Butte Postoffice Records Reveal Mail Prosperity This Year
The Butte postoffice canceling machine processed 444,963 first class pieces between December 10 and 22, 101,053 more than last year. A peak 68,500 pieces were handled on a Saturday, with 64,000 the largest previous daily total. Incoming mail not recorded, but Postmaster Phil Goodwin notes heavier volume than ever before, while four days December 19 to 22 show outgoing letters rising from 171,110 to 229,816, an increase of 58,705. A Sunday total of 16,310 letters also set a new record.
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Butte
Phil Goodwin
Putte
Post Office Reports Christmas Mail Surge and Short Sunday
During the 21 days of December 1922 postal sales rose by 3000 dollars versus last year and parcel post is heavier by 100 percent. Only 7040 letters were recorded last Sunday before Christmas, far above typical Sunday figures of 3100 to 4000. Parcel deliveries run until noon today as postmen face a heavy backlog and a half holiday for some staff.
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Goodwin
Bowdle man jumps from Butte Y M C A window
P G Carlson 8 D Bowdle registered at the Butte Y M C A last Saturday morning then leaped from a fourth floor window to the roof of the plunge two floors below. He was found without clothes and injured with a crushed shoulder and fractured right arm. He is at St James hospital in serious condition and may be disabled for life.
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P. G. Carlson
Bowdle
Butte Y. M. C
Carison
St. James’ Hospital
Carlson
South Dakota
Montana Supreme Court Rules Counties Hold No Preferred Claims
The Montana Supreme Court ruled counties that deposit in banks under bond are general creditors not preferred claimants. The decision reversed Powell county's case against B. J. Cummins, receiver of First State Bank of Ovando, and clarifies that counties cannot rely on sovereign protection for bank losses. The ruling implies bonds guaranteeing county deposits repayable on equal terms with general depositors.
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Montana
State Supreme Court
Powell County Court
Henry Bignell
B. J. Cummins
First State Bank of
Ovando
Supreme Court
England
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