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Show I LETTER TO SALT LAKE DELIVERED DELIV-ERED IN THREE DAYS. Fatrons of the postoffice complain that letters sent from Ogden to Salt Lake often are not delivered until the third day. A man who works in Ogden, writing writ-ing to his family in Salt Lake, mailed a letter In Ogden on Tuesday afternoon, after-noon, which was not delivered a' its destination until Thursday afternoon, after-noon, although the destination or the letter was only six blocks from the Salt Lake postoffice Inquiring as to the cause of the dela, his wife was informed by the mall carrier that frequently fre-quently letters were left undelivered In the Salt Lake office owing to the inability of the overworked force to handle each day s mall within the working hours. If this be true, then the postoffice department is sacrificing efficiency to economy and making a record In a financial fi-nancial direction to the great Injury of the public. |