The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-05-07
STEADY GROWTH
SHOWN FOR CITY
POST OFFICE BUSINESS FURNISH
Es GOOD CRITERION.
INCREASE in THE RECEIPTS.
Registration of Letters and Packages
Sent BY Mail Growing in Popu-
larity - Other Post office
News Notes.

News Notes.
The receipts of the Oskaloosa post
Office for April Of this year amounted
TO $2,61668, as against $2,45726 for the
same month in 1907, gain of $159.42
For the four months ending April 30
the total receipts were $40, 1895, as
compared with ss,948.30 for same
months In 1907, gain of s241,65.
So
During April 404 letters and pack
ages were registered at the local of
flee. an increase of 10 over the cores
ponding month in 1907, or gain of 81
per cent. During the four months so
far this year 1886 pieces have been
registered, as against 1927 for the
same months in 1907, an increase of
26S or 20 per cent AS compared with
1906 the increase for the month Is
100, or 60 per cent, and for the four
months the gain is 522, or 4sk per
cent. The value and absolute safety
and small cost of registration is be-
ing more and more appreciated every
day., a......
During April LEO money orders
amounting to $6,67870 were issued at
the Oskaloosa post office. At the same
time / 1875 amounting to $S,691.yz were
paid. "" a.s, #,-
The five rural routes out of Oska-
loosa traverse to exceed 1856 miles,
and less than five miles of this length
of road Is duplicated There are sew
eral places where two routes will meet
and travel the same road for a a
to y of a mile, but these are very few.
Over 600 families are accommodated
by the routes, with population Of
$500. TAese figures do not include
those living along the various routes
who prefer getting their mail at the
post office.
Hal Scott and Lester Butler, the two
new rural carriers who began service
April l on routes NO. l and No. 4,
have, as the saying is, won a home"
among the patrons of their routes.
Both are painstaking. prompt and
pleasing Such service as theirs make
rural delivery popular.
Ross Moorish, carrier on r. F. ID.
No s, has forwarded his resignation
to the department, to take effect upon
the naming OF his successor. Ross
hoe tn no fnr
years and his record is A No. i, and
patrons on the route regret the young
mans quitting, as he has always been
on time and been most accommodating
He expects to put in some hard work
studying for the railway mail service,
which he will enter as soon as pos
sible.
James IT, George, who few months
ago resigned his position in the Oska'
loosa Office to take up railway mail
service, has been assigned perma
nent berth" on the A. & A. r. p. o
on trains l and Of the, Iowa Contra,
Since quitting the Oskaloosa office
Jimmie has been on the sub" list and
has been "bobbing" back and forth
all over Iowa
Information at Post Offices.
BY virtue of a recent order of the
Department stringent orders have
been issued to all postmasters not to
divulge the names,0 addresses or any
other information whatever concern
ing any of the patrons of the office.
Heretofore post Offices have been con-
sidered local directories, bureaus OF
information and repositories of all
sorts of neighborly conveniences. II
a person wanted an address or list OF
names 1t was understood that the
postmaster was in duty bound to sup
ply this information, together with
the habits OF, character and general
fitness of each individual who comes
within observation of the office.
Now all is changed. Postmasters
are required to keep all affairs of the
Office as inviolate as the business of
bank. They are not permitted to
give the name or address of a patron,
nor tell whether or not they are a
resident OF the town or have moved
away. Neither are they permitted to
transact parcel checking department
for the public, nor to do anything ex-
cept follow the regulations as set down
in the Postal Guide and the numerous
bulletins which keep them posted
sometimes guessing) as to their pro
per Interpretation.
The Postmasters' Advocate, pub.
lished at Washington, d. c., says the
Department win soon issue the follow.
ing order:
THAT after December 81, 1908, mail
shall not be delivered by city carriers
except at residences and Offices where
approved mail receptacles are placed
at the door or entrance"