Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-03
COLLEGE ron BLIND At viNToN
PREPARED 70 ACCOMPLISH
GREATER THINGS.
EFFORT PUT FORTH TO
BRING IN UNFoRTUNATEs
Rules Change 50 That People Who Are
Threatened With Blindness or Whose
sight 10 Defective May Receive Ed
ueation-supsrvisors' Meeting Shows
uplift.
10 Times Republican.

special 10 Il lIneb-ItepuOIiCous
Des Moines, Sept. S-Superintenden
4 George d. Eaton. OF the college for the
blind, was in consultation with Presi-
dent Murphy, OF the state board Of ed
ncation, and Chairman Boyd. Of the fl
nance committee, at the boards office
here this week. Superintendent Eaton
states that while rs yet there has been
no material increase in attendance al
the college he looks for q much larger
attendance this year, as the opportuni-
ties Of the institution and its work are
better known. The equipment Is now
far and away ahead Of what it was In
the past and the state has spent con-
siderable sum in rebuilding and adding
to the property.
with all the efforts we have been
making to advertise the work OF this
institution" said Mr.. Boyd, lit seems
as IL only q few Of the people OF the
state understand 1t. There is an i'm.
pr~ zion that the college is one ex-
>s.dvely for blind persons Now as Il
matter OF fact 1t Is q college not only
for the blind but for those who are In
danger Of blindness or Of very defec-
tive eyesight. We are authorized ia
admit such persons and gladly do so
And the work that DR.. Dean II doing
in the treatment OF these people with
impaired vision is simply wonderful
He is effecting many cures where II
Is supposed no cure was possible. The
work Of the college in this particular
is not as well Understood rs 1t should
lie and If 1t were better understood
am sure that q great many would be
at the college who are not there now.
A little item IN the local papers one
day this week to the effect that Presi
dent Cameron Of the state board o!
agriculture had been arrested at the
instance OF the county attorney, ac-
cused of maintaining a nuisance In
that the drainage from the state fair
grounds was dumped on lots near by
In a way to cause offense, suggests
that it nearly always happens that
when Des Moines people want to att
tack the state board or any official
thereof they wait until the busy week
of the fair. Asa matter Of fact not
II drop Of water or sewage from the
state fair goes on the grounds or into
any drain anywhere. 1t Is all cared
for by the fair management SO that II
can not have any effect on other prop
erty. When the rain storm came there
was the surface water that ran Off or
the small gully leading thru the
grounds. but that was all. Persons liv-
ing near the state fair grounds have
long desired to. hold up the state in
some way because Of a feeling they
are crowded, but the legal phases OF
the question have never yet come to a
head.
Nothing that has happened thii
year in Iowa Is regarded as more en-.
couraging than the outcome OF the re.
cent convention OF county officials
The resolnte Endorsement Of the lowe
highway law came as distinct sur.
prise to many persons.
The best thing about the recen
convention" said Thomas II. MAJ
Donald. state highway engineer. who's.
patriotic zeal In behalf Of good road,
is not to be questioned. was the fac
which was apparent to me that 1t Is tn.
better class Of county supervisors who
attended tho convention this year
There has been some tendency in othel
years to make 'of these annual meet.
ings an opportunity for carousal ant
a good time. The result was that only
those attended who liked a junket o.
that kind. But latterly this has beer
all cut out and the effect has beer
to attract the very best men of tn,
state who are members Of the boards
1t looks to me to be entirely possible
that the state highway law is goini
to have ono good effect not anticipated
and that 10 to raise the standard among
the board members and to get bettel
men to serve on these boards.
But what q change In sentimen
at the convention Of supervisors d
compared with last year! Atthe yer.
most 1t was supposed by the friends o
the highway law that they could ex
pect only that the convention woult
remain silent - to the law. But It in
dorsed inc law anu the sTeat 111ajo,iti
VI the men there indicated they are IL
dead earnest about 1t and intend I,
see to It that the law is lived up I,
and mA>le the most OF In their counties
They are getting tho right kind OF re
suits and know 1t and the old hostil
ity to the law which cropped out large
IL because Il was not understood Il
disappearing rapidly"
An interesting financial complication
Is heing worked out in Page county
due to irregularlty in the handling O
county funds Of various kinds covering
q long series Of years. The troubl,
Illustrates very well one Of the weak
nesses OF the county system which 4
was intended should be strengthened
by reason Of the state examination o
county accounts. Tho county ant
bridge funds are overdrawn som,
$4,000, tho money having been takei
from any or all tho various other funds
without any transfer. Now the time l!
approaching for reckoning. What /.
wanted ID that In some way bonds b,
Issued to make up the shortage In thu
two funds and reimburse the fund,
from which the money was taken. Al
parties agree 10 this but there Is some
difficulty In having It handled Jus,
right legally, The money was not mis-.
used nor misappropriated nor wasted
but the accounting system was ant
had been tor many years all wrong
I Now under the state examination sys-
tenn this fact comes out boldly and the
whole Will be straig htened up withou,
loss of q cent. whereas II 1t had beer
permitted IN 90 ON Indefinitely no one
knows where Il would have landed.
Wintsrs. Dranssn Nuptials.
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