The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-02-03
Regular Session.

Mankato. Mimi, Tuesday, January
5, 19l1.-The board of county COM
missioners of Blue Earth county, met
as required by statute and sworn in
by Judge Evan Hughes.
Commissioner Madigan moved the
nomination of Commissioner Jones
for chairman, this motion was unani.
mously carried.
Commissioner Jones then moved
the nomination of Commissioner Han
sen for vice chairman and he was
unanimously elected
The board as now made up is Rob
ert Madigan, Jamestown; Alec Han
sen, Butternut Valley; Charles E..
Jones, Maplcton; ID. p. Young, City;
A. NJ. Schneeberger, Pleasant Mound
Commissioner Young was elected
city poor commissioner and his sal
airy per statute is $25O.OO per year.
Russian Thistle.
Resolved, that the weed known as
Russian thistle be and is hereby or
dered destroyed in the year 1911 on
or before July 10 and the Herald
published by J. f. Brown is designat-
ed as the county paper in which this
official notice shall be published.
Adopted.
James Mullen offered his poor farm
report the substance of which is as
follows:
Sale of stock and produce during
the year, $l.1S0.96.
No horses purchased.
No cattle excepting one bull in
place of one sold.
Hogs and cattle killed for food.
$500 pounds.
Crops raised: Wheat 81 acres,
yielded 1920 bushels; oats acres
yielded 67C bushels; corn IL acres,
yielded 1,2e0 bushels; potatoes. 5
acres yielded 500 bushels; pumpkins
acre yielded so loads; squash y.
acre yielded s loads; melons three
fourth acre yielded 10 loads; musk
melons did not ripen; COW beets and
carrots fed.
Farm consists Of 100 acres over so
of which is hills and ravines.
Cultivated land 65 acres.
Hay on hand. As tons.
Coal on hand. q tons.
Wood on hand. 80 cords.
Horses on hand 4 good mares U
died the past year,
Cattle on hand: Seven mich
COWS, three 3 year old heifers, one
2 year old heifer, one registered
Guernsey bull years old.
Hogs, IL good ones.
Chickens, $50.
Geese. 5.
Turkeys, 5.
Twenty-Five inmates now Three
died during the year.
Inmates.
Charles Jacoby, age CO, been there
20 years.
John Perry, age sc, confined to bed,
blind.
Hugh Davis, age 81, blind.
George II. Aubrey, age rs, crippled
and nearly blind.
John b. Shaw, age 80 almost help,
less.
Carl Rosin, age SO, very poor eye
sight.
Robert Patton, age 60, ablebodied,
but incapable.
Ever Frederick Craven, age S3,
blind
Lorenzo Hunter, age 70. asthma
and helpless.
William LOBBY, age so, can help q
little
John Sloane, age 30.
Anton Finzenz, age 50, can help a
little
Hans Anderson, age rs, can help
little.
John Malay, age 50, can help lit
tie.
l.. S. Close, age So, can help Il lit
ae.
Mildred Mitchell Till, age IS. blind.
Margaret Murphy. age 80, blind.
Christina Christensen, age So.
Wcnda jacobson, age sc,
Jane Davis, age rs.
Mrs. Ostrum, age 20, cripple.
Jennie Wcsthoff, age II, feeble
minded.
Hired help at farm not in
Guiding salary of over
seer $3.50 90
Everything purchased for
the farm during year in
Guiding food and cloth
ing Observation-Disclosures. 1,511.77
Total money paid out, in
Guiding salary of over
seer, to conduct the
farm ........ 2.791 n
CIR sold off the farm. 80. 1880 .96
$1.610 81
Patients kept 1,120 weeks during
the year $1.44 Il week.
This report was read, approved and
ordered filed.
On motion of Commissioner Han
sen, which carried, James Mullen was
elected Overscer of the poor farm for
the year 1911 at a salary Of 100000
payable monthly.
David A. Jones was elected janitor
at the court house for the year 1911
at salary Of 100000 a year payable
monthly.