Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1910-08-04

ne g 20 you know how this help Is paid? A
n No, dom know how they are paid. ! suppos,
u lie pays them the money,
9 Don't you think II would be better 10 IS
,e sue an order for All the individual help and
I, n'N5 t1at order go 70 the indtvidual2 A. II
81 Nvuid he Just rs we'll
9. Don't You thiuS Il would be better2 A.
= II tntN didu't get their money we would Ger.
e family hear about it,
2, Do YOU know they are getting the money
would hear about H.
q 9, DO YOU know whether Mr. Perkins NAYS
ms help by his personal chrckg A. No sir o.
10 you know positively how much pay help
thcrc + Ia the Institution from month 10 monthly
y. ~ varies couldn't tell you. know Il
: Q. Haveyou a blacksmith shop out at the
Asylum a. There is a little Que there but
uon SNOW II they work il At ali or not.
9. How many horses have Won gu the farm7
A, couldn't tell you
3 Approximately A. May be ten or twelve
y, HOW many OF those teams do Won keep
shod the wear aruuud} 4, ! don't know wheth.
er they are an shod or not.
e. How many work teau,s arr there2 A. |
9 So SsSq A9a lho SPP N eP War; & That
would depend ON the weather. Last winter /
shod niue every week.
9. DO you know anything about the ice poud
ont therct A. have seen IL several times.
g. Was It made dutinr your timc as trusteel
/ a. No sir,
@, You harvest ice nearly every winter do
Nout A, Yes
. NJ ~ N'.A NANNtthN NbhllfNAl Nf-lh hHllHk
the harvesting season. A. thiuk he has
extra man this winter TO help with the wood aud
( ice, lie has two farm baud, now,
| y. Is there any rule governing the amount
OF tobacco that each inmate may have datly2
A. Well nov ton't know, lie gives them
their tobacco every morning aud told Us how
much but don't know, aud maybe he gives
them more. don't know,
O. There is no fixed rule then? A. Not that
/ ] kuowut
@. You as a member of the trustees haven't
any data relative 60 the receipts of that institu-
/ uout A, No sir.
@. Don't Won thiuk that the receipts of any
business are the maiuspriuvo thc bu4inessI A.
guess ii there wasn't any it wouldn't be a
/ verN good business.
q, How did Il happen that iu your last years
report your trnstecs report said that you had
slo,oo0 FROM the asvlumI A supposed that
We had that, We Just took that for granted,
~ DO Non know OF any bills that were ear
RED over unpaid for period Of three ycars2 A,
dom know of amy, but know they have been
two years.
Q, rheu they were paid only by Mr. Peri,.
ms order, were they uotg A. Yes, The bill
Is attached 20 the blank
@. Mt Perkins presents hill for oats pur.
chased = year previous aud makes out bill on
uur of the blanks and states 10 bulk sum 40
mnch paid for oats last summcrl A. | don't
remember auN thing of that kiud.
/ Q, Do you remember how many bushels of
oats were thrcshed last year, A, No sir.
p How many oats would YOU suppose II
would require to feed those hurscs2 A. II takes
good deal OF oats to feed horses that work
=. Is Il necessary 90 feed a team bushel
DAY a No
O. How would you account for over l24e
bushels OF oats being fed Ia the past year and
also uear $1,000 worth Of feed being bought
A. Well, II Is a good deal of feed, but il could
be done, II takes a LOT of feed. / think the
horses ace fed pretty heavy myself.
@, How many acres of land are there In the
tarmf 4. Four hundred aud eighty acres OF
Q. Wouldn't you thiui, dat that farm ought
60 produce as much as rule as Is consumed By
the amount of stock that they carryf A.
guess SO,
O. Don't You think You could make it pro.
duce enough with the help that they have 20
gay for the amount thcy Cunsumrt A. ! know
down on my little farm raised $500 bushels
and fed II All
Q. DO you know now much stock is slangh.
| tered there tor the use of the humrsf a. There
wasn't SO much until this year We had Thorn
butcher ont there this fall as soon as Il was
cool enough SD we could do so.
o. Do you think il Is economy iu buy fresh
meat aud sell steers A No sir, thar is why
We changed This fall
9. what salary do you pay the superuteud.
