Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-14
A GOOD SHOWING
AMERICAN HOME FINDING iNsrI.
TUITION RANKS FOURTH IN
THE STATE.
Twenty institutions in State Devoted
to Care Of Homeless and FrlendIess
Children in State of Iowa - State
Board Of Control Report.

The American Home Finding ASSOC
citation of Ottumwa ranks fourth in the
list of twenty institutions in the state
or Iowa devoted to the care of home
less and friendless children, according
TO the annual report of the board OF
control compiled from the annual re-
ports of these institutions. According
to these figures 162 children were
at an expense of s7,244.
Two Of these twenty institutions
have failed to file their reports with
the state board of control according to
the acts of the TWenty-ninth general
assembly. The board has issued an
order to the effect that because these
t. have failed to file their reports 1T
Is not lawful to- commit any child to
their care and will not be until such
reports are fled.
The two institutions in question ore
the Iowa Evangelical Lutheran Orr
phans' society of Waverly and st.
Vincents Orphans Home of Dayen-
port.
Large Property Interests.
The board of control reports that
sixteen of the other eighteen instftu-
tons which have filed reports with ii
have property to the value OF $54i,053.
Since their organization the sixteen
have cared for about 10,40O children.
During 1908, 1,742 We're cared for at the
eighteen institutions. Their total in
come was $10S,321. For land and build
ings the eighteen have expended s21.-
OLE, $7,725 has gone into other i'm
provements and $6S,090 has gone to
| salaries and general expenses. The
institutions reported $10,599 on hand at
| the end of the year for which the re-
| ports We're filed.
Statistics Of Homo.
Following is a statement taken from
| the report Of the state board Of control
| as just compiled showing important
statistics relatives to the homes for
friendless children in the state, being
the number of children cared for In
1908 and the money received by each
institution during that period.
| Cared Re
| for. ceipts.
American Home Finding
association, Ottumwa. 1852 1874
Benedict Home, Des
Boys and Girls home,
Sioux CITY ...... So 2,498
Children's home, Tabor. 525,
Christian Home associa-
ton, Council Bluffs Isl 17,414
Home for Friendless Chill
dren, Des Moines 49,. 113 1891
| Dubuque. Rescue home.. 16 1878
Film" Danish Lutheran
4 Orphans home, Ellthorh. 20 1.570
Evangelical Lutheran Chill
| dren's home, Fort Dodge 20 $3.50
| Florence Crittenden home,
Sioux City ~. 1890. 81 4.b7s
German Lutheran Orph-
ans and Old Peoples
1 home, Muscatine ...... S8 Lila
Evangelical Lutheran Or
phans' home, Stanton. 81 6,7T0
Home for the Friendless.
Cedar Rapids 49,. $3.50. So 8,126
Iowa Children,s Home so
ciety, Des Moines ..... .413 20,7SS
Iowa Home for the Friend
less Dubuque 80. 80. 48 $3.50
Iowa Odd Fellows and
Orphans Home, Mason
| CITY -. .............. 16 79S
st. Mary's German Roman
Catholic Orphans asylum.
United Norwegian Luth-
eran Church Orphans
home, Beloit 80. $685.. 124 1906
Iotal ........ .........S1D 5l0S,dsi
The st. Mary's German Roman
Catholic Orphans asylum at Dubuque
has the most money invested Of all the
institutions. It's property is valued at
$4,000. The property of the Chris
ton Home association at Dubuque ID
valued at 100000.