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Show UTAH PENITENTIARY AS SEEN J BV A YOUNG OGDEN GIRL WHO WAS SHOWN THROUGH THE PEACE Lsah I Schrader. interesting to pain an insigh fnto the laws that govern, those wh( are shut away from the world by iroi bars and steel doors, because the: have violated some law of the land Society, through legal pioceedlngs H recognizes the necessity of segregat ing and reforming this clas. Upon this two-fold idea, the I tat State penitentiary is managed. Whei men pass through the barred gate: admitting them, they have entered ar institution that will do all within out Mde power to emplant better ideas of citizenship and to awaken latent possibilities within them The airr if to send each individual back intc the world a better citizen and noi an embittered one Hero equalit i a principle. The man who has en icred for five years, ten years, or foi life, is treated just as the man whe has entered for just ten days This prison is located at 3ugai House ward, Salt Lake City. Utah scarcely a ten -minute ride from th( business section of the town Th( buildings stand on a rise of grount that affords an unobstructed view ot all surrounding territory. The gre rmiranec building, a two-story bricli -tructure, opens on the street. From ilher side of this building extends the massive red rock wall, with itf four corner watch towers loominc high against the skyline All buildings, build-ings, except the farm buildings arc enclosed by it. a lire wire runs alon the top of the wall to aid the keepers who watch from the four towers I Alarms ring in the towers if anything 1 1 comes in contact with the wire, and j i when outside doors open and shut, i j Powerful flashlights are turned on . darkness falls. Their traveling rays are sentries of the night, making their 1 1 unfailing rounds until da break-After break-After being admitted through the only entrance, visitors are conducted i through the three cell houses. Here ! I you are admitted through steel doors ; which lock and bar from the outside I k I There are three tiers of cells in each .building Each containing twenty ; cells. The guard controls the cell Mdoors by means of a lever at the main ( entrance of each tier. Through var-) var-) I lous combinations that are as clear t to me as bank safe combinations, r even though I saw them operated, the guard may open or shut all the cell - doors or the doors of any combina-, combina-, tion of numbers he so desires. Each cell is equipped with bed and; . small table. The cells of the differ- j ent prisoners are decorated in accord - i i'ance with their tastes, I suppose. The! J walls of one ol 1 I saw, were literally j covered with women's faces, most of which were clippings from various! periodicals of the past year. Another! I had oic picture, a real photograph Ii judged, of the woman who still trusted: i him. In still another I saw a red I i cross poster, many pictures of army ; life, and a liberty bond button of the second loan helpe l hold President Wilson's picture in its place on the ; side of the wall. Each prisoner made ! his cell as home-like as possible. Ij . liked this touch of individuality. It was outward expression, if nothing more. We were then conducted through other buildings in their turn. In the kitchen, two prisoners were preparing the evening meal. A huge caldron of hot soup sent a pleasing aroma into the air. a large portion of the immense im-mense range top was covered with tine beefsteak. (I said the range top because the beefsteak was not frying in pans, but on the stove itself.) The baking was done in brick o -ens of large dimensions, on : lternate days. We saw evidences proving that Hoover had paid his visit before us. Substitutes were used as war time economy advises, and war bread is being baked. The guard told us that representatives of the Royal Baking company had given instruction the day before our visit in the making of potato po-tato bread. We saw this new process under trial. The dining room was furnished with rows of long tables and benches, the tables being about eighteen feet long, two being placed end to end The turniture was unpolished but bore testimony tes-timony that soap and water and effort ef-fort were not spared in their keeping Everything about the kitchen and dining din-ing room was immaculate. The laundry was equipped with conveniences, con-veniences, that many housewives) might covet. Electric washers, sta tionary tubs wringers, and a very convenient Btyle oflroning board. The laundry together with lurnace rooms ire located in the basement The convicts are either engaged in farm labor, iactory work, or in con I structing and repairing roads. At pre- j sent there are L'o9 serving sentences , Eighty are employed in road construe- ; (Ion, the remaining number cultivate the 18u acres of land, and in the far tory manufacture articles of Jothing and furniture. Mr. Stores, who has been warden for the past two years, has done much to; improve working conditions and to os- , tablish and maintain efficient stand-J irds among the prisoners. The prison had no productive farm lrflil it came under .Mr Stores man-lgement. man-lgement. Now. besides raising every -hing used for their own consumption, hey seek a market for a surnrisinclv large quantity of produce' The lanu : is laid out in three ampN' sise orch-' nrds. Several acres are put to po- j tatnes each year, and ten acres to vegetables veg-etables and other garden truck. In the factory, the prisoners make their own shoes and clothing. All I prison apparel is cut from a heavj cadet blue, woolen material. Shoe -making and tailoring are the only trades thai are taught at the I .ih penitentiary. The learninu of either is optional with the prisoner The making and repairing of furniture' furni-ture' is one of the present iudustries Many exquisite jnei.es were on exhibition exhi-bition Among them was a golden oak library table, which was : ruly a piece ol art that would add dignity to I any drawing room. There were also single chairs of various descriptions All Bbowlng that neither skill nor application were lacking in their construction con-struction tn the walls of the differ ent rooms were exhibited Beautiful handwork, each piece being tagged with the name of the maker and a sale price. Among these were bead chains of harmonizing designs. Hat bands of horsehair in colors, woven mats and shawls, rawhide bridle reins and whips. One piece that particularly par-ticularly attracted my attention was a cane made from pieces of paper wrapped wrap-ped securely around an iron rod and polished until it had the appearance of finely grained wood. The proceed? from pieces sold, above the cost ol material, go to the maker. I have dealt with the business side-of side-of prison life, but no prisoner is de-I de-I nled an) social privileges thaf. can be placed within his reach. A cozy library is provided a lighl l little room with book lined shelve.' that would tempt any booklover. Be-: Be-: sides modern fiction of wholesome i character. Shakespeare. Thackerav Victor Hugo. Dickens and Cooper, arc I just a few of our old friends that arc represented on their shelves. The American poets and some foreign one too, are found there. Then much ol that material which too manv of u: term "dry as dust" because it is ol I the solid nature, occupies its place as well Encyclopedia Brittanica, Rid- path's History of the World, reference I books on various subjects, ew Cur-j Cur-j rent magazines and dailies find their way to this secluded place also Different i hurcbes hold services foi the prisoners the first Sunday of each month being allotted to the Latter-Pax Latter-Pax Saints, the second to the Volunteers Volun-teers of America, the third to the Catholics, Cath-olics, fourth end the fifth (if the calendar cal-endar month so falls) are filled by the other denominations. Morning chapel is at 11, attendance is optional with the prisoners, but afternoon chapel, held ni L'. is eompulsor. We see the desire for amusement among all people We were told that the prisoners have home talent play. und musical recitals, and that occasionally occas-ionally outside talent volunteers to entertain them. All in all, Utah has an institution Minn leaves a favorable impression upon the visitor |