Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-09

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the records OF the office.
TO give Just q slight indication of the
wide scope OF the work of the state
board Of control and the necessity fol
| those three men to be wide and also
we'll informed on variety OF different
lines Of human activity the institutions
should be classified. There are fifteen
in all and they are as follows:
| 1nsane-Four insane hospitals. ne
cessitating that the members of the
board keep well abreast Of the latest
| thought and most approved methods OF
! handling and treating insane. The state
| insane institutions are hospitals and
not asylums. The inmates are consid-
cred durable. If they prove to be In
durable they are sent to the county In
situations which are asylums.
Educational--The educational insti-
tutions are the college for the blind,
school for the deaf, school for the fee
BILE minded, Industrial school for boys,
industrial school for girls, necessitating
knowledge on the part Of the board
of educational matters that will enable
them to approve or disapprove with In
telligence the methods of instruction at
| these institutions.
| OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Is one peni-
| tertiary and one reformatory. Peni-
| tentlaries nowadays are something
more than places to lock people up In
| Wherever citizen can be reformed II
| is the policy Of the state ITO have them
reformed (policy Of the state as well
as OF the board) and continually pro-
gress is being made in methods OF
handling prisoners.
tuberculosis Observation-Disclosures OF
the board have been compelled to
study deeply into the methods OF treat
| ing tuberculosis in order intelligently
to manage the new institution.
The other three institutions are the
/ inebriate hospital, the soldiers home
| and the soldiers orphans home, all OF
which require some considerable
| knowledge to manage and with each OF
the institutions is farm OF consider
able size. requiring wise and judiclous
management.
Tuberculosis Campaign.
AS one of the features of the cam
| paign against tuberculosis in this state
| the state board of control Is contem-
| plating starting a press bureau. The
| legislature gave the board an appro-
, priation with which to educate the
| state on the proper means of fighting
| tuberculosis. The board now has lee
turers going over the state, and Is is
suing bulletins and leaflets and coming
| in contact with the people of the state
| by every means possible.
| There Is interesting news from time
| to time on the developments OF the
campaign. From time to time there
is. interesting information tANt 1t II
| believed the newspapers will be glad
to print to assist in educating the
people. 1t Is thought that possibly a
letter could be mailed from the office
OF the board at regular intervals of
once a month that would not only be
of interest to the people of the state
as information and news. but would
educate the state On the campaign as
well.
Guardsmen to Camp.
The commissary department Of the
office Of the adjutant general Of the
Iowa National Guard, is preparing to
make the purchases Of rations for an
eight days camp for two Of the regi-
ments of the guard. The Fifty-fifth
will go into camp at Clarinda on Aug
ust and the Fifty-sixtlh will go into
camp at Spirit Lake on July II. Each
will be for an eight days camp. The
other two regiments OF the guard, the
Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth, will go
to Fort Riley to engage in the man
euvers with the regular army there.
They will report there August 30
than in any but two of the last thirty
five years. There were 1,0SS criminal
convictions in 1907, according to the
report whose compilation is just be-
ing completed at the office of the Sec
rotary of state. Way back in 1877
there were 1872. In 1880 there were
1851 and in 1888 there were S3S, but
those two years are the only ones since
1873 that can boast SO few criminals
as the past year
Altho the number of convicts in 1907
were ISL less than in 1905 the aggrer
gate number of years that they must
spend in the penitentiary is 173 more.
The 1859 convicted criminals Of 1906
were sent to the penitentiary for 1.035
years while the 1888 convicts Of 1907
must serve 1908 years. But the con-
yicts of 1906 have to spend SO years
in jail, while the convicts of 1907
spend only 20 years in Jail. The con-
victs Of the past year average LII
years In confinement and the convicts
OF 1905 averaged SO per cent of one
year.
There were fourteen murders In the
state In 1907 as compared with ten the
year before. Nine of those convicted of
murder got life sentences. They were
sent up by Clayton, Linn, Muscatine,
Osceola, Plymouth, Union, Woodbury.,
and Henry. Henry sent two.
Following are the statistics with re-
spect to convictions for the most
heinous crimes in the two years:
1907. 1906
Adultery 8 10
Arson ....... .
Assault with intent to COM
nit manslaughter ........ IL 8
Assault with intent to COM
NIT murder 3 70
Manslaughter -. ......... ~
AN felonies !. ............453 5O7
All misdemeanors .602 719
Miscellaneous ......... 30 -
There were 80 convictions for break
ing and entering in 1907, 30 for bur-
o,,,,, 111 for I, rcery If for robbery