Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-06-26
MENU FOR THE CONNECTS.
" nat the State of Montana Requires
Prison Contractors to Feed Her
Penitentiary Birds.

| with three meals a day, and those
meals far better than the prison fare
allowed III many penitentiaries, the
life OF a Montana prisoner is not alto
gether unhappy unless he be man OF
the inner sensibilties that revolt at the
thought of being deprived of liberty,
says the Helena Independent.
these remarks are prompted by d
perusal of the contract between the
state and Conley & McTague for the
care OF the convicts. The new con-
tract went into effect June 10 and is to
run two years. Under this the con-
tractors are to receive As cents per day
Tor each of the convcts, and in return
must safely keep and care for the
criminals who are committed to their
custody. The contract goes into the
mlnutest details, even prescribing the
hours of the various meals. For in
stance, breakfast is to be served at
seven O'Clock, dinner at Il, and sup
per at SIX, except in winter, when 1t
shall be served just preceding dark
| ness.
And the contract contains the menu
not for one day, but for every day in
the week and each meal in the day.
lhe list was not prepared by a French
chef, but by someone who knows what
Is good and wholesome food for prison
ers who are not given to work. Here
is what the contract provides shall be
fed to the convicts.
MENU FOR A WEEK.
Monday Breakfast, mush and milk,
bread, coffee and sugar; dinner, baked
beans with pork or bacon, bread, po-
tatoes; supper, corned beef, bread, tea
with sugar.
Observation-Disclosures, beef hash, corn
bread, coffee with sugar; dinner, beef
stew, potatoes, bread, boiled cabbage;
supper, oatmeal and milk, bread, tea
with sugar.
Observation-Disclosures, rice and
milk, bread, coffee with sugar; dinner,
roast beef, bread, potatoes, and car
rots; supper, beef hash, breau, tea
with sugar.
Thursda y-Breakfast, oatmeal and
milk, bread, coffee with sugar; dinner,
baked beans, brown bread, potatoes,
beets; supper, corned beef, bread, tea
with sugar.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., corned beef hash,
corn bread, coffee with sugar; dinner;
boiled Goldfish, potatoes, bread and
turnips; supper, beef stew, bread, tea
with sugar.
Saturday-Breakfast, rice and milk,
bread, coffee with sugar; dinner, NUT
ton stew, bread, potatoes, cabbage;
supper, corned beef, bread, tea with
sugar.
Sunday-Rice and milk, bread,
coffee with sugar; dinner, fresh roast
pork, baked potatoes, bread, beets;
supper, oatmeal and milk, bread, tea
with sugar.
SUITABLE CLOTHING.
Another of the provisions of the con-
tract is that the clothing furnished to
the convicts must be suitable to their
station and condition. and in sufficient
quantity and must be kept clean.
While Contr actors0Conley and Nc
Iague are strict ciplinarians, they
are as liberal with the convicts as the
rules OF the best regulated prison will
permit. The prisoners are not allowed
liberty or labor, but aside from these
things they should have no kick against
their treatment. One of the pleasant
features of prison life is the music fur
nished by the penitentiary band, a
large organization, composed mainly
of life or long term men. Under the
tutorship of a musician who is also a !
guard at the pen the band has reached |
a state efficiency that puts it above the
plane of the ordinary.
The state prison." said Shirley c.
Ashby, clerk of the board of prison
commissioners, lis one of the best con-
Quoted places in the country; in fact,
any one who goes through it on Il trip
of inspection must conclude that it is a
model neuo1 institution, -