New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-29
New Poor House Formally Opened
With Program of Speech
and Song.
Music Furnished by New Ulm
Maennerchor and Second
Regiment Band.
Feast Spread for Unfortunate In
mates Fit for a King.
Principal Address Made by And.
J. Eckstein on Behalf of
County Board.

New Ulm citizens to the number of
several hundred made holiday of it
Saturday and put in the afternoon
dedicating what will henceforth be
known as Brown countys new home
for the POOR
With them were the members of the
Maennerchor and the Second Regi-
ment band and scattered throughout
|, the interested throng were speakers
in abundance.
Jos. A. Eckstein the well-known at
torney, acted as master of ceremonies,
and as the first speaker of the day in
PRODUCED his brother, Andrew j. Eek
stein, the chairman of the county
board, who said:
SIT is fitting that we should meet and
m ark with public exercises the compile
tion of institutions such as this.
''They are monuments that reveal
the enlightenment and progress of a
community.
"When we cease to take pride in
these institutions Or to replace them
, from time to time with better ones no
I other evidence will be needed to show
that we are on decline.
ga building Of this sort should en-
body regard for two interests-regard
for those who are to occupy it and re-
gard for those who have supplied the
funds to build it.
SIT should answer every purpose as
pleasant, comfortable and hygienic
home for the less fortunate ones who
by stress of circumstances, by the faul-
ty organization of society or by their
own fault have come to need public
care.
ut should also represent true eco
II, nomy and utmost value in every de-
tail for the money it has cost.
81 believe the building, as itstands
here today, represents regard for both
of the interests to which I have al
luded.
''Built at cost Of $1S, 900 according
to plans that had the approval o. the
state board Of health and state board
of control, fire-proof throughout. de-
signed to secure the greatest possible
comfort and safety for it's inmates, and
embodying a wide variety Of adv anceo
ideas in construction and arrange
ment, it is, I am sure, the best home
for the poor in the state of Minnesota
iSA "Knowing every element Of its cos
and having compared its method o.
construction with that employed ir
many similar institutions, can con
scientiously perform my part in turn
ing it over to the county with the ut
most satisfaction and can truthful,
assure my fellow citizens that they arr
now possessed of a model building
5, representing to them the utmost value
j for every dollar of its cost.
During recent years the count.
commissioners have constructed sever
al new bridges, the court house ha
been remodeled and a new Jail ha
been built. Add to these improve
+ VI ments this new home for the poor AM
YOU have a set of public structures O
which the people of Brown count
may we'll be proud. Certainly Their
is no other county in the state bette
equipped as far as practical facilitie
are concerned.
''I therefore congratulate, you m
fellow citizens, not merely upon tn
possession of these signs OF progress
but rather upon the thrift, characte
and public spirit for which thes
structures stand y
In conclusion Mr.. Eckstein e.
pressed the county boards apprecis
4 ton of the presence of city officla
and visiting commissioners from othe
counties and then in the name of tt
people formally accepted the con
pleted building and offered the hol
that Brown county might never nee
another one.
Following the county chairman
address, short speeches were made
County Attorney Erickson, who spoil
of the careful supervision given /
the county board to the building
construction, by Justice Peterson WI
spoke in Scandinavian, by Editt
Hodges who brought with him fro
Sleepy Eye the approval of our neig
q boring town, by Acting Mayor Eibn
in tone of congratulation in beha
of our own dear city, by Commissio
ers Swanson and Hayemeier who to
how much Nicollet county would a