TIIK! WEATHER.
The EUterana recetvea the
leased wire report of tho As
sociated Press, tfcs gTeatnt
Fair In north!: showers In south;
; moderate rjortheasterly wlml-i.
ui most reliable areas
soeiatloa la the world.
iXTY-N!XTH YEAR
SALKM. OHF.GON. SATI KDAV .MORNING, FK.nitCARY 21, ItKSU.
piuck: nrs CEXTH.
CONNOR HELD
BY OFFICERS
AT SEATTLE
Ex-Convict Who Defrauded
Azed Couple in Yamhill
Will Be Returned to Prison
to Serve Term of 18 Years
Salem Houses Meanest
Thief in Whole World
Satera has the meanest thief
in the world, according to a no
tation on the police blotter
here yesterday.. Thursday night
some unidentified person jacked
up the automobile belonging to
Henry W. Thielsen as it stood
parked in front of his home In
the Salem Heights district, and
removed the two front tires and
a, wicker case containing tools
valued at $50.. Only recently
the automobile owned by V. G.
Hoyer, county clerk, was treated
in similar fashion.
MANY LIFERS
AREPAROLED
FROM PRISON
Moral Vaccination Held
efied of Salem Woman
VARNEY STARTS NORTH
TO RETURN PRISONER
Man Paroled From Peniten
tiary in March, 1919, Has
Long Criminal Record
James Charles Connors, who was
paroled from the state penitentiary
here on March! 15, 1919, after serv
ing two of a maximum term of 20
years for defrauding Mary Obermeir,
of . Portland, but of approximately I
92200. was arrested by the Seattle
role, accprdlng to a telegram re
ceived at the state prison here yes
terday. Percy! Varney, state parole
officer, left fotj Seattle last night to
return the prisoner to this city.
Connors was) arrested in Portland
for defraudlngj Mrs. Obermier and
upon being triejd In the circuit court
there was found guilty and sentenced
to an Indeterminate term of from two
to twenty yeo.rs. He was received at
the Institution Ion June 1. 1917. Be
cause of bis faithful service in be
half of his fellow convicts during
the influenza epidemic at the prison
early in the .year 1919 he was pa
roled a few months later.
; i Fraud Game Found Oat
Connors then went to Portland
, -where he was employed In the ship
: yards for a short time. Later he
wade a trip to Willamina, Yamhill
county, where he visited Mr. and
Mrs. M. J. Branson, aged parents of
William Sanson, who is serving a
life term In the: penitentiary for mur
der and offered to obtain a parole
for their son In the event they would
pay him the sum of $500.
Mr. and Mrs.. Branson were una
1 hie to raise this sum, and It was fl-
nally agreed that Connors should ac
cept $300 for! his service. This
amount Mr. Branson is eald to have
later paid the convict.
t Parent VWt Prison
BIG DANCE WILL
END AUTO SHOW
HEIOONIGHT
Thousands View Greatest Ex
hibit of Cars Ever Assem
bled in Salem
OTTO WILSON TO STUNT
Dealers Plan All Kinds of En
tertainment Features as
Grand Climax
ai oee d d : J I
rouui rersons ictcivcu i
t e tmm T
at r enitenuary lor 'rnaxi- ;
mum Term Since Institution t
Had Its Inception
HANGING IS STAYED
BY EXECUTIVE ORDER
Lifers in Oregon Penal Insti
tution Serve Average of
About Five Years
t
The Statesman yenterday re
ceived a letter from a well
known Marion county woman,
in which are deplored the atti
tude taken by some omthers of
this vicinity with regard to the
vaccination problem. She
writes:
"Kindly give me space In
your paper for a suggestion or
two in referenre to the article
in today's paper headed "Ma
tron would protect home."
"There is a possibility that J
some well informed doctor who T
values the health of the com-
munity more than that of a sin-
gle Individual, could help this J
mother. Such a doctor may be
able to find a spot on the hu-
man hody for vaccination pur- J
pose inai win uui necessarily,
even in the mots fashionable
ballroom, have to be exposed.
"However. I would suggest
that any beautiful young girl,
who possesses a moth,er that
will permit any man except her
father, husband or Artotber to
address her as 'Kid' ouxht to be
vaccinated against moral small-
HIGHCOSTOF
LIVING LAID
TO FARMERS
Salem Delegates to Merchants
Convention Are Optimistic
With Regard to Future of
Oregon and Nation
Indications of Oil
Discovered at Lebanon
i
HATCHET IS BURIED;
HARMONY TO PREVAIL
pox
": The second annual Salem auto
show vlll continue through today in
all its snlendor and die tonight in
a blaze of glory with appropriate ac
companiments of jazz music and
beautiful women. It will go down
in history at t distinct achievement
lit thf! progress of trTRperlty in
Salem and one in pride of which we
may all join.
