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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-10-30
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without guards-some 300 miles away from the
prison-have created a national reputation for
loyalty. Less than one per cent have violated
their pledges by successful escape Communi-
ties no longer fear to have our convict camps
established near them, We have made manhood
as well money by this healthy, hearty out
door labor We have built the prisoners up both
physically and morally. Men discharged from
our road camps do not have the prison pallor,
the physical weakness and the hesitating, hang
dog appearance Of the typical discharged con-
vct. They are bronzed, sturdy, healthy, efficient
laborers and are in demand as such. About 80
per cent. of those we have sent from the camps
on the completion of their terms have made
good. The other 20 per cent. have mostly found
their way back into prison elsewhere"
Under the Colorado system, the convict is
allowed ten days off his sentence for each month
of labor performed on the roads. This is in
addition to the usual reduction made for good
behavior. There are other incentives for the
convicts to conduct themselves that they will
be put at work on the roads, according to War
den lyman. For one thing" he says, "the man
who is allowed to leave the prison for the road
camp practically has seen the last of prison IL
he conducts himself properly His food is bet
ter, his clothing is better. He has not constant
ly before his eyes the guns Of the guards to
remind him that he is a convicted criminal and
has no place in society His selfrespect re-
turns, he Is taught self-reliance and sustained
application, and these things enable him to take
his place among other people and do a mans
work when he is released from prison"
As to the economic side OF the question, War
den lyman is just optimistic. He declares
that the state has saved large amount OF
money and that 1t will hundreds of thou
sands Of dollars during the next ten years
through the use Of convict labor on the roads,
With reference to the cost OF maintaining the
convicts In the road camps Warden lyman gives
some statistics.
"In one Of our camps" he says, I'VE worked
S5 men, not including the camp help one month.
The maintenance OF each OF these men cost the
state exactly 25 cents per day. The total cost
of all the work for the month, including salaries.
care OF stock, feed for teams and cost of equip
ment, was $51515, 47h cents per day per
man. Had this number OF men been employed at
the standard wage rate OF 81 per day. the cost
of wages alone would have been $1.632.50"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-10-30

In New Jersey the convicts are handled a IT.
tie differently, but the object is the same. Here
the guards have not thrown away their guns,
but the firearms are not in evidence and the
casual visitor TO the convict camp scarcely can
tell which the keepers and which convicts
Woodrow Wilson, when he was governor OF
New Jersey. thought he a way to solve some
OF the problems presented by the state prisons.
He outlined his idea TO the state prison labor
commission and turned over to that body, togeth-
er with the state road commissioner, the task
of working out his ideas. The result of President
Wilson's suggestions is Don't Worry Camp" the
first of the road convict camps to be established
in New Jersey.
This is very much like any other summer
camp, except that it is better equipped. One
large room holds the convicts beds. while in a
projecting ell there is space for five guards,
whose beds are so placed that every square foot
of tAe ,onvicts' quarters can be seen through a
glass partition. This is the only suggestion OF
surveillance, except for the locks that are placed
on the doors at night. The convicts room con-
tains a shower-bath and other facilities. The
ventilation is scientific and the floor walls. cell
ing and beds spotless. Two former chefs.
convicts, preside In the kitchen and prepare
the meals, which include meat twice day and
plenty of fresh vegetables
All the buildings in the camp were construct
ed by the convcts themselves, without any out
side help where expert workmanship such
could not be furnished by the convicts, was
needed After the camp was completed the con-
victs were put to work on the nearby roads.
Asphalt roads are to be laid and culverts and
bridges constructed and In this connection is
OF the chief benefits OF the sys-
tenn, far as the convicts are concerned. The
prisoners will have an opportunity to learn the
masteries of scientific road-making. a profession
which is not overcrowded Those prisoners who
show interest In the work will be promoted to
responsible positions and will be in a position to
secure well-paid jobs when their terms expire.
the authorities believe.
While these few states have been taking the
lead in the efforts to solve the problem OF con-
Wet labor. other states have been studying The
question OF how best to direct the labor OF the
states ward. both for his own interest and that
along these lines during the next few years by
those familiar with penal conditions Throughout,
the country.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-10-30
What Doctor Can seat r,I.l

