The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-23
SCHOOL FOR HOMELESS
eiety is Doing Good Work-0ver
1000 Cared For.

Deadwood, S. o.. March 2o.-The
saving OF the children has become one
OF the great interests of the middle
%est. Miss Allie Jewell, who is the
district superintendent for the Chill
dren's Home society in the Black Hills
and Wyoming. ha. just made trip
through this section. Miss Jewell COW
ers the largest territory Of anyone en-
gagged in this work in the United
States, looking after the children in
district some 500 miles square. 1t is in
greatest work, fol then the neighbours
begin to feel the responsibility for lily
cared for children; and 1T is then, too,
that parents. poor or shftless, feel the
added cost of food, fuel and clothing.
The Nduonal Cllildren's Home So
ciety Is distinctly g. middle west in
stitution, having homes for children
in twenty eight different states. I'LL
nois holds the first place with refer
ence to the amount contributed yearly
to the society, Kentucky comes second
and Iowa third. lcwa's receiving home,
some $50 children. The South Dakota
home at sioux Fails has been estab-
lished for twelve Years. The supern-
tendent, Mr.. Sherrard, was the super
intendens Of the first newsboys' home,
established in Chicago some thirty
years ago. Nearly LOO children have
been cared for at this home during it's
life, and Miss Jewell figures that at
least 81 per cent. of them have turned
out we'll. Some other district super
intendents do not place these figures
so high, giving tho more conservative
figures ., 92 per cent. If one knows
that only about &c per cent. of children
country turn out satisfactorily it will
be seen that these institutions arc
making Il great record. Most of the
children taken to tho Sioux Falls homo
are from poor or shiftless families.
There have been 120 children in all
taken from the state of Wyoming and
or these only one child was of illegiti-
mate BIRTH. The per cent of illegiti-
mate children in South Dakota is about
SIX, but this Is snail compared to the
percentage in Iowa and Minnesota The
great problem with the Iowa and Min
nasota homes is that of the illegitimate
child, as III the older states the num-
Der of these children is UNNECESSARILY
greater than In the newer states.
But few children received at these
homes could be called actual criminals
yet there was the famous case a few
years ago of the children from tho
wilds Of Wyoming who had killed their
dather: The murder was planned and
carried out by the two Oldest children,
girl OF Is and a boy of 13. The boy
loaded the gun and prepared it, but ow-
Ing to his deficient eyesight it was the
girl who placed the gun against her
fathers head as he lay sleeping in a
ped, pulled the trigger and blew out his
brains. These children, with five 9TH
ers of the family. were taken by the
society," They have all found good
homes and have developed as satisfac-
torily as the average child.
The report for the fiscal year ending
May 81, 1905, shows the number re-
ceived for temporary care to be %:
number received for replacement, Al;
those placed in homes for the first time.
lie; died, 3; sent to reform school, 2;
whole number cared for, 1913. These
societies are supported entirely by per-
sonal contributions They receive no
state aid and are wholly dependent
upon the charity of the public. The
expenses for the last year amounted to
something over $500.