Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-29
US. !, PRISONERS 5 / !: ! 5
!. | FOR 4 BISMARCK
GOVERNMENT MAY CON.
tract 70 KEEP q ! FEDERAL !
s..t PRISONERS HERE.
BAvE /! ! ; il9l 10 :! f'eI|l| Il Asgu1 | ) 100
Men Could be Used in Twine
Plaat, Brick Yard, and on

North Dakota today enjoys a
strictly business mans administration
cannot be denied, and there is not an
Abar In the day that its principal Of
Ace holders are not busy figuring on
'son6e plan whereby the state will be
heseited; by better management.
While the affairs OF the state are TO-
day ia better condition than they ever
were before, there Is always a chance
for pr0vement, and It is the earnest
1esire Of the men of Governor Han.
mas administration to make such i'm.
proyeynsnts possible from time to
tina MI d .ss 1.
= I ~ ssttiaiy u !. 3
~ Improve the condition Of the
penitentiary and the men who are con
fined within its walls has been the
desire Of the governor from the be-
ginning, and there was not an insti-
tuition in the state which needed It
more when he took charge Of the al
fairs OF the state. Now another step
in this direction is about to be taken,
May Get Federal Prisoners. -
). For some time Governor Hanna and
Hon. .R. $. Lewis, chairman of the
board Of control, have been in CORE.
spondence with the federal govern
ment ct Washington, looking toward
the keeping of some of the federal
prisoners here in the state peniten'
tiary. Warden Talcott advises that
mere is room to care for 100 men,
and a. wire was received from
Washington Tuesday, asking how
many prisoners could be cared for,
and the amount per day the govern
ment would be required to pay for
exch, prisoner. The board of control
answered that 100 men could be cared
for, and that the price per day would
De As cents per man. This may seem
cheap, but Notwithstanding the low
figure, the state would be the gamer,
and 1t Is the same amount paid by the
government to Minnesota. 1t would
cost no more to heat and light the
penitentiary, for warden or for off,
GERS. salaries than It does now. The
overhead expense is the same, wheth'
er there are only 225 prisoners, as
now, Or with 100 federal prisoners
added, and Is of the men now in the
prison will be released within the
next 80 days, with but few coming
in at this time of year. 80.
- The Cost and Results.
:" 1t costs about 10 to As cents per day
per head to feed and clothe the pris'
on9rs, 20 the state would receive q
remuneration for. caring for the fed
eral prisoners. and in addition it
would have their labor free. With
this additional number Of men, 1t
It would be possible to run the tWine
plant at: full capacity, and at the same
time, to operate the brick plant, which
is now idle through the lack OF men.
In addition to these considerations,
II would be possible to give more at
.tention to the farm, to do the WORK
Better sand to operate it more exten'
;yiyely, Should there be any surplus
u men they could be engaged IN
building some good roads:
This plan, as suggested by Cover.
nor Hanna and Mr.. Lewis. is 9 most
Aemmepdable one, and will prove a
aDarce Of profit to the state, thereby
making the operation of the instttu'
tion much better for all concerned,
and more economical in every way.
CHICK EVANS TO PLAY IN ENG
~ LAND. .s ~
Boston. Mass, April 2S.-Chick
Evans, former holder of the Western
amateur golf championship, sailed
Tor England on the Carmania today
to play, in the British amateur
championship tournament at sand.
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