Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-11
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KNOXVILLE SOON
Expected That the New Hospital
Will Be Ready to Receive
Patients January |
WILL MAKE BETTER SHOWING.
Chairman cownie Of the Board of Con-
troll Looks for Much Better Results
in tho Treatment Of lnebriates at the
New Notwithstanding About
Methods.
peeial to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Nov. 11.-Hon. John
CoWnie, chairman of the state board
of control, believes that the board will
have things in shape SO as to move
all the inebriates to the new institution
at Knoxville. by January /. The furni-
ture is now being purchased and in
stalled. Mr.. Cownie is very sanguinc
that when the inebriates are moved to
this new institution the management
Will be able to make a very much bet
ter showing in the cure of inebriates.
Criticism against the management and
cure Of inebriates In the past the board
holds is not just unless it takes into
consideration the fact that many OF
those sent to the inebriate hospitals
are the OFF, -scourings Of the earth. Many
of them are tramps. The first five that
were sent to Mt. Pleasant were all
tramps. Three did not have coats. Two.
had no hats and two had 10 shoes.
This class when once cured will drop
back into the drink habit because OF
their shiftless characteristics. When,
given citizens who have been accus-
toned to work but have simply fallen
into the habit of drinking. the board
believes 1t will make a very much bet
ter showing and will be able to do more
at Knoxville for the reason that 1t will
be misdemeanor for any inmate to
escape from the institution. With pun
ishment staring them in the face in
case they run away the inebriates will
remain at the institution and get cured.
The cure given at the inebriate asy-
lnms or hospitals attached to the regu-
lar insane hospitals OF the state, have
all acted on the theory that the
craving for drink is due to some dis
eased condition Of the body which, IL
remedied and cured, will remove the
inordinate taste for liquor. The man
agement of the institution at Knox
vile will be along the same lines.
Numerous instances are cited Of cures
effected at the inebriate asylums where
the cure was due entirely to a cure of
some diseased condition Of the patient
One case was cured by curing a liver
complaint. A blacksmith was sent to
one Of the inebriate asylums who had
been on debauch for six weeks
abandoning his work and giving his
time to loafing in the saloons. He was
finally sentenced to the inebriate asy-
lum and was kept in doors for fear he
wanted to escape. He enlisted Mr..
Cownie's assistance and said he didn't
want to escape. At Mr.. Cownie's sug-
gestion the man was put to work
largely because the institution had no
blacksmith. He worked all winter long
at the blacksmith shop, mended all the
plows and wagons and other tools
about the place, and finally in the
spring had been entirely cured Of the
liver complaint. He had no further
desire for liquor and was sent home
cured. At each Of the four insane hos
pitals there are from twenty to thirty
inebriates most of the time. This will
make something like 100 for the Knox
vile institution. It Is expected that
there will be d larger number soon
after the opening Of the institution
for the reason that authorities delay
waiting for the Knoxville institution
to open.
Prof. w. r. Patterson Of the state
university has been commissioned to
write an agricultural geography Of
the United States for the Carnegie
Institute. The undertaking is a vast
one and wild take considerable time in
preparation. Many maps will he shown
giving the water sheds adsd the typo
graphy of the country. In addition
there will be showings of the condition
of the soil in the various localities and
how the soil was made whether by
drift or glacier deposit or otherwise.
The work when completed will be one
of great value. Prof Patterson came
to Des Moines yesterday from Mar
shalltown and will not return to the
state university until Monday. He is
hoping to be able to get the last Of the
census work in shape for the printer
The work is all tabulated. There are
only four now working on the census
besides Prof. Patterson. Additional
matter Is to be prepared for the census
and the tables put in shape for the
state printer. It Is expected that by
the first of next month or soon after
the volume Will be all printed ana
bound ready for distribution.
State Librarian Johnson Brigham
has discovered some sets OF periodi-
calls issued in ante-bellum days that
are very much needed in the state
library anil has proceeded to purchase
them for the state Some of them are
in entire sets while others are vol
la,mes needed to complete partial
s already at the state
library. The Jeffersonian, The
Present edited by Thoreau The
Panoplist and other periodicals are
among the lists Mr.. Brigham con-
siders it a very rare find. The works
were picked UP by an eastern concern.
The supreme court will be called up
on to decide whether or not person
who causes the arrest OF another ufuer