Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-12-18 | Page 8 | Packeges Mailed at Sub-Stations of Post Office

I PACKAGES MAILED ST 1 SMTIIS OF I POSTOFFICE H Packages will bo accepted for mall- H ing at the substntions at Cullcy's Drug H store and at Mclntyre's Drug store H No. 1, starting today, according to an H order issued by Postmaster W. W. mm Browning. 19 This new regulations has been made II as the influenza situation has cleared I up favorably, and furthermore, persons per-sons have complied so well with the request that all parcels be mailed early, that no congestion is contemplated. contem-plated. "People of Ogdcn do not realize-how much they have helped the postal authorities au-thorities as well as themselves, in mailing their Christmas gifts early," said Tostmasler Browning this morning. morn-ing. "It is not the delay In train mail service which causes the difficulties, but the delay which arises in delivery at the destination, due to congestion," declared the postmaster. "Mail piles up so rapidly in an office, that unless all that comes in from day to day can be taken care of, it becomes beyond control, and as a result, the delivery to homes' is delayed. That Is the condition con-dition we are trying to avoid for other cities, in the hope that people residing resid-ing outside will do as much for us."