Show THE MAILS IN BEAR LAKE one correspondent answers an other LAKE TOWN rich co jan editor deseret news had the communication of B 11 allred allreda in your semiweekly semi weekly issue of the dinst been strictly correct I 1 would have refrained rear wilned from further farther reference to our mall mail troubles la in bear lake he wrote you under date of the dinst and attempted to reason away some of my assertions but as I 1 have a few stubborn facts and ana figures to disi dis I prove his and substantiate mine my duty to the great public impels roe me to present them I 1 would respectfully remind your correspondent that I 1 did not say that lake town lownis Is thirty years behind as he be misquoted lie he says the he evanston mail has not once ence missed coming in on the appointed days etc I 1 emphatically assert that it has and on more than loan one occasion durigg the past six weeks and it if ou or he need proof roof I 1 cite you to tue postmaster of i ea lake ke fown who whose te rt cords are well kept yea more I 1 w 11 give you the testimony af if the abc Kv kranston Evan anston stun oar carried ried it mysta my Lement that there was nu no connect connection iod whatever between the north and south mails mal Is I 1 could again bring brine in ia the southern earner carrier aaby as my WITNESS he told me before a number of witnesses that he was under no obligation to await the arrival I 1 the north mail I 1 further aver and can prove by official figures it necessary that there was no connection between the mails on january ard 3rd ath letb letb and aa aga aint inist tour four trips trip s to date during we toe month when they did d id connect i I 1 have the testimony of Robinson Mr also it if I 1 say there was no connection twixt the mails for more than one hall half of the trips during I 1 shall be very easily api upi upon the and all this in face of the very broad statement of our oar garden city friend that I 1 was not correct the bar ban idrous arous schedule sch odule my remarks on which mr allred took such exception to was I 1 supposed the united states governments schedule but no matter who concocted it E repeat eat it did seem barbarous to ask any aay tuman human being to start out from here anti and take chances to cross the merciless divide after four p m during our winter season when the weather is beautifully beautia ally clear as at present there are times timed which occur on short notice when a mans life Is in dreadful peril up there in the late evening and when it is stormy tae situation is always alarming really I 1 thought I 1 was pleading tor for t the he poor carrier when 1 wrote and ana did not expect that part of ef the epistle t tj displease that functionary it if as he be avers for the benefit of joseph our mail is as regular as in any other place blockades excepted then 1 say sa y may uncle sam have it ave mercy upon us all I 1 am not in any wa way egotistical la in saying that almost everybody in these settlements would endorse my letter published on OB the 13 a I 1 INTENDED DED NO PERSONAL CENSURE nordo nor do I 1 think the letter contained contain col any that we have been the victims for quite a length of time of considerable mail irregularities no person will essay to deny now that the case has been opened I 1 hope the agitation will noc cease till we get our eur mails regularly and as often as this good government will allow them one great evil in my humble opinion in relation to mail matters upon our route is that the contracts have been taken so low and then let and sublet sub let so that those who have actually to carry the ahe malls have such a miserable bittance dit tance for their labor that they have little or no encouragement to put in or sustain much horseflesh on the road or even so chea cheap an article as enghu into their fabors labors s I 1 certainly think that uncle samuel want honest men to work without just remuneration and be expect men to do good work unless he gives them good wades and if he does I 1 think he be deceives himself attention to this matter would doubtless bring relief then let our courteous mail agents kindly afe see that all our rich kich county mail matter from your country comes via evanston always and you TOU will hear no more of mail tro troubles noles in bear lake our oar part of the valley at any rate yours truly JOSEPH IRVIN |