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Medford MailTribune
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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
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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, .
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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.
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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.
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Mr. and Mm. Frank Bonnet former
ly of Medford aro sow living In
Bend, Ore.
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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
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