Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-03-06
THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE GIVES
ALL NEEDED INFORMATION
FOR ALL ITS PATRONS.
SAVE THIS PAPER FOR REFERENCE
AS This New Mode of Express Has
Come to Stay 1t Behooves Every
body to Become Familiar
With Its Workings.

Circulars handed to the public at the
post offices are not sufficiently ex-
planatory as to the parcel post regula-
tons About the best compilation of
the rules and regulations is the one
which comprises all the essential de-
tails. Subscribers should cut these
out and post them on the wall:
Sec. 8. The law requires that on
and after January 1, 1913, the post
age on all matter of the fourth class
must be prepaid by distinctive parcel
post stamps affixed. Postmasters can
not receive for mailing parcels that
do not bear such stamps.
2. Parcel post stamps are not valid
for the payment of postage on matter
of the first, second and third classes,
and, when used for that purpose, the
matter to which they are affixed shall
be treated as Held for postage" as
prescribed in section 8.
Where Mailable.
Sec TO- Parcels must be mailed at
a post office. branch post office, named
or lettered stations, or such numbered
stations as may be designated by the
postmaster. or delivered to rural or
other carrier, duly authorized to re-
ceive such matter.
2. Parcels collected on star routes
must be deposited in the next post
Office at which the carrier arrives and
postage charged at the rate from that
office.
Preparation for Mailing.
Sec. IL. Parcels must be prepared
for mailing in such manner that the
contents can be easily examined.
2. A parcel must not be accepted
for mailing unless it bears the name
and address of the sender preceded
by the word From"
3. In addition to the name and
address of the sender, which is re-
quired, it is permissible to write or
print on the covering of a parcel,
or on tag or label attached to 1t,
the occupation of the sender, and
to indicate in a small space by
means of marks, letters, numbers
names or other brief description, the
character OF the parcel, but ample
space must be left on the address
side for the full address in legible
characters and for the necessary
postage stamps. Inscriptions such as
Merry Christmas please do moi
open until Christmas Happy New
Year." With best wishes" and the
like, may be placed on the covering
of the parcel in such manner as moi
to interfere with the address.
Limit of Weight and Size.
Sec Is. If a parcel exceeds clever
pounds in weight or is greater IL
size than seventy-two inches in length
and girth combined, it must be re
fused no matter how small the exces:
may be in either case.
2. The law prescribes that pack
age to pc admitted to the parcel pos
snail not exceed seventy-two inches
in combined legnth and girth. IL
measuring the length the greatest dis
lance in straight line between thu
two ends of the parcel shall be taken
while the girth is the actual meas
urement py tape encircling the par
Gel at it's thickest part.
Unavailable Matter.
Sec. 16. The following matter il
declared non-mailable (see secs. 211
PIP and pit of the Criminal Code o
the United States approved March
1900:
l. Matter manifestly obscene
lewd or lascivious; articles intende'
for preventing conception or for pre-
curing abortion; articles intended 10
indecent or immoral purposes; al
matter otherwise mailable by law, tn
outside cover or wrapper OF Whlc
bears any delineations or languag
of a libelous, scurrilous, defamator
or threatening character.
2. Spirituous, vinous, matted, fel
mented or other intoxicating liquor
of any kind; poisons OF every KIND
and articles and compositions COZ
tanning poison Except as prescribe
in sec. 19); poisonous animals, IL
sects and reptiles; explosives of ever
kind; infiammable materials (whic
are held to include matches, kero
sene oil, gasoline, naphtha, benzine
turpentine, denatured alcohol, etc.
internal machines and mechanical
chemical or other devices or compo
sitions which may ignite or explode
disease germs or scabs Except a
prescribed in sec. 36) and other nat
ural or artificial articles, composition
or materials of whatever kind, whic
may kill, or in any wise injure o
damage the mail or other property.
sec. II. Live or dead (and no
stuffed) animals, birds or poultry (e1
cept as prescribed in secs. 20 an
34): raw hides or pelts, guano or an
article having bad odor, shall not b
admitted to the mails.
D-1Lfco of Dar~aIv