In less than three months a ply
stefan OF Portland, Me, has treated
professionally Ave patients represent
ing five successive generations OF the
same family, beginning with a cente-
marian and following in the direct line
OF descent down to her great-great
grandson. He first attended .he old
lady, who was ninety-nine years old
for senile gangrene, resulting in her
death. During her illness he was
called on to prescribe for her daugh-
ter aged seventy-ive. Next this
daughters son, a florist, aged fifty,
fell i'll and required attention. Fol
lowing him, son, clerk of twenty
seven, found himself liz need of medi
cal aid. And lastly to the clerks wife
vas born a male child, whom the doc
tor was called upon to assist into
The world, as he had been summoned
20 ease the reat-grandmother's
exit from II barely three months be-
fore.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-10-30
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~ HERE is nothing particularly Aew or
II II revolutionary about the working Of
convicts upon the public roads. For
lie many years 1t has been the custom
" IA l. in most of the cities of this country
W to place Migrants and other minor
- ~ offenders caught in the police drag
~ net at work upon the streets and in
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-10-30

the penitentiaries have been employed at various
times in the construction of highways.
But the modern idea of convict road labor is new
and it is only just beginning to appear in various
parts of the United States. The old idea-where
convict labor was employed the roads@was
merely to utilize the labor of the convcts to the
best advantage to the state-to make the convict
produce as large revenue possible, in order TO
repay the state for the expense Of maintaining its
penal institutions Into the idea, there has
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-10-30
Another Case.

Philadelphia, Pa. "Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound is all you
claim it to be. About two or three
days before my periods / would get bad
backaches, then pains in right and left
sides, and my head would ache. ] called
the doctor and he said / had organic in
flammation. Invent to him for while but
did not get we'll so took Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. After TAX
ing two bottles was relieved and finally
my troubles left me. / married and
have two little girls. have had no re-
turn of the old troubles. Mrs. CHAs.
BoELL, $3.50 S. Chadwick St, Phila. Pa.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-10-30
Pain In Back and Rheumatism

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move the cause. Foley Kidney Pills begin
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Kidneys and bladder that the pain and tor
ment of kidney trouble soon disappears
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-10-30

m y suffering a n d
pains. For two years
l suffered bearing
down pains and got
all run down. was
under a n ervous
strain and could not
sleep at night. l
went to doctors here
in the city but they
did not do me any
good.
Seeing lydia u.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-10-30

Pinkham's Vegetable Compound adver-
tised, l tried it. Ny health improved
wonderfully and l am now quite we'll
again. No woman suffering from fe-
male ills will regret it if she takes this
medicine. Mrs. JAMES G. LECLEAF-
1886 Hunt St., Detroit, Mich.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-10-30

Patent medicines are used largely
by the Chinese.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-10-30

Alas, that a wise mar carr help
looking like a fool at his own wed.
ding!
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-10-30
DOCTORS DID
NOT help her
But Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound Restored
Mrs. LeClear's Health
Her Own Statement.

Detroit, Mich. -"I am glad to dis
cover a remedy that relieves me from
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-10-30

Relieves quickly all Kidney complaints such
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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-10-30

His Species.
$50 that stock broker speculatOl
over there is a Massachusetts man?
Yes; Boston bull"
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-08-07
is CLIFFORD A GRANDFATHER

