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Show M COUiNTY INFIRMARY. jl IT8 EXTENT COST INMATES I AND PURPOSES. 'I Fact i Gathero;l by a Visit of Tlio Dem-l Dem-l ociat BcprcMMiUtivc Tlio Actu.il I Cost auU S.ivln? as Yet a Problem. Believing that tho people of Uiali I counly arc tuieiratL'.l In the enterprise . I of h county poor fiii'in nnd what pro- : I isrcsi In belli); hnulo nnd whnt pnictlcal I i e-n Its limy be, Tin: Utah Count I Dioiocrat. through u rnri.-ontatlvo, this vvet-k vlslled Iho Institution and I vro herewith append his report: I A visit to the poor farm todny Is not unlike a. visit t-i uny other farm. Only . I a small three-room house and the I usual (uit-bulldliiKS moot tho eyo of I the expectant visitor, whllo thu olghty flvo n c res of farm nnd pasture land I which constitute thu whole, stretch away. jjoiiLly sloping to tho west, like any uthor elfflity-flvo might do. I One month ngo tho county eonimls- H sinners bought from Isaiio Bullock a farm hlf way uuiwuen L'rovo uud I tiprioKVllle for the sum of . On tlif 17U) oi April Geo. II. 'Elliott was I appointed funuer with a 6alui;y ol &)0 per month and uxpenses, and three da b later ho entered upon his new I duties, I The farm Is sliunted'on tho west sldo of the county roml. Thirty faures me I pis tore laud, twe ity-ttvo liny land, I while the balanci- U. Divided In six ncro I pints, In which have been planii'd Imr- Ivy, oats, potatoes utnl com. TJiere Is a gaidun. a start of chicken uud geese, I iwu vowi Hn l elovou ho,fi. K A 11 no span of horses Is biiliu; used by the fai nier, u recent purolitio (or which thu ('.oiiiinlsiioiiiTS paid $1U0. Tnoftu horses have newr done any furmwoik lieforo and wld In.vo to he broken in till y.ar before Hiey will bo "tip to the 8crutuh," Two tennis iiru ut work levednjr uud biraklng up plats H propaiatory for the phiutltiH of boots iW nutywir, 'I In ro is nt prefent ono Inmate, an old u iitli'iiiau named Andrew It-ekiej I'e Is 72 ye.r old and comes from no pluee In particular, hiivltip wandeud ainuit fiim coiiidy io coumy without a luiine. Olhur ludlueiils will not ho biken to tho f.irm till the lnilnuaiy Is oul't. This building win t,u erected l"s summer, nt least one wlnK' of it, which will cost between $7i0() and ttWj YesiiMdny Otunil'Slnner Mo 'vaii and Aiel.ltect 11. 0. Wutkliis to Salt Lkii to insrieci the lie "rniiiiy f that county with a vow to erecting a in,im. ,. .,. when ''"I Oilnr is completed the poor will bo sent ilit.iu. umu tl,9 )H ,llino ,,1)V W'll nculvo as heretofore monthly al-Jowiinces. al-Jowiinces. There are some cases, how. CV(,i',lhat w, nut ,o sent; sueh as hiivo 8 '"'iiii'. I.ut Mil ply need a plltanco to "Pip idling, will po on iih of -old. The pr"""1 Hveinuo eosl, uf the po'T per "Hh 1 5500. 1 1 8 Impossible now to' PK'irewlmi tho tpet will bo when tho I Urinary u erected. All the ;imr ptll l))0 fnrm , prc8. 'ntls p;,( f1).ljr (W. couii.v,wlth one tcepn. . Mlllt (I()0 ))y enu,lt v prj 0n' r"' ioinincs of the county juil " Uken otu Veery iloy nnd eel to f.l'k Tl,s 18 a r,'t,Bnt nioyo and sq, w bM wurkir-i to p srBpoa. |