GRAND JURY RECOMMENDS
COPPER RIVER BE CLOSED
The grand Jury, of which our towns- r
man. Bartley Howard, was foreman, I
last night made its final report to the a
district court, which included many t
important recommendations, and Is f
herewith published In full. 1
To the Honorable Charles E. Bunnell, '
Judge of the District Court for the *
Territory of Alaska, Third Division: 1
We, the Grand Jury of the District I 1
Court for the Territory of Alaska, j 1
Third Division, at the September 19, J *
1918, term of said court, held at Val
dez, Alaska, hereby submit our final J ’
report. '
We have investigated all cases and t
matters brought before us and have
returned nine "True Bills” and fifteen '
"Not True Bills." Eight of these "Not <
True Bills" were returned in cases i
where defendants had been bound t
over to the Grand Jury on the charge !
of violating the Selective Service Act i
and the defendants have prior to this t
been inducted into the army accord- t
ing to law. We have examined forty- <
four witnesses. 1
We have examined the office of the '
United States District Attorney and
were favorably impressed with the <
careful, diligent and competent man- i
ner in which it is being conducted, i
The care and dispatch with which its
business is handled reflects great ere- i
dit upon that office. i
We have examined the office of the '
Clerk of the District Court, and find
there an up-to-date filing system where i
the records and files of this office are i
carefully and permanently recorded i
■ and filed. :
V.’ investigated the office of the 1
United States Marshal, the Federal j 1
Jail and the Court House. We com
mend the high efficiency with which::
the Marshal's office is conducted, the]:
humane anti sanitary conditions in s *
which we found the Federal jail, and <
also the high standard of cleanliness 1
in which the Court House is kept. We :
further commend the precautions tak- i
eti by the railed Stales Marshal for i
'In- preservation of the Federal build
ing and its contents in the event of
a fire. I
We visited tin ollice of tin- United
States Commissioner, which we found i
oondneied jn a careful and eH'u-i■ ni ■
lanner. We recommend that the!
lotted States Commissioners he paid
regular salary and that the fee sys
am now In vogue be abolished. We
urther recommend that the United
dates Commissioners be furnished
rith adequate safe room for the pro
ection of files arid records under their
are. In case of fire the loss of these
eeords and tiles would he irreparable
n the government and to the parties
nterested therein.
We visited the Public Schools, and
fere pleased to find them being con
iuctod in nn elllcient and painstaking
uanner.
Inasmuch as the United States is at
far with the Imperial government of
lermany and men are being drafted
nto the army, we do recommend that
he Registrars and Local Hoards In
his Division be more painstaking In
ecording the ages of registrants,
hereby eliminating confusion that has
risen in cases of so termed "Slack
rs" who Inadvertently have been ac
used of violating the Selective Ser
lce Act.
In the investigations which have
ome before this Grand Jury our at
ention has been called particularly
0 the matter of cannery employes
mported into this Territory under
ontract. These laborers are princip
ally aliens of a quarrelsome and
(clous nature, prone to disturb the
>eace and dignity of the places where
n they are employed. They are ag
;ravated to a great extent for the
eaaon of the class of food which is
erved them, in most cases not suf
Icient for the sustenance of a human
leing. If properly fed ns laborers
hould he, the tendency toward riots
.ml crime (in our opinion) Would in
measure he decreased, and possibly
Unlimited entirely. Therefore we
In recommend that tiiis matter he
a ought before the proper department
ml such relief lie given In this mat
er a V. ]I tend In better tile enmli
inn - nnu existing
We dn reeommi-ml that tin- r S
lai-hal nt tlii Division lie given an
limity in appnint mure Deputies for
1 purpnsi' during the Mshing season
f keeping order among the employees
f canneries not readily reached by
tho regular Deputies anti therefore
isolated to the extent that serious dis
orders occur, in some Instances mur
ders being committed, which probably
would not lie brought about were
there some vested authority within
reach.
