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Show POSTMASTERS SEU MAPS liiiuniitloii Inaugurated It) Ihe I iillccl tHtc- (.cohHtlcnl Suri', The fittest and most a urate maps of the Pnlted (Male are those made li the Pnlted tttale geologl. al survey sur-vey This bra in h of the government service prints more than three thousand thous-and map a da) or about a million n year, most or whhh are sold lo tho publl. dlieitlv from Washington D C Hook and Matlnnery con. ems In ihe larger . Hbv ..r course handle, these map, but heiit.fure there has been no wa) In which the Inhabitant of Ihe wnall towns thioughoiit the rutin-try rutin-try could get them except by s. tiding lo Washington Now. however, ikisI-masters ikisI-masters In town and villages haw the IHTmlsslou or the totnfflre department depart-ment to handle these iuiiihc. When the geological mirve) print a new map It send a sample copy to the poslmnsti rs In the area covered. with the suggestion that the) tack It up In a conspicuous place, where an-one an-one calling for mall cnn see It, nml order a small slock for sale to those who wish to bit) the map Thl saves the purchaser the anno) am o of sending send-ing to Hie geological survey nnd walling wall-ing until the map 1 received from Washington and also eaves the expense ex-pense of HMlage The postmaster himself receive a small commission on each map sold Mnn) active HMtmnstcrs are hint-dllng hint-dllng the mniHC. and thnt their fellow elllsen appreciate the aecommodn-Hon aecommodn-Hon of being able lo li government ma at tho postofflee I shown by the number sold In thl wa) The record of maps sold shows that a mint-master mint-master In Minnesota heads the list ho for having sold a hundred and twin-ty-flvo maiia the first month he handled han-dled them. Only ostmaterM in region that nave been nsenll) mapped have been asked to handle Ihe maM, hut the geological surve) willingly answers In-qulrlee In-qulrlee made by other postmaster sending them a sample rop r tho map that covers their dlstrl.t If It has been mapiied i. U .1" MI,'VH, t this new plan of wn' ""yf iV' f""nt ma,. will benefit all coiuerneel it will be !..?".,VJ:n,",? " "' Purchasers. It '. win bring jhe postmaster h small e,..n,,,U.. and It will Increase th,! sale of the map |