The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-06-05

Nlnteen inmates were transferred TO the
new prison during the week. The popula-
ton is nearing the four hundred mark.
Grading for double track outside of south
wall is completed and the railroad con-
struction gang is busy laying the rails.
Oscar Martinson, Chief of Police of
Minneapolis, and party of friends were
conducted through the prison Tuesday.
The inmates at this institution received
their summer uniforms during the week.
Captain Broostrom had charge of the job.
"Sam Langford'' leaves us this month.
Don't know whether he or we ought to
give Thanks. Pretty sure we ought to
! though.
Supt. Robertson and foreman Alexander
appeared simultaneously on the scene Fri
day morning with straw hats-the first of
the season.
Officer Piculell's father, of Valley City,
N. D., arrived in the city few days ago
and is enjoying a visit with relatives in
this vicinity.
Work on the installation of the clothes
boxes in the ironing room was resumed
Saturday morning. They will all be COM
pleted in few days.
Six hundred yards of dirt have been re-
moved from new factory site and hauled
outside of north wall where same is being
used to fill in grade.
Seventeen hundred yards of dirt has been
removed from the north west corner of
grounds and is being used to grade the
grounds outside the walls
Ben Olson is busy arranging to move
the present Assistant Deputy Warden S
| house. He will start on the foundation
| work for same next week.
Paddy, of Mirror fame, is about to buy a
farm-not a conversation one either. Back
to mother earth for me- he says. Guess
we will all end up likewise.
Officer A. Johnson is on his vacation.
He states he will utilize the time endeavor-
ing to train the "Roan'' horse to go as
fast forwards as he does backwards.
Pretty soft when fellow down here can
take nice sponge bath every evening;
plenty of water,-the water tower holds
something like four hundred thousand gal
Ions.
cap" Tom Alexander, former of
hcer of this institution, has reentered the
service and is placed in charge of the store
room, laundry. solitary and printing de-
| partments.
Maybe you can say lot of tough things
| about people, but if fellow will stop to
think of the lot of tough things that can be
said about him, he invariably shuts up
| like clam.
Mr.. Whittier was down Saturday with
several friends. He drove down in his new
car. He states that outside of trying to
crank her with the "spark' on, he is get
ting along fine.
E. V. H., Major Domo in the dollhouse,
has had an addition built on his coat. He
is now able to carry as much as two chews
around with him-that is, the size of chews
he usually juggles.
]. ]. Hill wants congress to adjourn for
ten years. James evidently expects them
to go from bad to worse-along certain
lines of course-maybe some more adverse
railroad legislation.
| Someone must have passed copies of the
| Essay on Silence around among the Of
| fcers at the old prison. They don't even
| think, much less even say word about
that baseball challenge.
The Board of Parole held its usual
| monthly meeting at both the old and new
prisons Tuesday; 46 applications were made
here, resulting in Is paroles and 2 .cond-
! tional discharges being granted.
We notice "The Baron is among us.
| He ought to be "chock full of interest
ing experiences as he has seen service under
the British Government in almost every
corner of the globe where the British flag
flies.
Notice to inmates:-Interviews will be
granted during the coming week to those
of you who wish to purchase toilet articles
and subscribe for newspapers and maya
zines. Prepare list of your wants so that
you can readily order same on order day.
On account of the appearance of several
new blades of grass during the past week,
Paddy has withdrawn his application to be
Chief Mower of Lawns. He states that
nature is all right but too much of it in
the way of a lot of grass to be cut is out of
his line.
| Decoration day the inmates were allowed
the liberty of the yard for three hours in
the morning. Judging from the noise, all
all exhausted their full quota of converse
ton, while most of the boys recently re-
ceived from the "sunny south" spent their
time singing old southern melodies. A
good dinner followed and every one was
allowed to write special letter.