At 10 a. m. a vast and gorgeous
parade will leave the arntory to paaa
alonz Salem's main streets. When
the parade returns the show will be
renewed with music and :augiter.
The really big event will be the
dance, to begin promptly at 8 o'clock
tonight. A number of special dances
of such a startling nature, as to
make accurate description impos
sible, will be executed. All the deal
ers will appear in full dress, thai
they mar be more easily distingishel
from the huir.pn beings. During th
dance they will be responsible; for
several special numbers in the na
ture of an athletic exhibit and musi
cal review.
D. Samuels, of the American Auto
company, whose fine baritone voice
and emotional expression nave neer
ted in saiem
. , . :
. - . . ... , j i iifin sapnuaiei? ai'uin .n
Connors men leu mamma, sou . ... " . f u-i-twrul
win renaer a uui, " ..... .
when thft parole for young Branson
was not forthcoming in a reasonable,
time his father reported the Incident
to. the prison r officials. Although
Connors had been heard from at dif
ferent cities on the Pacific coast
since that time; It was not, until yes
terday that he was definitely-located
by1 the officer and arrested. Un
der a recently 'renaeted law Connor
will now be obliged to serve oat his
full unexpired term of 18 years.
Mr. and Mrs. (Branson were at the
prison here yesterday visiting their
son and were highly elated when In
formed that Connors had been ar
rested and was being held at Seattle
for. retuni to thjs city.
i Hudson and Essex peddler), after
a great deal of nersuaslon ha aereed
to give an exhibition of hand walk
ing on the Flack rope; H. F. Bonne
sieele, the Dodder, will be assisted
by Lester Ringrose, who loves Lib
erty. In rendering a chlmmle in a
Ford coupe: Oscar Gingrich, who got
rich selling the Jordan, will perform
as the world's leading sword swal
lower: Ralph Thompson, who Is
more or lens the Marlon Anto com
Life imprisonment for murder in
the Oregon state penitentiary does
not mean life imprisonment. The
records of 264 persons who have
been sentenced to life imprisonment
In Oregon since the state-penitenti
ary was established at Salem In 1854
show that "liters " have served an
average of five and one-half years
or a little less. In by far-the great
er number of cashes their sentences
have teminated with pardon by the
governor. With pry few exception
life sentences were imposed by the
courts for murder'. In a, few cases
the ofTenwes were rape or robbery
Of the 264 persons who have been
tenlencod to do time in the ntatc
prison for life in the bUtory of the
Oregon prl&on the recprda in the war
den's office show that the cases have
been disposed of as follows:
Luiy Convict Pardoned.
Pardoned, 134; escaped. 10: died
26; transferred to state hospital for
the insane, 14; no record. 1: violated
pardon and now in prison. 1; still in
orison. 55: released to sheriff of
Multnomah county for new trial. 3
(Chinese).
The- records show that 12 "lifers
originally were sentenced to hang.
but received commutation of their
penalties to life imprisonment. Eight
of these have been pardoned, two
are still in orison, one was trans
ferred to the hospital for the insane,
and one escaped. The eight who were
pardened served an average of ap
proximately . five years and four
months. The 26 life termers who
have died at the prison. In approxi
mate figures, served not quite four
years before they died.
Records Are Recalled.
Capital punishment was abolished
in Oregon at the election in Novem
ber, 1914. The records show that
in the five years since that time,
1915, 1916. 1917. 1918 and 1919.
there have been 37 persons sentenced
to life imprisonment. In the five
years prior to the abolition of capi
tal punishment, 1910. 1911, 1912.
1913 and 1914. nine persons were
sentenced for first degree murder
and 38 for second degree murder.
Comparison is made difficult for th
reason that under the present law
there is no first degree murder, the
WO OF FAMILY
PASS jAME DAY
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Geer Die in
Portland as Result of
Influenza
Salem People Urged to Stand
Behind Commercial Club
for City Betterment
LEBANON". Or.. Feb. 20.
