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

spend from three TO four days. defy any farm
er TO 40 ont in my fields TODAY aud find dcat
furrow or a back ridge. Il Won find any sill
skirts there aud a corset there il should not IL
there. but il go To Chicago and ii costs me- -
aud don't put in bin, don't think the Count,
has lost any thing.
Q. There are good many items here on thee
bills that look very questionable TO this con.
mttee. Now that we are on this matter IL seem
70 me that we might well take them up ans
hash IL out A. Take all those invoice.
could have burued every one of them np II
Thought | was doing anything wrong. | won't
have burned them up, IL thought there we.
anything crooked about a. bills are nov eN
dbitcd 10 the witness.
Three items on This bin for shoes. It looks t,
this committee As though the price paid to'
thmv shoes was entirely out OF the question foi
inmates A We have paid $3.50 aud $500 pei
pair.
.. oyou think Won can buy that price stuff
for those inmate out thefef \, have bought
shoes there for the inmates charged rs high a.
like that aud If 20 TO Chicaro aud ray my eN
pcn~e- don't see that the County log, anything
Exhibits Marshall Field BIN.
A. get shirts for those paticttS. have
patients there wearing shirts like that. buy
two shirts sometimes.
Q. Here is another bin would like to have
an explanation ON. II IS tor n hat charged To the
Poor Fund. $50 aud billed ont 10 YOU. A. That
is an right That is hat that ! got for patti
cut had 50 get i because | couldn't get any
thing TO III him.
y 40 you ever ltlltNlhti OF NttNllllE III \
money from J. w Peugclly for any merchandise
that pou might have ordered TOT hmy A. No
SIR I don't know how that cvcrgot there. J. W
Pcugeliy never got amy matches.
Q. II states there plainly that they were ship
ped with pour order. a. ] never got any
matches for j W Peupely in MY life.
Q. Why should that have been overlooked.
a. never delivered amy matches To MI Pen-
geliy
Q. You never got thar money from Mr.. Pen
relyE A, No a..
{. DO Won remember in 1904 purchasing any
suiuneS, short lengths for dre~seS2 a. Yes.
@. How high do YOU generally 90 for this
class of goodSy
A. can't recall The price, about twenty or
o. You wouldn't pay sllS or II. - for the pa
tients} Here Is a bill would like 90 have YOU
look at. Three and half yards of suitiug at
dollar. and six yards at Sis Those things
OF the patients theref A. That is very true.
q, You buy most all thS merchandise that
goes into that institution, do you notf A. Yes
sir
Q. II was authorized, believe mder resoin-
ton OF the Board at one time TO buy from whole
sale houses as much As possible! A. Yes sir.
Q. You make semi annual trips TO Chicago TO
make purchases A. Yes sir, sometimes often
err three or tour times year.
Q. What do you generally buy when you 90
down there2 In what lines do you buyt A, Buy
things in all lines. notions, pins and every thing.
Q. You say you buy from wholesale dry
goods houses crockery houses, cap houses, etcf
a. Yes.
O. Nav l ask If these grocery representatives
COME out TO the home 20 see youl A, Yes sir.
.. Ii Is customary for them 10 make their
rounds about every two weeksI A. They do,
yes.
O. DO YOU usually buy through theme A.
Yes. unless ! happen to be in the city.
Q. Have You had more than one representa-
tive there, that is. representatives from more
than one house! A. Sometimes we have, yes.
Q. Do YOU COuinc your purchases principally
60 one house? a. Yes, we used 10 deal with
Mcneil & Higgins and later with Roundy Peck
ham aud some with Mae Veagh
You would consider Roundy-Peclham rep
grocery house! A, Yes.
Q. Do yuu think You can get as low price!
from them as Won can from larger couCeru
a. We get as low prices and better goods.
Ronudy Peckham carry good liue OF goods.
o, What grade of goods do you generally
buy for the institution. In canned goods A. -
canned goods ! generally buy the medium price
0. What do YOU generally pay for ooftee2
A. We pay 10 cents now.
Q. what did you pay ten years ago. A.
could not say.
0. DO You think q cents would be pretty
high price out thcret A. We use the same cot
lee that they get for the patients.
Q. DO you think IL would be economy to pay
% aud q cents for coffee IN hundred pound bagSr
A. ! cannot recall buying coffee at that price
.. Is ii not fact that for several years YOU
did pay that price, A. / cannot recall il AT ALI
II the price Is there we had il and used IL and
cheaper grade. We are paving 10 OF rs cents, but
Il is fine coffee. Lots of Institutions use cent
coffee
o. Does your per capita cost agree with that
issued by the State Board of Controll A. Yes
The per capita cost in Grant county is s272
Ours is s2.l4, In my per capita cost didn't add
The number of weeks board for the employees
which most OF the counties did.
Q. You figured ont the per capita cost your
self. did you n0ty A. Yes.
Q. Do you sell all your beet or do you gener
a II hut no enutpF a We an
sell some.
o. Can you tell this committee whether your
purchases for fresh meat more than the
sales YOU get for your stock a have never
figured il out ] think our sales taken as a
whole will amount to more than the eNpendi-
lures for meat purchased.
O. From whom do YOU generally buy your
fresh meats? A. From Swift some from
some from Cudahy aud some from
o. You charge up most of the meat bills to
the Asylum, do your A. Not all. Some OF
them are charged TO the County Home.
Q. II all goes in the same refrigerator, does
Il mott A. Yes.
Q. What is the capacity of the refrigerator
A. II is big cold storage.
q. So that you would have ample room there
to keep quite large supply a. Yes, but we
can't keep meat there more than about two
weeks before it is stiff
Q. How do You figure the amount of meat
necessary for the County H0mef A, can APP
proximate the meat. | don keep thu actual
ton OF that would be.
o. DO YOU order meats in the name of the
County Homer A. No sir. II is all charged
10 the Asylum. And it is charged up to the
County home
o. You charge it up at your discretion do
your A. Well, just divide it up II three or
four bills, probably put in two for the asylum
aud two for the home.
0. How did YOU keep track ~ III A. The
bills show one draft out Of the Asylum fund aud
one out Of the Poor Farm.
o. You watch them pretty carefully, do your
A. Yes sir, Try to.
o. Do the inmates of the home eat much
meatl A. They have IL twice day.
o. Do they eat much fish, A, Yes sir.
@ What kind of fish do you generally get
the inmates Of the County Homer a. We buy
mackerel and Goldfish.
Q. DO you buy good many fresh fish dur
ing the seasony A. Yes SIR wc buy fresh fish
every summer.
%. In charging up the items TO the County
Home, what items generally 60 into that aC-
COUNT A. Whatever the bills show for groc-
cries. meat aud such as that.
o. Do sou Charge up feed against the County
Home account A, Sometimes yes.
@. DO YOU think that would be a legitimate
charge against the County Homer A. Yes
We feed the hogs and -,ile Of them should go
10 the County Home.
o. Do Won keep the stock separately or are
they all running together2 a. ~ together,
o. Wouldn't II be- just as well 20 charge IT up
to one institution A.. If Won didn't charge II
up 20 the County Home the per capita cost
wouldn't be very much.
o. Do You charge the gasoleue up 10 the
County Homer a. Yes Once ia while. We
are pumping water for the County Home.
o. II doesn't make any difference, you
charge up part Of il 10 the County Homey a.
Charge up part Of ii so ~ TO bring the per CAPT
"a cost about what IL is
O. DO YOU think you may have put on more