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About The Western American. (Astoria, Or.) 1922-19?? | View Entire Issue (May 17, 1923)
Thursday, May 17, 1923 u ■■ induatrlel triants of the mill la at* In sin and horn 1« inhtalty, the vi fixed thi* p lacard : "Gentlemen Do cious product o f Janluusv and tnotlvea net use obacvne or profane language of revenge. Every atsn in the prison Are you a gentleman*" Think of con will get what in dm him, of courae. fronting a wild outlaw with a notice and thoao moat deserving of clemency P la > and Estimate. Furnished of that kind! isn't ft enough to make and liberty will bn recognised and re Fra# warded. There'a a lot .Ot fine lead him think? It does, indeed- Garage and Uahlaet Work formerly the men In these shops ership among the inmates of ths played ail the time. Thousands of prison, limited and hemmed In by dollars in equipment went to hell, a* condition*, of cour*' hut neverthe P. P. CARSON the guards explain It. but now all are less a leadership of the finest hind. * S ' .■ - I ------ CONTRACTOR It Is based upon the merit system, ' producins. self-supporting Pardon the Grammar, but S3 E. 74th 9 L N. Portland, Ora. upon the vlrtuee of human character, In another busy section of the __ Chons Tabor 4U 7 This Was Indeed a Won plant one observe* this sign Junk upou the good and positive qualities which imbue the humpn being with making In thi* shop is a dead Issue derful Performance. and will cease from now on. Walter the spirit of aelf-conquest. which . Douglas« A Douglass M. Pierce is Governor of Oregon by transform the detbnmd. v italité the Service Station vWdcned emotions which govern hu 25.000 m ajority.” man conduct, and develop poor sin 21c GAS Treated as -K id s* Qas, Oil*, T ires and Aeeeaaorian fut men into godlike ritliena. capable Punishments for infraction, of th»v of high purpose and achievement Hupmobile Is Revelation to 7*d St. and F e tte r Read rules are peculiar under Warden Warders Johnson £ Smith stands •Smith, who is> an expert in knowledge Noted Race Driver in soOSty behind every ‘"prisoner .who of human nature. Picture, tf you can. Dr. C. S. Ogsbury „ Severe Test. evinces ih j w lllin g m -. or the capa a former wild outlaw and murderer D a n tie tr y city to change hie mode of life Smith or robber continually running around Is a great-hearted American, generous P ortland, Ore. W alter Gobln Smith, noted war vet WARDEN JOHNSON 8 . SMITH of a flag pole, or May-pole, for gours on and kindly, and whoever wins h it taoy roots« Weed t*hune S l’neet : s : i L otit* S ta tio n eran. form er o fficer in the cavalry 6t the 0 regun Stata Prison, veteran In end. like a child, with old ''cons” raí- friendship, in prison or out. has ac the Regular Army, alto widely known the care and reformation of prison- IOO,n* h,ra •* ln" ’ rv‘ 1»' "Clmmo the quire»! something priceless and be No Job too S m U , H a Job loo U r| s aa the tlllikum of Eddie Rickeahacker e r s 1» doing n most wonderfnl worh, buI|P*n e,r' r-v <‘m* ln Preference to yond estimation. Surety the unfor- although his administration Is only ,haf- s*-v* ,be offender, For offenses tunaie prisoners will pay no atfen- R. H. RANDOLPH in spectacular race driving and cross- ^ #M> Hf In the dining room the culprit is sen- .tjon to the cuunlng propaganda of the CO N TR A CTO R —O R N gW A L JO B B IN O country endurance runs, performed a rapp ed and harassed hy the amchiaa- tpnc* <l t0 the "hog table." face to.the ‘Olcott' crew the villainous grafter* W an* and Sp ecification « Furnished punishment that who were ousted la tierce indignation stunt with ^ Hupmobile on Sunday. tloas o f unscrupulous political e n e - .w* n- * niw 20« t . Fiftieth S t T aber I M I mles, who were attaches and. p ara»,gets— T?*“]!