Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-02-04
On THE WRONG ROAD

some thing seems 70 be wrong with
iot % Shoshone boys who are Just
s-frrua ching young manhood ard who
instead II Icing q source o. pride 70
Iarenfe and the town 10 general. seem
oetergefref 20 sooner or later break in
81 fhe periientiary or TIE reform school
Ttert are "a number Il these hov
susf rer@ing into adolescence who.
aurine rhe past year ~ so hare re-
peaetellg been guilty Of crimes which
would have sent them 70 prison b.,
Ter IRE respectabaity Of their parents
or abcre aecoBnt the injured parties
rtflsee 81 appear a. prosecuting Wit
nesses. The sherifs Office. The town
marshall and the probate court are AZ
her Hits end 70 know how 70 meet
the situation.
The ca use and the cure Tor these
conditions are questions which are Of
vital interest not only 70 the boys and
Their immediate relatives, but 10 the
entire town
A. the result ~ many years suent
IN the training Of children the Journal
editor f. ~ the opinion that there Is
20 such thing as BAD BOY or BAD
Girl. except - their training AZ
home and ~ school makes them 80.
Every human being Is a self-generat
dynamo ~ physical and mental power.
y Is aiso a motor endowed by human
Impulses 20 expend the power II gen
crates As long a. there Is lie 10 a boy
or slri there is power generated. No
huTnan being can stop the generation
81 power within body. BY Ike token
This power must be expended. and no
human bring can prevent the expen-
dtfure- y is within the power Of each
individual n direct the expenditure OF }
This energy and when this expenditure J
's inteiiigentiy directed Ia performing
useful EFFORT the result is beneficial ~
AT concerned On the other hand when a
his energy Is permitted TO SEEK action a
without Intelligent direction IL re- 2
'uits In evil Trriga ton water is nae q
'ui II confined to the bitches made IN .
'onduct u 70 the crops. but harmful =
when y hreaks through the ditch banks =
nc foods the crops. Electrical energy Il
useful 80 long as u follows the prop- o.
r conductors but a mighty power for
vi when break in the conductor &C. CT
Yrs and The current runs wild. All g
nergy. either physical or mental. Is u
xpended in the direction OF the least p
esistznce. so We lnsuiate our electrical -
ondDctors and build our ditch banks ~
order . make the line Of least re- n
Stance a useful one.
u Is the business q the home and the
'nooi and the community TO built in
.tse young people a line Of CHARA-
It-k which VIII conduct their ensr- ra
IS IN the right direction. II Is our ~
iiure % understand how 10 DO this. n.
our Indifference or our iszfness 70 ~;
hat e. the foundation Of this ~
sve Of Juvenile crime that has 50 =,
locked cur citizens the past year or 80
l. Everyone may easily recall that ~,
re Or four years ago practically ~
e-Ts1ne q these boys who are now h.,
anxiouSiy tempting the doors Of the =.
ison % open 70 them whore ~,
2 kids who occupied The -.
1nt seats az IRE movie show ana -
~ 50 boisterous and noisy. fen Of 81,
y and annoying practices that I. 49,
r-ousiy affected the sttendarce A. -
, show People VINO cis not care =,
annoyed By such Garrznt rriscon- -.
e stayed - home inSuch numbers -
90 seriously affect the reresn.s :,
show Parents q these chIlSr,, -.
,ost uniformly resented an zsfa-,r. -. -
the part u the manager % the show -
curb their evil activities Our civil -
horsties were inclined 70 laugh q. -
80 activities As Indicating smart -
:. The same uncontrolled actions -.
= permitted n the schools. rrcant -.
asionaIly when a teacher had -,
cacre rr = Crouch from 6aneinr or -
r all night euJoyment. would BE-
IL tenpcrsriai1y exasDerated ara -.
q up a kid for some act which =
been permitted 70 pass many tisuex
~ without even a reproof
2 have III Of NJ. parents. teachers