The Dublin Progress. (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, July 19, 1912 Page: 3 of 8
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L We ollp from the Bt. Paul (Kane.)
Journal of July 4th, the article below
concerning John Rose and hi* goat
team, ♦Who were here In Dublin on
October 4th, 5th and 6th or laat year
, odd whoee novel team created more or
leu interest and much merriment
among the younger generation. The
Journal of July 4th says:
; ^ "John Rose. a man withou* leg* was
a vtarttor here Monday. He wm on hie
way to Indiana from Texas and is
Baking the trip In a wagon drawn by
tour goats. He Is making the ex-
. pen see of the trip by aelllng post cards
of hie team. The four goats are five
year* old and were raised In Texas
Their average weight Is 96 pounds and
they were trained by their present
owner. The wagon which they are
Rattling overland is the heaviest goat
wagon ever built and the smallest of
its kind in the world, costing $80. II
Was manufactured by a tinn In Gilmer,
Texas. The team is being driven the
longest trip overland ever attempted
by a Spanish goat. Mr. Rose is sup-
posed to make the trip to Delphla,
Indiana, and return In one year The
goats are to be fed two quarts of corn
•t night and to camp out the entire
trip. The harness for the team was
manufactured at Rig Sandv. Texas
and cost $40. On a test pull the goats
have pulled two thousand pounds. "
y"
A carload of Silos, six in number
was a rather unusual shipment receiv
ed |n Brown wood this week They
were made of California redwood and
were In sige each 14x38 feet and hold-
ing 100 tone each Silos have been in
common use in the north and east
but arc Just now coming Into use In
this section of the country, in fact
these are first that have been shipped
to this county. They were purchased
by O C. Wilkins, J. F Smith, R. A.
Smith, I), 8. Camp, H H. Ward and
the Pure Food Dairy it has been de-
monstrated repeatedly wherever Silos
are in nee that H is a great saver of
feed stuff, and that through their use
stock can be carried through a win-
ter in fine shape on practically half
what i» required without its use
John Davltte introduced theee first
into the county and so taken up with
the Idea is he that he can hardly talk
anything else.—Brownwood Bulletin.
THE BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT.
“A SCARED BUNCH.”
\
Fort Worth, July 15, 1912
To the Democratic Voters of this.
Erath county:
In a letter just received from Am-
tin, I am informed that the entire
force of clerks in the Land Commis-
sioner's office are writing letters am)
visiting the different sections of th •
wtate in a frantic effort to re-elect
Robison for a THIRD TERM,
Since Hon. Forrest Gaither of Falls
county, withdrew from the race and
requested his friends and supporters
to vote for my father, Col. Charley
Geers of Fort Worth, the "bunch"
have not lost a minute, but have cer-
tainly been "some busy ."
This letter, just received from Aus-
tin, says, "believe tne. the bunch In
the1 land 'office are all worked up
since Gaither withdrew and threw
his strength to your father They
realize that with only the Colonel in
the race, and Robison out for a third
term .they have more on their hands
than they bargained for a month ago
It is even money here In Austin ttint
Col. Charley Geers Is the next Land
Commissioner Send me some more
circulars."
I appeal (o my friends and all good
democrats in Erath county who op-
pose the Third term system, to join
US and help down this combination
We have them on the run, and with a
little help in Erath county and this
section, wti will put them out of busi-
ness.
Being a newspaper man myself I
appeal to the people of Erath county
through the press, knowing that this
is the way to reach the farmer and
laborer alike. My father Is a life-
long democrat, an ex-Confederate of
Morgan’s command, Chairman of the
Denton county democratic executive
committee 12 years; delegate to j
Baltimore National convention, edi-
tor of the Denton Monitor for thirty
years, honest, competent and deserv-
ing. Will you help hhn? (Confiden-
tially. boys. I think he is the grand-
est old gentleman In the world.) —
Very respectfully, Will C Geers
In addition to the former published
list showing names of persona who
have pledged products for the Dublin
creamery and the number of cow*
pledged by each. R. 0. Tackett has
handed us the following:
Additional List.
