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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-19
WHEELS OF INDUSTRY
RUN FAST IN Ohio
1Rv Associated Pressl

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 18.-The
wheels of industry are running fast in
Ohio,and unemployment is becoming
a thing of the past, results of gen.
eral survey by the federal department
of labor show The rubber industry
is reported as showing unusual
strength, employment in the iron and
steel industry is making new high
records, according to the report which
says coal production is retarded con-
siderably because of lack of facilities.
The report continues: "Sheet mills
will operate to capacity until the end
of February, and complaints are COM
ing from many cities of shortage Of
labor. Conditions in the brick indus
try generally are more favorable than
at any period during 1922 Nearly all
brick manufacturing plants are run
ming to capacity. Increasing employ
ment is revealed in the textile indus
try. The farm implement and tractor
business has shown marked improve
ment. There is an increase in build
ing operations over November, 1921,
throughout the state
The shoe and pottery industries are
reported as inactive. through labor
controversies.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-19
REID RESTING EASIER
AFTER BREAKDOWN

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 19.-Wallace
Reid is resting easier today with over
night decrease of temperature, accord
ing to Mrs. Wallace Reid, wife of the
motion picture actor, who is in Holly
wood sanitarium, after nervous
breakdown.
Blackmailers aided in precipitating.
the final breakdown of Reid, it was as 1
serted today by his friends. When he
was fighting to break himself of the
drug habit, certain men in Hollywood
and Los Angeles attempted to obtain
money from him to suppress the print
ing of an expose, it was charged.
This expose was to have been print
ed without names, but would have in
stantly labelled Reid as the man re
ferred to, according to Mrs. Alice Da-
venport, the stars mother-in-law. Reid
steadfastly refused to play into the
hands of the blackmailers. but their
scheme worried him greatly, Mrs. Da
venport said.
Coming just at the time when he was
fighting to break himself of the habit,
these threats were largely responsible
for his breakdown, she believes.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-19
.HI-Y CLUB ENJOYS
CHRISTMAS PARTY

A Christmas party was given by
members of the Hi-Y club of the Y. NJ.
C. A. at the Y Monday night. Each
member brought friend as a guest
and there were more than 100 boys
present Each member gave his guest
a gift An deliberately decorated
Christmas tree was also arranged in
token of the guests.
Many games were played during the
evening and they were thoroughly en-
joyed by all present. The Richmond
Baking company furnished fancy
cakes for the refreshments, which
We're served during the evening.
This event is an annual affair and
every year the club receives hearty
cooperation from all the members OF
the club.
Members of the committee in
charge of the entertainment were:
Marion Thomas, Maurice Longfellow,
Allen Stamper, Lewis Davis and mem
bers of the executive committee made
up of George Kruger. president, Phil
lip Kessler, vice-president, Roy Have
kotte, secretary and Allen Stamper,
treasurer.
The next meeting of the club will be
held January 1.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-19
Markets
GRAIN PRICES

(Markets by Lamson Bros. & Co,
PIP Union National Bank Building.)
CHICAGO, Dec. 19.-The govern
ment report, like that of Friday, had
only temporary bearish influence.
There was free selling of wheat dur
ing the early part of the session on
government figures and also on the re-
port from Washington that no favor
able action could be expected until
after the first of next year. AppaN
emil ythe world is becoming convinced
of possible shortage of wheat before
the new crop is harvested and there is
enough buying demand in market to
prevent any serious break. Corn and
oats were under liquiding pressure
and lost ground as cempared with
wheat. December corn, however,
gained sharply on the May. There
was a good export business reported
although total sales could not be Sc
cured. Heavy deliveries of oats on
December contracts was the principal
bearish factor in the latter month.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-19
START PREPARATIONS
FOR SKI TOURNAMENT
AT MINNES0TAPARK
CBv Asseclated Pressl

