| Show CONVICTS THEN BACK on account of the seven abhor chich set in last week tile convict camp south ot of Villard was temporarily ly broken up lip and the ibo majority of 0 the prisoners were taken back to the penitentiary tent iary on monday morning tb rh c hard bard frost worked a considerable hardship on the men the tents being unable to withstand tho the cold blasts even with a camp stove giving off 03 its heat handwork on tho the road was waa very disagreeable on account of 0 the thin layer ot of snow that covers the surface A special car naas attached to the cache valley train at willard monday morning in which were thirty seven ot of the lorty forty uvo five convicts employed employ cd at the camp and they were taken to salt lake city acre here the car ua as detached and taken by a special entine over the D R Vs tracks into inlo the stale slate prison yard the balance of men I 1 left at the camp are under tinder the bare care of to guards and they remained boi bei hind to care for the teams out ami camp a the work on the road between hot springs and willard la Is nearly completed 1 and it the convicts could have had find bloat one morti morn week of tine fine weather teather they would oula ha haie e completed the road read tt lt la Is the purpose ho however weer to bring back to finish the road tri to willard before removing the camp permanently manent ly after which the men will likely bo be taken down into county in tho sunny south land or the winter where the climate will of road building all during the winter season in speaking ot of the ss ot of convict boad road buil building dine warden pratt Is sported as foi follows lows in the monday lerald republican the weather eather conditions said ward ia pratt yesterday have havar been so 0 o etere at the camp during the past week hc men underwent considerable in the work on an the roads r it taj sai been very ald colland col dand and about six y inches s of snow on the ground made it lor for them to work under these conditions it was thought that a savins could be made by bringing them to salt lake 1 I feet highly elated over the outcome ot of the ural first venture in roadman ins ing by convicts undertaken in the state stale of utah the convicts have been nt at work for almost fh alio a and one halt mouths months counting their mork at the state stale lair fair grounds prior to departure tor for dox box elder county of course we vc are compelled to take daany desperate characters out on the roads and the ii corps corpa includes mani butchen but when you stop to consider the fact that only one man has escaped from the camp utah has been extremely fortunate i 1 when we started road worsen july 1 17 we se had bad fifty fire convicts at work some or of these proved tp bo be unreliable and had to be returned to prison but a tt arking corps ot of forty foay live five si members embers was maintained to the ibe last only one man escaped and I 1 have no BO doubt but M the e rv near tu wi i 1 |
