The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-02-05
SEVERAL COUNTIES
FAVOR SANATOR|UM
From Saturdays paIiy.
! $50 a.

ut the conference OF yesterday after
noon IN the county auditors Office
over the question OF establishing a
tuberculosis sanltarium for Blue
Earth county and the seven sur.
rounding cohnties. that the pros
poets for the success of this pro
ject are brighter than they ever
were before.
After the conference yesterday
afternoon they expressed themselves
10 the effect that Il looked very
much as II Watonwan, Waseca and
Faribault counties would readily be
won over. IL this had not already
been accomplished. They gathered
this from what they heard com
missioners and other prominent men
from those counties say.
If these three counties are placed
in the favorable column. they. with
Blue Earth. Nicollet and Brown
counties. will make six favorable
counties. with lie Sueur and Martin
atil doubtful II will be remembered
that al the conference of Jan. s. the
only counties whose representatives
made bold TO put them in the favor.
able column were Blue Earth. Brown
and Nicollet
Martin county seems TO be the
least promising of all. L. A. inflow
or FairmOnt, Martin county. remarked
that he believed that the sentiment
In Martin county was opposed TO the
Joint sanitarium Fred Manske OF Ka-i
sofa. Le Sueur county. reminded the
gathering that the Le Sueur county
commissioners had determined to
place the matter of joining in with
the project before the taxpayers of
the county AT the spring elections.
NieoIIet County Unanimous.
J. y. Summers Of Nicollet declared
that the NicOllet county commission
rrs were unanimous for q sanitarium
II the eight counties or enough oil
them went together On H. There was
M use. however Of just three or
four Of the counties joining in such
- project Enough counties should
ioin in To do IL right.
o. X Olson OF the Blue Earth
county board gave a hearty endorse.
ment TO the proposition as far as
that body was concerned.
Herman J. Polchow of Brown
county. chairman OF the Brown
county board. stated that il the
others went into il. Brown county
would feel like following suit, but he
al the same time expressed the
opinion that the state ought TO take
care of such things. The state took
care OF the insane asylums. Why
should not the state take care OF,
the tuberculous patientsa
DR.. Robinson Bosworth OF ST. Paul
secretary OF the Minnesota state tu-
berculOsis sanitarium commission,
stated that il was deemed better TO
have smaller hospitals located here
and there over the state, than to
have just a few large hospitals.
DR.. e. {. Pratt, Mankato city ply.
stefan. stated that If the county did
not take action and do something to
get n hospital built or share in one, |
il would be necessary under the law
for tuberculosis patients to be sent
IN hospitals somewhere, and In case
a patient could not pay for his care.
the town. village or city would have
to stand half and the county the
other half. Under the new .rSstem,
with a county hospital TO which to
send him. the county would pay half
and the state the other half, and
the town. village or city would be
under no expense whatever for his
care
J. W. Sommers of ST. James,
WatOnwan county, remarked that in
that county the sentiment towards
The joint county sanitarium seemed
to be changing rapidly in favor of
The proposition.
n. J. Frundt OF Blue Earth, Fair.
mont county, stated that he believed.
that after a campaign OF education.
his county would be glad TO join in
the project OF a joint county sani.
tarium
w. S. Drake of ElmOre, Faribault
county, said. Give ms a little time
and | think we shall win"
wsseea Still Hesitates.
4. o. Engbretson of waseca county
stated that his county was in about
the same position as Brown and
Faribault. lie was not authorized to-
say that his county would join In.
but the matter would be taken up al
the next meeting OF the county board
DIR. BOsworth gave quite an array
OF figures as 10 the cost OF building
the sanitarium. lie showed the
death rate from tuberculosis In the
eight counties. and he expressed the
opinion that a hospital would be
needed with lis to 1ii beds. He
said this would by no means take
care of all theN cases in the eight
counties, but il would take care OF
about all the cases that would neces-
sarily have TO be taken care of at
the institution. or course many PEG.
pie had means of treating the disease
at home. or sending the patients
To other climates lie remarked that
II was far better TO have a patient
get well in his own climate, than In
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