Name P. 0 Cows
Reid Golden____...Dublin R3..,---3< erage person who has never seen the
Jake Buie --------Dublin R3------4
J. M. Martin......Dublin, R6.------- 5
Mrs W T Gresham Dublin R3_______10
Quite a number of our citizens have
been expressing their opinion of the
Boy 8cout movement since it made Its
appearance In our town. Many of our
fathers and mothers are glad of the
opportunity to let their boys have an
outing, but still others have started
their little hammer. One man said In
a very emphatic way that we would
not last long. Thle is also our opin-
ion, for the Bole purpose of the organ-
ization |s to give the boys an outing
where they will not come into contact
with had influences When the va-
cation season is over, we intend to
disband until summer again. Obed-
ience. no cursing and sterling honesty
Is the law of the Med<s arid Persians
for a Boy Scout.
Any and all of our boys who are
willing and strong enough to hike and j J
carry their luggage are welcome Our
next hike will be about August 3. We
will be out a week and we are looking
forward to a great time The final
preparations will lie made at our
meeting Tuesday night. 25th. at 8:15
in the Frisco park All who go on
this hike must report and he enrolled
at this meeting—Barney Mcl-aughlin
Oklahoma World
The only honor lacking In the
average Criminal is that which Is
wrenched from him by incivility, dis-
trust and inhumanity. Extend to a
convict the courtesy, confidence and
trust due him as a mart and he will
respond with more honor than the av-
8 W. Stewart
..Dublin Rf>..
____4
Billie Gryder.
..Dublin K4 .
.... 5
W. A, Roberson
Dublin R4
2
Jno. Pryor ......
.Dublin R4
4
Ira Huey--------
Dublin H6.
8
Linglevllle cows
. . . 30
Former Published LUC
W, B. Jones-
Dublin. R6_.
_____20
I). R. Stewart..
Dublin, R7._
____6
W. R O’Neal ...
Dublin, R7..
____20
C. P. Kennedy
Dublin---..
4
Bob Jones...........
Dublin, R«
____5
C H Reid________
Dublin, R4
4
0 J. Oouey_____
Dublin, R4
. .10
W V. Johnson
Dublin. Rf>
fi
W U Whitfield
Dublin, R4
____ 8
E. S. Howell..
Dublin, R5._
.... 6
John Bunn
Dublin, R1..
... 5
R C. Parr ...
Dublin, R!
____5
Will White .
Dublin, R1
fi
J. A. Johnson.
I>„. .in, R2 .
8
E R. Spicer
Dublin. R3
. 5
M. Parks
Dublin R3. .
4
F L Kennedy
Dublin, R 4
.. 5
Torn Heard
Dublin. R1
7
John Pul well.
IVttblln. H!
... 8
John Braswell
10
L. D O'Neal
Dublin, in
.18
R V Spruill
Dublin. Bt:
. ..15
Have Adams
Dublin,
15
A. A Alexander
Dublin. KL.
.10
Frank Winters
Harbin
1(1
T J Oil breath
Dublin.
4
A. N Whitten
Dublin —
7
J. W Glenn
I*uhlin*H4
......*
H C Alexander
Dublin, Rt
10
S. T Little.
Dublin, R5
. r,
James Reed
Dublin. R8
7
T W Askew
Dublin. KH
. 10
C T West
Dublin
fi
S. E McMurray
Dublin, R7.
10
J \ Bcneinl
I tttiilin
10
J N Sander*
Dtlhllit. KO
• ~
Total cows pledged
2W
bars the dungeon or the diurnal gray
walls of a penitentiary.’’
Basing his action on this bit of
philosophy. Governor Oswald West
of Oregon recently threw open the
barred doors of the* Oregon state peni-
tentiary and turned more than 200
convicts out into the inviting forests
and fields t» serve the remainder of
their terms without guards, stripes,
chains or stockades
With one sweep, the dungeon, the
dark cell, the striped suits,, the ball
and chain and gallows were wiped out
as unnecessary parts of the institu-
tion and in their Rtead was establish-
ed a unique and revolutionary honor
system Since the first wholesale lib-
eration convicts have been added to
the list as they have proven eligible
until the total number today is about
500. Honor is the only guard over
fifteen convict camps which arc main-
tained permanently in various parts
of the state in some eases many miles
from the dingy walls of the prison
and in all cases in the forests where
the only effort required to mttk<
esi ap* i8 to leisurely disappear
• ■very side are hiding |>l»<’.« j v|rt„ am, , <WJ|dn', llmiwyou ()ow„
COTTON GRADING
SCHOOL.
