Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-08
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STATE OoAnp or CONTROL ASKS
couNrIGs TO CARE FOR
THosE MILDLY INSANE.
pRoDLEM or FINDING
3.s ROOM GROWS sERious
Must sssk ssms Msthed o. Stopping
lnsrsass inS Number Under state
.cavs Supreme Court 70 Hold Nom.
srial services nday-Eisht STATE
Prissn 4Dsys" Put 70 Work on Farm.
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Des Moines. May s-Chairman Nc
ConlOgue Of the board Of control will
send out to county authorities q letter
OF advice in regard to the insane in the
state hospitals, urging that only Aich
cases be committed as seem to be nee
essary and that in the case of senile
and harmless demented persons they
be cared for in the counties.
The state hospitals are becoming too
crowded. The problem of finding room
for all the insane Is going to be SER
ious one soon II the rate Of increase
continues.
I'VE have found that the capacity
OF our four state hospitals Is just about
filled now" said Colonel McConlogue.
eve are under the necessity Of seeking
In some way to stop the increase IN
number OF insane under state care We
will suggest that the counties care for
a. many Of their insane as possible In
the county asylums. We believe also
that It ID possible to reduce the num-
Der Of commitments by having the
boards OF insanity refuse to send many
harmless cases to the state hospitals
We have, for instance, at one OF the
hospitals patient 102 years old and
committed not very long ago. obvious
~ that patient should have been cared
for elsewhere. There are many of the
fncurable insane who might well be
kept in the county Of their residence
Unless we reduce the rate of increase
the demands on our hospitals will soon
mean additional room.'
Charles q. Watkins. deputy secretary
Of state the past two years. has ten
.dered his resignation to take effect the
first day of June. when he will become
connected with q local insurance COM
pany No announcement has been
made by Mr.. Allen as to the success
sion. Mr.. Watkins came here two years
ago the first Of January from Cedar
Rapids where he was in the practice Of
law to take on the arduous duties Of
deputy in the secretarys office. The
position is confessedly one Of the most
difficult In tho state service. Mr.. Wat
kins has been faithful and attentive to
duty and has made many warm friends
In the time that he has been in the
state service, but compensation is far
from commensurate with the labors i'm
posed and he has been for some time
seeking q chance to get into CONNER
c,al life.
Warden J. c. Sanders Of the Fort
Madison prison, came to Des Moines
yesterday with eight Of This boys" to
70 to work on the state custodial farm
and epileptic colony. There are al
ready number at both these farms at
work and much farming is under way.
So far as at present arranged the only
road construction work for the trustees
will be ut the epileptic colony farm.
Sanders has force Of men engaged In
paving the street in front Of the prison..
The new law limiting the chance Of
the men for outdoor labor by forbid
ding that they shall do anything within
the city Of Fort Madison will be
strictly observed when 1t goes into
effect, and the, only work which can
come to the institution by reason Of
its being near city will be that which
can be taken into the prison.. q
$50
The supreme court chambers will. on
Monday morning, be the scene Of a
somewhat notable memorial service.
There will be commenoration Of the
life Of two eminent men, both resi-
dents of Davenport, and conspicuous at
the bar of the state.
Edward T.. Cook Is one. He was born
in Scott county in 1s43 and admitted
to the bar in New York after gradual
ing from the Albany law school in 1853.
He died last June.
John F. Dillon IL the other. He was
born In New York In 1881 and died in
New York City last May. But he had
come with his parents to Davenport
when he was years old. He became
a doctor ut Farmington but later be-
came q lawyer. serving on the district
bench. the supreme bench and the cir
cult court Of tho United States. He
was certainly one OF the most eminent
mon ever in the practice in Iowa.
No formal program has been arr
ranged but there will be remarks by
various members Of the court and
bar.
There are indications the city au-
thorities Of Dies Moines are getting
ready to tfy again to secure an agree
msntp rs to . street car franchise with
the Chicago people who own the rail-
way here. Some overtures toward q
re-opsning ofsthe case have been made.
The atreet car operators say they will
just 20 on operating the same as in
The past dozen years during which time
the company has not had a franchise.
sawt that would mean very little in the
way Of improvements And the people
ire becoming weary Of what seems to
most Of them to be q useless quarrel
over details of franchise.
LITTLE DAMAGE ~ FROST.
omsudeo Pets in Southwest Iowa Or.
eharde Save Fruit.
C6Nncil Bluffs. May "a sudden fall
IN temperature Thursday evening
caused fruit growers In this vicinity to
7eA1l their smudge pots into requisition
and In many an orchard hres were
carefully tended all night. The ther-
ufomoter dropped as low az 26 degrees