Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1882 — Star Route. [ARTICLE]

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Culp, Ind., March 14,1882. Editors Republican: By reference to last issue of your valueble paper, I see a card from Hon. M. L. DeMotte, M. C., in which he says that the bill establishing a postal route from Rensselaer northward td Baum’s Bridge to Route in Porter county, has becomes law. He also states that he is willing to assist in patting mail service on Baid route. I sincerely hope the enterprising citizens who are directy interested in this much needed enterprise will spare no efforts to help complete this long-wished for convenience to a large class of citizens. When we look to the January Postal Guide, 1882, and see Jasper county credited with only six postoffices, after being settled for half a century with intelligent and enterprising . people, we stand aghast. We feel that such a state of things is very detrimental to the best interest of the people of our county, for certainly were we to contemplate emigrating to a strange country or locality, we would not want to move to a locality where the people are compelled to go 10 or 15 miles for their mail, for such is the case in parts of our county. As the press is a power in our land we hope you will do all you can for the good people along the line through the medium of your valuable paper. Respectfully yours, John G. Culp.

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