The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-04-08
District Court Opens;
Grand Jury Reports

Thomas Dunn, assault with the In.
tent to commit rape.
Clarence King, escape from custod,
of an officer.
clarence King, Robert Brown an ,
George 6arratt, burglary.
John Woods, obtaining goods un.
ler false pretenses.
The grand jury which convened
asst Tuesday, returned Indictment:
ioaihst the foregoing on the charges
lamed. In addition, true bills were
returned against four other parties
VINO are accused of the crime of
rand larceny and against one he.
accused Of unlawfully branding calves
put whose identity will not be dis.
closed pending arrest. Hence. it will,
1e seen, Judge Taber's first tern.
I court in Lincoln county will see
an unusual number of criminal cas-,
7s disposed of. while the civil cal
ender is such that it is reasonable
70 presume that court will last a
least two, and possibly three. more
'eeks. The fact that court ia in
session has brought a good many to
-oWn from the outside, including jur
RS, witnesses and attorneys. TIL
rand Jurors completed their work
last Thursday forenoon when the,
we're excused for the term, subject tc
all at anytime during the present ses
sion. The big crowd, however, will.
me next week. for the trial jur
RS are to report for duty on Tues.
ay, and they are coming from al
| arts of the county.
| The grand jury consisted of W.B
Pace, foreman; s. H. Babbitt, Jam
IS Hollinger, William Hammond. e.
lest Lane, Henry Mathews, Georg,
Nadsworth, Dan ]. Ronnow, H. w
runner, Horace Slack, H. w. I'm
Aefhill, AL Woolman, James Pettet
Il J.. A. Denton, Frank p. Thompson
y. A. Hodges and James Il. Price
/ The several committees of III
rand jury submitted the followin,
fepoJts:
| COMMITTEE ON ROADS
The committee on public roads
consisting of Henry Mathews, Wi
lam Hammond and S. H. Babbitt,
submitted the following report:
We have performed our duty to
the best OF our abilit
and from our Investigations ane
rom facts that are actually In oui
knowledge, we find that the roads Il
the flooded districts; namely, betwee
eagle Valley and Spring Valley, are
impossible by wagon and in a very
Dad condition; that Eagle Valley is
in need of a bridge very badly in tn,
Old Lane at Eagle Valley. The roa
rom Panaca to Caliente is in a ia.
1onditlon, but as. .soon as the funds
MI warrant it there should be some
work done on this road. We recon
mend that the county prisoners be
put to work on the roads in ali
4bout Pioche, especially between Pi
1che and Eagle Valley The roads be.
ween Phoebe and Panaca are in 81
good condition The roads between
Phoebe and Eagle Valley are in fair
condition excepting, that, the cross
ing mentioned at the lane in Eagle
Valley-and there should be a bridge
put In there. We urgently recommend
that the commissioners take steps t.
fix up the old crossing at Caliente.
either by grading for a ford and put
ing in a culyert or byarranging with
ehe railroad company to drive piles
and put back the old bridge that was
washed out last year"
COM. ON PUBLIC MORALS
The public morals committee con-
sisting Of w. B. Pace, F. P. Thomp-
son, James Hollinger and ]. A. Dem
ton, urged a general cleaning up 10
improve sanitary conditions in Cali
ente and Phoebe. I'VE find" ,"the re-
port continues. that in the town of
Phoebe cattle and horses run at large
and are great source of annoyance
to the general public. We therefore,
| recommend that the sheriff be in
| stlncted to rigidly enforce the law in
regard to such cases, regardless of
| circumstances which may arise"
COMMITTEE ON BUILDINGS
The committee on county building
recommended that the county COM
| missioners place new roof on
the court house; the present one be-
ing In bad condition. A new roof
for the jail was also recommended
for the same reason. Attention was
| also called tosthe unsanitary condi-
ton Of the cess pool which catches
the drainage from the court house
and jail and it was urged that prope
steps be taken to remedy the condi-
tion. The sheriff and his deputies
we're congratulated for the care they
have exercised in improving the
grounds surrounding the court house
The committee consisted of Ernest
q. Lane, H. W. Underhill and Hor-
ace Slack.