Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-17

have been settled out OF court by them,
100 OF these coming to the judge in
chambers.
There are now under the probation
care Of the court sos cases. 526 boys, 40
girls and 80 adults.
Besides these visits Of probation Off
GERS, a total of 5000 personal reports
have been made to the court by its
wards. OF the total number of proba-
TONERS, 81 have appeared In court for
subsequent offenses, or 10 per cent OF
the whole number.
Besides the visitation to the home by
probation officers we require the child
to bring letters from the parents or
employers relative to the conduct OF the
probationer. For the public school re-
port each ward is given book Of de-
merit tickets. The principal Of each
school gives these tickets as the judy
ment of the department OF the child
dictates, and we trust tn eboys to tell
us the number OF demerit tickets they
receive, II any, when they report.
The personnel of our probation de-
partment is as follows:
Paid Probation Ofllcers-Charles 3.
Hahn, chief probation officer; Mrs. A.
l.. Young, lady probation officer, and
Il, II. Fendall.
Voluntary Probation Officers: Sidney
Bamberger, Cordeia Robinson, Alma
C. Clayton, Mrs. w. w. Gee, Mrs Lee
Chamberlain, DR.. X. r. Hampton +. j.
Lucas, Walter j. Sloan, Harry s. Jo-
seph, Mrs. Hugh Park, John Matter,
DR.. C. G.. Pummer. Elmer I. Goshen,
Charles j. Freund, Oscar l.. Cox, Dr. L.
V. Silver, w. II. S. Westlake, DR..
Brown Ewing, DR.. 7. B. Beatty.
MORRIS SCHOOL.
Detention Home.)
This institution has continued to be
Of the greatest service. the only dis
appointing feature has been the In
ability Of the board Of education 70 le-
gally assume control Of the educational
part OF the school, However this vexed
question has been solved In the en-
ployment of Prof. II. A. Reynolds, an
educator of some prominence and great
experience, to take charge of the school.
The total number OF boys committed
TO the school for periods of from 10 to
80 days Is 49, During the year. how
ever 163 different boys have been cared
for In the school, many being placed
there pending the disposal OF their
cases.
The school is being conducted by q
special committee of the Canyon Crest
association. an organization incorporat-
ed under the laws of the state for the
care Of children.
COMMITMENT TO STATE INDUS
TRIAL SCHOOL.
or the total cases 80 have been COM
mitted to the state Industrial school at
Ogden, Utah. A comparative statement
of all commitments since the organiza-
ton of the court Is as follows: Boys,
"a; girls, .; as against boys, %, and
girls, 3 for the previous year.
There are two causes for this great
decrease In the commitment OF boys
In the beginning there were a num-
Der Of boys, who, by reason OF neg
lect. environment and habits had
reached an aggravated stage OF delin-
quency Boys with bad records at
police headquarters. These failed re-
peatedly to come under discipline.
They were leaders Of gangs and for
the good OF the larger community of
boys, who came within range of their
influence, as we'll as for the good OF
the delinquent, we were compelled
to make commitment Then In the
beginning we had no detention home
where certain boys could try out, nor
did we have the efficient probation
work that we have had In the second
period. Therefore, the total number
Of commitments to the State Indus
trial school from the Salt Lake juven-
lie court since its organization is 40
boys and IL girls, total of 81. OF
this total there are now on parole or
discharged 19 boys and four girls.
or a total Of 20, leaving at present In
the school 3S from Salt Lake City, out
Of total OF I04 inmates Of that in
stitution.
Inasmuoh as public statements
have been made that the Salt Lake
City juvenile court Is sending a large
number OF Juveniles to the State In
dustrial school, and that, because of
this fact there IL great increase in
the expense OF that institution.
wish TO call your attention to the fact
that Salt Lake City contains about
one-third of the population OF the
state and has now from this court but
one-third of the present inmites.
When we consider that a large city
contains more agencies which tend
to lead boys and girls downward than
are found In smaller cities and the
country. We feel that In this showing
we have added reason for pride In
our probation work and the influence
Of the court,
CANYON CREST RANCH FOR
BOYS
We wish to call your attention TO
this splendid home for boys, the need
Of which grow out OF certain Develop
ments In juvenile court cases. A boy
found sleeping in barn. investiga-
ton proved he had no parents, no
friends or relatives and no chance.
To give this boy the opportunity 10 be-
come self-reliant, self-supportlng and
self-respecting was the thoughts of
those interested in the development of
Canyon Crest. Not to tax the city or
state; not TO psuperize the boy, but 10
build citizenship. II In no way laps
over with the State Industrial school
or Morris school. II Is an absolutely
free home, and no boy is allowed to
live on the ranch who needs correc-
tional methods. Canyon Crest has
cared for S5 different boys from the
court.
JUVENILE COURT CLINIC.
This is another institution which the
needs OF the court have developed. Since
the inception of the court we have had
a court physician. but the constant re-
minder 10 the court that so many boys
brought In for delinquency were phys
ically weak and defective led to the or
ganzation Of the clinic with the fol-
lowing members: Or. Brown Ewing.
allenist. brain: DR.. Robert r. Hampton,
eye, ear and nose: Drs Beatty, Plum
mer and silver body. over 100 chill
dren have been examined, with the sur
prising result that 80 per cent have
aeriotis physical defects which contri-