Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-11

| upper story, and some of their rooms
are as attractive and home-like as it is
| possible to imagine. This building also
| has bath rooms and water closets on
| each floor. The patients all eat at the
| common table, at the present time there
| being no cases so bad but what they
can associate with one another This
| building is also as clean and sweet
| smelling as continual care can make it.
Being a comparatively new building, 1t
| is more "up-t date" than the poor
| farm building, and Ii must be a source
| of satisfaction to the friends of these
| insane patients that they are so hui
namely cared for. In both buildings
doctor calls on the patients once a week
regularly, furnishing the necessary
medicine, and is subject by contract to
calls at any other time the inmates need
his services. The supervisors of this
county recently sent a poor house occu-
pant away for surgical treatment at
cost of 500 to the county. A few years
ago such a patient would have been
allowed ito pass away" for lack of such
treatment.
Now to mention the improvements
that have been made since former
visit A water works system has been
established, carrying water all over the
grounds. An elevated tank, holding
several hundred barrels, not only forces
water all thru the buildings, but is
small fire department, with MIGRANTS
located in several places, and also hose
enough to attach and successfully put
out any fire in either building or barns
or sheds. A new boiler has been placed
i'm the asylum basement which furnish
es heat for both buildings. and also for
a fifteen horse power engine to pump
the water into the tank. But now
listen. Think of i'll They've actually
got an electric light plant, of which this
engine has to run the dynamos the
same time it is pumping water, the re-
suit being that in Poweshiek county,
Iowa. when one goes cover the hills to
the poor house" he las electric lights OF
fully as good quality as j. r. Morgan
enjoys
Now the writer is going out of his
way to say something. The present
board of supervisors. Messrs. Moler,
Manly and Shannon, are all business
men. These improvements have been
rade regardless of some kicking, first
because they were business invest
ments. because they will save the coun-
tv money in the long run, and secondly,
because they believe in treating the
poor and insane of the county as human
beings. And while these men are all
strong republicans, they gave the SUI
perintendency of the farm to w. p. Ar
thur. the former democratic county
n shown
ness methods while in office. and the
reasoning was good; the same methods
would be applied to the poor farm The
result justifies the inference. 1t may be,
Knowing that Mrs. Arthur is repub-
lican, had some influence with the SUI
pervisors, for sure it is she has muchl
to do with running things so success
fully.
If the present business board had
been In power twenty years ago instead
of the county only owning eighty acres,
as at present, there would have been
a larger tract of land. AS it is the farm
supplies the pasturage for COWS enough
TO keep the institution in butter. Ihey
raise their own vegetables, eggs, chlck-
ems and considerable fruit. Unsightly
hog pens are now out VI siS'it, w. 49,
the same they put up several barrels Oh
picked pork, besides raising ehlckehs
and having other fresh meat IN season
Poweshiek county now ranks the
fourth best on the board of control, and
the result is brought about by the SUI
neryisors in charge in selecting good
assistants and thinking more OF how
well they take care of their poor rather
Than boasting to the taxpayer that they
feed them for .O4 S5-100 cents per meal.
with all the comfort given Poweshiek
moor the cost is trifie less than Sl2 per
month per capita.
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