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Show the acquient us of any remiss in the performance of our duty. Thanking you for this opportunity oppor-tunity of conferring with you, and through you the patrons of this office, I am, Sincerely Yours, A. STUART, Postmaster. BINGHAM P.O. : REVERTS TO i. SECOND CLASS 1 United. States Post Office ; (Second Ciass) Bingham Canyon, Utah. July 10, 1923. Editor Bingham News, ' Bingham Canyon, Utah. 1 My Dear Editor: J At your request I take pleasure pleas-ure in handing you, herewith, a table showing the increase in business at this office since about April 1, 1922, at which time the "Utah Copper, tlif Utah-ApeX and Highland BoV',"" mines, resumed operations. Bal. on deposit Postal-Savings Aug. 1921 ....l...:.....;,$129.011.00 Bal. on deposit P03- - tal Savings .June 1923 164.142.00' Money orders aold . ,. for Quarter ending Oct. 1923 19.731.52 Money orders , sold - . .fj,i; . for Quarter ending " $ June 1923 J.E.. 74.119.15' Stamp sales and Bbxf . rents Quarter end- w i ing Oct. 1921 --vV.."; ,478.42 Stamp sales and Box ' J1 . rents Quarter end-'. f ing Jane 1923.......; 1i,324.33 I welcome the opportunity of presenting these figures to you, for I am sure that, after a comparison com-parison has been made by your readers who are patrons of this office, they will see and understand un-derstand the handi-cap the office of-fice force has been placed under in our endeavor to give the service ser-vice we earnestly desire to give, and when considering the figures fig-ures I hope they will remember that when the office was doing the business as. indicated, in Aug. 1921, there were Four well trained efficient, well paid clerks, while during the period of increase only enough money was available to pay a small salary sal-ary to two clerks, the Money Order, fee, of three cents f 01 each order issued was used to pay for additional help. I wish you would 'convey my thanks to the patrons ' of the office for ; their kindness and consideration, in their treatment during .the past year, for with but a few exceptions, they were very considerate and I appreciate appre-ciate it very much, and I also wish you to inform them that, from now on, I expect to be able to have the help the office is entitled to and we will do our utmost to give good service, should we fail, we invite the help of the patrons, in having |