White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-01-21

gar must go out Dy Aurum, Scnell-
bourne, Cherry Creek and Ely and
suffer all the losses of time by change
of conveyances, automobile, team,
automobile. train and back to auto
mobile again.
From Boundy brothers ranch, on
the road southerly toward Aurum to
Tippett, is about fifteen miles, yet
here comes in a new contractor, who
drives south to Aurum for the Tip
petit mail, and he makes twice a week
visits under his contract, the days as
usual being different. From Tippett
to Parker, New, 1t is twenty-five
miles, yet a letter from one TO the
double back by Boundy's to Schell-
bourne and Cherry Creek, then to
Salt Lake, back over the same road
to Wendoyer, then south to Cold Hill
by a twice a week train, from Gold
Hill to Callao, Utah, remaining over
night at both Gold Hill and Callao,
then to Trout Creek, Utah, on anoth-
er twice a week contract, then TO
Parker on a once a week contract. In
cidentally it may be noted hat Park
er is in White Pine county, thirteen
property owners paying taxes and
the last registration showing fifteen
voters residing there. A letter from
Ely to Parker, a distance of ninety
miles. must go to Salt Lake.
About twelve niles beyond Tip
petit is the Eight-Mile ranch and
several other ranches, in White Pine
county. Their postofiice is Ibapah,
Utah, the settlement being better
known as Deep Creek and being
partly in Utah lbapah is on a star
route served from Gold Hill.
All of Snake valley from Candy.
tary to Ely. That to the north, in
Guiding Trout Creek and Callao. Is
a sort of founding and goes to Salt
Lake. Parker, otherwise known as
Pleasant valley, is in overlapping
territory, with some of its trade COM
ing TO Ely but most of 1t going to Salt
Lake. Parenthetically it may be
cited that in overlapping territory
the effect of the mail service Is such
that the people come to Ely when
they have something to sell but go
to Salt Lake when they are on the
buy.
A letter from Ely to Duckwater,
OF course. takes two days. One from
Ely to Nyala or Arrowhead must
take three or four days. One from
Ely to Candy is bound to take three
or four days. From Ely TO Cleye-
land ranch, a distance of about
twenty miles in an air line, instead of
three days, as one would suppose,
takes four to ten days. From here
to Ibapah to reach White Pine resi-
dents takes thirteen 10 fourteen
days. To Parker. in White Pine
county. IL takes two to three weeks.
Merchandise orders SEN from any
OF the northern Snake valley points
Ito Salt Lake are never filled under
two weeks.
II a government automobile or n
belonging to a mail contractor were
to leave Ely early in the morning for
callao, Utah. going by way of Baker,
Candy and Trout Greek. II could
easily reach it's destination by 4 p.
m. the distance being 140 miles. Or
when the car enters Baker In the
middle OF the day another could be
waiting to go north Immediately.
serving mail the same afternoon
after leaving Ely at the offices of
Candy, Parker. Trout Creek. Callao
and Gold Hill. The other could go
on to Garrison and make direct cen
nection for Milford by way of the
discontinued Office at Burbank which
1t passes anyway. delivering mail 10
Newhouse and Frisco.
Spring valley could be served in
like manner Either from Cherry
Greek or Ely a car could go ont and
serve everybody from Schellbourne,
at one end, tc Shoshone at the other,
and do It the same day with ease and
plenty OF time to spare.
But the government does not even
require the use of automobiles. The
contractor on the outlying star routes
has the same right TO use a horse
team or oxen that he had in 1871.
And they-that Is. horses, mules,
etc.-are being Use ! where the con-
tractor finds IL moss hle to cover the
route with them.
This is n branch OF the postal
service that has not been held up TO
the public eye by each incumbent or
retiring postmaster general from
Henry C.. Payne, under Roosevelt, TO
Will II. Hays or Or. Work. under
Harding. along with a string of en-
comiums rating the said ineum-
bent in a class with Abraham Lincoln
as to greatness. or even with the elf
ford Pinchot. the combination OF
Julius Caesar and George Washing
ton OF the forest service.
The postofice department issues
no self-written propaganda swelling
itself up for its handling Of the star
routes.
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