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Show SALT LAKE CROWING BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS The Salt Lake postofflce has broken all records by Its showing for the month of January. The Increase of business over the same period for last year Is 28 per cent and a fraction. Following is a comparative com-parative statement of the two months in question: Stamps 1906. $16,096.90; 1906, $12,916.20; lnT crease. $1181. 70. Cards 1906, $840; 1906. $480: Increase. $360. Envelopes 1906, $5467.83; 1906, $2952.68; increase, in-crease, $05.15. Second class 1906. $1106.14; 1906, $1222,30; decrease, $66.16. Total, IS. $22,560.87; 1906, $17,670.18; Increase,, In-crease,, $4990.69. Total per cent increase. 28.8 1-3. According to Postmaster Thomas, the only explanation is that Salt Lake is growing by leaps and bounds. It means that Salt Lake Is Just entering on a period pe-riod of unexampled prosperity. The decrease de-crease in second-class matter is probably due to the fact that newspaper publishers publish-ers and the like are using the express companies as carriers. |