Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-16
Quarterly Institution Confer
ences Are OF Great Help to
the Superintendents
UNIQUE AND PECULIAR TO IOWA
So Far az Ascertained tho Plan Now
in Force in This State, is Not Fol-
lowed MISUNDERSTANDING Of State
Having Trouble With the Oil Fee
Business.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Sept. 16.-"The quarter
ly institution conference is thing en-
tirely unique and peculiar to Iowa"
So said DR.. w. p. Crumpacker, of
the state insane hospital at Indepen-
dence He was attending the confer
ence in this city this week. 1t was
attended by all the superintendents
and other heads Of institutions and
they met with the board of control.
so far as have been able to as
certain" DR.. Crumpacker continued,
"the plan is original with Iowa, and
is not followed elsewhere; yet re-
gard these quarterly conferences as a.
mong the most valuable parts OF the
board of control law. We superin>
tendents find the meetings to be OF
great value. Here are men engaged
in different classes of work, and yet
having similar problems before them,
and they meet and exchange views on
all sorts OF subjects in way which
cannot fail to help them all. do not
know who is responsible for placing
that feature in the law OF Iowa, but 1t
is a most excellent one and might we'll
be copied elsewhere. And the reports
of these conferences published in pam
phlet form as bulletin Is making a
library Of inestimable value to those
who come after. At first these Dul-
letins were looked upon by those who
received them much the same as other
dry offlcial reports, but now they are
appreciated and they are ir - de-
mand. Some Of the gers on
special topics ever ps PED have
found their way into these records.
after led the meeting at st. Louis OF
the doctors interested In mental SCI
ences and found that among them
and among the doctors in surrounding
states, Iowa Is looked UP to as model
because Of the board of control sys-
tenn and the quarterly conferences"
sss
Col. A. II. Graham, Of Knightstown,
Ind, who read paper at the confer
ence this week, speaking to the writer,
complimented Iowa highly in the same
way. Il get the Bulletin Of the Iowa
board regularly at my office" he said,
"and am taking good care Of the cop
les. find the books are filled with
information that cannot be secured In
any other way 1t is a great system"
AS soon as the state has fully es-
tablished the new printing Office and
outfit at Eldora it Is probable that
these Bulletins will be printed there.
The board has had them printed by
contract to the lowest bidder, as pro-
vided by law; but when the state has
it's own printing office there is no rea-
son why they cannot be printed there.
An outfit will be put up that will be
abundantly capable Of doing the work.
.
The oil fee business has caused the
office of secretary Of state more trou>
BILE than anything else connected with
the office. Under the law as 1t is at
present the state can pay back as a
rebate on account Of oil re-shipped
from the state only that portion of the
fee above actual cost Of inspection.
Careful computation has shown that
the state pays in fact about cents
barrel for the inspections. This leaves
a cents to be paid back, Of the 10 cents
a barrel paid by the oil companies.
Now it is learned that there is rebel
lion in Sioux City and the recalcitrant
persons threaten to refuse longer to
give recognition to the laws Of the
sovereign state Of Iowa. They want
to get back the entire amount of the
inspection fee. A fight in court will
follow. The entire oil inspection bus
mess is audited in the office Of secre-
tary of state and this labor falls en-
tirely upon Henry T. Saberson, most
competent man, formerly member of
the house of representatives from Bu-
ena Vista county. Under the laws as
they are arranged now there is much
better track kept of the whole business
and it is possible to make sure that
every barrel of oil is inspected. But
the rebate question will have to be set
tied by the courts.
The doctors who have been asked by
Judge Kinne OF the state board of con-
troll for facts regarding the number OF
cases of tuberculosis coming under
their notice the past year in Iowa, are
responding nicely. Not all the blanks
have as yet been sent out; but nearly
a hundred replies have been received
already, and of these only one fatty
refused to give the information. Near
ly all the doctors replying show a dis
position to give. all the assistance pos
sible. DR.. Kline, of Fort Dodge, hav-
ing reported that in his experience
larger number of females have con-
sumption than males, summary of
the first cases reported was made, and
oh
having the malady.
N. L. Kendall. of Abba,
the most eloquent republican
orator of southern Iowa, is slat-
ed for ten speeches in Indiana under
the auspices of the national committee.
Kendall will also do some speaking
in Iowa under the state committee.
Tomorrow is the day when Frank
shercliffe is entitled to his release