. The essential facts of Oklahoma history and civics . sthe Post-office Department. Long ago, if onedesired to send a letter to a person at a distance,he would have to employ a special messenger forthe purpose. Later, the service of carrying lettersfor the public was conducted by private enter-prise. By the time our government was founded,other governments had established a mail service,so that this became one of the lines of work under-taken by the United States from the is a great convenience to be able to drop a letterinto a near-by mail-box, and without further care,and at a t
. The essential facts of Oklahoma history and civics . sthe Post-office Department. Long ago, if onedesired to send a letter to a person at a distance,he would have to employ a special messenger forthe purpose. Later, the service of carrying lettersfor the public was conducted by private enter-prise. By the time our government was founded,other governments had established a mail service,so that this became one of the lines of work under-taken by the United States from the is a great convenience to be able to drop a letterinto a near-by mail-box, and without further care,and at a trifling expense, to have it delivered safelyand quickly in the most distant part of thecountry, or even beyond the seas. Business couldnot be now carried on properly without such rapidcommunication. Postmasters. —At the present time— 1909 —there are about seventy-seven thousand j^ost- 105 106 CIVIL GOVERNMENT offices in the United States. They are dividedinto four classes, according to the amount ofbusiness done in each. There are five thousand. .?iJSsi,.: W^ W\\ ^i^^i^sfcito
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