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Show R. M. S. MEN GATHER HERE Ogden Workers Commended By Chiefs; Dinner Held at Weber Club W.-ilter H. Rlddell, general superintendent superin-tendent of the Railway Mall Service, with headquarters at Washington, in his address to the railway mall employes em-ployes at the banii'i at the Weber club last night praised the work of the employes iii th tif! and paid par1-ular par1-ular attention to the increased cfflcl-encp. cfflcl-encp. Mayor Frank Francis dellven-.l the address of welcome of the city to the Railway Mall Service officials among whom were Superintendents Edward McGrath with headquarters at San Francisco, Col., W. C. Van Dervoort. with headquarters at Seattle, Wash,, HUM JMMie II. .Illjhltni-, Willi IIV.-HU- Qtiarters ut Omaha, Neb , Chief Clerks. W. H. Taylor of Ogden. John S. Baker Ba-ker of San Francisco. James Crulck-shank Crulck-shank of Cheyenne. Wyo.. P. Snuffln and Joseph Hkiilmnre of i miahn, Keb., and First Clerk J. C. Livingston, of the Ogden office and Herman B. Askew, president of the local branch of the Railway Mall Service. There were also In attendance at the banquet some 80 members of the Railway Mall Service. Ser-vice. (,i I ISTS W BLOOMED Trcsldent Fred G. Taylor, of the Wc-her Wc-her club, welcomed the officials to the club and Mr. Askew responded on hehalf of the local branch of clerks, the guests of whom the vltltlng officials of-ficials were. In the course- of his remarks. re-marks. President Taylor tendered on behalf of the Weber club to General Superintendent Rlddell nnd Superintendents Superin-tendents McGrath, Van Dervoort and ttuaffrave honorary membership cards i to the club. General Superintendent Rlddell said In hi introductory remarks that . he had not come to Ogden with a message mes-sage to deliver to the railway mall I clerks; complimented them highly on I the efficiency that had been maintain-j ed especially during the handling of the holiday rush mail, and said that) hia primary reason for coming to Og den was to receive suggestions that might make for greater efficiency or i the service throughout the country. I - I ll ELL SI PAKS O. J- Stllwell, former secretary ot the Ogden chamber of commerce and recently elected a director of thej i iKimtii-r ol omnien i. -puke mi the re- i sources of Ogden. Ho said that he' I was confident that the foundation had j been laid for a greater Ogden which' I he said was to come with furtner de-i j velopnient. He called attention to the' , numerous new Industries that had been added to the city and said I ha, lit had now become the second larg-! est wheat distributing center. He also! ailed attention to the beanies of the Ogden canyon and to the excellent loadwav that had been laid. v EC. Zuppann representing the, PStandard-BxaTnlner, spoke on the Improved Im-proved handling Of the mail by rhi-Railway rhi-Railway Mall Service during the prist yeai and paid particuiatv attention to the improved service relative to Ote handling of newspapers. I HER BPE KI ttS Among other speakers were Howard A. Weber; George f. Melssnsr; Thomas Thom-as Hrodla , John a. Gager; Herbert A Sriy.ii i . Monroe K. Williams; Aubrey Au-brey D. ijiwrence. the new appointed chief clerk at PocatellO; Idaho; Postmaster Post-master Rufua a Garner; C. I. Smith, representing the clerks of the fourteenth four-teenth division and Elmer II. Tolien representing the clerks of the thirteenth thir-teenth division General Superintendent Riddel and Superintendents MoGrath, Van Dei-Voont Dei-Voont and Muagrave left this afternoon General Superintendent Rlddell audi Superintendent McGrath for San Francisco, Superintendent Van Dervoort Der-voort nnd Superintendent Musgrae ind chief 'hrk.s Skldmora and P. Snuffln for tmana. |