Show NOVEMBER STAMP SALE Postmaster Barretts Report For the Last Month INCREASE OVER OCTOBER NEW ORDERS RECEIVED FROM THE POSTAL DEPARTMENT Hotter and Eggs Very Scarce in Salt Lake City Shipments Being Made From the East X iitural Gus is Electric Light Prospects of a Small War Dank Clearings Postmaster Barretts report of stamp sales for the month of November which was made public yesterday and Is hereby exclusively announced shows a great increase in the stamp sales as compared with the month of October Octo-ber During the latter month The sums received from this source aggregated 5814389 while in November they wero 840189 or an increase of 266 I The postmaster reports a steady and marked increase in business in every department and predicts a reat rush during the approaching holiday season At this time immediately preceding the school election in the fourth precinct pre-cinct carriers Nos 9 and S whose routes are on East Brigham and north of Brigham and east of Canyon road find themselves unable to make their deliveries in the 8 hours prescribed by law This nonability is caused Ly the excessive increase in drop letter service which it is presumed is caused caus-ed by candidates tickets being mailed I is fair to presume that many of these drop letters will not be delivered in time to catch the intelligent voter today but if this should be the case the postal authorities here are not to blame as the rules of the department are rigid and inflexible No carrier Is permitted to work overtime Later it was learned t tlo of the above mentioned men-tioned mail was delivered except 70 drop letters and they will be delivered first thing this morning IVeir Rule Promulgated Hitherto it has been the custom of business rirms and others to attach the registry fees to letters and packages and either dump them in a city box or the drop box in the postofflce and have the same sent This practice will no longer be permitted In the Cuture the rule Is that any letter or pacel Intended for registration should Le presented at the registry window and a proper receipt taken on the regulation regula-tion form I any letter or parcel is deposited in the street box or drop box in the postoffice with the fee attached it shall be forwarded to the addressee and stamped Not In the registered mail Postmaster Barrett says this rule must be enforced and will be Lottery Rules The postoflice department has just Issued an order relative to lottery matter mat-ter which will bear scrutiny Parties have been in the habit of printing rebuses re-buses proposing to distribute prizes under the following conditions con-ditions 1 To the person furnishing the first correct solution of the above we will ply 20 in gold coin to the second etc The department by advice of tho assistant attorney general holds thia to be a lottery Chan es Made The Postal Guide for November 1895 announces the following changes Alpine Al-pine City to Alpine Castle Gate to Ca tlegate Fair View to Fairview Mill Creek to Millcreek Virginia City to Virgin and White Rocks to WhIter White-r clts Dorr in Sanpete Lee in Carbon Riverview in San Juan Silver Reef in Washington and Starr in Juab are discontinued Owing toa change in lines Fish springs is now in Juab |