The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-23

dakota is today undertaking a line of
criminal reform that IL carried out to
a success will, in the very near future,
be the fad among penal institutions of
the world. She has not only put the
honor system in practice, but she has
gone one step further than that; she
has also installed the military plan of
discipline among her prisoners, and
put the governing Of the prisoners in
the hands Of the prisoners themselves.
This not only does way with All pref
udice and i'll feeling among the civil
officers and the men but it causes a
better feeling among the men. All in
fractions of the rules are tried by a
court martial, and when just a few
days ago there was a trial held, the
first Of the kind in the world where
one prisoner was tried by twelve of
his peers, and a sentence was imposed
upon the defendants the like OF which
was never before inflicted in this in
stitution, and the defendants in the
case expressed their satisfaction Of a
square deal. A prisoner had rather be
tried by a court composed OF his fellow
inmates than to be punished by the
deputy, Tor the deputy may have some-
thing against the prisoner that the
prisoner knows nothing about, but he
is sure he will get a square deal If he
is tried by his fellow prisoners. and it
makes no difference whether that oris.
oner Is a favorite or a man without a
friend in the institution he will be
treated just the same and receive the
same punishment as the man without
a friend. This is more than you can
say for the old system; now it makes
no difference if the man is a pet of
President Taft he will get his punish
ment along with the poor DEVIL" and
this is right and just. for we are ali
here and M is 40 better than the
other.
Grano Tribune: Farmers OF this
section Of the country having read SO
much of late about the conservation Of
moisture have pulled of a few stunts
the past week which will make the
people OF the balance Of the state sir
up and take notice. Alfred Dix. who
Is farming just west Of town, was in
the field Tuesday with a gang plow and
was turing under about eight inches
of snow. Whether MI. Dix was tryins
to preserve this snow with the inten-
ton of delivering same in its crystal
lied state to the ladies aid for the pur-
pose Of freezing ice cream for the
Fourth Of July or trying to conserve cr
keep the moisture near the surface is
a question which we are unable to
fathom, but the young mar. was hard
at 1t and il keeping everiastingIy at il
counts Dix will have grain to sell and
keep this fall.
However, Mr.. Dix was not the only
farmer Of this locality that wouldn't
stop work just because the weather
maj saw at to cover this portion Of
the map with about a foot of snow on
the level. Dan Huffman has SO much
blowing to do this spring that he feels
the necessity OF keeping the soil NOV
ing regardless Of climatlcaI conditions
He had two gangs IN the field Tuesday
The example having once been sci
others have been plowing the past two
days.
Hunter Herald: The Cass county
commissioners are to be commanded
on the action they took in the mattes
OF Joe Remington. They passed
resolution demanding Of the pardon
board to rescind the pardon Of Rem
ington. They know whereof they
speak. most Of the commissioners re-
member the deed we'll and are thor
oughly familiar with its details. Rem
ington should be made to serve his
time. He committed d most brutal