The Alaska citizen., 1911-03-27
REPORT OF THE GRAND JURY
Issue of Scrip Based on Anticipated Dividends as Suggested by The Citizen Is
 Recommended

v rep'r, 70 Judge Oyerheld and was discharged. The report is a thorough one and touches on practically all of the matters which came within the scope of investigation hv the body In connection with ohc fail, ure of the Washington-Alaska bank the jury recommends that scrip bo issued 70 the extent of the next expected dividend, along the lines surces' ed in last weeks Citizen.
 Following is the complete report: IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR
 tho Territory cf Alaska Fourth
 Judicial Division. at Fairbanks.
 From the Grand Jury for the Gen.
 eral February. One Thousand Nine
 Hundred Eleven. Term of the Dis
 trict Court. Fourth Judicial Divi
 sion, District of Alaska.
 Final Report
 To the Honorable Peter D. Oyerfeld
 Judge of the District Court. Fourth
 Judicial Division, District of Al
 aska:
 We. the grand jury for the general February One Thousand Nine Hun dred Eleven. term of the Dis rict Court. duly convened on the four teen'h day If February. One Thous and Nine Hundred Eleven, respect fully submit the following report:
 We have investigated all the mat. tcrs wherein We have been charged aul have from time to time. re turned such indictments as the testi m,ny pro luCed before us pertaining thereto seemed tO Justif". We have eXaminot nine cases held 10 the grand jury. of which number eight have been returned as true bills and one returned not a true bill We have investigated 12 other cases in which indictments were returned was made We have examined 152 witnesses in the progress of these inyostigafions and large number of documentary exhibits.
 We have examined and inquired into the condition and management of the prison and the various offices of the courts of justice.
 The dis'rict attorneys office we find is conducted in a manner to secure the ends of justice and the diSoa'Ch of public business properly assigned to it. We find that the amount of work which must he han d1od hv the district attorney and the assistant district attorney is at times too great 10 permit of the proper care and research being giv. en to tho investigation and prepar- ation of cases. and recommend that al oGgisfar+ hn 1r.nC nj p f either to serve al such times as in the discretion of the court f may be found necessary. or throughout the year,
 We find the United States mar. sha1S office prOnerly and efficiently conducted. hut find that the officers are somewhat handicapped by req. son of the insufficient allowance fer travelling expenses and the lack of authority 10 make investigations and secure evidence evceDt by service of a warrant or other process. We earnestly recommend that proviS- ion ho made for secret service men in Alaska 10 work under the super yiSi~n of the various marshals to aid in the prevention and detection of crime. esneciallv in such cases as the gift or sale of linuOr 10 In dians. the salo of liruOr without license and other violations of law which cannot he prevented or stop ped without securing the necessary evidence 10 punish offenders.
 We find tho federal iail huildine 10 he kent clean and in good, or. derlv condition. The prisoners are well cared for and none of those who were interviewed. anart from the guards. had any serious com plaints 10 make. Sanitary conditions could however. be improved. and we strongly recommend the install lation If sewer and fluSh-tOilet system. bath room and tub. We find the jail inadenuate for the pron~r care and de- +ention of insane persons. of whom there are several now in custody. This renders it necessary to cOnfne both sane and insane nerSOns in the same room InaSmuch as congress has aDnrOnri ated twelve thousand five hundred dollars e12.5OO) for the erection of hospital for the detention and care of the insane. proper stems should be taken 10 provide for this necessity al the earliest possible date. It aDDears that no site has been secured for the erection of this hospital for the alleged reason that no appropriation was made for the purchase of a site and that the government cannot accept a donated site. We recommend that this tech, nical obstacle be removed if possi ble. and that the hospital be erected without further delay.
 We recommend that provision should be made for the care of indi gent persons. particularly those whC have suffered from exposure during tho winter or have become i'll and helpless from any cause. At the present time one John Tary is con fined in the jail as a vagrant; there is no criminal charge against the man. but he is i'll and without means, and there is no other way of securing aid for him except by arrest on the charge of vagrancy Proper steps should be taken tC provide hospital care for this man and to insure prompt relief in such cases without delay
 It is recommended that the c.m pensation of the guards in the lai be increased to at least two ihouS and dollars (s2,00000) per annun or the equivalent. The present wages of five dollars (s5.OO per day without board is less than the cur rent wages paid for common labo' in this part of Alaska.
 The jails at Hot Springs and Cir cle are reported to be sntall ant insecure, and it is evident that con