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Show i Otiiizing Convict Labor That the highways of the state through its wealth of forest and held may beim-j beim-j proved and that the physical condition j of the men whose fortunes have cast them behind the bars and prison walis may be ameliorated, plans are now on I foot which will, during the summer j months, establish a system of convict i labor upon the roads of Utah. The plans of Governor itpry and Warden j Pratt have received the most careful j executive attention including a trip to Colorauo to observe the working' plan in the Centennial State. Governor Spry and his company recently re-cently made a trip through Davis county, coun-ty, where the first convict camps are to i be niade to look over tne road. Ac- companying the governor was a party of - otlieials, as w. II as devotes of tne good roads movement, whicn is now assuming i larger proportions all over the west, j '1 his method of making the convicts earn their living is a good one, and it will be mucn oetter tor their health than to have to be com.ned w a dingy celi. At piesenc, the maintenance 'of the prison..-, is a great expense and if they can be put to some benetit it will be an ; excellent thing tor all concerned. The following woiKii.g plan will be iuliowed in guarding the prisoners as tney woiK. 1 Every possible inensure for guarding, j against escape has been worked out; i About ten extra unius will be nettled. Ihtse will be taken lroin among the veterans at the state Hi .son, ana new guaros will be employed at the priS' n. W hile the prisontro are at work uuruig the uay lour jrtiaiw, i rued vwen rules and mounted, will patiol trie ivadsi..t, one at either ti.u ot the working lorce ana one on each sule. Another guard, also heavily armed, will act as foreman 01 the work, going among the prisoners and assigning each one his taK. About ten prisoners will be kept at camp doing tne coo.a.ig, cleaning and general camp work. Trese will necessitate neces-sitate another ar.ned guard over tne camp during tne Uay. At mgnt tne mn will be herdJ into the biro wire enclosure en-closure and tne gate SeCJreiy locked. One man will mount gu nd duty at tne gate corner a.u anotnef at Cae diagon .1 corner. Eacn will be eqaippjj vvitn re- . j volving searcnlignc, tnitea.i 0j direct-I ed in either direction alonj the walls of i j the enclosure. I.i af litio.i tj these pre-cautions, pre-cautions, tne day gaards .vill s.eep jus: ; J outside the enclosure, with arms in easy reaen, so that any attempt on th-; p ire ot prisoners to escape would in ail liKeh- : hood prove disastrous to thj fugitive. j ( The barb wire fence itseif is jiaeti- I cally insurmoun .aolj. It will s;auJ seven feet high on all sids and tne wire will be three inch is apart. Ac the ; top the wire exte.ids i.i, mire .han a foot, oif ering an ooscacle n it t j be over- come under urdin try circu nstances. j Every facility for the main ten nice of j a permanent crnp wi.l oe provided : Telephone and ligating c i.inec.io is will j be established, boiL-rs for heating of' water for batns and for washing clothes ' will be secured, and as far as possible, ! the prisoners will be req tired to observe j practically the same rules of dicipline ! and personal conduct as at the state I prison. Weekly baths and a change of ; clotnes will bei n j-rative. Thi clo.hid to be worn win be of regulation tan; khaki resembling militrry uiiifoi'in. Every prisoner will be provided with high top shoes and broad brimmed hats. Wit.ua: exception, tlu men at the state prison are more tnan anxious to go to work outside tne prison walls and j j tne selection of 125 w.ll leave nearly 200 ' badly disappointed men, according to! ; the prison authorities. Thj work is the chief topic of conversation at the , prison and every man is pl uming to go 1 along. t |
