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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-09
DEsERET EVENING NEWS FRIDAY DECEMBER 8 1910

And why shouldn't IT.? IT has never
been taught the first lesson of obedi-
ence; every selfish wish or desire has
been gratlficd until 1t almost has u
right to feel that one who tries to cur
tail Its slightest desire Is an intruder.
Children who have not been taught
obedience in the home are the first to
be apprchended MS delinuuents In the
B community. II they are not corrected.
before they pass the Juvenile court age.
they Will be the firstro don the stripes
at our prison doors,
The very fact that over 500 boys
and girls have been handled by Off
GERS of the juvenile court in one year
In II city the size of ours. Indicates
that there Is something wrong ana
calls aloud for parents to awaken and
attend to their duty. Our laws are
adequate on this point, but. owing to
the small appropriation made by the
last legislature for juvenile court pur-
poses, we have not been sufficiently
equipped to meet this phase of the
question. Judging from the past. am
convinced that the conditions Will re-
main unchanged so long as parents are
allowed to shrk the responsibility Of
their children.
1t Is my opinion that If the legisla-8
turc cali be- Induced to appropriatc
sufficient sun, to enable us To take up
this phase of the question, the condi- 4
lions among the boys ana girls will be
Very much improved. At the present
time We are unable to cope with the
situation.
PROBATION OFFICERS DUTY.
There are about so 900 boys and girls
in Salt Lake county who come under
the Jurisdiction of the juvenile court
Whilefit may be contended that the po-
lice department and the sheriff's of
flee do much toward preventing the
young people from going wrong, 1t is
also II fact that those officers feel that
because there Is Juvenile court the
young offenders are no longer under
their Jurisdiction. and 1t Is the duty of
the probation officer to look after
them 81 Pr
There are at the present time about
SO police officers in Salt Lake City to
look after tho adult population of the
city. and between 20 and 30 deputy |
sheriffs to look after the adult popula-
ton of the county. These officers all !
feel that they are relieved OF tho re-
sponsibility of looking after the boys
and girls undei. IS years of age. be-
cause there are six probation officers |
whose duty it is to Care for all such |
boys and girls in the city and county. |
When one realizes that about one |
third OF our population comes under
the jurisdiction of the juvenile court,
the inconsistency of the conditions be-
comes very apparent.
Police officers are by no means pro- |
baton officers. Their duties are as
different as the night Is from the day. |
When the police officer apprehends his
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/ man and gets him safely locked behind
the bars, his task is done. But not SO
with the probation officer. He finds his
| boy and realizing there Is afcausc%for
every delinquency. he Immediately
starts In pursuit of the cause. When
that Is found. his task begins. 1t is
mis- duty to remove the cause. il pos
sible, and from then on pilot the
youngster until lie becomes a good citi-
zen of the state.
THREE DEPARTMENTS.
Juvenile court work naturally divides
itself into three separate and distinct
departments, each, department having
its own peculiar duties to perform.
Thcy1arc:
First--The experimenting department
Second-The Investigating or segre-
eating department..
Thlrd-'rlle probation department.
Before the court can be brought up
to high standard of efficiency, these
departments must be thoroughly equip
ped with men and women VINO are pc
culiarly adapted to the work of the
department in which they labor 1t IS
seldom, II ever, nun or woman can
be found possessing all of the quaiti-
cations necessary to enable him or her
to properly perform all the duties of
these separate departments, man
might be first class experimenting of
3fcer but useless as a probation OILS ]
Ger or vice versa. But say. for illus
tration, that we could lind n man pos
sessing al of the qualifications neces-
sary to enable him to labor In all OF
Tic various departments as n proba-
ton officer. he would be unqualified
to accomplish the best results in deal
ing with boy whom he himself had
apprehended and brought before the
court He might successfully reach
the heart OF the young offender who
had becn apprehendcd by another Of
.ficer and lie might be successful In
guiding him on to useful citizenship.
He might apprehend and bring before
the court a boy or girl as successfully
as any experimenting officer connected
with the court. but the very fact that
