The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-02-15

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none too cleanQ Whom = prisoner ar
uyca "a tho state prison now the nrat
thine that happens % him after BE-
81 registered h q bath. n IL Il bath
ihaf includes everything he brings
with him. from HE hat 20 his hide
The clofhoa are dlalufeotcd under
steam ana plih chemicals. such 80
can be used are saved. The rest are
burned Thinza that crawl no longer
exist In this prison.
Then there n The prison hospital
Il " an old building and hard 70 work
with. MoManus has managed 20
contrive n solarinm and an orcrnting
room and private rooms for very sick
men n women. and lots Of lights;
clean beds and clean walls. IA N
quite a change We saw four pa
tients IN the hospital. two coneump-
flves aud two who we're slightly 10.
Not bad for n prison population Of
considerably more than 400.
Sevcnty-seven prisoners now IN the
wniis cannot read or write. when
Mr.. McManus took charge there we're
a lot more. II WIS the number Of
them that caused him to establish
the prison school. The school 10
small; Il can only accommodate thirty
pupils az a time. II II not compul-
sorry; but no convict who wants TO
learn need leave the prison now lack
Ing a knowledge OF reading and writ
ing and figures.
The warden brought in q motion
picture machine along with HIS
school teacher and books. II has
proven q0ite aa valuable an educator
~ the books. There were a lot Of
%priaoners who had never seen a mo-
ton picture. That first exhibition
must have been a sight worth seeing.
In addition 70 the new dining hall
and Kitchen built under the McManus
management. a now brick barn has
taken the place or n destroyed by
IRE, The insurance on the old uiid
ing and akillful use Of convict labor
provided the new building. a new
dining oom and garage for guards
and automobiles has been built and
a hot OF improvements have been
made Ia the farm plant, including
milk house. stock pens. chicken
houses. vegetable STORAGE cellar. etc
An expenditure 90 about $500 on the
steam plant. Il II said. haa resulted
In a saving OF siO0 a month IN oper-
alton and a huge gain In efficiency.
But the feature That geta YOU at
tention and hold II IL the prison
farm. small in acrcag thus far. but
vas up IN productive power. First
the irrigation plant has been COM
pleted for the ground adjacent 20
the prison. This includes a big ntor-
age reservoir. with q capacity OF
$500. zoe gallons. started under the
Ha.sY...Na. - ss.Aaa.H. 49,. - ..a.t
built ~ u dirt tank end tho only Thing
wrong with II was that Il wouidn't
hofd water. During the past summer
u was paved with $4,000 third-class
brick. and the result OF the use OF
said third-clnss brick IN a firat-clnss
Irrigation reservoir. This season the
frat crop Of ice was cut from the
reservoir. Next year Il will furnish
the complete ice supply. The ditchef
leading over the prison grounds and
farm have been bricked and are
4 seepage tight. The result OF his wa
E tcF supply has bcen 20 vastly increau,
r the pr-oductiveness of the land undeI
cultivation and a material increas,
p In acreage In use. Some Idea OF the
> productive power Of the prison farm
! IL found In a big vegetable cellar
1851 ~ MHAAH "
, piled 20 the roof ~lfh the staple veg.
H. etables. making q full fourth OF IN,
. prison fare. The chicken industr,
4 has been well established and a line
; OF solid poultry houses. pens and run
= ways opens ON a big alfalfa field: q
|. poultry plant N good as any in tbs
state.
, The hog farm. however. Ia thu
nF.wN HNnnVHNunnN 80 aN. Naufu.w fUWfst
a Turning To- fun blood. registered
I Bcikshires. Warden McNIanus ha.
e built up the finest Berkshire herd II
i New Mexico. Last year hogs valued
1 a fi,f09.t6 were consumed in tn
n prison. while ti.397.4f was receive,
A from sales. The aim of the wardeI
q Is 20 make this farm the supply poln
for hog breeders OF the whole state
Because of cheapness Of operation h,
can supply "a full blood Berkshire "A
about half what the farmer must or
dlnarily pay FOR the breeding ant
mails. A great many young plgs wer,
sold to farmers during the past yea
at "A nominal price.
The wnTdeu's report IL It's W beH
statement OF results on the prisoi
farm. The Legislature two years ag'
iaaae an Appropriation OF $1,000
year Tor investment In prison farm
land and equipment MIR. McManu
has demonstrated the soundness a
this form OF investment. and hn
shown what can be done with IN
prison farm land under careful busl
ness management.
A The fact Is that careful bushes
management Is the secret of IN
whole great change nj the Etat
prison which has taken place sine
: Mr.. MeManus became the wardeI
J. From a well developed trouble maxi
j. er' earning an annual deficit sufn
cinetly large 10 worry each succeee
ing legislature, the prison has bocom
% very near to a model institution, ha
become an efficient institution an
has put the annual deficit behind
- and out OF itH calculations