The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-09

half an hour. possibly an hour al
though 7 don't think So"
John Kooyman of ogden. employed
as nurse during a typhoid fever cpl
demlc last year, and father Of one of
the inmates, was put on the stand to
testify as a father of what he saw
while "a nurse.
They were treated like their own
children and better than that" said
DE. my boy was treated fine. Mr..
and Mrs. Allison dressed and went
down town al night 10 get medicine or
20 do what was necessary. We Won
dered ourselves how nice he could be. "
Did you hear any complaints"
''The only objection was against one
Of the teachers. Mr.. Wallace. All the
boys had objection against him. They
seemed 90 feel he did not treat them
right"
Praise For Allisons.
Henry Perkers. also a former nurse
during the typhoid fever epidemic. told
Of the care and anxiety Of Mr.. Allison.
Mrs. Allison and Miss Bilby for the in
mates
They did an a parent could do. es-
pecially Mr.. Allison" said he. They
were there day and night.
Mr.. Cotton asked how many We're
sick
Twenty at one time"
Mr.. Lawrence asked how many
deaths there were.
zone from scarlet fever; none from
. typhoid"
President Wright explained about
I the water supply. He said it was from
a pipe line from an open canal which
must have been polluted. He said the
/ sewage is through a pipe that leads to
"a slough and that it needs enlargement.
The board asked for an appropriation
of 81 500 for the water and sewage sys-
+ TENS.
yes, sir" said he lit is unsafe. To-
+ day we are hauling water two miles
from Mil creek The typhoid came
from the impure water. The hauling is
done while the water in the canal is
frozen"
+ Mr.. Spry asked about the bad water
. i'm the cement bathing pool.
/ "The pipes filled up again and the
/ guard turned it i'm and saw it was un-
/ fit. He took of the best part for use
+ in the laundry. What the legislators
/ saw a week ago was the residue, the
/ settings. AS "a rule the bathing pool
/ is I'M a good condition"
SAYS w alAdGG ADu1Cu A4C4-
/ Frances WhitecOttOn, the girl struck
/ by Mr. Wallace was finally called.
/ She was an exceedingly sweet and ami
able looking girl. Representative Spry
I opened the examination.
Are Mr.. and Mrs. Allison good and
kind 10 your
Yes. They do everything they. can.
have been punished only when
needed it and that was not very
often"
"Have YOU ever been mistreated?'
"Only once, by Mr.. Wallace OF
course he did not hurt me very much.
To was I'm the kitchen. He asked what
1 was after. I told him a drink of
water. Then he got angry and slapped
me. L yelled and he carried me by
the throat out of the room. He knocked
me down before he took me out. My
feet were of the floor while he lifted
me by the throat 1 don't know If he
knocked me down or i fell. He says
he had to choke me TO keep me from
yelling. I yelled and called him
names. He hit me on both sides of my
face"
you have a bad temper" asked
Judge Henderson.
81 don't do as I'm told when I'm
mad"
"He hit you with the palm Of his
haudT' asked Mr.. Lawrence,
Yes sir. and tore my shirt waist all
to pieces"
"I have great habit of tossing my
head. He said I tossed my head and
that made him mad"
Mr.. BenniOu asked: How did ne
carry you out2"
IL don't know how he did it. He had
me around the throat and lifted me.
OF course was TO blame, because Mr..
Wallace has a terrible temper. they
say, and I ought to have known better
than not TO mind him. Yes, sir, 1 swOre
az him.
She swore at Him.
You used some very naughty Ian
guage?"
Yes, sir, and ] threw a bowl at him.
He thought we We're out there Just 20
torment him and that made him mad
and I was awful mad. too. He didn't
hurt me much and I don't suppose he
would have done anything if 1 had been
behaving"
Mr.. Allison gives us liberty to tell
Mr. Wright anything. We like Mrs.
Allison very much, all of us. / always
liked Ar. Wallace as "a teacher. Il
thought he was more patient. He
would explain more than anyone else
and would not get mad, except ne was
disObeyed."
Have you learned all you want TO
about the water SUPPLY asked Mr.
Wright 20 the committee
yes, it's fun OF dogs and cats and
snakes, snapped Mr. Nash
Chairman BenniOn announced that
he wanted members to feel at liberty
90 ask questions and call witnesses. I
lie said he didn't want the impression
10 go abroad that the Investigation was
not thorough.
Yes" said Mr.. Wright. 1--WE want
you TO call anybody you feel like. We
want a thorough Investigation: moth
ing that viii look like a whitewash.
We don't want that kind of an impress
sion 90 go out"
Was Only an Accident.
Clarence Peterson, with whom Rep
resentatiVe Mcfarland talked a week I
ago yesterday, was put on the stand /
next He spoke of Mr.. Wallace having /
hit him.
IL was sitting i'm the seat and he told /
me 90 write "a copy and I couldn't write /
IT, lie accidently hit me on the face
with the back of his hand. Some Of /
the boys tried 20 make IL worse by /
telling me he used his fist, but that isn't /
So 10 was the first time he ever
touched me. He made my nose bleed. /
he started 20 hit me on the back of /
the head. but 7 turned my face up and /
got the blow on the nose"
Would you ike TO say anything
about the other odicers?" asked Mr..
Beuuion.
I've always been treated well
enough 90 suit me-"
How about Mr. AIisOn2"
II say he treats the boys good" Cplac-
ing strong emphasis on the word
'goOd'D.