutheast of Augusta. " T . one
:ht < stnut sor d mart. lhr?«- years
wtighi .lOout Umj |«ouxids. bluse-fa -
short thicK neck; in good condition;
in lard br >. trotter ;i rew.*rd of flu -
i.i b«- raid f->r r- • •r; .it the mare
id a reward u: Ijf. for rapture of the
ief JOHN VICT- R. Owntr.
ri 1 OATE8. Sheriff f Woods Coun-
. Oklahoma.
^VUR big- store is full of the choicest productions of the best man-
ufacturers of Carpets, Rugs, etc., and you will find that we have
hundreds of pieces of artistic furniture that are intensely interesting
to holiday shoppers.
TODAY'S GAME.
Total R«
Total
of
H09.5S1-W8.6T
r business
... l.«8.65 .r.«
ipts from al! sour< es
111.631.193.30
Ituren for the year
115-r.4. 2').S7
expenditures oxer
I* KUbstant.ally equal to that of the
free delivery cities This is true of
tha««e which have been operated for ?•
years as of those operat**d only for
year, showing that it is not ati even
tional normal, uniform and legitimate
in : ease which alwya follow Improv-
ed facilities. In ten complete county
e*ipl* .... 3.923.727.4s services which ha\e been established!
While the <-xi endi:ur"s in the ordin-j this is more marked than in th« frag- j
arv \ • itipm m and through various mentarv system, proving that the mor<
the s : vice are I7.814.WJ - parfect the service the better the re-
sult* It is clear that if a saving can
b - effected in the curtailment of st.- r
routes and fourth rlass offices to the
extent of one sixth of the cost of nir.il
delivery, and if the annual gain in p * -
nl revenues shall advance wherever it
j is applied from 2 per cent to R or 10
j i cr <ent. then the n*t outlay involved
' in the complete development of the sy«
tem «ill not be so great that It nee 1
deter Congress from the prosecution of
this enlightened pol: y
F BR VICE PERMANENT
With its aeeepiance as a fixed and en-
>dom of placing
is and of brlng-
extenslons i
ftt greater than f • the preceding year,
the deficit Is SM61.#*I -1 l*-ss Under
present pros|H-rous < inditlons the annu-
al Increase « f rei ••ipts is fortunate.y
larger than th * inevitable in«-rease of
outlay, and for tev- al years the de-
ficit has been steadily growing small
er.
When Interviewed lu.-t evening about to. j
•' .. : a in "i.u !i Ph« said.
•"I h;iv«- <i plea hnw the p -ma will com«-
• •hi x nnin.dy wti'-m I knew has s«'n the
FtHlwater boys play, liut unlesa they an-
a ..ry tr- j.k team our boys will sh w
tn«-m a c I sam«-. T!)e boys here befn
cut t i practi' • nearly every r.ight for
three w.oKp When asked about the line
up I'helps said that it was very hard t«>
< houfv tnm from the twt-nty-flve to
thirty who w«*re trying for It. but thp line-
up t r toda> s game will probabl>- be
j;H f Jl' ws:
Center. Severn
<1 arrif H'-xrcad and Ray.
*" -• k!- • r! •!..] Moore
Kt.. K Mrflfn?. and Molfn.
(v.Mrt- r l,a k. Phelpc.
Half back. Harper and Farquharson.
Full, Gray.
1
are
HAT'S the kind of gifts furniture or carpets make, and we
so well fixed to please the holiday shopper that you shouldn t
buy without seeing our big stock. It embraces everything in
INOftCE.
RURAL. ROUTES
The mral free delivery has advanced
with increased strides. Its extension
during the past year has been nearly
three times as great as th - whole
amount of service previously establish-
ed. The num'aer of routes in operation during service the v
at the beginning of the fiscal years was It on a permanent b.
1.27S. and th • • i • • 4.301. During the ing it int. full harmony with the jrene:
rurrent year- with an augmented appro- al principles of the poets! est r.dish
pilation and a more experienced force, inents enforces itself. In author zii..
the work will proceed srtll more rap'd- rural delivery as an experiment, con
lv At the ; • n:ng «f December 6.W pom adopted no direct nig mandate and [ th
r< lit- 5 WlU he running and under pre*- ; irtmply made the requisite approprlallo:
ent plans th* number will Increase by It did not undertake to prescribe th
July 1 r.f - to ■ <kiO rules or methods of organization
The rural population now receiving j gave the department full discretion t<
daiy ser>M- «• is about 4 ^OC©. and ut determine the mean - and f l^ t th
the end of the fl*. al year it will reach agents for its trial As the servi— v. ■
t ; o.tw> Th - dt lively system will then experimental in its nature as its <i-vel
cover more than a quarter « f the ellg!- opment depended upon th-- results o
be portion of the country and at the actual '-xpcrUnce. as its progress migh
present rt • establshment the entire t require changes In form and method
area au'.ted to the service—that is. a*' longress deemed It wi«w to leave th
estimated a million square miles of t •: - plan flexible and capable of mod a
rltory with 21,ou0.QQo .f rural residents , tlon as obeer^'atlon dlctltated. It di'
—will be brought within Its scope In' not desire to restrict the freedom o
less than f ur years. The mail will; the department to avail itself of th
then, .f the work goes on be deliver.? 1 best suggestions and th£ rlp -st fru;'
at every door in the I'idted States ex-| of the practical test. Th<-
cept ic. the most remote, mountainous ; object was to determine the f.- -ibillty
and spaiM l> tth 1 sc. ti >n« and I and utility of rural delivery and .he
villages of limited receipts where (hi j yearly enlargement of the app-oprla-
p<. ' ffi . is within easy reach. The j Hon !n the same unlimited terms inii-
tamand f the a vice grows with t:i ■ < ! th- pu:; f c-ntr-ss '11 v
public experi-nce of Its convenience and full latitude for Ihe amplest trial and
utility. The number of applications for j the deveopment
r >v. N-ivem>r 2S 1801. befhg
• n.sgi\ rr day and a legal holiday the
" • will open only from -'.3it to
:. m.
