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)tembcr 24, 1964
WASHINGTON CORRECTIONS CENTER SUPPLEMENT TO SHELTON--MASON COUNTY JOURNAL
'Pimpani was
(ff lhe flew
Center aL
of Insti-
a l]lltll VJIIO had
for this lle~A; coil-
since the late
a law degree at
an(t re-
the end of his
service to become
to receive his
ia the new school
alad prison admin-
Years as the state
tication and treat-
Slate Depart-
and superin-
.shington State
In July
tool( ovev the
ton insti-
named super-
Washington Col
)b he will be ex-
ter an active pro-
center. He
to cooi'-
a prog-.
to steel'
to lives of use-
uctive society.
i's capable should-
responsibility of
the proper
be clone.
and his wife Bet-
Michigan. They
me between the
Lake on a tract
pasture riding
'impani children.
:oongsters are
are Mary
12, Mark, 11;
7; John,
0
0
@
~hi{lgton was or-
territory in
decades passed
tblic institution
new frontier
ated, but crinle
Were llroblcms
"liming. Most
it necpso
thenlselves with
of horse
?rs, Sellers of liq-
anti other trans-
mentally ill were
except ill cases
so deeply dis-
tt nlenace or an
embarrassment to tile conlnlunity, lean settlers of that area.
By 1871 the problem of mental SOME CONSIDERATION was
illness in the territory could no
Bay Company jail at Steilacoom pendenl offers to assume custody
in the custody of John D. Me- of territorial prisoners in return
Allister, one of Ibe original Anler- for 70 cents pcr day pet' prisoner
and all returns from their labor.
i Eventually I3illings and Smith
]joined fol~CeS aiid lna(l(~ a. COnllllon
iproposal, whicil was accepted.
Lacking capit:,l, tile3, fornlcd a
partnership withOliver Shead,
who owned land ill the Skoot(unl-
Part
ernor~' to appoint three-man
boards of directors for the hos-
pilal and prison, delegating his
authority over the institution sup-
erintendents to them.
In 1897, eight years afler Wash-
ington a(..hicvcd statehood, lhe
firsl depgu'tment, I(IIO\VD as Ill('
State 13card of Audit and Control,
was crea'ted, superseding local
boar(Is of trustees, which v(erc
aboiished. It provMed nominal ad-
lninistrative Slll)(',rvisi()ll over and
: audited lhe aceolllltS of an tlp-
i tlointivc Conmfi.ssioner of Institu-
tions.
Tills STEI' was llresumably Um
result of the state's first major
institutional scandal, which ()ccm'-
hd in 1895. The Board of I'enitcn-
tiary Directors, a.ecording to thc
report of a ligislativc investigating
committee of tllat I)erio(i, "AI-
ehucl( Valley sooth of the capitol, lowed the late warden to practical-
Shead provided funds to build a ly, if not actnally, conl.rol thc
two-story timber prison at. Seatco board." The "late war.,ten" sold
(now the small town of Bucoda) t products to the prison jute mill
. and became its first warden. This I for his own tn'ofit and, when con-
contract prison of evil memory ]fronted with the fraud, committed
was Washington's second public I suicide.
restitution
• ' ' " I In 1.901 the State Board of Con-
I,'ROM TilE TIME of the cs-[trol, a three-menlbtr body aPl),)int-
tablishment of the Territorial I-tos- ed by the governor, was erea.ted,
pital for the Insane (now West-taking over direct supervision of
ern Washinghm State Hospital) all state institutions and capitol
ill 1871 until 1897, direct super-Ibuiklings and grounds. The Board
vision of institutions was exercised and commissions which were abel-
by the governor. A number of
tile earlier territorial governors
took their responsibility serious-
ly and made numerous personal
visits to the hoapital and prison,
but as the territory grew, its chief
execvtives had less and less time
available to act as institutions supe
ervisors.
When the evils of the contract
prison system were abolished in
1886 by a legislative "Act to pro-
vide for the permanent location
and construction of a Territorial
Penitentiary at WaHa Walla," Gov,
Eugene Scruple appointed a Board
of Building Commissioners consis-
ting of O. C. White, H. E. Johnson
and P. B. Johnson to supelwise
the construction of the new bl-
slitution. Thereafter it was thc
policy of tcrritoria.l and state gov-
ished at that time.
In 1921, the Department of Bus-
iness Control was created as one
of 10 administrative departments
under the Civil Administration
Code. Numerous boards and com-
missions were abolished and their
functions turned over to this de-
partment, including the first cell-
tralized purchasing division. The
director of tlfia department wits
appointed by the governor with
colffirmation of the state senate.
The director assumed all powers
formerly vested in several boards
and commissions which were adol-
ished.
