| Show delay in investigation of A fairs at eureka post office brank hamilton the posto fice in elector went to bait halt lake during the early part of th week without giving oat any dafin te information regarding the shortage in the postal and money order funds of the eureka postoffice post office mr air Il hamilton amilton put in mover over a week in the th eureka office but it is understood that the job of checking up the affairs of the office was ba b no means complete when nhen he departed for salt lake I 1 lost ost master redmond m wired ired to den ver for another inspector following the departure of mr air hamlton iton and frank era fra aley one of the best men in the service is no v on the job the daily capeis of wednesday con tamed items to the effect that there was a shortage of in the local office but in view of the fact that the investigation has not been corn com plated it is perhaps a little early to give out the exact figures at the time of mr hamilton s departure he had invests abed only the money order department of tha the office and the shortage in that department accord ing to authentic in or mation m was as something over 2600 the postal savings books have not been invests gated and there ma possibly be a shortage in th 9 department edward bi litherland the chief clerk elerk in the office and who is reported to be responsible for the shortage was in salt lake this week for a confer ence with the un ted led states d strict attorney but he has s nee returned to eureka mr sutherland therland bu has been connected with the local office tor for many years being employed under three postmasters james P driscoll Jl herbert hopes ind and E W redmond stock quotations and ore shipments on page 5 |
