Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-29
Thanksgiving At.
INSTITUTIONS IS
NOTABLE EVENT
Prisoners at Penitentiary
Enjoy Program and Tur-
key-Dinners at Soldiers
Home, Children's Home
and County Jail.

Home, Chlldren's Home
and County Jail.
Not only did the festive turkey and
duck invade the private&homes today |
occupying place on the menu. but at
both state and county institutions, |
turkey, duck, goose and chicken were
served and excellent dinners given
the inmates. At the penitentiary "a
turkeys, raised at the institution,
graced the festive board A big din
ner was served to the prisoners in the
county JAIL the old folks at the coun-
ty hospital and the veterans at the |
Soldiers home.
AT THE PENiTENTiARY.
Warden DeKay left no stone un-
turned to make Thanksgiving day a
memorable occasion for the 214 in
mates of the Idaho state penitentiary
a day long to be remembered in their
bleak. monotonous lives and one for
which they could be truly thankful.
The management of the Majestic
theater, under HI. l.. Marcroft, donated
their films and services in operating
the cineomograph and the picture show
lasted from 9 o'clock in the morning
| until almost noon. 1t was howl
ing success" from start to finish judg
ing from the deafening applause given.
| The five women prisoners, chap
| eroned by the matron, Mrs. Dekay,
also attended the exercises.
The chaplain, Rev. James Leitch,
delivered an appropriate and effective
sermonette suggesting many blessings
| for which they were laboring and ex-
pressed the hope that If they met next
! Thank sgiving that it might be under
vastly different circumstances. clos
ing his remarks with a beautiful and
touching prayer for the inmates and
also for our soldier boys on the water
and across the water and for their safe
return to their loved ones.
| Twenty seven turkeys, which had
been raised and fattened on the prison
farm by the TRUSTEES, were roasted for
the dinner and each prisoner received
one pound of turkey for his share of
the feast. Turkey with dressing,
mashed potatoes, brown gravy, corn
bread, apple sauce, pumpkin pie, cof-
fee and apples was the menu. Every
thing eaten was raised on the prison
farm by the TRUSTEES.
creased productivity in foodstuffs,
Warden DeKay has worked over Sc
per cent of the prisoners the past sea-
son on the outside, to put in, care for,
and harvest the unusually large crops
raised on both the prison farms at
Homedale and the Moseley ranch. The
penitentiary storehouse, root cellars,
fruit cellars, silo and granaries are full
To axxriy, crla
ton is largely due to the willing serv-
ices rendered by the TRUSTEES and the
warden took this means as one method
of reWarding them for their labors
SOLDIERS ENJOY FEAST.
The 125 war veterans quartered at
the Soldiers home at the Boise bar
racks today enjoyed bountiful
Thanksgiving dinner. The menu con-
sisted of roast duck, cranberry sauce,
dressing. celery and pumpkin pie. The
old war veterans are reported to have
, eaten like boys and thoroughly en-
joyed the feast they so richly de-
served.
DINNER AT cHlLDREN's HOME.
At the Childrens' home Thanksgiv-
, ing was observed with a special din
ner, the menu including turkey, goose
and duck trimmings such as cranberry
sauce, jellies, sweet potatoes, pumpkin
; and mince pie. The dinner to the 81
children was furnished by kind heart
ed people, who gave to the home the
1 fowl and other goodies SO much en-
: joyed.
a COUNTY JAIL PRISONERS.
l Both turkey and chicken with baked
e potatoes, cranberry sauce and jelly
was enjoyed as a Thanksgiving dinner
by the IA prisoners in the county Jail
Sheriff Pfost provided three chickens
for the repast, while the reserve fund
! in, the bank kept by the prisoners was
opened for the purchase of a large
( turkey. 1t was some Thank sgiving
dinner that the boys behind the bars
a enjoyed and they rendered a vote OF
i thanks to the excellent cook who pre-
|. pared the menu.
T. OLD FOLKS REMEMBERED.
l At the Ada county farm, IS old peo-
. pie enjoyed a hot turkey dinner with
: mashed potatoes, creamed corn, cram
: berry jelly and numerous other deli
cacies of the season. The seven pa
!. tents in the hospital all were allowed
special menus in honor Of the occa-
sion. A feature of the dinner was the
bountiful supply of fruits, candies and
X jellies presented to the old folks by
a Superintendent C. E. Rose and stu
d dents of the Boise High school. Mr.
r Rose drove out the students in his
!. car this morning and the presentation
. was made. The superintendent of the
: hospital and the inmates extended a
vote of thanks for the gift.
: ~
r A Splendid Cough Medicine.
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