The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30
Members of the Zee County Board and
of the Des Moines County Board
Visit the Lee County
Farm.
INSPECTED THE HOME
compllmented the Lee Members Of the
Board and Superintendent
Hart For the Neat Con-
dition of Premises.

"ihi H. SCeiUOHe, n. ~. SC1tkln ana
Al. SchWaller, members of tho Des
MONIES county board of Supervisors
came to keokuk this morning and in
company with Geo. Brinkman and
John Lauchman, present members of
the Lee county board, and |. Hosier
member-elect, visited the county farm
and inspected the property. County
treasurer VIM. Reimbold and County.
elect Attorney Theo. Craig. with rep
resentatives of the Keokuk daily pa
pers. We're also among the party. 1t
was an annual visit of the supervisors
and the Des Moines county members
came down as reciprocation of a
visit previously made by the Lee coun.
ty members.
The trip to the county farm, which
IS managed by Mr. Robert Hart and
MS able assistants, Mrs. Hart and
daughter proved to be one of pleas
ure and profit, and was enjoyed most
thoroughly by every member of the
party.
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ing was made by all members and re-
vealed that everything about the
premises was in a most satisfactory
condition and that those who find it
necessary to make the county home
their home We're well provided for and
had quarters that were of the most
agreeable and convenient character.
All through the building every nook
and wholesome and the welfare of the
inmates is looked after in a most
careful manner.
Supervisor Brinkman has the most
responsibility in the management of
the county farm building and he GER
tainly has given the property his
thought and painstaking care The
county board recently installed thor
ough and efficient water system and
this was given practical demonstra-
ton during the afternoon The new
water system cots approximately So,
GOO with large tank and pumping en-
S'iiC anu ilOoS iCSIS anu OlIlCl Ic DIP
paratus and the county farm property
is we'll protected and the inmates
guarded should fire break out in the
building. Water pipes run through the
with four hydrants and five hundred
feet of hose the Lee county home is
we'll protected and well ortified to
fight fire. TIL heating plant is ample
and in act the property was never in
better condition. The care of the
place is contributed by Robt. Hart who
has been the superintendent for many
years and against whom there has
never been any criticism.
At the present time the home has
something over seventy inmates.
The Des Moines county members en-
joyed their visit and the ample pro-
vision made by Mrs. Hart and her as
sistants for the noon meal was fea-
ture of the day that the participants
will not soon forget and for which
they were grateful to the hostess.
The Des Moines county members
We're prompt in their commentator
of the property and of the manage
ment and readily discerned that Super
intendent Hart and Supervisor Brink
man We're alert to their duties and had
the welfare of the tax payers and the
inmates of the home at heart
1t would be a lesson to many to visit
this home and see how well provided
for are the Lee county people who find
it necessary to make their home at the
county farm.