The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-04-05
]ARB|DGE APPEALS
TO GOVERNMENT
FOR DAILY MAIL
SENDS LETTER TO DEPARTMENT
ASKING THE MATTER BE AT
TENDED TO AT ONCE
LINE PROPOSED FROM ROBERTSON
TO PAVLAK, NEV.
Brilliant Presentation of Present Con-
dition and Future Prospects OF The
Camp Set Forth in the Petition for
The Route.

The Jarbidge Commercial club is
pushing the proposition of a daily mail
service to that camp and in response
10 a letter of inquiry relative to condi-
tons has set forth its claim at great
length Though the route recommend
ed for the present run from Roger
son to Jarbidge, the inference is that
the line from Bull may be preferable
later on. The advantage of the last
named route for winter travel is
wholly in harmony with the state
ments set forth by Jarbidge represen-
tatives at a recent joint meeting here.
The only discrepancy is between the
statement that "the Bull road will al
so be shorter" which does not quite
tally with the estimates given to the
meeting here The whole is an in
teresting summary of conditions eX-
listing in the famous mining camp and
of the ambitions Of it's residents.
The letter follows:
Hon. Key Pittman,
Washington, ID. c.
Dear Senator:
We received your favor OF the 10Th,
inclosing a communication from Mr.
j. S. Pickett acting assistant post
master general, in re daily mail ser
vice for the town of Jarbidge, Elko |
county. Nevada on Star route No. |
7O333, Rogerson, Idaho to Pavlak, Ne !
vada, and we hasten to reply to same
and furnish further details and infor-
nation on the subject, to show why
we consider that this daily mail ser
vice for the town of Jarbidge, will be
required in the near future and why
we are entitled to make application
at this time for this additional ser
| Of To hi
Mining camps are very different in
their growths and requirements from
those cities or towns which depend
for their growth on manufacturing or
agricultural pursuits. The growth OF
mining camp towns is very rapid when
the conditions are favorable, and, after
six years of struggling for existence
and waiting for the proper help and
] development we now fully believe
that the time has come when the pres
ent development and advanced condi-
tions of the camp of Jarbidge, gives
us the greatest assurance that the
present summer will see a cOnsuma-
ton of our past desires, and that the
camp of Jarbidge will have a most
healthy and remarkable growth. In
| fact the number of arrivals already
coming into the camp are beginning
to OVer-taX the accommodations of the
| town, and in a very short time there
will be many times as many people in
! the district as there are in the pres
ent time, hence our desires to pre-
4 pare for this great influx of people,
and the consequent great increase in
the business of the postoffoce at this
place, and by so preparing to avoid
the congested conditions that have oc-
Cured in the past in many of the
other mining camps of the state, as
have witnessed at Manhattan, TonO-
pah and Goldfield.
We fully appreciate that it takes the
postoffice department some time tc
make these changes and put into eff
feet service over new route and on
different schedule, therefore we have
taken the matter up at this early date
in full anticipation of the conditions
that will exist here by next July
Speaking of one of the mines in thu
district as proof of our reasoning: thu
Elkoro Mines company have $4,000,
600 worth of ore already opened up il
! one mine, besides which they own ant
are now developing large ore bodie
Z in three other mines These larg
Z bodies of developed ore certainly re
: uuire a large mill in the near future
This company has recently bought GU
/. all the residents on the east side o
I the Jarbidge river, paying cash 70
& their improvements so that the com
! pany would have the full use of tn
I flat for a large mill and for talin
< dump and other uses necessary an
J. contingent on milling operations on
z large scale Furthermore this com
! pany expects to begin work on a mil
J Just as soon as freighting condition
Z will permit of the delivery of the lun
+ Der, etc. This one mining compan.
! which at the present time is employin
= only about lao men. viii in all proba
+ bility have 600 to 500 men in their en-
I ploy next summer. This is the Ian
4 gest operator here at this time, bI
! there are several other companies a
z ready started and many more are ge
! ting ready to start work.
Z The wonderful showing made by I'll
+ Elkoro company has been the cause
Z bringing the camp out of its lethars
4 of the past six years and not only II
! still life into the people of the can
Z but has enlisted a thrilling intere
+ in the mines of the district in Il
+ investing public all over the Unit
I States Hence we believe we are fu
+ " warranted in expecting a great i
+ crease in the life and activity of &
- camp this summer, and a conseque
large increase in the business of {
postoffice at this place, and we d
sire to be ready to meet the conc
lions thus forecast and to assist t
2 department to prepare for. the san
- Furthermore with the increase of bu
ness interest, there will be need
more rapid communication with t
outside cities where our banking bu
ness is done In preparation of Il
we are doing our best to advance
building of new roads that will sho
en- the distance from Jarbidge to
railroads, but will be well built roa