The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-27
AMERICAN GIRLS
WAIT ON GREEKS
IN LOW SALOON
Gov. Cutler Takes Summing
Trip and Finds Present
Conditions a Menace.
MAKES WRITTEN REPORT
TO JUVENILE COURT
WANTS MEASURES TAKEN TO
PROTECT BOYS AND GIRLS
FROM EVIL INFLUENCES.

Governor Cutler went on a Summing
trip last Saturday evening, and In writ
ing he communicated his findings to the
state Juvenile court commission yester-
day.
AS result 1t was ordered that cru
SADIE against all manner of vices which
entice young folks be inaugurated by
the local Juvenile court and that the
saloons, pool rooms and other disrep-
utable joints be raided whenever occa-
sion demands and the violators of the
juvenile delinquency law arrested.
The governor was accompanied on his
tour of the slums by his private secre-
tary, Willard Done, and Guardeilo
Brown, chief probation officer Of, Salt
Lake county.
After the governors communication
had been read to the commission long
and earnest discussion took place on
how to abate the evils complained of.
1t was the unanimous opinion of the
members that the enforcement OF the
law by the local police is too lax and
that some action must be taken by the
local juvenile court officials 10 keep boys
and girls of tender years on the streets
AT night and out Of resorts which en-
tice them.
SuticT communication.
The communication of the governor to
the commission describes in detail his
Summing expedition and is as follows:
On the evening of Saturday. Feb. %, in
company with the secretary Of the state
juvenile court commission and the chief
probation officer OF Salt Lake county l
made the rounds of number of the sa-
looms and pool rooms of Salt Lake City. so
to study at first hand the situation as
II affects the young people of our city
1t was my first visit TO these places. and
the revelation as to conditions existing
there was startling that / consider il
ditiOns.
| was particularly struck with the num-
her of young men under IS years who fire.
quent saloons and pool rooms. There
were so many of them in the places we
visited that I shall not attempt to give
sn estimate is to the number In prac-
Uically every case these pool rooms are
conducted in connection with a bar. sOr
within such easy access of one that drink
ing is an almost inevitable indulgence.
And doubtless the further step is made
easy TO gambling and other forms of vice.
Boys Play Cards.
But even this was not the worst feature
In one or two of the saloons, sitting al
card tables and playing were boys 7 little
under is years of age Surrounding them
were a number of human wrecks, men
who are hopeless victims OF vice and COM
petent teachers in crime. The ultimate
fate of boys of tender age who come into
such association cannot be a matter of
doubt. Still younger boys were found on
the streets in the business districts. and
in number of instances they manifested
hardwood in eXaggerating their ages
that was remarkable in bows so Young
II would indicate that their parents were
at least passiVeiy In league with their Vio-
latiOn of the GOrfeW law These young
boys were found in saloons and still
younger ones on the streets as late as II
p. m. And II developed that some Of these
boys were of Christian parentage.
Girls in Greek Resort.
A still worse feature was found in
Greek resort on West Second South
About a score of tables were surrounded
BY men in various stages of intoxication
who were drinking and playing cards.
Profane. blashphemous and OBSCENE Ian
guage was being freely used. The room
was dim with tobacco smoke and reeking
with the fumes of beer and whisky.
And here. waiting on these men and
hearing their fOHl language, were two
American girls. one of whom said she was
II. while the other. 1t appeared to me-
could not have been more than IA years
of age. The sister of the younger. a girl
about 10 or II years old, was also there;
her sister explaining that she had come
visit TO this place about 10 D. m. II we
had not Immediately sent the three girls
home. | do not know how much longer
they would have remained.
Women In Saloons.
Those girls were brought into this
cOmpanionship by an advertisement I'm
the newspapers, promising good pay for
light work. One of them informed US that
she was getting 81 a week and that her
employment there was with her mothers
consent. Whether OF not the mother was
aware of the character of the place do
not know. But ii would not take long for
such companlOnship to work the COM
plete destruction Of any young girl.
am Informed that there are in the city
other similar places. where young girls