The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-07-14

should read the following orders, issued
June 8, by II. G. Payne, the postmaster
general:
The act Of congress making appgopri.
ations for the service OF the postOffice
department, for the fiscal year begin
ming July i, 1904, in connection with
the appropriation for the pay Of rural
carriers, provides that:
"0n and after said date July 1, 1904
said carriers shall not solicit business
or receive orders Of any kind for any
person, firm or corporation, and shall
not, during their hours Of employment,
carry any merchandise for hire; proVid.
ed, that said carriers may carry mer-
chandise for hire for and upon the re-
quest OF patrons residing upon their
respective routes, whenever the same
shall not interfere with the proper dis
charge Of their official duties, and under
such regulations as the postmaster gem
eral may prescribe"
In pursuance Of the above provision
Of law, it is ordered:
That rural carriers are not permitted
to solicit business or receive orders Of
any kind for any person, firm or corpo-
ration.
No mailable matter may be handled
by rural carriers while serving their
routes, unless the proper postage has
been prepaid, with the single exception
OF county newspapers, which, under the
law, are permitted TO be carried free
throughout the county in which they
are published, TO actual subscribers,
and such newspapers addressed to sub
scribers, residents on rural routes, must
be deposited at the postofiice the same
as papers for other subscribers.
The hire for merchandise carried on
request OF the patron OF rural free deliv-
cry must be paid by the patron. Car
riers will not be permitted to receive
any compensation from the seller OF
such merchandise.
Articles or packages, which are mail
able, which are handed TO the carrier
or deposited in the postoffice or in a
rural letter box or in collection box
located ON rural route, with request
that the rural carrier deliver same, are
subject to the rules regulating mall
matter, including the payment Of post
age thereon.
Articles or packages, that are not
mailable, which the patron desires the
rural carrier to carry must be delivered
to the carrier in person, and in carrying
merchandise for hire rural carriers are
not permitted to leave their routes AZ
officially laid out or to accept anything
that will in any way delay the delivery
OF mail, or IN any way interfere with
the efficiency Of the service.
Carriers, while on duty, are not per-
mitted TO carry spirituous liquors either
for themselves, for sale, or ior the ac-
commodation of their patrons.
Rural carriers are required to permit
postofiice inspectors, or other duly
accredited agents Of the postofTice
department, to accompany them on
their regular trips over their routes.
They must not carry other passengers
nor permit any person, other than au-
thorized postal officials, to ride with
them or to have access to the mails.
Rural carriers must not engage in
any business during their prescribed
hours OF service, or conduct any busi-
ness after hours which offers the temp
tatiOn to solicit patronage on their
routes, or which. by reason OF their
position in the government service,
gives them special advantage over COM
petitors, such as book canvassing, solic-
iting insurance, selling sewing machines
or other kindred occupations.
Carriers must not, either in person
or through others, directly or indirectly,
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