The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-01-14

yslsow tabla Ia the dining aaA aad
eat from granite ware dishes War
den Hellstrom Is good proyider
and the men look tat and fine.
T|o darsy cooks with Write coats,
aprons and caps were cooking
doughnuts. We were shown the
prison bread, and it is q dandy
article. The warden eats the same
bread on his table, as thu prisoners
eat. Dozens Of dne hams. the pro.
duct Of the prison farm, were hang
ing in the meat store room. Forty
or fifty quarters Of beef were in
the refrigerator I'VE raise our own
butcher stun" the warden ex-
planned. a great garden is grown
each year, but hail damaged It
last season. However some large
cabbages were raised, after Aug. H.
),
Considerable meat had been picked
AMI there were watts fall Of it. Other
meats had been sailed down. Large
guam tiles of onions and potatoes
had been raised. The grocery
store room was full Of good things,
10 eat. The warden does not believe
IN giving the prisoners cheap ar.
ticle OF food. The canned goods
were OF the best brands. There
We're great sacks Of oat meal, the
principle food for the breakfast.
The clothing and food OF the insti.
tuition costs sixteen thousand dollars
a year but the men earn 1t. Those
who use tobacco get sack Of
smoking tobacco or plug Of smok-
ing tobacco once week. The
smoking tobacco costs the warden
seven cents a package. A good
kind
There are good many fine cows
on the farm. Enough cream and
milk are sold during the summer
months to pay for the butter used
the year around in the prison.
Considerable corn is raised on the
prison farm, and good varieties too.
The corn is stored on. the third
floor of the $4,000 ho"pital build
ing. And this reminds us of the
hospital .l.
Some years ago, before Warden
lHellstrom took charge, hospital
was ordered for ! the prison. The
first plans called for $4,000 build
ing, but before it was completed,
the thing cost nearly fifty thousand
dollars and is not quite complete.
Tom thousand dollars would have
h,,ilt a good hospital, plent large
enough, plenty good enough for
many, many years to come. the
building was very poorly construct
cd th,a brick work being iaubed up
in horrible shape and lines of brick
m,nning very uneven. quarters t''''
we're provided for the doctors ana
nurses a big place made TOT 'he
kitchen, tho none OF these phases
arc necessary, not praoti cass nv ~.
reroa,s closets we're placed In the
hn;l,ling, where prisoner might
!. s,1v hide. There are only three or
four prieonepr Ill in the hospl'at
and they are given the best OF care.
The twine plant is money maker
for the institution. Last yea. "
warden did not have very good i''ch
,r his huving OF raw material, yet
+ho n,ant cleared forty thoasano
dollars for the prison. TINS year,
the plant viii pay out seventy-nVe.
thousand dollars above all expenses.
The raw material comes from s1'le
philippines. Seventy men will run
the plant, but NINETY are employed
during the winter months. TWO pads
experts are employed and the PITS
Iouers do the rest Of the work They
are kept very busy. The machinery
is the very latest kind, ami Keeps
the men moving at a lively pace.
Little Rising Sun, who was imhicat-
ed in the murder Of old man Seidel
and his neice, is learning the trade.
A very good grade Of Irvine IS
made. The warden announces that
he will be able to cut the price
about two cents this year. Three
ana half million pounds we're
made last year. TIL year, the
prison Irvine will cost the dealers
10 IA cents per pound in car load
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