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SECOND SECTION Medford MailTribune SECOND SECTION FOUTY-WltST YJOAit. MKDltoJiD OttWION, HATUKDAV, BIOT'ISMHISK HO, 1011. No. 165. Weeks Happenings in Medford Society Tin) coining week will ho a 1 1 1 n ' iiiiii, beginning with thn Knlnhlu of Pythian convent Ion Mniitluy ntiil Tium. itny, llm Southern Oregon fair dm id. nialudor of tliu week ami iiuiniiroiiH Hlllltller itrfuliM, 'I'lm piiNt week ban been will filled with dm HhtlniMw' eouvonlluiit Mm, Fred llnpklun' tea, thn umiul club .niKntliiKH "nil tin aiiiiual moot of tho Itoil anil (Inn cluli, Quito an olahorntii banquet wiih given thn IiiiIIch of thn vlnlthu: Hhilu em at tho Medford Hotel Moinlii)' night, following a theater parly, when nhotit iiiiu hundred ladle woro pri'noiil. Mrs. C. It. Iltitchlutiun wiih chairman of Hid committee In cluugo ami her iihHlntiiiitn wuro MchiImiich A, i:. Iloamoii, Picket, Vawtor, II. C. Ktoililanl ami Wen Green. Itnv, Holltnnp. who h.ui boon In oliargo of thn Mothodbit Kplncopal church for two years, Iiiih been trans ferred In Lebanon. Ho ami IiIh fain lly expert to Icavo for that place very noon, iiov, k, h. l.iuriiiKc, ior mcrly of Uonolmn;, will ho thn now patitor hero unit Ih expected to uiilvo tlllH WCI'll. Mr. W'oiluon of Coining.' Cal., Ih a Kiii'Kt of Mr. mill Mm. J. W. Mitch oil at their rouutry homo. Mm. WooiIkoii llvi'il Ihto thirty-eight yearn ami (IiIh Ih her flmt vlnlt horn slnco that time. Itcv. W. T. (Joiihlor ami fiimlly ar rlvoil In Medford Monday. Itov. Onutdcr Iiiih been minified to tliu part toruto of thn Molhodlnt church, south, In thin city. Mm Carey enloitiilnod tin Sowing Cluli at hr homo In KlngSa Highway iiHttinluy at luncheon. Thnso prcneni wore Mm. Budge, Mm. Heard, Mm. Daniels, Mm. I'urillu, Mm. Itoot anil MIkii Heard. Mr. ami Mm. W. I). Jnnen loft iwi.V'mliivlnytirft)iolirl"'iiiolfliiaHnKli, 13 COLLEGIANS WORK WAY ACROSS OCEAN AS STEWARDS. M f 'vbsssssssssbsssssl BSSSSSSSSSSSSsl m ssHIV sHIIIIIIIIIIH H ssV ssHHHHHIIH i HkB bHHHIbIIIH STUOENTi 3TEVABD3 AbCWRDTHE ADRIATIC Untvuihily hIiioViiIh, thirteen in number, served as stewards (o work their way hack to tliu United Slates on board (lie Adriatic, of tliu White Star lino, which arrived at New York a few days ago. They went nhroail for an educational Jaunt. Thn plaiiH of several to return enthroned in a caliiii were thwartcil hy the slri kn in London. Tliu hIiiiIciiIh Niiiil they rnjoiucil thuir trip on the Ailriulic. The cap tain Kiilil they were eiiuHeiiu(iiuin workcru. naw, MIcIiIkaii, after uppnitliiK tin final two iiiontlm with their tioim, M. m. ami V. U. Jnni-ii, nt their Cipltol lllll ranch, fimt of Meilfonl. Mr. ami Mrs. Philip llamll enter talnoil at illnner Weilnemlay evenlur. for Mr. niul Mm. Conro I'lero, Mr. anil Mm. McCorinack, Mm. Kluro ami MIk McCorinack. Mr. mill Mm. Geo. Carpenter leave WcilucKilay on their trip around the world. They will snotor to California. Minn I'riini-i'ii I lentil entertained Informally Thiimitay eveuliiK. Thomi preneni were; .MIhhcti ICvelyn Carey. Mm. I.ukw entertained tho Friday MrldKo cluli with a hrldKo luncheon thin week. Iler kucbIh woro Mum- Orhlo Natwlck, Marjorlu Ware, Mary dames Win. lluilKe, Nye, Clarence Deuel. Meimrn. Irvine White, Kuiemnii Merrlek, Tom Sraiitllu, Paul McDon ald and Fredrick Heath. Mr, ami Mm. Ceorno K. .ShcaHley and Mr. mid Mm. llyron K. Khults who have heen the KiieHtn of Mr. mid Mm, A. It. (iiirrlHoit on North Crape Htreot, left thin week for their homo In llarrlliurc, Pa, Mm. H, II. DnvlH wan honlen.i at Inni'liiioti Toi-Hil.