Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-18
PRICES HAVING THEIR EFFECT
ON BILLS OF FARE At STATE
INSTITUTIONS.
BOARD OF CONTROL CUTTING
MEAT; ADDING SUBSTITUTES
Revising Estimatss For Various State
Embellishments With View Of Meet
ing New Conditions and Getting
Within Allowances saith Board 70
Decide Between Kinds Of Sewer Pipe.
special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, Aug. 1S-The high cost
of living 10 going to have its, effect on
the bill of fare for the wards of the
state. Members of the board of con-
troll have been at work this week re-
vising estimates for the various insti-
tutions. The institution heads send in
their estimate of what is needed for
the next half year and the board re-
vises this before the bids are asked on
the foodstuffs.
The work Of the board this week has
been to cut out & good deal Of the meat
and add other things. Additions OF
rice have been MADE in many cases.
American cheese will be bought in large
quantities. 1t was found yesterday that
navy beans had gone up from about
$2.75 bushel to 81 and the inmates
will have to go short on bean soup for
while. Some fruits are still cheap
but staples have nearly all gone up.
There will have to be some economics
in the use Of sugar.
The cost of foodstuffs will make 1t
almost impossible for the state board
to get thru with the present allow
ance for the institutions.
In about six weeks more the state
examiners Of counties will have fin
ished the examination o. every county
of the state. They commenced work
the first of the year. The examina-
lions have been very complete and sat
isfactory Written reports are made as
to each and every county and these are
on file in the head office. The examin-
alton goes into not only the manner Of
keeping books but the cost of materials
the manner Of letting contracts and all
such matters. in fact it is a general
efficiency examination and not merely
a looking over the books to see if they
balance as has been been the GUS
tom of the past.
BY reason of the retirement of A. G.
Gustafsen Of Red Oak to become sec
rotary to the governor. c. A. Vest Of
Des Moines, will become one of the
examiners. He has been acting tenn
porarily in that capacity.
A long standing controversy between
the makers Of two kinds of drain pipe
has been brought to the state board Of
health for adjustment; but 1t will not
be settled there.
The controversy is over the relative
merits of vitrifed and concrete pipe for
sewage purposes. The insistence on
the part of the makers Of clay pipe is
that the concrete will not sendure. that
1t il subject to attack from the sewage
gases and that 1t soon breaks down.
That would Of course render it unsan-
itary Now the state health board has
some supervision over the sanitation of
cities and towns, hence it was argued
that the board should decide whether
or not q sewer pipe Is or is not sanitary.
But the most the board can do is to
insist that all sewer systems be made
sanitary. II one Is found that is not
sanitary 1t will be condemned. 1t is
up to the makers of all kinds Of pipe
to make material that will endure.
Opportunity for the very best legis-
lation in support of the desire Of the
sportsmen Of the state to increase the
available supply of game is now ex-
cellent. The sentiment turnout the
state In support OF good legislation is
better than ever before. and the offic-
ials who have to do with legislation
are thoroughly In sympathy with all
right efforts to protect the game. Be-
cause Of this fact meeting has been
called of all the sportsmen of the state
who are interested in such matters to
be held at the state game farm on the
state fair grounds, Aug. %. This is
Friday, the first day Of the fair, and
the meeting will be held at 1880
o'clock in the afternoon. It is called by
the State Sportsmen's Association but
Il Is not confined to members, but is
for all.
On the day previous committee ap-'
pointed at the Mason City meeting in
the summer will meet and formulate
program OF suggestions as to legis-
lation. There will be suggestions as TO
changes proper in the closed season
laws and also as to the number of
fish or game to be taken in day by
anyone; and all other kindred matters.
It is expected that at this meeting
plans will be laid for an effective
campaign for the very best legislation
on all game matters.
Assistant Attorney General Fletcher
has commenced work. on the appeal
case Of William Kirk from Johnson
county Kirk was convicted Of man.
slaughter.
Kirk had been known as DR.. Deerfoot
which name he assumed as part OF a
scheme to sell medicine. He lived in
and around Des Moines a little less
than two years ago and travelled out
thru the country ceiling medicine and
having a show as side attraction. At
Iowa City he got into trouble with his
wife and she was killed. He claims
self defense. The wife was a snake
charmer with circus before her mar
riage.
An unusual number of appeals Of
criminal cases are coming to the SUI
preme court now.
RAISE 5000 FOR CEMENT ROAD.