Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1911-12-19 | Page 5 | Christmas Rush Now in Progress

I CHRISTMAS RUSH NO NOW IN PROGRESS Gifts Pour in Stead Steady Stream Through Salt Lake Pos Postoffice off icer Friends and relatives relatives of at people In Salt thi Lake Who who live lIvo in Jn other tl cr parts parts of ot the thc omit joyful country r. r Christmas will not not bo be without the tidings 8 If Ir tho the piles ot of n V packages received Deceived at the Salt Lal Lake o yesterday are arc to b bo be taken as an nn I Indication dl m meat ment Yesterday nC St dily Parked marked the commence commence- ement e- e of the thc c heavy cavy mill and i outgoing and Indications will V arc are that tat the local office establish a record for or Christmas business this m month nth One of or the sl signs ns of nf Increased Christmas business Is the tho advance In the postal receipts for tor the month Stamp sales f far so r this month show an Increase of ot 2000 2 00 over o the same samo i period a year car ago afo 0 I in t the lC o opinion of or Postmaster Arthur L L. L Thomas maa this years year's Increase of or business busl- busl nc ness the h s Is i duo due largely lar ely to the changes chances In registry department Heretofore second third and fourth class H packages pack pack- ages cv even n It if rc registered were not In In- In Only first class matter brought reimbursement If It lost In the malls under tho the new now ruling packages eM ag-eM of second third and fourth class J matter mailer when re registered arc are Insured to the extent ex ex- tent of or 25 This has resulted In man many packages going b by mall which otherwise otherwise otherwise other other- wise would be sent b by express Practically all of or the outgoing out foreign foreign torel for tor- el eign n Christmas mall has been handled b by the local office without delay ela or Increasing t the e cler clerical c l force I