Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-19
DELAY IN OP' ! Nc
D|PSO ! D|P1AL
Contract For Knoxville Insti-
tuition to Be Let Some
Time This Winter
MANY COMPLAIN OF THE DELAY
Refusal of Inebriate and Morphine
Fiends to Remain at Insane Hospital
Makes Present System Expensive -
Legislature Wanted Too Large =
Structure for tho Money Appropriate
ed.

Special to Times-Republic
Des Moines, Oct. ia state In
stitution for the care and re OF dip
or those acute affected
with passion for liquors, igs and
poisons will not be opene, nhl late
next year. Absolutely notf can be
done in the matter Of buildi, the new
necessary this " The
contract will probably be Il as has
before been announced, some ne dur
ing the winter, and the contra 'rs will
be able to get to work very lrly In
the spring. The plans have never been
perfected for the new building and they
may not be for some time. The fact
Is that the appropriation was made In
such q way that it is difficult to make
the plans at this time. The legislature
required too large building for the
money appropriated, and it will be nee
essary to economize on space In a way
not liked. Just at present the state
board of control Is having railroad
siding or spur run into the state
grounds for permanent use as we'll as
for convenience of the contractors. 1t
is necessary that this be done before
bids are asked, so that the contractors
may understand where they will get
their material. The state architect has
been very busy during the last year
with the many other improvements at
the state institutions and has found It
impossible to perfect the plans for the
Knoxville institution. This will be done
during the fall months and the con-
tracts be secured There Is some COM.
plaint in different parts Of the state
over the delay in having this institu-.
ton opened The complaint is that so
many of the inebriates and morphine
flends refuse to remain at the insane
hospitals that the present system is
expensive. The superintendents OF
these institutions have no authority to
treat the dipsomaniacs in any way diff
ferent. as relates to detention and re-
straint than other patients; and 1t is
we'll known that the system in vogue in
Iowa, as in all other states where the
best modern methods are followed is
to use no actual restraint on the insane
patients. They go out in classes for
exercise in care Of an attendant. But
the dipsomaniacs are more crafty and
they do not hesitate to run away when
the insane would not do SO. This is
something that cannot be remedied un-
til the new institution at Knoxville is
opened.
Information from Eldora is to the
effect that Colonel Drake, the new
has effected some re-
forms there and is becoming popular
with the 500 boys who are under his
guidance. He has established the
latest approved system Of giving cred
its for good work and establishing
what Is virtually a parole method. He
has placed the institution on the sys-
tenn Of four hours a day to scholastic
work and four hours to manual train
ing and trades. AS a result the man
ual work is given more attention than
ever before. He has had his boys at
work remodeling the chapel so as to
make room for the new organ which is
to come from ST. Louis when the expo
sition Is finished. It was necessary
to enlarge the chapel for this gift. The
boys are doing most of the work He
has also finished up new cisterns and
fitted up portions of the new work.
shop and the woodworking and print
ing machinery are being put in place.
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The state board of control has re-
ceived the thirteenth annual report Of
the Minnesota state prison at Still
water The interesting feature for
Iowa is in relation to the profits in the
Of binding twine. It will
be recalled that a proposal was before
the legislature last winter for estab-
lishment of binding twine plant in
Iowa for prison labor and this was
coldly received by the Legislative men,
bers on the ground that such plants
are failure. The prison report from
Minnesota shows that the state manu-
facture of binding twine there is a
success During 1903 the state profit
ON the binding twine made and sold
was over $4,000, and last year the
profit to the state was $112,444. The
warden estimates the saving to the
farmers Of the state who bought this
twine at $200,757. The total profit
therefore on the binding twine made
was s313,2o1 The state now has q
plant capable of making ten and half
million pounds of binding twine a
year.
Colonel Joseph Eiboeck will not
do any more campaign work unless it
is to run down into the Second dis
trict and say few words for Judge
Wade. He was invited to go over into
Illinois and did so, and he has done
some work in Iowa, but he declares
that he is too old, and it will not pay
him to be running around making
speeches For anybody. In five sue
cessive campaigns the colonel got $50
a day during the entire campaigns
for speaking under the auspices OF the
national committee.
Des Moines colored churches plan q
union mass meeting to express thsir