< .
. t.
WE WILL BEGIN A UOTTON GRADING SCHOOL IN DUBLIN ; ‘
THE 19TH DAY OF JULY, TO CONTINUE THIRTY DAYS. TUI- ’’
TION WILL BE TEN DOLLARS. FOR PARTICULARS ADDRESS
I: Lewis Moore or L. W.East ii
DUBLIN, TEXAS
11
said "I'll tell you, sir. I ve tried
it before, but it was under different
an | conditions I've beard that your heart
! was tn the right place regarding 1'011-
No man can work well with a torpid J
liver or constipated bowels A few i
doses of Prickly Ash Bitters will j
quickly remove Phis condition and
make work ft pleasure. Overton i
Drug Co. and Reese Drug Co special j
agents
Let the Progress do your printing
KVNTLAND DISTRICT COURT.
wiH i'f <!'fi*< ’joii by the ofTUor* would
bi' tliff(<■ ii’f if (h«»y Ifarrod of th#*!
om-.i [>*■ befor** tho convb't h<1
to r* ;k h any of th** ritlu* of th<» north- i
w4*f’ w hor** < haipcf-H for porinam nt of-
• ,tp* Mould hi* *0)041
()t;t of do* flftfH-n oonvli t ( ampR in
whim «$r»• ?111w about .’too mrn, on*-- i
half of which an- so far from ?h<* «tat«* |
prison that tbf* c*on\i<tK art* not re-
quired to report at iiifrhl In some]
<*aF»is ?h** « ntir»* t amp could d*-B«‘rt i
and do- official* would not know
about b for two or three dav* Hull
dovernor W'vt ha* too much confl-1
|d«*nr$* in yc^mcn. burglar* holdup;
non murderer* and *n**.ak . Ihicvc**1
•{, t.rijrvc i hat do-y would break iio*:
pil'd*!*'* which they mak*- before !>♦*- 1
iiii: 1; b-4 • ru! • •<!
Tin* iio-n iirc « npapnl in building, j
Tb* governor talked to him a while
and then told biUJ t.o go down town
and take j ii th* sight* for an hour or
'two and return to tb** prison Two
or three bourn later the cohvict wan
; Ihu k in do- prwon Several day* later
h*- was again called to the governor>
office and told that b« laid been choB-
♦ i) to go down to Portland and aclect
hi a* hinery to enlarge the gtio*- shop
nt the prison Th* Ft ate will pay
your ixpenne*. eaid the governor
That was the begimiiug of the mak-
ing of a man. according to Governor
We*?i <'onvict 16J m-lectcd inachin-
* r> and installed an excellent factors
at the prison I -a. t«* r tie wa» parobsl
from tin prison and :s now prea* h-
iiig on tne *tr*«'1* th* doctrine o( the
(*old* fi il u le
and clearing j * !':m h (,rjy one <►!
* t hings u hi; h have i*
A (OUKKK FOR FI UK REN.
One of the new applicant* of
Hird Mel to. . nip*, set for July VS
John Heed, murder. **t fi»r July 17
J M ('urns, paawing forged instru-
ment, not guilty.
r A llray \s T. T Kruot : su.t on
not*-. Judgrnie.ut granted
J A. Tyson vs. Jim draw* fore
scien-
tific* management" itj in the college
for firemen that has been established j closure of vendor *, lien, judgment
In New York It hae always been the <'hj*r!• \ Pi!*-in-r. burglary, coniiuu-|
general Jmprcssion th,.: there whm|,.(| (() Monday of second week of next j
take** t ■ i• i on \ n ts in
H« talk,- with th«rn
an*! <i* a "S w ilit *u< !:
t h« > art' 1 berated >
m«'.in* gr*-.it d*-ai *
no* **i»nfron’id with 1
The Rio Grande and Coast associa-
tion of Harlingen which haa a mem-
bership of over 1,000 farmers from
that ooctlon haa shipped 1100 cars of
(ruck products so far thia season.
♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦♦+♦♦♦*♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦■»•»
♦ ♦
♦ H. R. Warner A. I). Warner ♦
♦ WARNER & WARNER ♦
♦ •*
♦ Plumbing and General ♦
♦ Repair Work ♦
♦ Private Water Works, any size ♦
♦ or capacity. Gasoline Engines. *
♦ Pumps. Tanks. Pipe and Fittings. •*
♦ *
♦ LET US MARK YOU AN E8TI- ♦
♦ ♦
♦ MATE. *
♦ WARNER A WARNER ♦
♦ Dahlia. Texas
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CITY MARKET
ROMS BROS, Proprietors.
only one way to fight fire, and thut j
was to get a hose and light it.
The New York college, however, is
doing excellent work in training the
city firemen in the best methods of
lighting flames and to meet the vari-
ous emergencies that arise. A fea-
ture of the curriculum is to have the
firemen drop off the edge of a six-
story building into the net below
Considerable attention is devoted to
rescue work and to teaching the fire-
men to take precautions against be-
ing overcome by smoke.- Washing-
Post.
j rat iitg rm k qtiarr.es
For •heir service, tticv are paid
...... a day to the state Thte, 1" “t'entlarr
jllnun-v i an be u***«l as thr tnnvirfs f* *•
it;- \- »• a < ,i i imp onr it1 ii v i« u it, hir-
■» ,i lt^ < uok , niJ anotln r im appoin1**d
| f;i|m nnt» ml* nt to r* port ’<i fh»‘ prl*on
InfT'i-.'lv any r**-;iji«** 11*- jf not h'»w
I * .. r provid* J w ith a i-,un or any an-
r;ty in pr*-v*-nt ,ii:\ of i ::*• (Tinviuts
from .smip ng Tt.* r<- ar«- im bars, no
Vorkup*. no strip*’* .mil t.o rifb**s at
,erI,L Janv of tb*' camp?* Thr no-n liv*- m
Fr-,1 sage and James Wilkes, burg- ' J|k all)1 ,t„ same as
larv, continued to first day of m-xt t n |R <.(,„Btri„.,(on „r m!ll,tlg ,am,>g
| Hill can Milch .1 sv*tcin hr stircruMful
J W Kay vs A I Holb*rrv H a!
suit for drbt. dlsmlH«rd hi <*o*t of
nrati.v p*< u jar
n don* at 1h«
tlovrrnor W*-«*
0 hi* oonttd* n< »
.if man to man
ran- that w hr!
1 ‘brir honor i!
- !h**m. Th*- ar*
tiTratH of punis'i-
• f
j and prart ><*al ** Ask (lov rrnor Wwt.,
if bln and h<- will point with pridr at
m* nt .f :h*-v hr*
Thr ofi.y soh-inniV
t ha' mad* und* r ■ b#
h* arf-t*»-h*-*4ff 'm k w
of t hr fit *lt r
M* mb* rs of a t r i
working iind*r guards
walls of t h* p r sop w *• r*
H A Wood *M al.
di8iniiM»rd at cost
A Girl’s Mild Midnight Ride.
To warn people of a fearful forest
fire in the Catskills a young girl rode
horseback at midnight and saved
many lives Her deed was glorious
but lives are often saved by Dr
King's New Discovery in curing lung
trouble, coughs and colds, which
might have ended in consumption or
pneumonia, "it cured me of a dread-
ful cough And lung dissasc," writes
W R. Patterson, Wellington. Texas,
"after four in our family had died
with consumption, and I gained 87
pounds " Nothing so sure and safe
for all throat and lung troubles Price
50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free
Guaranteed by Reese Drug Co.
plaintiff
.) F Sparr
suit for parti!
