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Show POSTAL CLERKS REAOfp RUSH Local Postoffice Taking Good Care of Christmas Packages. Postmaster Barnard Urges Early Mailing. Mail early. This is the slogan Postmaster Post-master Boyd J. Barnard is using these days in an effort at letting the people of the town know .that to get packages to their destination early they must be mailed early. Bulletins received daily from the as to reach the office of delivery at least three or four days before Christmas; Christ-mas; and Postmaster Boyd Barnard is also desirous of letting the people of the camp know that there is no objection to placing upon the Christmas Christ-mas parcel the inscription "Please do not open until Christmas" or words to that effect. '. "Christmas last year was observed for the first time as a holiday by the carriers on rural routes throughout the country. This was an experiment. No complaints have resulted from the suspension of service on that day, therefore the holiday will be continued," contin-ued," says a Postal Bulletin of late date. It is to be hoped that the people of Bingham Canyon start their Christmas Christ-mas mailing early, so that all packages pack-ages will be delivered on time and that all clerks will te able to spend 1 "A Merry Christmas." ' Postmaster general at Washington are filled with articles asking the dear public to stop, look and listen, and then go to the postoffice with that package in order that the addressee will be able to have his gift on Christmas Christ-mas day. Christmas is a holiday on rural delivery routes, and the public should be advised that parcels for delivery on rural routes should be mailed so |