Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1914-06-04

The Grand Jury maoe US final re port at late hour Saturday afternoon and was discharged. The report is as follows:
 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
 STATE OF ARIZONA, IN AND Fon
 THE COUNTY OF YUMA.
 Yuma, Arizona, May 30, 1914 To the Honorable Frank Baxter,
 Judge of the Superior Court
 Yuma, County, State of Arizona. Sir:
 We, the Grand Jury, duly empanei ed and sworn, do hereby submit our final report
 We have investigated all matters brought before US and have acted upon six cases-fin'iing two indictments, and ignoring four charses-aIl of which cases have been reported to you. In the progress of our investi- gation we have examined thirty-eight witnesses. All of the cases reported upon, excepting the two suggested in the charged of the Court, have arisen since the converting of the Grand Jury 1t is the opinion of this Grand Jury that these cases, as we'll as the two cases suggested in the charge of the Court, might have been more economically disposed of in the or dinary manner-by information.
 We have carefully examined into conditions in the County Jail. We recommend that the cement floor in the large cell down stairs should be repaired and put in more sanitary condition. In regard to the food fur nished the prisoners we find that it is as good as could be provided for the contract price.
 Observing your Honor's charge, we have examined very thoroughly into tine killing of James Asquinas, Yuma Indian, on the night of May 1, 1914, and also in the alleged assault with a deadly weapon, by one John D. Rhodes, a policeman of Ft. Yuma, California, upon Tom Brown, Yuma Indian, in this county on the 9th day of May, 1914, We find no true bill in both cases ard also find that there has been no Iaxnesa in the performance of official duty in the previous dis posaI of these cases.
 We have examineG into the condl- tions at the County Poor Farm and found them, in all respects, good and none of the inmates had any complaint to make.
 We investigated into the safety of public buildings in Yuma and find that the protection against fire in the following public buildings was in, adequate, particularly in that in same of these buildings the doors open in- ward: Grammar School, Main Street School, Masonic Hall, Eagles Hall, HIguerra Hall, Southern Pacific Hotel, and the Elks' Hall. We suggest that the proper authorities should imme, diateIy take steps to make these buildings. safe.
 As to the Yuma Grammar school, we find that the sanitary conditions here should be attended to ard that the doors in this, building should be opened outward, instead of inward, and the pits beneath the windows should be properly guarded with iron grates. Should there be panic among the children in the building, the doors, particularly the hall doors, which open inward, and the pits un- derneath. the school room windows, might be death trap.
 1t is recommended that city council immediately enact an ordinance pro- viding for proper exits or fire escapes on all public buildings.
 On investigation of the public of fices, we find the affairs of the sev- eral offices to be conducted in a very proper and efficient manner, except in the following instance; In the treasurer's office we find that law has been in existence since October 1, 1913, requiring depositaries of coun- ty monies to pay two per cent interest on active deposits, and that this law has not been complied with by the First National Bank, and we suggest that the treasurer of Yuma county be instructed to collect the deficiency in this instance. It is the opinion of this Grand Jury that the County Treasurer has been negligent in the