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Democrat      Monday, February 22, 1971

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[[image - arm wrestling contest]]

of almost two-thirds of a century ago and to an era when folks expected government on the local, as well as the national level to operate economically, got by on sums which the Yoloan of today cannot comprehend.

The average cost of maintaining a patient at the Yolo General hospital - and there was monthly average of 40 during 1907 - came to 75 cents per day.  The entire expenditures of the hospital - more of a county poor farm than a general institution for the ill - were only $8,836.68 for the entire year.

J.F. Merrifield, the county expert who had audited the books and accounts for the county of Yolo for the year 1907, was not entirely pleased with the showing, which the hospital management had made.

The hens on the county farm were blasted for the poor job they were performing in the laying department.  Auditor Merrifield noted that "in one month, the warden at the hospital bought 25 dozen eggs at the grocery stores".

"There are or should be enough hens at the farm to supply all of the eggs and more than 


  

Transcription Notes:
Image of young crowd male and female and adjudicator watching boy and girl arm wrestling.