Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-27
STATE WAR ON THE WHITE
PLAGUE ALREADY SHOWS
LASTING EFFECTS.
PEOPLE BEING EDUCATED
TO CARE FOR THEMSELVES
tuberculosis sanatorium and System
of Publicity Jointly Have Accom-
pIished Wonders-Larse Addition to
Be Built to oakdaIe Institution-Lo-
cal tuberculosis Camps Encouraged.
Special to Times-Republican

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, April 27.-The state
board of control, to which has been en-
trusted by the legislature the great
work of directing the movement to
eradicate the white plague" from
Iowa, is doing all it can to promote and
encourage the establishment of local
hospitals, retreats and camps and still
more to urge upon the people that they
give themselves home treatment for
tuberculosis. The other day the mem
bers of the board visited the state SAN
atorium at Oakdale, near Iowa City,
and found that the Institution was just
filled to its capacity of seventy-eigh
persons. This seems like very small
number of persons to be cared for, but
the history is that the patients do not
stay very long. Under the law only the
incipient cases can be taken there and
there are none in an advanced stage.
If a patient applies for admission and
is found to be practically incurable, or
even that the disease has progressed
beyond the preliminary stages, he is
not accepted. nor can he be accepted
under the law. But a great many are
taken who soon discover that about all
they need is right living and when they
learn what to do they return to their
homes to continue the treatment. 1t is
this work of teaching the people what
to do and what treatment is necessary
that is engaging the attention of the
m &
One thing of very great advantage in
the movement is that the management
of the hospital is also in charge of the
educational work which is being done
thruout the state. DIR. A. E. Kepford is
constantly out lecturing among the
people and giving information as to
how to proceed. Everywhere he goes
he encourages the authorities to take
the whole matter in hand locally, to
afford hospitals or retreats for pa
tents, or to give aid to those who need
it, and especially to consider sanitary
measures as a preventative. 1t is said
that in this way the value of the hos
pital at Oakdale is increased many
fold, for its influence is being felt in
every part of the state.
The institution at Oakdale will be
enlarged during the year and it's ca
4 pacity be greatly increased by the ad-
dition of cottages, but it is not planned
! to undertake to care for the thousands
of tuberculosis patients there. The cost
of maintenance per capita is greater
! at Oakdale than at any of the other
state institutions. but this is because
all inmates must be upon hospital diet,
and the number cared for is very
small.
| The state executive council is en-
gagged in buying the paper and sup
plies for the state for the next year.
This is a bigger task than appears at
first. The state buys some $4,000 to
$4,000 worth of paper each year and
it takes expert skill in making pur-
chases that will not show much waste.
There has been some gossip about en-
ploying an expert in paper to advise
| the state as to this matter, but it has
never been done. The state probably
could save something by doing so, as
| it is we'll known that the state does
not drive very good bargains in this
matter. Those who have examined the
paper of the new soldier roster de-
clare that there are several weights of
paper used in that work and great
variation in the quality of the stock
There has not been any great increase
in the total amount of paper used in
recent years because the number of
copies of many of the documents has
| been reduced.
That the present regents of the
state university intend to pay all bills
before they go out of power is shown
by the fact that already this month
the regents have called for $4,000
from the state treasury to be used be-
tween this time and June 80. OF course
$4,000 was out of the millage taxes
for building purposes and the remaind-
er is for the support funds. The mon
ey is deposited in banks in Iowa City
to be used as needed.
Information comes from southern
Iowa that altho the legislature almost
unanimously directed the release of c..
H. Woodward from prison on parole
from the governor, and this on the the
Dry that the convict serving a life term
is absolutely innocent, still no action
has been taken, and there is fear that
he will not be released at all. The
friends of Woodward put up fine case
before the pardons committee and left
no doubt that great wrong had been
committed in his case. Usually action
is taken within few days after the
Legislature adopts resolution. In this
case, if release is granted he will not