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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-21
BLIGHT OF SALOON.

We can all see now the blight that
the saloon left on the home and child =
hood 1t was not strange that a moth
er neglected to care for her children
when drunken husband was her first
need of attention. | cannot imagine a
more foolish or unscientific way of
dealing with an evil than that used by
the American people in dealing with the
saloon In the first place we licensed
it and although we made some laws for
the protection of society. such as pro-
hibiting the sale of liquor to minors
and drunkards, we did not strictly en-
force these laws and the saloon existed
and thrived in partnership with all
forms of vice and crime If a work
ingman got drunk he was brought to
court and fined or imprisoned IF fin
ed, the money was taken away from
his wife and children. II he was i'm
prisoned he probably lost his Job
which resulted in more misery for the
family. Perhaps his wife was brought
before the juvenile court and admon-
ished for failing to keep the unclothed
children in school. But note that the
man who sold the liquor went abso-
lutely free: in fact prospered, grew fat
and wore diamonds. The easy thing TO
do was to arrest and punish the drunk
ard. The difficult thing would have
been to hit the cause. The saloon has
gone, but ! wonder II we will not con-
tinue to deal with delinquency in MANY
cases in much the same way as we
dealt with the liquor problem.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-21
INSANE ASYLUM TEST.

Our methods remind me of the story
OF the insane asylum where they had
one test to see II patient was cured.
He was taken TO a room where a fau-
Get was open and the water falling on
the floor. lie was given broom and
was told to sweep the floor dry. II he
tried to do this without first turning
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-21

We mount animals deer heads,
birds, rugs, robes and buck skins. r.
w. Limbert and Co., TaXidermists and
Tanners, 1924 Main St, Boise, Ida
Adv. If.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-21
BROkEN HON ES.

We found that about 40 per cent of
our cases were due in some degree to
broken homes and this involves the
question of divorce. ] may say in this
connection that both as a Judge and as
lawyer ! have been satisfied that we
should have strict laws regarding di-
vorce, and that divorces should be
granted only after most careful con-
sideration. But the problem is much
deeper than simply the question of di-
vorce laws. We must ascertain the
cause for unhappy marriages The
home is broken when love and respect
60 and this is long before the Judge
renders the divorce decree.
II is the children who suffer most
because of the continual grinding OF
the divorce courts and for this reason
parents should be willing to make great
sacrifices to keep the home intact
The question of proper maria ge
laws is important, and more vital than
any law Is the proper education of
young people, and the use of every
safeguard to prevent mistakes
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-21

off the water he was retained in the
institution, but IL he knew enough to
turn off the WISER he was discharged.
POVERTY.
Are we simply hailing the victim into
court or are we turning off the faucet.
remember on one occasion we had
decided to call into court a mother who
had evidently been grossly neglecting
her children. They We're poorly cloth
ed and their school attendance was
very irregular. Upon investigation l
learned that the husband of one of the
woman's daughters was in the peniten-
tiary, and that there were IL persons
to be clothed, fed and cared for on an
income of six dollars week, and
realized then there were reasons for
this apparent neglect. Society should
wake up to the fact that If mother of
young children is compelled to 20 out
and work for living, her children will
necessarily be neglected. In the end it
will cost less in actual dollars and cents
to see that a good mother remains at
home with her children to say nothing
Of the inestimable gain to society in
having the children cared for
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-21
MOTHERS PENSIONS.

/ am glad we have on our statute
books the mothers pension law. From
all l have seen T. has done a great deal
OF good and / consider that il is based
on good sense and justice. l do not
think it should be regarded as a mat
ter of charity. I think the mother who
has been left with little children is
entitled to receive from the state some
assistance to supplement her services
in rearing her children to useful man
hood and womanhood l believe the
day will come when every expectant
mother and every child born and its
mother will be provided with the ne
cessares of life and we shall cease to
hear of little chilren going hungry to
school
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-21
SHOULD BE NoN-PARTlsAN.

me reason given why the juvenile
cases and other important matters
should be transferred to the district
court is that it is claimed that more
capable and experienced men are Sc
cured for the district court bench be-
cause there are greater inducements
for able men to seek and continue to
hold the office of district Judge. This
argument is undoubtedly sound, but in
spite of the lack of inducements to pro-
bate judges, our state has had a large
number of conscientious and capable
men doing this work. But we have
reached stage in our development
where the people of the state should
be awakened to the great importance
of this office and should look forward
to taking such steps as are necessary
to secure only highly capable and
worthy men for the office and to re-
tain those in office who have made
good.
1t would seem to me, in the light of
the duties which the probate judge is
called on to perform, that he also
should be learned in the law; should
receive larger salary than is now
permitted, and that the office should be
non partisan. But even with these
changes in the laws, unless the people
themselves become more deeply inter
estcd in this office it is probable that
the most suitable judges will not al
ways be secured. A great advantage
of handling juvenile matters in this
court is that it is always open and it is
easy to secure the attention of the
judge and as a rule there is little de-
lay 1t is distinctly court for the
common people and is in all respects
/ n formal and ln1n1I.nn.lti1.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-21

of general conditions the judge is adu-
eating them and putting them on tier
guard.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-21
NO MARRIAGE PREPARATION.

