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Show RECORD IS BROKEN , IN GHRISTMftS MAIL Prosperous Condition of Country Reflected in Busi ness of Postal Force Specia to The Tribune OGDEN Dec 21 Ev dence that the p osperous cond t on of the country has resulted In an u precedented amount of Christmas giving s ndlcated in the amount of ma 1 partlcu a ly parcel post matter now being handled at the local term nal Although t s jet four das to Christmas a 1 previous reco ds fo a s ngte day s bus ness ere b oken dur ng Hie last twenty four ho rs up to ast mldn 0ht, accord ng to D M Morrison ch ef clerk in charge In the twenty four houra fifty clerks , worked 3093 sacks of parce pos matter 1234 sacks of circu ar ma 9 sacks of f paper mail and 718 sacks of firt c ass I matter a total of o3 4 sacks of ma The I 8093 sacks of parcel post matter 400 in y excess of the heav est daj ast year rep resented a total of not less than 60 000 parcels accord ng to the term nal offl cials The fifty clerks are work ng in three sh fts thirty of the number being employed from 3 p n to 4 a. m No small amount of the westbound ma 1 for Cal torn a Nevada Idaho and po nts in the northwest is worked at the Ogden " terminal but scores of car oads are routed through d rect. Todav train No 9 the fast ma 1 over the Union Pac fie and Southern Pac ttc was operated n two sections of ten cars each |