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o-mciry aUls food road* ** *ocU«t!K.* ar* adoptlAf r*»o lotion* farortn* the *doj> t!on o' lho convict labor *y» tem Good road* crgrnliations and adrocau* am dl*iu**lnf the merit* and d1»adrantafM of th* plan, and many am atudrUif tho ajaUtc a* applied to oUer tea. dorado ha* boon sains convict laboi tor the t (even roam. Bo i^ccaaafnl baa It proved in thl* Mata that other* knee modeled their la** and Plan of operation after tboee of Colorado and the rovarsora darise their annual conference at Colo rado Bprinf* laet Ausoat apeot much time In Sy.jtns M Brat hand th* wonderful hlffcway* t Colorado hai built by eonrlct labor. T aenty r sovaraora made up a party for a trip of inapectloa over the Colorado Bpr.nfe-Canon City lilyhaay and (he Plbea Peak Ocean to Ocean road tn Uto Pa**, two of the tao« perfect mountain rued* In th# United Btatee and two of the beat rumples of the reenlU of convict labor The Colorado- Bprlnf^Ctnon Qty bifhway ta one of the beet oxnmpW of edenUBc road bulldln* In the eutt; »ert.ape the country. Por a dlManee or mom south of Colorado Bpiios* [around the footb'li* and mounUlna entire roadbed having been cut out of the hilUide and In many placee Waatad out of •olid rock. For the remaining twenty-Bve mil** to Canon City the way la over foothill* and ihrouah undulating country. Beside* bring a mar wt In englneerlnf. the road 1* on* of the bee: •rente and plctureaouc In th* paeaine a* It dor. through Red Rock Canyon. Deat Man * Canyon and m«ny other mountain beauty *pou It e*1 mlnate* In the far-famed highway to the top of tee Royal Gorge and the union* and *p*cUeular Drive, at Canon City, i average-! eighteen feet In width and crowned end drained Although It of >auaio;> of climb*, so •klllfally w*» the rnglaewrln* work don. that heavy grade* h*v* fcrm rtlmlnated and the motorUt I* confronted with only cm* gr*de aa high a* at* per cent Pbm U one of U* tiatof.c gateway* of .... untain eosntry and down It* *lde» centurte* l-fore f'olnnboa dlacorered America, the l*te In--wrn. w.th *oft moesMlnad tread. * tegulababl. tmll In building th. fimt th. mage to freight Mippiles to l^adrille. A*pre and tha other mining rampe. the ■ Mi. iroin followwd the trail of the Indian A few ram ago th* main portion of thl* road brt.asn itnnli'iu and Crweede waa entirely mbulll by coo let labor It ha* barn pronounced a iwwi *plen 8U. i rvrr.pl. of road b«IMtag It baa a wide, well rowned roadbed aurfaoad with dl.tntegrated tmnltv from th* .-poonwln aldm. Grade* have •n reduced vOd alLtough th. road ov^eom.* an . virion of t.Ut feet la a dUuare of Bvr mllea hr climb U gradual and la «n*Hr negotiated i: » over the ITte P*a* road that th* Plk** Peak >c.»n to Ocean highway enter* the mountain* tu r itrtklng atratght acroaa the plain* of central dorado to Colorado Spring* and Manltou. Thence continuM waatward through Booth Park over Paaa down On- v*nev* of the Bagir ad th* Grand river* to Grand Junction and the *Uh Hue Pueblo county ala-v ha* employed coovicu to adantagr and a notable piece of road la th. .tmteh north of Pueblo on th* road to Colorado . ng* Garfield county, on the aeeteru .lope. *t vnar rngrgeJ M eoBrlrla for a period of four they hava Ju.t nompMed work on the i Oman to Ocean Wghuav »«"■< of Glen ead Spring* and am now rnfc***l '« mbulldlng road through the Canyon of tha Grand river r.lit end la rimer rounllM In northern Colomdo. - have many mllm of .p'endtd mod to ahow tor work of eon viola during the U-t tsn yaam ' l.vr.*ev triad tha meul*5 have been #*U«f*.’Tlit. araUat .specially to the benefit* d. d by th. tamrieU thetnaeive* Vadcr th. Com . I..(.ir, th. caevict I* allowed ten day* off M-nt.nre fnr Mrh uxu-lb of tabor on th. toada 1. In addition u> the uaual mdurtton for good n»ldM In Colorado, th* agiployroent i on the mad* ha. .»«i .IngaUrl. auc raoM the tx»l of building man) of It* ust prohibitive If the

