Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 155, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 July 1917 — Fix Roads or Mail Routes Will Go. [ARTICLE]

Fix Roads or Mail Routes Will Go.

The postoffice department has decided to cut out a large number of rural routes in the next few months to reduce expenses. Inspectors wil go thruogh the country in the next few months and examine all roads which the rural carriers travel and whenever the condition of the roads is found bad, routes will be discontinued. Roads which now show neglect will be more apt to be con-' demned than those which have been put into first class' condition. One careless overseer in a township may be the cause for the loss of a route.