The 1935 legiMature made fur-
ther consolidations by merging
tile Department of Business Con-
trol and Department of Efficien(:y
into a single new state depart-
moot (lesignaterl the Del)arimcnt
of Finance, Budget arid Business,
witil five principM diwsions: The
Divisiml of Public Institutions, The
Division of Banking. The Division
of 13u(lget, The Division of 1)urclla-
sims* and The I)~visi(m of Savings
land Loan Associ.ttiC)ns. This de-
par!ment also sl)pel'vised lhe ¢.:ap.-
itol, buildings and g'rotmds.
'Phe 1947 legi.~;lature again made
changes by removing lhe Division
of Budget. and making it, a Separ-
ate departinent, and by ehanFing
the name of tile former Deltart-
ment of Finallee, Bu(tget and Bus-
iness to tile Department of Public
institutions,
Tim present hasic struetm'e of
the, State Dep:u%n,,ent of Institu-
tions was achieved in ?955 when
the legislature of that year re-
lieved it of all non-institutional
ftlnctions. Under lhe present strue-
fury of lhc department, the (lirec-
tor, apl)ninted bV the
governor,
has control over six operating divi-
Mona and a central division of ad-
ministrative operations.
The Division of Menial Health
administers the state's three ac-
credited mental ho,q)itals and a
menial hnalth research hlst.itute.
Tile Divis,'ion of Adult Correclion
is responsible for lhe State Pen-
itentiary, I~.cfornm hlry, Correc-
Lions Center and fern" forest honor
camps. Thc Divtsion of Juvenile
Rehabilitation is in chargc of five
juvenile correctional schools, a
diag~mstic ccnter, and four youth
forest camps. The Division of
Handicapped Children supervises
four schools for tile mentally re-
tarded and lhe state schools for
tt~e deaf and blind. The Division
of Conununity Smwices adminis-
lcrs 23 communi{y child guidance
centers throughout the state and
provides consultation services to
law enforcenlent agencies. The
Division of Veterans' Homes ad-
ministers the Washington Soldiers'
Home and Colony and the Wash-
ington Veterans' Home.
Tile present director, Dr. Gar-
rctt He.~ls, was appointed by Gov.
Albert D. Roscllini to head the
department on September 16, 1957.
Mutual-Valle, general conlrae-
tor on tile new ~Zashington Cor-
rections Center is a joint venturc
lletween the firms of.Mutual Con-
struetion Inc. and Henrik Valle
Company Inc. Both of these firnls
are based in Seattle. While the
Washington Corrections Center is
the largest job either firnl had
contracted, the Henrik Valle Co.
has performed many nmltimillion
dollar plojects in the last 25 years
including such buihtings as Fred-
ei'ick and Nclsons~in Seattle and
Bellevue, Pacific 'Pelepimne equip-
nlcnt bllilding Ill ,'4ea, ttle, and many
large military projects in Alaskm
Mutual Construction Inc. is own-
,c(l jointly by T, E. Knudson, M. J.
Ness and H. Stjern, scrving as
presidcnt, vice president and sec-
retary-treasurer respectively. Tile
Henrik Voile Co., Inc. is owned by
Mr. Hcnrik Valle, the company
president. The owners of Mutual
Const,'uction had worked for the
Henrik Valle Co. at one time.
MUTUAL Construction In(. was
the sponsor of tile joinl, venturc in
that they fm'nished the organiza-
lion f()r the tlerformance of 1.he
contract to construct thc Center.
T. E. Knudson was general man-
ager of tile ovcr-all joint venture
while Mr. Ness served as project
superintendent for the Corrections
Center.
Mr. Lyle Lh)yd was assistant
l;,rojecl, nlanager and Mr, .h)hn
tlawkins was project aeeomltant.
Mr. Valle served as advisor to the
entire operation, a capacity he
could fill very well eonsidcring his
long and successful career with his
own company, Mr. H. Stjern was
in charge of tile field opcl'ation in
Seattle.
Now that th? center is complete
the joint venture will dissolve
which is eustolnary ill these sit-
nations. Mr. Valle has thoughts of
retiring while Knudson aud Ness
have formed a new company called
Knudson-Ness Constructitm Co.
Inc., which will be based in Scat-
tle. This latter company now has
a large job in Bangor, Washington
for the U.S. Navy, plus other
projects around the State.
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Washi gton
O0000
al Shelton
Our Congratulations to the
ton State Del)artmcnt of
Oil the opening of this
advance in Imlmlogica!
It and rehabilita,tion.
The oplmrtunity to be a part
of progress. Our congratulations
to the State of Washington and
Mutual-Vail( Construction Co. on a
job WELL DONE!
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516 South 15th
Tacoma, Washington
MASONRY CONTRACTOR
4045 East B Street Tacoma, Washington
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M U T,U A L- V A L L E
LENT'S ING.
6niiVSl -N-f
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ELEGTRIG GONST. GO.
JOHNSTON GONST. GO.
PIPER & GREENHAiGH
GYGLONE FENGE GO.
We express our api)reciation to these
contractors for the privilege of serVing them
ill the constructioll of the...
GCI D 0 ATICI N
Graystone
of
7th & Park Sts.
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