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, Dec 10
Work has begun on the one hundred
foot steel ski slide at Glenwood Park
here, on which skiers of the country
will participate in fhe national ski
tournament, to be held in Minneapolis
February 10 and II.
Cooperating with the board of park
commissioners, the Municipal Ski Club
of Minneapolis and TIE Odin Club, an
other local organization. have sub
scribed toward the erection O. the
slide. The tournament will be con
Quoted under the auspices of the three
bodies.
The outstanding event on the open
ing day will be the boys national
championship meet, in which all boys
under sixteen years of age are eligible
to participate. in addition, a dual
meet between the University, of Min
nesota and University of Wisconsin
will be held that day.
Other Participants
On the following day, Glass A and
B skiers from all parts of the United
States and Canada will compete.
"The Minneapolis tournament will
be the biggest in the history of the
ski sport and will take on an interna-
tional aspect with entries coming from
Canada" states l.. ]. Sverdrup, secre-
tary of the National Ski association.
Among the list who already have
made arrangements TO attend are dele
cations from Dartmouth college, Iron
wood, Bich., Grand Beach Club, Mich
igan; Denver. Colo; Revels Stoke, B,
c., Canada; Winnipeg, Montreal Tor
onto and Quebec, according to Secre-
tary Sverdrup.
There is a revival in skiing and
more clubs are organizing now than
ever before in the history Of the nine
teen years of the existence of the
National Ski Association" Mr.. Sverd-
rup said.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-19
wINcAEsTER MARKETS

WINCHESTER, Ind, Dec. 19.-Cor
rected daily by the Winchester Union
Stockyards company.
Iogs-Receipts. foEr cars; market.
10 to 20 higher; light workers., 40 to
100 lbs, $500; 100 To $50 lbs, s8100
$500; mixed, $50 to 220 lbs, $50;
medium, 220 to 240 lbs, $50; heavies.
241 to 800 lbs, s80S10; extreme heav
les, 800 lbs. and over, $500; light york
ers, $500 down; pigs, 40 lbs, $500
down; roughs, $6,75; stays, SO lbs.
dock, $3.50 down.
Cattle-Good to choice steers, $3.50
as; fair to good. S6Q7; good to choice
heifers, S50750; choice. $404.50;
fair to good COWS. 1904; Gamers and
cutters, S1.50G250; bulls, 1904.
Calves-Choice 5000 down; COM
mon. SS.0009.O0; culls, $500 down.
Sheep-Spring lamos, S11012; eulls
and heavies, S5.00Q9.00; choice sheep,
S3OO0400; common to good and
bucks, $1.OOQ2.OO; yearlings, 5000
$500.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-19
Farm Sale Calendar
Wednesday, December 20

s. E. Morton, living three miles west
of Camden, Ohio. on the Camden and
Fairhaven pike, dairy cattle. purebred
Duroc hogs, horses and mules, grain,
machinery and household goods, at 10
o'clock
Live stock sale on he Joshua Brown
dairy farm, two miles north of Mid
dleboro, six miles south of Hollans
burg, on the williamsburg pike. Sale
includes 10 head of cattle, 100 hogs;
also chickens and turkeys. Sale be.
gins at 11:30 Lunch served.
Wednesday, January 10
T. F. Bire on the c.. A. Murray farm,
one mile southeast cf New Paris, on
Oransburg road. Closing out sale
Ten o'clock II
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-19
Walt Whitman's Home
In Canada Is Restored

(From the Philadelphia Public Ledger
Work of restoring the old home of
Walt Whitman, "the Good Gray Poet"
at Camden, N j., has almost been
completed. The interior of the famous
old wooden structure has been entire
ly remodeled and restored as nearly
as possible to its condition when the
poet occupied the house. Many relics
once owned by Whitman will be placed
in the house. A bronze tablet will be
erected on the front of the building.
Mrs. w. c. Addicks of Philadelphia,
who was a friend of the dead poet. is
assisting in restoring the appearance
of the interior of the Whitman home
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IBv Associated Pressl

CHICAGO, Dec. -Butter-Mar-
ket, unchanged.
Eggs-Receipts, 1907 cases; market,
unchanged.
Live poultry-Market, steady; fowls,
13G1Sc; springs, 1712c; roosters, 13c;
turkeys. 35c; geese, 21c.
Carbohydrates, steady; receipts,
81 cars; total United States shipments,
247; Wisconsin sacked and bulk round
whites, No l, 95c0$11O cwt.; Mime
sofa sacked and bulk round whites, 9Oc
@S1.05 cwt.; Idaho sacked rurals, No.
/, $1.15 cWt.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-19
Mrs. EUangeline Martindale
Formerly of Webster, Dies

WEBSTER, Ind, Dec 19.-Mrs
Evangeline Martindale. daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Baldwin of Web
ster, died at her home in Los Angeles
on Monday, Dec Is. The cause OF
death is not stated, but her illness was
brief as she was fulfilling her custo-
mary duties as teacher in the Los
Angeles school the previous week.
Mrs. Martindale was widely known in
Wayne county, having formerly been
a teacher in the Wayne township
schools. The body will be brought TO
the home of the parents for burial, and
funeral announcements will be made
later
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-19
REALTY TRANSFERS.

