The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-28

and rooted and cheered with the bes
of them.
Not at any time during the gam
was there anything approaching row
dyism, either on the part of tht play
ers or spectators. All decisions wer,
received good naturally, in fact thu
home team appeared to have bette
sporting spirit than the other, No
once during the game was there Wis
ible show of authority on the part o.
any guard and not rifle or armed
man could be seen.
Following the game the convicts
who had been cheering over spec
tacular hit by Noah, which won the
game, subsidized Immediately and
gracefully, left the seats and returned
to their cells, not with the lock step
or in military order, but acting as free
men might and of their own volition.
A visit to the print shop was one OF
the pleasant features Of the afternoon.
After an introduction to the editor, a
| life prisoner, we were shown an ex.
tremely neat and we'll kept little shop,
The editor, head printer, and manager,
who are combined in one man, Is self
taught, and has learned to turn out
first rate grade of job work, and
commercial printing for the institu.
ton, as we'll as to edit very cred.
table monthly magazine.
The prison library is in charge of
Conroy, one of the bank robbers from
Sawyer Conroy is man Of great
natural ability, and under his charge
the library is becoming a popular in
stitution. With the assistance Of the
state librarian he has installed the
most approved modern system for in
dexing and caring for the books, as
we'll as a plan by which the reading
of the prisoners can be guided, and
their minds improved or assistance
given in studying some profession.
In this connection Warden Talcott
states that the prison records show
number of instances Of Hobos and so
called bad men" coming to tho pris-
on absolutely ignorant, and leaving a
few years later to take excellent po-
sitions as engineers, or at other lines
of work, with excellent salaries.
At the time OF coming to the insti-
tuition the new warden found a num-
Der of men in solitary confinement for
various infractions of the rules. One
or two of them had been lin solitary"
on bread and water for months, and
were defiant. Today there is not a
man who is punished in this way, and
there is not single black mark
against any man in the penitentiary
for the month Of July. He has en-
deavored to instill into the men an
ambition to become manly, and so far
as possible he has put them on their
honor. So far. he says, he has not
been disappointed. ''It is easy" he
declared, Sunday, Ito punish man
for an infraction of the rules. The
hard thing is to prevent the infrac.
ton and to awaken the mems ambi.
ton to better themselves.
That the new warden has attained
some success along this lines Is ap-
parent from a comparative record Of
the production Of the plant for three
months since he took charge with the
seven months prior to that time.
For three and one half months un-
til last Friday night, when the years
output was completed, the peniten.
tiary inmates under the direction of
Warden Talcott turned out 100000
pounds of Irvine. In the seven
months prior TO that period 100000
pounds were made.
Beginning last Saturday, the in.
mates of the prison turned their at
tention to the making Of brick, and
this work will continue until late in
the fall, when the manufacture Of
Irvine will be resumed.
The drive to and from the city Of
Bismarck was made with one of the
prison rigs, and we did not know un.
til the return trip that he was a con.
vict sent to the penitentiary for long
term, so courteous he was, and appar-
emily so free from any feeling Of re-
straint. The prison was already to
a large extent and will soon entirely
abolish the use Of striped uniforms,
except in case Of severe punishment.
The clipped head has been abolished
this summer, and there is no lock
step to constantly remind the convict
that he is a prisoner under strict
guard.
Inspections Of the cell house while
occupied by prisoners have been stop
ped by Warden Talcott. He believes