The Cordova daily times., 1921-05-18
YALDEzCRAND
 JURY SUBMITS
 FINAL REPORT

The final, report of the grand jury at the May term of court at Valdez, submitted yesterday to Judge F. M. Brown, is as follows:
 We, the grand jury of the district court for the territory of Alaska, Third division, at the May 2, 1921, term of said court, held at Valdez, Alaska, hereby submit our final re- port:
 We have investigated all matters and cases brought before us and have returned nine (9) true bills, and one CD not true bill, and on CD investi- gation, and have examined in all forty (40) witnesses.
 We have examined the offices of the clerk of the district court, the offices of the United States attorney, and the offices of the United States marshal, including the jail, and find everything being conducted in a very | thorough business manner.
 we nave Sl5lIeu luo OlllCe Ol lue United States commissioner where we found everything being conducted in an efficient manner We do, how ever, recommend that the United States commissioners in the various precincts throughout the division be paid regular salary instead of de. 1 nln6iro
 We have visited the public schools of Valdez and found the same to be we'll conducted, but we do certainly condemn the unsanitary conditions and the heating and ventilating sys- tenn, and most heartily recommend that some steps be taken towards building to replace the two buildings now in use.
 We respectfully call attention to matter of great importance to the territory in general, in this: In the Bristol bay, Kvichak, Aleutian island, Unga, Kodiak and Prince William | oSuAu uioSAiSIJ CAOiC dl O 1cl SS bers of fanneries and salteries. These canneries and salteries are situated along the coast of Bristol bay, Alas ka peninsula and Kodiak island for hundreds of miles, During the sum- mer months, from June until Septem- Der, thousands of men, mostly foreign. CTS and soma of thor of tho cr;r, ;po1 element of the Pacific coast cities, work in these canneries. Law break Ing in all its various forms from as- sault to murder is committed at these various canneries and fishing set dement's. It is almost impossible for the deputy marshals of the above named precincts, with the exception of the Prince William sound district, to get from place to place within their respective precincts as there is no regular boat service between these points. Their means of travel is dependent entirely upon the use of cannery boats. In many cases it is sometimes months before crime can be reported to them, and it is often the same length of time before they can arrive at the place of its perpetration, and the persons guilty oftimes escape, and go un- punished. The witnesses are scat tered and put to much expense in at- tendance upon the court. We believe that the United States deputy mar shals located in the above named precincts should be provided with staunch power boats suitable for their use in the waters in their respective precincts.
 We, therefore, recommend that the department of justice supply the deputy marshals for these precincts with such launches. If the depart ment of fisheries would unite in this matter such launches could be used for the enforcement of the fisheries laws. Without such boats 1t cannot be expected that there can be en.