Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-12-07
Closes lis IabOfs With Sharp Criticism Of Many Public
Officials, Not emitting the District Judge One
Piggef Pleads Chilly and Gets His
Jury Says County Commissioners Fitted Up and Maintained
drinking Place in Court I0lse, Sheriff Handed
. Lemon and Things Like Thai

Mandan, Dec. tfile Morton county
grand jury has finished its labors and
been discharged after II had filed with
the court one Of the most sensational
reponts ever made 4 record In the dis
4 tricts courts 81 the slope. 3 z Il, M
The report swung around the circle
like the tail OF a scorpion and left
/, stings here and there which will hurt
for long sime. The report follows
Report Of the Grand Jury
We, the grand jury having com
pleted our lal,ors, and being about
to adjourn beg leave to submit to the
court the following additional and sup.
elemental report
4. We have carefully examined the
public buildings of the county and
find them in good condition and pro
perly cared for However, we find
4 that there are no prov visions made.
for the care Of female prisoners Or the
!. insane, and we recommend that a
rooms be properly fitted for the care
4 of females and that cell be padded
Tor the care off tie insane We Ans.
that the lighting off the Jail Is very.
mad eauate and we recommend that
additional lights be installed in the
Jail building We also recommend
81 that the vaults Of the register Of deeds
and the county auditor be made fire.
proof. We also find that the treasur-
" er holds one promissory note Of $343.s
70, due the county as payment for
4 one dipping tank sold to e5,. e. Mas-s
3 singham and others at the Massing-
( ham place, which was due on Novem-
I Der list, 1904 Of which sS05 IS still I'M
paid. We, therefore, econmend that
the states attorney be Instructed TO
enforce collection OF the same We
find from conpla ints made to us that
number Of bills presented by coun-
e III officers for sots incurred in the
enforcement Of the law, have been
passed over from session to session
r by the board of county icon1missio toners
without action, and we would recon-.
n mend that the said board take some
action upon th 1, same at their next
meeting Cur attention has been
called to the fact that the county sup
erintendent Of schools and states at
torney in the past have been very
n dilatory and negligent in compelling
children OF school age to attend school
and We therefore recommend that
Isl these officials be instructed to rig
orously enforce the law In this regard
AS further result OF our inyestiga
4ions we have found that the board
ofscounty commis sioners fitted up and
= maintained room 3 In the vault Of
the court house as a resort, where
intoxicating liquors have been KEEP
q and stored, and where the members
have been lip the habit Of congregatine
with their friends and drinking SAID
Intoxicating liquors. We deprecats
the use OF the public buildings Of ths
county for such purpose and strong
III recommend that this vicious prac
tice he abolished.
q. We have taken It upon ourselves
to investigate the reform school ant
under the escort of Superintendent
Brown have visited the grounds ant
haiifIinps of the state reform schoo