The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-04-17

Intoxicating liquors without a IL
cense, Ia true bill), warrant is
sued returnable September 16,
1914, (six counts.)
State VS.. Fred Knoche, trial
reset for May 4.
The grand jury made the fol.
lowing report:
To the Honorable John A. Rich,
Judge Of Criminal Court:
We, the grand jury, respect
fully submit the following re-
port:
We have visited the poor firm
and find that it is well cared
for, the inmates appear to be
satisfied and the management of
the institution We think efficient,
We suggest that the east wing
of the old building be torn down
and that the lumber therefrom
be used in repairing the other
part of the building. The old
smoke house should be removed
to a more convenient place and
be put in good repair. We fur
Their suggest that the fencing on
the farm be put in a better state
of repair, and that a general
clean up be made around the old
building. We take pleasure in
reporting that the cow barn late
ly built adds much to the appear
ance and convenience of the
farm and is a credit to our
county.
We have inspected the build
ings on the public square. We
highly commend the County
Court for the new Offices of the
county and circuit clerks that
have been lately made by remod-
cling the court room on the
ground floor. Good business
Judgment has been shown in
equipping these vaults with
steel filing cabinets. thus insur-
ing convenience, economy and
permanency with practically no
danger of fire.
More space is needed at once
for the Probate records. We
suggest that the east window. no
longer used in the vault of the
Probate office, be walled up as
more filing space would thus be
had, and that a steel filing cab
met of standard construction,
reaching from the floor to the
ceiling be installed so that in
the future as more filing space
is required new cabinets of like
construction may be added until
the whole vault is uniformly
equipped. New steel shelves
should be installed in the Re-
corder's office and copies should.
be made of the land plat books
and the original books should be
filed away for reference only.
In the jail we were told by the
prisoners that they are humane
ly treated and well fed. The con-
crete floors at the entrance to
the cells are in need of minor
repairs. The passage from the
kitchen to the dining room
should be enclosed in some pro-
per manner. The rooms on what
was formerly the northwest cor
ner of the old building have no
west windows and are quite dark
and almost useless for that rea-
son. Windows cut in the west
wall would add much to the ap-
pearance as well as convenience
of both rooms the old stairway
being no longer needed, should
be removed.
Public buildings, because of
the extremely hard usage thew
receive, are much harder to keep
neat and clean than buildings of
other character we suggest that
the janitor be supplied with a
sweeping compound and with
such other articles as may be re-
quired in the care of the build
ings. Since the buildings are in
charge of the sheriff we think
the janitor should be subordi-
nate to him and that it should
be the duty of the sheriff to see
that the janitor keeps the build
ings clean and sanitary.
We heartily commend the
County Courts effort in trying
to improve the appearance of the
court house yard.
We most urgently recommend
that telephones be installed in
all the county Offices; we be-.
lieve they would facilitate coun-
tv bushes and be of great con-
venience to taxpayers having
bushes to transact with the
various offices.
Frnm q hurried and inefficient