The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-02

ioACn SyoIom. II you make you
laws SO that 1t Is mere permissive
surely the branch system will no
come Into being in an important de
gree unless 1t is right in principle
II 1t e right in principle, should tn
part'~Aa" interests of ten thousan,
or more individual banks stand II
the way OF a great public good?"
REPORT OF CHARITIES.
Annual Report of Board of Charitie'
and Corrections Made Public.
Parker, 8. D.. Sept. 25.-In 1T
biennial report, just cent to tn.
printers by Nv. H. King. secretary, Of
this place, the state board Of char
tiles and corrections recommends
most urgently the removal of ad.
ministration of the states institu.
tions from partisan politics.
OF the i've recommendations OF
the board. it is most mistakenly
urged that the Legislature enact q
law fixing terms Of office for a con.
siderable number Of years If not dur.
Ing good behavior. for all the off,
GERS and employees of institutions
and fixing limitations for their sal
aries This alone. it is claimed, will
end the ''pernicious influence of
party and factional politics" and
make competency and faithfulness
the test. Some years ago the pres
ent board adopted resolution that
.in the selection of officers for the
various institutions Of the state,
competency and fitness to do hon.
est and honorable service are the
chief requisites to commend. and
that political affiliation or opinion
should in no manner have weight. +"
In this, the board will surely re-
ceive the moral support of Cover
nor Crawford, who has earnestly adj
vocated civil service in the states
institutions.
A School td Prison.
The board suggests also the crea-
ton OF parole officer for the peni-
Tertiary ana training school. who
will conduct. at least part of the
the efforts of several Of the young
er convicts to study higher text
year, a night school at the peniten-
tiary. The letter was suggested by
books in their cells.
1t Is recommended also that a re-
formatory be created for the young
er prisoners and that the principle
of the indeterminate sentence, which
the board holds to have been proved
a success by other states, be adopt
ed, and that law be passed prohib-
iting the employment in any insti-
tuition Of any member of the family
OF its managing officer.
The board, composed of d. C..
Thomas. of WateFtown, VIM NJ.
Powers. of Yankton. and w. E. Tip
ton. of Mitchell, expresses pleasure
with the progress that has. been
made In the institutions in the past
two years. The board has never
asked for deficiency appropriation,
but on the contrary has turned back
an unexpended portion of the rsgu-
lar appropriation. This year the
board will return, of the monies
available for support. the neat sum
Of $6O.O46.59. OF this $5.4O5.25 is
from the training school fund. $780,
043.79 from the penitentiary,
$451.62 from the hospital for the
insane. - .625 81 from the northern
hospital. $3,S20.S7 from the school
for the blind. and $5.139.18 from
the insurance fund.
Value Of Institutions.
An appraisement by the board Of
the state Institutions shows the
state owns in them property Of the
handsome sum Of 1891. O26, as fol-
lows: Training school, $106.315;
school for blind, $4,000; school
for deaf. 1885; penitentiary,
$289.081; state hospital for insane.
1856, 900; northern hospital for
feeble minded. $57,792.
During the past year the total av-
arags number Of people cared for in
tht penal and charitable institu-
tons was 1860. as follows: Hospi-
tai for Insane, 726: northern hospi-
tai for feeble minded. 1856: peniten-
.tiary. 2es: training school. 70;
school for blind. -; school for deaf,
Is.
Most remarkable %. financial en-
terprise 10 the shirt factory installed
at the state penitentiary three years
ago, at cost Of $4,000. The board
reports that the total net profit to
the state is relieved from the work
of selling the product. The prison
ers receive pay after they have
worked minimum number of hours
and in this way have accumulated
quite little in the way Of savings.
besides generating in them habits of
industry.
The machinery for making twine
has all bsen purchased and 10 being
installed and the board declared the
plant to be the finest that could be
built
Fl silos have been. erected at the hos
pital. for the insane. the hospital for
feeble minded. and the training
school. and at each herd Of Hol-
steins is maintained. The silos were
hni!t from savinEA and the herds
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