The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1910-02-12
THE COMMERCIAL CLUB.

When the news was flashed over
the wires to Phoebe last Wednesday
10 the effect that the citizens of this
town were to have daily mail SER
vice, Of which they had been depriv-
Cd since the great railroad washout
ON the first day Of the year, another
distinct triumph was recorded for the
icche Commercial club.
When the torrential waters which
flowed into and through the Meadow
Valley wash had left the railroad
helpless to serve its patrons, Phoebe
was suddenly cut off from the out
side world. New conditions had to
be met and some people began to
wonder what was going to be done
about the mall. We heard many
predict that 1t would be several
weeks or a month before we could
hope to wake up the post office de-
partment at Washington to the point
Of giving us any mail service at all.
But not SO. The Phoebe CONNER
cial club Immediately wired Nevada's
representatives in congress, Sen
tors Nixon and Newlands, and Con
gresham Bartlett. We all know how
quickly they responded to the appeal
Almost Immediately temporary ser
vice was inaugurated between here
and Modena.
Some complaint was heard about
the manner In which the contractor
was performing his duty. Again the
Phoebe Commercial club took the in
tiative; the wires were resorted to
and within twenty-four hours there
after, the accumulated mail at Mo-
deha was brought hence. Since that
time. few complaints have been heard
about the tardy delivery of mail
matter.
But the me II arrived and departed
only three times a week. 1t Is be-
SixQ9d tths~mcmory of the oldest inhab-
liant to recall when Phoebe was not
accustomed to daily service. Even
when the camp was at the lowest
ebb OF IFS prosperity, the stages ar
rived aud departed daily.
This iratter was laid before Senate
Nixon and mis- colleagues at Wash
ington; they In turn took it up with
the Lostoffice department. The re-
suit was. that the chief clerk of the
railway mail service, Mr.. Ban
gssser. with headquarters at Ogden,
came here to look into the situation.
This official examined into matters
thoroughly; talked with our leading
business men and then made his re
port by vie to the authorities at the
nations capital city, which was prob
ably submitted last Monday. as he
could not have reached Ogden before
afternoon al the preceding day
We mention this just as an illus
tration of what good can be accom-
plished by organization. There il
4 right and wrong way to so a
things. Ctyting at them In the RICH
way. results are usually speedily &C
complished. Through it's commercial
body, Phoebe went at things in tn,
right way.
The Commercial club has don
some good work for Phoebe since IT
inception. Every citizen should rail-
to Its support and it will do NOR
h0Od
Tlis reminds us Of an editorial il
the Reno Gazette about the Com
nerciai club in that city and onl
Illustrates what power for goo
tho flochc Commercial club can b
made IL every loyal Piocheite TO
lows the example set by the progress.
I've citlsens Of the metropolis on tn
Other side Of the state. The Gazett
says under the caption Club Grow
Daily"
The Increasing popularity of tn
Commercial club is one of the thing
about which we are much pleased
Every afternoon and evening the clu
rooms are crowded with business me
who find there an opportunity to r,
lax little and meet their fellor
business men in a different atms
sphere from that Of the market plac,
The Commercial club is a goot
wholesome institution, and we shoul
like to See more young men join i
Il offers them place where the
can meet the most substantial bus
ness men of the city, and the hous
rules are such that parents may res
easy Il they know their boy Is
those club rooms.
But the club must not allow th
social feature to become dominan
We say this. not because we believ
there Is any present danger, but tn
trend In other places has often bee
I gradually to forget the sterner objec
for vhich the organizations wer
called irto being. There are thing
10 be done, and the club is gettin
more and more in a position wher
II can dc them.
For instance, a certain amount Q
high class literature might be circt
ihted. We are not Of the class whic
would thoughtlessly invite thousand
OF people to come here and max