Evening star., 1918-06-06

Judging from the enthusiasm being
shown by the letter carriers Of the
District competing for the $500 in
prizes offered In the war savings and
thrift stamp selling contest. under the
auspices Of The Star. this city Is going
to land at the top Of the national list
in the matter Of selling these baby
bonds" when the campaign is brought
30 Q close.
Each Of the city's carriers Is work.
ing hard in the interest Of this pa
dsavorinE to boost his own sales with
the object Of getting a part Of that
$500 prize money. Despite the fact
that warm weather has arriyed to
stay, and that tho mails are now
running heavier than at any time in
the history Of the post office, these
gray-coated statesmen are losing no
opportunities to promote the buying
Of tho stamps.
Many Gales in Two Days.
From all appearances the postmen
are sven more interested In this SELL
ing contest than in tne one conducted
under the auspices Of The Star dur
ing the last ten days Of March. when
moro than $4,000 worth Of these lit
tie government bonds were sold by
the carriers. During the two days
the present contest has been under
way the mon have made . large num-
Dor Of sales. the total Of which will
BE printed tomorrow.
Thus far R. q. Spiker. who ran
second in the last csatest, Is leading
the race, with sales amounting to
S841.s2 to his credit Next to him
comes GeorSe b. Maursr, with f2to:25.
and In third place IL II. A. Clark. The
last named by the way, is a con-
sistsnt seller Of tho stamps. and has
never failed to be up near the front
in every contest and selling cam
peisn- Both spiker and Clark stand
high On the national list Of sales
made by carriers throughout tho
Carl Weber. whole name appears
nfth on today's list. was q contender
Throughout the last contest and for
= time looked like = winner. but At
the stretch he dropped back.
Considered . Dark Horse.
Il R Duc,stt. who is At tho bottom
Of todays list Of leaders, Ia being
picked by many as . dark horse in
this racA He Is one Of those silent,
thorough and persistent workers. who
keep their own counsel and listen to
man Kelley. who was known by
every man, woman and child in
Brookland before being assigned to
chs route at 11th and q streets. ana
pull across a couple of big sales to-
nosFow-regular whales, according to
him. One will be for 1900, be
caaanaS and he expects to toss II to-
morroW afternoon to Miss Burns who
eas charge Of the stamp sales window
GAged in keeping the sales records
Mas Trieda Bauer Joined the stamp
selltng force today. and from now on
WI occupy the stamp window In
q. Bridweil. who is in sixth place
has It all figured out how he 10 go
ing TO answer, "here, sir" when the
prise money 10 being handed out te
the wtnnerA He 10 q trihs peevisf
fore the contest started he made q
sale amounting to $500, which wen,
IN too carly to be credited to hii
sales In the contest
Loses Most Productive Source.
Postman Bradley doesn't appear b
che running today, but he feels Opt.
mistia bradley n bemoaning til.
loss Of what he elassed a. the mos
productive source LQn his route-th.
Jefferson School. He said he had al
the stamp business there untii
out by . real estate man who 10
w. 9. g. agent. However, he II los
ing no time frettinS about this loss
and 10 rapidly building up new chan
nels OF production every day.
Postman Tiffany IL always Q lat,
starter. but, - he explained Il TO hil
eenchmate, Zimmerman, this morn
Ing. when he once Gsts started moth
ms can stop him. He n lying Q 1T
NE low Just now antieipatiAg I