Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-04
Chairman Hamilton, of Board of
Control, Says Record Should
7 Show More Cures
SEEKING PHYSICIAN FOR HEAD
Major Hume Succeeds General eeeson
as Treasurer Of National Soldiers
Home-lnterestins Case From Mad
i.on county-coal Output in Several
Iowa Counties.
special to Times Republican.


Special to Times Republican
Des Moines, Sept. 4.-"Efficiency,
the doctrine preached by William HI.
Allen, who is to be brought to Des
Moines by the Civic League for a free
lecture, is to be the test at thu state
institutions. This is not saying but
that it has been in the past also. Chair
man Hamilton, of the state board OF
control, believes that the one trouble
with the state institutions Is that they
become institutionalized and atter1 to
the duties of their offices as so much
routine. He wants to see the test put
to the Iowa inebriate asylum OF more
cures. II the institution does, not cure
.drunks. it is not meeting the purpose
for which it was intended, and Mr..
Hamilton indicates that he thinks there
have not been as many cures In the
past as there should have been.
The institution is now in need ''f
superintendent, and the board OF con-
troll is having quite as difficult time
to get man as it has had to find men
for some of the other institutions. 1t
needs physician who can cure drunk
enress.
Medicine is not an exact science.
said Chairman Hamilton. 1.-The board
recognizes that fact. There are many
different kinds and conditions of drunk
enness. Perhaps, the causes are DIFF
ferent in some cases, but in the end
everyone who goes to the institution
goes there to be cured of drunkenness.
Every case should be inquired into for
itself and treated accordingly, but at
any rate th4reYhave not been as high
a percentage Of cures as should like
10 see"
Some of the persistency of inebrlates
to get cured is Illustrated by a certain
carpenter who has gone to the ms titu-
ton voluntarily three times. Every
time he returns cured he falls into
temptation and drinks again. Then
he goes to the board and asks permis-
sion to return. He declares he will
keep at it until hd is cured to stay
cured.
!, John T. Hume. who was in the army
service in the Philippines and was as
sistant adjutant general during the
term of office of General Byers, ! has
been promoted at the national soldiers
home in Virginia. He went from Iowa
to the position of quarter-master OF
the home and by the resignation; OF
Gen. B. A. Beeson to accept position
! at the nome at Marshalltown, a vacan-
cy was created at the national home in
The position of treasurer. to witch
Major Hume has heen' appointed.
Madison county has. traction en-
gine case that is of interest to every
county in the state. N. j. Young took
his engine across bridge and the
bridge fell in and he is suing the coun-
ty for damages. The state law pro-
vides that when traction engine is
taken across bridge the owners Or
persons in charge of the engine must
plank the bridge with three inch oak
plank The owner of this machine
failed to do that but claims damages
because the machine was hauled across
with horses instead Of under it's own
steam.
The state law reads that the bridge
must be planked for "any engine driven
in whole or in part by steam uron a
public road Young took his engirle up
to the bridge under it's own steam and
then hitched a long cable, to it and
.hitchedla team to the cable on the 9th
er side of the bridge and now claims
damages because the bridge fell in.
Here is a new point In the law that
road supervisors over the state will be
interested in. The case was decided
against Young and he, has appealed to
the supreme court.
Jasper county increased the amount
of coal it produced the past year over
the year before and Boone county
shows decrease. Polk county in
creased its output over 100000 tons.
The figures for these three counties
mine inspectors show that the total
output in Polk county is 1,367,G14. In
Jasper county the output the past year
was 385,29S and the year before $685.
BOT. In Boone county the outpu! the
past year was 239,OS2 ana Tor the year
before 276,505.
Congestion of freight business In the
Northwestern yards at Boone, iowa,
is to be relieved from rhis on by big
expensive interlocking plant that has
been inspected, and authorized By the
Iowa railroad commission. The plant
makes. four tracks for a space of four
miles for the road Heretofore the de-
laws at Boone on thru business has
been great To remedy the matter the
road put Chief Signal Engineer Pea
body to work to figure out some means
of avoiding the delays. The big inter-
locking plant is the result and now
as soon Ss train is ready 1T moves
out. Formerly it wag necessary to have
more than score Of extra fasmen to
guard against accidents. Then the
company was never sure that it would