®:— Tbe*« punishments hy ihe amused people of the great May t, or rather the Hup performed sites of the prevlon* administration proTe- I” the working out, that In- State of Oregon. --it with this motor-car magician at the ander Warden Jim Lewis and “ Ko- <5ted ''m€n • " but W * *T°wn up." wheel, that might seem Incredible to Gnards Kasaialr Wsrdea Wan Bennie” OleotL The W estern Installlna Another Turbine. persons unfam iliar with the wonder The prison guards number I t Some American h la possession of facts [ warden Smith is ordering another of them are experts In various lines ful car called the Hup. concerning the activities of some of tu r b jn . , n g in , i„ the mill shops to of industries now being developed. The Old Top. as Smith is know to these men which. H published, would m>nufacture , ljsht and power. cut- Each 4s a man of mark, picked for his arm y comrades, with six adult impel them te leave the S tate as speed- tln s down expenses enormously and his special ability, and each under persons abroad and 200 pounds of lag- Ily as possible. Wc are not Interested fac|U u ting the development „of the stand« the humanitarian policy of gage. drove out to Trout Crook Villa, la personal vengeance. Let retrlhn- |ndastries. Warden Smith. They are dot "con” the other side of Molalia. about *0 tlve ju stice do the work. We are de- Certain dependable men in the ma- herders Typlyal of thé entire group miles, in speed record time, only to tem ln e d . however, to bark ap A»**-, chine shops buy their own lathes and le- William A. Muli.n form erly of be told by "experts" at the Villa that e rao r Pierce and Warden Smith In worg|nB wheels, paper cutters, etc . Portland, a king among men. now the climb up the mud road to the top making the State Prison what It oaght and are perml,ted t0 make many art- of Molalia mountain. IS miles, couldn't lo ho, in the interest of hnmanlty and ,c l„ which appeal to the Tl„ltor and serving aa A ssistant to the Warden, ile knows men and the motives which be done by m ortal man except on toot, the ever-burdened taxpayers. hlch a rc wold at modest prices ATT actuate them In any situation. Dur- horseback or airplane. Late that even > *!ll B. F. Miller _______ T____________________ „ toward ______ inltioa o f k gentleman Ail this Is ‘,,T,ds ar® ln ,h e W»r‘len's *ng. the .w ar h e was In..the ordnance ing. bowling merrily along Naaltary Plumbing and HeaUag departmen^Rid previously was a suc- Portland, past the Villa, the Old Top ' due to the humanitarian policy o f the Jo b b l.ig Prom ptly Attended to was singing: ¡Warden, who is always “appealing to , There Is no flogging, no hosing. In e-ssful contractor. „ 8to v « C onnections He Is a system t. S. g . P ortlan d, Ora. “Some folk* said »he couldn't make the highest motive to which they will f tnanegement V> r.\\ s^a expert and a finished psychologist. SOM K n d Sh S op Phono S t ’ naet 1.3« .He can figure o u t , what » poor pris lies. Phene 81 naat IM t that run. ¡resp on d “ . | sion ,n|irfBP ^ men Lemme tell yu. honay. what this little Gun Cage Is Abolished ' '' " h ’ **"K 11 1 oner is thifiklng, mentally puftLng ’ vrules or a* cattle. "I am not a ’con ,,. .. . h „i,lr „ Hup dona done — r f.. Above the dining hail of the prison-1. . „ . Above the dining hail of the prison- ” * ,m" e,f ln ,he otper man * p ^ and She reached that summit by half past ■?