Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-07-06
THE WEEKLY SENTINEL, EUREKA, NEVADA, JULY 6, 1898
CoRREsPoNpENCE.

EDITOR SENTINEL: Kindly allow me
space sufficient to reply to your CORE
spondent "Josh," whose communication
appeared in the SENTINEL OF the 22d. re-
gsrding . daily mail service between
Elko and Hamilton. The worthy citi-
Eens Of Elko county, as well as all
the worthy citizens between Elko, Ham
iIton and all Of White Pine county. have
q perfect, . just and an honorable right
10 ask the Department at Washington to
establish . daily mail route regardless OF
any GOSH"
Who lie this pill "Josh!" He must be
related TO the Eastern dis~gruntled,
bellyaching. monometalIistical family, OF
the Carlisle, Sherman or Mckinley breed,
who are opposers Of silver and forbidders
Of prosperity in Ameries.
"Josh" and his followers, II he have
any, ought to tell the people Of Hsmil-
ton. Ely. Osceols and other towns, that
with q daily mail from Elko to Hamilton
they would have the pleasure of getting
their mail ten to twenty hours sooner
than they do now.
"Josh" ought to be known; for the
idea Of bis opposing any request Of any
citizen for an increase Of any mail service
in Nevada, lie preposserously absurd.
Let Josh" name the people, as he says,
| Of Hamilton and other towns, who have
found fault with the Eureka service, or
any other service. II is false. Let
Josh" tell the worthy people that the
citizens of Hamilton and White Pine
county generally had a daily mail service
between Elko and Hamilton regularly in
twenty hours time. as far back as 1865
and ls72-the palmy days Of White
Pine-when it had a population Of S5,-
900 people. representing all ns~tionalities.
The characterization Of silver killed
White Pine.
The object Of the citizens Of Elko and
White Pine counties in asking for a daily
mail is to develop and promote prosper
ity between Eiko, Hamilton and all the
country south.
Let "Josh" tell the people that, with
out finding fault, ever since the daily
mail service has been discontinued be-
tween Elko and Hamilton-regardless oil
the distance from Palisade to Eureka,
then q lay-over of one night at Eureka
before proceeding to Hamilton, from
thirty to thirty-four hours time are taken
up in making the trip and in midwinter
from t~hirty-four to forty-four hours.
The mail can be carried from Elko TO
Hamilton, a distance of lbs miles, in
twenty-five hours time. and will bene-
fit all Of Ruby Valley, Lee, SHELTON,
Huntington and all OF south Elko
county, where there are coed agricultural
lands, well supplied with water. Join
ing Elko county on the south is White
Pine county, where are located Williams
salt marsh, Cold Creek, Newark and
White Pine valleys; also, between Elkc
and Hamilton lies Bald Mountain and
other mineral ranges that contain gold
placer diggings, as well as gold quartz
lodges, silver, lead, copper and other
minerals; nitre beds, salt. soda, sulphur
and building stone. And thirty miles
from Elko, on the road to Hamilton, il
located the only native soap mine. speci-
mems from which were awarded gold
medals at the Chicago Columbian
Worlds Fair and at the California Mid
winter Fair, to which places the people
of the world were attracted without {
Josh"
These are the honorable reasons why
the worthy citizensof Elko and White Pint
counties are asking the P~ostofice Depart
ment at Washington for q daily mai
service between Elko and Hamilton, re-
gardless Of any one-horse sub-contract-
ors or any Josh" And o residence o.
twenty-six years in White Pine and ths
State Of Nevada warrants the statements
l have made in the foregoing.
COLONEL JOSEPH GRASDELMEYER,
Hamilton. Nevada.