The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-23
CITY CURFEW LAW
TO Be EMF RCED
Next Wednesday Boys and
Girls Under Fifteen Will
Be Sent Home.
ARRESTS IF PERSISTENT
REPEATED DISREGARD OF RULE
WILL RESULT IN GOING TO JAIL.

Beginning next Wednesday, April q
the curfew ordinance is to be strictly
enforced in Salt Lake. Every boy and
girl under the age of Is years (the gen.
eral sentiment is that the age limit
should have been fixed at 16 for boys
and is for girls) found on the streets
of the city after o'clock that night,
and each succeeding night, will be
hustled off as quickly as officers of the
law can possibly do so.
For the first three nights the chill
dren will be taken or sent to their
homes with a warning, but after Fri
day night it means immediate arrest
and confinement behind the bars of the
city Jail until action is taken by the
juvenile court.
The decision to bring about an en-
forcement of the curfew law, which has
been virtually a dead letter for a long
time so far as Salt Lake is concerned,
was reached at a recent conference
between Mrs. Olive Hayens, a commit
tee of one named by the Woman's
league to IKE steps to secure an. en-
forcement of the curfew law, Chief of
Police S. NJ. Barlow and Alexander Nc
Master, judge of the juvenile court. At
the conference, which lasted fully two
oughly gone into and a decision was
reached that, starting with Wednes-
day of next week, the ordinance pro-
hibitins the lettering of young boys
and young girls upon the city high
ways must cease for once and for all.
Want Parents to Aid.
1t has been estimated that with a
strict enforcement of the curfew law
or ordinance fully 80 per cent of the
number of children who annually are
brought before the juvenile court could
be trained to lives of usefulness, and
that the expense of maintaining the 1u-
Veniie court and detention homes
could be cut in two. Such a saving to
a community is no small item and it is
felt that every parent should enlist his
or her aid in the movement shortly to
be launched.
In the past it has been the custom to
blow the whistle at the Denver & Rio
Grande shops at O'clock as a signal
when the little folks should leave the
streets, but because of the fact that the
law has never been rigidly enforced il
has never had the desired effect. Start
ing with next Wednesday, arrange
nents have been made for the blow
ing OF an additional whistle in the
northern part of town, one sufficiently
loud to be heard all over the city. And
When this is blown, augmented by the
Denver q Rio Grande whistle. it viii
mean that children under the age limit
who are caught on the streets without
proper escorts will speedily find them
selves in the meshes of the law.
A large number of volunteer proba- |
ion officers viii be named to act in
conjunction with those who are de- /
iirous of having a strict observance of |
he curfew. Every police officer in the |
'ity will be instructed to do his duty. |
md 1t is hoped that the presence of |
BOYS and girls of tender ages in Salt !
lake thOroughfares at night will soon 1
De thing Of the past.
It is realized that the proposition of /
the curfew ordinance will
rove hard one at the start. but those
'ack of the movement plan to go about
t IN systematic way. and have every
eason to feel encouraged as to results. I
Ihey realize they are taking a sten
when VIII appeal to every parent who
las the slightest regard for his chill
fen, ana at the same time they will
'e eliminating number of the bad in
uences which children contend with i'm
'eing allowed the freedom of the
treets until all hours of the night. and
ven morning.
During the summer months probation
Ulcers will be stationed at all of the
escorts, and no children. unless accom-
anied by their parents or guardians
III be permitted to remain after the 3
clock whistles have been sounded. In
very way, in fact, it is proposed to
ut stop to the present evil condi-
ions and bring about greatly desired
improvements in the morale of the citv
nd of the state in general -