The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-08-08

pleted its work late Tuesday after y
noon after having been in session for
three weeks.
indictments were returned against
eight persons, four of which are of a
criminal nature and four were for al
legged conspiracy at the last general
election
The four persons indicted for alleg-
ed conspiracy are Carl Ackermann,
S. j. Rumble, w. B. Shoemaker and
John j. Gritz. The grand jury also
recommended custer proceedings
against the board Of county commits
sioners who will have a preliminary
hearing in the district court at 10 a.
m. the morning of August 25th.
The grand jury examined in the
neighborhood Of one hundred and fif-
ty witnesses at a cost Of approximate
ly $500.
The allegations made by the editor
Of the Valley County News relative
to wholesale election frauds having
been committed at the last general
election at Nashua, in the north coun-
try and in fact nearly all Of the pre-
cincts Of the county went for naught
as not a single indictment was return
ed on alleged election frauds outside
of Glasgow.
The following is the complete re-
port handed in by the grand jury:
In the district court of the Seven
teenth judicial district of the state of
Montana, in and for the county Of
Valley.
In the matter of the investigation
of the grand jury of Valley county,
Montana.
To the Honorable John Hurry, judge
of the said district court:
We, the grand jury, duly impanel-
ed and sworn on the 10Th day of July,
1919, and charged by this honorable
court to diligently inquire into all pub
lie offenses committed against the
laws of this state within Valley coun-
ty, and into the condition and manage
ment of the public prison of the said
county, and the various offices there
of, and other matters pertaining to
the welfare of the community, respect
fully report as follows:
l. Several true bills have been found
by this grand jury and are herewith
returned as provided by law.
2. The grand jury investigated the
county prison of Valley county and
find that they are justified in report
ing that the same is being properly
conducted. It was noticeable that said
prison is kept in clean and sanitary
manner and that the prisoners in GUS
tody of the sheriff of said county are
receiving such treatment as the law
relating thereto contemplated.
The grand jury also investigated
and inspected the county hospital Of
Valley county and find that the said
hospital is receiving the very best of
management and attention. The ma
tron in charge of the hospital shows
herself to be very competent, but
the jury is compelled to report that
she is not a registered nurse under
the laws of Montana, although dis
charging the duties Of registered
nurse. We find that in order to more
properly care for the patients in said
hospital it is necessary that the board
of county commissioners enlarge the
hot water system which is at present
installed in said hospital, and further
that it purchase for the use of the
nurses in charge of said hospital and
the patients therein, certain steriliz-
ing instruments which are required
for the proper care of contagious dis
eases.
4. The grand jury further have in
spected the court house building in
Valley county and find that condition
exists in the basement thereof which
should have immediate attention. The
particular objection found in said base
ment is that for reasons unknown to
the grand jury, water has collected
in said basement remaining there for
long period, which at the time of the
inspection had become foul and stag
nant and made the premises generally
unsanitary and dangerous to the
health of the community. The partic-
ular rooms in which said water had
collected and remained are being used
by the county clerk of Valley county
as store room for various permanent
and valuable county records belong
ing to Valley county, Montana. Some
of these records it became necessary
for the grand jury to inspect in the
course of it's work, and it was found
that the said records were entirely
ruined by the water so collected and
remairing as aforesaid. The grand
jury recommends that the board Of
countv commissions of Valley county