-J. clvun In honor of rM7fT7StTlltrn?ip7f1aTTmtJr- tale of the Hhrliiem. Tho other Riieutu were Mr. and Mm. A. L. I.ooinU. Mr. mid Mm. Clareuro Meeker have returned from n trip to Portland mid Salem. Mr, Meeker wiih n delegate to tho M. K. conference held at Ha lent, Mr, mid Mm. Ceo, Cnrpouter en tertained at dinner Friday evening. Their KiifstH were Mr. and Mm. Conro 1'loro, Mm. Flero, MIhh Mablu llurke. KiilKht, Wakeuian, Watt, DcnnlHton, Ilolllx. KiirIIhIi, Keutner, I.uiiiBdcn mid Merrick, . r The Htate convention of thn W. C. T. U. will hy held In Medford next week. hcKlmiliiK October S mid end ing October 10. Mm. A. A. IIoIiiich, who returned lanl .Saturday from Portland, Is con vnlcucliiK from mi operation chu had to. undnrKo whito lliofo. , s-' ' Mm. J. VllnH llcckmait entertained al bridge TticHdny afternoon In honor of her iiolco, Mm. Scmuore. Mmv Keep slKter of tho Misses Hurke, Ik a kuchL at the Medford Ho tel. Mr. II. Chandler Kgim, who recent ly purchaHCd the Hates orchard, 1b building a btiiiKnlow on IiIb place. Minn Loo Kentnor entertained the Tliumday llrldgu Club thU week. The flmt fall rnoetliiK of tho Croat er MeiUord Club wiih held Wednr day afternoon at the club room Owing to tho reBlKiiallon of novcral lanl June, another election wan held. The offlcem of the club now are: Mm. K, H. f'Mninnx, PreB..Mm. J. M, Itoot, iHt VIco-PrcBldcnt; Mm. C. M. KiiKllnh, 2nd Vlce-PreHldent; Mm. K. II, DiivIh, Itecordlnj; K-rretary; MIbh Kmmy IlnnkliiH, CorrcHpondliu; Sec retary; MIbh Kllznbeth Putnam, TreaBiirer. No other biiRlnoBB wbh traunacted during the meeting, Tho PrcBldent will call a meeting of the executive committee tills next week, when work for tho coming year will bo dhiriied. hater a Mpeclal meeting of the club -will be called. Mr. and Mm. Conro Klero gave a farewell dinner Tuesday to Mr. Cbbb. Coldeu Clow and astern wero UBcd for decoration. The gucHts besides tho honor guest wero: Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln McCormuck. Mr. and Mm. J. Vllaw Heckwlth, Mm. KIcro, MIbs Madge McCorinack, MIhh Seamore, Mr. Lincoln McCorinack, Jr., Mr. Chandler Kgan. a Tho wedding of .Mrs. l-'uuna HoIiIib and Mr. Andrew Tackstrom wbh hoI einlzed September 21th alt ho Pres byterian church, Itec. Shields offi ciating. Doth bride and groom are very well known here, and will bo at homo to their friends after October lat at CO West Thirteenth street. A most delightful recital was given by MIbh Grace Ilrown Friday evening, which was very well attended and greatly enjoyed by all present. Dr. nnd Mrs. Floyd M. Whito of Klamath Falls, who bavo been tho KUcs(h of Mr. and Mm. Wm. Angle, returned homo Tuesday. Mm. Glalzo entertained Informally at dinner WcdncBday evening for Mm. K. S. Parsons, Miss Gcrtrudo Trlechler, Mr. Tricolor. Mm. Stokes entertained a few friends with a brldgo luncheon Fri day. Mr. and Mrs. Darling of San Diego Cal., were tho guests of Mr. and Mrs. K. 11. Davis this week. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Davis re turned this week, from a trip to Se attle and other northern cities. WEALTHY ENGLISHMAN SEEKS RECONCILIATION WITH WIFE. YTjBMSA'' JiBiBM Itov, Adams of Hugcno will preach nt the Christian church Sunday. MR. HENSY WALTER, JR. Scckinc a reconciliation with lib Jr., a wcaltliy EngirHhmnn and eousi Hie Ijmlon TitncH, and who lins been the ground of liarhamiis treatment, is hcu ,Imh wife. To avoid her htmband tiiikuowii. "There U home KtrnnRe nnd myst my wife," aid Mr. Waller. "I would conversation of five minutes with he kIio loved me. I cannot account for a a divorce." XSa HENRY WALTER, JR. bride of mIx month, Henry Waller, u of the late John Walter, owner of made defendant in a divorce fiiiit on now in New Yo krin an effort to Mm. Walter left New York for parts crious influence nt work to rob me of give all I WhhCH8 if I could have a r. I love hex ami I was certain that motive that would cause her to seek Tho ladi a of tho Presbyterian church will servo dinner Wednesday and Thursday, October 4 nnd 5 in the storeroom formerly occupied by tho Medford Furniture company. The dinner will bo served from 11 to 2 o'clock. Prlco 50c. Mr. Walter Merrick left Monday for Corvallls, for a visit with his former college friends, after which bo leaves for Now York. Mm. Morloy, who haB been the valcsclng from anopcratlou sho had to undergo whllo there. . Miss Scani ore, who has been the guest of her aunt, Mrs. J. Vilas Bcck wlth, left for home this week. Mrs. B. S. Parsons entertained Informally for a few friends Wed nesday afternoon. Mr. Dcrt Redden of Portland is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hcdden. Mr. and Mm. W. A.