The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-02-26

Of the Poor, and the last duck honored
the table at the board of Supervisors
inspection Oct. 18th 1909. This state
ment Is false in every particular. This
committee were present at the Sup
ervisors inspection Oct. 18th 1909, and
can positively say that no duck honored
the table at the Poor farm on that date.
The question as to the henhouse which
he recommended at large expense to
the county was paying proposition. He
answered, a henhouse in itself can not be
good proposition If there is not a
good stock of chickens to build the
profits on. From this answer the COM
mittee comes to the conclusion that Mr..
Stenson favored the building of an
expensive henhouse but saved the
county the expense of stocking
the same with q good breed of
chickens, and thereby prevented the
chicken house from being profitable,
when a good breed of chickens just
Matched could have been purchased for
10 cents q piece. That he had never
instructed Mr.. LaFlur to kick any in
mate off the Poor farm for any reason
whatever. The punishment for breaking
rules was that the inmate had to be
without one meal, the meal following
the breaking of the rules.
We, the Undersigned committee, after
making a careful investigation of all
the complaints against the Supts. of the
Poor and the manager of the Poor farm
have come to the following conclusions:
That If the purchasing of the new
team was not q pre-concocted scheme
of August Menge and Erick Stenson for
the purpose of creating unnecessary
expense on the tax payers, it at least
shows incompetency and is cause for
removal.
That John Markle acted honestly and
in good faith when he purchased the
new team, believing at the time that
the Poor Farm was in need of new
team.
From the statements of John Markle,
Hugh Summers and Patrick Murphy we
are convinced that there were between
35 and 40 full grown white ducks at the
Poor farm in June 1909. regardless of
the conflicting stories of Jules LaFleur
and Erick E. Stenson, we have examined
the book at the Poor farm and find there
is no account given for these ducks.
We found the old team was for sale
when we were at the Poor farm Dec.
14th 1909. They were then being fed
on hay and had not been cleaned for
month. This shows incompetency on
the part of the manager Julius LaFleur.
The punishment inflicted upon Edward
Hyland in his dying days we pronounce
cruel, inhuman and un-American, and
ask that the Superintendent Of the
Poor remove Julius LaFleur as manager
Of the Baraga County Poor Farm.
We find that the salary paid the man
ager and his wife is $80per month clear.
We recommend that this be reduced to
somewhere within the bounds of reason.
From the record Of the meeting of
the Supts. of the Poor held Oct. 18th
1909, we find there was no other bus
mess of any kind or nature transacted
except the purchase of team of horses
for the Poor Farm.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
Fred w. Schwalm,
F. w. Foote,
Committee.
On motion of McKercher supported
by Howes and carried by the vote fol-
lowing the Clerk was instructed to
advertise in the same manner as last
year, for sealed proposals to be received
until March 81, A D. 1910 at IL O'Clock
noon, for professional services, medical
! attendance and all necessary drugs and
medicines to all persons for whom
! Baraga county is or may be liable, who
are or may be affected with any disease
dangerous to the public health for the
term of one year from and including the
2lst day of April 1910.
Yeas-Been, Schwalm. Howes,
McKercher, and Foote.
Nays-None.
On motion of McKercher supported
by Been the board adjourned to March
3lst A. d. 1910 at 10 o'clock q. m.
MARTIN VoETsCH,
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