The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-01-17
COUNTY BOARD TOAELP
POSTROAD WITH MONEY
From Thurs days Daily.

From thursdays Daily.
a committee from the Commercial
club met with the county commits
sioners yesterday afternoon and
urged the adoption of the following
resolution, which was presented by
Commissioner John H. Hohmann:
That as the state highawy COM
mission has under consideration the
proposition of building fifty miles of
federal postroad, be it resolved that
Blue Earth county pay its share OF
the cost of building the road pro-
Nldlng that the road from Mankato
TO Bloomington, otherwise known as
the valley road be designated by
the state highway commission as the
post road" $4,000 will be appropri-
ated toward the building of this
road by the federal government The
resolution was adopted with little
discussion.
Improve Swartout Hill.
J. +. Swartout of Decoria met with
the county board and spoke relative
TO the proposed Improvement of the
taken. DR.. c. c. Pratt, the city
health officer. presented a petition
for the institution of county tuber-
culoSis sanitorium, but no action was
taken by the board on this matter
The petition relative to the Ulrich-
Mieschke road was rejected
Robert F. Jones was elected man
ager Of the county poor farm for
the coming year. The men to pick
the jury list for the next term of
court were selected.
Auditor c. l.. Kennedy was elect.
ed purchasing agent for the court
house.
Board Limits Expenditures.
Commissioner Olson presented the
following petition, which was pass
ed:
That as the county road and
bridge fund is now much over
drawn and much work to be done,
be it resolved, that the board limit
its expenditures from this fund as
closely as possible to grading, and
after February IA, no appropriations
for travelling be made except where
the work is now incomplete or on
Il state road where it is necessary to
conform to the rules of the state
highway commission and then only
by direct order of the board and
Engineer Brooks: and also that no
bridge work be done except in case
OF urgent necessity"
New Head at Poor Farm.
Robert F. Jones, who has been
elected manager of the county poor
farm. is a resident of Mankato. be-
ing now employed in A. NJ STEMS
He iS mon an6 has
several children. He will take up
the work on the poor farm about
the last of February James Null
len. the present incumbent of that
position. mas been appointed on the
state prison farm and will take up
his duties there in the latter part
of February. His term does not
expire until March /, but owing to
the necessity of his occupying his
new position before this time Mr.
Jones will probably go to the farm
Immediately after Mr.. Mullen's de-
paTture.
Were FaVorably Impressed.
The committee from the CONNER.
cial club went to LeSueur Center
yesterday afternoon and presented
to the county commissioners the
matter of the valley road" The
commissioners seemed favorably i'm
pressed with the matter but have
not yet taken any definite action on
the resolution, promising to pay
their share of the expense of build
ing the road. They desire to have
some matters explained to them be-
fore they adopt this resolution and
have delegated Ora ]. Parker of lie
Sueur n member of the Commercial
the road project. to take the matter
up with the state highway commits
sion as soon as possible.
The board of county commissioners
have decided to allow $50 month
for the hire of a deputy for the
county superintendent OF schools.
The superintendent, o. o. Ulvin, ap-
peared before the board on Tuesday
and asked for an increase i'm his sal
AIRY. This was denied him and he
then asked to be allowed 500
month for the employment of a dep
uty. Under the law the superintend-
ent is allowed a deputy at not less
than $50 a month.
The county board finally decided
TO allow $50 a month for a deputy's
salary. Mr.. Ulvin did not think that
this amount was sufficient to hire a
person competent for the work of
the office, and yesterday again ap-
peared before the board and asked
that the amount be increased. After
considerable discussion the board in
creased the amount to $50 a month
The vote for this allowance was not
unanimous. however
Mr.. Ulvin has not yet announced
who his deDuty will be