of aomr ayatem fo- the employment of convict* on Male and county road*. la * peaking of w*-*t can be aecomplUbed In the way of road building by the uv of convict tabor. Thorn*. J Tynan, warden of the Mate pen Pan Gary under wboe* auperviaton tha work the laet three year* haa been don*, recently said: The benefit* In thta or any other Mat* from a broad and acleatlfle trrtem of convict road building can ecarceiy ba eatimatad. Itaalng our figure, on actual experience w* am confident that we cap coMl met In the next ten year* mom than five thouiand tali** of the very fineet roadway* for Idea than dMO.OOO and tbla without adOng any thing whatever to th. burden of the taxpayer* ’’During the period of tan year* th* Internal revenue fund of Colorado ihould amount to MO. After deducting 1600,000 for road con.true Uon. th* remaining amount ah'raid be s-leaiy ea pc tided ip bridge building, road repairing and tor •Imllar uvea. Add to thl* the financial aaalatanr* from th* different countlea, and It would enable at to conttruct not laae then 10,000 mil**. It can bv done tn Colorado. Wfcy rhould not.the aamc con dltiona apply to other ataUs und--r mom favorable condlUool where the road* am naturally batter and where coat of conetruetton would not neceeaartly be ae i-.lgu a* In our mountatnotM oeetloniT ’To Ulaatmte better the great faring to tb* taxpayer* on thl* -daaa of *o. k and It* pOMlhlllUea. I*t me quote a few figure* from one of our rood ramp*. During one month we werkrd 36 men on the road not Including the camp help. The number of day? employed waa MH- ®ach of the*# »f men rendered to the elate, Libor eqnlraleiit tn value to |2 and |3 a day. Thv labor for each mac coat the Mate exactly t& cent* par day. Had thl* number of men been employed at the regular .tondard of wage* of aay 61 #0 per day per man. the ro*t of wngaa alone would have been $1,631 CO Bnch day’* wort thu. rrpreaentad a n«t *arin« of at leait fl.76 per Iran Th. total eo*i of aU the wort for the month. Inrtadlng aaUrtee. cam o( Mock, feed for teem* and coat of equipment waa 1616.16. or 47V1 cent, par day per man When th.ac figure* am conridered no one can doubt for a moment th* economy of building road* with ton rict labor The road* am oamfully and thoroagbly tn«p*c'.*d by competent engineer* who teMlfy to the complrtnae* and high character of ih* wort •What I* tb* Incentive for the men to emat* euefc great wortf 1* a quwtlon often aaked Colorado an*. It I* Just thla the man who I* allowed to Inave th. priaoe for the road camn haa practically aven the last of priaon life If he conduct* blmaelt property; hta food U better; hU clothing ta better bl» »e;f revpect la p«e»-rved end he la taaght aetfmllanre and auaulned aptdlestlon He earna an additional ten days a month during th* time h* wort*, which very materially reduce* hi* **rtcBcc Klimlna’mg the policy of armed guard*, the tarn ham '.ecu placed under *kllled and com-pel-nt over***!-* and guards only by their r.ord of honor not to run away They remain faithful and loyal to :h«)r pledgee The .urceata of auch au honor (yetem waa InMabtanenua: the plan haa worked out better than tl* ortglnatoi* expected During the laM thr*. year* we barn had more than oa# thooaand Individual prt«oner» In th# eon vtrt campa 7 hen* ipea without guard# ■ome *66 mllea away from the priaon—have crvrted B n* i dor loyalty loa* than on# per led tw plelge. and made auc

no longer ftar t illah. We hava mod* manhood ac woO a* baolthy. hearty outdoor labor. Wc bar* pruooec* up both pbyrioaly and morally. Mao dl.charged from oar road camps do not hava th* ye Dor. the pbyvical waaknse* and the bvettaUnc. hang-dog appearanoe of th* typical 41acharged eoovict. They am hrtDSed, aturdy, heal thy. effirtetst laborer* and am tn