of plaintiff
('halt Moreland vs W A Fate, suit
on notes and foreclosure of vendor s
i lien, judgment
| It I) Kinsey vs E N Waldrip, suit
on note and for foreclosure of 'rnil-l^."t (ht. ,hr,.,. absent convicts
will return In tinn- I’pori thnfte rc-
i* ; r pronrihr*
n* pioriiiF*- if
Ftr.iM. of a
tite gmerroo
, kyard gang
wtlhm the
riycntiv ask
they though:
the resyirde Out of MtO lottvlrts alio they could t* trusted wlt.hotit guards
have heel- trusted with their liberty The rotten t» held a meeting and tie-
in ttiis way in Hu- lust fourteen < tded that they couid not The gov-
months only fifteen have broken their ,ernor was so Informed and the guards
pledges Of tilts number three have remained L was hd<r learned that
been recaptured, three are stiil at j the sole reason for th* action was the
large and nine have returned to the j fact that one of the guards over the
prison, conscience-sirickep Governor! gang, an aged man was paying off a
i *'il t>y
governor
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN
COUNTIES DRAG RO\DS
One hundred and thirty-five coun-
ties lit Texas were engaged In building
and improving their public highways
durng June. The recent rains In all
stM'liouK of the state have rendered
some of the roads impassable and the
use of the split log drug has become
popular during the paw thirty days.
One hundred and seven counties re-
port that they have used these drugs
successfully during June The fol-
lowing counties held elections for
voting bond Issues for highway im-
provement last month: Kaufman
$200,000, defeated; Uttar $1*0.000,
carried; Robertson. $100,000. carried.
♦ lUBH AMD DRIED RIAT8 OF 4
ALL KINDS. ♦
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4
We offer you the very beat ♦
♦ market aervlce that It <• poa- ♦
♦ slble tor us to render If we la 4
4 any way tall to give your order* 4
4 the prompt and courteous at- 4
♦ tentlon (hat th* boat of *#r*lo* 4
♦ should command, let «• k»<»er. 4
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P BO MPT DELIYElf
4 Teleph#*# RML OpfHMlto t. A.>(ln
4 SlMKiT ItlMT
For summer diarrhoea In children
alwaya give Chamberlain's Colic. Chol-
era and Diarrhoea Remedy and castor
oil. and a speedy cure id certain. For
•ale by Overton Drug Co.
MARINE DISASTERS.
There were J13 American lives lost
In wreck* of steam and other ships
off the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of
the United States during 1*11, accord-
ing to a recent report of the general
superintendent of tb* United State*
life aavlag service. There were M
lives lost In 1*11 on ths great lakes,
M at no* and near roasts of foreign
countries and It liven lost on th*
rivers of th* United Stales.
hale «f cotton of the
r~~:~
ors lien, continued.
The Cisco Banking Company vs K
IV Akin et al. suit on promisory not**
judgment granted
C A Gray ve W. M Mathews suit
on note and for foreclosure of vend-
ors lien, continued
W. A Bucy vs. R T Alexander,
foreclosure of vendor's lien, dismiss-
ed at coat of plaintiff
M. H Flemming vs H G Solver,
foreclosure of vendor's lien, judg-
ment ns per decree on file
Mack Kimbrough, unlawfully s* II-
irig liquor, continued to Monday of
the first week of next term
W P Pufley vs. J R Morrison
suit on note and foreclosure on vend-
or's loin, dismissed a! cost of plam-
•irr
First National Bank of Hissing Star
v* J M Green, treasons* to try till*
and for damage, judgment granted as
per decree on file
Henry Basham, stilt on bond. Judg-
ment against Henry Basham J !