If It is not possible to appoint Dep
uty Marshals for the short period of
the fishing season, we suggest that it
might be possible to give the regular
Deputy Marshal the authority to ap
point some person regularly connect
ed with a cannery or canneries in his
i
district as a special Deputy Marshal I
with authority to keep order in and
around the cannery and that the reg
ular Deputy be furnished with a strong
power boat for the purpose of making |
the rounds of any canneries in his j
district and bringing uny offenders
against law and order to the nearest
Commissioner.
We further recommend that as it
has been brought to our attention
that some of the employees of can
neries, namely, contract labor, aro
very poorly fed and that there has
been some considerable trouble there
by occasioned, and further that the
cause of this poor feeding has been
brought about by their being fed upon
contract by representative of the
Oriental contractor, some steps be
taken whereby this evil shall be abat
ed and that all employees be fed by
the company operating the cannery in
which they are employed and not by
any contractor or other person who
may have hired the men for them or
to them upon contract for the season.
It is still further recommended that j
Instructions be given various canner ^
ies operating In Alaska to use only;
the greatest discretion in hiring men
and bringing them into this country |
with the object in view of eradicating ,
the importing of criminals and men
of weak or vicious nature who either J
go insane or commit some crime. If
It were possible to hold the canneries j
who are importing such men into the |
territory responsible for tile expense 1
occasioned the government thereby. *
we would strongly recommend that j
same action lie taken towards this end. !
II lias been brought to our attention j
that li.-thing oil the Cooper River at
Miles Lake and the region adjacent
llo-reto has In i n carried on so cx
1 cnsi■. cly that practically no lisli reach
their -pawning grounds and which al
so prevents lie Indians el lip in-iie
country from pulling up any lisli lor
iheir own use during lip winter;
months, thereby working great hart
ship upon them, therefore we ns out
nend. which recommendation is in
Ine with the recommendation made by
he Assistant Agent of the United
States Bureau of Fisheries, that the
'upper River be closed above the del
a to fishing for commercial purposes
eeoramended that the legislature be
equested to pass laws explicitly do
ming and regulating the staking iff
ill or set nets to the end that the “
’ederal authorities may bo enabled to
old responsible parties who try to '<'■
vade the law. ||l
We do further recommend that the li
mited States Bureau of Fisheries !|:
dace at least twenty-five or more men |>
l the waters of Central and South- -s|
estern Alaska to enforce the laws S
overning fishing and the regulations S
f the Department of Commerce there- |::
ruler. j|:
Wo also recommend that the mat- :|:|
or of inadequate mail service now be- |:|:
ag thrust upon the people of this,::!:
'errllory he taken up with our Dele- I S
ate in Congress, and through him be |:|:
resented to the Postal Authorities for |j|l
■adjustment. j ;:|:
For the protection of persons tra- ! |<|
cling the Chitina-Fairbanks road and
if the suppression of violations of :|:|
re law, we respectfully recommend, ■ :|:|
trough Its proper channels, the up- ! |:|:
ointment of a deputy U. S. Marshal :$
ml that he be stationed at the most :|:|
Ivantageous point between the Delta |:|:
ivide and Chitina, Alaska, in this the |:|:
bird Judicial Division of Alaska.
We further respectfully recommend
mt a copy of this report properly au- |||i
lonticated by the Clerk of the Court |:|:
■ forwarded to the Attorney General i|||
the United States, and a like copy :|:|
■ the Delegate to Congress from the |:|:
erritory of Alaska, in order that the
'commendations incorporated herein :|:|
uy be brought to the attention of j:|
ie officials mentioned with u view |j|:
■ having such recommendations ||!|
meted into law.
We further respectfully recommend |:|:
iat a copy of that report be sent to
ich and every cannery operating in :|l|
is Division of the Territory of
laska. |:|:
Dated at Valdez. Territory of Alas- ||||
i, this eleventh day of October, nine
en hundred and eighteen.
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