„, m one corner of the room, there! ’ ^ f‘rUBd man un<j ,r ^ Wiring aad E lectrical Sapp lies one. ! ’. a great cage of steel, which former- **• _ _ _ I-‘,okout »> u a » to . Rv»rr prisoner Prison Was a Wreck B a lte rie t Charged will do well to win Mullen's friend And started back home by the aettin' ly housed several gunmen, who kept When Warden Smith took charge ship and respect. t i l W. Bead SL Astoria of the sun.” their weapons of death trained upon Phono 120* Flax Industry Premising the Inmates * W tb*y dined at the ■»«« January the prison was a wreck, Realty Marvelous Performance. The riax industry Is one of the The w riter knows what he is talk tables below. Warden Smith has shot- j 11 had b«en “high-graded" to the promising activities. ot fesUve enrol prison’* most ing, about, for he was in the party— ished the overhead cage. Every man H“ ‘* ** w u ‘ In sist an Bine Stem IM Per Coat » rendervous of choice spirits The State has 'been experim enting scared stiff during the arduous climb ls put on hi« honor te be polite and Whole Wheat up the mown tain. The women in the ' considerate of the rights o f his neigh- Today the "pen“ is a vast Industrial with flax ahoat i f years and now party—four In number—seemed to en-|bor. There is no need o f killing, no home, a refuge of the oppressed and Warden 8m1th Is going In for profits instead of idling, from the manufacturing end. Even Joy the experience, having tame o ft spirit ot massacre, and fnntead the the unforSdhatei We us» no Patent W hile Spnlnlng tow confidence in Smith. ^ prisoners have adapted the great e riry man In the Institution today Is now it is profitsbla D ou r or Alum. creatively busy.' No lo n ger' is the brings !$«0 a ton. and the cheapest The Hop was low-geared for tw o , Warden’s motto. "Kindness Is the Hot bread dally at i P. M. la hours and never even boiled. It was greatest good." There’s a say in g 1 ’dog-house packed with hundreds of sold by the prison nets 1100 a ton. balances d istrict tke first car to attem pt the mountain among the “cons" that "from the d a y , men and 8,1 cursing and fight- The different grades bring various climb this season. It was a marvelous y °u were boro til you ride in a hearse. |fn*- gambling, drinking and commlt- prices, 11 to 17 cent* a pound. Uphols performance, over a densely wooded -things were never so bad they might tln* nameless crimes. The vile old tery tow sells at 1100 a ton and the Coraer Fro n t and Harrison Mts. dog-house is a machine shop now, demand cannot he satisfied. This In- and shade mountain trail, full of roots. not hav® been worse.” Under Smith Phone Mala 8AS1 devoted to wood working specialties. dustryhas been going since 1916 and rocks and deep mud ru u from end tbta ** ,he spirit of the whole Insti- to end. jutting logs, sharp curves, TTution. The men make due allowances I There’s more or less degeneracy, of hae'been handicapped by mismanage high precipices below, sheer walls ,or haman weaknesses, and so does, course. for “the human heart Is de ment In' previous years. A bumper O ffice H ou rs: 11 to 11 A. M .; 1 to I P . M. , praved and desperately wicked.” but flax crop Is assured this year. It Is above, bottomless bogs and mountain, ,be " arfien. All want to do better by moral suasion, by educational and worth about $100.000 to the fanners DR. E. H. EAST rivulets without number. At many ^ Sood. "and' the spirit Indeed PHYSICIAN and SURGEON spiritual Influence, the great major of the State The prison employes places, where even <Jhc Hup balked. w,-ll*nfh bu* the flesh Is weak.” Of fir« : SOS-4 P ltto rk Block ity of the Inmates are trying to be receive a wage of 25 cents to $1.50 a Pbon« Beacon 4519 Smith backed the car away about 50 Magnificent Talent real men. living up to the Warden’s da*y In the flax mill, depending upon ' R esidence 165 E 66th fit. Sooth feet and went over the obstruction *n tbe chapel of the prison one ideal as best they can. P hone T ab o r 71T7 ability. The manufacturing end. now with a racer’s running jump. In rec- ’ ecs a number of magnificent paint- These prisoners, let no one forget. being promoted by Warden Smith. ord time for dry road, and It was all logs. 