White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-01-07
COUNTY ASKS RIGHT TO ISSUE
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR BONDS

A bond issue of approximately
$4,000 is to be- asked for by the
White Pine county commissioners,
the proceeds to be used for three
purposes.
The first Is to finish the lower
floor of the new annex to the county
hospital, the second to make some
alterations in the courthouse to the
end of enlarging accommodations.
and the third for completion of the
new high school building.
Authority will have to be granted
by the state legislature, and for these
and other matters which the COM
missioners deem imperative they
called the county legislative dele
cation into conference with them at
the courthouse Friday afternoon.
State Senator n. II. Chaplin and
Assemblymen j. NJ Lockhart and
George A. Whiteley were present,
Assemblyman Anthony Zurich being
absent.
Commissioner Robert Baird acted
as spokesman for the board. He ex-
planned briefly that the hospital was
overcrowded and additional room was
essential. Regarding the court
house, he said it was purposed to
build a room over the county jail for
a jury room and use the present jury
room for a library. Attention was
called to the inadequate quarters of
the sheriff, there being no private
Office Such, it was declared, was
needed should the sheriff wish TO
question a person privately. but now
it must be done in a public room.
The Office of the assessor was also
said to be unsuited and circumscribed
as well as poorly lighted for map
work and the like. Internal rev.
enue and farm bureau Offices had to
be donated, as neither have funds
for Office rentals. 1t was estimated
that from $1,000 to $1,000 would be
required for the courthouse changes.
Mr.. Lockhart told the board that
the school building fund would have
to come through separate bond is
sue. Mr. Chaplin asked the commits
sioners to write a letter 10 the 1egis-
lative delegation, setting forth the
sums needed and the requirements.
This was agreed to. with it being
conceded that the total might reach
$4,000, but probably would be
something less.
Mr.. Baird also asked the delega-
tons good Offices in the matter of
the support of the Indians resident
in and supported by White Pine
county. Not being reservation In
dians it is a mooted question as to
whether or not they are government
wards. Commissioner Fred NJ. Clark
said he had been assured by Senator
Pittman that they were government
wards and that their keep would be
paid for by Uncle Sam provided Ii
was gone about in the right way.
Mr.. Clark related that several years
ago, after a smallpox epidemic among
the Indians, a man named Reeves
had asked the then commissioners IL
they would let him have all the
money he could collect from the gov
ernment in lieu of that advanced by
the county in caring for the stricken
Indians. This was assented to, he
said, and in short time Reeves ap-
ueared before the board and exhib-
tied a check for $500. more or less,
which was his under the agreement
and which he retained.
Relief was sought in the matter
of money advanced by the county on
state highways. Mr.. Baird explained
that when the Lincoln highway was
son summit to Illipah and from IL
lipah to Pancake summit the gov
ernment engineers estimates were
considerably more than the contracts.
The latter sector was estimated at
s216,000 but the contract price was
1000, yet before the contract was
let the county had to advance its
share in order to get work started,
the same being based not on the con-
tract price but upon the estimate.
This difference was to come back
some time in the form of credit to
the county, but it is an undue hard
ship for the money to be withheld as
it is.
District Attorney ii. w. Edwards
suggested TO the delegation that a
statute be enacted to increase the
salary of one member of the board
of commissioners to $500 month
and have him devote his entire time
to county affairs. acting in the ca
pacity of purchasing agent. Such
commissioner, he thought. should
personally visit and have charge of
road work and would save more
than the s125 a month increase in
salary.
Prior to the conference the board
acted on a number of routine mat
tiers. r. A. Millick was reappointed
to the position of superintendent of
warehouse and lawn at salary of
$3.50 a month.
1t was decided 10 consolidate the
three offices OF county physician,