Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-01
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TO the conclusion that the nearer q
prison an inebriate detention hos
pital was the more effective 1t would
be.
The 1nebriates always resented tho
idea of having been housed at the in.
sane hospitals Of the state and it was
thought that their fine sense OF self,
respect and pride was responsible
for their repeated and successful at,
tempts to escape in punches Of from
1ye to twenty at time. So the
board Of control contented itself with
constructing very fine institution at
Knoxville, one attractive in every
way and provided with all of the con,
veniences-this was under direction
OF the legislature, of course-and de-
clded to pay no heed to the recon,
mendation from effete Massachusetts,.
But escapes have continued. An
effort to prevent it has cost the state
extensively for guards. Now bars
VIII be put up at the windows. A
sample of the bars was at the once
OF the board yesterday. Steel wires,
about quarter of an inch In dia,
meter, running in strands Of two
wires each, criss crossing each other
SO that apertures in the shape OF
diamonds result, the junctures of the
crossing strands being tied with wire,
make the SCREEN It Is thought Il
Will be handsome and effective.
Many Millions In Iowa Banks.
For the first time in the historp
OF the state the deposits in the state
and savings banks have gone above
S2O0, 900. They did it at the close
OF business, Aug. 20, according to tho
Official statement compiled from re,
ports made by the banks on that date,
Including the deposits in the trust
companies of the state, the deposits
increased between Sept. 4, 1906, and
Aug. %, 1907, in the sum Of 10000.
Bill.
The average reserve in all banks al
the close OF business Aug. % last
was 81 per cnt, which is about tho
average of the last half dozen bank
statements.
In the state and savings banks and
IN the trust companies in tho form
OF deposits there now are $af0,A41.,
900. In the private and National
banks there are about s15AOoo eol
more. 1t is believed there Is about
$500 per capita of bank deposits in
Iowa. This is practically 500 per cap,
ita more than in the banks of Kaazas,
for instance.
Twelve new state and sayhgs
banks have been organized in Iowa
within the last five months, There
have been fifty-nine in the year past,
The capital stock had increased
about $4,000 on account of tho
organization of the twelve new banks
during the last five n 3nths. There
now are $50 savings and 260 state
banks in Iowa. There are fourteen
trust companies in the state.
In the savings banks there arc
Sl4O,770,31S in deposits in the state
banks, S62,435,437 and in the trust
companies $6,235.433, making ;2l9,,
311,2 altogether.
After Big Corporations.
Secretary of State Hayward has
referred to the legal department Of
the state the evidence gathered by
n. T. Saberson, corporation clerk in
the Office of the secretary, relative to
| the corporations which are doing
business in Iowa without having filed
their articles of Incorporation. The
legal department will bring suits in
the court, in all probability, to com,
| pei the corporations to file their arti,
cles and pay the Incorporation fees
| which they owe to the Office of the
| secretary.
| A large number of corporation ara
effected. Some of the railroad. tele.
graph and telephone lines are inter.
| ested. The action contemplated will
compel these corporations to file their
articles with the secretary of state
and pay the fees under the law which
existed at the time the articles Should
have been filed. Many thousands az
dollars will be involved The law
| contemplates penalty of 500 dag
during the time of failure Of the
companies to file their articles. The
accumulation of the penalty would
amount to millions, and of coarse no
idea is entertained that the full pen.
atty can be recovered even II the law
| points in the case are decided in
favor of the state and against The
corporations. There are fine points
of law involved in the statute whish
remain for the courts, oven to the
United States supreme eour*, to set
tie.
The supreme court eonveael IN
Des Moines on the 10th. after txs
months vacation. One Of ne ars,
cases to be disposed of win As tia
Dubuque saloon injunction, In which
outside persons, not party to the. suit,
sought to intervene to ask for vrii
of certiorari to review the daarss a
Injunction issued by Judge RsAwt
Benson. 1t is the theory of che salssa
men that only the original parties to
an action can appear in oertts1ara
proceedings. This and the ErAc4 ~
Kutzleben train wreektng case ere
the two cases of general iAtexest u
the supreme court at this term.