Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1922-11-23

ink to street and number as well as
city and state; in the larger cities
many employees are needed to go thru
the city directory to add the street
and number before delivery can be
made. This delays the mail often as
much as day. Return address should
be upon the upper left-hand corner
and the stamp always in the upper
rlght-hand corner. At any other place
1t cannot be cancelled by the cancel
ling machine. Extra small envelopes
should not be used because they can
not be handled by the cancelling ma
chine. Prepare good packages, tie
them securely, use strong paper and
twine and be sure to address with pen
and ink. Return address must be on
every package. Mark the package fra
gile, perishable or glass, as the case
may be, and have it insured.
Avoid careless authorizations, such
as Cal, and COL, Wis. and Miss, and
Mimi, are often confused.
Do not send money by registered
mail, money orders are safer. Regis
ter valuable papers, register fee is 10
cents in addition to the postage.
A supply of stamps should always
be kept on hand. Letters without
stamps should not be placed in mail
boxes.
Patrons on rural routes should adj
wise those writing to them to always
have the rural route number and box
number added to the address. Very
often there are similar names on the
different routes, or it sometimes ham
pens clerk or substitute carrier hand
ling the mail may not be familiar with
all the names and the letter be placed
IN the general delivery in the postof-
flee and thereby be delayed.
Letters properly addressed to street
and number or rural route and box
number can be handled faster and an
earlier delivery be given them.
Patrons in villages where there is
no carrier should provide themselves
with either call or lock box This will
facilitate the delivery Of all mail.
Rural patrons should have the appli-
cations for money orders all filled out
before the carrier arrives. This will
save him considerable time.
The Postoffice Department insists
that roads over which rural carriers
travel be kept open and in good repair
at all times, and routes have been dis
continued in cases where the roads
were not kept in good condition.
c.. 0. D. parcels cannot be examined
before they are paid for and n1es,ey
for same cannot be returned to ad-
dress if the merchandise is unsatisfac-l
tory. I
Where old rural mail boxes are plac-
ed with new ones and where otherwise
possible it is urged that larger mail
boxes be provided to accommodate the
parcel post.
Treasury Savings Certificates, the
safest investment in the world, can
be bought in amounts of $20.50, S82,
and $500 and will bear per cent COM
pound interest and cashed at any time,
they can be had at the postoffice or
ordered through your carrier, a certi-
ficate for which you pay $82, the gov
ernment will pay you $10O at the end
of five years.
The Postoffice is a business institu-
tion and not a loafng place or play
house for children and it is to be re-
spected as such.
| hope that you will be able to CO.
operate with us in getting this infor-
nation to the children and in doing
so | know much good can be accomp-
lished | sincerely thank you.
Very truly yours,
A. C.. WAGNER, President,
Marathon County Welfare Council.
EdraT Vic