The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-09
JUVENILE COURT AND
THE WORK 1T DOES
NJ ALEXANDER N'nr,s-a.R-

NJ AEEx ANDER wv Ns'rFsR-
TN hts annual report az Judge OK the
Juvenile Courtl
TIL year closing has been one or
activity and earnest work for the
juvenile court o. the Third judi
cinl district Of the state Of Utah. The
staff so far a. possible under present
conditions. o. well organized. the Of
ficcrs efficient and energetic and the
results % their efforts In lettering the
condition 81 the boys and girls under
their Jurisdiction are apparent and
Eratifyiug. Mr aides. whose valuable
assistance I greatly sppreciate. are:
Brown. Assistants Charles Spcrry. r. ~.
Harilc. Anna y. YounE. Hattie James
and Ethel Hansen ~ salt Lake county.
or Toocls county. o. y. Jones OF sum
mit county. ana Eoodly number Of
men and women who have rendered
officer.
Charities aud Corrections.
Throuel the Kindness 81 the com
mission . had Che honor Or attending
and correction. held al ST. Louis I'm
MAY last. AZ tEfe convention were as
srwhled about $500 delegates from
every state in the Union. and from sew
eral foreiRn countries. Though the
rnemhrrshir was composed OF noble
unselfiah men and women rcurcscnting
Fuciattou I'M the United states. they
were an united. and run % energy IN
working f'r The elevation and better
50 this convention th,. juvenile
courts cf che country were probably
fnc most thoroughly discussed OF any
subject LcadinE judges probation Of
ticers and Workcrs from the ranks met
together In Cen tcEsiOns. In which every
phase - the question was discussed.
L, While rot on th.e. official progrsm.
several times. which Z did. explaining
the laws and conduct or the Utah
courts. our methods were commended
and the consensus Of opinion was that
we had one OF the best juvenile court
systems lu America. the matter Of hav-
INK Judges with no other official du-
Ties receiving special praise. Many
valuable ideas were gathered. and faith
in the work 90 be accomplished
through tho agency II the juvenile
courts greatly strengthened. The zeal
and carncstnces displayed on every
hand evidcnciug the firm and abiding
U"iN VIC c.uureh courts nave secured
upon the American public
The Curfew Lsw.
Permit me Co refer briefly 60 some
special matters euEa Eing our attention
which DO not appear In the ACCOMPANY
Tho enforcement ~ the curfew law
haF been given considerable attention
duriuE thg year Several times we
have published iu the new papcrs no
tic"s to parents. guardians and chill
drcu. explaining Use law and warning
them that Do was the Intention 60 en-
force fro came f'orrrfafnf, bad bocr, M
mrr0u- ~ numbers or BOYS and girls
roaming The streets at night. and par
ticuisriy the main business thorough
farre. ON these. therefore. We CEN
tered our first efforts. The court staff.
with "a large number % volunteer Of
Ulcers. assisted bv Chief 81 Police Bar
low and hie force. csta bliehed head
quarter in Main street where. through
The kirdncs. " merchants. suitable
rooms were uhfa Inrd- The first night
our efforts resulted IN over 100 boys
and Girls under eighteen years of axe
being brought iu. These were given
Kindly edmonton and Informed or
found on the streets again late at
uI-Hf. uuarrorn panied hV parents or
Euardians. That they would De dealt
with. n number ~ these "rOund-uus
Wrlr had. each ono showing derreas-
tnE number ~ children ou The streets
90 niErt. our last effort resulting IN
findiuE about a uozcu. Nof only have
tIn children been practically eliwfnaf-
90 from our hurine~s streets a. niEht.
district has been materially reduced.
Both parents and children are hecom-
lnE educated 60 The necessity of obey
ing the law. Some parents az first
seemed to think lightly o. the matter.
Nuf when given TO understand that
over fiftT per cent. % the delinuuen-
c.c~ OF children tand those ~ the worst
kIn0f occur after o'clock at night.
they admitted the wisdom OF the law.
Tob-~-o and Liquor.
There iS an alarming prevalence 81
q Earet smoking among the bows of our
community. and earnest efforts have
arread Of this pcrnicious habit. and 20
Induce ITS "a abandonment by present vic
Tins. There are cigar stores iu salt
lake city. we are Ted 90 believe. which
rot only encourage BOYS 20 use tobacco.
hut slso to gamble. having various
gaming devices Boz hack rooms. where