South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-01
FARM COLONY
PROJECT IS
APP R D VI D
Will Locate Institution in the
Southern Part of State,
According to Report
of Committee.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Feb. L.
The farm colony of 1000 acres,
which is proposed for the care and
treatment of feeble minded persons
of the state. will be located in south
ern Indiana if the legislature ap-
proves the recommendation of the
house way and means committee.
reached at its meeting Friday after
noon. The Kingsbury bill. provid-
ing for the purchase Of the land.
erection OF two story buildings and
for administration of the proposed
institution, carries with it an APP
preparation of $25O,000 TO locate and
establish the colony and $4,000 a
a year for maintenance.
The committee was told by Rep.
Kingsbury. who was on a commits
sion named by the governor which
investigated the situation as con-
Germs the needs of feebled minded
persons in Indiana that there are
10000 persons in the state who
should be inmates Of such an insti-
tuition. Another 10000. he added
probably should be cared for by the
state, but the committee was told it
is only the present hope to provide
for those persons who are in the
worst condition. Chairman Mendel-
hall OF the committee sought to have
the bill provide for the proposed To-
cation being in Allen county and the
institution operated in conjunction
with the school for feeble minded
youths at Fort Wayne, in order to
cut down the overhead expense
Rep. Swain Of the legislative visiting
committee pointed out it would be
impracticable and the initial outlay
too expensive.
The state proposes. Mr.. Kingsbury
said, first, TO care for the feeble
minded at the proposed institution.
who are now inmates of county jails
and county poor farms and then for
as many more as courts would de-
clare feeble minded and order there
until the capacity is reached. The
bill has the approval of Gov Good
rich.
Receive sun Resolution.
Two house measures were passed,
nineteen new bills were introduced.
five were received from the senate.
including the joint resolution pro-
viding for woman suffrage and five
others We're advanced to the stage
for consideration of passage when
the house is reconvened at , O'Clock
Monday afternoon before adjourn
ment was taken today. The suffrage
resolution was referred to the COM
mittee on judiciary a OF which Rep.
Kimmel is chairman.
The bills sent 10 the senate are
the Decker measure which would in
crease salaries OF court bailiffs from
S75 TO 500 "A month and the Hoff-
man bill which would limit the num-
her Of hobbies or bottles" 10 be
used in fishing by any one individ-
/ ual TO fifteen. Much amusement was
created when members called atten-
ton to the use Of bottles as hobbies
by fishermen. Fishing in the Ohio
anG Wabash rivers and in Lake
Michigan is excluded from the pro-
vision.
Repeal Of the existing two-cent
| pa ssenger fare law, which also pro
vides for carrying Of baggage free
up TO a certain weight. is asked in
the bill which Rep. Tuthill OF Mich
igan CITY. introduced. II is the
recommendation OF Gov. Goodrich
that this law be repealed and the
rate fixing authority be placed in
the public service commission OF In
diana Another new bin presented
was the Miltenberger measure 10
provide that Two members Of each
school board shall be one OF pOiiti-
cal party and the third member Of
an opposite political faith. The au-
thor says the purpose OF the bill is