The Alaska citizen., 1916-03-06

session since February made its final report. After the report haG
 been read Judge Charles E. Bunnel thanked the grand jury for the eff Cient and expeditions manner ir which all cases had been handleJ 1 by the Investigating body and fol the spirit shown in doing every thing possible to assist the court
 The grand jury report, in full is as follows:
 IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR
 THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA
 FOURTH JUDICIAL DIVISION.
 Final report of the Grand Jury for the General February 19ia Term, held at Fairbanks. Alaska.
 To the Honorable Charles E. Bun nell, Judge of the District Court of the Territory of Alaska, Fourth Judicial Division.
 We, the grand jury, for the gen eral February, 1916. term of tn & Court, duly convened on the eighth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, respectfully beg to submit to your Honor the fol l lowing report;
 We have been in session twenty | one days, during which time we have ! investigated all matters wherewith we have been charged and which | have been brought to our attention and have returned indictments in cases where the testimony produced i before us seemed to warrant it. We have examined one hundred and twenty witnesses; returned True Bills in twenty cases; and have re turned one indictment Not True Bill. One bill re-submitted. We have visited and examined all the offices, both Federal and Municipal, and the Public Schools in Fairbanks, and were met with the utmost courtesy and offers of assistance in such Investigations Tn our opinion. the business in the various offices Is conducted in ar efficient manner.
 We reiterate the oft-repeated state ment of former grand juries, re Tarding the inadeuuacv of the pres ont quarters of all Federal officials in the present building In add- ton to the lack of rooms and in convenient arrangement, the build ing Is becoming actually dangerous by reason of the giving away of the foundation. The Government now owns rplendId site composed of the entire block upon portion of which the present Court House is situated, and we strongly urge that suitable Federal building be erected thereon. with sufficient | accommodations to house all Fed eral offices, including the Post Office. Pending the erection of such building, sufficient funds should be appropriated to put the Govern ment's own buildings in such re- pair as the safety and convenience of the officials and the general pub lie requires.
 We find that there are no fire extinguishers In the Detention Hos pital, nor wire netting on the in- side of the windows, and recom- mend that the United States Mar shal provide the same at once.
 We are informed by the United States Marshal that he has not, at his command. adequate funds, nor sufficiently trained men which he may employ i'll the tracing of crimi nals and the gathering of evidence for the conviction of such, and we urgently recommend that trained detectives be employed by the Gov tl ulllcllJ "IoSt Solc uuIy IL Sudll be to ferret out crimes
 We desire to call attention to the provisions of Chapter 32. Sessioa Laws of Alaska 1913, and Chapter 46. Session Laws of Alaska 1915 rertaining to "Juvenile Courts" and "Roard of Children's Guardians" nnd recommend the carving into nffect of the law in proper cases. Our attention has been called to the fact that certain persons or firms doing business in this division do not pay a license in the amount that they apparently should. and we recommend that the lrnrce law he enforced against such delin ruents.
 We recommend that the laws against prostitution and the illegal sale of liuuor be enforced in the Fourth division.
 We condemn in the strongest terms the withholding of informa- tion which would lead to the detec- tion and punishment of persons guilty of improper conduct toward children, and earnestly urge parents of such children and others having knowledge of any such facts, to i'm mediately bring them to the notice