Ada d. Gambler to John A. Ruhl and
Zetta R., $4,000; lot 20, c. T. Prices ad-
dition, city.
Herman F. Pardieck to Ellis L. Bond
and Francelia, S2,250; lot 5, Klein and
Fergusons subdivision, city.
Theodore P. Crist to John M. Cook
and Jermima, 81; lot 5, block %, Mil
ton.
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Get a Free Calendar
From The Palladium

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nv Associated PressN

EAST BUFFALO, Dec. 19-Cattle-
Receipts, 700; market, weak. Calves
Receipts, 200; soc higher; $5@13.50
Hogs-Receipts $500; market, active
mixed, $S.75; Workers, $S.75@S.S5;
pigs, SO; roughs, S7.25@7.50; stays
S4.50@5.50. Sheep and lambs-Re
ceipts, 5000; market, slow; lambs, 81
@15.25; yearlings, $6@13; wethers, IS
08.50; ewes, $2Q7.50; mixed sheep
S7.5OmS.
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CBy Associated Press)

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Dec. 19.-Re-
ceipts-Cattle 400; hogs $500; sheep
$50; cattle market slow and steady,
unchanged; bulls firm, unchanged;
mich cows steady $30@1OO; calves
steady to so cents higher; good to
choice $11@11.5O; fair to good $500
oil; common and large $4@7; hogs
steady unchanged; sheep steady, un-
changed; lambs steady, unchanged.
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(Rv Associated Pressl

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Dec. 19.-Hogs
Receipts, $500; market, higher; heav-
les, $8.50@8.6O; heavy Workers, $3.50
@9; light Workers, $4,000; pigs, SO
@9.15. Sheep and Lambs-Receipts
500; market, steady; top shepe, $3.50;
top lambs, $15.25. Calves-Receipts,
200; market, lower; top, S12.
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(Ry Associated Pressl

CINCINNATI, Dec. 19.-Wheat-
No. 2 red, 141 z @1.42; No. red,
S1.3Sh 01.401a; other grades as to
quality, S132@1.371a.
Corn-No. 4 white, 1914 077kc; No.
4 yellow, 7707713c.
Oats-Steady, 5O13 oslo
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-19
NEW YORK. Dec. 19.-Buttel

NEW YORK, Dec. 10. Butter
Steady receipts. 9,153; creamery ex-
ira, 541ac; special market, 551ac; state
dairy tubs, 3S@531ac.
Eggs-Firm; receipts, $500 cases;
nearby white fancy, 71672c; nearby
mixed fancy, 65@69c; fresh firsts, seq
Csc; Pacific coast, SIC.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-19
MhaaA


TOLEDO, Ohio, Dec. 19.-Cloverseed
Prime cash, $13.40: March, $3.50;
Dec, $13.40.
Alsike-Prime cash, $10.95; March,
$11.20; Dec, S10.75.
Timothy-Prime cash, old, s3.57k;
new. $3.50; March, old, 1913; new,
$50; Dec. new, $3.50; old, s3.571z.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-19
CBv Associated Pressl

CHICAGO, Dec. -Wheat-No.
red, ,S1.27@12814
Corn-No. 2 mixed, 1914 OFT; No.
2 yellow, 761a G77A
Oats-No. white, 461a @484; No.
8 white. 44A 04515.
Pork-Nominal.
Lard-$10.55
Ribs-$1050@1150.
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CINCINNATI, Dec. 19.-Eggs-Ex-
ira firsts "a; firsts 81; broilers 10:
turkeys 95640; fries IT; roasting
chickens, 80.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-19
PRODUCE MARKET
CHICKENS AND PRODUCE

DAYTON, Ohio, Dec. 19.-Steady.
BOOSTERS, lie per pound.
Hens, lie per pound.
Springers, 1Sc per pound.
Fresh eggs, SIC per dozen.
Butter, 55c per pound.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-19
BRIN GINGl
UP |
FATHER
BY
McMANUS |
SHEEP AND LAMBS
CLEVELAND, Dec. 19.-Hogs-I
reg. q. &
Pat Off"

