Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-02-26
nEMr.AHKuAL srATEMENT.
me orand gury Talks Ab0zt state
aud County AaAfrB.

We, tBs grand jury q Marion eouniy
subsnIt our rsDort. We have paaaed %
Al uatters coming tsfoTe % With due
c,ncldsrsfIoo, after which We visited
the several public iDstitotions here
aftsr mentioned.
Cosnty Clerk Ehlsn showed o.
through his once. Examined biz
books. find them kept In proper man
uer Exsu1iDsd the vault sttacbed 70
the offs aDd 6Dd it Inadeguats 70 the
recommendation Of the needs Of
ths Oflee. To cur Opirion The
vault should BE- enlarged. We were
shown % into the attic Of the cart
ho1se. There We found several large
piIss o. payers and bOJks, most Of
which are valuable and should be pre-
. rived and removed 10 . proper plaee
b sow. 10 case Of fire none would b.
saYs1
In the eoanty treasurers Office We
d9d Mr.. Minto's books are kept In .
proper manner. He has made some
cbsBRes in the mode Of keeping the
reco 'ds which are Ofa decided Improve
m mt.
The county n c riders books are very
nlesly written and the records well
kept. Here - ln the clerks ofiics We
d a the vsu.t too small. The uDre-
cord ID deeds are Fept In an exposed
place outside e the vault and In case Of
FIRE would be lost.
The county judges ofiice we do not
think 10 ia Besd of any attention.
Ia the shehfi's Office we examined
the books, which ap well kept. The
mode Of keeping them Is an improve
msnt oyer the old style. In the jail
We Ind that double doors are needed
At the entrance where the late trouble
occurred, and sBeh doors should be pro-
yidsd At once. We consider the jail
not ia 3 proper condition for the con
iinemsul Of bad criminals. Some way
should be provided In which the court
house and jall could he heated without
the aid Of stoves.
County house, w. w. Stephens, su.
perlntsndent--the county house now
contains eleven men. On examination
Of the premises we recommend that the
compensation Of the superintendent be
Increased and the sanitation looked
after, by generally cleaning out and
fixing up, and enlarging some rooms
The increase In compensation will en-
able the superintendent 10 care for the
patients In n proper manner. We con-
condemn most emphstIcaily the letting
out at auction OF ths keeping CT the
poor unfortunate human beings. 30
long as this mode continues Of taking
care Of the poor, 20 long our county
house will continue 10 be shame and
disgrace 10 the citizens OF Marion
county. No blame In attached 10 the
present superintendent, but he ls doing
lust what be bId onto stable and feed.
Proper care for the feeble or sick was
an after consideration, lost sight Of Ia
trying 10 save few hundred dollarr
by the county. Thls institution should
recoiye proper attention aud rules laid
down for ils government 10 be rigldl'
enforced, and this can be accomplished
n the effort Ia made. The tillable laDd
can 10 enlarged by clearing up ground
sad moving fences. In fact, general
clearing up ls needed.
nKFORA SCHOOL.
We mad 100 boys under training siK'
teen employees eight male aud eight
iemalp. Found the plAos nicely kept
aud everything aesmed 10 be- Ia good
order throughout the building. which
showed 70 us that careful manage
NEST sHlsts They are making up
THAR ossn oloihea aud cana, their own