The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-08-05
STORY OF
RURAL ROUTES
Three Thousand
Served
FIVE ROUTES ARE
KEPT BUSY
And More Avenues for
Mail to be Opened

Three thousand and two hundred
people In Logan county outside Of
Guthrie haye their mail delivered al
most at their door every day of the
week except Eunday by the FIVE rural
route carriers which drive out Of the
Guthrie Office yard each morning. The
Ave carriers travel over 12s miles OF
road each day in order to give Logan
county people their mail
For some time the business men
have mada inquiries of Postmaster
Mccoy OF the general direction. mum.
Der OF persons servedand distance
from the city Of each rural route The
postmaster has answered these in
quiries. For the convenience Of the
business men. The Leader has com
piled tho following bit Of interesting
information
Route No. beginning at the city
limits at the southwest corner of sec
non g. Guthrie township and proceed
ing due east on the section line two
miles; thence three miles north, four
miles east two miles north. one mile
west, one mile north two miles west,
one mile south, one mile west. one
mile north one mile west. four miles
south. one mile west. one and ore half
mile south, one-half mile west to cen
ter section 4. Guthrie township. one
half mile south to city limits Length
Of route. twenty-six and one-half miles;
area covered, 35 square miles: number
Of houses on route. 40; population
served. 700 Carrier. Luther Arnold.
Route No 2-Beginning at the city
limits on the center section lire be-
tween sections 10 and 10 east one and
one-half miles one quarter mile south.
one-half mile east e-fourths mile
north, two miles east, two miles north
ffve miles east two miles south. Fl -
miles west, one mile south. two niles
west one-half mile south. one-half mile
south. one.half mile west to center Of
section "a. one-half mile north, one and
onehalf miles west to city limits
length of route twenty-seyen and one
quarter miles area covered, Ss square
miles; number Of houses on route. 1870:
populatica served, $50 Carrier. Edwin
r shelter
Route No 3-Beginnlng at the city
limits at the northwest corner of sec
tion Is Guthrie township and extend
ing one haf mile south to center sec
iion 10, onehalf mile east, one mile
louth on section line TO middle OF the
east section line OF section 22. one
mile east one-haif mile south. one
mile east onehalf mile south. one
mile east across section 30. Bear
Greek township. one-half mile north,
one and sevem-eights miles east on
section lines 70 one-elghth mile Of ne.
corner. section 2s, Bear Creek town
ship. one-eighth mile south. one
eighth mile east 10 east section line of
section 2s. Bear Greek township. two
and seven-eighths miles south. one
quarter mile southwest across the
northeast quarter section No 9. Spring
dale township, onequarter mile
slightly northwest 10 the north line
section 9. springvale township. one
half mile west along the section line
20 the site Of the old Beulah postoffice
III. Aliens cornerl, Onerhalf mile
north one mile west on half section
line to hte middle of the west line o.
section 3, Spmngvale township, one
half mile irregularly northwest. skirt
ing Bear Creek to the sprlngvale an,
Bear Greek township threefourth.
mile west. oneQuarter mile north an,
back to section line. one aud one-hal
mile west onequarter mile northwes
90 southeast. onequarter section 30
Guthrie township three fourths mill
north. one mile west. three miles nortl
to Guthrie Length Of route. % miles
area covered 20 square miles; mum
Der Of houses on route, los; population
served, $50 Carrier Mathew S Allen
Ronte No beginning al the cit
limits al the northeast corner Of Sc,
tion iS Guthrie township extendin
west ON section lines ten miles. theme
one mile south one milo west on
mile south. zine miles cast two mile