Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-01-16

land 1924, Governor Hart told the legis.
lature, the six permanent funds OF the
state - school, university, scientific
school, agricultural college, c. Il. p.
and r. |. and normal school--had az.
sreEated investments amounting to-,
respectively, $1s,145.SS235, 1885,.
504.S5, and s21,S77,4S2.S7. The COVER.
nor gave Land Commissioner C. ".
3avidge's handling of the state land
grants the credit for the big gain
in the state funds.
Most of Governor Harris message
was devoted to discussion of the
state institutions.
New Institution Needed.
The average daily attendance at the
thirteen state institutions, Governor
Hart said, was 6,22l for the l91S-1920
biennlum, and 1886 for the 1924
period, an increase OF 1045 or 1870
which amounts to the equivalent of
construction of one new institution.
Because of fire hazards at the west.
ern Washington hospital for the in
sane, where serious conflagration
was narrowly averted few months
ago, Go, ernor Hart urged considera.
ton of policy of gradually substitute
ing fire-proof buildings for the brick
and frame structures now in use. A
few wooden buildings erected in the
days that the U. S. army, 70 years ago,
had fort on the hospital site are still
in use by asylum employees. All the
farms at the state institutions are in
prosperous condition, Governor Hart
said, though he deprecated the fact
that not enough progress had been
made in fruit raising at the boys train.
ing school.
In a reference to prison pardons and
paroles the retiring governor stated
hat penitentiary records showed that
only eight per cent of paroed prison
ers violated the terms of their paroles
and that state records failed to show
that any person, who was serving a
life term for murder at the time of his
pardon, had ever been convicted OF
another crime committed subsequent
to his release.
Boys Sleep in Tents.
Emphasis was laid on the fact that
the absence of building room at the
boys training school had made 1t nee
essary to compel many of the boys to
sleep in tents even during the severely
cold weather during the holiday sea
son. The general education of all boys
in the institution is looked after just
as in the public schools, while training
in trades is given by a tailor shop,
boot and shoe shop, furniture factory,
printing office and farm work.
The dairy herd, formerly located at
the girls training school, was removed
to the boys training school, Governor
Hart said. OF the girls who leave this
institution, the message stated
I'VE never place a girl in a position
of trust without fully advising her
employer of her record. This is ap-
preciated by the employer and so long
as the general public does not find it
out the girl is able to make good but
it is pretty hard on one to have to
fieht public sentiment when the news.
papers begin publishing the fact that
any of our former wards were inmates
of penal or reformatory institution,
or even training school"
II was declared the custodial school
at Medical Lake-was improperly
located and now has an enrolment far
beyond its capacity and waiting list
equal to the enrolment. With cots In
the Railways and overcrowded cordi-
tons everywhere the superintendent is
credited with doing the best he can to
handle the institution.
The school for blind also is said to
have reached it's capacity and Cover
nor Hart warned the legislature that
there was serious fire hazard at the
Washington veterans home At both
of the soldiers homes-Orting and
Retsil-the attendance was reported to
be showing little change.
Deficiencies Warned Against.
Warning of deficiencies was given
in statement that two years ago the
legislature refused to heed the s'ate
finance commissions recommendations
for the license department and conse.
quently 5000 increase of business had
caused deficiency. 1t also was stated
that the finance committees recon-
mendation of an increase of 81 100000
in the appropriation for the depart.
ment of labor and ndustries-taken
from fees paid by the employers-wasl
disregarded, thus mourning deficien-
cy. The legislature while authorizing