Most young people grow up with lit
tie II any information from trust
worthy sources regarding sex matters
or marriage. Every novel ends when
the marriage of the heroine takes
place. but that Is just where her life
really begins. Young people get mar
Some have not money enough on hand
to buy chair or even pay the minis
ter. Even this would not prove an in
suparable handica though inconven-
lent for the minister--if the young man
has energy and ambition which how
ever in such circumstances. is not gen
orally true. In other cases il Is not
the matter of poverty. hut the effects
of a hasty marriage that is the trouble.
1t takes married woman some time
to understand her husband. and it is
probable n married man will never
fully understand his wife, perhaps be-
cause she does not always understand
herself But a young man and young
woman will imagine that in few
weeks or months OF acquaintance they
fully understand each other The re-
suit Is that great mistakes are madn
and frequently they find after marriage
that their views of life on important
matters are wholly different
| might say that | have had consid-
cradle experience with regard to the
marriage of very young people. Mere
children. This is possible through the
consent of the parents. Many OF these
cases prove disastrous and such mar
riages should be discouraged
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-21
FUNCTIONS OF THE COURT.

There has been considerable discus
sion as to just what are the true duties
and functions of a Juvenile court
Should it be regarded and fostered as
an institution which should ever seek
to increase its participation in and
control over the activities of the chill
dren of the community, or should it
rather be considered an instrumental
ity for forcing back on other agencies,
such as schools, charitable institutions
and parents matters which may prop
orly be cared for by them. | believe
that the latter view is the correct one.
Certainly the court should not encour-
age parents who seek to free them
selves from their obligations by hav-
ing their children sent to the industrial
school or even placed under the super
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-21
OPPORTUNITIES OF JUDGE.

great field OF usefulness Is open
for the judge who has the vision to see
his opportunities and the enthusiasm
and energy to make the most of them.
The juvenile judge may hold other inn
portant positions in life but / doubt If
he will ever again be in a place where
he can do more good for his commun-
ity. We who are in business or profess
sional life give much of our thought
to money making, but in the years to
come 1t will probably matter little to
the world whether we succeed or fail in
this But it will be of vital importance
to many persons long years from now
If the juvenile Judge of even the most
sparsely settled county of Idaho today
rises to the task before him and with
intelligence and might strikes at every
foe to childhood. What are these
foes? What are the conditions which
bring about the pathetic spectacle Of
the dependent or delinquent child in
the Juvenile court?
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-21
POWERS
VESTED IN THE
PROBATE COURT
Continued from Page seveD

receives salary not less than $500 nor
more than $4,000 per annum. The ex-
act salary is fixed by the county COM
missiOnerS
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-21
BETTERING CONDITIONS,

The juvenile judge who desires to
make the most of his opportunities will
not stop with ascertaining whether or
not a boy or girl has done a certain
wrongful act. He will devote his best
thought and efforts to discovering the
conditions which brought the child In
to court and lettering them. Like the
case of the drinking man to whom |
have referred, we are apt TO take the
easy course and mete out some punish
ment to the child. We have an excel
lent law whereby persons contributing
to the delinquency of children can be
punished. 1t might be better if the
juvenile Judge had exclusive jurisdic-
ton in such cases, this being a INSIDE
meanor coming under the Jurisdiction
of any magistrate, but at least he has
power to act. One of the Weaknesses
of the court and for which it has been
subject to just criticism Is that it has
not punished those who were respon-
sible for the downfall of the child. II
a boy smokes cigarettes or visits pool
halls, 1t is Of more Importance toNpun-
ish the proprietor who sells the cigar
cites or permits the boy In the pool
hall than the boy.
Educating public opinion in these
matters is also very important 1t is
difficult thing to keep young boys
from smoking cigarettes when on ev-
cry hand they see grown men doing
this. 1t is hard for boys to see that
a few years difference in age should
make It right for one and wrong for.
the other.
There is one direction, however, in
which the court has been admittenlyI
successful and in which 1t has done and
may continue to do a
great service. 1t has pointed out -
the pubic the conditions which have
brought about the delinquency of the
children Of the community and by pub
licity has set in motion forces for the
betterment of these conditions. The
juvenile court has been compared to
barometer which shows the moral con-
ditions of the community. BY keeping
the parents Of the community informed
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-21
WHERE RESPONSIBILITY
BELONGS,

