Weekly journal-miner., 1909-05-05

pital. MT. Smith succeeded, with the
 aid of the Yavapai delegation, and
 John H. Robinson, in putting through
 the bill in record d-breaking time, the
 council at one time adjourning for if teen minutes especially in order to al When the council reassembled the bill
 was passed by a vote of Il to 1, and before the afternoon was over, the en-
 grossed copy was in the Governors
 office Unfortunately, Governor Kib-
 bey was in the East at that time and
 the acting governor declined to take
 action upon any bills during his eb-
 senee When Kibbey returned, Super
 visor Smith renewed his activities on
 behalf of the measure, and the bill
 was signed and Yavapai is today working under the new law. Never in
 the history of the county has the hos
 pital been so well conducted as it now
 is under the management of Superin-
 tendent Dave Finney, whom the board appointed. The inmates are admirably cared for, they are well fed, as they deserve to be, and they are loud in their praise of the new regime
 It is therefore with a degree of sat isfaction and pride, that the Journal Miner notes that Maricopa county has recognized the value of the new law. which originated in Yavapai county. And best of all, there was no politics in the proposition. It was aetuated solely by humanitarian motives, and in choosing a superintendent the sup- ervisors set aside all personal prefer ences, and selected a man whom they deemed best fitted for the position. That they made a wise choice is ad- mitted by all who have closely ob. served the changed conditions at the hospital under the new management. Yavapai only hopes that Maricopa will be as equally fortunate when it de cides to change its system, which is so bad that it called for the following strictures from its grand jury
 "We desire further to report that i upon the 23rd day of April, 1909, this grand jury in the performance of its duty, went to the poor farm of the county of Maricopa, Territory of Ari- zona, and investigated the conditions relative to the management of said | poor farm. We found that matters in regard to sanitation were in a deplor able condition that the greater portion of the bedding was in bad shape, and not fit to sleep upon. We further found that it had been the custom in the past, where an inmate of the insti- tuition had died upon a bed, that the bed was simply taken out and hung lpon the fence to dry and then i'm brought in and another pa tent placed upon it without any fur her Immigration.
 "We found, except in the depart nent controlled by the associated char ties, that there is no Immigration of bedding or rooms.
 ''We recommend that all the rooms md bedding at the county poor farm hall be properly fumigated and that better bedding be provided for the in mates. We further recommend to the ,oard of supervisors that a bath room ,e built at the poor farm for the use if the patients.
 ''We further find that the patients complain that they do not receive proper medical attention, and we re that the board of supervis ITS see that that portion of the con raet with the management of the poor arm is strictly enforced which calls or medical attention each day on the ,art of the party to which the contract $ let.''