Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-13
NEWS FROa WEBER COUNTY.


InN fOIlOWlOL IL lue Uuhl report OF
the grand jury, slbmltted Saturday,
evening.
"r1 the Hon. Jas. A. Miner, judge
OF tue Fourth Judicial district of Utah
Territory:
"rhe graad jury Of the february
term Of 1908 hus the honor to suomi. TO
you the following report!
ave have been In session eighteen
dayp, investigating sixty.tnron rhscl.
on thirty.hve Of watch We found ,ruo
bills and twonly.uight were ignored.
Ia these cases We have had rs wltuts-
srs before US.
1--WE have visited the Territorial
Reform school, the county pour farm,
the city hospital anu ,ho city ans
county jails.
"At the Reform school we found
thiTty.siX inmntes, twentY-uight bJyH
aud eight girls, oil In seeming good
health aud wcli c0ntentod. The f0oi
served Is plentiful and who oqome.
Everything about thehuildlng was neat,
clean anu orieFly. We found nv con-
plant among tue inmates OF ill treat.
muni; In tact, AT with whom We talked
spoke Ia terms OF praise OF the Bupnrlu.
tuBdent aud his treatment ui them.
We cauuot speak too highly OF the
| ability aud efficiency VI Superintendent
Allison anu hiu assistan,s IA the man
asemont OF the institution.
"At the city hospital there seems %
US q lack OF comfort Ia tue arrange.
meut VI the Building Tor hospital pur-
poses. We would recommend the
placing OF carpets or mating 90 the
ilOOr1 Of halle, stairs aud corridors to
prevent noise, which must bs annoying
70 patients OF tbs Institution. Their
method Of dispOsing Of oiial from the
wafer closets IL defective, and We
recommend tho construction Of a
cusspool until such time as con.
ntc,i1n can be bad with the city
sewer system. We find thu watcf
huppl.ei 10 this building throu "a TIRES.
quarter inch plpus aud with present
arrangements tue hose (Which ~ one
ana Ons.hulf inches ia III tmottrl for
use and protection against fl,o, ca.upt
be attached 10 this small Pipe. We
recommend the change to larger pipes,
80 arrung god that the hose eau DO at.
tachvd nut use ia case OF Ire.
cat tnr county poor farm We found
everything In ilrat class shape. There
are eighteen Inmates. They say they
have plenty Of good, wholesome iU1i 20
cat aud speak highly VI their treatment
at tbs hands ofthe present stewart aud
malron.
"At the county fell we found Thorn
wOfRins repair. that viii improve the
sanitary condition OF the building. We
recommend that bash tub be placed
IN the county jail for the uss 0f the
prisoners. 50 far rs we were able u
loarn from the prironers aud from OBJ
strvatiOn the food furnished the
prisoners by the sheril, while plain,
VAS good aud sufficient. We censufe
the practice VI the sheriff "a allowing
certain pra1uers to work ga 'trusty'
sud giving them permission to wander
about the city at thsir Owl tree Will.
cat tho city jail we found every.
thing orderly and Us clrauly ~ We
could expect n place Of this kind. The
construction OF this building AMI the
prisOn cells Il modern and well pro-
vided against tile escape Of prisoners
confined therein. Some OF the prisoners
complained 10 us OF insuilicency uf
food furnished them, but TON enquiry
Of othera aud observation ON our own
part we think there is no cause Tor such
complaint.
"rhe statutes Of Utah authorizes city
councils 10 provide by ordinance the
manner OF collecting poll taA. There
appears b. DO n1Urdlnluco on record OF
Ogden city to prevent fraud ma co.,
lectiug city poll tnxeU, We, therefore,
recommend that the city council enact
an ordinance requiring the poll tax
collector 10 keep n book OF record Ia
which nhall he recorded tine names OF
all parties subject TO poll tax, stating
name, age, occupation, residence, color,
married or single, Gnd when paid Ia
labor, tue name Of the arty performing
the labor. Said ordinance shall also
provide n penalty tor uny one speculat.
ing In poll tax receipts.
"Information has also come to US OF
employees OF tho railway company,
frequently obstructing the crossing ON
Twcnty-'ourth street while making up
their trains, often delaying travel
from ten % forty.five minutes. We
would call the attention OF the county
and city officials TO this practice nnd
recommend that they take immediate
steps to compel the company to keep
this croseing clear.
Having completed our labors We
respectfully asls to DO discharged.
(Signed) j. X. ELLIOI-r,
Foreman Grand Jury.
II. w. WARREN, Clerk.
OGDEN, Utah, March ii, 1898.
The following resolution was also
adopted unanimously:
"Resolved, That we, the memburs Of
this grand jury, hereby extend our
sincere thanRs aud express our hearty
to the nysistaut IfuIt.I
States district attorney, the Hon, L..
NJ. Allison, Jr., for tao advice, counsel
and assistance he has given us during
our session, aud alaO to Uniloi slatos
Marshal Cassin and Lis assistants who
have atlendu tho session constantly,
md who 10y their close attention anu
efforts nave greatly facilitated the
work OF the Jury" This resolution was
embodied In the report and signed by
the foreman and clerk.
Contrary to expectations the smelter
people did not arrive yesterday. No h.
ing mas been heard lrom them since
Judge Patton received the dispatcn
announcing that they would reaon
here ON Saturday aud that everything
was all right. Under tho contract
with tho chamber OF commerce aud
city active operations must bn COM
menced on or before the 18th day o.
this month or the franchise aud bOnus
will be null and void. AIr. Shettle
western agent OF the oompnny,sssufed
n reporter before he left for the east
that there could be no hi ch anu that
work would be commenced on time.
The hearing on the petilion of