he was the one who unprecedented and
brought this boy or girl before the
court, and informed tile court all the
disagreed BILE features connected with
the case would disqualify him to act IN
the capacity of Il probation officer III
the dealing with this particular case.
A man might be thoroughly qualified
to apprehend and bring before the court
adults who have contributed to the de-
linauency Of minors and yet not be a |
suitable officer to apprehend young Of
Tenders. Thus in the experimenting de-
partment we should have officers whose
exclusive duty is to deal with adults
who are contributing to the delin-
uuency of boys and girls. We should |
also have officers who devote their |
entire time to the apprehending OF |
minors In order to effectively perform J
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lEthese duties the officers Should be nar
tlcularly adapted to their labor. a - : !
The Investigating and segrcEni;n,,
department is one OF great Important
| and requires mon and women & win
broad minds to properly perform tbn
duties connected with this department.
1t should be the duty OF tlis depart,
ment to investigate all cases brought
to the attention OF the juvenile corr,
and to determine whether it would Ia
for the childs best interest to take the
case before the court or to settle ii omI
of court. In deciding this point tb;s
department should be so equipped MS in
enable it to make thorough inyesti,
CATION OF the home and neighborhood
conditions in which the child in uuos.
ton is being reared. K
MAKING OF COMPLAINTS.
1t should also be the duty of this do
6partment to make out all the con,
plants. serve all notices and furniah
the court with all necessary informa.
ton relative to the case. In order In
have this department do its full duty,
itwould require about four officers ia
handle the situation In Salt Lake coun.
ty. One of these officers should be =
competent physician, whose duty Il
would be to make a physical cx.i,niun
ton Of every boy and girl who IL tn
go before tho court, and determine
whether or not the delinquency is din"
To some physical or mental ailment NJ +,
tho child.
The probation department is the most
important department OF the institu.
ton. It is the duty Of this department
after being fully advised of the nature j
and cause of the delinquency, to adj.
minister the remedy.
The investigating and scgregatlnr
department. physlcian-like. diagnoses
the afiliction but the probation DEPART
be treated for its disease or in othor
words is the hospital for the delinquent
child.
1t is the duty of the probation officer
after the child has been placed in hs
charge. to exercise IL parental care or
supervision over the child from then on
until it becomes q good and useful citj-
zen. Connected with. this department Il
labor bureau and an organizing force ri
whose duty it would be to break IN tho
gangs congrcgating on corners and In e
other public places, and direct the on. Il
ergies of this class of young people
along some useful channel. '7ra
Until the juvenile court Is so eGuippcllq
and each department brought up to lis
highest standard, 1t will be inpossibIoer
at the present time confronts the III,
venile court
Pure Drugs and Presentations our r.
specialty. Halliday Drug Company
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and the results were usually effective,
but in some few cases we have been
unable to secure their co-operation and
have had to act independently.
neelanot speak OF the effect of such
an action upon the mind of the child,
as any one who knows anything about
child mature can readily understand
how disastrous 1t must prove.
The whole fabric upon which ju-
'yenile court work rests Is the llar-.
monizing of such conditions as Will
furnish wholesome environment for
the moral development of the child.
Such conditions cannot be brought
about by the spirit of discord but
through love and fair dealings one
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explained the seriousness Of such of
lenses to their parents. their only re-
Spouse would be. 81 didn't know that
that was against the law" or else they
would try to manufacture some excuse
that In a way would justify the ac-5
tons of the child.
There are too many parents ho'take,
the old Spartan view of the situation
and think that the offense lies, not in
tho commission of the act, but in the
being apprehended after the act has
been committed: too many fathers and
mothers are parents because they hap
pen to be, not because they desire to
he. and there are too many who try
to shield and protect their children lin
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GAURDELLo BROWN
annual report as chief probation Of
lrpr) "Ea4# r.

