Show THE georgetown POST OFFICE A COP correspondent writing from georgetown bear lake county idaho states that notice has been received from the post office department part ment to the effect that on the lost the post office at that place is to be discontinued the writer states that the town has a population of about and that they will have to go twelve miles to the nearest post office for their mail when their own office is abol shed he further states that the niall mail bag for that place might be left on a crane hom trains on the oregon short line at a point only two and a half miles distant and asks us to render assistance to prevent the discontinuance of the georgetown post office this we will willingly do by suggesting the procedure aure which might be pursued with good effect bythe by the people of georgetown let a petition be drawn draw up briefly setting forth the reasons why the ahe office should not be discontinued such as the population distance to the nearest POst postoffice Office convenience of ef leaving the mail bag on the crane etc let this be signed by the present postmaster such of the local and county officials as can be conveniently reached with it and by a number of the permanent citizens of the place the main object is to state the facts and have them well authenticated the number of signatures need no not be large but they should embrace persons whose statements can obviously be depended upon this petition should be addressed to the second assistant postmaster general but it should be forwarded to the delegate in congress with a request that he lay it before the proper officials and use his bis lD influence fluence to effect ge purpose he is supposed to watch over the interests of his constituency at the national oa capital pital and to do what he can to foster and protect them it is all very well to ventilate such matters as this in the newspapers but if definite and speedy results are wanted the better way is to set the case squarely before the officials whose duty dufy it is to act upon it in connection with the facts needed to enable them to act intelligently this suggestion applies to the thousand and one causes of complaint regarding the mall mail service about which people are constantly rushing into print the short cut to an effective result is to forward the facts in writing duly authenticated to the proper officer |