The responsibility should be kcpt
where it belongs, but il necessary the
court should back up the parental au-
thority with all its power.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-21

of the water he was retained in the
institution, but IL he knew enough to
turn off the WISER he was discharged.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-05-24
SHORTCOMINGS OF pARENTHooo

Texas judge has recently decided
that father has the right to whip
his married daughter after she has
returned to the protection OF the
parental roof. At the same time the
whipping of seventeen-year-old girl
would not be necessary had the father
done his full duty in the earlier train
ing of the child. Judge Pinckney OF
Chicago finds that large proportion
of the delinquency of children com.
ing to his court Is due to the neglect
or their parents. And the juvenile
courts all over the country ARE recog
measures to punish parents who will
not restrain their offspring. Parents
are continually advertising to the pub
lie their own coarseness and inefii
cheney by the conduct of their children
says Houston Post. In hotel and res
taurant on street cars and I'm jitneys
vat the picture show and In the church.
along the side walk and In the rail
road train-everywhere that children
90 there Is always a walking advertise
ment of the lack of home training. the
failure of parenthood. Parents know
or should know. what taints-physlca
and mental-their progeny inherits.
They know what traits OF character
are to be restrained and what cult
waited But, instead of giving their
lives to the study of the problem, they
carelessly assume control of piable
material of the most wonderful posi-
bilities for good or evil With less
knowledge than they would devote to
the care Of scrub stock they enter upon
the rearing of children. And not only
do they permit. hut they facilitate, the
warping, dwarfing, dstorting and vul-
garizing of what should have been de-
veloped into beautiful and lovely be-
ings nodded in the image of the Gre
ator.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-05-24
CHAPTER XVIII.
Facing the Music.

They had not underestimate the
danger from Sassoons suspicious ma
levolence. He returned next morn
ing to read what further he could
among the rocks. 1t was little, but 1t
Spelled a meeting of two people-Nan
and another-and he was stimulated to
keep his eyes and ears open for fur
Their discoveries. Moreover, continu-
ing ease in seeing each other, unde-
tected by hostile eyes, gradually rem
dered the lovers less cautious in their
arrangements.
De Spain, naturally reckless, had
won in Nan a girl hardly more con-
cerned. Self-relient both of them,
and instinctively vigilant, they spent
so much time together that Scott and
Lefever, who, before a fortnight had
passed after Dukes return home, sur
missed that De Spain must be carry
ing on some sort of q clandestine af-
fair limiting toward the gap, only ques-
toned how long it would be before
something happened and only hoped
1t would not be, in their own word
unpleasant. 1t was not theirs in any
case to admonish De Spain, nor to
dog the movements of SO capable q
friend, even when his safety was con-
cerned, so long as he preferred to keep
his own cOunsel-there are limits
within which no man welcomes unin-
yited assistance. And De Spain, in
his long and frequent rides, his pro-
tracted absences, indifference to the
Lob fIp p h,,c
had evidently passed within these
limits.
What was stage traffic to him COM
pared to the sunshine on Mans hair
what attraction had schedules to offer
against a moment of her eyes; what
pleasing connection could there be be-
tween bad-order wheels and her low
laugh?
The two felt they must meet to dis
cuss their constant perplexities and
the problems of their difficult sltua-
ton; but when fbey reached their
trysting places, there was more of gay
ETY. Than gravity, more of nonchalance
than concern, more of looking into
each others hearts than looking into
the troublesome future. And there
was hardly an inviting spot within
miles of Music mountain that one or
the other Of the two had not waited
near.
There were, of course, disappoint-
,ments, but there were only few fail
ures in their arrangements. The diff
culties of these fell chiefly on Nan.
How she overcame them was source
of surprise to De Spain, who marveled
at her innocent resource in escaping
the demands at home and making her
way, despite an array Of obstacles, to
his distant impotence.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-05-24
cvy out every day and night against

cvy out every day and night against
you"
Dukes violent finger shot out at her.
"And you're the gal | took from your
nanny and promised I'd bring up Il
decent woman. You've got none o her
blood in you-not Il drop. You're the
brat of that minclng brother Of mine
that was always riding horseback ana
showing Off in town while l was weed
ing the tobacco beds"
Nan clasped her hands. Don't
blame me because I'm your brothers
child. Blame me because I'm wom-
I'm, because l have heart, because
l want to live and see you live. and
to see suspicion. distrust, feuds.
alarms. and worse. I'm not migrate
full. as you plainly say l am. | want
you to get out of what you are in
here-I want to be out of ii. I'd rather
be dead new than TO live and die In IT,.
And what is this anger all for? Moth
ing. He offers you his friendship"
She could speak no further Her uncle.
with a curse, left her alone. When she
arose in the early morning he had
already gone away.
(To be continued.)
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-05-24

