Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-07-28
Good Record,

During the last two years the manage
ment of the state hospitals for the In
sane under direction Of the state board
of control has kept close record Of the
history Of paroled patients. In their
reports, which are being filed with the
board Of control, the superintendent Of
the hospitals state that the records show
that not to exceed SO per cent. Of per-
sons paroled from the institutions again
become dsmented and have to return to
the institutions. This IL regarded as val
liable evidence Of the curative work be-
ing done in the hospitals. It is the
theory Of the board Of control that the
incurables should be cared for in &C cccInty
hospitals and that the work Of the state
should be devoted to curing those who
can be cured instead Of caring for the
incurables. To this end the board is
closely inspecting county institutions
to make them capable Of caring for the
fncurables.
Soldiers Train.
The official train of the Iowa Grand
Army of the Republic delegation to the
national encampment in San Francisco
during the week beginning August IL,
will leave the city of Dubuque, Iowa,
Saturday morning, August 8, and will
arrive in San Francisco, after many
side trips on the way over, Friday, Au-
gust IA. The central and western Iowa
veterans who will go to San Francisco
will meet the official train at Omaha,
except that it is now planned to run q
special train for those who do not wish
to go SO early, leaving Des Moines the
evening Of August 10 and arriving In
San Francisco August Is. Stops will be
made by this later train In Colorado and
Salt Lake City only.
Law Antasonized.
F. l. Herriott, of Des Moines, In an ar
ticle in the Iowa Annals on Publicity
In our Local Finance" says that from
one-third to one-fourth Of the boards Of
supervisors of Iowa have failed to COM
ply with the law passed by the last gen
eral assembly, requiring them to publish
annual financial reports of the trans
actions Of their county officers. The at
titude Of the supervisors has been antag-
onistic to the law. The new law is not
radically q departure in statutory man
agement Of the financial relations Of pub
lie officials to the tax payers and Mr.. Her
fiott believes that better public senti-
ment should be cultivated on this sub
ject. Mr.. Herriott has urged that the
next legislature fix minimum number
OF copies Of the report to be printed.
Charities and Corrections.
The annual state conference Of char
tiles and corrections will be held in
Des Moines Nov. 1912. These dates
have just been decided upon by the ex-
ecutive committee. Among the sub
1ects which will be discussed by promi-
nent speakers will be the following:
The scientific organization Of chari-
ties work and the discouragement Of
indiscriminate almsgiving; lodging
houses and their relation to vagrancy:
aid Of needy persons in their homes.
including punishment OF desertion Of
families by husbands and fathers;
homeless and dependent children and
the relative advantages of placing
them in institutions or in homes; juye.
nile delinquents and the establishment
OF juvenile courts; the indeterminate
sentence; state reformatories for men
and women; state supervision Of
county poorhouses and county and city
3ails.
Live Stock Losses.
Recent storms in Iowa have result
ed in very heavy livestock losses.
claims for settlement OF which have
flooded the Offices Of the local farmers
insurance concerns. The cause is the
same old one of lightning and the UNI
grounded wire fence. In Jones county
one herd Of rs cattle persisted from a
single bolt Of lightning. This struck
Q wire fence and travelled half a mile
into the middle of herd. The tinsur-
ance companies have been urging the
farmers Of the state for long time to
run wires to the ground on. every
other fence post, and this practice has
been adopted by many Of the agricul-
turists.
Want an Alumni Hail.
Alumni Of the Iowa State iAgricul-
tural college are making plans to raise
suneient money to erect an alumni
hall on the campus Of the Institution.
1t is proposed to devote the building
to some OF the departments of the coll
lege which are now only partially
housed and which would be- moro de-
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