The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-11

The Visiting Board of Marion I
county has submitted to the state its
annual report for the year ending
Noyember 10, 1911. The entire board
visited the county Institutions. Jail
and village prisons made thorough |
Investigations, offered recommends |
tlohs for Improvements and summed |
up the expense to the county Of linan- |
cling these Institutions
An inventory OF enc city prison re-
vealed fair condition of repair
There were twelve prisoners at the
time the investigation was made. The
| board stated that there was no means
OF exercise whatever for these men.
That there should he some work,
thereby earn their living expenses
| inHtead OF being an expense to the
| county. The only way Of passing
the time Is by PLAYING cards. reading
! or relating experiences Services are
held every SUNDAY 10y the Salvation
army.
The only thing recommended for
the court house was thorough
cleaning and sweeping
The children's home was also vis-
tied. w. f. Hurr is the superlnten-
dent at salary of $1,000. The farm
has 60 acres of land, 10 acres of which
is timber. The farm is valued at
$500 per acre. The stock includes:
Cattle, O. cows, .. horses. ,; swine
26; chickens. 200 Garden -
acres orchard . acres bu. not good.
Value of farm products for year 81 -
600. Capacity OF institution 90, pop
ulation 55; boys b. girls "a. Regular
physician employed at a salry of Sl00
per year. Religious services held ev-
cry Sunday There Is plenty of good
reading matter whiuh Is supplied by
the club women of Marion. Numb ~
: going to school As. They have "a
, light, CHEEKY, pleasant school room
= and an excellent teacher
. The condition of the home was
} found to be excellent and practically
3 the only recommendation made was
3 that manual training for the boys and
domestic science for the girls he in
q troduced
The Marion county inhrmary wa,
y visited next. Samuel Bader is tn,
superintendent at salary Of $75C
=, per year. Help employed as follows
:. Two farm hands, $2S per month
four women. $50 per month: on,
, woman nurse, s25 per month; on,
male nurse. $50 per month"; one FIRE
man, $50 per month.
Number of acres 230: number be
: ing titled. 1S0; timber, 80: value pei
: acre. sees: stock on farm cattle -
: COWS l6, horses 6, swine 100. chickens
= 500; garden, 1 - acres; small fruit
: - acre; orchard, s acres.
4 Estimated net annual expenses be
= sides products. stt.490.-
II Estimated value OF farm product
y for one year, S1b00.
y Population SO. 61 men, II women
one baby and little girl years old
mother an inmate.
Il Men sick, s; crippled. so; blind, 4
F. Insane, q epieptics S; women sicl
t and crippled, IS; epicpics. ?; GRIP
pies, .; ! baby.
There Is a regular physician EN-
ployed at a salary Of SIS per year
Il There Is plenty Of reading matter an
i religious services every week.
c The question of the pest house wa
i taken up by the board and it wa
T. stated to be serious one The en-
t tire interior should be torn out an,
q rebuilt, thoroughly ceansed an,
Is fumigated, some beds destroyed an,
e replaced by new ones. The boar,
e said. marion county can surely af
ford to keep her dependents i'm bet
ter and more sanitary condition. Thi
$, could not be possible IN such house
j. II is not C.ciit to us as citizens q
@ Marion, and wish that more Of on
Il citizens would become Interested II
these homes for our unfortunates.
Marion is greatly In need OF or
- ganized charity work. According &
81 the statistics sent out from the Ohi
II statistician of associated charities. th
last reported year of money actuall
paid our for and in Marion county
was $53,7GO1i.
Township trustees, S3,O4498; in
Urinary. $1O,l3O33; jail. $1,594; chiI
dren's home, St2, 1880; state insti
tutions. $2G,4g7,3S; total, 53,7GO.14
The following are other condition
q found by the visitors and the i'm
= provements suggested:
Agosta village prlson--Two iro
If cells; room heated by stove: mat
+ tresses and covering very poor; nee
n one commodc; other conditions fairl
Ie good; building, two stories, frame
LaRue village prison-Two iro
ST cells; need one new mattress an
,e covering; room dark; needs plasterin
a and painting building, frame
r. Green Camp Village prison-Tw
ID cells. very crude bars of in. by
Sc i'm. wood no bunks or covering ro
n, prisoners; heated by stove; buildinl
il one-story frame.
h, Prospect yillage-F'our iron cclli
In each having AN upper and lowe
,e bunk; two mattresses no covering
$, room heated by stove building, brick
d, conditions fairly good.
l. Caledonia-Two iron cells. woode
$ hunks; need mattresses and covers
10 room dark and dingy; needs to h
s. painted.
IN Marion city prison-Five cell,
l. would recommend cleansing an
ie painting; stove heat,
e. Marion county iail--In me women
Is department. would recommend tina
A. the bath and toilet be put in goo
condition; In mems department woul
s. recommend some chaire or stools, an
IA a table for read ing matter, for o,
r. cunand.s. othprNise COndftions IN