Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-02-07
CRIMINALS SENT TO
INEBRlATE ASYLUM
Sensational Charge. Made by
Committee Which Visited
Knoxville.
SUGGEST THAT ALL WORK
tands May Be Bought and tn. ldt
Dipsomaniacs Set TO Producing.
neutrality-suspicious. in Leg,
islativs Halls.

Dies Mciues, Ia, Feb. 5.--loWa pro-
vides an Ell Dorado for men who fall
| by the wayside. and it sustains In
idleness a large colony of able bodied
unfortunates who ought to DO en-
ployed. This is the report of the COM
mittee that visited the state hospital
| for inebriates at Knoxville.
! The committee reported that there
are about 150 persons at the hospital
now with nothing to do but pass the
time away and grow fat at the expense
| of the state"
| 1t costs about twenty-three dollars
per capita per month to support these
| men. About IS per cent. are able bodied
men and capable of doing work enough
to earn their way. The committee
suggests the purchase Of land near the
buildings SO that work may he had
| for these people, as there is q stone
| quarry on the land and "pulverized
| rock would be merchantable for mac
| adamizing purposes"
Some Criminals Sent There.
The superintendent informed the
| visitors that about 10 per cent. of the
4 eases committed received permanent
\ benefit There is an element said the
committee, that is sent to the hos.
| pital that does not come under its
Jurisdiction. great many hardened
1 criminals who have been In the peni-.
| Tertiary, who are termed 'sleepers'
around the cities. are sent there to
be rid of them. The influence these
persons have on the young fellows
who have gone wrong for the first
\ time is not the best, and we recon-
menr that this class of patients be
sent to other places"
The committee expressed great con-
hdence In the management of the board
of control and approved appropri-
attons of $4,000, of which $4,000
| should be for land.
Medicine Houses to, Be Heard.
The house committee on public
| health has set u date for a public
hearing on the bin requiring patent
medicine concerns to put a label on the
| outside of the medicine telling the
| nature OF the ingredients. The COM
mittee expects to report the bill out
] for passage soon, and is encouraged to
4 believe that the measure will pass.
The appropriations committee of the
| house has adopted the Andrew Car
negie method in relation to appropria-
| lions of certain natures. In recon-
mending for passage a bin appropriate
\ ing $500 for a monument for the late
| Governor Stone the provision is con-
tanned in the bill that the money is
not TO be given unless the friends of
| the deceased and those asking for the
| appropriations shall pay q like sum.
The committee today reported for pas
\ sage an appropriation for the in
augural expenses and Il bill appro-
priating money for printing and dis
| tributfng railroad commission maps.
| The committee on municipalities in
| the house today reported for passage
the bill giving towns the right to make
| street improvements and charge it in
special assessments to the abutting
property.
Make County Treasurers Liable.
So1l in, tha l,oc
a bin providing that county treasurers
shall be liable for all delinquent per-
sonal taxes not secured by real estate,
but that if the county treasurer turns
the account over to the sheriff within
the legal limit of time with an order to
levy on the goods for collection then
the treasurer shall not be liable.
Weeks bill on compensation of
county attorneys fixes the salary in
counties of population. up to 10000 at
$1,000 a year; $1,000 in counties up to
$4,000 people: $4,000 in counties up to
S4b. 600, and $4,000 in counties above
| $4,000.
Maben, of Hancock, has introduced
! a bill giving the state veterinarian an
Office in the state house, with stations
cry and postage. and secretary and
q salary Of $780, with IS per diem for
veterinarian has been turning fees into
the state treasury but has no way of
drawing money for his office expenses
and has had no office in the state house
For lndeterminate Sentence.
Representative Holmes, of Kossuth
is deeply interested in the movement to
create board of pardons and paroles
1 and to establish the indeterminate SEN
L tence in Iowa. The bill to that effect
is being prepared and he is consider
ing its merits.
The senate judiciary committee has
sent to a subcommittee a bill to reg
1 ulate maternity hospitals. The recent
| developments here have drawn atten-
ton sharply to this situation. The bill
will no doubt be passed.
Abolition of school treasurers will be
q feature of a bill by Mr.. Bergesson. Ii
! is in accord with the recommendation
of tine stale department of education.