The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1900-12-01
REPORT ON DAKOTA
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
Their Condition as SET Forth BY
State Board If Charities
and Corrections.

State Board If Charities
and Corrections.
OF THE YEAR.
OF $4,000 Appropriated One Hair Went
to Asylum at Yankton-saving of
at Plankinton-Bcard's
Recommendations.
Pierre, 8. d. Nov. es.-The report Of
the state board of charities and cor
rections, B. H. Lien president and
George w. kingsbury ST., secretary
has been fled With Governor Lee.
1t is Interesting because the board a
been under criticism the last year and
because of its increased work In con-
sequence Of new institutions and large.
improvements. The present board was
organized in March, 1899, g.. II. Lien.
of Sioux Falls and n. NJ. Brown of
Deadwood succeeding w. j. Sibbison.
of Dell Rapids and L. b. Mclaughlin
of Bridgewater.
The Legislature. OF 1899 authorized
large additions to the hospital for the
insane at Yankton, for the feeble
minded at Redfeld, gave the board
authority to equip and put importation
the blind asylum at Gary, to put in a
steam plant al the school for deaf at
Sioux Falls and to settle for the girls
cottage at Plankinton. The money
handled by these improvements
amounted to $145, 600, $4,000 to the hos
pital at Yankton, $25.C00 to the hospital
at Redfeld, sS~,5000forthe school for the
deaf, n $4,000 for the girls dormi-
tory at Plankinton. The board COM
pins that this additional labor was
given it without increasing the maxi
mum of one hundred days for whtchsit
may collect per diem.
improvements at Asylum. ID
The most extensive improvement was
the reil center building for the hosnital
a. Ys-Fton. This is of Sioux Falls
stone, fire proof ard includes Kitchens.
dining room. stewards office. theater
or amusement hall and apartments
for fifty patients. An %appropria-
tlon OF $4,000 was made by Archi-
tect Dow last February, the con-
tracts for materials being awarded in,
March. The old board adopted plans
for a $65, 900 building and proceeded to.
lay U work on that basis. The new
board, confined to plans already adopts
ed and appropriations already made
was unable to complete the building.
The report declares that it's early COM
pletion is a necessity. This is the
building which entered somewhat into
the campaign issues just settled, and
the official expressions of the board
correspond with the unofficial state
ments made by Mr.. Lien in answer to
his critics. About $25. 900 will be re-
CURED to equip the building whel,
completed.
The board complains that the dining
hall at the hospital is crowded; that.
the kitchen is unhealthful and too
small. A new power house to cost
$4,000, a laundrySat 100000, boilers, n
gines. electrical machinery. water
pipes and connections, together with a
concreted subway 40 rect long for the
pipes and Wires, have been completed
by the board. The large outlay for
civilian labor became necessary owing
to urgent demand for the. completed
improvements. Additional stoneout-i
tiers We're employed at the penitentiary
n paid out Of the building appropri-
ations.
Sustains DR.. Ross.
The report sustains the management
DR.. Ross against the attacks made and
Endorses the recommendations In his
report. Mrs. Ross has a class OF forty
women patients in needle work. Some
of this work at the. state fair took pre-
NUNS. 1t affords employment and a
marked improvement In the mental
condition of many has been observed.
h Chicago. Milwaukee and st. Paul
railroad extended a branch to the asy-
lum In 1899, n the coal and supplies
are landed on the grounds. saving the
expense of hauling three miles. The
building of this grade has made a lam
which can be used as a reservoir for
soft water. which is badly needed In:
ployment of alkaline waters. An APP
preparation of $1,000 is recommended
for this and for mains to onnec the
reservoir with the power house.
The Northern Asylum.
The site for the Northern hospital
was selected in April, 1888, and the con-
tract made in November following for
s222. $500. The report declares tina the
building, recently completed. Will ac-
commodate sixty students, and, archi-
tecturally. is one of the states finest.
remainder of the appropriation,
1880. wa used in paying the architect
and in an unsuccessful effort to get q
well. 1t now becomes necessary for the
legislature to appropriate money to
sink an artesian well, build a barn,
equip the Institution and provide ala
ries for instruction or the sixty feeble
minded. 49,
The legislature of 1899 appropriated
1880 per year for the maintenance of
the blind at Gary. The town OF Gary
should furnish a building without ex-
pense. The building provided was an
old court house. totally unfit for the
purpose. The citizens of Gary finally
provided a suitable brick building. and
put in heating apparatus and furniture.
The school was opened in March. 1899,
with Miss Dora Donald as superintend-
ent, II now has a score of students.
Miss Donald was formerly from Iowa
and her administration is highly
praised.
The report pays brief attention to the
~penftentiary, saying that "a wise econ
omy OF expenditure has been the pol
icy of Warden Bowler. The peniten-
tiary has been called upon for the first
time in the history of the state to fur
nish stone for five large public build
tngs during one building year. which
ioo osSItaASu IFS 1dGliltleS anu weak
It's guard force. The report inti-
mates that the escapes during the year
has been due to lack of sufficient police
force and recommends an Increased an
preparation.
Saves $1,000 al plan1inton.
The report relates the settlement
with those who erected the new girls
dormitory at the reform school and de-
clares over $4,000 was saved. 1t is de-
clared Superintendent Tompkins has
about one-haif the maintenance
appropriation by tudicious purchases.
is made upon the fact that
orouth usually kills the crops put in
py the inmates OF the school and says
tina the continued failures have ..just
9 discouraged further attempts in
TINS direction 1t is said that the re-
ported failures have a bad influence
upon the boys who labor ii the fields,
since they find their seasons work In
Eariabiy going to naught. Recommen-
dation is made for a new building, sin
ilar to the girls dormitory, for the
boys, the population ofathe main build
fns being toe large.
IN conclusion the report says its
duties are increasing 50 rapidly that