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Show PROPHETS OF HARD TIMES STAND ASIDE Local Postoffice Report Shows Business Increase Th propheti of hard time will find no ammunition for their arjrumnta at ' the 8n.it Lake poatofftce, accord I na; to A aula t ant 1'ont master William H Block, who today announced an Increase In-crease of 7 per cent In the bualnesa of the office for February, or a total of IC9.M2 for the month. Thin lm made up nlmoMt entirely of atnmp a lea, poHtuI money order and other huninewa and la an Increase of approximately $rrOO over the bu Miners of February, i a?n The volume of outgoing mall Is, steadily on the increase, Mr. Block aald, and ha declares thni he has heard expressions from business men generally gen-erally indicating a remarkably healthy business condition. With quarters already al-ready cramped to the utmost. It Is becoming be-coming Increasingly difficult to handle the buainesa of the office, and the recent re-cent action of congress In refusing the $40,000 appropriation for enlarged quarters, gives no way to adjust the congestion. Mr. Block again Issued an urgent plea calling upon the business men to mail early to relieve the after- I noon rurh. I |