Arizona republican., 1916-10-17
GRAND JURY |ND|C TSFOUR;
 CENSURES YELLOW JOURNAL ]

substantiate their statements. In this they have failed. reads the report" We have gone further and have in- vestiSated such charges. but we have found nc evidence of misconduct or dereliction of duty on the part of these officials.
 We condemn, in unsparing terms. the growth in this community of the custCtn of newspapers and individuals to blacken and maligr private indi- Viduals and public officers without suf- ficient foundation of fact This con dition should be speedily and effec- lively discountenanced both by public sentiment and appropriate legislation. Islander and libel are not among the inalicnable rights of citizenship, and frequently lead to Srave breaches of the public peace.
 In reference to the statements that have been made by certain people, rel ative to the liquor that has been | confis:icated, the report continues. We inspected the stock of liquor held by the county as evidence against boot 1 leggers in various cases and found it 1 impossible to check the amount held, as the sheriffs office has not kept any record of the amount seized from eac!. | bootlcgger We found no reason to | believe that any liquor has been re-
 moved from the iail but would sug- gest that the sheriff for his own pro-
 tection keep a list Of each lot seized | with the name of the man the liquor
 was taken from and any other data | required.
 1 We regret to find that the state ments that the Pardon board of the | state have pardoned some of the men l sentenced for bootlegging to be true
 and feel that this is neither right nor
 proper"
 The jury was asked to inquire into
 certain disbursements of the super visors office relating to the amount paid the sheriff for salaries and eX- | penses.
 The automobiles alleged to havs | been q source of severe criticism snd this item was taken into account The | sheriffs office has but two cars ac-
 cording to the investigation and ono for the poor farm, is owned by the county. The county engineer owns
 his own car. the maintenance of whicl
 is borne by the county J w. Can
 ming and the juvenile court officer
 are allowed s25 a month for the use o their own cars and Deputy Sheriff u. T. Murphy was recently allowed S26e.&0 for eight months while Deputy . Sheriff. George Brawner. was grante' $25 month to act as chauffeur. T. case of the three cars owned by tn z county. they arc of course beinl , worn out. and considering the cost 0 , auto service. the depreciation in valu, of tho cars should be considered" re
 ported the special grand jury com
 mittee.
 The county attorneys office cam in for the highest praise We find n, proof bein. given his office of sui
 ficient evidence of wrong doing. tha . was moi properly investigated by th 9 county attorneys office. To the hes II of our knowledge and belief. the offic { has been conducted honestly and cap l lahly"
 $ From July 1. 1915. two hundre Q cases demanded County Attorne ; Gandy's attention of these there wer
 l6G convictions, five acquittals and tn i remaining cases were dismissed ,i The amount of delinquent taxes wa ' commented upon in a scatchng man /. ner. On July l, 1916. the delinquen . taxes reached the sum of $269 5S7.6, Of this amount $7904967 went de linquent from the years 1888 to l9I:
 In 1914. the delinquent taxes reache
 the sum of $76.373.22 while the reccr
 for 1915 was S144. .16476. A larg
 amount of the back taxes are 0 7 i hOmeSteads ard desert tracts whie the jury admits could not be collecte
 by the most diligent efforts. but i Q eXcusing the county for not bringin = suit where the amount is small. wher Y 1 the amount is considerable it suggest
 that suit be brought.
 Q The jury did not examine the fl s nances of the various county office n Since the creation of the office (
 state examiner, this duty has bee