Wren and I T Edge for one thousan '
dollars and costs
Torn Westmoreland, assault with
attempt to murder, guilty of aggra-
vated assault and punishment asse--
♦>d at sixty days In jail
Mrs J A Hamilton vs W .1 Bar
nett, reciaslon of contract, cancella-
tion of de**d and foreclosure of notes,
dismissed at cost of plaintiff
Divorces —J M. Ferrell vs Inue
gene Ferrell, granted, Altno Taylor
vs. Sara Taylor, granted; Fannie
Bowlin vs L. D Bowlin, J. L Duffer
vs H J Duffer. M. II. Ogden vs Min-
nie Ogden, divorce* on appeal; Sudia
Anuia vs T M. Annta and W V
Woody, continued
The grand jury reported after a
session of six days, showing exam In a-
tlon of one hundred and twenty-four
witnesses and the return of nine
felony and sown misdemeanor cases
markable figure*.Governor West bases
his assertion that his "honor system
I although not lit conformity with irtod-
Urn prison ideas. Is absolutely sue
| ceesful
Oregon's chief executive Introdur-
tnortgage on his home and would have
been thrown out of a position if the
convicts had abolished guards Th«
governor arranged to give this man
another position, and the convl<-ts at
another meeting decided that they
j could he trusted Every member has
remained true to t.b< promise
ed his system a short time after tak , a man with u long prison ncord
tng oath of office At ft o cm k one'looks no worse to Governor West
tnorhtng he appeared at the prison ' than the rankest amateur The most
and requested to have breakfast with j renowned yeggmen find It as easy to
the prisoners He said nothing but j get a ehance to show their honor as
did a great deal of observing The! the commonest of etteak thieves On
convicts did not know hut he was one'the "honor gangs' are some of th<
of them, although he wore' no stripes ; moat widely know n i rooks In the
He went to the prison on other m'- j country The governor declares they
caslons, always taking the officials by'are making gomi
surprise Finaliv the ooiivlin li-urn- j That th#. \V*^1 i .won a»t* m If
fi\ that thu Htni.nn**r th**ir fri'-ml . |<»*»k4”<1 upon with f»\ur by roMiilrnt*
ujovr'rncr < f Or* pm appar#*r.! from fh<- court
On** day the telephone* b* M in th* . 'reatiiiN rit of th*- ronvi<Hf* at 11»«
warden « offu*' ran^ and th** w arcb-ti | j)(S ^ rrioit interest in k » xanipl*
| of thi« occurred n i*hort tiro** at
I Sirblinnty. Or* «h«ar* a Kwnjj <»f con
IfL! up to the capltoI right tfl w building a ro$»d In cclebra-
i»ni*wered ‘Went opcMking mud th*
vote#* at the other end Send <\>n-
v KM .No
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ws» shlppsA frvto
♦ »• posods »»* sol* at aaettoo
A TREAD WONDER
Tl* Texas WsoAer f*rs# KUnsy sb*
bladder trsahles, removing gravel,
cures dlahriss, weak so* lame hacke
rhumetism end all lire«u|arttiee of
th* kidneys sad bladder tn both me*
aad woman. Regulate# bladder irwub-
laa It abUdraa. If sc* sold by mar
be aaat bp mall m ra-
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ifftb 0Mi miHNmm
oTa^BA JUS?-,
laata, Havfc>d prioon i
.may, will vott*" "Haven't got
gtlard right now. governor, said
warden, "but will send him up
stgtrt as one of (he Istvs drops In
"No you won't answered the gov
imor "Ihit him on the t ar and j KctDe-r
him up alone Tell him to get off
at the caplin! and ‘come to my of-
fice " "But, governor, he's one of the
worst men we've got He'S a life
tenner, I wouldn't dare trust him
out," said the warden "I'll (akt the
responsibility." answered the gover-
nor,
A xhort lime laler a (al! prisoner
walked out of the shoe shop where
he hod worked every day for eight
year* and proceeded doggedly to ths
warden’s office He was given car
fare and told to go to the governor's
office, "Rut I'm not going alone, am
If* asked the astounded convict,
"That'S the governor's order*." said
the warden Trembling with surprise
Convict 162 walked from the prison
into tbe front yard, where for the
first time In eight year* he saw the
aurnmndl ng world. He took the oar
aa$ want to the governors office
Tb# governor eyed him up and 41 wn a
minute and then «aid: "You'v* had a
pretty bard time of It In tha last
Sight rears, haven't your The cob-
vtot iMvwsd la tb# sMtrmatlve. - Ton
haw triad tssvarol ttmaa to
1 tion *>f th*- event 1h«* farm cm' wivt***
;im1 tlrmjjM* m prcp»rc<! rt banquet ur.
