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Show BUTTER COMES TO OGDEN DY PARCEL POST That the parcel post is beginning to perform Its mission of helping to reduce the high cost of living is bornr out by the fact that the rlerks in the Ogden postofflce get their butter from Twin Falls An order is placed with a dairy man in the Idaho town and the butter is regularly placed on the mail train nt night and next morning it arrives in the local olfice In excellent condition. The employes of Uncle Sam have had tish shipped in from Seattle by the same service, and eggs and chick- ens have been received from Boxelde; I count j . There is one fault though which must be corrected before the public generally can get the full benefits of this from-l:irm-to kitchen service The j postoiffce has a stringent rule prohibiting pro-hibiting the notifying of patrons by telephone of the arrival of a package. pack-age. While, no doubt, there is ample reason why the arrival of letters should be held as too confidential to be disclosed over a telephone, the rule could be relaxed as to parcel P06t packages. And furthermore the requirements as to perishable articles arti-cles should be made to conform more nearly to the regulations enforced by the express companies oo- |