Show GOV WEST TRUSTS CONVICTS tile the only honor lacking lo in tho the aver age criminal Is hat which Is wrenched from him by incivility distrust and inhumanity extend to a convict tile the courtesy confidence and trust due ailin els as a roan inan and ho he will respond with X x more honor flonor than the average person who has never soon the bars the 0 o dungeon or the dismal gray walls walla of a penitentiary basins basing his action on this bit of philosophy gov oswald west of oregon recently threw open tile tho barred inix ij ix id 4 1 doors of tho oregon state penitentiary aria and turned more than convicts out into tho the inviting forests and fields to servo the remainder of their terms without guards stripes lies chains or stockades with ono one sweep the dungeon the dark cell the striped stilts aults the ball and chain and the gallows were wiped out as unnecessary parts of tile the institution and in their stead was established a unique and revolutionary since the first wholesale liberation convicts have been added to 10 tile the list as they havo proven eligible until the total number today is about abou ZOO honor la Is the only guard over fifteen otteen convict camps which aro are maintained permanently in various parts of the state tile the men are engaged in building roads op operating ratIng rock quarries and anc clearing land |