The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-24
BREEOEN IS CLERK
IN JUVENILE COURT
appointment Made by Commits
sion at Monday After
Moons Session.
IRVINE TO BE PAID FOR
TWO MONTHS SERVICE
New Headquarters of Court TO
Be Oh Fourth FleOr of
County Building.

The juvenile court has new clerk
and Will have new quarters July l, but
no thanks arc due the county commits
sioners for these things. The new clerk
is Major NJ. A. Breedeu, now secretary
of The state juvenile court commission.
The new headquarters will be the two
rooms on the fourth floor Of the City
aud County building, now occupied by
tho state auditor.
The arrangements for new clerk and
new quarters for the Juvenile court
were made at meeting of tho state
juvenile court commission, held Mon.
day. Major Breeden now receives
SlSOO year IS secretary and legal ad-
wiser of the commission, and as the
duties of the clerk Of the Juvenile court
are not very onerous, he will act 10 this
capacity without pay. other than he re-
celvcS as secretary and adviser to the
commission.
t. L. Irvine, whose appointment the
county commissioners refused 10 con
firm for political reasons. Will get paid
for the two months he served as clerk
of the court, though. This WAS con.
dltion precedent 10 the appointment Of
Major Breeden. with County Clerk Mar
gsret Zane Witcher. who is eN.officio
clerk of the Juvenile court. and as such
names the chief clerk Of the juvenile
court. Irvine was personally and po-
]jtically objectionable 10 king Mac
KAY, and the commissioners forced Ir.
vine s resignation through refusal to
paw the salary.
The diligence Of tbe county commits
sioners IN discovering loopholos to evade
the payment of Irvine tied the court up
for two months and rendered il abso.
mtely helpless, with hundreds of seri.
Gus cases on hand. and finally the iu.
venile court commission took hand.
Breeden Is Suggested.
Major Breeden, as clerk of the court
without remuneration. was suggested
and then the commissioners rushed ia
Mrs. Witcher TO find ont if she would
make another appointment after the
commissioners had treated her first ap-
pointment so shabbilv, not to mention
stronger things.
eff YOU viii pay Irvine for his two
months work | VIII make new ap,
poiutment, snd not before, was Mrs.
Witcher's firm reply,
To this the commissioners agreed. af.
Ter some bitter reflection, and today the
court, after two months of uselessness.
chiefly on account of the bitter ami
mosities Of the commissioners, will re-
sumo its usefulness. Major Breeder
was appointed by Mrs. Wltcher Wednes-
day. and DR.. T.. 6. Gowans, Judge of
the court, viii begin holding court Mon
day and viii probably hold court most
of next week To get the deluge Of de
laTed cases out of the way.
in the meantime. the county is with.
out q detention home for boys and girls,
although the law makes If mandatory
upon the commissioners of Salt Lake
county 10 establish such homes, but the
juvenile court commission will now turn
its attention in this direction and NAV
be with sufficient prodding, 1T win be
able 10 rouse the commissioners to
sense of their duty. The public is sin
cerely hoping. anyway. that the com
mission VIII be as successful in this as
il was in the matter Of new clerk
and new quarters.
To house the Juvenile court, a gen
cral shake-up III state offices will be
necessary. To give room for the state
auditor, who is moving out to make
room for tic juvenile court. Superin-
tendept of Public instruction Nelson
will move his office up town some place,
just where has not yet been deter
mined