Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-30
TENTH INFANTRY ORDERED To
MOVE AT ONCE TO NICARAGUA
ONLY SPECIAL DELIVERY LET
TIERS WILL BE GIVEN OUT
ON SUNDAY.
Instructions.

Instructions.
The postoffice appropriation act for
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1918,
provides:
''That hereafter postoffices of the
first and second classes shall not on.
en- on Sundays for the purpose Of de.
livering mail to the general public,
but this provision shall not prevent
the prompt delivery Of special deliv-
cry mail.
"Under this rule you will close the
general delivery, carriers windows,
and lock boxes and discontinue all de.
liveries by carriers on Sunday. You
will note, however, that special de.
livery mail is excepted and you will,
therefore, arrange to have on duty a
sufficient force to handle this mail
matter promptly.
"The department desires to reduce
the Sunday work to the minimum, so
that as many Of the employees as pos.
sible may enjoy complete day Of rest
on Sunday. You should, therefore. re.
quire only sufficient number of the
clerks to report for duty on that day
in order that transit mail and the mail
collected for dispatch may be handled
without delay. If no mail is dispatched
on Sunday a very early collection
should be made on Monday morning
and the mail for local delivery dis
tributed before the carriers leave TO,
their first trip.
Respectfully,
&c. P. Grandfeld,
"First Assistant Postmaster General
Unless residents Of Devils Lake
make arrangements to have their i'm.
portant Sunday mail sent Especial de-
livery they will be unable to get any
of 1t until Monday. The Mann Sun
day closing law which went into effect
when President Taft affixed his sig
nature to it last Saturday, says tLa1
no mail shall be delivered on suuda,
IN first and second class postofflces.
It was announced at the Devils
Lake postoffice this morning that II
all probability observance Of the new
ruling will begin this coming Sunday
Special Delivery Only.
The new law not only calls for s
closing Of the. general delivery win
dow all day Sunday, but IT also de
clares that no mail shall be distributed
to the boxes during the day. The
special delivery mail is all that viii
be sent out, and it will be delivered
as promptly as possible.
The new order of things will work
a hardship on the travelling men, par
ticularly those who "Slniay N
Devils Lake and who have been re.
ceiviag their expense checks here o.
that day. Unless they can make ar
rangements to have this mail sent sc
as to arrive here Saturday nj ght Of
have it sent by special delivery they
will be unable to get it until Monday
morning.
Business men say they will also find
a great deal Of difficulty in getting
used to such system.
The tired business man, who likes
to read the Sunday papess, aad the
"kids'' who clamor for the "comics q
will also be hit rather hard by the
law. A large number of the twin city
Sunday papers go through the local
office on Sunday, and unless those
who receive them have their subserip.
tions cancelled and make arrangement
to purchase them at the news stands
they will have to save their Sunday
reading until Monday.
The news dealers, who receive large
numbers of these papers each Sunday
morning can have the mail sent "out
side delivery" and consequently be
able to receive them. They will I'M.
doubtedly profit more by the new
ruling than the clerks in the post.
Office for it will mean great mum.
Der of extra nickels in their cash reg
listers.
The Mann closing Law does not
mean, however, that outgoing mail
shall not be handled. A sufficient
number Of clerks will be kept on duty
to see that all mail leaving the cit,
is properly handled on Sunday.
There has been some question as
to whether or not the new law pre-
vented the distribution of mail to the
boxes on Sunday. According to in.
structions received at the local office
none Of the mail is to be distributed
until the following day. This absolu.
tely put an end to all hope Of receiv-
ing anything but Especial delivery
mail on the Sabbath.
BREAK ON 4o3 CAUSED A TIE UP
FOR AN HOUR LAST NIGHT
TO NO. 2.
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