The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-07-02
Delegation Appeared Before the
County Commissioners
From thursdays palIs

Prom Thursdays palls
Urging that the Blue Earth count,
board unite with Nicollet, Watonwar
and Brown counties in the construc'
ton OF the joint county tuberculosi:
sanitarium. six prominent local citi'
zens appeared before that body thu:
afternoon. These were DR.. j. w. An
drews. +. F. Soaring, George b.
owen, George NJ. Palmer. Mayor A.
@. Meyer and DR.. A. r. Schmitt
DIR. Andrews went so far as to state
that he felt that II the commission
ers did not do something TO carry out
the wish of the people, expressed In
the election. for the establishment OF
the sanitarium, that writ Of man
damus would be issued. bringing the
commissioners into court, for the
purpose of compelling them to take
this action. He himself would no,
take that action. but he believed
some one taxpayer of the county
would. and IL would require only one,
Money Is still Waiting.
DR.. Andrews spoke of the $4,000
that the state still has waiting TO be
applied for I'm the establishment OF
this Joint sanitarium. II that was
lost. going To some other purpose. II
would be three years before any
other state money could be obtained
for that purpose. He had managed to
have that money laid aside by the
state on the theory that the move
ment for the hospital had already
begun I'm this county.
The doctor stated that he believed
that any taxpayer could mandamus
the county board into having tu-
berculosis hospital built by Blue
Earth county alone, II that was the
only way In which il could be done.
He hoped the opportunity OF getting
three more counties to unite with
Blue Earth would not be lost. He
spoke of the splendid work that the
sanItarium at Walker was dong. He
said the brother of Mankato at
torney. whose case had been thought
hopeless. was In that institution.
gaining weight and getting cured. lie
said the attorney general had stated
that by law after such vote had
been taken by the people the county
commissioners were compelled TO
act.
Endorsed ry c. NJ. Palmer.
George VI. Palmer warmly endorsed
the four county proposition and said
IL all seemed TO be case of money
on the one hand and human lie on
the ether
T.. 4. Soaring said the people Of
Mankato by their vote had declared
. ~, rha'hr~ H. ~ -" orn'tarum They
were third OF the taxpayers Of the
county. He said II seemed that al
that could be done to get five coun-
ties had been done. and now the best
thing that the county board could dc
was 10 rreceed with four He COM
mended the county commissioners for
their careful consideration of the f.
name ial welfare of the county and
their care I'm handling the county's
money
George b. Owen spoke OF his hav-
ing suffered the affliction OF having
the dread disease I'm the family and
on behalf of humanity he urged that
the county board act favorably.
Orders From State Board.
Mayor A. @. Meyer stated that tho
local authorities had orders from tho
state board of health to isolate all
cases OF tuberculosis and II would be
very expensive for the city and coun-
~ To take care of them without a To-
cal sanitarium. The majority of the
people were poor and many OF the
cases would have To be taken care
Of by the city and county.
Some doubt. had been expressed by
one Of the commissioners as to
whether Brown county would come
in or not. DR.. A. +. Schmitt said the
delegation that had recently been I'm
Mankato had stated that II would re-
port favorably TO the Brown county
board, on the four county hospital,
aud thought that board would act fav-
orably. DR. Schmitt explained why
the committee consisting OF himself.
George b. Owen and DIR. A. r.
Schmitt; had not gone TO Blue Earth
city To urge that Faribault county
come in. as the chairman OF the Far
ibault county board had written that
the committee members might as
well save their time and money by
not coming.
The county board did not take ac-
ton at once. but proceeded with the
hearing on ditch No. 81 in McPher-
son and Medo townships.