- Jones made tho trip to Crater Lako this week. Tho University of Oregon Gleo club will probably visit Medford d tir ing their winter tour. Mr. Vernon Vawter of Medford has been a mem ber of tho club for two yearn and will have a prominent part on the program this year. Mrs. K. E. Rcdrield of Glendale loft for her homo this week alter ris king her daughter, Mm. C. A. Wil son. Dr. and Mm. J. M. Kceno returned Sunday from a trip through Southern California. Mrs. Kceno Is greatly improved in health. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Rothcrmel are receiving congratulation on tho birth of a son September 25th. Tho Colony Club gavo a Brldgo luncheon to Its members In the club rooms Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs.' V. J. Blgham of San Francisco aro visiting Sirs. Big- ham's parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Prultt. To eclobrato tho birthday of Mrs., Scott Davis, Mrs. Davis gavo him n Btirprlflo party Wednesday evening. 500 was played during tho ovnn ing, Mr. McGowan winning tho prize, a handsomo deck of cards, after which a two coumo luncheon was served. Tho guests woro Mr. nnd Mrs. Boydcn, Mr. and Mrs. McGowan, Mr. and Mrs. Porry, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Johncon, Mr. and Mrs. Rosen- baum and MIbh Weeks. A delightfully Informal tea was given by Mr. and Mrs. Frcdorlck Hop klnB, Sunday afternoon at Snowy, Butto orchard. Mr. Gatvlnl ot Port land and Mr. II. P. FInley assisted In receiving. Madamo Floro poured cof fee and Mr. Galvlnl assisted by Mrs. Washburn p served Russian tea. About thirty friends called during the afternoon. Tho Knights of Pythias will hold a convention here Monday and Tues day of next week. Monday afternoon tho Pythian Sis ters will entertain tho out-of-town la dles with a reception. Tho Knights will glvo a danco at tho Natatorium Tuesday evening. Tho Missionary Society ot th Presbyterian church will meet with. Mm. L. P. Black on East Main street Tuesday afternoon at 2: SO o'clock.' An Interesting program will bo glvon and all .members aro asked to attend. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Dodgo returned,, Sunday from their wedding trlrJ to California and aro living at tho Hotel Medford until their new homo on tho Dodgo ranch, on tho Jacksonville road is completed. Mr. Arthur Clark and family re turned this week from an automo bile trip to Crescent City. Mr. Harold Carey returned last week to tho University ot Washing ton. Tho Question Club will bo entor taincd by Miss Fern Jerome next week. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wetzol re turned last week from a visit la Portland. . .. Mr. and Mm. Frank Bonnet former ly of Medford aro sow living In Bend, Ore. a Hon. W. S. Crowoll returned this week from a visit at Newport. Governor West and the Convicts By Jennings Sutor In the Pacific Monthly "Hello, penitentiary f Thin irf West xpeiikiiiw. Scud 'IKll.V up lo the eup itnl. I want to m' him in mv offieo." "Hut, Otiviirnor," eauie llm lion bled voice of Hi" warden, "I've i.o guard lo bend now -limy - nio nil liimy. I'll Head him down Iiiiu after noon, when l eau get hoiiiu iiiiu to go wiih hint." "No, you wniil. Tell liim lo Ret on thu liar mid gel off nt tho oupi tol." "Almml Why, he'rt mm of the