The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-29
FIRST RURAL ROUTE
Farmers Northeast and Northwest Of
Mitchell Will Get Daily Mail AFTER
August list.
Gottlieb Scheurenbrand Has Started a
Factory for the Making Of Cement
Building Blocks.
The Rebekah Lodge Installed New Or
dcers Saturday Night and Had
Three limitations.
THE FIRST RURAL ROUTE
Will Leave the City northeastern
and Return in "a Northwest
erly Direction.
erly Direction.

Mitchell's first rural mail route
will be established on Aug. lst, the
petition sent in to the postolfice de-
partment for the same having been
granted some time ago. Saturday
was held the examination, under the
direction OF G. w. Boggs. local see.
Rotary of the civil service commits
sion, and three men took the EXAM
lnatlOn for the appointment. They
were II. Mccormick, II. Nj. Getman
and Nj. Z. Bates.
The route as outlined covers 2s4
miles, which is to be covered every
day in the week excepting sunday.
The route is IS follows; Leaving
the %postol.ice north and east to the
city limits, Ia miles; north to
northwest corner section ,, 81 miles;
east to the northeast corne Of sec
ton >, ] mile: north to the north
west corner OF section %, , miles:
east TO the southeast corner OF sec
ton 10, > miles north to the north
east corner OF section Z, 3 miles:
west to the northwest corner OF sec
ton /, ] mile: south to the south
east corner of section -. ! mile
west to the south west corner of
section -, / mile: south to the
southeast corner of section IA, /
mile; west TO the southwest corner
of section IL, 4 miles: south to the
south west corner of section II TWP.
l05), 6 miles: east to the city limits,
| mile east and south TO the post
Office, l$8 miles.
The alea covered by the route is
AZ square miles: the number of
houses visited by the mail carrier is
90, and the population served is $50,
The rnal carrier is directed TO
leave the Mitchell postofice each
day at 1915 a. IN. and is required
to reach the office at 6 p. IN. The
carrier is entitled to a substitute,
and from this examination held both
will he appointed. The salary of the
carrier is 500 per annum. including
horse hire.
Rural carriers are not permitted to
solicit business or receive orders of
any kind for any person, firm or cor
poration, and shall not during their
hours Of employment carry any mer-
chandlse for hire, except that they
may carry merchandise for hire for
and Upon the request of patrons re-
siding upon their respective routes,
whenever the same does not inter
terere with the proper discharge of
their official duties. The carriers
will Carry a supply Of postage
stamps, postal cards, stamped envel-
opes and money order blanks, and
if theil patrons choose to make the
carriers their agents by intrusting
TO them addressed and stamped en-
velops for that purpose, they can en-
close the money order, when issued
at the posollice, in the envelopes so
furnished.
In order to obtain the service of
the rural deli very one must erect at
his own cost a box III which the
mail is to be deposited by the ear
rier. The box must conform to the
requirements of the government,
and must be placed at the roadside,
where il can be reached with cas- y
access by the carrier without dis
mounting from his vehicle.