Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 4, 1923, Page 12

PAGE TWELVE Casper Sunday Worning Trivune . SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 192: BY POSTMASTER GENERAL WORK POSTAL SERVICE HAS DONE MUCH % 1% FOR MODERN FARMER, WORK SAYS Postmaster General Tells How Isolation of Rural In- habitants of United States Has Been Transformed to One of Contact with Teeming World Outside. population of the United States? S This is a straight-forward question and the answer to it| § 7 PECIAL FEBRUARY CASH SA] ff OF explains one of the most remarkable metamorphisis in the lives of a group of people tapresenting many millions that si has ever been recorded in human history. ; enty-six years ago the farmers; The farmers likewise have reaped wives and untold benefits from the parcel post = ; | , ? Tl ; — E re i E e > Recently succeeding Shaffer-Gay Co. in the Furniture business and desiring to meet the people of Casper and the moand t present administra surrounding territory, we are making special inducements in price for the next three weeks. At these low prices---real bargains in every way---those in need of home-furnishings of any kind can now supply their needs at very substantial savings. Sale Opens Monday F eb. 9; Closes Saturday Feb. 24 SIMMONS STEEL BED—2-inch post; regular price their neighbors nor the outside world. They received no mail except that which they got, themselves, by golng to the post office at in ds they ad the American farmer may erything that happens not | iz e nd the possibili in the immediate neighborhood | ties of using the parcel post to send ‘arm, but he is in constant con ts of their tru i th the public affairs of the en. nation as well as the tions of the world. A m: es his farm every day department. has connection netropolitan daily newspaper | r on the very date of its publication. He leaves also personal letters for the farmer and the members of his fam y and business letters from the mer- n the nearby town or from tt uccessful that the s dealers in the! tended to cover the whole city to whom he sells the products of | The sow and meration: is belt his farm. The rural route carrier! conducted brings parcel post packages. He sells who have the farmer stamps and money orders, | collects mail and takes it to the post office to be dispatched to its destin atjon within the short space of a few hours. He is the medium that has transformed the isolated and seclud. ed inhabitants he rural districts of the United § into up-to-da and costnopolitan c live to th current topics of the and equir ped to play their prop je in the destinies of a great republic The post office department made its first experiment in rural delivery service in 1896 on three routes sim ultaneously in West Virginia months after the establishme these initial routes, the service broadened to 82 routcs leading 43 post offices in 29 rent Immediately the amazing were realized and the post off.ce de partment began at once the extension of the service annually until now isolation to one ; there are 44,186 rural routes supply- with the throbbing and teeming ing mail to approximately 6.425.770 world, familles or 29,742,542 individuals. No a single post office of importance in| any state of the union fs without its rural routes running out in every dl rection and serving the farméiv, .th| their daily mail. In the year 1897,| the annual pay roll of rural route car-| riers amounted to the insignificant sum of $14,840. Last year the post || ations At first tried out a yea go in only seventeen states it prove of hogs be ates to be used by sriculture in furn ation to the farm: me of production most certain method of m MATTRESS—An unusual value at the regular price RUGS—New Pattern Velvet Rugs; $45.00 value; disburseme HEAVY PRINT LINOLEUM—Regular $1.50 per square yard value. Sale Price MATTRESS—An extra good value at $16.50. RUGS—Size 6x9 in heavy pile axminster; a $35.00 € quate mail service for the far the nation through the CONGOLEUM RUGS—AIl sizes and patterns; 6x9 art patterns. Sale Price $6 