The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-28
AT THE STATE CAPITAL
Des Moipes. March e6. 1901

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Des Moines, March a6, 1901.
At the meeting of the state board
of control with the state institution
superintendent at the capitol, War
den vvolfers of the state penitcntiary
of Minnesota read paper favoring
the indeterminate sentence for GRIM
mails. Warden Hunter of Anamosa
endorsed the view of Warden Wolfers
favoring the indetermlnate sentence.
Mr.. Wolfers called attention to the
fact that there is wide variance in
sentences for similar crimes. The
system of statutory sentences forces
the state, to adopt the doctrine of
punishment rather than reformation.
1t should be the individual, and not
the crime, that fixes the tenure of
the sentence, for the object of the
government should be to reform the
criminal. The duty of the state is to
the criminal, to save him, that society
may be protected. Warden Hunter
said that sentences for the same
crime have varied in the record of
100 cases at Anamosa from mouths
to Is years. OF 100 paroles issued by
Governor Shaw, but 3 have been use
less. The parole is but part of the
grade system. The indeterminate
sentence is the completion of the
grade system. which has been adopt
ed in all first-class prison institutions
n the country. 1t permits criminal
to work his way out of prison, to
earn his freedom and respect, to re-
form, and it affords absolute protec-
sion to society. The National Prison
association advocates the indetermin-
ate sentence.
1t is learned at the office of the
state board of health that there is
no authority in law giving councils
the authority to order general com
pulsory vaccination.
The executive committee of the
stafe@'university .h"nrd of regents,
accompanied by President MacLean.
appeared before the executive coun,
Gil and asked for help in the emer-
gency caused by the recent fire at
the institution. 1t was decided to
appropriate $4,000 from the con
tingent fund to help the college of
medicine and the other departments
of the university which suffered from
The fire. OF this about $4,000 will 20
into mere frame buildings erected
Immediately on the foundations of
the old structures, and the remainder
will go into equipment for use. With
this help the university will be able
to get along until the legislature
meets.
j. F. Vincent, owner of the Dcs
Moines stock yards, has had con-
ference with William Agar, who is to
manage the local branch of the Agar
Packing company. on the advisable.
lty of the Agar Packing company buy
ing it's product through the yard in
stead of sending out buyers to take
the stock from local shippers 1t is
understood that it was practically
agreed they will cooperate in an eff
fort to build up market in Des
Mones. The policy agreed upon is
that for the time being the Agar COM
pany will not only buy stock on the
Vincent market. but will send men
into the country to make purchases
with view of turning Shipments
from the territory surrounding this
city away from Chicago and Omaha
When stock commences to move this
way it is the intention to take these
buyers off the road and to make an
purchases through the Vincent yard
1t is believed that with il demand
for 1000 hogs a day and as many fat
cattle each week in Des Moines a re-
spectacle market can be built up AT
this point and that other buyers rep
resenting Chicago and Iowa packers
will come to the Des Moines market
to furnish competition and take the
surplus hogs. The creating of local
market for fat battle it is believed
will also tend to increase the demand
for stock cattle, large number of
which are sold each year on the local
market, and bring them to Dec
Moines.
City Physician Schiltz, in an inter
view said: eff the people of Des
Moines do not rouse themselves to
the necessity of taking precautions
against infection, half of the popu-
lation will be down with the small
pox before another month has
passed. speak aore particularly
of people who have not been vaccinat-
ed. Vaccination is the only remedy
and my advice to the public is to be-
GIN dC oHCe. OuC OIL all Une cases OF
smallpox we have had, only per
cent were patients who had been
vaccinated, and of this 8 per cent
none of the patients had heen vac
cinated during the past fifteen years
and many of them went as far back
as twenty and twenty-five years ago.
The other 90 per cent who had or
have the smallpox have never been
vaccinated. Not more than 20 per
cent of the people of Des Moines
have been vaccinated. / believe, now
that there is possibility of an cpl
demic, that employers should insist
on their employees being vaccinated
and insisting on it to the point of
discharge if they fail within reas-
enable time to present certificate
of vaccination. Otherwise there is
a strong probability of their places
of business being quarantined. in the
event that one of their employees
catches the disease. The public
school buildings should be fumigated
every week and thoroughly washed
out with germ destroying solutions.
The street cars should also receive
the attention of the board of health