The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-08-13

favoring us with so many excellent selec-
tons.
From the way the visitors have been GO
ing through the institution the past few
weeks, you would think the State fair was
being held-and yet Usher Brennan is in
good voice.
Father Corcoran will hold services in the
chapel next Sunday, and needless to say
most of the men will be out to hear him as
he always has an interesting and instruc-
tive sermon.
Steward Macdonald of the St. Cloud re-
formatory, and party of guests were visitors
at the prison last Thursday, and were es-
corted through by Asst. Warden Reed and
Steward Deragish.
Among those from the front Office who
are away on their annual ten days vacation,
are E. w. Owens, sales manager of farm
machinery department; Miss Ella Dupins
and L. A. Jameson, stenographers.
Officer Gallagher informed us Tuesday
morning that he helped to lay out the forty
on which the new prison now stands, some
thirty-eight years ago, when he remarked:
cit was some thick with timber
The Farm Machinery department will
soon be in full operation, and then if posi-
BILE we will devote few columns of space
to the workings of the plant together with
the blacksmith and foundry shops COM
bined.
Mayor M. ]. Boylan, Artie O'Day the
old time association ball player, now deputy
sheriff of St. Louis county and DR.. H. F..
Mickaelson all of Virginia, Mimi, were
entertained by Deputy Warden Sullivan
Tuesday.
About forty men are working on the
south side of the hospital where they are
getting it into shape for terracing. k.
and Sinbad are certainly doing all in their
power to making the hospital grounds a
flower garden.
There will be no meeting of the Chau-
tauqua next Sunday afternoon. Account
of everybody being so busy with the NOV
ing of the old prison to the new institution.
The president has decided to wait awhile
before issuing the call.
Two more men were added to the bind
cry department Monday. One of them
was a member of the book bindery estab-
lishment at the old prison when we moved
down here-but was retained up there on
other work until recently.
Those of you who have had occasion to
enter Capt. Alexander office recently, have
noticed new office desk and chair instead
of the kitchen table. Capt. doesn't say
much but we pity ''Hasty'' if there is any
dust ever found accumulated.
Mrs. Wolfer was showing her friend,
Mrs. Milton Daily, of Chicago, through
the institution Monday. Mrs. Daily will
be house guest of Mrs. Wolfer until the
return of her husband who is enjoying the
trip to the West with Warden Wolfer.
Now that the men are all here and every
department is in working order, we want
a correspondent from each shop. If your
shop is not represented see to it that you
hand in the news. Write them up and
give them to your officer in charge; he will
see that the Mirror gets them.
Marco Polo, (the Venetian traveler)
and one of the most gifted writers in the in
stitution, arrived here Saturday from the
old prison, and was given the royal well
come by all. Marco dropped in to our
sanctum to inform us that he would not be
able to contribute to the Mirror for awhile
as all his spare time would be utilized in
the farm machinery department.