The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-03-20
Tells Board Members That New
Equipment Is Needed
NEED BETTER LIGHT SYSTEM
Number Of Matters Are Brought to the
Attention Of Commissioners al
ag,l This Meeting
From Wednesdays Daily.

VC9HNo9ay SS"3s
That conditions at the Blue Earth
county poor farm were- not what
they should be was plainly indicated
in a letter read at this mornings
meeting of the board OF county cont
nifssioners from ID. A. Lindsey, dep.
ortation agent OF the state board of
control, with headquarters at So.
Paul. The letter is addressed to the
Blue Earth county board and reals
as follows:
"0ur inspector recommends that
you should have new beds and bed
ding in the poor house, as the bod
ding yoa are now using is In had
condition. He says that both stairs
should be protected and the building
repaired and electric or some other
kind OF lights installed. as the lamps
you are using are dangerous. Please
let me hear from you" go
The commissioners decided to 20
out to the poor farm and make an
investigation or conditions immedi.
atels after dinner tomorrow.
Red Jacket Bridge.
C. Z. Nagel, deputy state bridge
engineer. was before the board in
regard to the Red Jacket bridge, a
construction OF which was awarded
fast fall to the Morse Construction
c6mpuny of Des MONIES. The bridge
was TO be constructed over the Cobb
river I'm Danviile and was to be o
concrete structure in the rainbow
arch style. The state highway com
mission refused to approve the plans,
and for that reason the structure has
not been built. This morning. how,
ever, the objections of the state com
mission were presented by Mr.
Nagel. and, with the consent of j
b. Morse Of Des Moines, who was
present at the meeting. representing
the company that bears his name
certain changes we're made in the
plans, and then the state engineer
said no further objections would be
interposed to the construction OF the
bridge. ......s- -., .r.l.
Proposal to Clean Ditch.
Several property owners of Medic
and Danville were present at this
afternoons session to give theii
views on the sproposal to clean out
a part of County ditch No. s, In
Medic and Danvilie, and to tile ths
rest. The property owners were fal
from being of one mind in regard
to the proposition. Those present
were @. q. Munden, e. II. Meise
Leonard Beise and Barney Olson
all of Medic: Fred LEM of Danville;
Aleck Latterel, Peter Olson and
Henry Knudsen, all of Mapleton;
Chris Sorenson of Waldorf, ant
Robert Dagger and Julius Toltzman
both of Minnesota Lake.
Or. Robinson Boswarth OF st. Paul
executive secretary of the, Mime
soto AntiTuberculosis association
and Of the advisory commission o
the state sanatorium.. was presen
this afternoon. ready to answer an,
questions relative to the campaign
that is being waged over this stat,
to stamp out the white plague" ii,
stated that twenty-five or twenty
three counties had taken steps 10
the establishment OF county tuber
culosis sanatoriums, taking advan
tage OF the help offered by the state
Other Counties Expected to Join
DR.. Bosworth came because h
had understood that the count.
board would be- met by representa-
tives of board Of adjacent counties
on the proposition of securing JOIN
action of four or FIVE ciunties in IN,
establishment OF a tuberculosis hos
pitalf The counties that are expect
ed to join In this movement ar,
Nicollet. Brown. Blue Earth, Walton
wan, and possibly Redwood. DR.. BIOS
worth was told that the county boar,
would probably not be able to reacl
thfs matter today, as there was s.
much other business that had to b.
disposed of first. He expressed u
Willingness to wait until the matte
was. reached. and said he cam
ahead OF time merely to be sure h
would not be late. II Is probable
that this matter will come up at tn
session tomorrow morning.
/ Caring For Highways.
b. NJ. Gallagher. district enginee
of the state highway commission
who has the supervision OF worl
On the state highways Of Blue Fart
county. was at the meeting late thi
afternoon. with a proposition I,
breach. relative TO the caring 70
state highways in the county by tn
county board The county board Ia
the duty Of caring for about is
miles on highway in the county, 10
which state aid Il obtained. That /
| why they are called state highways
Thirty miles of these roads hay
been graveIed. The grayeled road
include the Madison Lake road. tn
I Good Thunder road and state Hoa
No. 9 in Butternut an Cambria
/ According to the plan Of Mr.. Ga
asher. the graveIed reads VIII b
taken care or by two patrclmer