Arizona silver belt., 1896-12-03
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, ,soo.
WORK OF THE GRAND JURY.

The grand jury submitted their final report on Saturday and were dis charged. They inquired iuto eight cases and found indictments as follows: Murder, assault with deadly weapon, 2; felony, l {; assault with intent to com init murder, ?; riot, l burglary, l.
 The several committees appointed to examine the county offices and public institutions made favorable reports, but the time at their disposal being too short for careful examinations of ac- counts aud records, they recommend that an expert accountant be employed to examine the books of the several county officers.
 The committee that examined the hospital and jail report that they found the hospital clean and everything about the premises in good repair They state that the floor of the jail is Tn bad condition and unsafe, and recommend that it be repaired. Other wise the condition of the jail is satis. factory.
 The committee charged with the in yestigation of the county treasurer's office recommend the immediate pur- chase of new time lock safe for the use of the treasurer.
 District Attorney P M Thurmond Is commended for close attention to his duties.
 In view of the prevalence of sickness this fall. attributed to bad sanitary conditions in Globe, we deem the doc tors report of sufficient importance to publish in full and it Is here appended:
 To the Honorable the Grand Jury Of Gila Couuty;-We, the undersigned, beg to report that having been called upon to report to your honorable body the conditions, sanitary or unsanitary, existing in Globe at present We find conditions as follows:
 The main street of Globe at present is in a fairly clean condition and gen. erally is, but apparently but little or no attention IS given to the alleys of the town, and as result refuse of all character is dumped into the alleys and serves as nidus or growing place for the germs of disease. Not only is there refuse; but in one alley in par ticular great pools of water collect, owing to faulty drainage, and there it remains, bringing uhout the ideal con. ditiuns for unhealthy states, viz heat, moisture and decomposing vegetable matter. Further We fud that the con ditions existing in the yards of various places of business as we'll as at private residences is not what it should be, and we would recommend that the proper officers be instructed to have a thorough cleaning take place, and where water is allowed to collect and remain, as in the alleys spoken of, that u.eans he taken to drain it away. We believe that the uusanitary copdi- tions of Globe are primarily dependent upon the contaminated water supply obtained in Globe, and would call at- tention to the fuct that the levers, e. g {, typhoid and bowel troubles, dyseutery and dlarrhoea are caused by the con tamination of the we'll waters by cess pools on the one hand and surface filth on the other, aud while we cannot re- move the one We can, by strict atten. tion to such sanitary measures ns cleaning alleys, streets and yards, pre- vent the surface contamination to a large extent and thereby lessen ma terially this obvious source of danger flo our water supply.
 Respectfully submitted,
 B G. Fox, NJ D.,
 T SHIELDS COLLINS, NJ. D.