Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-12-25
Parcels
Post to
Begin
Jan. l New System
of Mail Express
is 1naugurated.

goes into effect Jan. l, 1913.
The accompanying map shows the
country divided into zones from the
unit in which Willmar is situated, as
the center. Accompanying the map
is table showing the rate Of postage
per pound for parcels from Willmar
to places within all the zones.
Each unit is approximately thirty
miles square. Each square Of one
degree Of latitude and longitude is
divided into four units, 80 minutes
square,. The first zone will extend to
each Of the eight units contiguous to
the home unit. To illustrate we give
herewith a map Of the first zone from
Willmar postofice. The unit in which
Willmar is located is 1858. All post
Offices in the same unit as Willmar
will have the same zone and use the
same map as the Willmar postofice.
The Willmar-K andiyohi township line
is the boundary between two units
and the Whitefeld-Roseland line is
on the boundary Of two units. Kan
diyohi county is therefore located in
four different units. Willmar and the
eight townships to the west and north
are in unit No. 1858. The east half
Of the county with the exception Of
the lower tier Of townships are in
unit No. 2808 and can therefore send
packages about "a miles farther
east at the first zone rate than can
people in the west half Of the county.
The people Of the west half will have
this advantage over the east half
when sending packages towards the
west. The two Lake Lillians are in
unit No. 28O9 and Holland and Rose
land townships are in unit No. 1859.
In the last named four towns there
are no postoffices so it will not make
any difference to the people there.
The boundaries Of their zone will de-
pend on which postoffice their mail
routes extend from.
The following postoffices are in the
same unit as Willmar and hence will
use the same map in determining the
rate to any given point-Raymond,
Svea, Pennock, Kerkhoven, Norway
Lake, Murdoch, DeGraff, Brooten,
Sunburg and Swift Falls. The first
zone limits for these towns is ter
ritory Of which Elbow Lake in Grant
county marks the northwestern cor
ner, Minneota in Lyon county, the
southwest corner, Gibbon in Sibley
county the southeast corner, and a
point ten miles northwest Of Little
Falls the northeast corner. The east
half Of the county will have the first
zone limits moved just half degree
Of longitude farther east. At this
latitude 80 minutes Of longitude
equals about "a miles. The towns
reached from the Willmar unit at the
first zone rate includes all points on
the Fergus Division of the Great
Northern from Albany to Evansville
including Sank Centre and Alexan-
dria; all points on the Northern Pa
cific from Morris to Swanville; all
points. on the 500 line from Eden
Valley to Elbow Lake; main line. Of
the Great Northern from Litchfield
to Donnelly; along the Milwaukee
from Stewart to Milan; along the ST..
Louis railroad from Morton to Boyd
and the Great Northern Sioux City,
Duluth line from Cottonwood to Tar
all; also towns of Long Prairie, Min
neota, and others on other railroad
lines.
When we get outside Of the first
zone, the local distances do not make
any appreciate difference and the
zone lines as shown on the large map
will serve in most cases to locate the
rates from all the territory in this
neighborhood.
Cut out the above map and keep
for reference It will enable you to
figure out rates to principal places in
the U. S. without going to the post
office, unless such points lie so near
the zone lines as to render the rate
doubtful.
The second zone rate from the
Willmar unit will include the cities Of
St. Paul, Minneapolis, Fargo and
Sioux Falls.
The third zone rate from Willmar
and vicinity include the cities Of Du-
luth, Grand Forks, Bismarck, Yank-
ton, Sioux City, Omaha and DEBORAH.
Within the fourth zone comes Chi
cago, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Denver,
and Minot.
Within the sixth zone comes Seat
tie, Portland, Washington, D. c., Bos-
ton, New York, Philadelphia, Jack
sonville and New Orleans.
Los Angeles and San Francisco
come in the seventh zone from Will
mar.
It will be seen by reference to the
table of rates of postage that it will
cost more per pound to send pack
age a long distanre than it does to
send it a short distance. The rate in
creases for package weighing one