White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-08-12
{. f. CAMPBELL IS CITY MARSHAL;
FRED WEST CLAIMS HE IS CITIZEN


or Tamblyn Monday night and the
nomination confirmed by the council.
He assumed his duties Tuesday
morning and has been on duty since.
This ends a deadlock lasting from
the middle of May until now, the
actual time, according to the con-
.ention of the mayor, taht the office
was vacant being sixty-one days
from June to August 6.
Promptly after the nomination
was made by the mayor it was sec
onded by Councilman ]. w. Russell
and on rollcall the members in
turn voted aye, first Councilman
Fred T. West, then Phil McKernan
and Mr.. Russell.
Up to and including the last reg
ular meeting, which was July 20, tho
mayor held out for his original nom
inee, C. c. Caperton, and his final
yielding to the wishes Of Mr.. Russell
came without warning and was a
surprise to the assembled citizens.
though apparently not to the council
men. The wGy it went through 1t
looked like it had been prearranged
Mr.. Campbell's bond in the sum
of SO 900 was Immediately filed and
approved, with William c. Goodman
and p j. Foulliel as sureties.
Ex-Marshal George w. Jackson,
when advised of the action shortly
afterward, he not having been pres
ent, said:
ooh l have known it for several
days"
Immediately preceding the Camp
bell appointment came another semi
sensation, when Mr.. West suddenly
produced couple of documents from
one Of his safety inside pockets and
had this to say:
There has been some question for
several weeks about my citizenship,
, of which l was not informed l un-
derstand that if ] made certain OBJ
jections I would have difficulty. My
father was naturalized September
90, 1894 was born in 1875, SO
that was 1s years old when my
! father was naturalized. At first !
could not find his papers, but / final
ly found them and here they are
They are his first and final papers.
Once before when l was a city coun-
Gilman at Kemmerer, Wyo, i wanted
these rapers in order to be sure,
fearing that there might have been
some slip, and afterward they be-
came misplaced and It was long
time before could find them was
advised that this was to be club
to throw me into line or into dis
repute. intend to have it published
in one of the newspapers so as to
have the matter cleared up.
Mayor Tamblyn sought to learn
who might use ii as a club and to
know if there were anything improp-
er about the truth being known
| Somebody was interested enough
TO look it mp" said Nr. MrKernap,
disparagingly.
| There was Il long wrangle over the
Central Ely sewer Several property
owners appeared ut the meeting,
some to protest against the sewer
and others to favor it. The former
did all the talking but there were
only three who spoke. These were
Charles Engelke, Andy Ghigerri and
Andy Stevens and the opposition OF
Mr.. Stevens was only conditional
Mr.. Engelke was speaking in rehalf
of his stepmother. whom he repre-
sented, protesting against the ex-
pense.
Didn't Mrs. Engelke sign the pc
tition?" asked Mr.. McKornan.
hI,t t,1,
She did not know its contents" re-
piled the protestant.
Mayor Tamblyn expressed q fear
that the many vacant lots of alb
sentee owners, which lots would re-
vert to the city. would cause the city
/ to take the big end in paying for
the sewer.
DIR. W. S. Bennett addressed the
council briefly to say that as mem
ber of the state board of health OF
Wyoming it was the policy to intro
duce sewers and he objected to the
condition OF many back yards in Ely,
which he said were unsanitary
Mayor Tamblyn explained to the
Central Ely delegation that the time
for protesting against the sewer
itself had long since passed, that the
notice published at this time was to
persons wishing to protest against
the assessment roll
Mr.. McKernan moved that the as
sessment roll be adopted, which was
carried unanimously, and then Act
ing City Attorney C A. Eddy advised
that the assessment of each property
owner on the list be subjected to a
separate aye and no vote, which was
done, and all carried unanimously.
Thereafter ordinance No. lis,
amending sewer ordinance No. 113
in minor detail, was introduced and
passed its first raeding.
Mr.. Eddy submitted an oral state
ment on the right of way matter for
the Aultman street paving, saying
that several DrODertv owuars wara