CLEVELAND, Dec. 1y.-HOgs-Re-
ceipts 5000; market steady; workers.,
$S.75; mixed, $50; mediums, $50;
pigs, 1915; roughs, $500; stays, $3.50.
Cattle-Receipts 200; market slow
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts 1000;
market 25c lower; top, $500.
Calves-Receipts 200; market is
steady; top, $1,000.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-19
GETTING 1T OUT OF HIS SYSTEM
(From the Birmingham Age-Heraldl

Z Z
What good does il do you to swear
at that motorist who nearly ran over
you? He's gone"
what good does it do you to swea-
at golf ball when you fail to hit it,"
THAT relieves my feelings"
Same here"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-19
FAMILY MARKET BASKET
Fruits and Nuts

Apples, 5@10c h.; bananas, 10c h.;
lemons. 30040c doZ.; oranges. 20@60c
doz.; Florida grapefruit. : for 25c;
Isle of Pines grapefruit, 10@15c each;
California grapes, Csc ID; imported
Malaga grapes, 40c h.; alligator
pears, 40@5Uc; sweet cider. soc gal.
lon; sorghum, 75c gallon: honey, soc
frame; cocoanutS. 15c each; new Bra
zil nuts, 30045c h.; English walnuts,
SOC b.; hickory nuts, 10c h.; walnuts,
sc h.; golden dates, 25c h.; Smyrna
pressed figs, 50@65c h.; cooking figs,
soc h.; honeydew melons, 20040c
each; California pears, &c each; tan
gerines, 60c dozen; fancy Idaho Win
sap apples, 50 per bushel; cultivated
persimmons, 15c box; Catawba grapes,
4Oc basket; lines, 40c doz.; tanger-
ines, Coo doZ; new naval oranges, 75c
doz.; Cuban pineapples, 20Q35c each.
Vegetables
Green string beans, 35c h.; sweet
potatoes, sc per h.; tomatoes, Csc per
h.; cucumbers, Csc each; potatoes, &c
h., Csc a peck; sweet Spanish onions,
10c h.; dry onions, sc h.; peppers,
60c doz.; spinach, 15c h.; lettuce, 10
015c per h.; cauliflower, 35c per lb. :;
celery, 5010c stalk; white picking
onions. 15c h.; new white turnips, sc
h.; cranberries 1Sc h.; Hubbard
squash, &C H.; parsnips, 5 lbs. for Csc;
cabbage, &c h.; pumpkins, 15020c
each; new home made kraut, 15c a
quart; new Pennsylvania buckwheat
flour, 121ac per h.; mushrooms, hot
house buttons, $125 h.; dollhouse
radishes, sc bunch; shallots, 1Oc a
bunch; wax beans, zoe a Ib.; endive,
SOC a h.; white wax beans, 35c lb. !;
| eggplant, 35c Id.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-19
RANGE OF FUTURES

(Markets by Lamson Bros. & Co,
PIP Union National Bank Buiiding)
CHICAGO, Dec. 10. - Following IS
the range of futures on Chicago Board
of Trade TODAY.
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LIVE STOCK FRICES

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 19-Hogs-Re-
ceipts. II 900; lower. Cattle-Recefpt
500; lower Calves-Receipts, 400; high
er. Sheep-Receipts, 200; steady.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-19
CREAM AND BUTTER FAT

Richmond creameries are paying Sc
cents per pound for both butter fat
and sweet cream.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-19

Country butter. 36040c a pound;
eggs, 43c@44c dozen; hens, 16c a
pound; Leghorn hens, 13c a pound; ;
fryers weighing 215 lbs, Ice pound;
under ~ lbs, 13c.
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INDIANAPOLIS Hay

CBy Associated Press)
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 19. - Hay
Firm, unchanged
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The average maple tree yields
enough sap to produce from five to
ten pounds of sugar
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Briefs
St. Luke's Hospital
At The Glen

At The Glen
Now receiving general hospital pa
tients. Baths and massage for men
from 10 a. M. to 10 p. m. Baths and
for women all day. Phone
1916.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-19

Senator Wesley l. ones of
Washington, chairman Of the SEN
ate commerce committee. Is direct
ing the administrations fight TO
obtain passage of the ship subsidy
measure.
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Uals, 4UC5 rye, Toe, GOTH, boCs SITaW,
So ton.
SELLING
Oil meal, per ton. $500; per hun
dred weight, $500. Tankage, 60c per
cent, $3.50 per ton; per cwt., 1915;
barrel salt, So; wheat middlings, per
ton, $1,000; per cwt., s190; bran, per
ton, $3.50, per cwt., S175; cottonseei
meal, per ton, $4,000; per cwt., $3.15;
gray shorts, per ton, $500. per cwt.,
$500.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-19
BUTTER QUOTATIONS