In hla laM biennial report Warden Tynan had tha following to aay with re' reoee to tha financial aid* of convict roodjMilding: ••Oar largest Item of tabor performed by the convict* waa. of coorae. the road wort. Th* prisoner* have been employed In the con* tract ion of road* in Meaa. Pro moo l, lartmer, Weld. Boulder. Jefferson. EH Paao and Pueblo count’.**. They hava built 167 mllr* of good roadway and a groat deal of thta haa been blasted out of solid rock—that la Heu county being tba most difficult and heavy wort ever attemptad by our men •'Owing to the fact that It wax Impossible to get from the various ccontie# the coM of material, •orb a* cement lumber, ateel. corrugated cue vert*, powder, tool* and aupplkw. other than actual tabor used In road and bridge building we are enabled to give you only the labor coat to thaoe dlffMwm countlea for the work of tbe men. Thta wort haa been don* at au average cost to the different eountlee of 36 cent, per day per man; and as thia cost lorludes Bunday* and holiday* the com of tabor of the*# men to the eountlee for tbe two year*, nr 761 days, would be 6S6.TtS.4t. We have worked twenty-uu* slate teams and (he feed tor thee* teams coat the eountlee 6*6 per month per team, which would amount to 616.066; making a total com to 'be eountlee for tabor of 146.166. The average tabor oo*t for the 187 mile* was 666* 13 per mil* Tt ta hard to eatlnu te tbe Immense value of these road* for the reason that th# work tn Maea county alone would hav# coat, with frae tabor, not las* than 66-’.600 per mile, a* tbe rock in place* had to be blasted for 7* feet In order to gel a proper roadbed In thl* wort It waa neceaaary to drill hol-a 65 faet deep and to drill throe depth* before tb* roadbed waa roached. Bo you can ae# the magultud# of thl* wort The work In Tt* Pa.*, In El P»*o county. wa» done through willd rock for *1* mlirn. all blasting. The rh In Balt Canon and Partdile Htlt. In Promont county and Ingroe Hill, Cherokee Hill and Thompson Canon in Larimer county have been very expensive work, becau** of the btaMtng. Thta nece**arily would have been very much more expeaslve had tt been don* with free tabor, and the Monties would hav* been forced to par big salaries for drillers. Waaler*. powder men. masons and cement worker* Not counting what the oontrar'or'a proflu might be and not Including any aklllad labor, except blarksmltha. cement worker, and mason* and r*ttm.Ung th# com of froe tabor ai 6t p#- day. by eliminating ffubday* and holldavs. we may count 166 men working 61* day* at 66 per dav wt^|ch would give as a laboi valae of 11(1.040 We h'.ve worked aa average of twenty mesons and cement worker*, which w,u.ld have coet the counties $6 per day. and would hav# amounted to We have averaged five blacksmith*, whoa* tabor I* •atlmaud at 6* per day and thta would have amounted t«. *16.560 Ttatlmating (be value of *1 team* at UJK per day per taam for CIO day*. It would have amounted to 6x1066. At a low figure the value of the tabor of the*# men and t'.mi would be worth to th# oranttaa Add to thl* * depredation of Mat# equipment. 66.000 and the tntereet on state uqulpmont 66.000 and you can tee that thta labo' has burn worth to tbe <Bf fecent countie* 8270.26!. Tbe difference between whM tb* fro# tabor alone would ha*# cost tb# public- t.*«n#»y. tt7(Lns -and what the ’abor of our men *ciu*"y Met them shows a tabor profl* Of 6663.47B !•* However, this tabor did not ectn pet* With tba fro* labor of th# sttte. for The roe eon that lb* couatlro coift>! om other* le» kav* do tbit wort •

BOTH ORATORS AND WRITERS English Newspaper Comments on Doal Qualities of Tho** Who Hav* Been Called Croat.

