The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-09-21

I edCu subsequent O1lollSe, twenty udyS,
and in addition thereto, the warden
may, with the consent of the directors,
cancel and deprive him of all or any
part of the good time heretofore
earned. In addition to the allowances
/ now provided for discharged convicts,
the warden may, at his discretion, fur
nish to each convict at his discharge.
! transportation. or means to procure
transportation to any place within The
state
PardOns to restore the rights Of cti-
Zenship will not be granted until one
year after the expiration of the term
of sentence, and then only upon a Pc
tition Endorsed by reputable citizens
where the convict has resided since
! his release, that he has been Of good
F, behavior and is worthy.
"A Scene in Governor scoiield's Office.
These applications for pardon con-
stitute the most trying part Of gov
ernor's duty. Some executives are
easier marks than others. Fortunate
ly. as there is no death penalty in
Wisconsin governors do not have the
fearful question Of whether Or no to
interpose in a hanging. But it is
in the chamber awaiting an audience
with Governor Scofeld. Hanging to
her or playing about in wondering
curiosity will be two or three children.
Of course they are poor and miserable
They want to get father out of pris-
on. Private Secretary Starkey is kind
to these frequent visitors and SEQ
field-When the poor man gets through
l. ;,,4o +l,;e 10 Loo
just sick. For he, too. is a father and
his heart is softer than many a
WOman'S.
Care of Infants in the Summer.
1t is said that in the large cities half
of the children under two years of age
die during the summer months. These
are chiefly the offspring of poor and
ignorant families. BeneyOlence finds
no better channel than in spreading
information as to how to care for chill
dren in the heated months and in
checking this great loss. II is signifi-
cant that the twentyfour children in
the infants home in Milwaukee have
thus far been brought through with
out even sickness. Infants whom the
mother nurses rarely die in the sum-
mer time; it is the bOttle-fed babies
that are taken and almost invariably
it is q lack of cleanliness of milk CIR
apparatus that imparts germs of pOis-
on into the child. Then summer
c0mDlant' sets in. The use of long
tubes on bottles in the feeding Of chill
dren is little less than criminal, as it
is practically impossible even by boil
ing the tubes in antiseptic preparations
to keep them free from germs. A pure
milk supply must be insisted upon and
it is at this point that we should be
grateful for the Improvement and SAN
itary precautions that dairymen are
adopting. But fortunately the infant
is not subject to the long line of dis
eases that afflict adults The stomach
is his only vulnerable point and if par
ents will look sharply to it that only
pure food is given Them with rational
treatment other ways, infants may
make a winning fight against even the
perils Of the second summer"
What Is Being Done in Forestry.
No state is more interested in the
advancement of the forestry science
than Wisconsin. Henry S. Graves and
Professor Tourney have recently been
taken from the forestry department
at Washington to man the new forest
ry school at Yale The government
is doing good work. Beginning with
a comparatively small area, the ap-
plcatiOns for working plans have now
extended to approximately 5O,OOO,O 600
acres, including all the national for
est reserves, the whole Of the forest
reserve of the state Of New York in
the AdirondacEs and Catskills, and
about 100000 acres of private lands.
Forest fires and demonstration of
burnt areas are being studied. In the
case Of the old fires of which there is
no record the date of burning can, usu-
ally be determined by the age of the
trees which came up after the fire, and
the necessary surveys and measure
ments can then be made. Special at
tention will be paid to the causes
which make the cones of the lodgepole
pine open and distribute their seed.
These are not yet understood, and in
view Of the trees habit of storing its
seeds in the cone, often for many
years, and setting them free when
killed by fire, are very important. This
would Indicate that forest fires are not
always a curse.
To show that young men are turn
ing their attention to this profession
and take offers of positions by the gov
eminent at $50 a month and expenses
! in the field, since March 232 applica-
! tons have been received. This num-
! Der is more than seven times as great
as that of last years, the first years
! plcatiOns-thirty-fi Educated
! men are most interested. From Har-
ward and Yale alone 100 were received,
! while seventy-seven more We're scat
! tered over different parts of the At
! lantic states. Sixteen came from Cali
! fornia, where several students from
| Berkeley and Stanford had appoint
! ments last summer In all siXty-One
applicants were appointed and are
! now at work. They are divided up
among the field experts who are max
ing Investigations and forest surveys
! as follows: In the state Of Washing
ton, Z; in California. 10; in the Black
! Hills, 8; in the middle west. 3; in Ar
kansas. 10; in the Appalachian region.
! 2; in the Adirondacks, Is. Most of
their time is spent in collecting the
measurements of trees and in MAX