Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-11-27
Board of Control Files Report,

DeS MOineS.-1n Its biennial re.
port filed with the governor the state
board of control recommends the ap-
preparation of s405,S5O by the legisla-
ture for the existing state institu-
lions and $4,000 for the purchase of
land looking to the establishment Of
an epileptic colony.
The appropriations asked by the
board are the smallest recommended
by 1t in ten years Altogether the
legislature is asked for $476,35O. The
Important contemplated and neces-
sary expenditure relates to the cpl
leptic colony.
It's statement on this subject fol-
lows:
The number of insane in state hos
biennial period, the number in pri-
vate institutions increased 38 and
the number in county institutions de-
creased 100, making net increase
during the period in the institutions
referred to of l72 1t will be neces-
sary to provide accommodations for
large additional number of insane
and feeble minded within few
years. Insane epileptics require care
different from that needed by the In
sane who are not epileptics, and
could be cared for with the feeble
minded who are epileptics. There
are now in the four hospitals for the
insane and the institution for feeble
minded children 1873 epileptics 1t Is,
therefore, recommended that
colony for epileptics be established
at some convenient location in the
state, and that an appropriation for
the purchase of not fewer than $40
acres of land be made to be avail
able during the current biennial per-
iod
Commissioners Must Decide.
1t Is now up to the state railroad
commissioners to decide on what
shall be done In regard to improving
the Burlington's southwestern Iowa
service, according to a communities
ton received by the Des Moines
Commercial club from P S. Eustis.
passenger traffic manager of that
road. Mr.. Eustis says the entire mat.
missioners.
He gives the information, however,
that the %" officials are now In
vestigating a change in the schedule
OF train No 10 from Mount Ayr and
Centerville to Des Moines, as re.
Gently suggested by the railroad com.
mission. He holds out the hope that
a satisfactory arrangement may be
completed in short time.
Following the meeting at the Saw.
cry several weeks ago. when the
Co." service was discussed with Mr..
Eustis, the Commercial club has been
In correspondence with officials of
the road From time to time infor.
, nation has come that efforts were be.
ing made to work out schedules,
which would give as nearly as pos
sible the changes asked.
! Favored Bank Prosecution.
! Auditor of State B. F. Carroll does
not indorse the action of the authort.
ties of Marshall county in Diminishing
' the prosecutions against officers of
2 the Green Mountain Savings bank.
the indictments against whom have
been dismissed on account of the
1 liquidation of all of the obligations
o of the bank. Assuming that the
j charges could be sustained, Auditor
Carroll declares that the prosecutions
/ should have been maintained. I'VE
have had too much tampering with
banks in this state already" he said
yesterday. land it is my judgment
that persons who will disregard the
! trust reposed in them by depositors
Il ought to suffer the penalty of the
e law" The auditor does not critictse
the authorities who dismissed the
" suits in question, for he is not fami
. liar with the possibility of convic
/ ton, but he did not indorse such &C
II ton.
Three Candidates for Labor Bureau.
g There now are three candidates
9. for state labor commissioner in the
v field to succeed E. D. Brigham. A
q D. Scougal of Sioux City is the new
IL conner in the contest The other two
| who have been in for some time art
Il E. w. Van Duyn of Des Moines ant
"a ]. w. Pring Of Valley Junction Mr.
n OSou6dl Is printer. anu has DSel
e long identified with the typographica
ia union. Mr.. Van Duyn is a membe
n. Of the carpenters union Mr.. Prini
!, Is member of the boiler makers
10 union. Since the days of E. R
te Hutchins and j. R. Sovereign Their
:. have been three labor commissioners
y They were w. E. O'Bleness, c.. F
Wennerstrum, who was appointed b.
II Governor Shaw and Mr.. Brigham
80 who has served during all of tn
g. Cummins administration as governor
6yers Appeals MuIct Case
v Attorney General Byers has takel
al an appeal from the decision of Judg
Of Smyth of Burlington. In which Judg
" Smyth held that the county attorne
a, has no duty to perform In the matte
- Of enforcing the mulct law, but onl
~ Ia charged with collecting the mule
~ tax and when that is done has cor
cd Guided all of the duties Imposed upo
81 him by the statute.
IT, Governor Cummins was banquete
On at Iowa City by President Mclean q
an the Burnley Imperial Nov 10, in hor
ed or Of the governors last meeting wit
the board Of regents.
is Kodol is combination of the naturs
OF digestive juices and it digests all elias
nd ses of food and every kind of food, 8
Id you see it will do the work that tn
We stomach itself does. The only differ
on o,oa hotu,oo,, - ,,l tho ,to,,nob q, ~