Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-11
LEGISLATURE DID NOT PROVIDE
FOR EsrAsLlsAMENr OF
FOUR IN STATE.
WOODBURY. coUNrY's HOPES
BASED ON MISUNDERSTANDING
Plan to Use County Prisoners on State
Farm Would Not b Possibls-one
custediaI Farm May 30 Purchased
This Year-No Money Appropriated
For Equipment.
Special to Times Republican.

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the board Of control have received with
some surprise information that a COM
mittee Of the board of supervisors Of
Woodbury. county plans to call on
them to have district custodial farm
located at Sioux City and that they do
not intend to have any county jail if
the farm can only be located there. 1t
appears from what information has
been received that there is very great
as to the custodial
farm proposition.
All that the legislature did was to
authorize the board of control to pur-
chase ground for a district custodial
farm and to pay for same out Of the
millage taxes of thes etate which are
devoted generally to the upkeep Of the
hospitals, homes and other state in
situations.
The legislature did not district the
state nor set off any number of coun-
ties into q district and say the farm
should be located there. The fact that
provision was made for but one Gus
todial farm would indicate that others
are not contemplated, at least at pres
ent. The boards Of supervisors have
not levied any taxes for support OF
any such farm. 1t would not, when
located, take the place Of any county
or city place Of detention, but it would
be q place to which persons given
short sentences could be sent after
conviction. Persons awaiting trial
would not be sent there for safe keep
ing, nor is it likely that all offenders
could be sent there.
The state board probably will, some
time this year, buy farm for Gus
todial farm for the state. The board
can not improve nor equip it. however.
without first having plans for all
buildings and improvements in excess
Of 5000 submitted to the legislature.
The next legislature may abolish all
rl,llage taxes and adopt d wholly re-
dictionary policy toward state institu-
tons and the progress Of the state in
reform lines.
While the laws Of the state do not
require that the vocationa. subjects
shall be taught in every school until
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plan may be generally adopted, that in
each county Of the state the new sub
jects Of study be taken up by the COM
Ting school year.
1he chief purpose Of this is to afford
OBJ. ect lessons to other schools in the
work and to pave the way for better
feeling on the part OF the school pa
ttrons toward vocational studies in
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that possibly two rural schools in each
county might be started off with the
vocational training. The school boards
and teachers would cooperate to get
the work thus started. The schools
that begin teaching useful things even
before the Jaw compels It would have
greet prestige among the people.
The vocational subjects to be taught
in the schools after a year include
agriculture, domestic science and man.
ual training. Educators are busy work
ing out the plans now for these sub
jects.
The movement to further equalize
railroad rates from the east into in
terror Iowa and remove d;scrimina-
tons, on behalf of shippers at interior
points, is waiting for the decision of
the interstate commerce commission on
the advanced rate cases. There were
some assurances received here that
the advanced rate case would be de-
cided this week. 1t has now been in
the hands Of the commission two
months. The new case from Iowa will
not involve anything like the work of
the previous interior Iowa rate case,
but will rather be a showing that the
new rates do not remove the discrimi-
nation which has previously been de-
cided should be removed.
While it involves reduction to in
terror points only it Is understood 1t
is in no sense antagonistic to the Mis-
sissippi river cities. The discrimina-
ton is largely against cities like Chi
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