El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-26
WILL BEAUTIFY
COUNTY HIGHWAY
The County Commissioners
Vote To Plant Trees; In
prove County Hospital.

Shade trees will be planted along
the side Of Fl Paso county roads I'm
order TO beautify the highways. # was
{ decided at a meeting OF the county
3 commissioners court Tuesday after
noon in the office OF judge Z 3. Nc
Ciintock. Each commissioner will
have charge OF the planting Of the
trees in his respective precinct. the
work 70 begin as soon as practica bic.
VIII Improve Ward.
improvements in the tubercuIar
ward Of the county hospital were also
decided upon at the meeting. DR. Il.
r. Deadly. a member Of the county hos
nital board, told the commissioners
mat there had been some criticism
heard about the ward. and recon-
7ended improvements which were dis
cussed at length.
The patients have no tables At their
beds for medicine and there has been
no lockers provided for them 70 store
their clothes and personal effects. &C
Cording TO Dr. Deadly. Food provided
for the patients. IS served TO them
nom the general kitchen upon one
plate. It is said.
offers CottrEe Pan.
DR.. Deadly offered a plan for a small
three room cottage. which provides
Tor diet kitchen. a room for the
nurse of the ward wherein she can
keep all medicines for the patients.
and q storeroom for patients trunks
and boxes This plan was endorsed
BY the commissioners and a motion
was made and passed that the house
be erected
The matter OF tables and lockers for
patients in general in the hospital was
considered by the commissioners and
the painting Of the tubercular ward
reaH 4
SnI1ries VIII Be Raised.
The salary Of the nurses at the
county hosnital was taken M and il
was decided to raise the salaries Of
the nurses TO such a figure as to OBJ
TAN the results required
DR.. E. H ROGERS was appointed 70
the board of the county hospital to
succeed DR.. F p. Miller whose resig-
nation had been accepted by the COM
mlssioners- A motion was made and
passed that the hospital board and
Dr. Sturgeon physician at the county
hospital confer as 10 an asst slant 10
Dr. sturgeon. and report TO the COM
mtssiOners- Salary for the assistant
was fixed at 500 a month.
That the county physician and as
sistant doctors, in addition 10 their
regular duties. shall be subject 10
the calls and needs Of the county hos
pital, was motion that was also
passed
VIII Repair Road.
J. A. Smith requested the commits
sioners 10 repair the road from As
carate to Franklin station. The road
according to Mr.. Smith is impossible.
L A. White, county engineer. was f.
srructed to look over the road and
make a recommendation for Necessary
repairs.
In the event that the city pays the
county the agreed amount Of their
snare IN maintaining the venereal
clinic which was to have been dis
continued, March I, the clinic will not
be closed The court instructed the
county judge to arrange with the city
connection with this clinic
The county engineer was Instructed
70 purchase six dump wagons The
ones IN use at present were bought
seven years ago and are almost use
Accept Rio Grande Bid.
The bid OF the Rio Grande Valley
Bank and Trust company was accept
ed 10 be the county depository. Inter
est IS fixed in the bid OF 21k percent
on daily balances.
County auditor J. A Escafeda was
instructed to furnish the court with
an itemiZed statement of disburse-
ment and the amount OF balances Of
the several funds, at the second reEu-
lar meeting OF the court each month.
County engineer L A white is 10
furnish the court with a statement
of roads and bridges fund
The question Of the opening Of Stew
ems street along the Concordia Gene
terry was discussed. Il was decided TO
confer with property owners. The
proposed improvement viii give an
opening 10 the Masonic, Odd Fellows
and other sections Of the cemetery
into Stevens street Il will necessi-
tate the removing Of Sc graves.