le.niiew. I iloii'l dure lo il, (Jovum or." "1'11'liikii Ih" respoiiHlhilily. Bnml him iiliuiKt" h!l th governor of Or egon. Ho limy culled "JIlllS" from llm hIiod hlmps, where he wiih nt work helping to (urn out thu heavy hlaek footwear (hut llm lOO-odd men i llui Kiilem iiiHlitiilion iim, lold him In clean tip. iiml gave him hi car I'ara for llm trip Into town, "I'm not going nloiiof" lm iisk'il of the wiitileu in an HiirpiiKed u toiio iiH Unit official liiul iihciI to thu governor a few iiiiimtcH before. "Thnt'rt oriUn-8," Hiilil Warden Citv I in. And "ilfliri" walked down llio hI(w nlong the path whore tliu rosoH nnd llm bruvo ImllyliockH try their best to overcome the glim background . the turretcd red brick piinon, on through the Hwinglng iron gutcn that bar tlm jnil-ynrd from Urn Hlreiit nnd llmii.in dim eouiHi) of Mum and hy llm aid of llm jerky llltlo trolley that rmiH from flio penitentiary into the oily of Salem, hu iiaum to tliu uapitol building. It had been eight yearn bIiicu lm had Hcmi tlm woild outHido tlm peni tentiary. In that timu hu hadn't proved a model prisoner. He had worked hard, il'n trim; hu had a nat ural aptitude for iiieelianicH that eas ily gavo him tlm lend in tlm hIiojih, JUit hu liad iiIhu ttHcd his iiigeiituty in trying to em-npo the barriers Unit man nnd tlm law hud built around him, llm hint almost HiiecesHfully. They untight him ufter he had made Ills way through the Hewer and -il-uiorit into Mill creek; caught him and brought hiui back to his work in tlm hIio. Governor Wetd know "Mil ft V rec ord when lm sent for him. If he felt any pcrnunl gratification when that gentleman walked into his office half an hour or mi after, he concealed it. Ho treated him as lm might hnvu any other iiciiuainlaiicc, "How'd you enjoy tho tripf" I.o asked, His visitor eyed him for a minute neither wiih much in thu mood for joking and replied that it was ti novelty. "Now, you're in for life, u mur derer," tho governor said. "You have tried to gel away bufore, Why didn't you this liinof How do you know I didn't scud for you lo give you a chance to skipt" No ;il)ir hesitated a minute or (wo before answering. "Well, I'll toll you, governor. I've tried il before. This would havo been u pipu for sure. Hut it s tho hint liinii since I eau remember (hut a man's trusted um. 1 couldn't throw you down." "All right," said West, "g" mil and'HCi) tho town for an hour and then go back to the warden." llo did. He went hack lo work and stayed with his job for a week when another huuiiuouh eamo to call on llm governor, llo went, visited u while and went back to thu peniten tiary and to work again. Tlm third tinm his ottriosity was relieved, "I'll toll you what I want you to do," said tlm governor. "Our hlioq shop is in a bad way. Wo nmko scarcely enough to Hiipply tlm inqn in thu pribon. They're poor shoes nl that. We ought to maiiufaetiire nhoes enough to fit nut every person in these state institutions around here. There's the insane asylum, tho homo for tlm feeble-minded, the asylum farm, tho industrial school, with several thousand people for whom thu hliilo has lo buy shoos. There's no reason why you boys shouldn't bo making shoes for this entire lul, excepting that your mach inery is old-fashioned and worn out. "Take sumo of tho money that you have saved up mid go down wluro there ure shoo fuctories and seo what machinery wo need and how wo enn improve our shops mid eamo buck and tell mu about it. Tho statu will lako euro of your expenses." l'eihiips thoro was n dry lump in his throat who kuowsT hut any way llm two men didn't waste words. Ho eamo to Portland that afternoon. It 6o happened that it was thu week of tho Portland annual Ituso Festi val. Tlm streets woro gay with bunting and decorations, bauds and parades. II must havo been a strange sight for tho mail who had spent