Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-07-27
GAN MAKE A LIVING
Iowa Paro|ed Convicts Justify
Faith Placed in Them
STATE PAYS THE BEST WAGES
Only z Per Cent of Total Number Of
ParoIed Men Have Failed to
Mako Good, According to
Pardon Clerks Report.

ParoIed Men Have Failed to
Make Good, According to
Pardon Clerks Report.
Des Moines, July 17.-Higher wages
for paroled convicts and fewer viola
tons of parole in Iowa than in any
other state In the union Is the highly
gratifying showing made for the pa
role board and former Governor A. B.
Cummins in the first table Of compar.
alive statistics ever prepared, which
was completed by Miss Anna B. Cum
Minis. pardon clerk In the office of
Governor Carroll
During the five year period ended
Jan. l. only per cent of the total
number paroled have failed to make
good their promises of reform, or fif-
teen out of a total Of 2O5. OF the 100
paroled convicts who have made good,
complying with the conditions of their
parole. the average monthly earnings
are $49.76 each. Many Of these men
are working on farms and their earn
ings do not include board and lodg-
ing.
In Indiana the average monthly
earnings Of paroled convicts from the
state reformatory is only $32.04, or
less than two-thirds of the Iowa av-
erage. Other states show still small
er earnings.
Miss Cummins compared the record
OF paroled convicts who have violated
their paroles in Iowa during the year
1908 with the same records in five
other state, and found that whereas
the convicts who failed to make good
in Iowa during this year were only
10 per cent. in Michigan. Ohio. Illinois
and Indiana the proportion was from
Is to 20 per cent.
Undoubtedly the good showing is
partly due to the extremely conserva-
tive policy of the parole board" said
Miss Cummins. 1.-The proportion of
those paroled to those committed in
this state Is very small, being 8 per
cent. During the period Of five years
ending Jan. l. 1909, the total number
Of commitments to the penitentiary
at Fort Madison and the reformatory
at Anamosa was 2,154, while during
the same period there were paroled
of this number only ITS, being 8 per
cent. In addition to this number
there were paroled before commit
ment during this period, 80 convicts,
making the total number paroled dur
Ing this five-year period 2O5."
Files Ten Complaints.
Ten prosecutions under the pure
food laws were begun by State Food
and Dairy Commissioner H. R.
Wright, who mailed informations and
chemists reports to the various coun-
ty attorneys where Mr.. Wright's In
spectors have been at work. The list
of defendants follows:
Grand Union Tea company of Du-
buque, charged with selling essence
OF wintergreen with artificial color
ings and low in oil.
E. j. Edwards of Alta, H. Ahrens
Of Mapleton. w. c. and M. Rauscher
of Mount Sterling and ]. G. Cox of
Mount Vernon. charged with selling
adulterated linseed oil, in each case
purchased from the American Linseed
Oil company of Omaha.
Ira De Young of Keokuk, charged
with selling imported French peas
colored with sulphate Of copper.
R. o. Smith Of Bloomfield, charged
with selling mislabeled vanilla flaw
oring extract.
G. Highley OF Atlantic and A. B.
Buffham of Oxford Junction, charged
with selling mislabeled vanilla ex
tract
Charles B. Moore of Dubuque
charged with selling strawberry pop
sweetened with saccharin.
isaac Brandt is Compiling Report.
Isaac Brandt is compiling report
OF the deaths of all the old settlers
of Iowa. at the request of number
of the different old settlers societies
The report will cover all OF the
deaths during the last ten years and
will include persons who have lived
In Iowa forty years or more. Mr.
Brandt is attempting to make the
report an official one, and has an
nounced that it will take him until
Aug. IL to complete It, He is one OF
the Oldest settlers Of Iowa and Is in.
timately acquainted with practically
every other early settler.
To Buy Farm Horses.
That the United States army au
thorities contemplate the purchase OF
Iowa horses is indicated by an order
received by Colonel West directing
that Lieutenant Robt. ]. Raney visit
all the towns within a radius Of sew
enty-flve miles OF Des Moines and
investigate tue horse raising industry
of the state, with view to ascertain
ing what breeds of horses are most
successfully raised In Iowa.
President Taft Will Come.
President Taft and party will visit
Des Moines during the national mill
tary tournament at the fair grounds
between September 20 and 26, on his
western trip, which will include the