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Show IRUFUS A GARNER AS POSTMASTER. I A most deserved honor was con I rrcd on Rufus a Garner when Pn bI dent Woodrow Wilson, a Democratic president, named the local Republican as postmaster of Ogden. The nomination of Mr. Garner wai not dictated by othei than mi i I Following Fol-lowing civil service rules, as interpreted inter-preted by the present administration, the new postmaster had to appear before be-fore an examination board to qualify for the position and, in a competitive body, he scored the highest percentage of marks neeessnr lo cam ihe office Rufus Garner ha applied himsi It to the duties of sssistanl postmaster So well as to have won ihe admiration; and confidence of the people oi ' c i n , and, although his nomination has been blocked by a blanket rule of tin lie publican senators not to confirm any j of President Wilson's nomine. .--, it Is I quite certain ho will b Presldeni Harding's choice after March 1, am within a few months will be serving Ogden as Its regularly appointed and confirmed postmaster The Standard-Examiner extends congratulations con-gratulations to Mr. Garner and to Og den. Mr. Garner will succeed George E. j Browning who has been filling out the unexpired term of William W Brown-1 ing 'who met death in an automobile j accident in 1919. As postmaster, George E. Browning has been an ac- , commodatlng and genial official Og-den Og-den has been fortunate in the typo of men who have been called upon to serve as postmaster. |