The Green Forest tribune., 1902-07-12
rprE MAIL DELIVERY.
.uortant Postal Ruling on the k.tar Routes Effective, July 1.

At the special request of the
 ocond assistant postmaster gen.
 nal THE TRIBUNE gives space to
 he following notice concerning
 he star route free delivery sys- L. om which went into effect July 1.
 If is of general interest to the
 public and special interest to all
 persons living on or near the star
 mail routes:
 "Notice is hereby given to the
 nublic that the contracts in effect
 July 1, 1902, for the performance of mail service on the star routes in the states and territories here- matter named provide that, in addition to carrying mails to the various postoffices, the carrier will be requested to deliver mail into all boxes and hang small bags or satchels containing mail on cranes and posts that may be erected along the line of the route, under the following regulations of the department:
 Any yperson living oncr near the route and not within the cor- porate limits of any town or with in 80 rods of any postoffice, who desires his mail deposited at any given point on the line of the route by the carrier may provide and erect g suitable box or crane on the roadside, located in such manners as to be reached as con- veniently as practicable by the carrier without dismounting from vehicle or horse, and such person shall file with the postmaster at the postoffice to which his mailis addressed (which shall be one of the two postoffices on the route on either side of and next to the box or crane) a request in writing for delivery of his mail to carrier for deposit at the designated point, at the risk of tie addressee. The small bag or satchel above described as well as the box or crane, must be provided by the person for whose use tits intended without expense to the depart ment.
 It shall be the duty of the post master at such postoffices, upon a written order from any person living on or near the route to de- liver to the mail carrier for that route any mail matter-placing in the respective satchels, where such are used, the mai. for the persons to whom such satchels belong-with instructions as to the proper mail box or crane at which said mail matter shall be deposited; but registered mail not be so delivered unless ex- pressly requested by the ad- dressee in his written order. No mail matter so delivered to the carrier shall be carried past an- other postoffice on the route be- fore being deposited into a mali box or hung on a crane or post.
 The carrier or this route will be required to receive from any postmaster on the route any mall matter or private mail satchel that may be entrusted to hlm outside of the usual mail bag, and shall carry such matter or private mail satchel to and deposit it into proper mail box or hang it on the proper mail crane placed on the line of the route for this purpose; such service by the carrier to De without charges.
 The mail carriers must be of good character and of sufficient intelligence to properly handle and deposit the mail along the route.
 The department does not pre- scribe any particular design or box or satchel to be used for thls service, but the person providing either should see that it IS Of such character to afford ample protection for his mail. If there is lock attached to the box, a key is not to be held by carrier, as he is expected to deposit the mail without the necessity of un locking the box. The box or crane should be so located on the roadside that the carrier can de- nNSit tha mail without laaYln9