(Special.) Deep interest is
taken here In the. report that
strong indications of oil have
been struck in a prospect well
now being drilled at Lacomb
nine miles from here. The well
is now 400 feet deep. Opera
tions have been suspended, un
til machinery can be secured to
drive down casing so as to pre
vent water from falling into the
well. The stock of thU venture
Is all In the hands of local peo
ple and none Is for sale.
V
Word has been received In Saiem
of the deaths of Mrs. Nellie Morris
Geer. wife of Guy Geer, and of Guy
ueer. both of Portland, which oc
curred Moaday following attacks of
influenza. Mrs. Geer was 27 years
old and her husband was 30. 1
Mr. and Mrs. Geer were former
residents of Marion county, having
lived In the Waldo hills, later moving!
to the IXKiklng Glass valley in south
ern Oregon. Mrs. Gter was a stu
dent in the Salem' high, school, hav
ing graduated there about nine years
ago. They recently went to Port
land where both fell victims to the
Influenba. Two small children sur
vive. Morri aged 5 years, and Lou
ise, 18 months. Funeral arrange
ments are delayed pending arrival
of relatives.
pany, will d a perilous stunt on the term "second degree" embracing not
Grand Jury Urges Sale
01 Old-Time Courthouse
TJIE DALLES, Or.. Feb. 20. The
old Wasco county courthowse, a land
mark In thia cltf. u recommended
for sale by the; district grand jury
In It report today. The grand Jury
recommended that the court honse
be pot on the tat list of Wasco coun
ty and that the county sell it and
thus be relieved of ita upkeep. A
trapeze..
"Brioe" IRftfdel "will Illustrate
the use of the glas winars in stearin?
the alrcer models; "Lexington"
Cates wiil skip the ?ope In three di
rections at once; the famous Shipp
Habersonj troupe will operate the am-buJanee-t
receive casualties (it li
e xpected there will t.e several ) : Ol
non will bf!art one of h'w Chandler
cars In hii left bind while giving
an accurate immitatlon of tn Irish
washerwoman; Otto Wilson will do
a stur that carnot be described hern
a? thia pap?r ro" through the mails;
J. F. Dopplmaier will give a correct
Irirnltation of the father of 27 chil
dren, whfle Lee Gilbert dances the
boola-bobla amon? them in true Ha
waiian -otiime. On the whole, it
only what was formerly second de
gree but also what was formerly first
degree.
INDIAN SUBJECT
OF CONVENTION
Methodist Church Workers
Gather in Annual Conven
tion at Local Church'
PARTY OE SALEM
MEN VISIT MINE
Silver King Property Now
Under Actual Development
Says Engineers
Marlon county's silver mine Is be
coming rapidly more popular. Yes
terday a party of Salem men, includ
ing Mr. Edwards of the Cherry City
Hotel, Mr. L. E. Davis and a reporter
from a local daily, who were accom
panied by C. M. Chappell. represent
ing a mine developing firm, visited
the southeastern part of the county
in search tor gold, silver and other
trinkets.
It is becoming a matter of com
mon knowledge that Oregon possess
es great mineral resources and ac
cording to the report of the visiting
party they are well on the way to a
development which will soon Dlace
f Oregon In the cla?s of Arizona, Call-
fornta and Alaska, as a producer of
silver, gold. lead. zinc, copper and
other Va.uable minerals.
Repairs will he made to It to place ' promise to be a dangerous show not
It la, condition l!or sale. have seen
DOGS, LIKE PEOPLE, DECLARED
ENTITLED TO BENEFIT OF DOUBT
! Did you ever own a dog? An honest-to-goodness dog that has I
life and 'pep and loyalty in large quantifies? Did your dog ever f
run by you side all day long and clear into the night flushing j
game and chasing.it down and then lie by your side all night in i
wakeful watchfulness lest some harm come to you while you slept? 4
I Did your dog ever follow around after the little tot to watch !
him In his (hotless happy play and are you one of the thousands
of mothers W fathers whose little .ones have been saved from
accident or death by corageous dogs?1! Are you anxious that your
children should be denrlved of the comradeship of one of these
most true aid tried and faithful of all friends?
I What of tjhe dogs that were decorated for heroic service In I
Prance and on the battle fronts everywhere in the war? What of J
the' thousands of other dogs that were decorated only by the hand t
of death aslthey sped fearlessly on errands of mercy across the I
Mood-soaked! death-bespattered waste of no man s tanai were us
agents of mrcy guided to the shattered body of some loved one
of yours by jthe tireless energy of some mongrel martyr?
