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Show SWAMPED DK PARCEL POST OWPfflTS Seven-ton Consignment Too Much for Butte Postoffice Delivery Wagons. Special to The Tribune. Bl TTF Mont.. June 4. Butte's postof-fic postof-fic 1;-. wrr-siling with the problem of how to handle and deii-er seven tons of ore. recently hhipped by pai'cel post from Idaho to tne Wan hoe sampling works here. Th ore was consigned In 50-pound 50-pound sacks. Tide postoffice has received re-ceived and delivered heavy shipments before, but this seven tons is a record breaker. .lust now It is stacked on t he floor of the basement of the poetotfiee. An effort was made to deliver it In the v-agoii that is used for the regular parcel PoM deiiery work, but the neavy sacks were too much for the light vehicle and it was soon In need of repairs. Should Postmaster OIHSs hire a six-horse va.on to haul the. ore to its proper destination, u on Id require two trips of the team and w.uld -oHt the eovernment more than the fee ll tins accepted for the delivery. The question B 8 serious one for the local postal authorities Ore is being shipped to Butte a nd out of Butte via parcel po.wr, and this kind of Fhlr-ment is Increasing, horh in number and veicht, and the handling of the heavy stuff Is more than tiie force can well manipulate. |