The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-11-22
FOR RURAL FREE DELIVERY
Some Final Instructions of lmpOr-
tanee to the Patrons Of the Route
to Start ID eember 2

printed information as secured for the
guidance Of the patrons of The rural
mail routes to be established here
December .. A final batch Of impOr-
tant instructions has been received 10y
Postmas Henderson and a summary
of them is given below.
Official authorization is given the
Postmaster TO start three routes out
OF lola Monday, Defender ,. George
L. Jones, j. w. Johnnon and Ben F.
Wright are the carriers at 1900 "a year
including horse hire, and O. l.. W ii.
liams is substitute carrier.
Route Number is as follows:
Starting at post office, west A miles to
Green's corner; north !: west /: north
II to Jones corner; west |; south %;
east to Eldridge corner: south
west to Arnold's corner: south
ca ST >: north to Bliss corner; east |;
south ]: east / to Buffers corner:
north ,; east 2s to post Office Length
of route 249 miles. area covered 30
square miles, 10 houses on route.
population served $50. George l..
Jones, carrier.
Route number is as follows; start
ing at post Office east mile: north l.:
east /; north /; east ,: north to Al
lendale post Office; east ,: north l.;
east to Waverly school house; north
l; west to Wise post Office: west l.;
south |: west 4; south !; west l to
Wright's corner: south Ii west D..
south :; west /; south9 to post office
Length of route 25I miles. area y
square miles. number houses 50, popu-
lation served 42j: j. w. Johnson, car
rier.
Route Number is as follows Start
ing at post Office west miles; north L:
east /: north /; west |: north |: west
to Powell 5 corner; south 4 to Hail $
corner; east II; south %; east /; south
/, east TO post Office: Length 24i
miles: area 80 square miles: number
houses 90; population 1870. Ben +.
| wright, carrier.
Some important rulings:
Star route, Gas now in use lola via
Allendale to Wise WILDE
and the post Office at Allendale discon
tinued. Carrier No. > will take "a
closed pouch to and from 1.-THE post
Office at Wise.
No change will he made in the routes
as above established.
All routes must be. equipped with
improved boXesrand postmaster must
report failures to complyj with this
order.
Carrier shall leave on. their routes
Immediately Rafterl the arrival of the
morning mail and return. as quickly
as possible
Carriers muslin make the trip every
day in the year except Sunday, either
in person or by substitute.
Stamped envelopes may be obtained
with alreturn card printed thereon as
follows: "If not.called.for in days.
return TO - Post Office, Rural Route
No. -
Carriers must not act as agents, sales
men or solicitors for express com
panies, letter box manufacturers, whole
sale houses, corporations lor firms or
engage in any businessl which, inter-
feres.with the proper performance of
their duties. Z. They may act as news
agents, sell papers, on their own ac-
count and accept and collectssubscrip o.
tions. This order does not prohibit
carriers performing private commits
sions TO accommodate patrons so long
as their doing so does not interfere
with regular.and prompt performance
! of duties.
General instructions are given to
the postmaster as follows: You must
see that the carriers leave promptly
and relurn;their collections promptly,
reporting all derelictions to the de-
partment. None but bonded carriers
or substitutes must be trusted with the
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protect the mail from the weather but
from malicious depredations. Mail
will not be delivered to any persons
who havenotputupsu such box. Carriers
will keep account and report number
of pieces of mail handled. They will
carry postage stamps, cards, stamped
envelopes and money order blanks,
and patrons may entrust to carriers
addressed and stamped envelopes IN
which the carrier will enclose money
orders to-be used only at the post
office. Postage on drop letters on ru-
raj routes will be two cents. Carriers
must cancel all stamps on letters col
lected by them, whether for delivery
on the route or at the office. Nochange
is made in rates onpapers orany other
condIclasssmatter. The carrier Will
acknowledgements this Office with the
nameslof heads of families and num-