Salt Lake Telegram | 1911-06-20 | Page 10 | More Prisoners on Fair Grounds Work

MORE PRISONERS ON . FAIR GROUNDS WORK The force of convicts at the state fair grounds waa Increased to thirty this mornine and from now on the men will ba housed at the amunds with the eicep tlon of .Saturday night. Sunday and Sunday Sun-day night. The ssventssn men . who worked vesterday did good work and thoroughly enJoyd the chance to get out aide the prison walls. With the thirty convlcte at work ths force of guards will be Increased. Tha work that la be in done by ths prisoners was not provided for by the appropriation of the laat legislature and Is not interfering with any of the vontrart work or work that would be let to union labor. It la expected that the convicts will be employed hers about thirty days. H was announced from the state prison this morning that while no detinue arrange ments hsd been made for the taking of prtaonsra to work on the public hitrhways it aa esjterted that a force would leave for Box Elder county within a few days.