Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-03-24 | Page 20 | Governor Announces Seven Appointments

GOVERNOR MHOUHCES SEVEN APPOINTIVIENTS Robert Howard of Hiawatha Hiawa-tha and Frank D. Brown of Salt Lake Named. 5 ON NURSES' BOARD Coal Mine Inspector and Statistics Commissioner Are Provided For. Robert Howard of Hiawatha, as state coal mine inspector, and Frank D. Brown of Salt Lake, as commissioner of immigration, immi-gration, labor and statistics, were appointed ap-pointed yesterday by Governor Simon Bamberger. The governor also named the five members of the state board for examination exami-nation and registration of nurses, a new hoard croatod by an act of the recent legislature Mr. Howard will succeed J. E. Pet-tit Pet-tit as stale coal mine inspector and -will hold the office until July 1, when the department will be taken over by the industrial commission. The work of the department will theu be conducted under un-der the direction of the commission, but it is expected that Mr. Howard wfll continue his work in the capacity of coal mine inspector, but perhaps with a dit-fercnt dit-fercnt title. Democrat Named. The new inspector is a Democrat, was formerly superintendent of tho Cameron Coal eompany (it Hiawatha, formerly county commissioner of Carbon county and also was a member of the Carbon county school hoard. Mr.' Brown, who is named to succeed H. T. Haines as commissioner of immigration, immi-gration, lnhor H.nd statistics, will hold office in like manner to the coal mine inspector, this office being absorbed by the industrial commission July 1. The work is lo he continued as a department depart-ment under the direction of the commission, com-mission, however, and it is expected that Mr. Brown will continue to handle the work. Names Nurse Examiner. Mr. Brown has beeu a special auditor in the office of State Auditor Joseph Kirie, and was assigned to the land board audit when that was first commenced, com-menced, but later left that work. On the board for registration of nurses the governor named Miss Ella Wicklund, graduate of the Holy Cross hospital of Salt Lake; Miss Laura G. Willis, graduate of St. Mark's hospital of Salt Lake; Miss Stella Sainshury, graduate of the L. D. S. hospital of Salt Lake: Miss Zina Johnson, matron of the F'rovo General hospital, and Miss Sarnh Bastow, superintendent of the Ltah Tdaho hospital at Logan. Paid by the Day. Miss Wicklund is now superintendent of the obstetrics division at the Holy Cross hospital, it is stated, and saw war nurse sen ice in France just after the outbreak of the world war. Miss Willis is connected with the O. S. L. first-aid work, while Miss Sains-burv Sains-burv is superintendent of nurses of the Dee Memorial hospital at Ogden. The members of this board are supposed sup-posed to meet and organize within the next thirty days. They receive per ditm pay for the time thev are actually engaged en-gaged in work tor the state.