White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-12
Commissioners
4ct on Many
County Matters

The board of county commissioner
held its regular meeting on Monday
last.
The first order of business was to
formally place on record the tax
budget and tax levy as worked out
In detail by the commissioners after
days of hard work, during the
month. The figures have been here
heretofore given in the News.
The auditing of bills presented
against the county for the regular
running expenses was taken up and
passed upon.
Mrs. Ella Willis appeared before
the board to take up the matter of
assistance in the support of her six
children. the oldest being Of the
age of sixteen years. Mrs. Willis has
been a hard working woman, who
has managed to keep her family
around her since the death of her
husband something over two years
ago. The strain of hard work is
telling upon her. however. and she
| is not physically able to perform the
same amount of work that she did
formerly. The case appealed to the
commissioners as very deserving
one and 1t was agreed to assist Mrs.
Willis to the extent of $25 per
month.
A. B. Lightfoot, principal of the
White Pine County high school, ap-
peared before the board. as the rep
resentative of the Woman's club Of
Ely and presented a petition from
that organization for the assistanc,
from the county in the matter of es
tablishing a public library. TIL,
petition sets forth briefly some
the work done by the Woman's clul
in the matter and states that aftei
due consideration of all plans which
seemed to have merit, the club took
the subject up with the county board
of education which body signified
willingness to allow the use of
room in the high school building and
to cooperate fully with the Woman's
club in the establishment and main
According to the petition Mayor
Witcher has assumed the RESPONSE
bility for the collection of three hun
dred dollars by private subscription
for the purpose of buying books and
the Ely Record has printed without
! charge two thousand tickets for
marking books donated. The teach
ers of the county high school have
offered their services in organizing
and caring for the library until the
close of the present school term.
The petition then asks
First: That the sum of three
hundred dollars be appropriated
from the funds of White Pine coun-
ty for immediate use in the purchase
of books for the county public IL
brary:
Second: That the sum of three
hundred dollars be guaranteed in
monthly installments of twenty-five
dollars for the purpose of maintain
ing the county public library;
Third: That all books belonging
to abandoned school districts be
transferred to the county public IL
Erary
Senator Comins. who is member
of the county board of educationI
was present and when asked for his
views spoke highly in favor of the
proposition. Mr.. Lightfoot. after
presenting the petition, said that
while he felt he had then fulfilled
his mission, he would gladly answer
any questions that the members of
the board might desire to ask him, so
far as his knowledge of the subject
went The Commissioners seemed
greatly in favor OF the prpposition.
but did not take kind3f - IL ~
quest for monthly a1ioWance oil
twenty-five dollars out of the coun-
ty treasury to pay for the care of
the library, and the matter was laid
over for further consideration.
The matter of the matron In
charge of the county hospital was
next taken up. This question has
been under consideration by the
board for some months past, and was
recently taken up by the grand jury.
In the partial report filed by that
body, the present matron, Mrs.
Maude A. Paulson, was highly rec
commended The commissioners,
however det-. mined on a change.
stating that the many complaints
reaching them from the patients In
the county institution they thought
worthy Of consideration and after
fhnrou0h Investigation and mature