Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1894-04-11
MUNICIPAL MATTERS ! The Question of a City Jail, Street Affairs, And
 Other DOingS.
IIlnGE LING,S LEGAL MILL

8t BIE AlNN - laFsNal4 AA AhA4-
 It is isiutimated that the Board of
 Supervisors will refuse to allow the
 county jail to be used for the incar-
 ceration of city prisoners hereafter.
 Such being the case, our city off
 cers should get to work and apply
 a remedy immediately by securing a permanent jail, and one also that
 will afford better accommodations than the dungeon recently used. The city should not be dependent upon the charity of the county. It Is an expense from which no return IS given, and in the performance of his duties makes the chief of police subservient to the wishes of other criminal powers. By possessing commodious quarters If their own. the number of hobos who now in- fest the town without fear of being run ID, owing to the expense of keeping them, will either have to travel or render some service to the city, In ebaln-gang or other work. Under present conditions there are over two dozen tramps here who are almost impertinent to officers. As Chief Burton expressed it, Eve have to size up a man before run ming him in, ' fearing that if arrests were made for every misdemeanor punishable, the city would be bur dened unmercifully in the payment of rent to the county authorities and food to the city contractor. This is depl0rable state of affairs, and encourages the commission of all manner of crimes rather than checks 1t. Considerable thievery off petty nature is and has been going on, which will not cease until all sus- pieious and disreputable characters are put In jail or made to work at whatever the city choSes to place them, and that, too, at the lowest expense possible.
 REGARDING STREETS.
 Dr. Miller our new health officer is preparing to enforce the ordi nance which covers the sanitary conditions of the city. He pro- poses to use the chain gang that will be started, in keeping filth and garbage from the principal through fares, and will also see that private parties heed the request often made to desist in throwing slops and other decomposed material on the ground back of their places. There are alleys in Prescott that have such 8 stench in them from the careless and indecent handling of refuse matter that Is almost a disgrace to the town, and a miracle that dis eases are not more prevalent than has been the case. The Doctor will have the willing cooperation of all in his duties, and the more rigid hIs service the better will the city be of.
 IN THE POLICE COURT.
 Stella Shank, the colored harlot, who travels under the title of the Blue Coon," was trotted before Judge Ling to-day along with Peter Collison as a running mate, for vio- lating the city ordinance which pro- hibits prostitutes from associating with white or any other men on the streets. Stella plead guilty when the Judge witewashed her evil com plexion with a $50 fine or as many days. She went down into the alley to dig up." Collison was also as- sessed $50 but as Stella did't care to travel any more with him in the same harness he went to jail to work on the streets without his female companion. The charge against him was that of being drunk, but the combination of the company was such that the judge forgot his customary leniency where poverty usually figures, and gave him dose that made him also feel blue.