Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-01

spreads, the medical profession has
learned better how to treat and cure
the disease and how to prevent it's
spreading.
4. Experience has proven that the
best method Of treatment, and the
most cures result from the treatment
Of consequence in sanatoriums where
only consumptive cases are treated.
s. 1t also is helpful in preventing
the spread Of the disease because the
I,atient in the sanatorium can no longer
be a cause Of the spread Of the dis
ease to his relatives or associates as is
now too often the case.
8. This method of treatment has
been proven to be an economical one,
for the state insurance societies in
Germany have established such lnsti-
tutions and found them paying invest
ments.
Formerly when member was at
f1icted with consumption he was paid
sick benefits weekly until he died,
which was generally for about two
the sanatoria, they stay there to s
months, and over half return to their
homes and become paying members
again.
7, There are over sixty such insti-
buttons now in Germany for the poor
alone. The same results of curing or
arrestng the disease in so to so per
cent of the cases depending on the time
when treatment is begun is secured in
many parts of the United States.
8. An especial climate for the To-
cation of the Sanatorium does not seem
to be essential for the same results
are obtained in all the different places
mentioned, including Canada and the
Carolinas. Main and Pennsylvania,
New York, New Hampshire and Mas
sachusetts, Colorado and Wisconsin,
and certainly the climate in Iowa is
better than the averoge of those men
toned.
8. Over twelve of the different leg
islatures of the different states have
established such sanatoria or under
taken measures with the end in view.
They are Maine, New Hampshire, New
York, New Jersey, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island. Pennsylvania, Michigan,
Indiana, Illinois and Minnesota.
hope these few terse, short state
you will feel disposed to read the ar
ticle in full which l send you under
separate cover.
Very truly yours,
w. B. La Force.
Buchanan Wins.
Representative Buchanan naturally
feels highly pleased that he, was able
to ge through his fowl bill after bit.
ter fight on it and efforts to amend it,
without any changes in it and prac
Ideally by unanimous vote of TIE
house. He conducted the fight for the
measure himself, the report in favor
of it having been submitted by the jul
dietary committee. Representative
Whitmer of O'Brien county and sever
al other democrats opposed the meas
ure with vigor but for what reason no
one was able to divine.
The bill is regarded as one of the
best of the statutes that have been
added to the books by this assembly
so far. 1t will protect the property OF
many of the poorer people in the SUI
burbs of the cities and the farmers Of
the state also from depredations Of
thieves that go out from the cities in
the night time and rob a few hen
roosts and sell the goods in the cities
the next day. Heretofore there could
be no thought of their prosecution
but now under the Buchanan bill il
will be possible to send such fellows tt
the penitentiary.
Des Mones Political Fight.
There ended here today what is be
lieved to be altogether the most bitter
and expensive campaign of political
character ever fought in this state
There remains but Sunday during
which the workers will complete their
plans for covering the precincts Mon
day at the primaries and primary day
itself.
To say that the campaign is ended is
erroneous, for the work of the next
two days will be more strenuous, OF
course, than any done heretofore But
it will be in the line of harvesting the
vote which has been made on either
side during the campaign itself.
The best judgment of everybody
who knows anything about politics
here is that Hull has the votes but
will have hard time getting them
counted and unless something turns
up of which the general public now
knows nothing, the chances are thai
Prouty may be able to land the Polk
county delegation to the congressional
convention.
There are those, however. who be
lieve that it will turn out to be land
slide for Congressman Hull and the
fight will not be close enough to per
nit the friends of Prouty to carry out
their evident intention to steal the
county after the ballots are cast, Mon
day.
STATE BUYS LAND.