Show 7 FILTHY CONDITION OF locati LOCAL TAIL JAIL PARK CITY received some very unfavorable advertising last week in ill the salt lake press because ot of the filthy condition 0 of the park city jail the matter was brought to the attention of the state health commissioner by a prisoner therein confined who wrote him in it part as follows 1 I am in the park city jail or what the city calls adall but I 1 have seen many hog bog pens that I 1 would rather live in there Is no ventilation in this place the tha air la Is unhealthy thy blankets have not been washed washed since they feere bought one mattress la is covered with blood and stinks until we can hardly stand it investigation by the state board ot of health proved the prisoner did not dot exaggerate la in his stat ment and a detailed report describing the filthy conditions was submitted to the health officer 1 while this condition ot of affairs seriously ret reflects lecta discredit on the mayorq and ev every pry member ot of the city council ilie the direct blame tails falls 1 upon the city marshal it is be he who h tull full r arge ot of the jail and solely ay responsible tor for the care and cleanliness 1 ot of same A city janitor la is employed at a good salary whose I 1 duty Is to keep the city hall which I 1 inclan is everything pertaining thereto clean and respectable looking and the tb city marshal is directly re tor for the work ot of this janitor and to see that the eil ed him is properly done why is it the marshal Is negligent igent in this respect lie he visits tile the jail every day his eyesight is good and his sense sen se ot of smell normal so int iphy hy did lie he permit conditions ta to be come worse and worse instead ot of laving baving the jail kept clair as it should be Because men makes make hogs ot of themselves occasionally by drinking li if quor sold by joints licens edby the city council is no reason why they should be treated treated worse than hogs by throwing them in a filthy dungeon the city jail is a alace P ice ot of confinement tor for wrong doers and not a place 0 of torture arid and should be kept as clean and as well ventilated as tile the marshals office |