The Wrangell sentinel., 1925-11-05
uala Jury keport

JuQgS CT the aDOfe entitled
 Court
 We, the grand jury, duly em- paneled tor the special October term of court, 1925, in the above entitled court, held at ketchikan, Territory of Alaska, Division No. l, composed of five women and seven teen men, beg to submit the follow ing report
 We have been in session nine days, have had under consideration T. cases. We have returned 13 true bills and three not true bills; have examined 75 witnesses.
 It has been brought to the atten- tion of the grand jury that at least 4s women whose morals and habits are most questionable, are residing in the residential and business sec tions of the town of ketchikan, con- ducting either houses or ill-fame, bootlegging establishments, or houses of assignation. This, in the opinion ct the grand jury, is a de plorable condition and should be remedied, and We emphatically rec ommend that appropriate and vigor- ous steps be taken by the federal and city officials to abate this con- dition, either by prosecution or ac- tions in abatement against the prop erty occupied by such persons with view to having such property closed from all occupation. We fur ther recommend that active steps be taken 10 prevent gambling.
 This granC Jury finds that he city council Of ketchikan is ra- sponsible for the appointment and the activities of the police force. We dud that thi. police .3rce is grossly inefficient. if rot corrupt ana We re- commend thai this condit:oE be cor rected at the earliest possible date.
 The grand jury has investigated complaints of reckless and illegal automobile driving, both on the fed eral highways outside the limits of the town of ketchikan, and within the corporate limits on the streets. We find that there is much reckless and dangerous driving in violation of the traffic laws, which imperils the lives of pedestrians as we'll as other automobilists. The common council of the town Of ketchikan, We are informed, has employed traf- fic officers to regulate traffic within the corporate limits of the city. We are further informed that the city would instruct it's traffic officers to prevent violations of the traffic laws on the federal highways adjacent to the city if they were empowered to do so. We, therefore, recommend that the traffic officers to be en- ployed by the city be commissioned by the federal government as special federal police officers with view to enforcing the traffic laws on the federal highways. The grand jury also desires to call this matter to the attention of the public and recom- nends to our citizens thar they re- port violations of traffic laws, both within and without the corporate limits of the town when they came to their notice.
 We have discussed the results of the White fisheries bill and the reg ulationS enacted hereunder by the honorable secretary of commerce. We believe this to be the most bene- fcial legislation ever enacted for Alaska. It has been brought to our attention that certain proposed changes of these regulations have been recommended as follows: That the weekly closed period should be extended beyond the 36-hour period, and that the fishing season should be heightened. It is the unani- nous belief of this grand jury that no change should be made in the present weekly closed period or the length of the fishing season Ex- tending the season tends to an in- ferior product and depletion. of the