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Show POSTAL CLERKS SWAMPED Immense Business Transacted in Registry Reg-istry Department of Postofflce. Clerks in the regis tr) department of the in Btoffloe thought that uonday ol this week would probably be the bnpm-r day of the season so far as business was concerned In this they were disappointed, however, for the volume of business transacted yesterday exceeded even tha of Monday, the biggest in the history of the postofnee. An Idea of the volume of business transacted may he gained when It Is known that one of five clerks In the registry department yesterday handled COO packages, or an average of one for each one and one-fourth minutes min-utes while the window was open Swamped With Business. Not only were the clerks swamped with local business but this Is a relay staii. ii for tha packages emanating from the southern California postoill. and hundreds hun-dreds of these passed through the hands Of the Salt Lake registry clerks yesterday yester-day It may not be generally known, but I'ncle Sam has a system Of checking up on registered matter, which makes It necessary for the matter to be handled three or four times between coast and coast. Salt Lake Is tho first station east of Los Angeles where the registered matter mat-ter is checked up, and yesterday's mall brought the tim Mg batch of the Christina., Christ-ina., packages. Also Distributing; Point Salt Lake is also a distributing point for all registered matter destined for cities und towns in the southern part of the State. Every registered package, whether from east, west, north or south, whose llnal destination Is In the southern part of the state, litis to be handled by tlie clerks in the local office. The sub-stations In tin city where money orders and registered mall are bundled are also taxed to their capacity this week to accommodat patrons. Some Of the people are Just beginning to lind out that they can oht-iln these conveniences conven-iences from the near-by stations, and are making the most of their newly-ac-qtftred information. All the matter re-Celved re-Celved at the sub-stations niua also be handled by the clerks In the main office, of-fice, and these same clerks are about the busiest people In Salt Lake Just now Business at the stamp window continues brisk but the clerk in harge predicts that today's sales will eclipse those of ; n day of the week. Including Monday. Four days remain before Christmas and as procrastination l a falling with whleh a majority of mankind IS"k afflicted, tho .tamp clerk, nt least, thinks that the greater number of presents are yet to pass through the Salt Lake oflVr |