The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-09-24
A. N. DUKES PRESENTS
PERU WITH A HOSPITAL

Dukes, formerly of Mankato has pre-.
scented to Peru:
The new city hospital that Captain
A. n Dukes has so generously agreed
to furnish Peru will be located at the
southeast corner of Twelfth and
Grant streets with a frontage on
Twelfth street of 200 feet. The site
is an exceptionally good one inasmuch
as there are no buildings close enough
to obscure the excellent view of Peru
from upon this high bill. 1t is ex-
pected that ground will be broken
next week for the basement of the
building and work will be pushed for
ward as rapidly as possible. f. n
Lamm is the architect. He thus de-
scribes the proposed building:
The plan in outline is that of par
allelOgram 40 feet by 80 feet and the
arrangement is designed on the axis
with wide sunny halls through center
of building in each direction In the
space thus left between halls and
outer walls will be the several wards
and rooms, each having light and air
from two sides, and no part of the in
terror will be without sunlight. On
the first floor will be located a recep-
tiOn room, with doctors office and a
matron's office adjoining it on each
side; female public ward, male public
ward, two private rooms for patients;
bath and toilet rooms, diet kitchen,
dispensary, and chart and linen room.
On the second floor there will be five
rooms for pay patients, diet kitchen,
both and toilet rooms. An operating
room with preparation room, steriliz-
ing room, linen room, etc.
The nurses apartments will also be
on this floor, arranged in the form OF
a fiat with private hall and entrance
door separating it from the main
hall.
The basement will be high out of
the ground, will have waterproof walls
and floors, and will contain the dining
room, kitchen, pantry and store room
steam heating and hot water appara,
tus, laundry, toilet and storage space
The outer walls of the building will
be of impervious brick with stone
trimming and hollow tile backing to
prevent moisture, and the roof will be
of tile. The interior walls and floors
will be deadened, making them as
nearly as possible sound proof. Ir
order to secure the best sanitation
very little wood trim will be used and
sharp corners will be avoided, sucl
places being rounded instead.
The operating rooms will have TILED
floors, enameled walls and ceilings
and will be lighted with prism glass
and equipped with the latest and most
approved hospital appliances.
The ordinary capacity of the hos
pital will be sixteen beds, but in case
of emergency may be increased by
crowding to double that number.
Washington, Sept. lS.-"The average
laborer is today living better than
Queen Elizabeth did in her life said
Secretary Wilson, of the agricultural
department today.
He was discussing the prosperous
condition of the farmers of the west
and the high wages of the working
man in the east.
"Take the meat bills of the labOrer
in Washington today" he continued
"You will find that they eat meat
three times a day-most of them-and
what is more they are not content
with any kind; they want the best
cuts. He can afford them. AS a result
the price of meat is way up. While
the farmers are producing more beef
every year, they are not producing
enough to meet the increase in popula-
ton. I do not look for the prices to
decrease materially sOon."
The secretary was acked if the west,
ern farmers were really investing such
large sums of money in automobiles
"There is too much truth in these
reports" he responded. "The farmer
is out of debt; he has paid for his
farm, his fences and his machinery.
Tie HAS HiO1iey III HiS poShSCo "hu US
crops continue to come on. He is
afraid to invest in eastern securities
lest year might bring trouble there
AS result he puts his money in lux
uries instead of channels that might
give a return.
"Why, folks in the east do not know
what luxuries are; they must go west
to find out
"The farmer is still handicapped by
lack of labor. Too many have gone
from the farm to the sidewalk. [ hope
that education along agricultural lines
will remedy this, but the tide has not
vet turned backward.
Zone thing, however, the farmer to-
day, by means of improved machinery,
can do many times as much as the
farmer accomplished ten years ago. He
does it with ease, to, for a farmer
sits at nearly all his work nowadays
G. b. Thompson, who recently paid
fines of $50 and 500 for drunkenness
is again behind the bars, on a similar
charge. This time he was locked up
on complaint of j. E. SWartOut who