Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-06-19
LIKE WAY COUNTY
FARM IS HANDLED.
Superintendent Frank wylie Warmly
Commended in Report OF Board
Committee.
GREAT IMPROVEMENT Is SHOWN
Suggest Employment of Trained Nurse
at IBfirmary 10 Care For
the Sick.

the Sick.
Superintendent Frank wylie is Civ
en- warm endorsement in the report
Of the committee OF the board OF SUI
pervfsors adopted today. relative TO
the way in which the county infirmary
IS being handled. Those on the COM
mittee were Supervisors Ogden, George
Stroehle and Harry Cunningham. The
report follows:
To the Honorable Board OF Super
visors; Your committee appointed to
report on the visit OF the board to the
county home wishes TO express its
conviction that in no county in the
state has there been more manifest
Improvement and that such improve
meuts seem 10 be going on every day.
The institution Is not only taking ex-
cellent care OF the county's poor. but
the management has accomplished
wonders in making an up-to-date farm
IN every particular. The superintend-
ent's home is a model of neatness and
this ncatness Is carried out through
the entire institution. In the large
home FOR the county's dependent poor
this IS very noticeable. both in the
dormitories and in the living rooms,
dining room and the delightful kitch-
en- with its shining copper kettles and
it's eXquisitely clean tables and floor.
"A spirit OF satisfaction is generally
manifest among the inmates. and the
women, without exception and unso-
liclted. gave beautiful tribute 10 Mrs.
Wylie and her work among them The
inmates az their MONDAY meal made
q strong appeal 70 your committee
members. the wholesome. ample meal.
well served in clean surroundings,
being in distinct contrast 10 what
many 81 them must have been used 10
IN their own homes.
Big Improvement
"One member OF your committee. a
supervisor several years ago, SAYS the
Improvement in the last six years is
almost beyond belief The new barns.
foundation Tor a model dairy bust
ness. were a revelation TO many OF
the visitors. and OF them the county
may be justly proud. With concrete
floors. except in the stalls where the
cows viii stand. where creosoted wood
blocks are used, the barns will be san
itary and easily cleaned. Overhead
rails are provided for metal food car
riers and for manure receptacles, so
that food may be brought direct from
the siios. two Of which have been in
stalled since the last visit OF the board
as a whole and the manure Will be
carried direct 20 a large concrete tank
In the barn yard. built over a recep-
tacle in which the liquid viii drain,
these TO be ready for use as fertilizer. |
In the barns are stalls for so COWS,
and the herd will be started as soon
as the proposed septic tank is install I
ed. That this tank Is an absolute I
necessity and an immediate one. no
one who walked 20 the cemetery I
through the ravine. where the tank is /
20 be placed. viii deny. The only /
wonder IS that the state has not de-
manded its installation Behind the
barn IS a good chicken house. but I
your committee would suggest that 4
the chickens are not up 10 standard .
and would recommend better stock
As 20 the cemetery, a quiet, peace
ful SPOT with birds singing in the /
lovely trees. a visit found markers
with numbers on the graves made
since 1917 great Improvement over
tho rows OF unmarked mounds placed .
there before. II name might be on
these neat cement stones IN the future
10 would be a pleasant touch.
Every inch OF the farm seems 20 be
in beautiful condition and crops are
giving splendid promise. Would it
not Do wise 10 add more land TO this
piece Of county property which is be
inE so adequately cultivated? Your
committee would suggest that since
the board voted az a former meeting
20 call the place the county home or
county farm. that the sign on the main
dormitory building which refers TO it
ls the poor farm may he changed. for
u IS distinctly not n poor farm. hut a
very good one.
Need Trained Nurse.
while in the hospital. the building
used IN former years Tor insane pa
tents. everything Is as scrupulously
clean as in other departments. your
committee could wish that there was
more light in the rooms. and IL would
also recommend that the board ser
.ously consider the placing OF a train
"a nurse AZ the county farm, not be-
cause the people are not cared for. but
because trained service would care
Tor them better than the most willing
service OF the inmates can care for
them. and because the time OF Mr.. and
Mrs Wyiie Is more valuable along
other lines OF endeavor in the insJitu-
ion. II Is unfair 70 tax Mrs Wylie
with the nursing OF patients and old
people. In addition 20 overseeing that
part OF the home which Is her especial
are One patient at the farm IS help
ess with rheumatism and has been
'or years. and another IN the woman's
ward requires almost constant care.
Mrs. wylie has done wonders in