Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-28
PUBLIC FAILS TO GRASP EXTENT
OF EFFORT MADE IN sE-
HALF OF WARDS.
INSTITUTIONAL CITIES
IGNORANT OF GOOD WORK
Control Board Suggests Public Vista.
ton to institutions Parole
Board Not Responsible For Release
Of "eiII" railroads.&c. Cream Max.
srs Getting in Line. -

| Special to Times Republican. ~
Des Moines, March 2s.--If the people
Of the state of Iowa knew more about
what the state is doing to care for and
help its wards, the alleviate suffering
and to protect society, there would be
| less disposition to snarl at everything
done by the state. This is the view,
tersely stated, of members Of the board
| Of control and heads of state institu-
tions.
The other day when the board was at
Independence hospital, Colonel NC
Conlogue got into touch with his old
friend, Manager Garland, long time
pastor of a church at Independence. At
the suggestion Of Superintendent
Crumpacker, the colonel invited Man
ager Garland to look over the hospital
with members Of the board, which he
did. He was sincere in voicing re-
peatedly his surprise and pleasure at
what he saw.
III the people Of Iowa only knew
what is being done here he is reported
| as saying in substance, they would
be prouder than ever Of their state"
| And that set members Of the board
i to thinking. Colonel McConlogue sug-
gests that frequently the members In
vite some prominent outsider to go
through the Institutions with them
and especially that they ask ministers
| Of the gospel to go and see Tor tneln-
selves exactly what the state is DONG
with Its money. All members OF the
board agree, after talking 1t over, that
there is very great need of the people
Of the state having better knowledge OF
what is being done at the various IN
situations with the money OF the TAX
payers, and If the board can aid them
in getting this information 1t VIII 90
SO.
It is declared that even in the cities
where the institutions are located there
is not as much as there should De Oh
actual knowledge of the inner work
ings Of the institutions. and yet Wis
itors are always welcome. The man
agement encouraged relatives anu
friends of the inmates to visit the in
stitutiors and acquaint themselves
with conditions as they exist.
DIR. Howe, of the parole board.
so he can wear it as he passes through
erosion, which he does on the way to
and from home, bearing this: we
didn't parole Bill Richards" All the
members of the board have been much
ANNOYED because some ignorant fel-
Tow startgd the story that Richards
was an example Of the parole board
system ana received his ticket OF leave
from the parole board. At Creston,
where the Hamilton Robbery Ks sup
posed to have been concocted, they
never did like the release of the ch1et
conspirator.
Commissioner Barney received the
assurance of commentator and all as
sistance possible in his fight to nave
Iowa maintain an ice cream standard
from a number Of the reliable manu-
facturers Of ice cream in Des Moines
and elsewhere in the state. 1t Is de-
clared that all the makers OF Ice
cream who make high grade produce
desire to have the law sustained. One
of the best Of the Iowa companies
stated the other day to him that II
would be almost driven out of business
If the law is broken down and makers
are permitted to put on the market
anything the public will buy for ice
cream.
The suit is soon to be argued in the
supreme court, but there is not great
danger that it will result in wiping the
law off the books.
There are four church properties in
cluded in the capitol extension tract.
One small church has been bought for
the present it is rented to the congre-
CATION which formerly owned it. No
agreement has as yet been reached on
the others. Their value is upwards OF
$4,000. The state probably will leave
these church properties to be dealt
with at the last The state is taking
over the small properties first and they
are being rapidly cleaned up at this
time. Whether the state will ever need
a dollar beyond the tax levies for the
biennial period is still matter OF I'M
certainty but 1t is certain it will never
use very much more than is to be thus
raised.