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Title: Lyman's history of old Walla Walla County, embracing Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield and Asotin counties
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Lyman, William Denison, 1852-1920
Subjects: Walla Walla County (Wash.) -- History Columbia County (Wash.) -- History Garfield County (Wash.) -- History Asotin County (Wash.) -- History
Publisher: Chicago, Ill., S.J. Clarke Publishing Company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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sioners at that time were F. W. Paine, Fran-cis Lowden, and Piatt Preston. These men, and particularly Mr. Paine, felt thatnot only from the standpoint of the state, for desirability of location and economyof subsistence, but from the fact that constructive works might be operated whichcould be of benefit to the farmers of the region, this change of place would bewise. The most distinctive features of labor have been the brick yards, whichdid a very large and profitable work for many years and were discontinued in 190cto allow the management to put the main force upon the jute mills, for the makingof grain bags and rugs and other fabrics. This system of constructive labor bythe inmates of the penitentiary is to be attributed largely to the intelligent busi-ness conceptions as well as philanthropic interest in the men by Mr. F. W. Paineand Mr. W. K. Kirkman. They had formed the impression that for the sake ofhealth of mind and body in the prisoners systematic labor was a necessity, and
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Wardens Residence Wuik Sliups Administration BuildingThe Hospital The Jute Mill BUILDINGS OF THE WASHINGTON STATE PENITENTIARY OLD WALLA WALLA COUNTY 291 also that the products of that labor might go far to lighten the burdens of taxpayers. Their theory has been triumphantly vindicated by the history of thepenitentiary. Not at all times in the thirty years of its existence has the institu-tion been conducted in the interest either of reclamation of criminals or of savingexpense to the state. As in all such cases there have been times when the mainaims were political rather than penal or economic, and there have been still moretimes when the other party said they were, even when governors, boards, andwardens were doing their best in the public interest. The wardens in order of service, several of them being citizens of WallaWalla, and about an equal number coming from other parts of the state, havebeen John Justice, F. L. Edmiston, John McClees, J. H. Coblentz, Thomas Mos-grove, J. B.

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