The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-09
FOR THE FARMERS IN AND
AROUND ARDMoRe.
COMMERCIAL CLUB TO WORK
To Secure Several Routes-Has TAX.
en- up the Matter with Congress
sionaI Representative Nc.
Cuire-Some Laws.

rural delivery mail routes from the
city of Ardmore will be taken up by
the commercial club and put through
as soon as the conditions OF the pub.
lie roads and the density OF popula.
tion permits.
The question was taken up by Hon.
w II. Johnson of this city with Hon.
Bird Mcclure of Pawnee some time
ago and the blank petitions and infor.
nation as to mode Of procedure have
been turned over to the club by MIR.
Johnson.
Experience has proven that there is
no greater educator than the daily
mail service and the sections of the
country where the farmers are able to
enjoy the privilege are forging ahead
faster than many much more favored
localities by nature, as the receipt of
the daily paper and the ability to keep
hi touch with the centers of com
merce enable the solitary life of the
farmer to become far more tolerable
and also puts him in a way to market
his crops at the time when he can
realize the best prices therefor.
The requirements for mail route
is that It must cover about "a miles
and that approximately 100 families
shall be served. II is also a prime
requisite that the roads must be put
in good condition and kept up so that
good average rate OF speed may be
sustained by the carrier in making his
rounds. The carrier is not allowed to
retrace or travel over the same route
twice in a day. II is not the purpose
Of the department to travel over a
route covered by star mail route"
unless II is decided to supercede the
latter altogether.
Further details OF securing and
maintaining rural routes are as fol
lows: a
When etition for rural mail ser.
vice is filed and accepted 1t is refer
red to a rural agent for investigation.
Petitions are investigated as far as
practicable In their order OF filing.
The agent visits the locality indicat-
ed for the purpose Of knowing just
what the conditions are and whether
they are such as required by the de
partment. II is his duty to report the
facts as he finds them. and II such re-
port is favorable to the establishment
OF the service and is approved by the
department, action looking to the es
tablishment of the route Is taken with
in a reasonable time.
In laying out route the agent is
expected 20 carefully plan the same
with a view to as little change in the
future as possible, taking into account
the route already established, OF
which will need eventually tc
| be established. In order that
all the available territory in that par
ticular locality may be served to the
best advantage. For this reason II Is
not always practicable to lay out q
route exactly as petitioned for. Il
may also be necessary to deviate from
the roads referred to In the petition
for other reasons, such as UNFIT and
private roads, gates maintained on
public roads.
Persons desiring the benefits Of ser
vice on a rural delivery route are re
quired to furnish at their own cost
boxes for the reception Of mail to be
Delivered or collected by the carrier.
More than one family may use the
same box, provided written notice o
such agreement is filed with the post
master at the initial postoffice.
Each box must be erected by the
roadside so that the carrier can easily
have access to 1t without dismountint
from his vehicle.
All boxes must comply with certain
specifications fixed by tfe POSTMASTER
general as to size. shape, and work
manship, and be made Of galvanized
sheet iron or sheet steel and be ap
proved by the department.
Each box must be equipped will
some kind OF signal by which the car
rier may know there is mail in th'
box for COLLECTION and the patron ma!
I hag hnAn Halfuaraf
by the carrier. A list OF approved
boxes, with information as TO where
they may be obtained. will be furnish
ed on application to the fourth assist
ant postmaster general,
Postmasters and carriers are prohib
tied from assisting in the sale OF an!
particular box, or acting directly ol
Indirectly as agents for any box man