The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-08-12
A Difficult Problem.


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A Difficult Problem.
The state board of control is
alarmed by fear that it will be unable
to accommodate all the inebriates and
dipsomaniacs committed to the ward
for that class of unfortunates estab-
lished at Mount Pleasant hospital. 1t
has been informed of actions begun
or contemplated in almost every coun-
ty in the state, affecting from one to
five persons. The ward will not ac-
commodate more than so or 60, and
how to care for all that are commit
ted is problem. The board has trans
ferred to the ward 20 men who were
sent to the hospitals nominally insane
but really inebriates, before the new
law passed. The board receives word,
however, that the fear of commitment
under the new law is having good
moral effect.
Value of Personal Property.
The compilation of the reports of
the assessors to the auditor of state
shows that the taxable value of per-
sonalty increased about $13,OO0,OOO
during the past year. The realty
is assessed at about $419,OOO,OOO.
The personally is up to about $1O7, OOO,-
900. The following abstract from the
figures Of the auditor of state shows
the actual value Of the different
classes of personally, the taxable
value being one-fourth of the actual,
in, aoob
Vehicles. including bicycles....... 1881 ,946
Household furniture ................ 2,3O1, 1893
Moneys and credits. .143, 3S2, 741
Corporation stock OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. q, S56. SIS
Capital in Observation-Disclosures. 81, 763
Merchandise ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $3.50, 63l
Z,S94, lbs
Live stock .1G5, ~, 99l
Other personality Observation-Disclosures. 7,C63. 1S1
The following is the auditors state
ment of the actual value of different
classes of live stock in Iowa:
Heifers, year old. s., S3l ,64S
Heifers, 2years ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $500. 1886
Cows Observation-Disclosures. 3S 99S 500
Steers, year old - los, 1924
Steers, 2 years old. 6O6G, 055
Steers, years Observation-Disclosures. 1862
Cattle in feeding. 10 169, 1893
Bulls ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2,791 POS
Colts, year olGl. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ,16,5SS
Colts, years old. ..................4 SIS 437
Horses, 8 years Observation-Disclosures AS 799, 921
Stations ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ,595,6l6
Swine, over months old .......... % SEQ 3si
Sheep, over months old. ............ ,726, 735
Goats, over 6 months old. ............ 40SS3
Will Go in Uniform.
The national guard companies at
Red Oak, Glenwood and Corning have
been granted permission by the gov
ernor to attend the encampment Of
the Philippine veterans at Council
Bluffs, August 1915. They will go in
uniform and their expenses will be
paid by Council Bluffs. They were in
the Fifty-frst Iowa, which served in
the Philippines. and have retained
their SpanishAmerican war organiza-
ton more nearly complete than any
other companies who saw service in
the Philippine and Cuban contests. 1t
is possible that the Atlantic company
may be substituted for one of the
three named.
Marvellous Record.
Forty per cent. of the patients adj
mitted to the state hospital at Mount
Pleasant during the past year were
discharged cured. This record is re-
garded by alienists as marvellous. The
per cent. of cures of insane people
has constantly increased, however,
and the board of control is anxious for
the state hospitals to make a record
of so per cent. cures. superintendent
Applegate, of the Mount Pleasant in
stitution, says that the reason the
per cent. is increasing is because the
people have come to have more conf
dence in the care the state, affords at
it's Institutions, and they are commit
ting their insane relatives to the insti-
buttons at an early stage in their de-
mentia. This aids in the cures.
Demand Larger Margins.
The representatives of the grain
houses having agencies in Iowa held a
confert nee in Des Moines the past
week and decided to exact deposits of
larger margins by those doing trading
in grain, in the future. This is due to
the unsettled condition of the mar
ket, the quick rises and sndden falls
and the liability of difficulty with pa
irons over carrying deals for them
Heretofo any deal has been carried
which has been margined for one to
three cents. thereafter some of III,
most speculat tive deals will have to b
margined ten cents.
An.orp Goats.
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