The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1912-06-21
STATE HOSPITALS
Have Been Extensively I'm
proved BY the New Board
of Control.
INSPECTION is COMPL ETED
Three State Hospitals for the insane
are Found to be in Excellent Con-
dItIon by Members of the Board.

frankfort, Ky.-EXtensive improve
ments have been made by the Board
OF Control of Charitable Institutions at
the three state hospitals for the in
sane, as they are now called under
the new law effective on June II. The
board has just completed a thorough
inspection of all the institutions and
! reports that it found everything in ex-
cellent condition. The health of the
patients is given as above the average,
while the facilities for caring for them
are much better than formerly. I'm
der the new law the per capita of hos
| pital patients was increased from $3.50
year to S155 and with this increased
income the board will be able to make
more improvements during the next
year.
Hens are now laying eggs for the
| patients at the Hopkinsville and Lex
| ington hospitals, large memories hav-
ing been established. All three hos
! pitfalls have herds of mich COWS of the
! finest Jersey and Holstein-Fresian
breeds. All the milk and butter used
at the hospitals is supplied by the in
stitutional COWS.
At the Central Hospital, Lakeland,
the board has bought the land between
/ the buildings and the L. & N. railroad,
| paying $4,000 for the farm. The land
is valuable for farming purposes, as
! it will enable the state to have its
own right of way to the railroad. The
hospital now uses water from the Lou.
isVille Water company's plant, and
ample fire protection is afforded in ad,
| dition to the institution being supplied
with fresh and pure water for bathing
and drinking. At the Lakeland hos.
pital a new tuberculosis building has
just been completed at a cost of sew,
eral thousand dollars. In this building
all the tuberculosis patients will be
cared for. A similar building has been
erected at Hopkinsville, and another
new one is now in course of construc-
ton.
The new water tank at the Lakeland
hospital is 1873 feet high and holds
100000 gallons of water. 1t is said
to be the highest and largest in the
state. Recently young woman OF
Lakewood climbed to the top of the
tank, stood on the rim and waved an
American fiaG thereby winning a $40
wager with young man who did not
believe she would dare make the
climb.
At the institute for the feeble-mind-
ed, in Frankfort, a new kitchen and
dining-room have been completed at a
cost of $4,000. Two carloads of limo
leum have been purchased by the
board and will be used to cover the
floors in the wards. The linoleum is
! the kind used on the United States
battleships. 1t is made in Belgium
and is said to be the best obtainable
The board is sending out notices of a
letting of contracts for groceries, drugs
and flour for the use of the institu
tions for three months, at the July
meeting. At the same time the yearly
contract for coal will be awarded.
Law for Protection of Fish and Game
/
cure the enactment of an adequate law
for the protection of fish and game
Joseph G. Sachs, we'll known attor
ney of Louisville, at last sees the
fruition of his work with himself al
the head of the State Fish and Game
Commission. The appointment was
made by Gov. McCreary, but i
has been known ever since the &C
passed the legislature that Mr.. Sach:
would be chosen to head the commits
sion which will put into operation the
drastic game and fish law, which i!
now operative. ]. Quincy Ward, O
Paris, who has long been enlisted il
the fight for better game law, was
appointed the first state fish and game
warden at a salary of $4,000 year.
Summer Farm Schools.
The extension department of the Col
lege of Agriculture at State Universit.
[ is making arrangements for holdin.
} One-week agricultural schools in dit
ferent parts of the state during thu
summer months. Specialists will b.
sent from the college to deliver lee
lures illustrated with stereopticol
views on the following subjects: HOr
: ticulture, dairying, domestic science
, poultry, soils and crops, feeding of ami
mails and many other related subjects