New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1913-10-22
Question of Sanitorium Being
Considered BY County
Commissioners.
Action Deferred On Appoint.
'ment of Co. Agricultu.
raj Agent.

ment of q sanatorium for consump-
tives at New Ulm. The initial steps
for this laudable project were taken
at q special meeting Of the Board
Of County Commissioners held Thurs
day, October 10th. DR.. Robinson Bos-
worth from the Advisory Commits
sion of the Minnesota Sanatorium
for Consumptives, appeared before
the Board 1t that time and urged
them to take some definite action at
an early date. The State Commits
sion is very anxious to have the
sanatoria built thruout the State %
soon as possible. Those afflicted with
tubercular troubles will thru this
method have an opportunity to be
treated close to home and it ID
hoped that by these means the num-
Der of fatalities from the white
plague will be appreciably reduced.
DR.. Bosworth explained to the COM
missioners that the State stands
ready and willing to add one-hah
Of the cost Of construction and equip
ment If Brown county deposits with
the State Treasurer its half. Under
the law the county commissioners
have q right to levy tax Of one mill
on the dollar of taxable property OF
the county for this purpose without
submitting the action to q vote Of
the people. This would mean APP
proximately $4,000 might be levied
for our county. It is believed by
those who are posted on the subject
and qualified to speak that $24 900 =
hardly sufficient to construct and
equip sanatorium of sufficient size.
The Board feels also that q tax levy
Of 5000 for this purpose would be
about all that should be required Of
this County and the necessity OF 2
joint sanatorium becomes at once
apparent.
For the purpose of finding out how
the neighboring counties feel in ref
erence to a joint sanatorium to be
located at New Ulm committee
consisting of Commissioners. Steinke,
Henle and Erickson was appointed
to confer with the commissioners of
Watonwan, Redwood and Cottonwood
Counties to ascertain as soon as pos
sible if they are willing to work hand
in hand with Brown County in the
matter Of a joint sanatorium. It is
currently reported that Watonwan
County is very favorable to the pro-
ject and that the Board Of County
Commissioners has ata former meet
ing gone on record as favoring tax
levy of $4,000 for this purpose. If
no other than Watonwan county
goes in on this arrangement it would
mean $4,000 sanatorium which
ought to be ample for the needs of
the two counties.
Action on the appointment of
county agricultural agent was defer
red and the matter laid over to the
regular session in January, 1914. The
matter was brought to the attention
of the Board by Carl Olstad of Han
ska and William Pfaender, Jr., of
New Ulm, representatives Of the
Brown County Agricultural Club.
The appointment of an agricultural
agent means the expediture of $1,000
annually by the county and like
amount by the state The duties of
the agent will be to advise and aid
the farmers in getting better results.
Commissioner Henle presented a
written report of the work done in
grading and crawling State road
No. 8 west of New Ulm according to
plans and specifications. It appears
therefrom that $763.8O was expended
for this purpose and the several items
were ordered paid. After approving
the minutes the meeting adjourned.