The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1920-12-16
Dates For Mailing
Christmas Packages

In an effort to relieve unnecessary
est time of the year, Postmaster o.
W. Ward of Colorado Springs recent
b prepared complete schedule of
how, and when, such parcels should be
mailed, which was published in the
Colorado Springs Gazette. AS the
same rules and suggestions are appli-
cable to Canon City they are repro
duced in the Daily Record. He says:
Congestion is bound to occur in
certain big transportation centers dur
ing the Christmas holidays" Mr..
Ward said yesterday. "If the postof-
fee can give any suggestions to per-
sons sending packages to friends or
relatives, we are willing to do so. l
have divided the country into zones
with Colorado Springs as the central
mailing point and have grouped the
states, not according to the distance
away, but according to the time it
will take NAL ito get to them.
Unless unforeseen difficulties arise
between now and December 25 we will
have all Christmas packages deliver
ed on time this year.
"One of the principal reasons why
mail is delayed at Christmas time is
that thousands of bags of mail go to
THE different terminals at the same
time, causing such large stacks that
no number of clerks could handle
them in the proper time. This is one
of the main reasons why we are ask
ing the people of the Pixies Peak re-
gion to do their part in distributing
the packages over longer period of
time than would ordinarily be neces-
sary.
81 should like to point also that spe-
cial delivery is not for safety, but for
speed. Persons sending parcels should
mark them for registration and get a
receipt, or the packages can be in
sured against loss. A special delivery
stamp does not guarantee delivery.
The packing OF parcels is also i'm
portant. Heavy string and plenty of
il should be placed around all boxes
with strong paper to prevent any
breaking apart. Labels may be past
ed on, but the address should also be
written on the wrapper Of each par
Gel, even tho the tag seem sto be safe
at a casual glance. Persons sending
packages away should buy their pa
per and string now so that the pack
ages may be ready long before time
to send them.
at is up to every person to do his
part. We are now organizing our for
ces for the big rush, but sometimes we
are forced to employ inexperienced
help and a few errors are bound to
occur, but at that we expect to give a
reliable efficient service as far as pos
sible during the entire period"
The schedule of states is arranged
so that packages should be mailed be.
tween December 13 and Dec. % on
dates indicated below. The first
group of states designated includes
most of New England and along the
Atlantic coast and the last named are
New Mexico. Colrado and Wyoming,
where direct service is possible.
The schedule complete follows:
All parcels intended for Alabama,
Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, Mas
sachusetts, New Jersey, New York,
New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, South Carolina, North Carolina
Vermont, Virginia and Maine should
be mailed on these dates. For the
outlying points where an additional
switching is necessary, or for rural
communities, it is best to mail the
packages on the thirteenth and for the
big cities on the fourteenth.
Parcels for Georgia, Kentucky,
Michigan, Tennessee, Ohio, Washing
ton, West Virginia and Wisconsin
should be mailed not later than these
dates in order to reach their destina-
tions by December 2b.
Parcels to Arkansas, Missouri, Illi-
nois, Indiana. Iowa. Montana, Idaho,
Minnesota, North Dakota, California,
Oregon, Texas, Louisiana, Nevada and
Mississippi should be mailed on these
dates or before in order to reach
their destination before Christmas.
Parcels for Arizona, Kansas, Ne
braska, Oklahoma and South Dakota,
should be, mailed before these dates
except to points on the railroad d.
erct from Colorado, which will allow
time for them to be mailed on the
twenty-first of the month.
All parcels except those not going
outside the state or to points in New
Mexico and Wyoming on the railroad,
should be mailed before this date.
Persons who comply with these direc-
tions will not only help to prevent con.
gestion in the terminals. but will as
sure their friends and relatives OF
getting their presents on time.