Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-12-26
NORTH DAKOTA PEN1TE:natea d

The legislature Of 1SS2the sentiment
the construction of the maintained that
penitentiary at Bismart; UGH superior to
priated $4,000 in bond ,ttato the facts
pose Of construction. ne .tters.
wards of Fargo; Col. C1e O, coal is at
ry, John ]. Dunn, Johied. : in Fargo
and Alexander Mckenzie, .e is much
and Judson Lomoure, Pembina, West
appointed as the first board of direcuel
ore. They secured forty acres Of landn-
a donation from the cit yof Bismarckte
and proceeded to the construction ras-
the building. 1t was built by g 10
tractor Meigen Of Fargo and was h tat
wholly within the appropriation. opt
prisoners We're used to make full RnS
improvements, and with very 81 Euel
additional appropriations it beca az
one of the model institutions Of A1d ~
state, not only as to the prison its' ,n III
but in all of it's surroundings, IL ns
cows root cellar garden andenI pe
They rent 800 acres adjoip, AS AS
prison forty. They raise ala naho.
vegetables required for theM it na nnn
nish feed for all of (: from the " ba','s
and to fatten hogseed seeds, su, WIN, VIII,
quired for prison us, FreHra Vets 80
portion of the but mustaS.v a,tarnr &C.
have all of the milk hould rodn tt =, rse
All Of the work is The bel tlocossan,,
oners. and in addi.up a f;a.;,,o ~.
worked on the roads but til ,.ars ana
on and town, and betv it is (,;,ld bo,11
and the city. They hi purcha: orr own
care for large numbean be rennirod
prison grounds and abo only ,orationa
and last year built the ah - in nm.
capitol some
At this writing the NIL canblished
mates is 1O2. with DOZEN more .,o1itv
certain to be added before tn lau1a1
terms of court close. Fully 9tce1als
cent of the prisoners are trans. and
who come to the state in connecred
With the harvest. There has beaice
increase of 25 per cent since thes "a
harvest commenced Twenty are
ployod in the harness shop under !
tract. The average number wNis i
On the farm and garden durinE
past summer has been thirty.0t
have been employed about the capt. !
ten in the care Of horses and othe}
stock. There ere others employed
the prison. making shoes and clotE
for tue prisoners. and as carpant
engineers. laundry1nen cooks,
There are no idle men and only tW 4
ty employed in competition with
labor. They had this year ITS acre
corn. and furnished one firm Id. /
bushels of seed corn for next .rasoi
so cents bushel. They had hiye
Of potatoes 60 in oats and the>e doing
in roots and garden. They h.e prac-
bushels of corn. 5000 bushels ctze the
toes. 1920. bushels of cats and.ements 50
portionate amount Of onions and otker
roots and vegetables. There are 40
hogs 20 head of cattle and 10 horses
on the farm. Thirteen guards care for
the prisoners. ard these, with the
warden and deputy complete the pay
roll of the institution, which is now
run at an average expense of less than
$4,000 per month. During the first six
months of the present year the ex-
pense was $1,000 less than the year
before but is increased now by in
creased numbers. The present board
of directors is Roderick Johnson,
chairman: Col G. A. Lounsberry Of
Fargo, f. H. Register and w. III.
Bratton. Burleigh county and Ole O.
Wing of Mclean county. E. H. Will
son is warden and Murdoch Mckenzie
deputy warden. The clothing is made
in the prison Of North Dakota-grown
wool. manufactured into cloth In
North Dakota. &C. A. LounsbErry.