The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-09-29
TWO FAMILIES: ONE BOX.
Authorities Allow Such Use on
Rural Routes.

The local post Office authorities have
received a pamphlet from the post
master general setting forth several
new orders which will be of interest to
the public.
Probably the most important topic
discussed in the pamphlet and which
will be valuable to merchants espec-
tally, is the report of the parcels post
convention between the United States
and Japan. According to an agreement
which has now gone into effect between
the two nations, parcel post packages
for destination in Japan will now be adj
mitted in mails for Japan made up and
dispatched from this country. The
order which is addressed by Postmaster
General H. G. Payne and which is en-
titled, Order No. III says:
parcels exchanged between the
United States and Japan must not ex-
coed $500 in value, weigh more than
four pounds and six ounces, nor meas
ure more than three feet, six inches in
length and girth combined.
postage must be prepaid in full at
the following rate viz: In the United
States, on parcels for Japan, II cents
for each pound or fraction of pound,
and in Japan on parcels for the United
States, "a sen for each pound or fraction
of a pound.
A delivery charge not exceeding
cents in the United States or 10 sen in
Japan may be collected from the ad-
dresses of each parcel.
"Parcel post mails for Japan will be
made up at the postoffce of San Fran
cisco, Seattle, Tacoma and Honolulu"
Another matter of interest to the pub
lie, and especially to those who are
taking advantage of the rural mail SER
vice is the order which states that suit
able signals shall be placed on the rural
mail boxes to indicate whether or not
there is mail therein. Many of the
patrons along the rural routes have
mail boxes that comply with the regula-
tion, while some others have not the re-
quired equipment. The order is entitled
Order No. 786a, and is as follows:
Ordered, that Order No. 739, dated
July 8, 1902, be and the same is hereby
amended so as to provide that all APP
proved rural boxes be equipped with a
| suitable signal for the purpose of indi-
eating whether or not there is mail
| therein.
"That more than one family be per-
mitted to use the same mail rural box;
| provided that written notice of such
agreement between two or more fami-
lies is filed with the postmaster at the
distributing post office; that postmasters
may order for prospective patrons any
approved box selected by patron and on
the patrons request, but postmasters
are prohibited from receiving any COM
pensation or profit therefor"
4 ST.
DIR. G. P. Reed reports the arrival of a
big boy at the home of J. G. Simpson
who resides miles east of here, last
Sunday. Mr.. Simpsons family is a
trifle larger than the average and we
expect he is the author of the saying
4 II wouldn't take $4,000 apiece for my
children nor give Is cents for trair
load like them" The young man who
recently arrived at his home makes the
tenth boy Mr.. Simpson has trotted OF
his knees and every one of them il
alive, well and hearty. Of themselves
the boys don't make such large family
but when you learn that every boy has
a sister, you will agree with us that the
family is plenty large. How many chill
dren in the family? Davis City Lariat
1 Lloyd Severe Art Teale, Clarence
Frazier and the editor went to Leon
Tuesday, to see if the courthouse wa.
still standing. And it is lamentable
fact, the dod gasted thing was.-Davi,
City Lariat.