10 by 5 feet, Oregon scenery, and HUP DOES A STUNT JOHNSON S. SMITH Are You Going to Build or Remodel? THAT CANT BE DID OLD TOP SMITH AT WHEEL Í- WhIV In Doubt Where to Eat TRY THE S&S Washington Street Near Third The ilome Theatre ef Sellwead Jew eler and Watchmaker First Class Entertain* ment All the Tima Try us fur wurkuwiiahlp and servi»-«. IliCh ir a it« W atch«« M x im ii W atch. i V k iui»l J«w «lry Iteim lrlng lU t t a i l U th St. Portland, Ora. C. K NICHOLHON. Mgr. ISIS East Thirteenth HL K II Muwrsy, I'rop , KNIGHTS TED R. MOYER SHOE 8H1NIYG PARLOR Ladle«- Gesta Salesman for DI’RANT AND RTA RCAIU AND CIGAR STAND Portland, Ore. Kail 47M W Becoad Street Res. ■ Walnut 7$ m * J. A. HARDING We WIU Please Yea Specialising In Liberty and Oregold Batter L iberty C ream ery t l h and Yam hill The Sellwodd Shoe Store IIK R L IN K Y am h i il St T en th S tro st 1 Oppuklte Public Library F IN E MAIN O i l \ W 8 » WESTERSUND & DAHLGREN HEALTH BREAD Blue Stem Health Bread Co. ire but unfortunate specimens of nu- will yield large-profits. The product merous others wtio are guilty »1 ts - j II include twine, fishing line, etc.. crimes for which these men are mak- and specialties. Thu long line heckle dng atonement, and that if all. high flax sells at 75 cants a pound. A *nd low, who are equally guilty were carload was shipped the other day given their just deserts, the prison and the State received $10,000 for It. at Salem would have to be enlarged | This quality Is used for m aking fine four times over and then perhaps i linen. By-product*, form erly thrown would not hold the half of them. The ; away are now sold to druggist* at *ix sinners outsfde, enjoying liberty, have j cent* a pound and the prison cannot no shadow of right to poke the finger supply the demand. About 2000 acres of scorn at the poor devils who have are under rontract for flax to supply been unfortunate enough to get the prison’s needs. The State fur caught. nishes the seed. It 1* Interesting to °ce the ertrptoye-foreman demonstrate Making Handsome Shue« The prison shoe shop is a wonder, i ! bp wonder* of flax; carded, like cot- derful flexibility. It rolls and keeps' 'h* pel “• providing It Is small yet in production, but! '°n hatting. It appears like silver rolling without bouncing. I always facilities for both the Protestant and »ome marvelous talent is being de- i mane upon a pony— elegant stuff, Roman Catholic religion. knew the Hup was a fine car. but I veloped. The employes are making i " hat Ihe Prisaner* Say Mill a Busy Scene didn't know it was capable of such * shoe as handsome as anyone would editor of The W estern Amer- The lumber mill and machine shops splendid work.” •vish to see. The shop is being en-1 ipan wa* privileged to Inspect the of the prison employ a great number Smith was in the 1910 Glidden Tour. larged and developed.- The Warden’s I prison without official espionage. He He said he never found a read more of men. Expert skill on the part of LVe 4*-+o make all the shoe* for the' '«Iked with the prlmraara and probed many has , been developed. Econ impassable than the one up Molalia 100 residents of the prison. T h e ; lor fact*. They declared they were mountain on May «. “Give the Hup omies are being effected that promise shoemakers’ are making “eccentric*” | fp'* aa "good a* any workingman,” and due credit,” be said. "There’s a whole profits where red ink entries have now. «hoes of unusual size or shape, ' ’hat Warilen Smith is a “brick.” The lot in the driving, of courae, but this been made before. Lacking room for *uit peculiar need* of Individual*. arub Plentiful, lean. wWl-cooked. storage. Warden Smith has con test required an honest-to-Ood auto st a cost of $2 10 to 12.30 a pair 77"’ clothing I* Kntlafactory. Privl- structed