How about it, Oregonians? Is not some vital part of life lost
out when wej banish the beautiful collie, the loyal Aalredale, the
majestic Darie, the lithe hound, the knowing poitner, as comrln
ions tor our children, friends for our lonely moments, indispenslble
helpers In the field, the forest and the pasture.
J Practically1 even' dog in Salem is living In violation of. or liable
to violation of laws which provide the death penalty for their in
fringement, i ' .
YAKIMA, Wash.. Feb. 20,-hief
Menlnlck of the Yakima Indians will
call a council of the Indian tribes of
this state to meet in Yakima soon
for the purpose of protesting to Gov
ernor Hart against the injustices
which it is claimed by the Indians
the present fish and game laws in
flict upon the Indians. Notice of the
council wiil be sent by Indian run-
m l a a t k...
ners. some or wnoni win travel vy
the white man's railroad trains, while
others will go by automobile. The
intention is to choose a delegation
to present the protest to the govern
or in person.
Electrical Expert Steals
Juice From Power Lines
WARNING GIVEN
TOBACCO USERS
Spitting on Sidewalks in Port
land Forbidden by City
Health Officer
"All differences between the two
rival organizations of the retail mer
chants in Oregon have been adjust
ed." said one of Salem's delegates to
the Oregon State Retail Merchants'
association which held a three-day
session in Astoria this week.
"In order to impress all of the
delega-tes that peace had actually
been established and the two bodies
united, we draped a hatchet in black.
Then the entire delegation went far
oat on the turbulent waters of the
Pacific and. while two members of
the ilval organizations held the hat
chet on: over the railing of the boat,
a prayer was offered. At the conclu
sion all. in one chorus, said "amen.
The hatchet was released and, as it
oisappeared into the briny deep, we
all leit that we were again one body
united In one purpose to advance the
fandaniental business interests com
mon to the entire state as well as to
our peveral communities."
What was the attitude of the re
tailers on the labor and wage ques
tion, was aked.
Labor Held X'ccexnary
"We all felt a common interest in
the laborer and the wages he was
receiving. There was no disposition
cn the part of the delegates to un
derebtimate the worth of labor; nor
diu they ask that wages be reduced
below what business men can reas
onably afford to pay. But the dele
gates felt that laborers should limit
their purchases to actual necessities.
There was also a pronounced expres
sion against radicalism, or any er
fort on the part of any industrial
class to try to force a change In our
laws or established institutions
through threat or force. The ballot
was recognized as supreme in all
matters affecting a change of gov
ern nvent."
Then. too. the merchants took a
decided stand against the election of
so many lawyers. poHticians and far
mers to our law-making bodies. We
feel that the management of a state
or nation is essentially a business
matter and. therefore, experienced
business men should be in the ma
jority. As matters now stand, about
two-thirds of our lawmakers are
lawyers and politicians and a good
fhare of the one-third are farmers.
leaving the great and Important busi
ness interests of our btate and nation
with little representation."
Farmers Are Blamed
Asked to what cause the mer
chants attributed the high cost of
living, the Salem merchant said that
a number of the retailers believed
that tiie farmers were primarily re
sponsible for the high prices now
prevailing. The farmer, they said,
does not pay the high taxes now rul
ing cit;-; nor does he pay the high
rent, clerk hire and other expenfes
incidental to the management of the
STUDENTS TOLD
TO STRIVE FOR
PROPER HABITS
Superintendent Hall of Indian
School Delivers Strong Ad
dress in Chapel
HIGHER IDEALS ARE AI
Institution Head Warns Stu
dents That Life Is Well
Filled With Pitfalls
SICK JUROR
HALTS TRIAL
OF WOBBLIES
Alienists Improve Opportuni
ty to Examine Sanity of
Roberts; Alleged to Hare
Made Damaging Confession
ALTERNATE JUROR MAY
BE CHOSEN LATER
Court May Remain Out Pend
ing Recovery of Fevered
Juror .
Debating has become a branch of
the dramatic art. according to some.
Daniel Webster, were he alive and
in attendance at Willamette today
would be unable to represent the in
stitution In oratory or debate. Today
the faculty of Willamette unlverslay
refused to pass on a petition of the
student body requesting that eligi
bility for try out In. debate be on
merit strictly, according to Forensic
ana re r McCrow.
This request was passed after a
spirited meetlnr of the student hody
In order to secure eligibility for able
freshmen and upper classmen who
are at present ruled out because th
have not had the elementary course
in the dramatic art department.
