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Show Post Office Auctions Gifts 'Lost' in Mails Uncle Sam will soon make profits by selling Christmas presents sent through the mails, but he would much rather deliver them and he would, if he knew where they were supposed to go. American people are so rich and in such a hurry that they don't even take the pains to see that their gifts sent by mail are properly wrapped and addressed. Of course, all are not careless about it, but the postmen post-men do have a hard time during the holidays. Extra mail clerics receive millions of dollars in wages, and a good share of this extra force is kept busy handling poorly wrapped and improperly im-properly addressed packages. Many thousands of Christmas gifts will be sold because they contain no clew concerning their fender or the intended destination. The "unad-dressed" "unad-dressed" department of the inquiry section of the post office in large cities resembles a warehouse. Some gifts cannot be held long, such as alligators from Florida, live chickens, turkeys, or fruits. These are quickly sold and the sale price held in a fund which is ultimately turned into the treasury. When all efforts have been exhausted, the unidentified un-identified and unclaimed packages are sold by an auctioneer. |