Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-17
STATE BOARD OF CONTROL
ADOPTS UNIQUE SYSTEM FOR
WoMAN's REFoRMAroRY. mr.
EACH COTTAGE TO CARE ~
FOR TWENTY-ElGHT
Administration Building and Power
Plant and Three Cottages to Be
Erected Coming Season - Plan
Adopted Modern Conception Of Best
Methods Of Discipline and Reform.
Special to Times-Repuhlican.

1
Des Moines. March 17.-The state
board of control has adopted a unique
plan for fthe ~woman's reformatory
buildings as Rockwell city. Instead Of
having onsSbig building In which to
house the Women there will be a series
Of cottagesa dozen In all as now
contemplated. More maybe added
from time to time IL the woman pri-
son population grows. Each, Of these
cottages will take; care OF twenty
eight women. They will be so ar
ranged that those in one cottage can
not see the other cottages altho they
are near at hand: They will all be
heated from central heating plant.
1t Is probable that this summer the
buildings constructed will be the ad-
ministration building, power plant and
possibly three cottages and a. school
house. The board does not have suf-
ficient money to do much more than
that. 2
There are 220 acres in the tract for
this institution adjoining Rockwell City
and r. F. Weiriek has Just completed
sketching the general lay out Of the
eiu I'idHS lOT SOluc
OF the principal buildings will be COM
pleted soon and the contracts let. The
walls of the buildings are to be Of
brick building blocks. made at the in
stitution kiln at Knoxville. These
blocks will then be covered with white
stucco. Such construction will make
very pretty buildings, the board MEM
bers say, and they will be durable as
well.
This Idea Of housing only a small
group Of inmates In one building Is the
modern conception Of the best meth
ods Of discipline and reform. 1t is the
plan followed in the best prisons Of
the country now. 1t saves the pri-
soners from the baleful influences of
too large crowds and they are able to
work and to live better.
Pharmacists Confer.
Officers Of the state pharmaceutical
association were in Dies Moines yester-
day comforting with the state board Of
pharmacy regarding the holding Of the
state convention at Iowa City June 20
to %. J. r. Sutton, of Burlington,
president: Senator J. NJ. Lindley, OF
Winfield. treasurer; A. Falkenhainer. OF
Algona, secretary, and J. D. Roger, of
SoNAA INapISASs "cAc SOHASAAAtS Will tAS
board. 1t Is planned to make the pro-
gram one largely Of addresses by men
prominent in this profession. 81,
Cosson in Davenport. y ~"
Attorney General Cosson was in
Davenport yesterday comforting with
the attorneys for the saloanists down
there who brought test case Of the
mulct law repeal. Neither the DAY.
export cases nor the Keokuk case have
been progressing much. altho 1t was
the original plan to rush the cases thru
and appeal them promptly ito the SUI
preme court.
80 War on, Mosquito. j
DR.. G.. II. Sumner. secretary of the
state board OF health, who believes
much can be done in the way OF the
prevention Of disease, says now that
spring rains will be coming on soon
people should be careful not to have
places Of standing water sabout the
house for these breed mosquitoes and
these insects carry disease J He says
the old fashioned rain barrel Is a bad
thing, IT. breeds too many mosquitoes.
Tin cans left lying around the place
which can catch the water are breed
ing places for these pests. He says
that since 1905 when war was made
so effectually against the mosquitoes
of the south there has not been a single
case Of yellow fever down there.