Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-09
The Years Work OF
The Juvenile Court

10
BY ALEXANDER M,MasTER.
In his annual report as Judge Of the

I'm his annual report as Judge of the
Juvenile CourtD
The year closing has been one of ac-
tIvity and earnest work for the Juvenile
court of the Third judicial district of
the State OF Utah. The staff 50 far rs
possible under present conditions, is
well organized, the officers efficient ana
energetic and the re-Ilts of their. Of.
forts in lettering ~. condition of the
boys and girls uR->r their Jurisdiction
IRE apparent and gratifying. My aides,
whose valuable assistance ] sreatly.ap
preclate, are; Chief Probation Officer
Guarde!lo Brown, Assts. Charles Spcr-
~. #. r. Harde. Anna J.. Young, Hat
tie James and Ethel Hansen of Salt
Lake county: Chief Probation Officer
G. Il. Mcbride of Toocle county, G. II.
Jones of Summit county, and gooaly
number of men and women who haze
rendered splendid help rs volunteer
probation officers.
CHARITIES AND CORRECTIONS.
Through the Kindness OF the commits
sion l had the honor of attending the
national convention OF charities ana
corrections. held at st. Louis in, May
last. at this convention were assetnr
bcd about $500 delegates from every
state In the Union, ANA from several
foreign countries Though the REM
bership was composed 2f noble. utisclf-
ish men and women representing all
most every creed and charitable asso-
ciatiOn In the United States, they were
all united, and full of energy IN work
ing for:t the elevation and betterinent of
humanity.
At this convention the juvcnilr courts
OF the country We're prnOa!ily the most
thoroughly discussed of any subject.
Leading judges, probation officers ana
workers from the ranks mct together
In 10 sessions, in which every phase OF
the question was discussed
While not on the official program.
was invited to address the delegates
several times. which | did, explaining
the laws and conduct of the Utan
courts. Our methods We're commended |
and the consensus of opinion was that |
we had one of the best Juvenile court |
systems in America, the tnattcr of hnv- |
ing judges with no other official ;luttes
receiving special praise. MANI vaiu-
able ideas We're gathered, and faith in
the work to be accomplished through
the agency of the juvenile courts Srsat-
Is strengthened, the zeal and earnest
ness displayed on every hand evidence
ing the firm and abiding hold the chill
drcn's courts have secured upon the
American public.
THE CURFEW LAW.
Permit me to refer hrcily to some
special matters engaging our attention
which do not appear in the accompany
ing tables:
The enforcement of the curfew law
has been given considerable attention
during the year. Several times we have
published IN the newspapers noticcsaso
parents, guardians and children, eX
planning the law and warning them
that 1t was the intention to enforce the
same. Complaints had been numerous
of numbers of boys and girls roaming
the streets ut night, and particularly
the main business thoroughfarcs. On
these, therefore, we centered our first
efforts. The court staff, with a large
number of volunteer officers. assisted
by Chief of Police Barlow and his force.
headquarters In Main street
where. through the kindness of mer-
chants, suitable rooms were obtained.
The first night our efforts resulted. in
of age being brought in. These We're
gwen kindly adnonition and Informed
II found on the streets again late at
night, unaccompanicd by parents or
that they would be dealt
with. A number of these '.round-ups"
were had, each one showing Il decreas-
ing number Of children on the streets
ut night, our last effort resulting in
finding about dozen. Not only have
the children been practically eliminated 4
from our business streets at night, but I
the number in other parts of the dis
trlct has been materially reduced. Both
parents and children are becoming edu-
Gated to the necessity of obeying the
law. Some parents at first seemed to
think lightly of the matter. but when
given to understand that over so per
cent of the dclinQuences of children
land those of the worst kind) occur
after o'clock at night, they admitted
the wisdom of the law
TOBACCO AND LIQUOR.
There Is an alarming prevalence OF
cigaret smoking among the boys of
our community. ana earnest efforts
nave been made to prevent the further
spread of this perncious habit, and L
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