HISTOEY OF GOODHUE COUNTY 373 Clerk, L. ( '. Meyer; treasurer, George F. Gross; health officer, Dr. G. C. Wellner; superintendent city cemeteries, H. Hanisch. Board of aldermen: President of council, C. H. Tiedeman; first ward. Otto Remmler and Thomas Heiserman; second ward, Oscar Seebeck and G. F. Enz; third ward, C. H. Tiedeman and George F. Eichinger; fourth ward, W. J. Bock. Police department: — John Jansen, George Tebbe. Fire department: Board of fire commissioners — W. M. Remshardt. Fire companies (Headquar- ters Central Station City Hall). Steamer No. 1 — Engineer, Her- man Saupe. Pipemen of Hose Co. No. 2 — Louis Kruger, Herman Saupe, Jacob G. Kruger. Cataract Hose Co. No. 1— JJenry Risse, captain ; pipemen, Henry Sieg, Henry Maetzold. La Grange Hose Co. No. 4 — W. C. Herlitz. Phoenix Hook and Ladder Co. No. 1 — Joseph Reinboldt, J. A. Gross, truckmen. Board of public works — J. H. Schacht. Board of trustees city cemeteries — Charles Beckman, C. A. Betcher. Board of water commissioners — Y. C. Krise. T. B. Sheldon Auditorium Board — C. A. Betcher, B. Gerlach. County Officers — Auditor, Charles H. Meyer; treasurer, Fred Seebaeh ; coroner, Robert L. C. Geib. County Commissioners — Fred A. Scherf (chairman), Red Wing; A. H. Dicke, Red Wing. German physicians in the county are: Drs. B. Jaehnig, George C. Wellner, M. Cremer and P. J. Weyrens. ST. JOHN'S HOSPITAL AND TRAINING SCHOOL. St. John's Hospital is an outgrowth of the private hospital of Drs. Cremer and Claydon, opened in the city of Red Wing, October 12th, 1902. Owing to the. rapid growth which marked the career of this institution from the very outset, four trained nurses and four student nurses were employed by the firm. During the winter months additional trained nurses were engaged as occasion demanded, and the student nurses regularly received both practical and theoretical instruction from the superintendent in charge of the hospital, Ida G. Beauford. Two hundred and thirty-six patients were admitted during the year. This number, in the opinion of Drs. Cremer and Claydon far transcended the space and facilities of their temporary hospital quarters; and as the number, especially of patients coming from a distance, was constantly on the increase, new accommodations and permanent quarters for the caring of their sick had become a necessity. The plan of establishing upon a permanent basis, a hospital and training school for nurses had been informally discussed on various occasions during the years 1902-03 by members of the Lutheran clergy and laity of Red Wing. As matters had stood