W. M McCOT. P. M.
TOMOKKOW NIGHT
w
E WILL be glad to show you our holiday offerings, because
we know you will be glad you have seen them, and we wish
to make you glad.
JENNIE PM1TH WILL TALK AT THE
FRIENDS' I'HRUCH.
Jennie Smith, a woman who is notorious
• u wiu, !,.•< a use she was h^uh-d
t ;. faith will talk tomorrow night at
th« Friends' hurch She comes to Quth-
r - ti t rr U nli Ic-xns, where -h®
It utt : I th. W. f. T I" meeting. Sho is
tola per? rial friend of Mr* eJnklns, who
ktuw Ik'-- wli • sh< was still an invalid.
. She is a very ioterstlng talker.
PATTERSON
I fj-TT
and Artistic
Furniture.
POOR COAL
♦
♦
Embalmers and 5
TELEPHONES 36 aud 86
Residence 'Phone X84
Prlccs
Are Tar
cur
\\ r Crosa'and. manager of the Guth-
rie Electric Light company, stat-s that
the reason for the poor light servicf for
past few wr.-ks his been an inferior
Kradt- ■ f .il Bevt-ral attempts to get a
pradf has m-t with no better re-
states ti. "t today more and
better coal is expected to arrive and ho
will be able to give a better service
Less Than Others
Funeral Directors
■
[ Howdy, Guthrie, Logan County:
f the best agencies
und methods of appicaUon.
is: year was
pending and awaiti
6.12$. Thus the
rganised
number already
n A fl li E E
I have dropped my pack at the
THE RTORY
With this discretionary authority <h*
xisting system has been created,
he beginning of the fiscal year
there were less than 200 rout
at on. There are now <5.00. The "rg
izatlon n *. essary for this large
been made: the aaents t
locate and the
p-sratlon of th-t e routes have been
ippomte 1 the carriers, who dailv t-\
1 collect and
the mail have bt>en named, and th<
mo'e than S W selections
friction, and.
little comph
' men
n applied and no r
made except f
1 ministrat a
he field have b
n grounds of fi
nd none ha>
believed
I of I
hod
roR
THE ADVA N'T AGES
>f rural delivery
t-uie
I- t I
And my
CAN
SUPPIA
antla
BEALT2FDL COCKS j
r closer relations
rid that
h witt ;
There.
ma - ke
'
Choice American Beautv,
Oh! will you take the advice of a very,
very old man?
books at such
Liberty and Bridesmaid Roses
ever
saw
some mnu
rioN NEEDEI
hancv Larnations,
valus of th- .-e
Chrvsanthemums and
\ inlets.
\\\
ntll it
Even I am astonished at what
Mr. King is Doing. He
wants, and I want each child
in Logan County to have a
Beatuiful Book. At the Rack
et, my headquarters, you can
find my
f th *h d
going fi ti
be provl
That
famll)
I b<g
k:
Hill
to the
PH0N1U7.
iast era nrd
ur. d*
sny ana an a«
st th-ir n
That provision be m«d- for
sC Ar TIFUL COOKS.
rles 'o ru
l«h" I
ma
0!i!a.
Guthrie,
fe i
policy.
lv n th'
of this
ffefc rl- -
for n
Th«
\m,
ant r
ployees In post ofl
and and third rln
dlr - t to the Unit'
and that a statute
< an carry the post
f * a fraction of
su h circumstances
M vice becomes Irres
business of the gov«
r the malls as far as j
he apprehended oliata- msnt of In. Idental exp"ns^ I
livery have largely van- lo-al • JTlcers r <h-rs in
.al saperienoe and tin j'Mention and kr.-t*ing « f
intake.- now . 2y charged with violations of
full development of the I law® until su h pr.ronere can b«* 'rar«-
ferred to the custody of a United State*
THE EFFECT j marshal.
tfxr tha: the ultimate cos: | T'itt a s'atute be er.a ted authorta-
■vlce would so far exceed ling post office Inspector# to take out
a* io maks It a heavy na-js^ai h whenever the sums
Yours Sincerely,
Glaus.
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Greer, Frank H. The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 188, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 28, 1901, newspaper, November 28, 1901; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc124557/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.