Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-07-17
Charities and Correction.


Charities and Correction.
An interested audience. composed OF
the charter convention committee on
charities. correction and education
and members OF the woman's club.
listened. on the afternoon OF July I'd.
to the ideas OF those connected with
charity and correction Institutions OF
the city.
Rev. II. F. Sykes Of the Associated
Charities gave an account of the work
OF that organization and described the
difference between the charity (which
paupcrlEes and that which truly helps.
He told Of the founding Of the present
organization tficcn years ago by My.
ron Reed and others. and OF the work
which has since been done by Il.
In bis opinion outdoor relief work.
such hs IL done by the organization.
should be left In its hands by 'hc
charter. and care should be taken 10
entirely eliminate politics. lie said
that In the past the poor fund In 9TH
cr cities had not been kept entirely
free from the hands OF the spoiicr. and
that where politics entered charity
was often placed where II would bring
the most goods. instead OF where u
would do the mos, good.
Judge Lindsey described In detail
his ideas regarding the treatment Of
juvenile offenders. lie was listened
To with great Interest. and numerous
questions were asked him by members
Of the committee. Judge Lindsey held
tina, no unc under sixteen years old
could be criminal or commit, crime.
Misdcmcanors committed by children
under this aEc. he thought. were rare.
~ mallclousiy meant. He reviewed
the effects on children when confined
with older pcrsuns with trainsi Grim.
iual Instincts. and cited numerous in
stances which have come under his
observation while acting n judge OF
the Juvenile cuurt.
His remedy is what he styles DE
tcuiion Home" building 20 be owned
by the city In residence portion. Ia
charge OF this he would have \ super
intcndcni and matrun. who should be
Taau and wife. and have Suffieicn! ciu-
cation to give the children In their
care training which would make
Euod citizens out Of them. lie thought
that the appointment OF these two Of.
iiecFs should rest with the judge Of
/ the Juvenile court for. he said. the
Judge was responsible for sending
them TO the home. and he should also
I be responsible for their care and
training while In the home. This
could not be, unless the appointment
Of the officers of the home rested with
him.
Judge Lindsey described the opera.
ticn OF homes Of dctcutiou which he
had visited in different cities. and said
that those which seemed to be doing
the least good were under political
domination.
Mrs. Bclford read a report Of the
work accomplished in securing com.
Portable and sanitary conditions In the
city and county !aiis during the win
ter and pleaded for future reform
along the same lines.
In answer to questions from MON.
bcrs OF the committee. he said that
a home cuud be built fu- 5000 at the
most. The sentences OF the children
sent there should rest with the judge.
who should not be hound by laws In
this respect. as different children
needed different treatment He
thought that the time Of detention
would range from two days to two
months. and that there would he at
least 500 children Of both sexes each
year who mirht be sent 20 the home
for varying lengths of time. lie was
opposed to charEiuE children under
the given aEc with crime and thought
it all should be included under disor.
DERBY conduct
The state Humane Society has In
preparation blacklist Of all cattle
men iu Colorado who allowed their
cattle TO starvc last winter. The list
is being carefully compiled by the
AGENTS Of the society. and q will be
preserved for future reference. Just
what action will be taken to punish the
offenders has not yet been determined.
The law is very severe in its punish.
ment for such efenses. The guilty
ones may be fined $3.50 for each ami
NAL allowed TO perish from starvation
and besides get years imprisonment
In Jail. Il will readily be seen that
In cases where many cattle were al.
lowed to starvc the Humane Society
has the power to mste out very heavy
penalties. This fall the society ~ill
rreparc and send cut to cattiemen all
over the state a warning Of the pun
ishment provided by Law in such cases
and the intent Of the officers TO han.
die severely all who are guilty OF vio-
latiou.
Prot. Louis C. Carpenter. state en-
Einecr. has written a letter to City
Engineer Case Of Colorado Springs
that as soon as the pressing duties Of
his once will permit he will visit the
Springs and conduct thorough ex-
animation Of the water system and
adjudicate the dispute between the
city and outside water users. Il is
claimed hy the latter that Colorado
Springs Is infringing their riehts and
to It. The feeling over this matter
has grown quite bitter. and an early
adjustment Is desired by the state de
partment as well as the parties 10 the
CCntrovc sy