a double deck, doubling the mobile.” The keep of each man ln the prison 'eg”* are enjoyed according to merit. storage capacity of the main floor. On leaving Portland for a day’s The honor system prevails. No man The employes are busy as bees. They s $1.10 dally. The Warden figures outing the party had been arguing . . , . , , manufacture table*, furniture and he can equalize this cost In produc ; had s kick. Every man had a heavy about road stunts, but none except . . . . tive capacity, and this Is hi# task and . heart. When attunnd to the ear of j ___ v_ j _____ , ___ : chairs, kitchen cabinets and many Smith had ever had experience of ¡o*h»r tilings useful to society. A car nroblem. The prisoners are co-oper- •»vmpathy. and most of them were In mountain driving. He suggested "a nocent. of course, and this appalling load of the kitchen cabinets was M!ng with him right loyally real ride" np Molalia mountain, which ■ set was developed : thi* penitentiary shipped on May 7. The chairs sell Polsonnns I’reparnnda Out everyone said was Impossible at this ‘s in reality a reform atory for Boys! st about $30 a dozen and look as good At a time when the great hearted time. He naturally likes to do “Im s» 975 chairs. In one corner of the Governor and Warden are striving to Take out t5 or 20 old “cons” of the possible” stunts and started upon this "reat room a poor old man. expiating do something worth while for the 1 erd hulled variety and the average one with an enthusiasm which seemed c ” -111 he less than 26 years. All »’•s rrime of other years, is making' ttate and for humanity, the wicked to have been, shared by the “almost ov -' The sversrc length of stay in '•oil beds—the cutest things of the end vile scoundrels who are scheming human" Hup. : he prison Is about one year and eight kind you ever saw. Poor old chap! | ‘(^defeat their purposes have let loose “■outh*. it i* a problem of human ” e looks appealingly at the visitor. I by cunning methods a poisonous and ■"elamatlon. Wards* Smith In trying humble as a dog. ever ready to tejl dastardly propaganda among the to send every man out better than # erte o fthe kindness and mercy of the orlsoners themselves, inciting the whep he came in. Society ha* to W ^ r t e d W.rden In th i. d - vhlsper thst Warden Smith I* trying ,|.n,"wl«h 'them''he A W « M S A i onlt, * — J_ _ _ _ _ _ • «, ■ partment there la much new construe -1 only to develop efficiency, and that is noi an Institution belonging to the (Continued from Page Five.) Hun. Installed about January 16. and . . j . when . . . . . one on. proves himself mmse.i valuable a* WaMpn or or the Board mates are served with a skill at least promising large profits before the j a workman he will thereby doom hlm- , „ _ lra‘ Control, but to the people of the equal to that ot outside. They keep year Is out. self to serve the full sentence, with-, . ntlrP Hta, e their finger nails clean, trying at a ll, What Think Ye ef T h is! out hope Of parole This propaganda, r o n e '« _____ - . . . mi »« is In timet to measure up to the public def- Upon the door of one of the main la, of course, false ds hell, conceived1 V S g mud this time, .the Hup made it t o i f ° ur or f>v<‘ smaller ones. This is art the summit, and on the return made work of the finest kind, plainly done even better time. The wheel chains by a master. The author of the cau- had to be used, of course. 