ta the writer course, undeniable that th* mental “— *— to to two o~* wholly dlff. of the Gnardtan, 1 Should challenge very strongly tha contention that toe good arriter 1* seldom „a good sproher. Putting aside Burt*. Gladstone. Bright and other* who caano. properly be put into ctaaasa. I submit that the cumber of modern writers who have been fins apeakaro ta very large. C*nntng*xnd Disraeli could write sad •peak equally well. Maaautay. alt hough, a* you remark, be memori.'ed hi* taraechea. was among th* groat parliamentary orators of the -reform era.. The memonring. by the way. was not hta fanlt. Ha could oot help knowing word for word everything that he prepared, and he accomplMbed tbe extraordinary feat of writing out for publication tn hta last rears, when too 111 for original work, the orations which he had spoken ten or twenty years earll.r.' Coleridge, hta admirars thought, wax a marvelocj speaker. Dickens waa almost without a rival after dinner. Public speaking was a torment to Raskin at to Carlyle, but those who beard him never forgot tbe expert Matthew Arnold was a poor Thackeray on the platform rlttfnl. But let me soggeM a few other examples. Lord Rove be ry ta an orator and au accomplished author. Mr. Balfour, when be Blue, can writ# Ok* an angel, and there are w more deadly debaters Lord Moriey will live aa a writer, it he ha* made great speeches. Lord CuraoB writ** exactly ae be speaks, and wnh atantt- equal faculty and In their auflroly differ#*! ways Lord Hgidaae and Mr BirraU a«joy th# dual tacalty They couMde.' Mr. .w, b. eermoatrr of public speech as of written English alive today. And not to extend tb* | Hat. there b W. & Vasts, ta whom

’•Uncle Bom” U traceable to a email Incident. Tie occuironce ta Just LOO yuan- old, aad ta a«*ocUi#d with Troy. N- V.. where, after th* war of 1611. Elbert Anderson, an army contractor, purchased a quantity of provision*. Cm* of tb* official provision Inspector* aaa Samuel Wilson, who. bMause of hta popularity, waa geaarally referred U as ’ Unde Bam Wilson." Tbe boxes of provision* ware stamped F A. U. 8.. the first two being lb* Icltlg's of Elbart Anderson and tha last two Che uaual abbreviation for United BUte*. When on# of th# meu engaged in th# work of transferring th# box#* was asked one day what the Uttar* stood for. be replied, jokingly, that they stood for iflbort Anderson and Uncle Bam. meaning Wilson. The remark _ caught on." sad after being communicated from point to point in army circle* spread over th*

Room for ?«**. When a talk about tha German invasion ol England was going on a militiaman, vutlooed In Cartiekfergu*, waa heard to remark that named lately the enemy landed In England be would certainly bolt, taking a good stock of provision*, and hid* tn a convenient cave ha knew of. Th# colon#!, hearing of hi* unpatriotic resolve, called him out next day on parade, and lectured him severely on hta cowardloe. - You’re a disgrace to tb* rogment and the 8*rvtc*wt-larg*.“ ha cried. •Fancy you threatening to run away; but I’d be after you Is quick time, my ••Bur*, an- yoad be welcome, your honor: but. bring yar own pratie* an" thing*, won't yar. cotouM7“—London

Tin Rapidly Disappearing. With regard to lb* future use of tin. It may be said that wa are dealing with the on* mrtai whoa* known or* reserve* are entirely Inadequate to aven tbe present demand* and that unlea* •ome new aourr* of supply U do veloped .ury aoon w# may expect to find that Un ta a very scarce metal Indeed Of the present #ourc## of tin or* supply, say* th# Englneertag Maga alne. meet are either stationary or receding In output. Bolivia being thv on'y one which give* promise of penua nency and of futuro growth. Under throe condition* th* queatlon of *ub •tltute metals become* of Important-*, and aluminum, rtnc and Meel all have Kme possibility tn this direction one way or another.

Mountain Climbing. Melchior Andregg. the famous Bwh guide, who bn* died, at the og»^ eight) alt could remember the Ulur when mountain#*ring ■* a popular I pastime bad not bean Invanled Such was evidently (be ee## tn 1638. the year when f.urray'n first Handbook to Bwtuertand was Issued In tb* senior of thta work devoted to Mont Blanc the author ooutamptuously points out that “It <* a somewhat p mariuble fact that a targe proporlli of lbo»* who have made the have

dainty and easily made aereaeorietAalda from their b#comlngt>#as they protect lb* bodies at tha neck, and tb*> cost next to nothing This on* merely a graduated flounce of U<# batiste, to which three roaa of braid have bean stitched, mounted to #. straight band Thl* band I* bartod into the neck of tbe bodice At the front th* collar 1* sewed to band wltbout futlnsas. but It la fathered at the aides and back and stayed with small wire# which aro almost ertlrvlj concealed br the gathortnc of the battstc Coltar* of th* •beerest tares are made in tb* same way. They are somewhat narrower and are gathered along their entire length Into a narrow band The small ■tay-wlro* hold them In tb* right poae about lb# reck Onr of that* long shall rom\#’ob^ brightened with rhinestone* srtgitpae-