The wholesale price OF creamery
butter is SEC a pound.
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Poultry, alive or dressed.
Order now. Eubank & Son.
Phone 1920.
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LOCAL GRAIN MARKET
LOCAL HAY MARKET

Richmond flour mills are paying
SIPS for new No. wheat.
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Good timothy, S1200@1400; choice
clover, $12 90: heavy mixed. $1,000.
PRODUCE BUYING
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DAYTON, Ohio, Dec 19.-Hogs Re
ceipts, eight cars; market, Csc higher.
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No hunting or trespassing
on R. G. Leeds farm, on the
Straight Line pike.
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RICHMOND MARKETS
Furnished by Whelan)
DIfEIAISN
SELLING
BUYING

Oats. 4Oc; rye. 75c; corn, Csc; straw,
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lT57S151S151S1T57T5

If YOU combined the curative proper
ties Of every known ready made" cough
remedy. YOU probably could not get as
much real curative power as there is in
this simple homemade cough syrup,
which is easily prepared in few
minutes.
Get from any druggist 215 ounces of
Pinex, pour it into pint bottle and
fill the bottle with syrup. using either
plain graduated sugar syrup, clarified
sired. The result is a full pint of
really better cough syrup than YOU could
buy ready-made for three times the
money. Tastes pleasant and never
spoils.
This Pinex and Syrup preparation gets
right at the cause of cough and gives
almost immediate relief. 1t loosens the
phlegm, stops the nasty throat tickle
and heals the sore, irritated membranes
so gently and easily that it is really
astonishing.
A days use will usually overcome the
ordinary cough and for bronchitis, Group,
hoarseness and bronchial asthma. there
is nothing better
Pinex is a most valuable concentrated
compound of genuine Norway pine ex-
tract, and has been used for generations
to break up severe coughs.
To avoid disappointment. ask your
druggist for "21a ounces of Pinex" with
full directions, and don't accept any,
thing else. Guaranteed to give absolute
satisfaction or money promptly re-
funded. The Pinex Co., Fl. Wayne,
Ind.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-21

Editors NOtet This IL another article
on social problems ms they affect the
community, written by a student of the
problem.
The Juvenile Court Probation System
In a well-organized juvenile court
the probation system Is the essence
of the institution. 1t makes middle
course possible for justice and gives
greater latitude and flexibility to the
judges decisions. A boy brought be-
fore the court may be too bad to merit
discharge and too good to be COM
mitted to reform school. Owing to
the lack of a good probation system
many a Judge has committed a boy to
reformatory rather than allow him
TO return to his old environment. This
may not be just to the boy, but it is
expedient, since the great bulk of So
ciety outweighs the interests of the
individual. II judge can not do the
best thing he will do the next best
thing, and if there are boys in Plain
field who are a shade too good to be
there it is because they were a shade
too bad to deserve discharge.
The Judge is ex officio head of the
probation system, but he has not the
time to go into the details of every
case from the beginning to the end.
AS the working head of the system
there should be paid executive, man
or a woman who has had normal
childhood, who is a parent or has what
psychology is pleased to call that some
thing which suggests to a child the
father or mother image. This person
should be sympathetic toward societys
wards. He should be good mixer and
an all around consecrated person. A
hireling will not do for this Office.
Should Invite Volunteers
The judge and executive officer
should invite men and women of a
high order to volunteer for service as
officers of the court. If one volunteer
officer looks after one child that is sui
ficient, the writer has had as many as
fifteen boys assigned to him at one time
which is not fair to the officer or to the
boys. One officer to one child is the
F, ideal ratio if the state and it's ware
are to get justice.
| The volunteer officers should be
above reproach morally. They Should
not be temperamental They ough
not to take up the work as a passins
fad or fancy. They should be well
poised, masters of themselves and O
whatever situations may arise. They
should be tactful and firm, discrimi
! nate, willing to wait for results, ant
possessed of optimism. They SHOULD
remember that they are builders o
character that will endure Throughout
eternity and they cannot build tot
carefully.
Example Given
Suppose Johnny Blank has been ar
rested for crapshooting or robbing
till. He is released on probation, will
Mr.. Henry Roe as his officer Mr.. Ro,
has been present at the hearing ant
has taken notes of the evidence ant
any details which seem to be wortl
remembering. Before they leave tn,
room the boy and the officer are in