White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-04-29
COUNTY ADVISED TO
IGNORE HOSPITAL LAW
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of the bonds ct q premium. The
issue will amount to $4,000.
The board passed the ordinance for
applying the new state law for the
regulation and licensing of taxis and
trucks, as outlined exclusively in last
Sundays issue of the White Pine
News. 1t was ordered published in
the Ely Record and some printed
forms to be used in connection there
with were awarded to the Daily
Times.
Later a speed ordinance was
passed, placing the speed limit in any
unincorporated town within the
COUNT at fifteen miles an hour, that
between East Ely and McGill at thirty
and between Ely and Ruth at twenty
five. An ordinance practically iden-
tical in all respects has been in effect
for years but its existence wes not
known to the commissioners until Mr..
Edwards found it for them, yet it
was deemed proper TO pass a new one,
which is brief. 1t was ordered pub
lished in the White Pine News.
In the discussion of this ordinance
Commissioner Robert Baird wished TO
place the McGill highway limit at
thirty-five miles an hour.
Il drive t~hirty-fve myself, said
Mr.. Baird.
There was a ripple of laughter ar
this and Mr.. Edwards replied that the
limit might as we'll be taken off al
together.
c. r. Norman of Illipah wrote to
the board about a cuivert that haf
been crushed and was flooding tho
road. He said he had loaned a cul-
vert to the county two years ago or
a promise that 1t or the plank tc
build a new enc be returned, and II
he could have the plank he could in
stall 1t.
Where did Clarence Norman get
a culyert to loan to the county,
asked Mr.. Baird. Il don't know
where he got it"
J. d. Hunter wrote from Pleasant
valley Offering to repair the road
therein. He said he expected to get
some money from State Highway En-
gineer Borden and asked il the coun-
ty would participate.
The idea of getting money from
Mr.. Borden was ridiculed. Mr.. Baird
claimed the county had spent moro
than 5000 last veal on the Pleasant
valley road up from Tippett, but In
looking it up he decided it WIS the
year before.
People located as those are ex-
pect work on all their roads" said
Mr.. Baird. We follow the policy of
spending the money on the well-trav-
eled roads. IL we undertook to re-
pair these side roads we would not
get anywhere"
E V. Brainard, postmaster of
Cherry Creek. asked in a letter for
repairs at the Green creek crossing.
nine miles south of that town Mr..
Baird advocated having this work
done by county employees.
Commissioner j. j. Gubler report
ed that he had received a verbal re-
quest from John Smith OF the Lake
Valley Mining Company to be allowed
to Offset his company's gasoline tax
by road work. Mr.. Smith had SAID
in the conversation that IL White Pine
county did not furnish passable roads
from the Lake Valley mine 10 Ely
the company's trade would be divert
cd to Phoebe. Mr.. Clark replied thai
the road referred TO had not been
dedicated as a county road.
Action on these various requests
was. deferred.
George T. Baker reported repair
ing the road between Baker and Gar
rison, which work was said to be sat
isfactOry. A like report was made of
dragging done on the road at Sacra-
mento pass by John Papish.
The official bond of A. c. Powell as
game warden was fled and approved
The county bills were allowed as
filed with the exception of a portion
of one by the Steptoe Livestock Com
pany for its part in the care of a man
with frozen feet. The total bill was
for $54.57. or this s2S.22 was al
lowed, 1t being for services by L..
Americas. The scene OF the occur
renee was believed by the commits
sioners to be over the Elko county
line.