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Show ARMY MOTOR TRUCKS FOR MAIL SERVICE j I tah will be the first state In which I armv motor trucks with discharged 1 soldiers as drivers will be used extra- I sively In the mail service. This In for. ! maiion ia contained In a telearam from Washtnittnn to th atate rovncil of de-fetise. de-fetise. The first step toward using motor trucks built for the army In the mail service was taken todsy by the p.tOf fiee- departmem w Ken the war department wss asked to release seven trucks and four men for a ll& mlle star route between Helper and Vernal This route hss been costing the kov-ernment kov-ernment ITa.ooo annually. Hy usinn army trucks snd paying the former soldiers 14 per day to drive the trucks the cost can he cut In half, i it is estimate.!. |