The almost obvious Injustice of
the present arrangement, as pointed
out by those Interested In the change.
Is that the debaters and orators are
chosen as representatives of a de
partment and not of the schooL The
student body pleaded in vain that
men of experience and ability in de
bating in high schools and other eul
leges are Ineligible for tryout be
cause they have not elected to take,
the required three hour course which
is preparatory to dramatle interpre
tation work. The faculty would not
act aealnst the departmental rulini:
and the expressed desire of the stu
dent body was laid on the tabte.
It is probable that the matter will
taken up. again when President Do
ney is sufficiently recovered from
his present lllnes to attend faculty
meeting. A change may be made at!
MONTESANO. Wash.. Feb. 20.
Department two of the superior court
of Grays county. In which 10 L W.
W. are being tried for first cere
murder in connection with the kill
ing of Warren O. Grimm. Centralis
armistice day parade victim, took aa
involuntary adjournment today be
cause of the illness of one of the 12
jurors sworn to try the case. Whe
ther court would convene at the us
ual hour tomorrow morning was in
definite tonight.
engineer, who was the tefithman
permanently selected as a. Jaror, was
found thia morning to be sunenng
from a high fever. His temperature
at times reached 101. He was re
ported better later la the day, how
ever.
May Choose AJteraUa
Pending advices from Dr. J. II.
Fits, county health officer. Judge
Jebn M. Wilson would make ao an
nouncement as to the possibility of
relieving Parr from Jury duty: and
placing one of the two alternate Jur
ors ia the box permanently. Dr. F1U
said It' would not b safe to have
Parr attend court today. It la pro
bable. Judge Wilson said late today,
that court would be adjourned to
morrow if Parr Is not Improved, bat
that no steps toward replacing him ia
the box would be taken before Tues
day. Monday Is a legal holiday and
it was thought possible the Jaror
would show. Improvement before
court convened Tuesday morning. Se-
A lection of one of the alternates to
fill a vacancy duo to illness would
be by ballot, according to the stat
utes of Washington, the law provid-
! Ing for, the drawing of names of al
ternates. AiternaU juror in ui
cue are Jamea A, Ball, blacksmith.
Montesano. and A. R. Johnson, cigar
dealer. Hoqulam.
Robert Examined
Today's adjournment gars Care
that time as feeling in the studeTl
body is rather strong on the subject-
alienists an opportunity to examfn
Iren Roberts, one of the tea defend
ants, with a view to determining his
sanity. The alienists were busy with
Roberts all this afternoon, prevent
ing a delay In the trial which would
have happened had the Involuntary
adjournment not occurred. These aV
lenists are: Dr. A. C. Calhoun. Seat
tle: Dr. William House. Portland,
and Dr. E. R. Ahlman. Hoqulam.
Roberts Is alleged to hava mad
a confession shortly after hi arrest
in Centralia. in which it Is alleged
be admitted his part In the shoot
ings and implicated several of tha
other defendants now oa trUL Tha
defease has insisted that Roberta was
not aaae at the time ho made tha
purported confession . and ha la now
suffering from a form Ct dementia
precor. Until they ara r'aeed apoa
the wltaess stand none of tha alien-
I irn will Ol I CI mix uyiaiva mm w utw
r I defendant's condition; Today's sea-
ROBERT E. PEARY
DIES AT CAPITAL
North Pole Explorer Passes
After Illness Lasting More
Than Two Years
WASHINGTON. Feh. 20. Resr
Admiral Robert EL Peary, retired,
discoverer of the North Pole, died
here today sfter a two-year illness
of pernicious anemia, during which
3T blood transfusions had been of
no avail. Sailors and attaches of iOI1 va. u have been devoted by the
the naval hospital, and many ex-
retail buHlneas. Yet the farmer can ' service men gave of their life'a blood
PORTLAND, Feb. 20. Tobacco
chewers who spit on sidewalks or
streets here will be arrested where
ever" found doing it under order Is
sued today by Dr. George Parrish.
city health officer.
At the request of the health offi
cer all policemen were instructed to
le on the lookout for violation ot
the order, which Dr. Parrish de
clared was resulting in the spread of
disease.
PORTLAND. F eb. 20. I. T. Dav
enport an electrical expert here, was
arrested today by deputy sheriffs on
a charge of stealing electricity. Com
plaints by neighbors to the effect
that they could get only a small
amount of electrical current led to
an investigation and Davenport's ar-j-est.
