Show I I LIFE ENDS END wS Ass 4 S. S i A i S' S kt la l Mayor or E. E E. E Roberts DEATH DEA CLAIMS RENOS RENO'S MAYOR Care Career r of Colorful Western 1 Character Comes to CI Close se RENO Nev Nov Dec 11 UP Mayor UP-Mayor Mayo E. E E. E Roberts Renos Reno's colorful mayor mayo for the past 10 years died here toda today following a protracted illness H He would have been 63 years old tomor tomor- row He had been suffering from a stomach ach ailment doctors doctors' said Mayor Roberts who achieved nationwide na na- na fame tame two years ago when he advocated the placing of ot barrels barrel of whisky on every street corner wIth wit dippers dangling from the sides was va J born at Pleasant Grove Cal Cat in 1870 He had been active in Nevada poll poli tIes tics for many years He served as dis dis- dis attorney at Carson City for i terms er erms shortly after ter he was admitted to 10 o inc bar oar in 1899 He also s served as Nevadas Nevada's lone congressman for lor tour four J terms terms- erms His wife wile and several stepchildren I were at his bedside when he died A J I daughter Hazel Lee Johnson wife o ot of 1 Walter Johnson baseball player di died several years ago |