Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-12-24
GOSSIP AT THE
STATE CAPITAL
Christmas Cheer Will Be En-.
joyed by Wards Of State
at All Its Institutions
GIRLS SCHOOL OPENS
Supreme Court Sustains Game
Commissions and Horticul.
tural Inspectors

OLYMPIA, Dec. 23.-Nearly 5000
wards of the state of Washington eat
Christmas dinner in the states twelve
Institutions, this year. Special ar
nngements for Christmas celebra-
tons of one form or another were
made by superintendent of all insti-
tutions in addition to the early pro-
vision by the board of control for
special fare, with all the essentials
Of an old fashioned Christmas din
ner.
At the three hospitals for the in
sane superintendents received, in re-
sponse to an appeal issued early in
the month, numerous gifts from the
public and friends of inmates, which
helped to brighten the day for the
patients. At most of the other in
stitutions Christmas programs were
features of the days celebration
The states newest institution, the
school for girls, near Grand Mound,
Thurston county, will be formally open
ed Christmas day by Miss Mary Camp
bell who has the distinction of be-
ing the first woman appointed super
intendent of a state institution. Boys
from the state training school at Che
halls, earlier in the year, had work
ed on the grounds of the girls
school and had put in a crop of po-
tatoes. The Chehalis training school
hereafter will be operated as a boys
school.
The girls school at present con-
slsts of two cottage buildings built
to accommodate 60 girls. AS the num-
ber of girls transferred from Cheha-
lis was greater than the total num-
Der the buildings were planned to ac-
commodate the board of control will
ask the coming legislature to provide
an addition cottage and also an ad-
ministration building.
In another decision rendered last
week the supreme court upheld the
right Of a county game commission
to establish a game preserve within
the boundaries of which all hunting
is prohibited. The Skagit county
game commission, in the case appeal
ed, had turned the private hunting
reserve of a gun club of Seattle men
into a preserve.
The seventh biennial report of the
board of control just issued, shows
that the past two years have seen
the per capita cost of maintenance
reduced at nine of the eleven state
institutions. The average mainten-
ance cost in previous years rose
steadily, nearly doubling in the case
of some institutions. While an eco
nomical building program is outlin-
ed by the board for the coming bien-
mum, it is pointed out that the in
crease in population at the institu-
tiOns makes some new construction
work absolutely necessary to relieve
already crowded conditions.
Decision in the Carstens case, hand
ed down by the supreme court last
week, will be of great aid to the state
in prosecuting it's fire blight cam
paign. says T. o. Morrison, head of
the horticultural division of the state
department of agriculture. The SUI
preme court decided that state inspec-
tors have authority to enter a pri-
vate orchard and prune or destroy
infected fruit to check an epidemic,
II after due notice the owner fails
to do the work required.
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Saturday, December 26, has been
proclaimed a legal holiday by Cover
nor Lister at the request of leading
bankers and business men, and no
Official business will thus be tran
Sacted between Thursday of this
week, Christmas Eve, and the follow
Ing Monday. The action will allow
employees of banks and others to make
holiday trips, if desired, extending
over Christmas Day and the follow
ing Sunday
. Governor Lister stated, however, he
would take no action to declare the
following Saturday, January 2. le-
gal holiday.
Governor Lister has called a meet
ing of the advisory board of the state
department of agriculture for Decem-