What good do you get out OF giving
people mean little thrusts. II this is
the sort of thing you enjoy, there is
something wrong in your makeup.
There Is spot in your heart which Is
morally decayed. Its badness may
not cause you to become positively
dangerous, but you have within you
the same quality of cruelty which
makes the heather hang men up by
the thumbs, because they enjoy the
suffering of the victims. The hurts
you infiict are mental The barbarian
tortures are physical, says Irish World.
Mental anguish is more painful than
physical hurt. 1t cuts deeper and lasts
longer You may think that one who
Is the butt Of your remarks does not
feel them deeply; but you know how
sensitive you are to similar thrusts.
If you will stop to think a moment
and place yourself In the position of
the one you attack, the chances are
that you Will not be guilty In future
of the mean little things in which you
now indulge yourself as a matter of
"a little fun"
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-05-24

A cough that racks and weakens
is dangerous, it undermines your
health and thrives on neglect. Re-
lieve it at once with DR.. Kings New
Discovery. This soothing balsam
remedy heals the throat, loosens the
phlegm, its antiseptic properties kill
the germ and the cold is quickly bro
ken up. Children and grown-ups
alike find DR.. Kings New Discovery
pleasant to take as well as effective.
Have a bottle handy in your medicine
chest for grippe, Group and all bron-
chial affections. At druggists, soc.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-05-24
@ NAN Of .
MUSIC MOUNTAIN
By ffdnkH SpedrmdN
Author Of Whispering Smith
SYNOPSIS.
Author d whispering Smi1k

CHAPTER lon Frontier day at Sleepy
Cat, Henry de Spain. gunman and train.
master at Medicine Bend, is beaten at
target shooting by Nan Morgan OF Music
dent asks De Spain to take charge OF the
Thief River stage line. but he refuses.
CHAPTER II-De Spain sees Nan dane
Ing with Gale Morgan. is later derisively
pointed out to Nan on the street by Gale.
and is moved to change his mind and &C
cept the stage line job.
CHAPTER Hide Spain and Leftover
Gale Morgan with Deaf Sandusky and
Sassoon. gunner and retainers OF the
Morgan clan. Morgan demands the dis
fuses. De Spain meets Nan but fails to
overcome her aversion to him.
CHAPTER Iv-Sassoon knifes Elpaso.
the stage driver, and escapes to Morgan's
gap, the stronghold of the Morgans. De-
Spain, Lefeyer and Scott go in after him.
and De Spain brings out SaSSon alone.
CHAPTER Vile meets Nan. who de-
lays him until nearly overtaken by tho
Morgans, but lands his captive in jail.
CHAPTER vI-Sassoon breaks jail. De
Spain boards the Morgans in saloon
and is shot at through the window. He
meets Nan again.
CHAPTER Wife prevents her going
into a gambling hall to find her Uncle
Duke and inside faces Sandusky and Lo-
gan, who prudently decline to fight at
the time
CHAPTER Wilde Spain. anxious to
make peace with Nan. arranges a little
plan with McAlpin. the barn man.. to
drive her out to Morgan's gap, and while
waiting for her goes down to the inn to
get cup OF coffee.
CHAPTER Kiln the deserted barroom
be is trapped. He kills Sandusky and
Logan. wounds Gale and Sassoon and es-
capes, badly wounded.
CHAPTER X-Bewildered and weak, he
wanders into Morgans gap and is dis
covered on Music mountain by Nan.
CHAPTER KHAN. to prevent further
lighting. does not tell. but finds out from
trapped and had left his cartridge belt
behind when he went into the fight at the
Inn.
CHAPTER xII-While De Spain is I'M
able to travel Nan brings food TO him.
He tells her that he became a gunman TO
hnd and deal with his fathers unknown
murderer. He gives Nan his last cart
ridge.
CHAPTER xIII-Gale almost stumbles
over De Spain's hiding place. Nan draws
him away and to stop Gales rough WOO
ing De Spain BLUFFS him out with an empty
gun. Nan plans De SPANS escape.
CHAPTER xIv-De Spain crawls out
of the gap over the face OF Ell Captain
at night. Nan meets him with horse and
from McAlpin. and De Spain rides into
Calabasas.
Page and gains valuable aid: After two
nightly visits to the gap. De Spain gets a
word with Nan. She tells him to forget
her and he asks her to shoot him.