Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-03-26
Dr.. custer Depicts the
Evil Shares in
the City

A large congregation was out last
night to hear Rev. custer at the n.
e. church. The subject was what
can be done to elevate the moral tone
Of our youth and ward on impending
danger" The same subject was dis
cussed in the other pulpits Of the
place. The text was from / Cor. 1888. |
EVIL communications corrupt good |
morals" and DIR. Custer said In part:
"A preacher once had an official
member come to him and say that
while he had no objections to his
preaching the truth he did not want
him to preach about morals. Jacob
Riis and Theodore Roosevelt have done
more good than perhaps any other two
individuals by emphasizing this fact
that the great field today for mission
ary work. where such work will bring
forth the largest and the best results.
IL among the youth Of the land rang
ing between . and Is years Of age.
Future Rests IN the Young.
Here lies the future Of our homes
and OF our republic. II sin and crime
il allowed to range at will here and
no protection IL arranged for these
innocents then woe be to us as peo-
pie. Any boy or girl under IL years
Of age hardly knows the danger Of sin
and they are practically In the hands
Of those who are responsible for them.
To treat such as criminals when they
do wrong only hardens them more, and
unless the home life and the machinery
instituted by local and state govern
ment Is conducted for their benefit
evil will result, the extent Of which we
have no adequate conception.
Lewiston Is no worse than other
towns, but she does have some cause
for alarm. Half dozen cases Of girls
under II, years Of age should be enough
to arouse us. Take note Of these sum-
mer dancing pavilions. where every
thing Is free and where characters OF
the worst type are allowed to mingle
and to mix with your innocent daugh-
tiers SO young as to not know the wiles
and the ways Of sin, and then the pos
sibility OF a lot Of these hardened
young men taking girls under age and
enticing them to where beer can be
obtained and drunk in back alleys.
Reading Impure Literature.
This Is not dream but an actual
fact and 1t needs looking after in such
manner as will make it effective. It
10 a crime punishable by the United
States law with imprisonment ranging
all the way up to fifteen years for a
bookseller, publisher or anyone else
to sell or give away any obscene lite
nature.
I'VE have 1t upon reliable evidence
that 1t would be well for all parents
to search their childrens rooms and
find out in what manner some Of this
accused poison has entered their
beautiful place. It would be well II
the guilty parties could be arraigned
and sent to where they will have time
to mediate upon their Internal work
Of debasing and debauching the inno-
cent mind Of our youth.
I'm Athens this was crime punish
able with death, for those old Greeks
held that one Of the most fearful
crimes was this Of corrupting the
youth of the place. seeing that the fu-
ture Of the state depended upon those
very youth. He IL q friend Of Lewiston
and Of her future who will do all in
his power to have punished anyone
who works in a deliberate manner to
ruin her future.
For Safety Of the Youth.
| You cannot ruin the future Of Lew
iston in any way more effectually than
be corrupting the youth OF the place.
Stand upon any Of your chief streets
and study the youth problem ana mo-
tice the character and the age Of boys
and girls locked arm in arm prome-
nading up and down the streets. Tell
me II there be not danger ahead.
"Now the Legislature has already
made some provision for correcting
Of this evil. What Lewiston needs
perhaps more than, anything else just
now II q probation officer who Will
look after all cases Of juvenile delin-
quents and In all cases where II ID
necessary see that they are sent away
to the institution the state. has pre-
pared for all such. Parents would con-
hde to him what they win not be WILL
ing shall be come public property and
then the open door now seen by al
for Juvenile elements to enter and
which means degradation. would b.
closed and an ounce Of prevention
means more than pound Of cure and
It does not cost -hundredth part q
much. Every friends Of Lewiston and
her future WIN certainly favor an,