The Arvada enterprise., 1923-12-06

.oo. celebrates on Christmas Day Of
IVY the good tIdngs OF great Ioy"-celebrutes II
atteF tue fns''ion of flesh ard blood humanity both
WIN religious observance and with material voo,
cheer s
4. A. Christmas ,,u, play and mako good cheer.
T"' christmas csmcs but a yenr.
luxe your choice between this version md the
one used nhovc In any event the good cheer" I.
"" e'hs'lc phrase and covers multitude OF Joys
ana multitude Of activities ns we'll WHY. even
the rev pictures used herewith suggest an almost
endless chain Of Christmas cheer and ChrIstmn,
activities
Now. there's our dear old Uncle Samuel Post.
mnsl"r. FOR example. He's n husy old gentleman
ut nI sens"ns of the yeaI for he runs the biggest
business IN all the world But at Christmas time,
70" see. the dear old postmas,cr's official slogan
H. Deliver all Christmas mail by noon Oecem.
ber 2I."
30 Uncle Sam. as postmaster. began las, DC.
t"ber I" get ready for the Christmas rush Ry
December | h" was all sci and on his mark, The
mail early campaigns of recent years have hnd
an nih'ecinhc effect upon the public AMI each sea
s"n f'e professions I" the post offices ~ the nnj
begin little earlier. Possibly the cGmDnlgns
against careless wrapping have also had some cf
rect bnt DON'T Sncni"n the subject. IL YOU want
Uncle Postmaster T." continue to look pleasant
Also, no matter how fcryenily YOU may wish IN,
white Christmas don't lie, your Uncle know
about II. For the snow that goddcns your hear,
means grief for Uncle Sam-the heavier the fal,
III" greater the grief Snow delay in the
las''hour deliveries of mail and adds like every
thlnr to uncc's Christmas bill Two years ago
snow In New York city cos, him 100000 extra
for motor vehicle transport alone
Yes: Uncle sam has n Christmas hIli-,hc same
as bad. Extra space on the trains for the mail,
costs him million or so Extra motor trucks
SNc.U~: "\trn clerks. Slooo.OOo; additional car
rers s3''o,p"-'hesc are some of the larger Items
among IN" extras on his Christmas mail bill Thcp
there nrc cNirn millions OF money order blanks
extra millions Of stamps miles of iwInc for re
wrapping p"orlyiIcd packages. thousands OF
square feet of emergency warehouse space and
hundreds of other Items However, Uncle Sam
hns the satisfaction of doing a whoppinr big mail
business: probably he takes In something like
&,OS1Ooo more In December than In any other
month. The American pc"plc--lO5 100000 of them
certainly do rush their postmaster hard nt
Christmas time.
The boys with the Christmas trees 1--we nw,y nm
In the northeast corner OF the United STATES
BucEpori Center. Me They were helping to load
car of trees and stopped a minute "to hnyc their
pictures took" And where do you sil;posc cha
Christmas trees were gUing2 Why, all the wuy TO
fnr.ol Texas And here's something 10 max, an,
do some thinking; II cost about 2ie cents each
to cut and haul and load those trees The Texan
who bought one of them. probably paid all of S3
ana maybe -, No wonder the experts have much
to say about the mtldlcnHn and the COS, Of dis
;rbuiion. Maybe snuc day uncla SAM win take
this christmas tree buslrcss into his own hands
and furnish the trees for the whole country from
the national FORESTS. These national forests have
10 b" ihinncd out anyway Ia the practice OF scien
tihc forestry. And this would save the dcnudins
Of thousands Of acres Of private lands which need
the trees and The destruction ~ hundreds OF thou
sands OF young trees which should he saved FOR
the future needs of the people our nation wild.
use Of Christmas trees md "chrlsmas greens" Is
fast dcspoillng our woodlands. The Wild Flower
Preservation Society OF Amcrlcn. the Garden club
of America and ot affiliated organizations
unite In pnrnphrasinr familiar quotation by say.
Ing our Woodlands are being 'bu,chcrcd to make a
Christmas holiday"
Just III" same. the picture OF the little Maine
h"Is with tLcr Christmas trees sets the mind ia