Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-22

Des Moines. Feb 22.-lne senate
held a short session this morning and
passed number OF bills The bill to-
forbid taking OF arms. opium and
liquor within the walls OF peniten-
tiary. was passed; also the bill to grant
a right-of-way to the Council Bluhs
& Tabor Railroad thru the deaf school
grounds; also the house bill by Head
to permit the mortgaging OF. property
of insane persons under certain con-
ditions.
Jackson looking to the repeal OF the tax
commission "Psychiropathy" author
ICES the state board Of medical ex-
aminers to issue certificates to all who
practice mental healing. divine science.
magnetic healing, etc.
The problem Of what to do to supply
the hospital at Cherokee with suitable
water is one the state board OF con-
troll has not yet been able to solve.
When the hospital was located at
Cherokee there was an offer from the
city to furnish the necessary water for
8 cents per thousand gallons, and II
was on this agreement that the ioca-
ton was fixed at Cherokee. When the
trustees perfected their arrangements
they placed limit of ten years on the
contract. and this limit has now eS-
pired. The board OF control claims
that the trustees had no right to en,er
into such a contract, but 1t can not ne
remedied now. The board found that
on the opening of the hospital the CITY
could not furnish sufficient water and
a we'll was put down 1,l00 feet TO ge,
water This well has abundant water
and 1t is nil right for culinary pur-
poses. but It is severe on the pipes. 1t
contains a mineral that literally eats
up the wrought iron pipes very rapid
ly. A section OF the tubing for the well
can be seen at the Office Of the board
Of control. It had been down only
few months. but It is badly corroded
and already unfit for use. The board
finds that the entire 100 feet OF
wrought iron pipe, most Of It eight
inches in diameter. will have to be re-
newed every four or FIVE months IL
the well is to be kept OPEN At the
same time the plumbing and pipes ana
boilers in the hospital are all being
eaten up by the water. A second well
was put down $50 feet deep, but this
draws it's supply from a. layer of salt
that is so fine it can not be kept out
Of the water by a screen. No amount
Of pumping has served to lessen 1t.
The board Is on the point OF making
contract for system of f1ltering the
water from this well, by having the
mud pumped out so there will be n
large opening near the bottom OF the
well. and this is to be hlled with brick
and gravel until the water is clean. II
would be great saving OF expense TO
the state to get water from this we'll
But water from the Cherokee city wa
ter works costs 25 cents thousand
and is insufficient even If 1t was cheap
The board gets water at some OF the
other institutions from water compa
MES for from TO cents thousand
Gallons. Unless the scheme to improve
the new well so the water can be used
is feasible. the board may have to do
some more boring for water.
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The movement to compel private
banks to come under some sort OF reg
ulation and control Of the state is like
ly to come to head at any time in the
Iowa legislature. There are those who
purpose raising the contention that
private banks are just as safe In every
respect as the organized banks with
limited liability of the persons con-
nected Herewith: but an investigation
has been made as to the records so far
as they are obtainable thru the bank
Journals and the state records. and
some interesting things have been dis
closed In the nine years previous to
1902 there were failures of state. saw
ings and private banks. 1t is shown
that in the case Of state banks the
percentage of assets to liabilities in the
nine years was III. the savings banks
112 and the private banks sixty-e eight
This is put forth as an argument to
show that where private banks fail
the losses are always greater. The
figures for the last two years were not
obtainable. but there have been some
few months. One OF the most active
of the senator's. j.. w. Lewis. of Cla-
rinda, is both a private banker and a
state banker He Is at the head OF
private bank. which he personally
manages and he is interested in a
number of organized banks in other
towns.
~ am in favor of law to provide
that private banks shall make sworn
reports Of their condition as banks,
he said. There can be no such thing
as a system of examination of pri-
vate banks and bankers. II would dn-
volve In every case the full examina-
tion OF the private business of the pri-
vate bankers and all who are In any
way connected with bhe private banks.
Any examination short OF this would
do more harm than good. for 1t would
give q legal endorsement to bank