Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27
JUDGE SHERWOOD HAS
WOOD SAVING ADDED
FOR JAIL EXERCISES
Exercises Legal Authority In
Prescribing New Rules For
Handling Prisoners.

Clear Lake, S. D., April 22.-That
prisoners in the jaiis of Deuel. county
and other counties of this district be
provided, among other things, with
piles of four-foot wood and sawbucks
and bucksaws, is the rule made by
Judge c. G. Sherwood, of the state cir.
cult court OF the third circuit. The
Idea OF Judge Sherwood is that the
prisoners, when not otherwise employed
at manual labor, shall be required to
saw wood as n of the best forms of
useful exercise. This and other recon-
for the rules to be applied
to the jails of his circuit are made in
accordance with n state statute, which
makes 1T the duty of circuit judges to
provide rules for the regulation of the
jails in their several counties. Other
recommendations made by Judge Sher-
wood for the regulation of the jails of
his circuit are:
All persons under 81 years of age
must be kept separate and apart from
older offenders, this being done to pre-
vent the jails becoming school of vice;
prohibiting the use Of cigarets in any
form by prisoners; prohibiting all
games of every kind: providing the
prisoners with useful and wholesome
DOCKS, papers and magazines, when
they request them; requiring prisoners
10 40 their own laundry work and to
keep the cells and Jail clean: useful
employment shall be furnished the
prisoners; no person shall communi-
cate with a prisoner except by permits
sion Of the jailer, under such regula-
tons as the jailer shall prescribe; pris-
oners violating the rules shall be kept
on bread and water until they COM
DIV fhpTeW1fh hJyf mot OF ~ .D,~ Xs-.~
longe than permitted by law.
Judge Sherwood further recommends
that all Jail sentences, where health
and age of the prisoner will permit,
shall be at hard labor, and that when
ever possible and practical such labor
sentence shall be enforced. He sug-
sests that all county justices and mu
nlcipal judges of his circuit in future
attach hard labor to Jail sentences, in
order that habitual criminals, to whom
a jail sentence under present condi-
lions is a luxury, shall be discouraged
from committing crimes and shall be
Drought to look upon jail sentences as
Il hardship instead of a luxury.
DETAILED REPORT MADE ON
SALES OF SCHOOL LANDS
Pierre, S. D., April 22.-The sales
made by the land commissioner the
last few weeks of common school and
endowment lands resulted in the dis
posal Of 2S,877.9S acres at a total price
of ST, 1853, 91S.S5.
Inc average paid for the common
school lands was s51.71 per acre. How-
ever, the average price paid in some
n considerably exceeded his fig
ufe' McCook county received the high
est price, with an average OF SS2.73 per
acre. The counties of Hutchinson, Lake
k~lngsbury and Brookings received an
average of about $50 per acre. In Day
county the largest amount of ommon
school and was sold, totaling 6.2562 %
acres. In Kingsbury, Bookings, Grant
Roberts more han 1000 acres were
sold in each.
CAVOUR-Members of the Milford COL
ony of Mennonites, near here, have pup
chased a large gas tractor engine which
Will be utilized for blowing and other field
work on the 5000 acre farm which tho
colony owns and operates. The tractor
Will do the work of about eight f%our-horse
teams.
citizens of Yale have or
ganlzed a commercial club, which starts
out with a good charter membership. The
following officers We're elected: President.
Fl. /. Clifford: vice president, VIM. Musulf:.
secretary, Lot w. Arlnin; treasurer, j. J.
Kaufman.
ne FOCAL DOard OF eduCa-
ton has arranged for the more careful
inspection Of the physical condition of the
students of the public schools. The teach
ers will examine them for defective hight
and other ailments at stated periods, and
will report to the proper authorities all
children who are in need of medical or
other professional care.
CLARK-Local baseball fans have or
gained an association and arranged to
have a team In the field during the sea-
son. TIL following officers We're elected:
President, George Bisel: vice president,
6. c. Johnson; NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., F. s.
Bockoven; manager, c.. E.. Thoreson;
property manager j. e. Smith.
FA1RFAX-The annual meeting of the
bankers Of the Rosebud country, organ
lied as group II of the South Dakota
association. will be held in Fair
fax on May 30.
CLARK-The board Of education has
awarded the contract for a new high
school building which is to be erected in
Clark this sumner The contract price
for the structure was about SIG, 600. The
heating and ventilating systems will cost
an additional 50. 500. The contract requires
that the structure be completed ready for
occupancy by October /.
CLEAR LAKE-Members of the local
volunteer fire department at their annual
business meeting have elected the follow
ing officers: Chief, George E. E%ichinger:
assistants. Roy Dunn and George Taylor:
secretary-treasurer, Fred seager.
NEW YORK LEGISLATURE