95 = eee de ° ‘DINING CHAIRS—Solid oak, saddle seat; $4.50 RUGS—In Tapestry and Near Body; size 6x9; value. Sale Price $3 25 pep .00 value. Sale Price $14 65 siiceeenaeee e. BRIM cx pieaelenlcsea ae emaede o only . scant = WALNUT DINING SUITE—Handsome 66-inch Buffet, 45x60-inch Oblong Ex- Wal NG s WALNUT B: E— “pi ite, i y i ; tension Table, 5 Chairs and Host Chair, nicely upholstered in $217 50 ta aee Peas Fi Mireer’ Dressine Tate ei ae aa ae Dresser with large French Plate Mirror, Dressing Table with triple mirror and full size Bed; $177.50 value. Sale Price only 419.75 fine grade tapestry; $275.00 value. Sale Price only... carriers the huge total sum of $81,- 815 1 The distance covered by thet routes as 1,180,448 and the carriers trave' the year the distance of 3 miles The present ion of the postal service from its very inception has left no step untaken in extend. ing the beneficences of rural matl de livery to the farming population throughout the country. During the Jast year 434 new rural routes were BLANKETS—A good value at $10.00 pair. Sale FIBRE DINING SUITE—Nicely designed Buffet and LIBRARY TABLE—Selected oak; $18.00 value. e value. ‘Sale Price only. BLOQZO] [ony $12.95 OAK TABLE—42-inch Extension Table; $21.50 ies emo $15.75 OAK DRESSER—Good size Mirror; regular $22.75 value. Sale Pric $1 5.75 only... siete Scotus Se teal New Kurtzman, $485.00 We Invite All musicians and others interested in fine pianos to come in and hear ry postal arly 150,000 families K 000 persons living | U zman of mail daily to the | U e resulted in this| ri t e in thelr monoton: | p ous existen is not the only .thing the post office department has done |ff Which Has Just Arrived for them. In many sections of the | SEWING ROCKER — Regular $5.75 value. MAHOGANY DAVENPORT TABLE—A _ $40.00 resifents In additt LARGE ROCKER—Leather seat; regular $16.50 BABY BUGGY—Reed Buggy, English Gondola yelue. ale Price $11.50 styles apenas 5885-00 value. Sale $44.75 proved facilities were accorded to| some 58,800 families by the léngthing and readjustment of 3,496 existing rural routes and about 26,970 were provided with additiona hich were incre: to daily delivery SUMMIT HEATING STOVE—A good value at the la i RLA — i i of $25.00. Sale Price only... tide at aeed $14.75 be Ske SE ae i ee ncabeniueseses $69.75 fect of givin convenience or to more the farmers that h: miraculous ch GARLAND HOT BLAST HEATER—Regular $35.00 CHINA CABINET—Regular $26.50 value. Sale COMBINATION BOOK CASE AND WRITING country the farming tricts are | lacking tn transportation and rail road facilities and into this a the government’s postal service has FRAMED PICTURES—Large stock of framed pic- KITGHEN CABINET—Our regular $33.50. value. REFRIGERATOR—Medium size; good value at lapond’ ta-aupply: ineas! Aetiolaniela one tures; good subjects; at Sale Price 32.50. Sale Pri Geer routes: have ‘Uren inauaurates | Positively a discount of. eT eer lene 20% only .... bois $21.75 ies iin ere oP .. $23.75 DISHES—33-Piece Set, handsomely decorated; a FLOOR LAMP—Handsome Mahogany base, and OFFICE TABLES AND CHAIRS—We are making very attractive price on all office furniture. to them re : world. Last 3 there were|q Piano value in Casper. of these » {1 routes t has the tone of a Grand volving travel aggregating 83,20 and will last a lifetime. miles If you buy it here it is an honest value. good $10.00 value. Sale Price hand-painted Parchment shade; regu- see Sass acer ei $6.95 lar price $45.00. Sale Price only $24.75 a E SEE 2 A ee Se Early Buying Gives You a Larger Assortment---Shop Around and You Will Shop With Us GRAHAM-SHIELDS FURNITURE C0. The Chas. E. Wells Music Co. Wyoming's Leading Music House Tell Them And You Will Sell Them! Be sure you tell them in the big Industrial num er Tribune. Mz dvertising res¢ 133 East Second Street ee 133 East Second Street S50 Ben Skccua Successors to Shaffer-Gay Co. Phone 194 Fecutt that daily cervice by horse | Know drawn or motor-vehicle carries letters parcel post packages and daily news + b c from the | Chis to be the greatest