The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-01-16

| proposition.
President F. +. Crandall said he
could say for the advisory board
that the matter would be carefully
looked after.
| County Board "Panned."
DR.. J. w. Andrews on behalf OF
the committee on the proposed anti.
tuberculosis hospital remarked that
II seemed that the Blue Earth county
commissioners did not consider
that they represented the people but
appeared TO have an idea that they
| merely represented themselves. The
county had been thoroughly canvassel
on the matter and everywhere where
meetings were held, ninetenths OF
| those present declared for the hos
pital At Mapleton the resolution for
the tax levy for the hospital went
| through unanimously. The state had
made liberal appropriation for
county tuberculosis sanataria. The
state was ready not only 10 give
| nal 1.-THE money that would be re-
CURED to establish the hospital but
of the patients who were unable to
take care OF themselves Eighteen
| counties had responded to the gen.
erous offer of the state and already
nearly half the fund was exhausted
Blue Earth county was one OF the
| richest counties in the state and he
did not see ony reason why this
county should not build a sanitarium
for consumptiyes. IL something were
not done soon, II would be the
bridge story over again. This COM
munity had an opportunity to get
state aid to build a new bridge
across the Minnesota river, but
nothing was done and the opportun-
ity was lost.
The doctor went on TO say that
the tax would not be an annual
affair II would need TO be levied
only once and would raise $4,000
to $4,000. After that the hospital
would be self-sustaining A man with
SiO3 to pay on would have to pay
ten cents just once towards the
hospital. and a man taxed on 81 900
would pay 81 just once
Mayor Meyer remarked that al.
though he was heartily i'm favor OF
the hospital. he took issue with DIR.
Andrews on the point that the
doctors had learned how to prevent
tuberculosis. mir. Meyer was disap-
pointed in what the doctors did In
the case of his son whom he lost
although the young man was sent
to sanatorium In Colorado and
had the best OF medical treatmen.
available.
How Disease 10 Spread.
DIR. Andrews called attention to
the fact that there was man i'm
Mankato who had tuberculosis but
denied that he had II and that K
was communicable. That man went
around splitting on the sidewalk and
was able to scatter a million germs
Of tuberculosis about the city every
! day. The s3nitarium was needed
To seeregate consumptives and stamp
out the disease. Nurses cared for the
ease because they knew how to deal
with II.
Defended the Board.
Judge Lorin Cray said he thought
the reason why Commissioners Olson
and Schneeberger of the county board
were opposed to the hospital tax was
that the towns that they came from
were solidly against Il, The club
should take some measures to con.
vert the people OF those towns and
then the attitude OF the commission
ers might change. The commissioners
should not be blamed for votirg
against their constituencies.
DR.. Andrews said these commits
sioners represented not only the
town where they lived but their
whole districts andin many parts of
those districts there was a strong
sentiment for the hospital.
Mayor Meyer remarked that many
farmers did not understand how
light the tax would be.
Attorney Miles Porter said the
doctors who were working for the
sanG'arlum would have to go out
among the farmers and educate them
to an appreciation OF the real situ-
alton and get them to demand that
their commissioners vote for the
tax levy.
Good Reads COMMITTEES.
| Judge Lorin Cray, on behalf OF
the committee on good roads. said
that considerable work had been
done by the committee in conjunc.
tio:: with the Automobile club for
the improvements OF roads In Nicollet
county. the Pigeon Hill road and the
Eagle Lake road. Some money being
spent on them all. II had been pro-
posed to gravel the Eagle Lake road
and also some Of the cross roads.