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i fMl EVENING CURRENT. .MONDAY. SEPT. 1(1. 1917. Finn j IA L COURT FOR EDDY COUNTY tarda) the Grand Jury completed its labors, mi l t irned in eighteen n trui' bills ml seven more no hills. Those of the true t 1 1 1 tilt defendant! In which hnv I "'! apprehended ore follows : lent Harty, drawini deadly wh )n. Rn'ph 1 ' 1 1 r - v. ri'rryitiK deadly wca pan. JllD pi' Moss, carrying' deadly wcu- : n Muliipiias Mala, perjury. A. A. Kaiser, enticing female f-.r Immoral purposes. L I. Swift, obtaining money and goods uniliT false prclrnse. I.. ( Swift, same us above, Thete nrc it couple of young Wall who moit gad rattla they liil not possess to thr Joyce -I'ruit I'umpany for goods nmi caeh. Celeb Tiiyior, colored, drawing and handlhiK deadly weapon. II Domlngnoi, perjury, RoMi Trowbridge, forgery, Enrique Dotnliimwai robbary. Bulallo Balgsdoi ivUmi jiinr Madrid, robbary. i 'i i .mil'. operating mum al chance. M. I). Kawls, larceny. KKI'OKT OF CRASH J I ' It V . I iirNimij, Ni'w Mexico, September nth. 1 f 1 1 7 . To the Honorable .lohn T. McOlure, Judge of the Fifth Judicial Dtp trict of t he St ate Of New Mexico, Sitting Within and for the Coun ty of Kihly. We, th' irand jury. . uly ampanalad a vorn nmi chaiged ut tins September, 1SU7. term of thr district court for Eddy Codnty, make out report, .n fot Iowa i Wo huv- investigated all mattari and violation of the law brought bof u and hai' made strict inquiry eaptelally as to the deadly weapon law upon Which the Court charged us, ami have Inquired alao to the sun day closing law and 'he compu -ory school law; and have found True Bill) and X No Mills. The committees appointed by our for. niHii to examine the variolic nun tv offices report ac followai The committee appointed to examine the office of the County School Super in tendon) and the County lurvi for'i uillri' fouiui everythig In order, thc took ad rile neatly and well kept.) Owing to the Surveyor rmvinir battli hurt, he wan not preset In his office ; .at the time the committee made their vsit, ho fe dnl not wet to consult with him. We, j eommittati selected to et-1 mine th office of the county Treas urer, beg to report that it balm ' ! pi.ssil.lc 10 examine the hooks proper-; ly, WO eonflnad our investigation to Iha manner In which the office li being run by the Treasurer and his deputy.' and we found the monthly reports have bam mode, the tiooks neatly and Wall kept and that all duplicate re teittl have bean gathered und prop erly labeled and placed la the vaults and all revords kept so that they are readily accessible to the tax payers. The Slate Traveling Auditor has not Visited the office since December, lOltt. We, your committee, appointed to investigate the jail and sheriff of fice, have iii-pet ted the jail and tind condition generally aod. We would recommend that some repairs be iijjf Why I Costs Less to Havey jiaWaftal V"''"' Sla'" T'r" standard, of low m.l.(. cost. lyIJA wjjj WW ThV' ' U"''"1. S,a'" r,r" M ara 19 ImJWlS lh" ' Wh"' """'" U,'r' rou, too, will b. a user of UniUtl 2? j3 aAjaw A.k lb. nr.,., Unlud Stat. 1,., d.al.r -h., h on. of th, JcSfe.. fljBll-VS Tour ncads price arid use. .Bafl bjD pH United States Tires Hw , '.afi BIV HUS II . ill th, Slrrllnl jt'.i '..'..', II. a, wijfM )J 5 v'k """ ' nllerf Mil., rrrs faasgllll fl 'ZfUf A Complete Stock of United States Tires Carried by WEAVER'S GARAGE, C. C. SIKKS made in the iail that will make it I possible to allow the piisoners more i liberty and, at the ame time, guard againat any possimlity of their ea ape. We also augge.it that some needed repairs be made to the ceiling a ml walll of the par: of the jail whicii ll used as a residence by the jailer. We tind the sheriff's office in goiel andition In all respects. We, your committee, appointed by ihc tiranil Jury, to investigate 'he of Hi'V of the Assessor, ha Vf vialted the DffioC Of the County Aiaessoi und tind the smiie to be clean am! conveniently arranged and the books epperetly well kept. Hut in the shoit lime ul- lowad the conimittee for Inveitigation it would be utter fallacy r them to pass upon what is in the looks and we did not attempt to do mi. Ill conversot tin with the Assessor, it developed that it was his wis.) thai 'ii conimittee recommend to the i Viiirt that the Court approve an or der by the Hoard of County Commis sioners allowing the appointment of appraisers in distrieU where needed in order that unknown property, ow assessed as such, und which in reality have improvements subject to taxa t mi, may be placed upon the lulls of the county, by this meansyiddlng thou sands of dollars to the assessed valua tion of the property of the county. The committee vlajtjng the office of the County clerk finds the equipment in this office to be sufficient and up to date. Modern Cling systems are in nee and we And them properly and neatly indexed. Kmployees in this office are capable and efficient and ull records called for were produced promptly, The attention of the com mittee was called to the antiquated indexing system now in use. This ntatte rhai bad previous attention, as we tind that at one time the County ierk himself was awarded the con tract to install a card indexing sys tem. For some reason, unknown to the committee, this work was stopped. The committee proposes, that if, upon areful investigation, the present sys tem of indexing is found insufficient, and that valuable time of the office is taken up in referring to the index, and that the system which was start 'd und left incomplete is the best sys tem of this kind which can be had, 'hot a competent man be employed to complete the work of installing this new system, and that it become the duty of the office to carry it on after installation. The committee proposes that this matter he looked into very carefully and that other county clerk'a indexes he examined, so that this county may have the very best avail able, not only sufficient for present needs but one which will require no alteration in future years. It hus lieen brought to the attention of the (irand Jury that, in some cases, the automobile laws of the State are no' being observed. For that reason we suggest that the proper officials take the necessary steps, looking to the enforcement of these laws, es pecially as to the driving of cars by children under age. the running of cars without proper license, and by persons in an intoxicated condition. We desire to express our apprecia tion it. M assistance and direction of our able district attorney, Hon. Hold. C. Dow, who hus labored assid uously at all hours during the five duys' session of this (irand Jury; who has seen to it that witnesses were at bund to keep the business of the grand jury from lagging und who has 1 at all times been most courteous, i We also desire to thank the various I officials, the Hon. Judge, the stenog- rupher, and thone others with whom j we have come in contact, for their very kind und courteous treat menu during our session. Having completed our labors, We 1 respectfully ask that we be dischnrg ed. THE c.RAND JURY, By W. It. OWKN, Foreman. Attest ARTHUR J. MNN, Clerk. Mrs. C. R. Hr.ce und daughter, Miss (iludya, of Roswell, left for Virginia Saturday where Miss (iludya will en ter Mary Raldwin's Seminary. Miss (iladys has spent a number of yeais m Carlsbad as a little girl, and waa here this summer for a nice visit with the Misses Cooke, and she has many friends here who will watch her ca reer with interest. CHRISTIAN A CO. JNHIRANCK FIRE, AITOMOHIMC. AND Ni'KETY