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Show UINTA BASIN PARCEL P05I BUSINESS BIG 207,000 Pounds Shipped in One Month to Vicinity of Vernal. That practically all supplies of every nnturo sent into "the Umta basin are shipped from Salt Lake, Provo, Ogden or Li rand Junction, Colo., by parcel post, is the statement of C. M. Christiansen, U. S. postotfice inspector, who yesterdav yester-dav returned from a t rip to that terri-torv, terri-torv, iY wav of Mack, "Watson and to Vernal," Ver-nal," approximately -07,000 pouuds of parcel post matter was sent last month. Upon a yearly basia this would aggregate aggre-gate 2,400,000" pounds per year. By way of Helper to Duchesne approximately ap-proximately 1-10,000-. pounds of parcel post matter went through last month. At Thompson 's there were on hand last week 30,000 pounds, one solid carload of which was for a new store to be opened at Monticello. A unique feature of the recent shipments ship-ments is the sending into Vernal by ! parcel post of enough facing brick for the construction of a two-story business block. The bricks, which are' made by the Salt Lake Pressed Brick company, have been shipped regularly during the past couple of months iu packages of ten bricks each. The postage por parcel in 52 cents, the basin being in the second parcel post district from Salt Lako. The brick crates weigh 48 pounds apiece and have to be taken fifty-five miles bv automobile Btago. So far, 11,-000 11,-000 bricks have been sent into the basin for this one building. In addition to bricks, such commodi- , ties as scythes, pumps, automobile tires, canned goods, shingles and nails are j sent into tho basin through tho parcel post system. I A ronch estimate is to the effect that j the stamps sold on goods shipped into ! i the basin will approximate in value $200,000 annually at the present rate of traffic. |