tho last eighl yenrs in prison. Out al the nviataiou field norophiues wero Hying. There wero automobile root's. Kverywhero tho carnival spirit nnd play. Hut "IHIlfi" went to tho shoo factories, watched (ho men work, examined (ho (ypes of much inery, spent two days and two nights in tho citv, and went bnok to tho governor with tho information that ho had leiirued much, but that tho most modern plant to ho found was at Oregon City. Should ho go thoro and see that, too. Governor West told him (o find out exactly what tho prison needed and when ho found out, to order it. So ho went to Oregon City, studied llm machinery thoro, pfnoed tlm order for tho Statu of Oregon nnd returned! to Salem. The fuluro history oC ".'HUf)" doesn't mattter so much. llo had proved that one of tho men regarded as most dangerous, as a drag upon society, bad that in him which could bo turned to the profit of himself and his state. Ho has been paroled, since, and is working honestly nt tho employment tho governor sc oured for him. But, more important than that, he settled oueo for all, any fears Oregon's governor may havo had concerning his "Honor System" at the Stato penitentiary. Ho was tho prophet of tho now order of things that has resulted in fifty per cent of the convicts of that state be ing trusted to go ubout there work outside the prison walls without a guard to watch them. If you ask Governor eWst what started tho "Honor System," ho'JI probably (ell you "tho high cost of living' Tho cost of Hiving has be come ndironiido when applied to most of tho ills of the day, but as an ox ouso fur instituting tho "Honor Sys tem" in a penitentiary il is probably novel. Hut what really seems lo havo been a prompting reason that and tho innate interest in his fellow men thai crops out occasionally in a public official. Oswald West was what tho penplo of the border states call a "Canuck." Ho eamo to Oregon from Ontario as a boy a poor boy lived in Salem, thu prety lit llo capital on tho Willaiu oto river, drove a butcher's wagon in tho summer holidays, did all tho odd jobs and hard work that full to tho lot of tho usutl small-town boy, When tliu state penitentiary wiih lo cated at Salem lm used to go up Mill creek and watch tho guards loaning on their gnus on tho watoh towers. Somotiines thoro would bo an esoapo from tho prison ami tho town, piirtioulnrlyl tho small-hoy pari of it, would shiver with oxoitomont. The iutorest of a hoy who grows up in a town where (hero is a largo pris on centers nbout it as naturally as docs that of the sea-const boy about tho ships and docks. Later young West lie's not thirty-eight yet went into a bnnk at Salem, ami his interest in human nature was developed nt tho paying toller's window. Nobody expects sentiment to iucubnto in a bank, which bears out tho governor's state ment that sentiment has played no part in his reforms, but tho insido of tho teller's window does givo one a prety fair insight into human nature. From tho succession of faces at tho window one learn'? to judgo quickly whether a man's honest, or vicious, or weak; whether he's telling tho truth; in short, whether bo's to be trusted. And it is upon tho knowl edge ho gained there that Governor West depends mot when deciding which of tho applicants for parole, pardon or aid, aro honest in their claims and which are not. After serving a term n Stato Laud Agent and Itnilroad Coinmwsiouor, West ran for tho governorship last fall, was elected, and went into of fice in January. A man of extraor dinary nerve-energy with apparently limitless imparity for work, and a disconcerting fondness for attending lo the "unimportant" details himself, ho soon had a number of departments heads hy the ears. A short time after taking tho oath of office tho governor surprised tho penitentiary officials by calling at 0 a. m. and requesting to