Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1917 — The Way to Get Money Orders On Rural Routes. [ARTICLE]

The Way to Get Money Orders On Rural Routes.

The postoffice department calls attention to the growing habit on the part of patrons on rural routes of depositing money in their mail boxes for the purchase of money orders. This practice is conducive to theft and consequent loss on the part of the patron, and trouble and expense of investigation on the part of the department. Rural patrons who wqnt money orders should meet the carrier at the box, give him their money and obtain a receipt from him, as provided in the postal laws and regulations. The same practice should be observed in registering a letter or insuring a parcel. In this connection it should not be deposited loose in the box but should be wrapped up, or placed in a small box or other receptable inside the mail box.