The Nome daily nugget., 1911-06-10
COMPLETE REPORT HANDED IN
 BY GRAND JURY WEDNESDAY

trict attorney, the municipal officials and the representatives of the United States bureau of education are work ing tremendously and effectively in dealing with questions connected with the welfare of the natives.
 .. Gambling.
 We have investigated the subject of gambling in this community; we have diligently sought for evidence during the course of which search We have examined various witnesses that are in a position to know whether such crime is being carried on. and We have been unable to elicit any evidence that would justify the bringing of indict- ments
 Selling Liquor to Minors and Inebriates
 The grand jury has ascertained that intoxicating liquors are being sold and given to minors and also to intoxicat- ed persons, and that although minors are allowed to frequent the different saloons, the evidence is insufficient to warrant indictments.
 We would respectfully recommend that all persons dealing in intoxicating liquors be warned that if reports of such violations continue. they will be liable to have their licenses revoked. and We further recommend that such licenses be immediately revoked, should the court be satisfied of any such vio- lations
 Mouth of Snake River.
 We recommend that the attention of the proper authorities be called to the fact that the entrance to Snake river should be kept open in order that small vessels may have a safe harbor at all times. As our roadstead Is unprotect- ed. and there is no shelter whatever for these small vessels, it would be a ma. terial help to all lines of shipping at this port, should the government see fit to make the needed Improvements It appearing to this grand jury that re- fuse is being dumped into Snake river. thereby causing Instructions to navi- gation, We recommend that the law requires eight hundred dollars per an mum to be expended thereon. in order to hold the same. The grand jury is also of the opinion that the existence of the legal privilege of locating as much as one hundred sixty acres of placer ground is wrong in principle. and should be largely restricted. at least as to the same recording district. We ascertain that it is doubtful wheth- - CT tract of placer ground to the ex- tent of one hundred sixty acres can be held by n locator without the expendi- ture by the locator of labor and im- provements thereon of the value of eight hundred dollars per annum, in- stead of one hundred as appears to be the custom in this division. An en- forcement of the larger annual assess ment, if it is the law. would result in throwing open to deserving prospectors vast tracts of country now remaining undeveloped. This association placer mining claim and the custom referred to of holding the same by performing only one hundred dollars worth of as- sessment annually thereon. and the al- legged privilege exercised by individuals of locating any number of these as- sociation claims through powers of at torney for their friends is the greatest evil apparent in the application of the mineral laws. and we sincerely recom- mend that the government cause a stricter enforcement of the actual legal requirements or that congress be re- quested to change the law. if it shall be found deficient as it at present ex- ists.
 We also find that bad faith in the doing of the annual assessment worI, on mining claims and in the reloca ton thereof is very prevalent, and W, recommend that proper steps be taken to prosecute such Iocators as a deter rent for the future.