8mith rcses was a convict. The guard whis wanted to see what the Hup could do. pers that the Warden will be pleased if no mention is made of the name. • Why the Hup Did It.'” ’ Smith, formerly a racer and cross Certainly, these paintings entitle the country endurance driver, who has author to everlasting honor and praise. driven and handled nearly every make The motif and the technical execu of car. said afterward: “A higher tion are admirable. The artistry I» powered, larger car couldn't hare superb. The creator of these mas- made It. Tbe Hup did it. owing to ’erpieces, however, must forever re its short turning radius. Sometimes j main anonymous, because, forsooth, it was at an angle of 45 degrees. It j he was a transgressor of the law and has a good road clearance and won paid his penalty to the State. The >0 Reclaiming Men at State Prison I . ,a PURCELL’S CAFE C. A. PURCELL P roprietor Form erly Silv er Grill Now under !M>% management 11$ KIHlngswertii SH O ES tsro g . i l t h S t. KLECTHIC Phono Knot »10 Portland Top Co. •Ciiwood 0*70 SIGNS PAINTED NPANIOL A PETERSEN A uta Tope Mode and Repaired S e t t Covers. Cushions end C u rtain * Ilona« Painting Paper Hanging •TfS Third Street Phene At water •?*> E. Water awd Alder Bla. M. L Hoi mea M. O. Flam ing * PAVIH. I'ruprlotor Men’«, W»men’« and UblMrea’e P O R TL A N D , O R B. F red erick T NoU Kaalo H. Not a Drs. F. T. & E. H. Not* BUILDING CONTRACTOR Chiropractic aad O ffice« Grandma's t l i - l l * L>«kum_Ulde If You Are Going to Build ! ¿ Cakes and Cookies or make alteratloua. w at your r eal -f - : K . i l l ■ M Ji 1 Sold Everywhere Electro Therapy Phonaa: Ilre a d v a y M lt Em pire fM 1 e m p ire ItT l . m dedee „or business place. I would bo Main so » * ,™ . u S , . “ " ” Union T „ n .f .r Co. Tabor 2909 Special Trip« Mad« Anywhsr* OUv«r Hail. Prop. W. N. Eisminger SW E, 50t^ .N. - r— Thonw golturtriwl 10 U It««ld«nc9. K. Root 0*15 w,B;„d'«orI;.r"',“r* P y tlfw d , Qr% HpAkrtln» Pood» O fftr« I'hun«. K. IIM IDEAL ROOFING CO CONTRAlJ W#». Thun» W i l 0175 GOLDEN COPPER MODELING * , . . „ NI«N PAINTING «M»H E. B araslde S t , Portland. Ore. S f Third S«r««l P hen e Main u s* James O. Bothwell W‘ ^ ,TU" In s ilt on BARKER and LUXURY BREAD BARKER BREAD CO. New Home: 17th and Sandy Boulevard I'hone li Road nay >UH 0 FRANK HUFFMAN Tailor to Men and Women at Popular Prices Howard H. Belding Watchmaker aad Jeweler W atch , Clock and Je w elery R epalrtnc E n gravin g and iA pIdary E x p e rt Diamond B ettin g Mail O rders Prom ptly Attended to Room 20 * W ashington Bunding U pstairs, B e t. Id and 4th, on W ashington P ortland, Oregon Broadw ay MS* L ig h t M anufactu ring . IAN W a sh in g to n S t r e e t WELDING and BRAZING Machine Work W . C. Faw kea. M anager The Portland Locksmith G E N E R A L R E P A IR IN G Cylinders Bored Heasoaed Over-Nlie Piston* Fnrnlihed aad Ground ta Given Rise* Welding Equipment Repaired Soldering, Grinding, Modal Making, Electrical Repairing f 208J/f Fourth Street Retw een Salm on and T aylor Broadway 7209 THE BEAVER PHARMACY Browii Electric Co. Phone Sellwood 14*4 Portland, Ore. —" " We are prepared to do all kinds of alectrlcal work In our new location. Let us figure on your next Job. 100 per cent service. H ot C akes and W a ffltt. S teak * and Chaps. Coffee a Specialty “ R E A L H OM S COOK|NO" at . BOB’S JSe Lunch 11:00 A. M. to 2:00 P. M. Rroadway SUS Bob C lark. Prop. sé es Tenth Itreet, Near 8&rk 88 First St., Portland, Ore. ♦ --------------- -- — . . . . . P. Livingston, Prop. GUI Umatilla Avg Portland, Oregon N. W. Welding and Supply Co. Expert Key and Lockwork, Saw Filing, | 33 Sixth S t, near Astor Astpria, Ore. um oaBBi I rww.iH, n v « Phone 595 Smoke “RUMMY” Cigars 10 O eat* wnd Two for a Quarter |BDWY.380L| JOHANSEN BROS. 1352 Franklin Street A. L. CAMPBELL AUTO TOWING efficient Ollln lino and Greasing While Yeu Walt. Orankcas# Drained Free. All Kind« of OMod Olle and Oaeeiln*. Sixteenth end Aids« Street* * T s is T Union Oyster House Sellwood Jewelry - , Astoria, Oregon LEBECK & SON CONTRACTORS Pile driving $nd bridge building. ) and moving. Phon* 4,7 ‘ House raising •* Watt Bond 8U Astoria, Or*.