The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-25
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DEPARTMENT OF CHARITIES
AND CORRECTIONS
Covering Six Actual Working Months


10 HIS ExerllnNcy THE GosrpN,s Ter foacNDtr AeM
rrs m fnr LEGISLATURE
GExrtrMrN ~ herewith transmit to you the First Annual Re-
Bort the Department Of Charities and Corrections a provided ~
Section Of The Act defining the Powers and Duties q the Com
missioner of Charities and Corrections. This Act approved
March "a zoos but the appropriation necessary PUT the Depart
lsut n working orde aqproye9 rnl May 1908 50 thai
s report necessarily only the last ST. noehs a 0Hs
yea.
AT soos as possible afcy sc adoufrenQ Of Nc First rgs
urc several sets o. blank reports prepared prNtcd and sent
DIT 10 shc Commissioners o tbs several counties and 90 cy
AAFss o all cities o c fgst class p the State ese officers
have filed vo reports for ute quars cnGng yunc 3o and Sep
nbcf GOTH and valuable ssatsr Information a been gath
crcd and win appear this report NJ gratifying 70 ae That e
rcrccnapc OF our criminals and petty breakers at 81 ous
total population Is smaller than any Of Sic Southwestern and Wcn
groups Of states But while Crime Problem is smaller immediate
improvement bg hoped scc t nfoGs u cos c fadiag
same
cocx for the permanent octtoa ci Ccaly Seats Navy Of
lie counties some Of them YET sced) has tended 70 make vide
gulf between good and bad als but JUS say here that witt
few exceptions tic Shc Commissioners acrs hsc done
their best improve tine sagary conds Of the as and poor
houses oiicncs aemgora structures old dsptated Di
ng utterly unfit the purpose they ded for County seat coa
tests and e further fact sa the coics partc iary ayg
yet collected no taxes the building of permanent s impossible
Everywhere find disposition and ambcn the ns o. the ci
ucns u provide good and moder coany buildings a ne
present conditions changed
because tic Department of Charities end corecos had ar
preparation uus May 18th pysic mposshliy make IN
ctons Up that time Immediately after i passage Of the BILL
entered upon this work with determination and the Assistant Ion
assoner devoted much O his time % making inspections that
Ncfc out of the sevcnsyvc counties have been yslcsone q
them more than oncc where conditions required have personally
1s inspections Of county jai poor farms orau homes and
city ooycrs Besides this have visited the Karsns State fcel
ary Lansing where the Oklahoma convc ccafcG and c
United States Pcntenary at Leavenvo Aanss wege he co
vcts III the former Indian Territory confined c ou special
aenlon these reports the following ages have also nspee
" several private institutions % he bccrasc complaint bad
geaeftd concerning shem
The Assistant Comussiorc ta made IS Inspections 81 ccuny
s p1or orphan homes and city hodovcrs Besides this nc
as inspected the State Hospital fer the Insane Fort Supply and
he naluon conducted BY the Oklahoma sanitarum Company h
Norman Also the Whitaker Orphans Home, At Pryor Cfecs the
State School for the blind Fort Gibson and The Oklahoma School
o ie Deaf Sulphur total Of one hundred and nneye in
spesinn So months Facts statistics results ana sccoamenaa
ons follow