S.liiiual report as chief probation Of
ncer).
Tho year just ended has been tho
most successful year of the court since
IL became n state institution We have
handled more cases and done more
real probationary work during thc
past year than has been done during
any other like period of time since this
institution was established. Tho cf-
reefs OF our abors are being felt in
almost every department of life.
The home conditions in MANY in
stances have been looked into and cor.
rected, 1t has been our object In deal
Ing with all cuscs to strengthen mo
home influence. II possible, ana n.yar
nave we recommended tho sep,ration
OF parent and child unless we Wars
!,p'Eonghiv convinced that such an nc
,,,on would serve the best interests or
''Fo'e III question ana was tho only
"enadN by which tho children could ID
a,yed TO useful citizenship. y
We have cndcavorcd to draw ncnr
70 the home in AL our dealings with
INC boys and girls. Whenever wo have
fonnd conditions that were contribu-
tory to the delinquency or the children,
we have invited the parents to co-op-
crate with us In removing those con-
ditions. IN the majority OF such cases.
the parents have responded cheerfully
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HOW TO PROTECT CHILD. Z

How to protect the best interests OF
tine child has been the all-important
question in our minds and. while We
may have erred In some few cases, we
feel that the greater portion of the
boys and girls with whom we have
come in contact have been benefited.
In many cases we find that parents
are either directly cr'indirectly respDn-
sible for the delinquency of their chill
drcn. I suppose this condition Is due
to the fact that the responsibilities OF
pnrenthood have never been properly
impressed upon their minds
We have had children brought into
court who were guilty Of the rankest
kind of immortality, and after we have
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-09

Parents, as a rule. are too fndulgent
with their chitdren; they tolerate dis
obedience in tho home, laugh aud call
cunning those little wayw;srti tei,detr-
cies CHARACTERISTIC to early childhood,
until the child recognizes no restraint
AS 1t Grows UP and enters into COM
mun1ty life it naturally expects to md
Things there us it. did in it's own home.
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with another. As officers of the court,
we appreciate the truth OF this state
ment, and have tried to bring about
such condition In every case that
has been brought to our attention.
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Number Of boys and girls reappearins
IN and ont of court:
MISCELLANEOUS.

J Eighteen dependent aud neglected chill
drcn under seven years of age In court.
Sixty-seven adult cases handed III GIN
er courts for contributing TO the dclin-
oucncy Of minors.
Three hundred and thirtyeight,r, the
number Of boys and s.appearinE be-
fore and receiving admonition from the
court but not formally complained
against.
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TOBACCO AND LIoUOR

There is an alarming prevalence OF
cigaret smoking among the boys of
our community. ana earnest efforts
have been made to prevent the further.
spread of this perncious habit. and
to induce Its abandonment by present
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III 5 81 10 II L IS "A 10 l6 N / IS / Tot
PARENTS TOO .INDuLGENT,

wrongdoing rather than to correct
them. ~ -
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-26

Gordon. he surrendered with his COM
mand and received his parole at Ap-
pomattox Mr.. 0bnway Is prominent
laynan in the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South. and was a delegate to
the great EcumenIcal Conference in
London In 1901. He is the president
of tho Conway, Gordon s. Garnett
National Bank Of Fredericksburg.
Members In Richmond.
Among the most enthusiastic and
active members Of the Society Of De-
scendants OF the Signers residing in
Richmond are: Colonel William Gordon
McCabe. who Is a descendant OF
George Taylor. q signer from Pennsyl-
vania; Mrs. Henry Lee Valentine and
Mrs. Harry Lee Watson. descendants
from Carter Braxton, of Virginia, and
Mrs. John w. Wallace. In direct de-
scent from Thomas Nelson. Jr. Pc
tersburg Is represented in the society
by several very active members
among these being Marshall Carter
Hall. descendant OF Carter Braxton
and Mrs Elizabeth Paul Myers. de-
scended from Benjamin Harrison.
Throughout the State the society has
many enthusiastic members. 1t is
probable that the meeting of Tuesday
will result In the accomplishment OF
all that 1t is hoped for.
The founder of tho Society Of De-
scendants and its energetic secretary,
William Shields Mexican. will attend
the meeting and make an address set
ting forth tho objects and desires OF
the society.
Governor Mann has been invited tt
attend, and Will probably do so.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-26
Roanoke Social News.
[special to The Tirles-Dispat

