The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-05-14
Oregon for wallowa County.

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the Grand Jury:
To the Hon. ]. w. Knowles, Judge
of the Circuit Court of the State
of Oregon for Wallowa County:
We, your Grand Jury, having CON-
pleted our labors, beg leave to sub
NIT this our final report.
We have been in session in all
five days, and during this time have
returned into court nine true bills
and three not true bills of indict-
ment.
| We have examined the offices of
the Sheriff, County Clerk and Treas
urer of the county, and find these
officers we'll housed, and when their
offices are furnished with the furni-
ture now ordered for them by the
County Court, they will in our opin-
ion be models of safety, convenience
and comfort, both for the officers and
the general public having business
to transact therein. We have care
fully examined the books kept by the
Sheriff and Clerk, so far as our linn
tied time and facilities will permit,
and find said books neatly, care
fully and correctly kept, and said Of
ficers prompt, careful and efficient
in the discharge of their duties, and
in the keeping of the records of the
county. We have examined into the
county jail and prison of the county
and when the same is finished with
the steel cells and furniture now or
dered by the County Court therefor,
the same WI be safe, anitary
prison, where prisoners can be safe
ly kept and properly cared for. The
new court house which has just been
completed is a modern, substantial,
stone building, as near fire proof as
1t can be made, contains ample, con-
venient and comfortable room for
the holding of Court and good con-
venient rooms for all the county Of
ficers and jury rooms, and when fur
nished as contemplated by the coun-
ty court WI be all that the people
of the county could wish for court
house purposes. This court house Is
credit to the public spirit of the
county, and to the County Court
who had charge of its erection.
We recommend that the court
house grounds be cleaned of its rub
Dish as soon as convenient. that the
grounds be filled in and leveled and
seeded down to lawn grasses, that
shade trees be planted around the
grounds and at suitable and convent
ent places in the grounds and that
The grounds be improved generally to
!. narmonize with the court house build
ing itself, and In the doing of this
work we recommend that persons
serving terms in the county Jail be
{ employed therein.
We especially desire to commend
/ our efficient sheriff for his industry
t and work in the collections Of the
! taxes of the county, and especially
: in collecting back taxes due the coun
ty, and in the manner in which he
: and his deputies have worked upon
these delinquent tax rolls collected
! all that is possible to collect and in
/. this manner saved to the county
[ thousands of dollars.
We further find that while the
:. county school superintendent has a
good, comfortable room In the court
|. house that he has not proper furni-
( ture, especially in the way of files
for his papers and records and we
! therefore recommend that the coun-
ty court Immediately procure for his
i office all necessary files for the safe
|. and orderly keeping and filing away
l. Of the papers and records of his of.
: flee.
) We desire to thank Your Honor
l. for the prompt, careful and conscien'
& tious manner In which you have dis.
patched the business of this term
l. of court, and for your uniform cour
,r tesy to the Grand Jury, the attor
neys appearing before you and their
a. clients. These matters are In the
interest OF the fair impartial admin
istration of justice and have oui
N hearty approval.
ID We desire to thank the district at
y torney by appointment for this tern
of court, T. II. Crawford, and the
nt deputy, Mr.. Dill, for the manner II
n which they have aided us In th'
d. discharge of our duties, and th'
s. sheriff, his deputies and other coun
ty officers for the willing aid the.
I'd have given whenever called upon.
And now having finished our worl
s. 70" this term Of court we reques
n that we may be discharged and a
lowed TO return to our homes.
,r- Respectfully submitted this 13t
day of May A. d. 1910.
Thos. Morgan, Foreman,
d. Chas. II. Williams,
j. NJ. Rankin,