Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-01-11

and treatment Of those who are mentally
aeranged or ~ from nervous diseases
etl1lc lines. There are several classes or
1 our insane and the state and the public.
| generally have regarded them as ali OF
pense. with little thought OF recovery or
#of scientific treatment. The appropriations
have generally been liberal for the e. care
the legislature should begin to make pro- no.
vision for u separation OF the difrerent
kclasses to the end that the incurable and
lStlS treatment OF those cases where cures
Knight possibly be effected. Our entire
system should be reorganized and based
upon the idea of curing the disease rat :
Eser than caring fol" the being. s&9 4 yI.z,-.&
Us STATE BOARD OF. HEALTH, ~
A very important work In the public
service Is that done under the SUPER
vision OF the State Board Of Health. In
general everything relating to the work
ing the past decade Not only has the
board undertaken work OF a general san
,ita,ry nature. but It Is doing and has done
Ettous and contagious diseases. II has
with Infectious diseases Of animals. The
sible encouragement which can.>bea rem
Eaered It by the legislature The sugges-
ton OF the board that every county
should have an intelligent medical health
;a;c3 NO To-, A''S '"otNtJ ~ youE cOH-
STATE TRAINING SCHOOL.
a reform Is suggested by a number of
or philanthropic people looking towards
AS separation para Of the sexes at our State
proposition, believing that the present as
ISOLATION is detrimental. to. both. sexes,
and Mn5,,d that 9at,o more complete reformation
ton. II the training school system should
OBTAIN at all. 1t should reach the highest
possible state Of efficiency, and should
point of dollars and cents. but from that
Of common humanity and the most mod
esn idea Of correctional work The state
err cognizance of this question.
SOLDIERS HOME. ~..
Our nation and state have pursued a
policy In providing homes for the vete-
rams OF the civil war which has met with
people have been generous in their rec
ignition of the services of the old soldier.
In our generosity to the soldiers Of the
duty it owes to the wives, the mothers
and the widow Of the old soldier. At the
last department encampment Of the Grand
hitting the mothers, widows and wives
to the soldiers home, was taken up and.
as result OF that movement, the board
recommends an amendment to the law
which will permit their admission, and
they ask for an appropriation to con-
struct suitable buildings for their care
the justice of caring for the old soldier
vision for him. there is no valid reason
why those directly dependent upon him
should be denied the comforts which the
state owes. It would be gracious act
upon the part Of the state to SO amend
quest.
DAIRY AND FOOD.
In no field Of production has the state
made greater progress during past years
Within a.:compsratiyely brief period the
commonwealth has emerged from the list
OF grain growing districts. and has estab-
in the union. By reason Of the superior
quality, Minnesota butter stands pre-emi-
nently at the head; and in competition
merit than all the .neighboring states
combined. The superiority Of this prod
uct has been established at every. national
agencies have been jointly respensi %IG for
the growth and production and the i'm
proyement in the quality OF our dairy
State University and the Experimentai
Station maintained there, have been po-
tent factors in the realization of this de:
Sea6ls condition 1T The Parry and Food
upbui@ding Of this Industry. and has also
accomplished much IN preventing HARM
full authorizations of food products. The
state can we'll afford to pursue the most
liberal policy toward both Of these
agencies. Legislation is necessary espec-
tally with relation to the matter of pure
f99d, and these laws should be framed
! upon the idea of education and develop
ment rather than persecution. =:
~ FORESTRY.
The subject of forestry while receiving
considerable attention by number Of
our people, is entitled to more consider
alton than has been given it at previous
sessions Of the legislature. The general
laws of 1873 provided compensation for
planting and cultivating trees on prairie
land and along highways. The paying
OF compensation in the form of bOunties
f for planting 9ianth1g trees on highways lat
tree pla eat ne on prairie land aggre-
paid: A tax for this purpose Of one
tenth of one mill was provided for in 1881,
but as it was found to yield more than
$4,000 per year. it was abolished by the
general laws Of 1895. when an annual
appropriation of $4,000 was substituted
In it's place. The question has been raised
as to whether this system of tree plant
ing bounties has not served its purpose,
and could now be discontinued. The mem
bers Of the legislature from prairie coun-
ties should best be able to determine this
matter. The Forest Preservation Act of
1895 made town supervisors in the vicin-
ity of forests and prairie lands fire war
dens. and made it their duty to take nee
essary precaution for the prevention as
well as the extinguishment of fires.