havo break fast with tho convicts. To havo tho governor ask tho privilege of eating with tho convicts, especially whon bo had sent no uotico of his coming, mid at breakfast of all meals, was re garded as a bit of harmless econtria ity -much as tho people of tho'sluma look upon tlm occasional dips be neath their surfaoo, of a boarding- school miss. But ho enmo again and again lm oultivnted tho lmbU of dropping in without saying nnythin beforehand and the word soon passed about among (ho men that the gov ernor was their friend and was really holding out a hand to them. Governor West has an nlibi that he has carefully prepared to demon strate'j that sentiment had notion; whntnever to do with tho "Honor System." Tho stato appropriatuiou for tho penitentiary (his year was no larger than formerly. There wero moro convicts, and tho cost of living that cost of living to which tho gov ernor gives tho credit for his system hiui increased to such an extent that it was apparently impossible to bring tho necessary expenses within tho appropriation. There was one way out of it to make tho peniteutiary help support itself. Salem is tho center for n number of stato institutions. Tho Hospital for the Insane is a short mile from tho prison. Nenrbj is tho Asylum Farm, while a littlo further to tho east nnd south aro tho Tuberculosis Sanitarium, tho Stato Industrial Sshool for Hoys and Iho Homo for Depondnnt Children, All nro large, havo considerable tillablo ground, surrounding them, nnd houso classes of inmates that it is difficult to muko industrially valuable Here, on the one hand, wero hundreds of acres of rich Willamettto Valley laud nwait iug crops, and on thu other wero hun dreds of stiong, aotivo men shut upu in a prison until their appointed time should expire. To bring theso opposito poles to gether required engineering skill tho ability to judgo accurately tho possi bilities within a man, to construot oharncter, to gauge tho stress of mind nnd soul, hut it has boon car ried out with surprising ease nnd success. Profiting by his visits to the penitentiary and his personal talks with tho mon, Governor West believed he saw a way whereby ho could save tho stato money a neces sary thing to his system, becauso o tho many Thomases to whom money' and only money, talks authoritative ly and at tho samo time savo at least a largo part of tho convicts to society. He went to tho men with hi3 plan and put it to them frankly. "Look here," ho would tell a pris oner. "Tho stato cant afford to keep you hero at its oxjMjnso any longer than necessary. You don't want to stay here, I'll mako this bar gain with you. I'll let you out of tho prison and put you at work nearby. You will givo mo your word not to run away. I'll seo that you aro paid a certain amount for your work, enough so that you will bo able to get to your home, or where you ish when you Ieavo tho pcnitcnli ary. You work faithfully and I'll parolo you as soon as you show you deservo it." This argument was sirong in ita appeal to tho men bcuauso tho most wayward of them could seo that to tako tho governor up on his bnrgaln was a good thing for him. It monnt that tho convict would get his liberty what ho wanted. It mount tho tax payer would savo monoy what ho wanted. It meant that Oswald West would bo doing something for tho "under dog," which is very prob ably what hu wanted. Today you can tako a trip ovor almost any road out of Salem and pass convicts nt work without be ing able to tell them from tho ordi nary industrious farmhand to bo mot with in any countryside Tiler's no "prison look" about them. Tho hang-dog shift is lack ing from their oyos. Thoro is a healthy tan on thoir faocs, Tho feol- iug of satisfaction that comes fro a hard day's work out-of-doors la noticenblo. Tho cleverest forger, the f J Ml i. Hi I r"l m (Continued on p 1.) i. ?