Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-03-30

nine carriers it goes to. Those that
are marked General Delivery" go
there, what is not known goes to
passes.2 These IRE letters Improperly
addressed (~letters to cities with de-
livery service are not properly ad-
dressed unless street number or box
number is shown on the envelope.)
Letters are then taken from the city
case and thrown to boxes by the
clerks or routed by the carriers for
distribution on their routes.
Workers Use Their Heads.
Carriers then endeavor to make de-
livery to your homes according to the
address on the envelope. How many
letters would be delivered to the
rightful owner, l wonder, II. the car
riers and clerks were not using their
heads all of the time.
What becomes Of these passes that
the clerks don't know where they go?
They are sent to the general delivery
or directory ;sectBn and special effort
made to find ouf where they belong
If no address cab be located, they go.
to general delivery for ten days, or
time specified on return. and If not
called for are, sent to dead letter Of
flee or division. Over 100000 went
there last year-about 100000 were
reclaimed-all could have been If
properly addressed or with returns
on them. : ~ +
Get this now. please-almost L.
000. 900 of these letters contained, val
liable enclosures valued lat over> ST.
900, 900, and 100000 of this could
not be connected up with owners so
reverted to the government.
You all know the first requirement
for city delivery service Is to have
continuous side walks, houses num-
bered and mail receptacles, to receive
your mail. Why not show your ap-
probation of the boys who are out in
all kinds Of weather and provide these
things for them; talk to your neigh
Dor about them, too. /.
] wonder If you all realize just how
much rural delivery service means
to you-some of o do, I know, by
the number of packages you, mail to
patrons on the routes. We have two
routes out of here serving about 100
families. Think. of it-some addition
to the city, isn't it? And we are now
arranging to extend these routes to
take in As more families. in the out
lying districts who do not have serv-
ice now. ur - M
What does it mean to. keep up this
rural service-roads, road work, and
road overseers who care. You men
don't realize what trouble we had to
care for our farmers this winter. We
drove when no one else would: we
did not give the service we should be-
| cause it was not possible without help
In we didn't get much. Personally
I think Grand Forks should ave a
caterpillar tractor to go over these
rural route roads when necessary; il
would then be possible to serve your
people and open up -four business in
let's to our city.
How to Help
A few helps for us:
Keep the p~ostofficc advised OF
change Of address. .
Have your help properly address
letters going from our office anG
have the address uniform and accord.
ing to the form recommended by the
department.
If you have a large amount of mai
to get out, get it to the office as earl,
as possible and give us a chance tt
get it worked; mail early and often
Mail on No. 4 and No. IA out OF. here
make first delivery at st. Paul ant
Minneapolis at 8 o'clock a. m. Mai
on trains No. 10 and 80 make secone
delivery out Of st. Paul, and Mime
appolis at 10 a. m. or later.
If o find anything go wrong will
your mail, let the postmaster know
as quickly as possible, in that way tn
trouble can be located and taken car,
OF and that is a lot. better than stor
ing up these little grievances and tell
ing everybody else how bad the serv
ice is. Bring in the information i
you an. and let us figure III wher
the trouble is. We would be glad t.
help. Come ovc and see us andN Sc
how our work is handled. We hav
some real artists. For instance. il
case of examination, the following
records lave been hung up:
Record for 500 postoffices throw
at a rate Of SO per minute-100 pc
cent perfect.