Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-04-03
MANY EVIDENCES
Of CRIME AT PEN,
SAYS WARDEN MIMIC
Governor Vests Pig-A-Day
Policy "Shot Full Of Holes
By State Board

''There are a great many Indications
of crime at that institution, governor,
innocently remarked Warden Harry
Mimic at the first monthly meeting of
the board Of control this morning,
which marked his first appearance in
an official capacity, in his reply to
the chief executives severe criticism
Of the conditions found to exist at the
state prison and which Governor
Withycombe hoped would be cleaned
up Immediately.
Governor West "pig-a.day" policy,
which he inaugurated at the peniten.
tiary and took such great pride in ex-
plotting to the public, also came in for
solar plexus Knockout when Warden
Mimic reported that the prison was
three-to-oneg Ioverstocked with young
porkers, far more than they had room
or facilities for taking care of, and
he asked for and secured permission to
sell at least a hundred of the little
ones in the open market. Warden Min.
to reported that the pigs were all small
ones, too small to use for food, and
that there was no place for them to
run and that the institution was not
provided with a sufficient supply of
feed to raise them.
'The state ought to be prosecuted
for cruelty for keeping the cows
sanding in tn stanchions at the peni.
tentiary," declared Governor Witty
combe, in discussing conditions in re.
lation TO the stock at the prison "It
is positively inhuman to maintain
those old and obsolete stanchion stall.
for the cattle and to keep them stand
ing in them day and night. The barn
yard and stables are also in fright
full condition and they should b,
cleaned out and made more sagitar,
at the earliest possible moment. 1t i
also a crime to put onions into tn,
ground out there in its present condi
= tion when all of that labor is there anC
going to waste at the expense of tn,
taxpayers. trust that you will los
no time in putting things in the prope
shape out there Mr.. Minto."
" We are working upon the co,
, stable and barnyard now. repfe
: Warden Mimic. "Just as soon as
=, took charge and had opportunity t
make an inspection | started crews o
Fl, men to work cleaning up. We ar
starting on the inside of the barn an
working out, There are many indica
> tions Of crime at that institution
/ governor he concluded, but he prob
u ably did not think of the great trut
l. which he revealed, considering the ne
U ture Of the institution and its purpos,
This was the regular monthly NEE
ing of the board and the report of tn
9 superintendents of the several stat
u institutions were received and the
5 recommendation acted upon anon
which was the permit Superintendent
y Tillinghast, Of the mute school, to en-
X ploy second assistant engineer an
X Waterman for the institution so as [
s. provide three shifts aud conform [
the provisions Of the state eighthol
t. law for the institution. lie also r.
u ported that he had dispensed with I'll
p usual service Of trained landscaT
and truck gardener for this season an
proposed to have all Of this work dor
by the boys of the school, and also
1 an extra cook for two or three month
. The salaries Of the teamster and dair
= man was increased from $45 to S;
y per month.
y Superintendent Tillinghast also askC
le the board for authority to purcha.
re and install a separate motor for pun
re ing the water supply for the school
1T a relief from the present system Of Il
IN ing an automatic combination mot,
O. for laundry, pumping and other pu
O. poses. He reported that he could bJ
large motor from the Salem scho
ie board, now in use at the Richmor
ie school and practically as good as ne
for 800 and the board referred Il
matter to the state engineers for !
yestigation and recommendation. l
was also authorized to raise the teac
MS ers salary schedule to conform to tn
IN Of other states but not to increase Il
g general amount Of the payroll.
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