dcr 1 he trccM and invltlriR fill
the iiih.1 «» tnlublittmnlR of the n^ljrhiKir-
hfxid, inv*tc<l convictji All *»«! tn-
nt th*' name with (Jnvcr
nor Worn at h*a(1 and the women
■jvgr. rss
eunoBsly *mr
w rom ....
||[ sOd lu.ris
IDs eostrtot bmMatod * mtouto. than
served It was a joyous affair The d,,,* more to
defeat
farmers showed that they were not
ashamed of their fellow guests tv
posing for a picture
Occasionally the governor drops in
on the convlet camps and spends a
few hours talking to the men, asking
them if they are W’ell cared for and
c.T.
are happy In doing this, confidence
and trust are renewed. No reason-
able request of a convict is denied,
if ii is questionable it is talked over
carefully and the convict shown that
he is w rong No demand is flatly re-
fused liy the governor
Some of the oouvieta are assigned
to other institutions of the state to act
as attendants. Help of this kind at
the insane asylum, the home for the
feeble-minded and the old folks' home
and other institutions is largely mode
up of convicts The men have tb®
right to select or refuse this sort of
work as they desire, the governor al-
lowing them to join one of the road
or quarry gangs if that work is more
desirable
Within the prison walls the mea
who serving probation terms are ex-
tended every courtesy possible. With-
in the walls a motion picture th a*er
has been installed and performances
;ire given occasionally. The convicts
raise money to rent picture films
Governor West declares his priaotk
system will be in more general use irs.
the I rules! Stales within a few years.
He save it has practically passed the
- \|» r.iwntal stage in Oregon
Il has been demonstrated that
honor and trust will work wonders in,
n prison," he declares "There i»
i ewr a man who ha* not a sense of
honor somewhere in Ills make-up. All
■ require* js the proper sort of, treat-
'i" at to bring tl to the surfa-e. Tit®
convict in 1 he ordinary prison U
Inniiided abused distrusted, spurned,
mnhiud from (he world and the freak
,i,r and sunshine, browbeateq and
ti iqied of I Ik manhood. Whet, ha
,s : I! r ii rfnii ii {Min society after swob
pqinshnicfit he has a hard battle to
fight lie doi>s not 1 ave a chancer or-
dittnri'.v to make good unless he ;« an-
evi'.-piH-nal man It is easy for bins
in return to crime. Such n system,
hurts rather than benefits society.
In the Oregon penitentiary we are
making men. arid not merely inflict-
ing punishment tor crime This cam
be don* only by abolishing the old
«v stern h of punishment. The ave rag®
criminal is hounded in the outsider
world by the police and detoctiv#®
Everywhere there is the piercing «jr®
of tin glaring suspiciously at him
at every turn It makes him desper-
ate, it overthrows the man part of
him The dungeon In the prison cam
have no worse horror for him than
the display of distrust which he meets,
in the outride world
Every prisoner has to serve a cer-
tain term behind the wall* of the pris-
on under my system He must serve
a probation term of from six months
to two years, a!! depending upon the
length of his term and ills behavior
A: the end of that term he is called to
my fTi<v and I talk the honor
proposition over t" him as a tnan to cv
mart, not as art officer to a felon,
lie makes his solemn pledge that the
will not take advantage of his liberty
if lie i* trusted
At th*’ expiration of the convict'®
term he |* provided with a (o', some-
where I have abolished the old sys-
tem of giving « convict $5 and a
smt of clothe* and turning him out
Into a world which he has not seen tor
year* Thai is an Infamous practice,.
purpose of prison* than any thing else
in the whole of the old *y«fer» When,
a convict ts provided with work when,
he is IIberated he generally will OHtk®
good I have estimated that « least
85 per cent will make good citixen*
If this system is carried out."
Annual Ex-Confederate lle-Upi]
HT HICO
July 31st, August 1st, and 2nd
Reduced Rates Via.
T6XHS CeiSTRHL.
A. R COX Focal Agent, W.&SSIFER, G.P. A.
, Dublin. Texas. Wse* Texas,
1 Dublin, Texas.
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