Especial to The Times-DispatchI !.
Roanoke. Va, June 26.-Mss Sarah
Of her house guests. Misses Sarah and
Margaret Baumgardner. of Bristol.
Miss Alta Mae. Wood entertained
informally Thursday evening at her
home in Ninth Avenue. S. w.
Mrs. B. f. Pence was hostess Tues
day night Of charming entertain
ment given in honor of the young
Ladies' Missionary Society of Greene
Memorial Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward T. Pilson, OF
Staunton. who have been guests OF
Mrs. Joseph Hunter. left yesterdaydor
Norfolk.
past week here as guests OF Mrs.
Trotter's parents, Colonel and Mrs.
James S. Browning.
Mrs. Owls a. kerns and her children
are spending the summer at Willoush-
| by Beach.
Miss Beulah Ray Shull has returned
from Boston, where she attended the
Conservatory of Music the past win
ter
Misses Lucy and Daisy Wingfeld
and Miss Rosa Rogers, are in
Charlottesville. attending tho summer
school at the University.
Edward S. Green, his father, K. W.
Green. and Edward s. Green, Jr, left
uSSdoy ioi obIofAAAS, 49, tAi0hh
automobile.
Mrs Robert A. Buckner and her
daughter, Miss Dorothy, returned from
an extended visit to Richmond on
Tuesday.
Miss Louise Goodwin, of Chuckatuck,
! has returned home, after visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Jesse B. Vaughan, in this
| city.
| Misses Pearl and Bessie Barnett at
| tended the Virginia Baptist encamp-
1nent at Virginia Beach.
| Mrs John X. Graham and her little
daughter, Lois. are spending the sum
mer at Newport, r. !,
Miss Mary Lyle Smith, OF Baltimore,
Is Visiting Mrs. Samuel w. Hairston.
Mrs. c. c. Wentworth is visiting In
Rosemont, Pa.
Miss Waldron. of Richmond, is the
| guest of Miss Marie Gordon.
Mrs. Charles EARLY, of Washington
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. r. r.
Fairfax
from ,s: visit TO Mrs, S. W. Williams, IN
Richmond.
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Gainesville Social News.
rSpecial 10 The Times-Dispatch,

Especial 10 The Times-Dispatch.l
Gainesville, Va, June 25.-Miss Ans
ME Kate Rhodes, who, with Q. friend,
has been on visit to her mother,
Mrs. Matte Rhodes, has returned to
Norfolk.
Judge and Mrs. John O. Reynolds
will leave Monday morning for visit
to their son. Rev. w. w. Reynolds.
South Boston.
Miss Mary Reynolds will leave on
Monday for Covington. where she Will
attend the summer normal She will
be accompanied by her sister. Miss
Helen, and Mrs Sidney l. Kte. who
will spend few weeks In the moun-
tains,
Miss Annie Tippet, who has been
teaching has closed her school, and
will leave in few days for her home
in Oxford, N. c.
Edwin Ike is attending tho summer
school at Fork Union.
Mrs j. Scott Crowder, Of Hunters
Lodge, is spending a few days with
her parents,
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Meltons Social News.

Especial to The Ttmes-Disp atch,1
Melton's, Va, June 25,-F. Morse
and little son, Yancey. are visiting in
Charlottesville this week.
Miss Annie d. Carter, who has been
visiting at the home of Mrs NJ. G,
Ogg, returned home Saturday.
Miss Callis Woody visited the Misses
Woodward, at Louisa last week,
where she attended the commence
ment OF the Louisa High School.
who has just graduated from the Dam
vile High school. is spending her va
cation with her grandmother here.
Robert w. Woody left for Richmond
Sunday.
Bunkroe Beach. where no Will spend
Miss May &. Woody was the guest
OF Miss LILLIAN c. smith, of Gordons-
vile, last week.
W. Nj. ogg, of Richmond. visited
his mother here Tuesday,
Mrs, John Quarles and son visited
friends in charlottesville last week.
G. c. Garter spent Wednesday at his
home near here,
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~N Tuesday afternoon there will
assemble in the par!ors of the
~ Jefferson Hotel an interesting
and notable gathering--descenda OF
eigners OF the Declaration OF lnde-
pendence, who are residents OF Vir-
Sinia. Inasmuch as there are upwards
or 500 OF these descendants. 1t Is prob
able that the meeting Will be q large
'iy attended one, and q fitting prelude
to the third annual congress OF the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-26
nnan,sh ds Mclenn insignia w Goon Mcabe

