White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-04-22

wages they must lose their wages
while the sessions are being held and
the time consumed in going and COM
ing. II 1t takes eight gallons of gas
oline to drive in from Baker. Preston,
Lund, Cherry Creek, or wherever
they come from, and back, they are
TO receive $2.96 if they paid 81 cents
a gallon for the eight gallons. II
they have meals and lodgings they
are to have the actual cost of these,
and If they bring their lunches and
blankets along the coucty will be
saved that expense. To be sure this
can be gotten around and the Law
not violated by appointing two trus-
tees from Lane City and East Ely,
thus reducing the expenses tc next
to nothing, but that is not contem-
plated by the law. 1t proposes to
elect competent persons regardless of
the distance they have to come, but
to pay them nothing for their time
and only their bare expenses.
The situation in White Pine is that
several of the oldest and most i'm
portant districts entitled to represen-
tation on a board of this character
are located many miles from Ely,
and the one undesirable result Of that
would be that while a pair of re-
spectacle and worthy citizens resid-
ing at Pleasant valley or u. S. Tung-
stem might accept the honor of an
appointment as hospital trustees the
labors of the board would devolve
upon the bare quorum residing in
Ely, the others being unable to leave
their affairs for the several days
necessary and travel the 200 miles
to attend.
Again, the law is a misft here for
he reason that 1t upsets ar amicable
arrangement as to medical service.
A county physician is employed and
paid a salary 10 treat INDECENT pa
tents. The Ely physicians say they
do not care TO servo under a system
requiring them to donate their SIR
vices, and this law is minus any
feature that may compel them to do
so. II says that there shall be no
pay for such services but has nc
clause forcing them to render such
services If they happen TO refuse, so
that ii puts ii up to the county to
say what it is going to do about it.
Is the county going 10 let its irdi-
gents suffer and die simply because
legislators are too busy with other
political duties to read this law that
has been foisted upon it?
Another objection TO the law IA
that it is certain, II it is not repealed
at the next session two years away.
TO be followed by another providing
salaries and mileage for the trustees.
This service already is being paid
for. Three county commissioners,
all of them respected citizens, arc
being paid to do this work. These
commissioners may not have sprout-
ed wings as yet. but il Gabriel with
his trumpet and st. Peter with his
locker were here to size them up,
he verdict probably would be that
they average up about as well as any
citizens that would consent to take
over this part of their duties without
pay, II not indeed about the same as
human beings in White Pine gener-
ally. Gabriel and st. Peter would
probably say that they have IL over
the others by the further toker that
they are paid for the work and are
more anxious to hold their jobs, and
therefore would be likely to render
equal If not slightly better service.
This Is a pretty poor excuse for a
law. II the rest of the work Of this
session Is like IT it was some legis-
lature.