The Spokesman Review, which
seems to think 1t has bunch on Ida
no politics, says in its last Sundays
issue:
1.-THE last week has developed a
new possibility in the republican gu
bernatorial field in Idaho. w. l..
Clifford of Lewiston. secretary OF
state, is the man accused of having
been smitten with the gubernatorial
fever.
at is significant that this fever Is
said to have afflicted Mr.. Clifford
about the time, or shortly after, he
made a trip to Priest Lake in com
pany with George Day, the republican
state chairman, Lieutenant Governor
H. H. Taylor, State Senator Walter
Hanson, Attorney General Joe Peter
son and Attorney Ben Crow of Boise
at was a strong representative re-
publican gathering. Whether the 10
days the party spent in the wilds OF
Priest Lake had anything to do with
fostering Gifford's ambitions Is moi
given and Mr.. Clifford himself is not
saying that he will be a candidate
But the signs are pointing that way.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-08-07
JEFFERsoNIAN SIMPLICITY

Secretary Bryan says he cannot
make both ends meet on salary
of a thousand dollars a month. He
has to lecture to augment his mea-
ger income from the government.
The great "Commoner," the COM
mon man of the common people
lives simply in Washington. He
pays $500 a year rent and enter
tains very modestly. He serves no
wine at his table, thus enforcing
his prohibition principles and econ
omizing at the same time. He is a
millionaire, or near one, and makes
fine stipend from his pen, both as
editor of the Commoner and in other
ways.
But the simple life costs money,
evidently, and the poor man has to
lecture to help out. The writer
has always entertained a most sin.
cere admiration for Bryan, but ii
begins to look as though he's a
fake.-Caldwell News. DEM
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-08-07
GREAT PATRioT-FINANcIER

From one point of view, Secretary
Bryan Is as much entitled to his sum-
mer vacation as any other employe
of the government; and IL, as he says
he wants or needs to spend his time
in lecturing for profit, it is his own
affair. 1t is perhaps as restful to
him to talk words to gaping multi
tude as it Is for other men to hunt,
or fish, or loll on the sandy beach,
or travel to Europe or Cuba or any
where else. His vacation is his own.
and he can do what he pleases with
it. legally and perhaps morally. But
his point of view is wrong absolute
ly. meanly, misery, politically wrong.
Just now a revolution is about to
break out in Mexico probably the
biggest one yet known in that un-
happy, harassed country. Never was
1t as important for the secretary of
state to be on the job, day and night.
The Japs are heading into Mexico by
thousands; the Jap trouble that we
have had in California will be boys
play beside the magnitude of the Jap
question in Mexico, II the United
States has to intervene and possibly
even have to annex Mexico. But
Bryan is out for the money; a rich
man. a niggardly man, saving per-
haps half of his salary, yet running
out for a few dollars on lecture
tour-while the nation Is watching a
volcano get ready to burst right at
its door. and Bryan is off for the
dollar hunt like a Standard oil bust
ness agent.
The Bryan who a few years ago
sought to hold in the courts the be-
quest from a frenzied admirer who
willed him the money the widow
should have had, was a rather better
man and citizen than Bryan the trust
ed public officer who deserts his
post for Congratulated Recorder.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-08-07

In commenting upon Dow Dunning,
Owyhee county's erratic senator, who
has announced himself as a candidate
for congress from this state the Win
chester Journal pays the Sage OF
Wiekahony" the following backhand
ed compliment Senator Dunning
served his county in the tenth. elev-
enth, twelfth and the extraordinary
session and was always the fearless
champion of the peoples rights. In
fact Senator Dunning Is of such hero
ic mould, that he would abolish the
constitution itself, If by so doing he
could bring about a larger measure
of freedom and happiness to all the
people. In any event the Sage OF
Wickahony," will give ample evidence
that he is in the race.
The postmaster general is going to
improve the parcels post service by
raising the weight limit several notch
es and reducing the rate of postage
This will be a great benefit to mail
order concerns who will soon be able
to send gasoline engines, hay baler:
and other similar truck by mail
Mountaineer.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-08-07
DON'T EAT AT ALL