Society of Descendants of the Signers
at Philadelphia on July 4. The con-
gress will be held in the room in
which the famous ancestors of the
members OF the society made hallow-
ed by the adoption and signing of the
declaration, ito assume among the
powers of earth the separate and equal
station to which the laws of nature
and natures God entities them" and
whereby they mutually pledged to
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-26

each other their lives. their fortunes
and their sacred honor.
Virginia, next to Pennsylvania, has
more descendants OF signers OF the
declaration than any other State. not
only descendants of those men of this
State, but many directly in descent
from men who represented other
States in the Colonial Congress. The
records OF the Society Of Descendants
indicate that there are fully 500 men
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and women and children who are in
direct line, many of whom have be-
come members of the society. which
was organized at the Jamestown Ex-
position on July 4, 1907.
Object OF Meeting.
Tho primary object OF the meeting
on Tuesday, which will be called to
order at 2 o'clock In the ladies' par
Tors on the Franklin Street side Of the
hotel. Is for the purpose of stimulat-
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-01-15
WILL Aid To PROMOTE
DAIRY INDUSTRY IN
LOUISIANA.
Important Conference In Wash.
ington, Between Louisiana
Officials and Department
Of Agriculture.

Washington, Jan. l0.-Arrange-
ments Tor close cooperation between
State officials Of Louisiana and Of
Meals Of the Department
OF Agriculture were completed
last night at a dinner given
by Secretary Wilson to Drs. Jones.
Mann and Guthrie, the three Louis
lana officials asked to come here for
q consultation with him about the
bleached flour cases. They spent two
DAYS here going over the chemical
side Of the bleached -four question in
which they r to be witnesses for
the government, but did not confne
discussion to that matter.
During the day DR.. Jones had a
talk with B. +. Raw, chief of the
dairy division of the Bureau Of Ami
nal industry, about the possibility of
the government helping the State
food commissioner in his effort to de-
Velop Louisiana into a dairying State.
His proposals met with a cordial re-
Spouse from the Federal officials.
Secretary Wilson said that he would
be glad to have Mr.. Rawl go to
Louisiana to deliver a number Of ad-
dresses backing up DR.. Jones' efforts
to make dairying, around New Or
leans particularly. more prominent as
he thinks it should be.
The Secretary, having learned that
Pr. Jones has collected considerable
data about the capabilities of Louis
lana as a dairy State. said he would
be glad to publish the data in the
Farm Bulletin, the publication that
goes to practically every advanced
farmer in the country, if DR.. Jones
would furnish the data. The Louis
lana official was glad to make such a
promise.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-01-15
Meter System in st. Martins
vile

Says the St. Martinville Messenger:
The meter system was put in oper-
alton on our electric light on the first
day Of this month and the fiat rate
raised from 40 cents for residences
to rs cents and go certs for business
houses to IS cents, caused a large
number Of r.r.ons to give up the
electric light. The minimum rate
$3.50 is tao high and the meter ates
Of Is cents il also too high. Unless
d more satisfactory and popular ar
rangement can be adopted, We fear
that the plant viii soon be 4 serious
proposition to the town.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-01-15
The Deadly Wood Alcohol.

Coroner Hamburger, Of New York,
recently reported that several deaths
in that city vas due to the drinking
Of wood alcohol as shown BY the au-
topsies held on the bodies, says the
Daily States. He has asked the
authorities, including the Federal In
ternal Revenue Department, to in
vestigate the matter. because one of
the victims who died in a hospital,
had a recipe in his pocket for making
a gallon Of Whiskey which cost a
trifing sum, and it is known that in
many Of the cheaper class of saloons
a drink of such stuff can be bought
for FIVE cents.
But more than a year ago DR.. Wi
ley, chief chemist Of the Agricultural
Department, declared that it would
be wrong to assume that wood alco-
hol is served, mixed with whiskey or
other liquors, only in the cheap sac
loon, for there was evidence in the
condition of many men who had been
served in saloons of the first class
that they had suffered also from the
poisonous effect of wood alcohol, but
it is believed that the proprietors Of
these places are ignorant Of the fact
that the liquor they sell contains
poison, or the fact that wood alcohol
is really a poison.
Therefore it is time that official
action, Federal, State and municipal,
should be taken to put an end to the
traffic in wood alcohol except for the
specific uses for which it is properly
and openly manufactured-uses for
example, in the mechanical arts
which have no connection whatever
with the art Of bodybuilding. All of
the stuff should be labelled with the
word poison and the label should
state the various ways in which it
may be used, and Imprisonment should
be the punishment Of any person who
it in any quantity, mixed or IN.
to customers as a beverage.