The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-09
WANT TO CARE FOR THEM
The County Poor the Subject of
Lively Competition.
MANY BIDS ARE RECEIVED
One Undertaken Offered to Bury Paup-
pers for a Cent Apiece "A Bargain
Counter Proposition From
Another One

The poor of Silver Bow county, living.
sick or dead, are the cause Of some live
iy competition among people who are
anxious to care for them. at a stipu-
lated price. While living: doctors who
are willing to prescribe for them, at SO
much per month. when sick. and un-
dertakers who are ready to bury them,
al very cheap rate. when dead.
The county commissioners yesterday
opened bids for the care of the county
poor during the next year, for medical
attendance and for the burial If the
pauper dead, but the contracts will not
be awarded until to-day.Sor later in the
session. One enterprising undert aker,
who neglected to sign his name to his
bid, offered to bury paupers. dying out
side the poor house. at | cent each. An
other one offered to do the job at the
bargain counter price of % cents and
as his was the only signed bid received
he will probably get the contract
The bids for the care of the inmates
of the poor house and county hospital
We're as follows, the bid in each case.
except where otherwise stated, being for
each inmate per week: Joseph
Thomas, 1913; John Hooking, 81; Kate
Norris. $3.l5; Lizzie A. Hurley, $3.70;
Mrs. E. j. Carroll. 81 so: Peter Murphy,
$3.50: Henry T. Themes. $3.50: Adeline
a. lldie, 9otoU, I.liLd watched, A4.0U,
Mrs. +. j. Mennie. $3.50; II. Fl. Hare
S3.S5; Miss L. A. Epperson, 1910; Mrs
nj. j. Mcdonald, $375; Mrs. A. 7. Car
roll, $3.15: Barney Bohan. $3.25. Jones
Mcdonnell, S3.65; Sanford II. McLaugh-
lin, $780, Thomas Septon, $780, Mary
A. Lyons. $3.7S. Joseph Thomas asks
$40 additional for each burial at the
poor farm and H. H. HARE wants Sc for
each burial. The other bids include all
burials in their general bid
The only bid for burying pauper dead
outside the poor house was received
from James Tachell, who offered to do
the work at 80 cents per burial An
other bid of / cent was received but
IT was unsigned and was therefore not
considered
Bids for the contract Of county physi-
clan We're received as follows: George
W. Monroe, Sl75 per month: Kress &
Renick, $114; p. ]. Sheeran, 5110: New
Edgar Brooke, S165; J. X. Slverman.
500; w. a. Dawson. $l47.J0. and II adj
ditional for all calls outside the five mile
limit; A. &, Leggat, 81, 100 per year; g.
E. Blackburn, STA per month: Louis
Bernheim, $175 q. D. Bryant. S125: G.
FL. Wells, $3.50 a month as generol
county physician under the rules at
present in force, or 5000 ana allow the
use of his private hospital in emergency
cases, provided a patient is not kept
there longer than one week a a time
or that not more than two persons shall
be there at the same time, and $3.50 to
act as physician and in addition make
all autopsies required by the coroner
end give expert testimony in any court
of record when required by the county
attorney and investigate and testify in
all insanity cases. Dr. Wells also pre-
sented petition. asking for his ap-
p0intment, signed by number Of poor
house inmates The natifi1p which
sumes almost exclusive and exceptional
ability for the doctor says: We the
undersigned, inmates Of the poor farm.
in anticipation Of a change Of physi-
clans to minister to our wants, respect
fully appeal to your honorable body to
select one who is possessed of sympathy
ability and a sense of his duty to his
charge and the county. In recommend
ing physician to fill the above require
ments and one who has made himself
popular among us by his prompt atten-
ton to our needs, we unanimously lay
before YOU the name of DIR. Wells, with
the hope you will appoint him to the po-
sition'
The poor house inmates also sent in
a petition asking for the reappointment
of DR.. Edgar Brooke. whose profess
sional services in the past have been
satisfactory to them and stating that
the board would be doing them favor
by appointing him. Both the petitions
of DR. Wells and Or. Brooke contain 81
signatures, and l. of them were the
same on both.
The commissioners received a COM
munication from w. II. Winters. ex-
county auditor. who AT one time had
quite reputation as a handy letter
writer Mr. Winters offered the COM
missoners some advice about the ap-
pointment Of a county physician and
told them it would be wrong and con-
trary to law to appoint a man who was
not legal resident or citizen of this
county. This advice was probably
brought out by the fact that one of the
applicants, a recent arrival in the city,
is brotherin-la of one Of the com
missioners and is presumed for that
reason to have a slight lead over the
other applicants. Mr. Winters letter
was locked up.
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