The Tribune receives regularly a
weekly press service" entitled
Health and Hygiene" sent out by
the Idaho State Board of Health. The
first impulse of a newspaper receiving
such service Is to publish the same
in hopes that 1t will be of benefit to
the general public. The suggestions
on the care of the health given by
the state board should be sane and
practical If nothing else. AS a mat
ter of fact nine times out of ten the
suggestions are impractical and fire.
quently foolish. For instance the
service for the week of July 20 con-
tains this gem of practical wisdom
"As to what and how much to eat in
summer-too much Is worse than
none at ALL" Do the members Of
the State Board of Health imagine
the people of Idaho are a lot of i'm
beetles? The statement Is all right
as a joke long drawn and far fetch
ed, but sickness, disease and death
are not jokes and should not be so
treated by a state bureau.-Caldwell
Tribune.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-08-07
WISE COUNSEL

Rathdrum Tribune: The quiet times
of the last three years have not af-
fected Rathdrum any more than they
have every other town and city in
the northwest in proportion to it's
size and the character and number
Of its industries. Citizens cannot
justly blame a general depression on
one another. The cause Is not To-
cal. Why has Spokane's population
and property values gone down so
heavily in the past three years? Is
it because the apple crop is too big
for local markets? Or because the
northwest had been overboomed? Or
because Rathdrum has no saloons?
Some of the business men in Spokane
say it is almost as quiet there now
as during the hard times of twenty
years ago. People in Occur d'Alene
talk hard times on account of the
stagnation in realty and the slump
of inflated values. The same condi-
tons affect every town around. The
cause is not local and it is useless
to seek. local remedies. In a general
way times are no worse than they
have been any time during the last
three or four years. Only a return
of an Astounding prosperity to the
whole country can change things bach
as they were. But in the meantime
much may be done locally to amel-
iorate general conditions by organ
lied boosting. promoting good fellow
ship. and everybody being ready to
take advantage of every opportunity
to help the community in every way
possible.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-08-07
SOME DIFFERENCE

Mr.. Sturm, the would-be railroad
builder, has again shown up after a
long silence following his failure to
come to taw on the building OF the
Lewiston Charleston Asotin rail
road. His petition for an extension
of six months seems ridiculous in
the face of his recent failure to keep
his promise; meaning while Zephan-
roads and then invites the commit
tee out to see them. Quite a differ
ence, in fact just the difference be-
tween a builder and promoter
Winchester Journal.
The amazing part of the thing Is
the apparent obtuseness or willful in
difference of the citizens of Lewis
ton to their own as well as the prai-
RE IS best interests In this matter.
The citizens here have been greatly
surprised at the attitude which Lew
iston has assumed for the past num-
Der Of weeks toward the Johnson
road. While not conversant with all
the details or the causes for the
changing sentiment, many have got
ten the impression that Lewiston
played fast and loose with both John
son and this upper country in this
matter. first blowing hot then cold.
Mr.. Johnson evidently has been frank
and sincere in all he has done and
said, and there Is no development
work that has come up In Lewiston
that will compare In importance for
that place with Mr.. Johnson's line of
road. The fact that he is going right
ON with the work proves his SINGER
ity and determination, as well as
his faith in the feasibility Of his
plans.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-08-07
HOW TO MOVE THEM WEST

The question as to the best meth
cd for reaching the easterner who
is cramped and desires greater op-
portunities for spreading and grow
ing, Is one that has been much dis
cussed and experimental with. The
west needs the thrifty eastern farmer
and more of the fasteners need the
west with the great opportunities
which it offers than realize the fact.
But recently w. j. Jordan, the gen.
eral agent of the Northern Pacific, in
an interview with the Globe urged
the claims of the local newspaper as
the very best known medium for
reaching and interesting the millions
of dissatisfied fasteners in our great
undeveloped west, stating that in his
Judgment, and that of his company,
which had had vast experience in
the immigration business, that a six
months subscription to a good, live
/ local paper, sent direct to the east.
ern man, was worth ten times its cost
utilized in the usual ways of adver-
Using, that this had been demonstrat-
ed effectually. Now comes C. E.
Arney, the we'll known immigration
agent Of the Northern Pacific, in the
last issue of the Boise magazine, "See
Idaho First and corroborates this
claim that the newspaper is the most
effective means for soliciting immi-
grafton. He says:
Newspapers are an herculean
power with the people. They are the
cheapest one factor available for valu
able use in attracting settlement.
They are the easy route to take with
knowledge of fields where there is or
Is to be created, a wholesome senti-
ment for immigration. Every farmer,
stOckraiser, merchant, and manufac-
turer. every teacher. preacher, artisan
and civilian can become an assistant
reporter and editor to the local paper.
With patriotic cooperation between
the people and the paper it at once
becomes the liveliest one factor for
immigration within the easy financial
reach of any people in a city of suf-
ficient size to effect organization for
the community welfare"
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-08-07

