The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-07-13

convicted more than once.
The prisoners are we'll pleased
with their treatment. The accom-
modations are good and the fare
substantial. The restraint Of their
personal liberty is the only source
of their solicitude, but the long
termers have protested, at least for
the present, their determination to
become good citizens and gentlemen
when they are "let OUT mo more
il, ar beer for me as blind for
booze when I'm OUT said one. I'm
..s:ng to stick to my trade. I'm a.
painter" And joined in another:
when I'm again free I'm going 10
stick to butchering. There amt as
much clear money in cutting and
selling No. Z steaks as in booze, but
you don't have to pay out all the
profit TO lawyers to keep you off the
farm
And suggested a third reflective
ly: what chance is there left with
Land as the judge of the court?
He'll stick you sure, and it's $500
fine. and six months and six months
additional if the fine is not cashed.' :
The recent arrivals are given
light jobs until they are acclimated,
and then they are transferred to the
fields with the "old ones who are
becoming experts
In Handling the Hoe.
One of the remarkable features Of
the farm is the limited number Of
paupers. One Of the purposes Of the
farm as originally planned was the
care of paupers. Before the estab-
1ishment of the farm there were
scores of paupers who obtained
from 50 TO So monthly provided by
the Police Jury At presnt there
are only two white and three col
ored paupers on the farm. The par
ish has withdrawn these monthly
contributions, and yet the persons
who did draw monthly the amounts
stated have declined to go.to the
farm where they would receive the
best or care and attention. Il may
be recalled that. the name poor
FARM was changed to Caddo Farm
- was suggested by n
The Gaucasiaa's -
, representative when he visited the
farm two years ago. He believed
that the. title ssPoor Farm" was the
treason why many of the deserving
| poor declined to leave their homes,
as they called their novels, to go to
the poor farm, but the change Of
name has not encouraged the desti-
tutes to improve their conditions.
Why? Is it through false pride? Is
| it the repugnanee suggested unreas-
onably, even though the mendicant
imagines that poor farm or a
farm for the poor must be avoided
as a pestilence?
/ The Reformatory:
| A reformatory is to be provided
lfor the Juvenile offenders at the
Parrish Farm. It is to be constructed
Iof solid brick and cement. A re-
formatory has long been needed. As
ltne State is too poor" to provide an
institution wherein juvenile offend
ers may be reclaimed, the response
biIity has been shifted to the par
fishes. There was reformatory at
Monroe. It was State affair. 1t was
Ibuilt of lumber and was burned, and
THAT was the end Of it.
i Good Roads.
In the party journeying to the
farm were Capt. w. Z. Crawford
lpresident, with his associates of the
Y Jury, William Winter, D. P. Hollis
w. "A. Thoman, DR.. R. H. Gulledge
i L. B. Phillips, r. L. Huckaby, G. NJ
Hutchinson, DIR. Oscar DoWling
] State health officer; DR.. A. A. Her.
i old, parish health officer; 3. NJ. Ad-
1 ger, agricultural demonstrator; R
/ T. Douglas, and the press represen-
ttatives.
1 The Board of Control consists o
IW. T. Crawford, president; L. B
Il Phillips, Flournoy, La; r. T. Doug.
d las, Gillian, La.;;-John NJ. Wynn, SUI
i perintendent.
Il The roadway over which tn
| party travelled is an evidence o
il what is possible in the bettermen
II Of the public highways. Under tn
present system, of road eonstruc
!. tion, as devised by Parish Enginee
J Bullen, with R. T. Douglas as over
el seer, the width of the road is 4
slfeet, with drainage of ample capac
q ity, and with eulverts constructs
ei Of reinforced concrete. The strete'
e lof road completed with gravel is tn
8 delight Of the aut5omobilsts and tn
il Joy Of the Wagon Roadster.
nj IN tha wears of not MANY month