It was charged that he has
been "jumping"' the current around
vhe meter.
Jury Finds Miss Whitney
Guilty of Syndicalism
Finnish Editor From
Astoria Is Interned
PORTLAND. Feb. 20 Waino Rl-
ippa. one of the founders and editors
of the Finnish newspaper Toverl.
published at Astoria, Or., arrived In
custody at Ellis Island, New York,
last night from Oregon, and will be
deported, according to announce
ment made here today by R. P. Ron
ham, chief of the federal Immigra
tion service for this district.
OAKLAND. Cal.. Feb. 20.
A verdict of guilty was re
turned by tho jury in the syn
dicalism trial of Miss Anita
Whitney hodtly before It
o'clock tonight. Th? jury had
been -jut nearly six hours.
Miss Whitney wa? the first
woman in the st;;te to be tried
on th; California syndicalism
act. wu,roh make? it a felony to
advocate violence aj a means
of accomplishinz a political or
industrial change. Sne was ar
retted December 31 after fhe
had mnde an address before the
Oakland civic center. It was
charged tha she was an organ
izer for the Communist Labor
party.
cocie to town and enter into open
competition with the retail merchant
by selling his products from house
to house.
"When. In the opinion of retail
merchants, would there be a drop In
the prefent high prices aked for
articles on cale in the stores, was
the next question proposed.
"The merchants were all of the be-!
lief that the cost of living would!
never go back to a pre-war basis.
Yet it was their belief tiiat some
commodities would decline, while
others would go above the present
prices asked for them before they
would go down the scale."
fstoria Fitat Growing
'Astoria 1 very optimistic as to
her future development." said he.
They are backing up their .faith
with their money, too. Astoria will
spend $240,000 each year in carrying
out a plaa of extensively and costly
civic Improvements among which is
the erection of a large municipal
auditorium. They expect to spend
$2,000,000 In improving and beau
tifying that seaport town. The As
torians expect to make their city the
ocean gateway for all the Columbia
basin'.
Speaking about what progressive
policy Salem should adopt In order
to avoid being outranked by Astoria,
our merchant said:
"Salem should recognize the lead
ership of her business men as cen
tralized in our Commercial club.
That is the way Astoria is getting
ahead. Then, we should also build
more homes Immediately so new fam
ilies can locate here. We should
construct more market roads and al
so extend electric light lines out
through the famring districts so as
to bring city conveniences into the
farm home."
in the vain effort to prolong the life
of the country's foremost explorer.
He probably will be burled la Ar
lington national cemetery, with full
naval honors of his rsnk.
defense to the specific defense of
Roberts on grounds of alleged In
sanity. The Jury was not permitted Ita us
ual exercise today, tha state laws
(Continued oa page 2)
CONVICTS SAVE OREGON MORE
THAN $8000 IN THREE MONTHS
Cutting and piling more than 1500 cords of wood In three
monhs depfte the fact that it was nesry to halt operations
for two weeks of this time because of the heavy snows. Is tha
rerord of 2 5 convicts who are stationed at what is known as th
juisun wood camp." located about 19 miles south and east of
this city. '
AlthouKh the exact expense of ojxrations has not yei oeen
compiled l y the penitentiary officials, ihcy believe that the"Vood
will be laid down at the prison-1 f Jr almut $3.50 a cord, saving
the tr,te about $T. a cord in the cost of Its fuel for the penal in
stitution. It is said that the prlwn consumes about 3000 cords of
wood annuaily, .and any amount cut over this amount will be dis
tributed among the other Institutions.
Aa an incentive, the convicts are paid SO cents a cord for their
labor, nine cents a day being deducted from the pay of the work
ers as compensation for the fullers and sawyers. As a result of
bcir.g paid for their efforts the men have thus far worked steadily
and dilisrently. and in the best Interests of the state.
The camp la strictly modern, with a clean and sanitary hunk
house, spotless kitchen and dining room, and a well equipped com
missary deptrrtment. There are no guards employed, and the only
person receiving pay at the camp Is the man who presides over the
kitchen ran?;e.
The tract of timber now unier control of the state, for which
stunrpare Is compensated at the rate of SI per cord, is sufficient
to keep the men at work for two years. Warden Compton of the
prison and other officials are highly elated over the showing made
by the men and believe the experiment will result In an extension
of the outdo Jr activities for the men who are made to pay tho
penalty tor crime.
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