The Iola register., 1891-01-23

the board makes no demand for extension of
/ buildings ut present.
THE REFORM SCHOOL.
| This is one of the most interesting of our
| benevolent institutions. The average num-
Der of boys present during the two years was
| l59. Under the efficient direction of DR..
| Buck the school continues to thrive and per-
| form the wise mission for which it was ere
ated. The 81 500 appropriated two years ago
for hospital building has been judicious!y
expended for that purpose. More cottages
| are asked for and shops for the purpose of in
auguratng a system of industrial training.
IDIoTIc AND INBECILE INSTITUTION.
Two years ago DIR. c. Il. Wiles succeeded
III. NJ Greene, resigned, as superintendent of
this institution. The choice seems to have
been a wise one, and the work of caring for
these peculiarly helpless people is being
kindly and intelligently performed. The
asylum is crowded to its utmost capacity,
there being 1GS inmates, and applications for
6S more on file.
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
The last Legislature provided for the or
ganiZation of an industrial school for girls
in need of corrective influences and training,
to be located at Belot. and for the erection
of a building on a site to be selected by the
board, of not less than forty acres, to be do
mated by the city.
The board promptly organized a State
school at Beloit, which supplanted and prac-
tcally absorbed the little school of the kind
that had been maintained there by the be-
nevolent efforts of the women's Christian
Temperance Union. To the unselfish work
of these women. therefore, is due, in large
measure, the beneficent legislation for the
creation of this institution.
In June, l-s9. the board, after careful con-
sideration, selected a site of eighty acres, a
half mile north of the city, and having Sc
cured the title to all but ten ten acres, pro-
vided for the erection of building The
city, unable to perfect the title to ten of the
eighty acres, has turned into the State treas
ury the amount of money II was to pay there
for. Good faith characterized the whole
transaction and the site has been wisely
selected.
\ handsome and commodious building.
costing SIC 9S9, has been completed. and Is
now occupied by the school. 1t is of native
stone, 60xlp0 feet in size, two stories, with
basement and attic dormitOry designed to
accommodate 100 children. A boiler house,
steam heating apparatus and cisterns for
present water supply, have been added
There were, at the date of the last report,
thirty five children in school, and applica-
tions for sixty more on file. The school is
now in charge of Miss Martha =. Spencer,
superintendent, a lady of experience and
ability as well as enthusiasm for the work.
SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND.
This school, for the past two years, has
been in charge of Colonel Allen Buckner,
with John l. Waller as master of handicraft.
The latter position has been abolished by or
der of the board.
SOLDIERS ORPHANS HOME.
This institution has been since August !,
1888, under the superintendent of Charles
f. Faulkner whose long experience in con-
nection with state charities eminently fits
him for the work A careful examination of
his report discloses the excellent condition
of the home, so far as management is con
cerned. The average number of children
cared for during the biennial period was III,
which is in excess of its capacity. The home
in fact is overcrOwded, with many applica-
tions on file.
THE STATE SOLDIERS HOME.
BY an act of Congress, approved March 3,
1883. that portion of the old Fort Dodge
military reservation upon which the build
ngs were situated, including about 12T acres
of land. was granted to the State of Kansas
for the purpose of a soldiers home, to be To-
Gated thereon, and maintained by the State.
In anticipation of such grant the last Legs-
lature provided for the creation OF such
home, and appropriated 5000 for the first
two years. In pursuance of the act of the
Legislature. a board of managers was ap-
pointed, and the home has been accordingly
located on the site granted, five miles east of
Dodge City, on the Arkansas river.