Q. When did you allow this salary7 A. Two
years ago.
9. When YOU allowed that salary was il CON
ditionaY a. He wanted 1t on account Of the
building aud We gave Il to him and we didn't
cut II down last year.
$500 that yon gave It TO him conditionally pro-
Vided the board passed ~ No Sir
o. Are YOU sure OF thatl A. Yes sir
%. You never saw il iu the minutcSI A. No
Q. what extra salary docs he get FOR super
intending the homer A. He don't get any eN.
ira salary, $500 year is all lie gets.
y. Wedt salary does the matfon get2 a. $40
month Used TO be $50
O, Part Ut this is charged up 20 the Asylum
fund and part TO the Home Fund.- A, ! think
O. Doesn't Mr.. Perkins get an extra s5oOa as
oycrscrr of the poor tarm iu addition 20 tho
1l5uu} A. No Air, not that ! know Of
Q. You never signed an order made payable
10 him for $500 month"; a, Yes Sir that IS
I.f NJ. Sac .Ytea AZ he
q. DO yOu know how many ablc-b0dicd neu
among the nm. ties are able To- do a DAY rs Work.
a. No ,ir don't think there are many OF
them able 10 do . days work.
O, Did you ever hear the doctor recommend
( whisi,ry tor the iumatcsy A. | heard him tell
Ed 20 give them whslsey for colds or grip or
something like that drink that was Dr.. Law
Ter
O. How much would you suppose IL would
| require year, N 10 was required dt alif A. II
would depend upon now many Of them were
sick.
o. Youdon't u,nk Or Morton ever recon.
mcuded ip a. Not that know Of Now, IL
might be- Or. Morton instead of Or. Lawlcr
o. Have matters progressed satisfactorily
ont there 20 the satisfaction Of ne trustees the
last two or three yearst a. ihink so.
y. No cause for any uucleinsss, or anything
like that A. No sir.
o. We're you ever member Of the building
d. VINO we're tic other member. of tho
hHilduP committee The otset trustees,
Mr. Billings and Mr. Spen-lry
o. Were you present ',hen the contracts for
that new addition were lpprovrdf A, Yes Sir
Did you sign the contracts with the gen
ticmeu 20 whom the contracts were giyenf A,
don't remember
y. Did any member OF the building COM
mittec sign tie contracts that you remember
a. I don't remember
.. Was any one person Of the building COM
mittce delegated Az building commiiteef A.
, Yes, Mr. Billings.
O. Why was this1 A. lie lived nearer tfau
, We did aud hc had 10 20 there pftcucr and SEQ
how they were getting along, and = u was ne
ccssary to call as any time.
q. But the other two gentlemen still consid-
. | erred themselves members oi the building com
. mittec. A. Yes sir
| q. Was there any other gentleman included
with Mr.. Billings 10 look after the buidingF
. a. No sir
o. You went az intervals presume 90 the
. | ASYLUM did you notl A. Yes sir.
= q, We're you clerk OF the building commit
tee or did you have a set OF ofhcetsf A. NO
, sir. Mr. billings was clerk that year.
@. DO you know II these contracts are ~ pos
r | session Of the building committee YETI a. NO
sir, have never seen them
} o. DID you SEES them when they were hrst
drawn A. ! don't remember. ! suppose
did. ! was there.
/ O. Have you any recollection OF those con-
tracts, whether the freight was allowed on the
e contract items or was 4 +. o., b. the place they
. were shipped from A. Some of the freight
was 10 be delivered 10 Edmund, but ! don't
! know.
9. was speaking about items covered un.
= der the contract. such as mill work, structural
iron work and other items ON the contracU A.