The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-12-02
SOME WARDS
OF The STATE
Biennial Report of the State Reform
School.
INMATES AT THE INSTITUTION
Eghty-two Boys and Twelve Girls
Are Now There-Thirteen From
Silver Bow County, While FIathead
Acknowledges Only Four.

Superintendent C. B. Dickinson of
the state reform school at Miles City
above rs per cent in school and 60
port to the board of trustees and the
following are a few of the interesting
items about these boys and girls who
are made wards of the state, with
which the report abounds:
The system of marking has been
changed during the past two years
from the badge to the merit system.
When boy or girl is received they
are given a mark of zero Each day
of perfect behavior gives them ten
merits. At the end of each month
of perfect behavior so extra merits
are added, also so merits for passing
above rs per cent in school and 60
per cent for passing about 80 per
cent average. At the emo of three
months of perfect behavior SO extra
merits are added, thus making a to-
tai Of 5000 merits earned in one
year of perfect behavior which gives
them their honor and makes them ELI
gible for parole. Dement'S are given
on the other hand for misdemeanor
which takes the boy further from his
honor and parole. Some few have
gone the entire year without receiv-
ing any dement's and were eligible to
parole in that time, but the average
is two and one-half years.
The program for the day is as fol-
lows: Rise at $50 in summer and
6 in winter, make beds, calisthenics
breakfast the school and work details
are called off. Dinner at II, recrea-
ton from 11:45 to 12:45, then after
noon school and work details are
called Off Supper at 5, from which
time to 1880 they study, read or play
ernoons they battle, change clothes
and recreate for the rest of the day
Sunday there are two chapel serv.
ices, the rest of the day is devoted to
rest.
Sunday school services are held
each morning at 1920 The interna
tional lesson book being used. Reli
gious services, non-sectarian in char
acter, are held each Sunday, and the
local preachers serve in rotation.
The farm is the great feature o
the institution, 100 acres, and ever
that is none too large, are used t.
satisfy the greatest wants of the in
stitution. Sufficient vegetables tt
last the year round for inmates ant
stock are raised. Melons are raised
in abundance. There is still INSULT
cient land, however, says the super
intendent to raise grain and hay an,
afford pasture for the stock Pig
and calves raised there have been dis
posed of to neighboring farmers t
the value of $S5. The products O
this farm for the year 1902 are va
ued at $6,056. They include almos
everything which it has been foun
practicable to raise in this part G
the state. A few of the biggest crop
We're: Potatoes, 33,675 pounds; cal
bage, 25,100 pounds; 1870 pounds {
parsnips; 5,450 pounds of corn i
the ear, 9,410 pounds of carrots, 81
SIS pounds onions, 76,OSO pounds
sugar and stock beets, 1928 pounG
musk melons. 2,456 water melon
and about 800 quarts of berries WEI
canned
The carpenter department repor
such items as 800 window lights sc
The remarkable breakage of the
was due to hail and principally
the great storm OF July of last yea
Chairs, curtains, desks, ETC., /
paired, and some new work is ]
ported.
The laundry looms up with tot
of 68,027 pieces having pass
through the suds during the We;
showing that the liberal use of so
is not neglected.
Another useful and economic