Mulhall, the self-confessed briber
and perjured hireling, says he offer
ed to sell, and even give away, his
confession to various newspapers and
public men, but was unsuccessful un-
til he got next to President Wilson.
Mr.. Wilson then made a grandstand
play In an interview in which he de-
nounced lobbying as all kinds of
@'pernicious'' things, and awaited re-
suits with Mulhall's statements and
letters, Ga great deal of which is no
doubt true, and much false) cached
away, like ''cold deck" in a game
of draw So anxious was the presi-
dent to spring his "sure thing" game
that he could hardly wait for rea-
sonable protest from the national leg
islators until he started things going.
Mr.. Wilson's part in this investiga-
ton is not one that reflects great
credit upon himself, for the reason
that he played the case up before the
public with himself in the hero role
like a common pettifogger. instead
of plainly stating the case to the
public and congress and asking tha
the matter be investigated on IT.
merits with Mulhall and his CORES
pondence as the ground for the in
vestigation. To the serious public
appears that Mr.. Wilson has tried t
shape the whole proceedings to nj
own advantage, even though the in
nocent were made to suffer with tn
guilty, for he has by his attitude II
the first place. made himself the OF
ject of attack in the denials OF tn
public men charged with the offense
and has then practically en- iorsed tn
statements of Mulhall as whole b.
putting him and his correspondent
forward to substantiate the charge
he (the presidenD made. If thi
Is not pettifogging it would smell jus
as bad under any other name.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-08-07

Senator Hector c. Haight, the dry
apostle in the recent Idaho legisla-
ture from Cassia county, seems to be
getting his, just at present. II GER
tain press reports coming from his
home town are true, remarks the
Winchester Journal. Hector was the
author of the new dry legislation,
doped out by the last legislature, and
as such drew down upon himself the
ire of the "wets" in all parts of the
state. 1t is claimed that the Off
GERS of the law raided Hector's cell
lar and therein found a quantity of
booze sufficient to produce head
aches' innumerable, for the entire
town population. We sincerely hope
this rs not so as we knew Hector as
Cody man in the 18th session and
to now have a picture of him in the
wine cellar with a demijohn to his
lips is more than our sensitive SOU
can stand. Hector, in the name OF
your great namesake, rise up and tel
us 1t Is not so.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-08-07

For a while we had an idea that
Col. Mulhall was going to get" ever.
republican senator and congressman
since the days of Sockless Simpson.
But now Majority Leader Underwood
brands Mulhall as a liar and black
mailer. and Speaker Clark holds a
similar opinion. Sam Gompers, the
high salaried labor lobbyist hasn't
been heard from yet, but no doubt he
will declare himself after the smoke
has cleared away. If this was a case
in which bunch of dynamiters were
on trial for murder, Gompers' opin.
ions would be flying thick and fast
as they were at the time when the
innocent" McNamaras were being
tried Mountaineer.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-08-07

An old bachelor died In Ohio the
other day and left all his money to
the woman who rejected him in early
life-which goes to show that there
is no fool like an old bachelor fool.
-Mountaineer.
Gratitude. brother, gratitude was no
doubt the prompting motive. A bene-
dict can interpret the signs.