It was built upon lots purchased and owned by the city, where the water tank and city wells were likewise placed.

In the April election of 1909 Jesse Babcock, J. H. Graves and H. W. Neff were elected members of the board, in the place of Cole, Coleman and Shumway. Two hundred votes were cast. T. F. Kennedy was named clerk and Fred Wright as attorney.

The importance of the automobile in traffic was emphasized in May, 1909, by the passage of a speed ordinance.

Double Election In the spring of 1910, a large number of the live people of the town did not approve of the fact that the old board failed to declare Scottsbluff a city, and proceeded accordingly. Two hundred votes had been cast in 1909, indicating more than a thousand people. To express their disapproval, on election day. a second election board was organized across the street from the regular polling place, where about twice as many votes were cast for a city ticket as were cast at the village election across the street.

At the village election Wisner and Evans were re-elected on the board, and the question of "city" or "village" was voted upon, resulting in sixty-six for city and twelve for village.

The larger element brought an action in the district court to declare their ticket the true officers of the city of Scottsbluff. but it was not sustained. Judge Grimes ruled that while 'in fact Scottsbluff was a city in size, it took official action to make it so, and that official action had never been taken.