Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-10-15

| ne lOllOMlnS report oil the TERRI
/ torial grand jury in session at Carls-
| bad, Eddy county, is a significant
contribution to local annals and
shows the trend toward prohibition
/ in eastern New Mexico:
In the District Court of Eddy County,
Territory of New Mexico-oc-
tober Term. 1909.
To the Honorable William II. Pope:
Judge OF Said Court.
We. the grand jury. impanelled at
the above term of court, beg leave to
submit our final report as follows;
/ l. We have examined about 30
cases and have returned 80 true bills
and no bills. We have subpoenaed
11S witnesses and have examined 70
! witnesses. AS rule the grand jury
! has commenced its sessions at 8
O'Clock in the morning and remained
in session until u and re-convened at
1:90 and adjourned for the day at $50
o'clock
! 3 We have examined the Jail and
find the same to be properly kept and
, in a sanitary condition and the pris-
oners apparently satisfied with the
/ treatment received and board furnish
! ed. We find, however, that in the
woman's department there is no ade-
quate closet and we recommend that
! this be supplied. We also find that the
Jail floor as at present constructed
does not permit of being properly
washed and scrubbed without the leak
age Of water to the department below.
! We recommend that this be remedied.
3. In the limited time for investi-
cation Of the records aud books OF the
: various county officers we We're not
able to find anything that would lead
! us to believe the same We're not being
kept in regular and proper manner
4. The grand jurors have made an
investigation as to the cause of crime
, within the county and to such an ex-
I tent as allowed in the limited time for
so doing. We find that more than one
| half the crime committed within the
county of Eddy is a direct result of
the liquor traffic, and while we appre-
ciate that the expenses to the county
of the prosecution of offenses is in
considerable in comparison with the
evil of having such crime committed
within this district, yet from this
tion to the fact that the liquor traffic
is very Improbable one from finan-
cial point of view Notwithstanding the
licenses paid. For comparison, we
will take the town of Carlsbad and Ar.
tesla, each of said towns being about
the same population. The town of Ar
tesla has prohibited the liquor traffic
within the limits thereof. The town of
Carlsbad has three saloons, for the
quarter ending July the expenses to
the county for justice of the peace
fees alone were S15S45 For the same
period the expenses to the county for
the town of Artesia for justice of the
peace fees were 1896; for the quarter
ending September 80, 1909, in the town
of Carlsbad the expenses to the coun-
ty for justice of the peace fees were
$234.65, and for the same period the
expenses for justice of the peace fees
in the town of Artesia were nothing
We further find that the expense to
the county by reason of the justice OF
the peace fees is not the only expenses
connected with the offenses tried in
, that court, but that the additional
burden is placed upon the county of
, boarding prisoners sentenced in the
justice of the peace court for petty Of
/ fenses and we respectfully call the
attention of the people of Carlsbad to
this condition of affairs and recon-
mend that the board of trustees of the
town of Carlsbad submit to the voters
of that town the proposition of prohib
iting the sale of Intoxicating liquors
. within its limits.
5. We further find that in several
of the business houses in Carlsbad
where tobacco is sold that the pro.
prietors thereof have failed to post a
copy of the Act of 1901, being an act
y for the protection of minors and pupils
: in schools. This we deem a minor of,
: Tense for which we do not see fit to
return indictments but in this matter
call this violation of the law to the at
tention of such dealers with the re.
quest that the law be complied with or
! that the matter be taken up for consid.
Grafton by the next grand jury for fail
|. ure to comply with the law.
: 6. We further recommend that the